At this point, the truth of the murder has emerged.
After investigating all the way, Yin Dahang and Kudo Shinichi found a noodle restaurant and ordered two ramen to enjoy - Yin Dahang's treat.
"Boss, give this kid more meat, he's too short!" Yin Dachong shouted to the shop owner.
"okay!"
Kudo Shinichi was not short for his age, but he stared at Yin Dahang's figure and silently accepted the kindness of this enthusiastic uncle.
While they were dining, Yin Dahang's phone rang. He took it out and saw that the caller was junior Takagi.
Pick up the phone.
"What? Suicide? Are you kidding me?"
On the other end of the phone was Takagi Wataru informing him of the investigation results of the police station.
"suicide?"
When Kudo Shinichi on the side heard the news, he didn't care about eating noodles. He immediately moved next to Yin Dahang, put his ear to the phone and listened to the content.
"Yes, because the on-site sampling analysis results have come out."
"No skin flakes were found on the telephone line, but some were found on the receiver. This is indeed the cause of the injury to the deceased's forehead."
"If the killer wanted to remove the traces, he couldn't just remove the traces on the phone line and leave the receiver alone."
"Furthermore, only the deceased's fingerprints were found on the receiver, and judging from the distribution on it, it can be confirmed that the deceased hit his head with the receiver."
The deceased hit himself on the head with the receiver?
Kudo Shinichi imagined such an action. If this kind of behavior wanted to leave a mark on the forehead, the deceased would have to exert more force.
"Use the microphone to knock out the bruises yourself?" Yin Dahang also thought of this omission.
Don’t underestimate the body’s self-protection mechanism. Just like a needle pricking your eyes will cause you to subconsciously close your eyes, other behaviors that may harm you will be unconsciously stopped by your brain.
Those scenes where you pinch yourself to bleed at every turn are just scenes used on TV to highlight the character's mood.
"Well, it is indeed possible when the mood is extremely exciting. We investigated the capital flow of Yongpu Chemical and found that their capital chain has been broken. The deceased was burdened with high debts and may have chosen to commit suicide."
Usury is not illegal in the island country. If you cannot repay your debts, you will be worse off than dead under the pressure of the underworld.
It is indeed better to die than to fall into the hands of collection agents.
"Is there any other evidence?" Kudo Shinichi grabbed the phone and asked eagerly.
"Kudo-kun?"
Takagi was a little surprised by the sudden change of people, but he quickly adjusted back and said with the mentality of a later Conan tool man: "There are also a large number of messy fingerprints on the hanging rope. After comparison, these fingerprints all matched those of the deceased. Therefore, the hanging rope should have been prepared by the deceased himself for the purpose of committing suicide."
Although Takagi's story was clear and logical, Yin Dahang was still dubious——
Since when can the Metropolitan Police make such reliable inferences?
Of course, this was not Yin Dahang's idea. He was just a little unaccustomed to the way the Metropolitan Police had finally clarified, and he vaguely felt that there was something fishy in it.
"What about the bomb? What happened to the bomb? Where is the cleaner named Shimoda Akichi? What is his confession?"
Kudo Shin's series of questions shot out like a hail of bullets.
"Shimoda Akichi was in the hospital. He said that he really wanted to take advantage of the bomb incident to kill the deceased, but he got a call from the hospital midway, saying that his mother's condition had worsened and that he should go to the hospital to take care of him immediately. Then he An office that just leaves without taking action.”
"Is there any evidence for this?"
"Yes, the hospital said they did make a call. The time it took from the time he received the call to when he arrived at the hospital was not enough for Shimoda to clean up the traces of the scene."
"And, most importantly, we found the deceased's suicide note in the deceased's safe..."
"A suicide note written by yourself?" Kudo Shinichi asked.
"The signature and fingerprints on the suicide note were tested and matched with those of the deceased."
"..."
Suicide?
Young Kudo felt that things would not be that simple, but if he thought about it carefully, the reasoning provided by the Metropolitan Police Department was indeed enough to form a logical closed loop.
He deduced in his mind the situation when the eucalyptus hair occurred——
After Shimoda Akichi left, the deceased thought about the situation the company was facing and was in agony. A phone call happened to come. After hearing some news, the deceased hit his head with the receiver in pain. After realizing that life was hopeless, he took out the rope he had prepared for a long time. Hanged himself in his office.
Could this be the truth?
If this is indeed the case, what about the bomb?
Where did that exploding bomb come from?
Kudo Shinichi put down the phone, looked at Yin Dahang who had already finished his noodle bowl, and asked, "I want to go visit Shimoda Qiu's family and ask about the situation personally."
...
Come back here.
"Is this really good?"
Asked Asakura Makoto, who was dressed as Yamada Daichi.
"Shimoda Akichi has nothing to do with you."
He looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang, raised his hand to put on another human face on himself, and then took out the stuffing to support his figure. In just a few breaths, Asakura became another person.
"He really has nothing to do with me, but...I feel..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang hesitated a little and felt doubtful about the idea he held at this time.
"Compared to a guy who has committed many crimes, an assassin who wants to die together is more worthy of sympathy?"
Asakura completed what he wanted to say.
"..." Zhu Fu Jingguang lowered his head and said nothing, acquiescing.
The deceased's company did have financial problems, but it was not because of poor management, but because the deceased embezzled public funds, transferred assets, and secretly stirred up the relationship between the villagers and the company.
The previous conflict seemed to be caused by the villagers' uncontrollable anger, but the inside story was secretly instigated by the deceased's briber. The purpose was to make the villagers and the company incompatible. Finally, at a convenient time, the accountant who knew the internal fund flows of the company was involved. Kill them and blame them on the villagers.
"It's okay Scotland, you don't have to feel guilty about it."
Asakura Makoto stood up and said to Morofushi Kagemitsu, who felt that he had violated his life creed by sheltering a murderer.
"After all, this whole thing was purely forced by me. If you really feel guilty, you might as well try to blame it on me."
"..."
Obviously, Asakura knew that Zhu Fu Jingguang would not dump his responsibilities on others, so he said such words deliberately.
After making a mistake, many people will unconsciously blame others for their mistakes, but some people will take the initiative to bear their own mistakes.
At this moment, Asakura really expressed his stance, but it added a layer of burden to Zhu Fu Jingguang——
Let him clearly realize that it was precisely because of his own weakness that he had to succumb to the brandy, which led to the occurrence of the following things.
The job of intelligence minister assigned to him by Asakura Makoto included many assassination missions targeting bureaucrats, politicians and entrepreneurs.
Although Zhu Fu Jingguang always chose those scum who committed the most heinous crimes, the impact of taking other people's lives on him still piled up layer by layer.
Until now, when the victim is a despicable person who has done all kinds of evil, the perpetrator is an honest villager who has no way to fight.
When such an absurd reality appeared in front of Zhu Fu Jingguang's eyes, the influence that had been hidden deep in his heart finally burst out.
"Reincarnation Paradise"
He is in the dark and can use it to kill the bad apples who harm the country, but what about those who can't do anything?
In this conflict between the villagers and Yongpu Chemical, Yongpu Chemical instigated some villagers to lead a crowd to attack them. When the Metropolitan Police saw this situation, it was no surprise that they chose to protect the president of Yongpu Chemical... ...
Obviously these villagers are the victims of Yongpu Chemical's illegal sewage discharge in the past few decades, aren't they?
Zhufu Jingguang, who stood on the sidelines and saw the truth of the matter clearly, felt guilty mixed with confusion——
If the Metropolitan Police Department fails to protect the safety of citizens, then who can the citizens rely on?
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Although the story is not finished, I found that I wrote about the black side and put a lot of effort into writing about what detectives do...
