Conan's Unscientific Detective

The quilt in the Japanese-style room was also not folded properly, and there was an opened can of milk powder next to the mat on the floor.

The footprints started from the floor and extended towards the corridor outside the door, all the way to the door.

Next to the shoe cabinet at the door, there was a blood-stained handkerchief scattered.

From the front of the door, another pair of footprints appeared, extending in a messy manner from the front of the door towards the kitchen.

The size of this pair of footprints does not match the other pair of footprints, so they must have been left by the murderer.

The hook chain inside the door at the entrance was damaged, but the door lock structure was not damaged, so the crime should have been committed by an acquaintance.

Fujino returned to the kitchen and looked at the woman's body, having reconstructed the crime scene.

Late at night, when she was feeding her baby, her acquaintance, the murderer, came to the house and knocked on the door.

She opened the door to check and saw that the murderer had slashed her with a knife through the gap in the door. The wound on her hand was caused by her subconscious defense.

After being stabbed, she subconsciously used a handkerchief next to the shoe cabinet to stop the bleeding, but immediately she reacted and decided to take the two children and escape from here.

She first went over to comfort Xiao Yi and asked her to go back and get her backpack, while she went back to the Japanese-style room and took the baby away.

Then the murderer broke in.

In desperation, they were forced into the kitchen and planned to escape through the kitchen window.

However, the only exit from the kitchen is a small window that can be pushed and pulled half open.

This kind of window can only be used for ventilation and lighting, and only Xiao Yi's body can climb out.

The so-called special going out and jumping out means climbing through the window. Since she couldn't speak clearly, she called the baby "little feet", which is a homonym in Japanese.

The convenience store with a red roof should be the place to go.

The handprints on the panda's backpack should have been left at that time.

But just as she sent Xiao Yi away and was trying to find a way to escape, the murderer caught up with her.

In a desperate situation, she hid her child in the cabinet under the floor, and she held tightly to the lid of the cabinet...

"Hey, who are you?!"

At this time, a man's voice was heard. Fujino turned his head and saw a blond man with a naked upper body, wearing shorts, holding a bloody knife in his hand, and with dried blood stains on his body. He appeared behind him at some point.

"Hey, what am I asking you?! What are you doing in someone else's house?!"

The man roared, his eyes were dull, blood was flowing from the whites of his eyes, and saliva was constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth.

"You must be the one who killed her, right?"

Fujino's expression gradually turned cold.

"Shut up...get out of my way! I want to catch butterflies!"

The man seemed to have a mental problem and was talking nonsense. He waved the knife in his hand high and rushed towards Fujino...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 220 Crossroads in the Snow

Fujino glanced quickly over the man's body.

His eyes rested on the stainless steel kitchen knife.

The sunlight shining in through the narrow window made the tip of the knife flash with dazzling silver light.

Fujino's eagle eyes could clearly capture the man's knife-swinging action, and his combat insight was also triggered at the same time, predicting the man's next move.

He quickly raised his left hand, grabbed the man's wrist holding the knife, and turned his hand over with force.

"Crack!"

The bone in the man's wrist holding the knife broke.

There was no time left for the other party to react.

Fujino quickly raised his right hand, bent his arm and hit the man in the face with his elbow, followed by a knee strike on the man's chest.

"puff!"

The man spat out saliva and was knocked back by a knee. Then he was thrown to the ground by Fujino with an over-the-shoulder throw.

According to common sense, the man should have fainted after this series of attacks.

However, in a state of extreme excitement, he still tirelessly made sounds from his throat, shouting excitedly like a wild animal:

"Butterfly! I want a butterfly! My butterfly. How can I live without a butterfly? I have to deliver the thing to that person!"

The man seemed unaware of the pain and wanted to continue to get up and struggle.

Fujino stepped hard on the man's shoulder with his right foot and pulled up with force with his left hand.

"Crack!"

The man's arm was forcibly removed by Fujino.

But due to the effect of the drug, the man was still tightly holding the kitchen knife in his hand.

Seeing this, Fujino kicked the man in the chest again.

After this heavy blow, the man gradually lost consciousness and the knife slipped from his hand.

"Addict."

Fujino stood up, his eyes extremely cold.

At first, he thought that the murderer should be the enemy of the deceased. The murderer began to attack indiscriminately after opening the door and entering. The wounds on the body were also messy. Compared with a robber who broke into the house and killed people, it was more like deliberate murder or revenge.

However, he overlooked one point.

That is, the murderer is a drug addict...the reason he killed people was simply because he wanted to kill people.

…………

Soon after, the support called by Takagi Shigeru arrived at the scene.

When the murderer was sent to the hospital, he was beaten to the point of being on his last breath.

Multiple fractures of the lower jaw ribs, dislocated shoulder blade, severe back contusion...

At the same time, the police also detected components of banned drugs in his blood.

Fortunately, Fujino's counterattack was self-defense and he did not need to bear any legal responsibility.

Soon, the police investigated the identity of the deceased and the murderer.

According to the police investigation, the murderer was the victim's boyfriend, who was idle all day long and was an unemployed vagrant. He often committed violence against his family after drinking.

The victim couldn't bear the torture anymore, so she moved out alone and worked to raise her two children.

But even so, he would still come to my house and ask for money...

Just last night, the murderer came again to ask for money, but this time, the two had an argument. After taking drugs, the mentally ill murderer picked up a kitchen knife and killed the victim.

…………

The heavy snow gradually fell, and a cordon was set up near the crime scene, surrounded by people living nearby.

"Mother……"

Xiao Yi stood in front of the window outside the kitchen, holding the panda backpack in his arms, and the bloody handprints were particularly conspicuous.

She blinked her clear eyes and stared at the narrow window, confused and at a loss.

"........."

Fujino stood outside the alley.

He stared at the scene in front of him in silence.

"You've done a great job."

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka walked over from behind.

She raised a smile and consoled him, "If you hadn't found her brother, she would have been all alone in this world."

"But you are wrong about one thing."

Fujino shook his head and turned around with a calm expression. "The one who saved him should be his mother."

"Okay, don't think too much, I know a very good ramen restaurant..."

She lit a cigarette, patted Fujino on the shoulder, and said proudly: "Although you still owe me so many ramen meals, this time I will treat you!"

"It's my treat this time."

"Ok?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned and smiled: "This is what you said, you can't go back on it!"

Fujino took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. "Of course not. After all, I owed you a lot of favors in the past... It's time to repay you."

Snowflakes were falling from the sky, and cumulus clouds blocked out the sunlight.

Fujino's figure was obscured by the darkness, half black and half white.

…………

The intersection of 4-chome.

The streets were covered with a layer of white snow.

The three little ones were walking in front and happily playing snowball fights, while Haibara Ai and Conan were following silently behind.

On the way, Haibara Ai was absent-mindedly recalling the nightmare she had last night.

"This is not the place for me to stay."

Conan imitated Huihara Ai's tone, "If you don't want to involve innocent people, you have to leave here quickly... or something like that, you should think so, right?"

"........."

Haibara Ai narrowed her eyes slightly, turned her head and looked at Conan speechlessly.

Although she really thought so in her heart.

"Don't worry. No one in their right mind would believe that someone would shrink you down by taking drugs. If you don't want to be exposed, just pretend to be a child."

Conan stood on his tiptoes and said, "Besides, there is Fujino. He is very strong and seems to have some connections with Kaito Kid. If we have to, as long as we tell him about our situation, he should help us."

Huiyuan Ai suddenly said: "You must not tell him."

"Ugh?"

Conan was a little surprised, "Why not?"

Huihara Ai said coldly: "No means no."

Conan took out the handful of melon seeds Fujino had given him a while ago and started eating them: "You don't have feelings for him, do you?"

Huiyuan Ai turned back and glared coldly: "…………"

Conan ate another melon seed: "By the way, how old were you before you became smaller?"

Huihara Ai did not reply.

He just narrowed his eyes slightly and continued walking forward thoughtfully.

Until a street corner.

The little ones left and headed back home.

A black crow flapped its wings across the snow, fluttered and landed on a telephone pole, leaving a few black feathers in the snow.

Haibara Ai turned around, looked back, raised her head, and suddenly saw a black retro car.

She stared at the black car in front of her.

I felt the snowflakes around me gradually stop falling.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Her breathing became more and more rapid, and her whole body seemed to be frozen in place.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Conan noticed the strangeness of Huihara Ai, followed her gaze to the black car, and said with emotion: "It turned out to be a Porsche 356a. This kind of car is antique. I didn't expect that there are still people driving it now."