Chapter 375 The strange charm increases (Chapter 1)

Although it has never been explicitly stipulated, in this world, generally speaking, before the person who first points out the murderer completes his reasoning, no matter how many holes there are in his reasoning, others can only question it and cannot interrupt and start a new one. reasoning.

Bermode also had this default idea in his mind.

 So after she cut off what Jiang Xia was about to say, she thought that Wu Zuo would have no chance to frame her in a short period of time.

 —Fortunately, it happened suddenly and Wuzuo didn’t have time to make too thorough preparations. In addition, she is not easily arrested... Belmode smiled at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia smiled back subconsciously, feeling even more confused.

I didn’t expect that Bermod also had a hobby of solving crimes... Or maybe she remembered that Toru Amuro was a private detective, so she was playing this role dedicatedly?

Jiang Xia touched the murderous aura in her arms without much thought, as well as the mermaid who was hung on to the murderous aura and refused to let go.

At present, he does not need to worry about increasing his reputation. On the contrary, in order to let more prisoners dare to come to him as witnesses, he even has to control his reputation in solving cases... In this case, if Belmode wants to solve the case, then let her solve it, anyway. Today, we have murderous aura and shikigami, and there is only one wage earner.

The Mu Mu Police Department didn’t have too much doubt—Jiang Xia solved the case so quickly, and Amuro Toru was the boss of his office, so he was right.

 He approached skillfully and asked for details: "Brother Amuro, the murderer you mentioned...?"

 "Toru Amuro" smiled mysteriously like a serious detective, turned around and walked towards the warehouse.

A group of people followed and saw that in the warehouse, Matsui Hidehao, the actor who plays Gomera, was covering the wound on his leg, sitting on the ground, waiting for a stretcher to go upstairs.

Bermod walked directly to him.

When Matsui Hidehao noticed something was wrong and raised his head in panic, she suddenly squatted down, raised her hand, and used a knife hidden somewhere to cut open the tight gauze on the wound.

At the same time, she tore open a section of the cloth that had been torn by the knife, revealing the blood-stained wound inside.

This kind of behavior is really out of line in the eyes of the law-abiding police.

 The honest police officer Takagi was startled and ran forward to stop him.

Suddenly, Toru Amuro raised his eyebrows clearly and raised his hand to gesture: "This shape and angle are not like a knife edge caused by an attack in a sudden encounter, not to mention the location of the stabbing.

“Compared to what Mr. Matsui said, ‘I saw Gomera holding a knife after entering the warehouse and was stabbed by it in panic.’ This is more like a wound he stabbed himself in order to get rid of suspicion.”

As Belmod spoke, he suddenly felt as if he was cosplaying Jiang Xia or Kudo Shinichi.

 She looked at Jiang Xia subconsciously, savoring it for a moment, feeling very good.

The following words became smoother and smoother: "The truth should be that after Mr. Matsumoto came to the warehouse, he poured plasma on his legs from the studio, pretended to be injured, and then showed the children a way to the crime scene.

"When the children leave, he only needs to follow the warehouse on the other side of the corridor, and he can rush to the studio before the short-legged children and kill Producer Kamei in front of them - follow that road to find, Maybe you can find a little splattered fake blood.

“Then he created the illusion that Gomera ran up to the rooftop but burned down and fell from the building. He then returned to the warehouse and actually stabbed himself. This would make the witnesses think that he had stayed in the warehouse after being injured and that someone else was responsible for the murder.”

 Speaking of this, Belmod suddenly thought of something and paused for a moment.

 …If this was Usa’s impromptu guidance, where did the knife Matsui Hidehao used to kill Kamei’s producer and the knife he used to stab himself in the leg come from?

Bermod wanted to stop and think carefully.

 But at this time, she was the center of reasoning, and everyone was staring at her intensely. This was not a good time to think.

 Due to the coincidence of time and characters, Belmod is currently convinced that "Uzo led this incident".

Under this premise, she relied on the reasoning instinct in her brain and used a principle like stealing an ax from a suspicious neighbor to fill in the loopholes in an instant.

—Hidehao Matsui may have had the idea of ​​killing Producer Kamei for a long time, but he has been hesitant and unable to make a decision. There are countless people who have bought murder tools long ago but have been unable to make up their mind to do it.

If Matsui is also in this situation, then it would be very reasonable for him to hide a knife in the studio.

 As for the other knife…

When she checked the wound just now, she felt that the shape, length and depth of the wound did not match the sharp knife that fell downstairs with the monster suit.

In addition, although Matsui shed some blood, the actual injury was not serious... From this point of view, the wound, which was not deep enough and not sharp enough, might have been scratched by another knife of a smaller size.

Thinking of this, Belmode nodded secretly: There is a lot of care, the logic and motivation are complete, and there is no big problem.

 Next, just find the second knife and everything should be clear.

 …

After Belmod straightened out his thoughts, he left the pale Matsui Hidehao behind and pulled over the weapon box containing many knife models next to him.

 She was immersed in her own thoughts, raised her head and smiled at the police officer from the forensics department next to her. At the same time, she lightly touched the policeman's gloves and said, "Can you please lend me this?"

The police officer was stunned by her touch: What's going on? The boss of this detective agency is obviously a man, but inexplicably, every move he makes feels charming...

Bermode was about to finish his gloves, and then he lowered his head and looked at the knife box, trying to determine the approximate position of the knife with his own eyes to prevent it from being scratched later.

 After looking at it for a few seconds, I still didn’t see the gloves.

She raised her face again in confusion and asked, "Huh? No?"

"Ah, no, but this is a bit dangerous. How about I come to find you?" The police officer from the forensics department finally came to his senses and gained some professionalism.

Bermode hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

Not everyone carries a knife with them, or can easily find one.

She was worried that if Matsui Hidehao's props were really insufficient, Uzo might risk crossing the line in order to get rid of "Belmode", an organizational leader who threatened him and Kudo Shinichi, and would no longer fully care about hiding himself, but would The knife was handed over to Matsui Hidehao for use.

 …If this is really the case, then let her come for the knife. She will still have a chance to erase the evidence of Uzo's involvement.

 …

However, the abacus was well made, but the police officer from the forensics department was hesitant as he touched his gloves.

Bermod thought that this man was quite principled.

 She looked at "Toru Amuro's" smiling face and was about to ask for someone else.

But at this moment, the genuine Toru Amuro, who had approached at some point, had a sullen face. He took out a pair of gloves from Jiang Xia's pocket and threw them on her face.

Bermod raised his hand to block and narrowly caught it.

She snorted coldly, frowned and looked at Bourbon, and then she was slightly surprised to find that Bourbon had a pair of gloves on his hands that had not been taken off.

Looking at Uzo next to him who was busy putting back the inside-out pockets, Belmode's expression softened slightly, and he unfolded his gloves and put them on.

 She reached into the knife box and rummaged for a moment, then quickly pushed aside other prop knives and found her target. It was a fruit knife with a plastic handle and an old shell.

The silvery blade had obviously been carefully wiped, and there were no traces of blood visible to the naked eye. But where the blade and the blade meet, as well as in the simple patterns on the handle, you can see a little densely accumulated blood.

Bermode was slightly surprised, this was different from her worst idea - "Uzo's pocket knife".

 This should be the knife that Hidehao Matsui got himself.

 Looking carefully again, the more you look at it, the more familiar it becomes. Soon, Belmode remembered that this was a fruit knife in the employee break room. It was usually placed on the edge of the pool for employees to use at will.

This knife is small in size and dim in color, so it is very suitable to be hidden in the knife box here. Even if Hidehao Matsui cannot take it out in time later, it will be difficult for anyone who sees this knife to associate a small knife with a murder weapon. You might think that someone carelessly put the knife away in the box after using it.

Hidehao Matsui saw the fruit knife that he had not had time to do much with, and heard "Toru Amuro" restore the key action he had just taken, and leaned back dejectedly.

He raised his hands to cover his face and said with a sarcastic smile: "Yes, I killed him."

 …

After an affectionate confession, the police took Hidehao Matsui away.

When Matsui Hidehao was lifted from the ground, Jiang Xia stepped forward and patted his shoulder sympathetically, drank a mass-produced chicken soup for the soul, and picked up the shikigami hanging on Matsui's body.

While going downstairs with the police, Jiang Xia flattened the shikigami and put it away with satisfaction, and then thought of his gloves.

At this time, a group of people had arrived at the entrance of the cinema.

Jiang Xia turned around to look for "Toru Amuro". After searching for a long time, he saw that there was only one genuine Toru Amuro left.

Bermod had left unknowingly.

The murderous aura that could be gathered on the surface of Belmod's body had already been taken out by the ghosts just now, so at this time, there were no ghosts hanging on her body, and Jiang Xia didn't know where she had gone.

All I know is that she was not nearby, otherwise the ghosts would still be able to detect the residual murderous aura in her... I guess Belmode left in the chaos to avoid contact with the police.

Jiang Xia thought about Belmod who had just been gutted, and was not in a hurry to find her gloves. She decided to wait a few days for her murderous aura to grow back before asking for them.

 His attention quickly shifted elsewhere.

—Ojima Genta suddenly tiptoed in front of him and looked at him evasively, not daring to look directly at him.

The other two children were still crying at the wreckage of Gomera nearby. Conan was confirming some details of the reasoning with Hidehao Matsui. Toru Amuro had already gotten into the police car and seemed ready to write down the transcript.

 There was no one else around for a while.

Jiang Xia lowered her head and looked at Genta Kojima.

He thought the kid was a little afraid of him, but he didn't expect that Yuantai suddenly became so brave, and he would be murderous if something went wrong...

Jiang Xia asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Yuantai took a deep breath, suddenly clapped his hands, bowed to Jiang Xia and said, "I have already gone out to play with you, please let me go!"

 Jiang Xia: “…?”

 Has he done anything to this rice ball-headed kid? ...Although he did fantasize about some efficient ways to utilize the Young Detective Team, he probably never put it into practice in the end.

 …Could it be that one day while sleepwalking, he ran to Kojima Motota’s house?

　　No, he wouldn't sleepwalk. If he really did, the ghosts would tell him... Jiang Xia thought about it and glanced at his ghosts a little guiltily, trying to confirm.

 Then he got the feedback he wanted—he really didn’t have the habit of sleepwalking. He had been staying quietly in bed at night for the past two weeks and had never gone out to look for innocent children.

Jiang Xia suddenly became calm and asked Kojima Genta: "Why did you say that suddenly?"

Ojima Mota looked at him timidly and found that Jiang Xia was indeed confused, so he also became confused.

He scratched the back of his head and whispered hesitantly: "When I passed the bridge a few days ago, I heard strange footsteps following me behind me. I was even pushed when I got off the overpass..."

 Speaking of which, Moto Kojima realized something was wrong after a few days too slowly.

 …If brother Jiang Xia wants to hit him, it doesn’t seem like he needs to go to so much trouble?

Jiang Xia glanced at Yuantai's naive face.

 In fact, when he heard Yuantai say that he was being followed, Jiang Xia realized that this simple and lovely primary school student might have caused another case for him.

 Because Jiang Xia had a similar memory in his spoiler library—he remembered that one time, when Mota Kojima was getting a haircut in a hair salon, there was a wanted criminal sitting next door.

A few days later, Yuantai saw the wanted poster, recognized the man, and wanted to call the police, but he couldn't remember where he saw him.

 Not long after, another case occurred near Yuantai’s house. When he went to watch, he saw a yellow-haired man in the crowd.

Yuantai vaguely remembered that when he saw the wanted criminal, Huang Mao was also sitting next to him. Therefore, he felt that Huang Mao's brother must have seen the wanted criminal, so he grabbed Huang Mao and wanted to provide information to the police with him.

However, Huang Mao is actually the prisoner on the wanted warrant.

 He went to the barber shop that day just to change his look.

After being recognized by Yuantai, the wanted man Huang Mao made excuses to fool the police and left in a hurry.

 After that, he began to look for opportunities to cause accidents and wanted to kill Moto Kojima.

Jiang Xia was thinking about it when the mermaid, who was most sensitive to murderous intent, suddenly pulled him and pointed in the distance.

 …Murderous?

Jiang Xia turned her face slightly, looked over with her peripheral vision, and vaguely caught a glimpse of a man with murderous intent in the shade of a tree across the street.

The man's movements were sneaky, and his yellow hair was shining brightly in the sunlight. I don’t know if I have been following Genta Kojima, or if I passed by here on the way and was attracted by the police car, and then I saw Genta.

 In short, although the murderous aura in this person is of average quality, the murderous aura that can be picked up casually on the way to get off work is not in vain...

Thinking about this, the focus of Jiang Xia's eyes fell back on Moto Kojima: "Go back, don't worry about this anymore."

 “…” Moto Kojima hesitated to speak.

 In fact, until now, he has not figured out whether it is Jiang Xia who is following him.

However, since Jiang Xia said so, Yuan Tai did not dare to ask directly. In the end, he just nodded timidly and walked home with Mitsuhiko and Ayumi.

 (End of this chapter)