Conan's Unscientific Detective

After confirming Megure Juzo's name, the female nurse lowered her head and looked through the admission records.

After a while, she handed Fujino a notebook, which was the visitor record of the hospital.

After Fujino signed his name on it, the nurse responded:

"Inspector Megure is currently receiving treatment in Ward 622."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The female nurse had a sweet smile on her face from beginning to end, looking innocent and kind.

But Fujino will not be fooled by this appearance.

After all, this is the world of science.

The more innocent a girl is, the more dangerous she is.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that she may be giving you an innocent smile in the last second. In the next second, she may become the murderer who killed her scumbag husband or boyfriend.

Fujino strolled to the door of Ward 622.

I took a look at the name on the doorplate: Megure Jusan.

After confirming that this was the ward, he pushed the door open and walked in.

What came into view was Megure Juzo lying on the hospital bed.

At this time, Megure Juzo was wearing a hospital gown. His face was still rosy and he looked healthy. He did not look like an unlucky person who had his kidney pierced by a needle at all.

"Oh! Brother Fujino! Why are you here?"

When Megure Juzo saw Fujino coming in, he greeted him warmly.

Looking at the enthusiastic old fat man, Fujino frowned slightly.

Are you sure, this is the kidney that was pierced by a steel arrow?

Glancing at the body covered by the blanket, Fujino asked in confusion: "By the way, Inspector Megure...is your kidney okay?"

"Waist...kidney?"

Megure Jusan was puzzled.

"Yes."

Fujino continued, "I heard that your kidney was hit by a steel arrow, so I rushed over here in a hurry."

Upon hearing this, Megure Jusan was stunned and immediately fell into deep thought.

Wasn't he hit in the waist by the steel arrow?

How did the rumor spread that he was hit in the kidney?

He didn't understand how a shot in the waist could be passed on as a shot in the kidney... Who spread the message?

It even reached the ears of my brother Fujino.

It's so embarrassing...

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth twitched and he turned his gaze to Shiratori Renzaburo.

"Ahem."

Shiratori Renzaburo at the side coughed lightly, suppressed the smile on his lips, and explained to Fujino: "The steel arrow did not hit the vital part. Inspector Megure's kidney was not injured. It was only a minor injury. He will be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

"That's good."

Fujino couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that.

He thought it was some messed up butterfly effect.

I didn't expect it was just a rumor.

"Dong dong!"

At this time, there was another knock on the door.

In addition to Fujino, Kogoro Mori also received the same news.

He brought Conan and Xiaolan to Megure Juzo's ward.

Shiratori Jinzaburo explained the injury of Megure Jusan again, and then began to talk about the current investigation of the case involving Megure Jusan's attack:

"The attacker who attacked Inspector Megure used a steel arrow fired from a handheld crossbow. However, it is not clear what the attacker's purpose was at the moment. However, we have already started investigating the two directions of arbitrary attack and deliberate retaliation."

"By the way, we also found a strange thing at the crime scene."

As he spoke, Shiratori Renzaburo pulled out an evidence bag from his pocket.

The evidence bag contained a rapier that looked like it was made of a cardboard box.

"A rapier?"

Fujino looked at the abstract Western sword made of cardboard and pursed his chin.

In that case, everything would fit right.

This is indeed the event of the fourteenth goal...

His memory of the theatrical version was very vague, and he had only seen it a few times in his previous life.

However, he did remember that the murderer should be a bartender known to Kogoro Mouri... He couldn't remember the bartender's name.

But he still knew who the next victim would be.

That's Eri Kisaki...

The thirteen in Megure Jusan corresponds to the king of spades, which is thirteen. The pattern on the playing card is a king holding a rapier.

And Kisaki Eri corresponds to the queen of spades, which is the English translation of "kisaki", queen.

"If we do it now..."

Fujino was thinking and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.

It is Kogoro Mori's cell phone.

Under Fujino's gaze, Maori Kogoro answered the phone and before he could say a few words, he shouted, "What did you say?! Eri is poisoned!"

The call was hung up and Kogoro Mori looked gloomy.

"What happened to my mother?!"

Xiaolan on the side asked anxiously.

After a moment of silence, Maori Kogoro took a deep breath and replied: "She has been sent to Toudou University Hospital. The specific situation is still unclear."

"how so…………"

Xiaolan's pupils dilated slightly, revealing a worried look on her face.

…………

Soon, several people rushed to Toudou University Hospital, and Shiratori Renzaburo followed.

By the time they arrived, Hibiki Eri had already completed the first aid.

Kisaki Eri was pushed out of the emergency room by two nurses. She was lying on a mobile bed with disheveled hair and her face looked a little pale.

Not to mention, Eri Kisaki is really pretty with disheveled hair, and she is almost at the T1 level like Yukiko Kudo.

No wonder there were so many Cao thieves in previous lives.

The doctor explained the situation and said that she needed to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation, and then sent Kisaki Eri to the ward.

At the same time, at the crime scene, the police officer in charge of investigating the case also took out key evidence, Jikeba chocolate and a white flower.

"Ji Keba Chocolate?!"

Maori Kogoro looked at what the other detective took out and exclaimed in surprise, "This is Eri's favorite chocolate!"

"Brother Maori, let me see."

Fujino took the evidence bag from Kogoro Mori, and frowned as he looked at the chocolate packaging and flowers in the bag.

After thinking for a moment, he said to everyone in a deep voice: "If I am not mistaken, the murderer of these two cases should be the same person."

"Fujino-kun, have you discovered any pattern?"

Hearing this, Shiratori looked at Fujino in surprise.

Afterwards, Fujino told the murderer's crime pattern as he remembered.

"In other words, the murderer decided the order of who to attack based on the order of the playing cards?"

After hearing Fujino's reasoning, Shiratori Jinzaburo nodded in agreement, "Megure Jusan's name contains 十三, k, and the 妃 in Kisaki Eri corresponds to empress, q, and the evidence of the criminal at the scene can also match."

"Then the next person the murderer is going to attack should be 11, that is, J..."

Maori Kogoro frowned and scratched the back of his head. He thought for a long time but couldn't think of anyone who met this condition. "But if that's the case, I still don't know who that guy is going to attack next..."

"It's actually not that hard to find. If the attack on Inspector Megure was a coincidence, then the attack on Lawyer Hime was not accidental, but a deliberate revenge against someone."

Fujino paused, then continued, "If I'm not mistaken, the murderer should be someone who knows Uncle Maori... and there is some grudge between them."

"Could it be that guy?!"

When Kogoro Mori heard this, his face darkened.

"That rascal?"

Conan looked a little confused when he heard this.

"Murakami-jo."

At this time, Shiratori Jinzaburo explained: "Murakami-jo committed murder because of gambling ten years ago. He was arrested by Mr. Maori and Inspector Megure. He was just released from prison a week ago. The reason why we notified Mr. Maori was because of this... We suspect that Murakami-jo is deliberately seeking revenge."

"I don't think it's Murakami-jo. If Murakami-jo had just been released from prison a week ago, then logically, he shouldn't have been so well prepared."

Knowing that the murderer was the bartender, Fujino paused, sorted out his thoughts, and continued, "And knowing the brand of chocolate that lawyer Hime liked to eat, it is obvious that the criminal is actually an acquaintance of lawyer Hime or uncle Maori."

In his memory, this Murakami Jō was indeed not a criminal.

The reason why he was suspected by the police and the reason why Megure Juzo and Kisaki Eri were attacked was all because the bartender that Kogoro Mori knew deliberately led the direction of evidence.

And Murakami Jō had been killed when he went to see Maori Kogoro a week ago...

In other words, Murakami Joe is just a scapegoat to cover up the truth.

The next victim, if Fujino remembered correctly, should be Dr. Agasa.

Although he had no friendship with Professor Agasa, there was no need for him to take action if there was no reward.

But he just gave me two million a few days ago, so it wouldn’t be a good idea if I didn’t make a move.

Thinking of this, Fujino said, "Although we cannot confirm the identity of the criminal, we can predict who will be attacked next. As mentioned before, the criminal's attack order is from thirteen to the bottom, so the next target to be attacked should have the word eleven in his name."

"But this is still too general."

Uncle Maori looked troubled. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said seriously, "It's hard to think of someone with the character '11' in their name... Could it be Miss Matsushita Eleven from the dance hall?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 149 The Eleventh Target

Fujino: “…………”

Looking at Uncle Maori's serious yet nonsensical expression, Fujino couldn't help being speechless.

He turned his head to look at Xiaolan, then looked at Conan.

Conan looked thoughtful at this time, as if he still hadn't figured out who the target of the eleventh was.

"It's fine if Uncle Maori didn't notice it, but Conan didn't even remember it?"

It seems that he will be forced to continue to operate.

Thinking of this, Fujino took a deep breath and said to everyone in the room in a deep voice: "Regarding Eleven, I do have a candidate."

"Who?"

"Dr. Agasa."

Then, Fujino asked Maori Kogoro: "Uncle Maori, Dr. Agasa should be an acquaintance of yours, right?"