blogombal Chapter 284 Doctor's Invention Makes Great Contribution
Chapter 284 Doctor's Invention Makes Great Contribution
Chapter 284 Doctor's Invention Makes Great Contribution
The corpse doesn't lie. Although none of the people present had ever been criminal investigators, and their autopsy procedures and standards were certainly not as rigorous as those of the police, they could still roughly tell the difference in rigor mortis, even if they had never done it before.
Furthermore, Heiji Hattori often helps out at the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department. Although he is prone to being scolded by his father for his habit of messing with corpses and evidence at crime scenes, he does have some internal theoretical knowledge of autopsy.
Overall, the autopsy was quite accurate, well-founded, and convincing.
The middle-aged man, Fujisawa Toshiaki, the one who tore the questionnaire to shreds, looked somewhat terrified: "So, everyone here is a suspect?!"
Heiji Hattori nodded and added, "Besides me, Akutagawa, and Conan, no one else in the house can be ruled out as a suspect."
No one voiced any suspicion that the two detectives and the child were also suspects. The two detectives showed little interest in Holmes, and the only one who seemed very interested, Conan, was still a child.
There is no possibility that they will have a life-or-death feud with Hiroyuki Kanaya.
Moreover, they still need the two of them to find the real culprit.
Both detectives are quite famous, and if they say anything ambiguous, they can make them run around, wasting both time and energy.
Next comes the normal questioning session.
The Holmes Fan Club was quite large, consisting of six people plus a maid, in addition to Akutagawa Hiko, his two companions, and the deceased Kanaya Hiroyuki.
They are a high school physical education teacher, a young and strong man named Ikuo Kawazu.
A short-haired woman with severe dark circles under her eyes, named Nanako Shimizu, was a librarian. When she saw the deceased dressed as Sherlock Holmes, she felt very sorry for the outfit.
Fujisawa Toshiaki, a middle-aged man with a square face, is a station attendant.
Hitomi Iwai was a waitress at the inn.
An astrologer with some ability, but certainly no match for the witch on the Kaito Kid set, named Maria Toda, a chubby middle-aged woman, whose name is obviously a loanword, just like Conan's.
Compared to some people with harsh appearances, he has a rather kind and gentle face.
Next were two college students, both members of the Mystery Research Club. The boy was named Kento Toba, the club president, and the girl was Keiko Oki, his girlfriend and a member of the club.
Upon hearing the surname "Ōki," Akutagawa Hiko suddenly heard music that symbolized the start of a journey.
A simple interrogation wouldn't yield any results, so the group went to check the garage and found that the fuel tank was empty and the battery was damaged, making it impossible to start the car.
With no cell phone signal, and upon returning to the hotel, they discovered that all the landline phones had been completely destroyed, leaving them temporarily unable to contact the outside world.
Maria Toda looked up at the sky, carefully approached the detective trio, and whispered, "The constellations tonight are unusually chaotic, as if they're saying things aren't over yet."
"Ah, thanks for reminding me."
Maria Toda looked puzzled, since none of the detectives she had ever met, even those trying to establish a persona, would believe in such things.
However, remembering what she had seen before, she instantly convinced herself and went to the side to try and continue observing the stars.
Ayako Oki, however, radiated an overwhelming sense of superiority, like a peacock spreading its tail feathers. She lit a cigarette and laughed loudly, "Hmph, hahaha!"
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Toba Kento's forehead as he turned to look at her: "Ayako?!"
"Detective Akutagawa deduced the method of the murder, and I happen to have the crucial evidence and know who the murderer is!"
Ignoring everyone's shock and questioning, Ayako Oki, with a deathly expression, kept everyone in suspense: "I'll give you ten minutes. If you don't want me to say your name, you'd better confess your sins first!"
After saying that, she turned and walked towards the restroom. Toba Kento quickly followed, saying, "Don't do anything reckless. What if you encounter the killer alone—"
"Aren't you supposed to protect me?"
Akutagawa Hiko came over to Conan, took a listening device off the temple of his glasses, flicked it into Toba Kento's pocket, and then openly switched the sound of the other end of the radio to broadcast mode.
Being a detective is a gray area of the profession, so sometimes it doesn't require following the rules.
Sherlock Holmes did a remarkable job in this regard, and other Sherlock Holmes fans would naturally not object to such behavior.
Since the listening device was on Kento Toba, there was no need to worry about hearing any strange noises, but the conversation between the two was perfectly clear.
When everyone heard Kento Toba beg Ayako Oki not to reveal his murder and offered to exchange it for the books hidden in the back seat of the remaining car, their expressions changed drastically.
Fujisawa Toshiaki, in particular, looked extremely grim.
"Mr. Toba is clearly not truly compromising. Leaving the books there could be another deadly trap. Even whether the books are actually there is a serious question. Does anyone know where the books are hidden? Those who do know are probably the killer's next target."
No one present dared to disregard what Akutagawa Hiko said. When Akutagawa Hiko stared at him, Fujisawa Toshiaki tremblingly pulled a card out of his pocket.
It was clearly written: "If you want that book, come to the garage at 5 a.m. tomorrow. The book is under the back seat."
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As if suddenly remembering something, Akutagawa asked, "Mr. Fujisawa, I'd like to know if you smoke—or rather, do you have a habit of carrying a lighter?"
Fujisawa Toshiaki immediately took out a lighter.
After examining the car for a while, Akutagawa sighed, "The car in the garage has run out of gas. When I go to the garage to look for the book, the dim lighting and the excitement of getting the book will probably make me forget my surroundings and grab a lighter for light."
Hattori Heiji said with a serious expression, "In that situation, lighting a lighter would be suicide; it would definitely explode."
Conan warned, "Didn't Ayako-neechan just smoke with a lighter? Was she planning to kill her to cover it up?!"
To be honest, Akutagawa Hiko thought the motive for this murder was utterly outrageous.
In short, it's like a fan of the original work wanting to kill both of them because another fan interpreted one of the chapters and wrote a fanfiction that was a bit out of character, ruining the image of Sherlock Holmes in the killer's mind.
And in the end, he used the same method he originally intended to use to kill someone else on his own girlfriend.
No matter how you look at it, it's too crazy. Sherlock Holmes would never approve of such a fan.