Conan Rick's Investigator

Kashimura Tadaki nodded. "In order to record players' reactions while playing, the 'cocoons' at the press conference are all equipped with infrared cameras that can record the game cabin in the dark."

Seeing such a magical artifact, Kudo Yusaku immediately expressed his desire to go and see it.

Chapter 522 The Trap of Two-Colored Capsules (3000)

At this time, the blond man who had just suggested the camera explained that he was a player playing the same game as the deceased, and that he might be able to see something if he followed him.

Kudo Yusaku thought about it and nodded in agreement, but he also wanted to include several other players including Walter Marsh Jr.

And so, everyone went to the control center together.

……

Of course it was Qin Zhibo who suggested looking at the surveillance cameras.

Qin Zhibo judged through his own brain that the situation was actually similar to what Kudo Yusaku knew. It was Walter Marsh Jr. who shot Bill Tuttle in the game, causing him to have a heart attack.

But the problem is that Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point and knew that the case was not that simple.

【Survey√】

This is a special medicine box.

Bill Tuttle usually takes two medications, which are placed in a mini push-pull medicine box with a plastic partition in the middle to separate the two medicines.

When taking medicine, just use your fingers to push out the medicine box and choose which medicine to take.

Earlier, when Bill Tuttle first entered the exhibition hall, Qin Zhibo saw him take out the medicine box and drink one of the pills in it.

However, Qin Zhibo currently does not know what this investigation point means, and can only find out the truth through the second investigation point.

【Survey√】

[This is a camera, maybe it recorded some key information]

The cameras in the game cabin are very hidden, and if it weren't for the investigation point, Qin Zhibo would not have found it easily.

……

Everyone came to the control center, and Tadaki Kashimura instructed the staff to call up the image of Bill Tuttle in the game cabin.

On the huge screen, in the black and white image recorded by the infrared camera, Bill Tuttle's chest was rising and falling rapidly.

Since "Cocoon" has not yet designed a function to record in-game images, we can only calculate the approximate time when he was shot in the game based on the time.

Suddenly, Bill Tuttle's body began to struggle slightly, as if he was violently resisting something or was severely frightened by something.

After another 10 seconds, he exited the game, took off his hood, and the normal lights in the game cabin turned on.

There was some pain on his face. He took out the medicine box from his pocket, pushed out the medicine part, and chose between the two medicine grids with his fingers.

At first, he wanted to choose the medicine box on the left, but after hesitating for 0.5 seconds, he turned to the medicine box on the right.

After taking the medicine, Bill Tuttle lay in the cockpit with his eyes closed to rest. After just a few minutes, he suddenly covered his heart and struggled to stand up, but his feet slipped and his body fell down again.

At this time, the game cabin cover opens automatically and the monitoring ends.

Judging from the pictures, Bill Tuttle did appear to have died of a heart attack.

At this time, other people who participated in the detective game said that at least one of Walter Marsh Jr.'s shots in the game triggered a heart attack.

Walter Marsh Jr. did not explain this, and his expression remained gloomy.

However, Qin Zhibo saw some clues in the scene that just flashed by.

The survey point appears on the medicine box, which means there may be some situation related to the medicine drinking scene of the medicine box.

Qin Zhibo said directly: "Rewind and look at the scene of drinking the medicine just now."

The staff in front of the control panel glanced at the unfamiliar face of Qin Zhibo, then looked at Kashimura Tadaki, and Kashimura asked Kudo Yusaku for instructions.

Kudo Yusaku looked at the blond man next to him again, and felt a sense of déjà vu, but at the same time, he was really unfamiliar with this face.

"Do as he says."

So the staff adjusted the timeline and rewound the surveillance footage to the place where Bill Tuttle had just taken the medicine.

This time, Qin Zhibo grasped the key point and watched the surveillance carefully again, and finally figured out where the sense of incongruity came from.

Kudo Yusaku, who was standing by, also discovered this when he rewatched the film.

The two ran out of the control center at the same time and returned to the side of the "cocoon". Kudo Yu used a handkerchief to pick up the medicine box that fell on the ground.

Pushing open the medicine box, it is not a magic box, but a simple double-grid medicine box, with blue capsules and red capsules in the two grids respectively.

Seeing these two distinct colors, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Yusaku understood everything instantly.

The confident expression on Kudo Yusaku's face disappeared in an instant, and he immediately put away the smile that said "I already understand everything".

Although the truth is indeed known, it is just a matter of making it public.

But the man next to him...

Kudo Yusaku decided to give it a little test.

……

Next, the American police arrived and Kudo Yusaku gathered the relevant personnel, including those who participated in the detective game and Bill Tuttle's accompanying assistant.

"At first glance, this appears to be a case of accidental death from a gaming-induced heart attack."

"But... this is actually a murder case."

Kudo Yusaku went straight to the point, directly determining the nature of the case and then pointing to the murderer.

"Mr. Bill's assistant, you are the murderer in this case!"

Everyone was surprised and looked at the assistant who was watching.

If they could vote for the murderer, everyone would prefer to believe that it was the tall and fierce-looking Walter Marsh Jr. who killed the person rather than this handsome-looking assistant.

However, Kudo Yusaku has already begun to reason, "In fact, after Mr. Bill quit the game, his physical condition was not too serious."

"But after taking the medicine, his condition suddenly worsened until he died."

"Why did he still die after taking the treatment medicine? The reason is simple. It's because you replaced the medicine in the medicine box."

After Kudo Yusaku's explanation, everyone suddenly understood and quickly made way for the assistant to occupy the C position that belonged exclusively to the murderer.

However, the assistant was stunned for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said calmly, "Since the famous detective believes that the medicine in the medicine box is my replacement, you can ask the police to test the remaining medicine..."

"If the other capsules in the medicine box are all medicines for normal treatments, what evidence do you have that I replaced Mr. Bill's medicine?"

"Is there any way I can make Mr. Bill have to take that 'replacement pill' you call it?"

Looking at the assistant's confident look, the American police were unsure whether they should conduct tests one by one, and could only cast their hope on the "savior of the American police" again.

However, at this moment, the expression on Kudo Yusaku's face seemed to be in a dilemma, his lips were tightly closed, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he stared at the murder scene seriously without saying a word.

This surprised everyone present. Kudo Yusaku was actually stumped by the murderer!

Yukiko Kudo, who was watching from the side, hurried forward and wanted to ask why he was not performing well today, but when she saw that her husband was in trouble, she couldn't bear to disturb him.

Suzuki Sonoko, who was not far away, was also a little surprised. The legendary Kudo Yusaku was a famous mystery master who had solved countless unsolved cases. How could he not even think of Kudo Shinichi... No...

Even Maori Kogoro is...wrong...

Can't even beat Qin Zhibo?

Suzuki Sonoko thought about the detectives she knew and still felt that Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability was the best recently, and he was suitable to be compared with Kudo Yusaku.

At this time, Qin Zhibo, feeling that the time was almost right, stood up and picked up the medicine box on the ground and held it in his hand.

"The capsules in this medicine box are probably all normal medicines for treating illnesses... but you still have a way to make the deceased take the single 'poison'."

The muscles on the assistant's face trembled slightly, and before he could even say "what", his expression froze.

Because he saw that Qin Zhibo was moving a blue capsule in the left medicine compartment into the middle of the red capsule in the right medicine compartment.

The blue capsule stands out among the red capsules, so conspicuous that its existence cannot be ignored.

When Kudo Yusaku saw Qin Zhibo doing this, the serious expression on his face instantly turned into confidence.

You also know...

The American police and other onlookers were still confused, but Kudo Yusaku had already started explaining using the props in Qin Zhibo's hands.

"Actually, this method is very simple. Just put the replaced drugs into a pile of capsules of different colors, and the murder is complete."

"If a normal person were to take the blue capsule in a two-color capsule box and happened to see the only blue capsule among the red capsules, they would definitely pick it out and take it first."

"In the surveillance footage, Mr. Bill hesitated while selecting medicine, and switched from his original box to another for exactly this reason."

"Although the infrared camera couldn't capture the color of the capsule, we could still tell from the orientation of the medicine box that he wasn't selecting the medicine from the correct color box."

After Kudo Yusaku finished explaining, Qin Zhibo came to finish the job.

"In fact, I saw Mr. Bill taking the medicine at the door. If he had confused the color of the capsule at that time, he would have corrected it immediately or taken it on the spot."

"But he didn't. This means that during this period, only you, the assistant who is keeping the medicine box, have the opportunity to replace the capsule inside."

After the two people finished their mixed reasoning, the assistant looked shocked and his legs trembled slightly.

Then he knelt on the ground crying and told everyone that his motive for killing was for the children in the school.

It turns out that there have always been many dark places in the Church of Light maintained by Bill Tuttle.

The assistant himself had taught or served as an assistant principal in church-funded kindergartens and middle schools, where incidents of abuse against students often occurred.

However, these incidents were resolved in various ways.

It wasn't until the recent arrest of the Childress murderer that he discovered the darkness within the church and learned of Bill Tuttle's dirty deeds.

So, he wanted to avenge those children.

He replaced the blue capsule's gel coat with pressor powder, which was undoubtedly like poison to Bill Tuttle, who had high blood pressure and heart disease.

Afterwards, the blue capsule was placed inside the red capsule, and Bill Tuttle was forced to take the "poison" on his own initiative.

Chapter 523: A peaceful life, I’m going back to Reiner!

[Congratulations on completing the side mission]

[Task Completion Rating: B+]

[Acquire 400 general skill proficiency]

Earn 200 Social Credits (Michael Bay)

[Rating Reward: 140 General Skill Proficiency]

The side quest is concluded, and the police take away Bill Tuttle's body and his assistant.

In order to compensate all the guests, Thomas Sindorah proposed that with the egg-shaped badges issued this time, they could continue to play "Cocoon" at the next Japan press conference.

However, after experiencing this incident, even though the guests knew it had nothing to do with the "Cocoon" game itself, they still felt a sense of regret and left after saying they would definitely do it next time.

Besides Qin Zhibo, he quietly found a staff member and used his badge to book a spot at the next Japanese game conference...

As one of the investors in the "Cocoon" project, Shiro Suzuki approached Thomas Sindora and said, "Chairman Sindora, it seems that the launch conference in Japan will be postponed for a while..."

However, Thomas Sindora shook his head firmly and refused.

"The Japan launch can proceed as planned. This death was an accident and has nothing to do with our project."

Shiro Suzuki remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Instead, Tadaki Kashimura came over and reported to Thomas Sindorah. The general content was that there might still be some programming bugs in the game at this stage, which would take some time to fix.

"How long will it take to repair it?"

"With the current strength of the project team, it will take at least a month..."

Thomas Sindora immediately shook his head after hearing this, saying that it took too long.

After hearing this, Kudo Yusaku stepped forward and recommended, "Actually, I have a scientist friend in Japan who is quite proficient in software programming. If you need him, I can invite him from Japan..."

When Thomas Sindora heard about the opportunity to get a scientist for free, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Qin Zhibo, who was standing not far away, knew that Kudo Yusaku was talking about Dr. Agasa.