Conan Rick's Investigator

As his gaze met that black agate-like gaze, Qin Zhibo felt as if something in his soul had been taken away.

Qin Zhibo: Will -20

The two of them only stared at each other for two seconds, but it seemed like an eternity had passed.

"Mr. Qin, what's wrong with you?"

"What's the problem with eucalyptus?"

Shancuncao, who was standing next to him, was holding a police manual, pursing his lips and looking puzzled, which finally woke Qin Zhibo up.

"Hmm... um..."

When he came to his senses again, Qin Zhibo looked in that direction and found that there was no one in the bushes.

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that he must have seen something just now.

What exactly is that?

It looked like "Xiao Hei" or his own Stand user, but it was definitely not...

"Xiao Hei" is a human form that collects all the investigation points and simulates the murderer's movement trajectory.

However, as Qin Zhibo became more familiar with case reasoning and his intelligence improved, he was able to quickly solve the case with the help of limited investigative points.

Therefore, I haven't used "Xiaohei" for a long time.

And that one doesn't look like Xiao Hei. There is no specific human image on Xiao Hei's body, and his eyes and teeth are white, which is easy to distinguish.

Overall, Xiao Hei is a vague and indescribable human image.

The Stand User is a pure black human silhouette, without even any facial features, more like a three-dimensional figure.

And that... on another level, is also so profound that it is hard to describe.

But no matter what it was, Qin Zhibo could feel that it did not have good intentions towards him.

Or when encountering these incomprehensible existences, it is a mistake to subconsciously measure them with human standards of good and evil.

Because they are not human at all.

……

"Okay! I understand everything!"

Yamamura Cao excitedly closed the police manual. He could also experience Inspector Megure's ultimate happiness.

It means "the case is not complicated and the profits are pure profit."

With Qin Zhibo's explanation, this case, which was not complicated, was almost solved. All that was left was to go back to the police station and slowly interrogate the murderer.

"But the question now is why did the owner of the villa build this secret passage in the first place?"

Perhaps he was not used to the easy conclusion of the case, so Shancuncao asked a few more questions out of curiosity.

The man with glasses, one of the only two remaining members of the band, explained.

"The elder brother of the original owner of this villa sealed up the windows after encountering the monster and then renovated the villa. Later, the tragedy occurred: first his sister-in-law hanged herself, and then his brother jumped to his death."

"But according to the younger brother who sold us the villa, his sister-in-law committed suicide because she had an affair with him and was found out by his brother, who then condemned her."

"My brother followed my wife after she died, feeling regretful."

"A-affair!"

Yamamura Cao looked shocked, and Conan and others beside him were also a little surprised.

Conan lowered his head and thought to himself, if this was the case, then everything could be explained, including the death of his brother and sister-in-law several years ago.

What my brother said about "encountering a monster" was just an excuse, an excuse to build a secret passage through renovations.

In fact, he had discovered that his brother was having an affair with his wife a long time ago, so he built this secret passage and used the half window in the secret passage to secretly observe the two of them having an affair.

After observing for a while, the brother finally couldn't help himself and used the secret passage to kill his wife, just like the method used by the murderer in this case, creating the illusion of suicide.

But after his wife died, the brother could not bear the condemnation of his conscience and jumped from the building.

Thinking of this, Conan looked up and glanced at the adults around him, eager to express his reasoning.

But at this moment, Hondou Eisuke, who had been in deep thought, suddenly spoke.

"In a case several years ago, the lady who committed suicide was most likely murdered by her brother through a secret passage, just like in today's case."

"And this secret passage was built by my elder brother in order to observe his affair with his wife..."

Before Conan could express his reasoning, Hondou Eisuke had already done so.

His face was serious, he was no longer lost in the lake, and his serious reasoning surprised Conan.

this person……

Conan felt that when Hondou Eisuke was reasoning, his temperament seemed like a different person.

The key is that his reasoning is correct.

But at this moment, a mature and calm voice came, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

"Young people are still young. They only make judgments based on pure rationality, but ignore the fact that every case is based on human nature..."

Qin Zhibo shook his head and continued, "As far as human nature is concerned, a man who discovers he's been cuckolded will immediately step in to stop it from happening again, rather than calmly observing from the sidelines."

"Unless he lacks the ability, he just likes this..."

"So this secret passage shouldn't be used by my brother to monitor his wife and his brother's affair..."

Everyone looked puzzled, while Conan was shocked.

Hondou Eisuke seemed a little unconvinced and asked, "Then tell me, what is this secret passage used for?"

Qin Zhibo glanced at the hidden passage behind the wardrobe on the third floor and thought for two seconds.

"Maybe this secret passage is used for having an affair?"

"What if, I mean what if, what if the people who are really having an affair are my brother and his wife?"

Everyone looked surprised again, because from the beginning to the end of the whole story, no one mentioned or thought about the person called "brother's wife".

Qin Zhibo continued, "If I'm not mistaken, your brother's wife and you don't sleep in the same room, right?"

The wavy girl in the band nodded and said, "Yes..."

"I heard that because my brother's wife has difficulty walking, she sleeps on the second floor all the time, the servants sleep on the first floor, and my brother and younger brother's rooms are on the third floor."

After hearing this, everyone's minds were opened up a lot.

If the elder brother built this passage in order to have an affair with his younger brother's wife, it seems much more reasonable.

As long as there is this passage connecting the third floor to the second floor, the elder brother can come downstairs from the closet every night and have a tryst with his younger brother's wife in her room.

During the day, my brother's wife likes to work in the garden.

As for the two people in the house, as long as they had the half window that monitored the backyard, they could do shameful things in the secret passage without any worries.

In comparison, using the window of a secret passage to monitor the affair between a brother and sister-in-law is not only morbid, but also somewhat unreliable.

After all, there are 27 windows at the back of the villa. No matter how bold the adulterers are, they would not flirt in the backyard in broad daylight.

There are servants in the house.

Thinking of this, Conan suddenly understood something.

I didn't expect that my reasoning was still one step behind, and I ignored the part about human nature.

The key point is how can you possibly know what the person who is having an affair is thinking?

In comparison, Qin Zhibo should have much more experience...

Conan looked at Qin Zhibo, and some unrealistic fantasies appeared in his mind.

Hondou Eisuke next to him was still not convinced, and the look behind his glasses was still persistent.

"But if the truth is like this, why does my brother say that he and my sister-in-law are having an affair?"

Qin Zhibo walked to Hondou Eisuke and patted him on the shoulder.

"Of course my brother chose to forgive his wife."

"Since the person involved is already dead, he took the blame and took the blame for the affair on himself, thus protecting the woman he loved from losing her reputation. After all, in this country, society is generally more tolerant of male infidelity."

"And from another perspective, he also gave his brother a green hat in name only."

"The two brothers are even."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo gave him a look that said, "You still need to practice."

After hearing this explanation, Hondou Eisuke stood there in a daze, his worldview deeply shaken.

Shancuncao suddenly understood and raised a finger, saying, "In other words, my brother's wife couldn't stand her husband's constant infidelity, so she hanged herself in my brother's wife's room on the second floor!"

"And my brother couldn't bear the condemnation of his conscience and chose to jump off the building and commit suicide!"

This is a reasonable explanation and the most favorable explanation for the Gunma Police Department.

Because as long as both of them committed suicide, the verdict would be the same as a few years ago, and the Gunma police would not be considered to have made a wrongful conviction.

But Qin Zhibo knew in his heart that things were not that simple, and a "moral" ending often did not exist.

That magic circle wouldn't appear on the plate for no reason.

Summoning the Horror Hunter requires a blood sacrifice, and someone must have completed the blood sacrifice.

If the sister-in-law offered her life as the price to satisfy the blood sacrifice, the brother's death was inevitable.

Qin Zhibo leaned close to Shancuncao's ear and whispered something in a low voice.

Shancuncao reacted for a moment and replied, "I'm not sure about this either. I need to ask a senior police officer..."

……

After a while, Shancuncao came back again.

"You're right. Although that brother committed suicide by jumping off a building, that's undisputed, and there were no signs of a fight on his body, the expression on his face when he died was terrified, as if he was afraid of something..."

Qin Zhibo fell into thought, and it seemed that his guess was correct.

The person using the magic circle is my brother's wife, who might be a witch like Koizumi Akako.

She couldn't stand her husband's betrayal, so she punished him in this way.

"By the way, according to the servants at the villa at the time, the brother was in a very bad mental state some time before his suicide. He kept saying 'someone covered in black was watching him,' but the servants said there had never been a black person in the villa."

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo's face was shocked.

The person covered in black, doesn’t that describe the guy I just saw?

But why?

"Xiaolan! Come and gather!"

"My sister and the others are here!"

At this time, Yuanzi was greeting everyone at the entrance.

After waiting for several hours, the follow-up troops of the Sonoko family finally arrived.

……

At the entrance of the villa, a row of all-black luxury cars were parked in an orderly manner, which shocked Shancuncao.

It was only after Mao Lilan's explanation that Yamamura Sou learned the true identity of Sonoko.

I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person... Let's show down!

I am the second daughter of the Suzuki Group!

Suzuki Sonoko first greeted Suzuki Ayako who was sitting in the first car.

The car window was rolled down, and Suzuki Ayako, who was sitting inside, looked extremely haggard, with dark circles under her eyes as if she had put on a layer of smoky makeup.

"Hello everyone..."

Suzuki Ayako's voice was weak, but she still tried her best to greet the familiar faces.

Conan, Mao Lilan and Qin Zhibo were all shocked by the changes in Suzuki Ayako.

"Yuanzi, this..."

"Okay! Sister, let's go to the car behind~"