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Chapter 180 The mysterious woman's commission (22)

"Idiot!" Inspector Okamura shouted angrily, "It's times like this that you should trust the police even more!"

"Do you think that as long as you hide the truth, those people will really let your family go?"

"If the criminals are not brought to justice, they may continue to commit such wanton killings!"

Kunio Koizumi was dismissive of Inspector Okamura's statement. He snorted coldly:
"If I don't tell you, I'm not only protecting my family, I'm also protecting you."

"Because those people dared to kill even the police."

Kunio Koizumi's words stunned everyone present.

Conan and Sera Masumi felt their hearts sink when they heard this, and suddenly realized something.

Just when everyone present fell silent because of Kunio Koizumi's words, another slightly hesitant voice broke the quiet atmosphere.

"Uh...then I won't listen. Since it has nothing to do with me, I'll go back to my room first."

Everyone turned to look, and saw Akikawa Sosuke leaving the room with a look of panic on his face.

They seemed quite frightened of what they were going to talk about next.

Inspector Okamura hurriedly called out to Akikawa Sousuke:
"Please wait in the hall. We will ask you to take a statement later."

"OK…"

Akikawa Sosuke agreed reluctantly and returned to the hall.

Obviously, most police officers did not believe what Kunio Koizumi said.

They think Kunio Koizumi is just exaggerating.

However, Conan and Sera Masumi did not think so.

Just over half a month ago, a criminal police officer was shot and killed.

Could it be that…?
Conan and Sera Masumi exchanged glances quickly, and after confirming that the other party had the same idea as himself, Sera Masumi turned to look at Inspector Okamura and said:
"I'm very sorry, Inspector Okamura, could you please ask the police to step aside for a moment?"

"I would like to speak to Mr. Koizumi alone."

Inspector Okamura was obviously unwilling to do so.

The police department is investigating a case, and you, a detective, want to talk to the criminal alone, but you ask all the police officers to leave. How can this be called?
A female detective next to him also saw what Inspector Okamura was thinking, so she whispered in his ear:

"Mr. Koizumi obviously has some distrust of the police now."

"It would be better if Miss Sera talked to Mr. Koizumi alone. Maybe Mr. Koizumi would reveal the truth."

"Ms. Sera is much smarter than us. She will definitely be able to make the most correct judgment."

Inspector Okamura felt that it made sense, but he always felt that it was a bit embarrassing to leave with a group of subordinates like this.

At this time, he heard Sera Masumi say:

"By the way, Inspector Okamura, the criminal who killed Mr. Kawasaki has not yet been identified."

"Since the real murderer is not Mr. Koizumi, then the real murderer must have killed Mr. Kawasaki between 12 noon and 6 pm."

"And Mr. Kawasaki was already in a state of rigor mortis, so the murderer must have acted close to 12 o'clock."

Inspector Okamura also reacted quickly after hearing Sera Masumi's reminder.

"According to Mr. Koizumi, Mr. Kawasaki died from a knife wound to the neck, so the real murderer must have entered Koizumi-an to commit the crime."

"That's right." Sera Masumi said with a smile.

"Come on, follow me to check the surveillance and find the real culprit."

"I want to see who can ignore the police."

Inspector Okamura took the opportunity given to him by Masumi Sera and left Kunio Koizumi's room with the police officers present.

The door slowly closed.

Kunio Koizumi and Masumi Sera were the only ones left in the room.

as well as…

Elementary school student Conan.

Kunio Koizumi looked at Conan with a puzzled expression, as if to say:
Why is this elementary school student still here?
"Mr. Koizumi."

Sera Masumi's voice drew Kunio Koizumi's attention away from Conan.

"Now that the police have left, can you tell me what happened?"

Koizumi Kunio shook his head and said:
"I won't tell you. It's useless even if I tell you. What can you, a high school student, do?"

"And it will put yourself in danger." Sera Masumi did not refute Koizumi Kunio, but continued to ask:

"Mr. Koizumi, what you just said is that the other party dares to kill even the police."

"Is that policeman the same detective from the Investigation Section 1 who was shot dead more than half a month ago?"

"You...how do you know?"

Kunio Koizumi looked at Masumi Sera with some shock.

The detectives just now obviously didn't believe what he said, but Sera Masumi was able to guess who the detective he was talking about was.

After seeing Kunio Koizumi's reaction, Conan and Masumi Sera basically confirmed the identity of the person who commissioned them to develop the software.

"Mr. Koizumi, we know this because we have had contact with the organization that asked you to develop the software before."

Sera Masumi spoke.

"And we are also investigating the situation of that organization."

"It turns out to be like this..."

Kunio Koizumi looked at Masumi Sera in front of him, and suddenly an idea emerged in his heart -

Perhaps, this smart detective in front of him really has the ability to punish those people.

After Koizumi Kunio struggled for a long time, he slowly spoke:
"About half a month ago, when Kawasaki came to my place to drink, the phone in the room suddenly rang."

"I thought it was the front desk calling, but when I passed by I heard a strange woman's voice."

"That woman started by saying that she wanted to entrust me and Kawasaki to develop a piece of software."

"At first I thought it was a prank by a clerk who hated the boss, so I rejected it immediately."

"Then the next morning, Kawasaki and I received another call from that woman."

"I immediately got furious and threatened to call the police, but the woman asked us to come to the living room and take a look before making a decision."

"When I came to the living room, my hangover from last night was suddenly awakened."

"Because I saw that the photos of me, Kawasaki's wife and children were nailed to the wall in the room."

"It was at this point that Kawasaki and I realized this wasn't a prank."

"The other party really has the ability to destroy what we cherish most at will."

"At the same time, the woman also said that calling the police was useless and asked us to watch the news."

"I opened my computer and saw the first piece of news that a detective from the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's Third Division of Criminal Investigation had been sniped and killed."

"The woman told us that she would only give us half a month to complete the software they required."

"If we can't complete it as promised, Kawasaki and I will both die."

"And we must not disclose the content of the software we develop to outsiders."

"Otherwise, the safety of my family's lives cannot be guaranteed."

“So we started working overtime to develop the software.”

"A week ago, Kawasaki had to leave for something, so he temporarily left Kosenan for a day."

"But even if we add that day, how could the software that woman requested be completed in just half a month?"

"Two days ago, we received another call from that woman, so we told her that we couldn't complete it within the deadline and hoped to extend the deadline."

"The woman agreed to our request, but said that we must accept the punishment for breach of contract."

"Yesterday I was delayed for another day because I went to the police station. When I came back, I found that Kawasaki was dead."

"I was completely devastated after seeing this scene, and I was not prepared to continue developing software according to the woman's request."

"But I was worried about my family's safety, so I thought about hiding the fact that we developed software for that woman, and then admitting that I killed Kawasaki, so that I could be taken to the police station as the murderer."

"In this way, I didn't tell anyone about the secret of developing software for that woman, and I also took the blame for the murder. In this way, the safety of my family and Kawasaki's family should be guaranteed."

Kunio Koizumi expressed his own judgment.

"Mr. Koizumi, did they tell you why they asked you to develop this software?"

Sera Masumi asked with a serious expression.

"She gave a ridiculous excuse. I don't think she was going to tell us the real reason."

"The woman said they were going to reverse the flow of time and bring the dead back to life."

(End of this chapter)