Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

As a seasoned police officer, at least the other party would not make a mistake in asking questions. After all, he also felt that these strange decorations were a bit weird.

Hearing this, Kudo Shinichi stopped talking.

Lan Ke and his team did not find any key clues, but they did attract the attention of Josuke Higashikata and his team.

"what happened?"

"nothing……"

At the same time, Jotaro Kujo couldn't help but glance at Lan Ke and Kudo Shinichi, but he didn't think much about it. After all, this was not the first time the two of them had worked together to investigate a case. This time he was regarded as a "suspect", so it was normal for them to get involved.

But just as he glanced at her and was about to look away, his eyes suddenly widened.

Because he saw the 'mask' in Lan Ke's hand.

His eyes widened instantly and his look became sharp.

"Inspector Touhou! I have something I want to tell you..."

After saying that, he glanced around and then looked at Josuke Higashikata. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was very clear.

He hoped that they could just talk about things with just the two of them.

Josuke Higashikata was a little confused about this, but he nodded without hesitation.

After all, he hadn't seen Jotaro Kujo with such a serious expression for a long time. It seemed that the only time apart from his quarrel with Jolyne was when he helped him catch the serial killer in Morioh Town.

But unfortunately, there seemed to be someone at the scene who didn't want them to communicate privately.

"President Kujo, is there something you can't say? Something you need to hide from everyone? Is it something related to the 'case'?"

If it were the usual Jotaro Kujo, he would probably just ignore the sarcasm of Eito Yasashi, right?

After all, he is a father now and is no longer as impulsive as he was in the past. But surprisingly, Jotaro Kujo, who seemed quite easy to talk to before, glared at him fiercely.

The fierce look in his eyes made Yashiro Eito feel as if something was clenching his chest, and even his breathing became rapid, as if he was trying to maintain his life by breathing air.

It was obvious that Yasiro Hideto didn't know that the reason why Jotaro Kujo usually appeared calm was more because he "didn't care", but this time it involved their family's "secret", how could he still remain calm?

It was because of investigating this thing that he was unable to even see his wife for the last time. When he rushed back to China, his wife had already passed away.

This also made him care more about such things.

After all, he missed the last time he saw his wife because of it. If he didn't insist, he would feel like he was letting his "wife down".

And this is precisely one of the sources of his inner 'twisting'...

Chapter 45: The number of strange murder weapons has increased.

Yasiro Hideto's words undoubtedly made Jotaro Kujo feel angry for the first time in a long time, but at least it did not make him lose his mind. He still knew what to say and what not to say.

"I just know the 'murder weapon'."

"!!"

Everyone present looked at Jotaro Kujo in surprise, but then they quickly realized what Jotaro Kujo was referring to.

It's that 'weird mask'!

After all, even when Jotaro Kujo was labeled a "suspect", he remained silent. All the changes started when Lan Ke found the box containing the "mask"!

Among them, the police officer in charge of checking the room had an extremely ugly expression. After all, what Jotaro Kujo said was equivalent to accusing him of not working seriously.

Although Josuke Higashikata has a close personal relationship with Jotaro Kujo, he definitely speaks for his subordinates in public.

"Mr. Jotaro, could you please explain what you mean?"

"of course."

As he spoke, he walked towards the 'mask', and Kudo Shinichi also looked at the mask in the box with curiosity, as if he was a little curious about why Jotaro Kujo called this thing a 'murder weapon'.

"Because the situation this time is rather unique, everyone has overlooked the 'murder weapon.' After all, murder weapons often have 'blood stains.' But what if the 'murder weapon' itself can absorb blood?"

Following Jotaro Kujo's question, everyone present was stunned.

A weapon that can absorb blood?

What the hell is that?

As if seeing everyone's confusion, Jotaro Kujo added again.

"The blood here hasn't dried yet, why not give it a try?"

If someone else said this, Josuke Higashikata would probably ignore it, but he instinctively trusted Jotaro Kujo and nodded directly to his subordinates beside him.

As for the police officer, although he looked confused, he still obediently walked towards the bloodstains next to the corpse.

Although he didn't quite believe it, if it was really as Jotaro Kujo said, then it would be a way to vindicate himself.

At least it shows that he did not neglect his duties.

A retro-looking bone mask was placed on the table, with a drop of blood slowly dripping from it.

"Clap~"

The blood drops collided and splattered everywhere, and then an incredible scene appeared. The blood splattered on the mask gradually faded until it completely disappeared.

Everyone's eyes widened as they looked at the bone mask that was still bumpy and looked like an ancient artifact.

"What the hell is this?!"

Kudo Shinichi was the first to exclaim in surprise. After all, as a 'detective', what he was best at was finding clues, and then unraveling the mystery based on those clues, just like a jigsaw puzzle, to find the answer. However, this mask that could absorb blood was beyond people's imagination.

I don’t know what the others were thinking, but Kudo Shinichi’s expression was extremely ugly.

After all, there used to be a ridiculous unspoken rule in "mystery novels", which was that Chinese people were generally not allowed to appear in the novels, because Chinese people were very likely to know "Kung Fu" and be able to do things that ordinary murderers could not do.

A 'murder weapon' like this that defies common sense is equivalent to cutting off a clue from the very beginning.

If Jotaro Kujo hadn't recognized the mask, he wouldn't have been able to find it no matter how hard he searched the scene.

But Josuke Higashikata didn't bother to care how ugly Kudo Shinichi's expression was. He directly asked his men to ask the person in charge of cleaning inside the shipyard. Sure enough, they got an extremely important clue.

"According to the cleaning staff, the box wasn't found when they cleaned the room this morning. This means the 'suspect' placed the murder weapon and the box containing it in the room after 9:00 AM, and the victim disappeared during that time!"

Having said that, he glanced past Jotaro Kujo and turned to look at the remaining three people.

After all, Kusaka Hironari came early in the morning, so theoretically he had time to place the "murder weapon". As for the other two, they were employees, so they naturally had time. Only Jotaro Kujo did not have time to place the "murder weapon" even though no one could provide them with an "alibi" during the "time when the victim was killed".

This means that the murderer can only be among these three people.

After hearing what Josuke Higashikata said, Lan Ke's slightly frowned brows relaxed.

Choose one of the three, that's the right choice~

"Three of you, please tell us where you were and what you did between 9:00 and 10:20. Please also allow us to search your belongings."

He may have said "please" but Josuke Higashikata had no intention of negotiating.

Even though he is currently working in the 'Phantom Thief Countermeasures Headquarters', he was previously in charge of major criminal cases. Now that the case is becoming clearer, he is gradually regaining his former power.

Knowing that there was no way to refuse, Kusaka Kansei opened his bag first.

There was only a laptop, a charger, an ice silk sleeve, an ice box, and a bottle of freshly squeezed juice inside. Then he took out a notebook and a pen from his pocket.

"I just brought a backpack today, and it contains all the things I need for work."

As Kusaka Kansei finished speaking, Higashikata Josuke pointed to the ice box and a large bottle of freshly squeezed juice.

"What about this?"

"Because of my work, I'm prone to 'low blood sugar', so I usually carry some sugar or something with me. Because the weather is quite hot today, I brought some juice."

Kusaka Kansei faced Josuke Higashikata's questioning with a calm expression, and Josuke Higashikata did not comment. Only Kudo Shinichi came to the bag and took a closer look, especially when he saw the water stains on one end of the ice sleeve, his eyes narrowed slightly.

But before he could ask, Higashikata Josuke gestured to go to Akiyoshi Miwako's office to take another look.

"My office is mostly filled with work items. I don't have any personal belongings. You can check it out at will."

While motioning everyone to enter her office, Akiyoshi Miwako continued to explain.

"Although I brought a makeup bag this morning, I don't think it would be able to fit that strange 'murder weapon'?"

Looking at the makeup bag that Akiyoshi Miwako took out from the cabinet, Higashikata Josuke nodded, agreeing with her statement. However, since she was an employee, the "murder weapon" could have been brought to the company in advance.

Only the last eight generations of British people...

"I've been staying in the lounge. Officers, you've already checked this place out. You might know it better than I do, so I won't bother you with your thoughts."

Yashiro Hideto also acted very calmly and didn't seem to intend to interfere with Higashikata Josuke and the others' inspection.

Along the way, Kudo Shinichi, who had also followed the police for an inspection, continued to talk to Lan Ke in private, completely ignoring Mouri Ran who was hesitant to speak and Jolyne who seemed a little unhappy.

Xu Lun obviously had a lot to say to Lan Ke, but Kudo Shinichi kept holding Lan Ke back, leaving her no chance to speak at all, which naturally made her extremely unhappy.

"Narukami, who do you think is the murderer?"

"That Yashiro Hideto, right?"

"?!"

When Kudo Shinichi heard Lan Ke's words, his eyes lit up. It was obvious that Lan Ke's previous discovery of the "murder weapon" had given him more confidence in Lan Ke. In his opinion, Lan Ke might have found some clues that he had overlooked.

"I didn't like that guy, so I called him the murderer, so he could be arrested directly."

The real reason is naturally not this, but that Shirou Emiya saw with his own eyes that the other party took out a "mask" from a strange "coffin". Although he could not be sure whether it was the person he killed with the "mask", he was definitely related.

However, he couldn't say it directly at the moment, so he expressed his inclination in this way.

Kudo Shinichi's mouth twitched at this. Although he knew that Lan Ke was very straightforward, he didn't expect him to be so straightforward.

If you can't just take action directly, just send the other person to the police station, right?

Not knowing how to complain, he twitched his lips and simply pretended not to hear and began to share his own reasoning with Lan Ke.

"I'm not sure who the murderer is yet, but I don't think that 'Kusaka Kansei' is it."

"Oh? Kudo, have you found any clues that can prove the other party's innocence?"

"No, on the contrary, I found evidence that the other party attempted to kill someone."

"?"

This time it was Lan Ke's turn to be a little confused. After all, he had already helped the other party to "change his heart."

But for now, let's listen to Kudo Shinichi's analysis.

"I don't know if the man named 'Kusaka Kansei' likes to drink iced juice, but I'm sure he didn't bring these things just to drink. The ice sleeves have traces of being tangled, and they're damp even though they've been in his bag. I suspect he's put ice cubes in them before..."

While gesturing, Kudo Shinichi asked Lan Ke back.

"Narukami, what does that look like to you?"

"Um... meteor hammer?"

"That's right! A meteor hammer! And it's one that can be handled very easily. Just add enough ice cubes inside the ice sleeve and it can be used as a heavy object to hit the target. The ice cubes can be thrown outside to melt, or simply flushed down the toilet. As for the ice sleeve, you can also burn it directly. Didn't the other party just say that they were looking for a place to smoke?"

After listening to Kudo Shinichi's words, Lan Ke finally reacted, but he still pretended not to know.

"So Kudo, you mean the other person is the murderer?"

"No, quite the opposite. I don't think he did. After all, if he really knew about the existence of that strange mask, then he wouldn't have needed to prepare all that ice. I suspect he discovered the 'target' had already been killed when he was about to take action..."

Having said that, Kudo Shinichi frowned again. After all, the method of elimination only eliminated one option.

On the contrary, Lan Ke had a strange expression.

After all, the other party intended to kill people in the original novel, and the last few targets were not killed by him personally, but because he thought he was the one who killed them, he took the initiative to take the blame, allowing the real murderer to complete the achievements of "killing the enemy with his own hands" and "someone took the blame".

Unexpectedly, in a different world, after his heart was changed, he made up his mind to kill someone again, but was beaten to it by someone else.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to complain about the other party's good luck or bad luck...

Chapter 46: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains...

While Josuke Higashikata was still questioning Hideto Yasiro, Shinichi Kudo had already moved to the window of the other's office as if he was looking for something, but unfortunately he finally sighed.

"what happened?"

"I originally wanted to look for any traces of a 'mechanism', but it seems there isn't one..."

Lan Ke naturally understood what Kudo Shinichi meant. This "office building" was not very tall, but it had five floors. The victim was killed in the meeting room on 1L. At that time, a video of Yasiro Hideto returning to his lounge was filmed.

Although there was no video footage of him in the lounge, he did not leave the room. If he wanted to kill someone, he could only leave the innermost "fully enclosed studio", then reach the "office" outside, then go out through the window and go down to 1L, and then come back through the window after killing someone.