Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 438 The Corpse Buried Deep in the Mountains, a Conan Version of "The Vanished She"

Oni Takeshi stopped in his tracks.

Shinmei Kaori, who was behind them, stopped and asked in confusion, "Takeshi, what's wrong?"

Oni Takeshi did not answer immediately, but instead twitched his nose again.

Thanks to my exceptional five senses, the taste became even clearer this time.

It had a slightly foul odor.

“There’s a strange smell around here,” he said, frowning.

Ran and the others looked puzzled, then sniffed, but couldn't smell anything.

However, the sense of stability and reliability that Oni Takeshi had always established in their minds prevented them from rashly raising any questions.

Only Sera Masumi, who was unfamiliar with him, asked curiously, "There's nothing there. Could it be that the scent of flowers or something made you mistake it, Coach Onino?"

"It's not the scent of flowers."

Ono Takeshi shook his head firmly. With his sense of smell, it was normal for him to smell odors that ordinary people couldn't. He was sure he wasn't mistaken.

Seeing his confident tone, Sera Masumi was unsure for a moment. Seeing that Ran Mouri and the others did not question it, she stopped talking.

A faint, indescribable stench entered his nostrils, and Oni Takeshi's expression turned serious.

This taste...

Under the watchful eyes of Ran Mouri and the other girls, Takeshi Onino closed his eyes slightly and began to carefully sense his surroundings.

"over there!"

They quickly determined the direction from which the smell was coming.

He immediately walked quickly in that direction.

Ran and the other girls exchanged glances and followed.

After walking about a hundred meters, they had deviated from the mountain path and entered the woods.

Surrounded by dense bushes, the only sunlight filtering through the leaves could not dispel the gloom.

pat!

Ono Takeshi suddenly stopped and stood on a patch of grass covered with withered leaves.

At this point, not only him, but even Ran Mouri and the others could smell a strange odor.

"What's that awful smell?!"

Sonoko Suzuki covered her nose.

Ran Mouri was suddenly startled. Having frequently visited crime scenes, she was familiar with this smell and quickly recalled it from her memory. Her heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out:

"Could this taste be...?"

"...It smells like a corpse!"

Sera Masumi replied with a serious expression.

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward Oni Takeshi. How could he smell such a faint stench of corpses from such a distance? Just who was this guy?
However, now is not the time to delve into this issue. Since there is a smell of decay, it means that there is likely a corpse buried nearby!
If it were a wild animal, there would be no need to bury it, so it could only be a human corpse!
Deep in the mountains, a corpse... Was it suicide or homicide?

Upon hearing the stench of a corpse, Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, and Kaori Shinna all changed their expressions.

There was a corpse buried deep in the mountains?

Thinking of this, the three of them felt a chill run down their spines.

While the group was talking, Oni Takeshi had already located the exact location from which the scent was emanating by the direction and intensity of the aroma.

"right here!"

Oni Takeshi squatted down, picked up some soil from the ground and examined it. Sure enough, he found signs that it had been dug up.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be down below."

Oni Takeshi's calm tone once again caused the goddesses' expressions to change.

Standing up, looking around, Oni Takeshi picked up a relatively flat stone slab, weighing about several tens of kilograms, and then waved for the women to move aside.

"You guys step away first."

Once the three women were far away, Oni no Takenaka immediately swung his arm, using the stone slab as a shovel, and began digging rapidly under the astonished gaze of Sera Masumi.

With dirt flying everywhere, Oni no Takeshi's efficiency was no less than that of an excavator. In just a few moments, a pit several meters deep appeared before them.

Smelling the increasingly strong stench of corpses in the pit, Oni Takeshi was certain that there must be a body buried below.

He swung the stone shovel again and continued digging.

Suddenly--

A grayish-white finger emerged from the soil.

Oni no Takeshi's eyes sharpened immediately, he reduced his strength, and began to carefully flip over.

Soon, a terrifying face that should have been beautiful appeared before them, but was now as pale as paper and even somewhat rotten.

As Ran Mouri and the others approached, their eyes widened at what they saw.

There really was a corpse!
Once Onino Takeshi's body was completely exhumed, Sera Masumi immediately ran up, squatted down, and began to examine it carefully, without any fear or hesitation.

"The deceased's skin was slightly bluish-gray, with lividity concentrated on the back and fixed in place; pressing with a finger no longer caused the discoloration to fade."

"Upon opening the eyelids, severe corneal opacity is visible, and the pupil is not perceptible."

"Rigoletto has completely subsided; the chest has shriveled, the lower abdomen is slightly swollen, and there are minor signs of putrefaction."

"The stench of death is quite strong, and a small amount of bodily fluid has begun to seep from the mouth and nose;" "The preliminary assessment is that the cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation, and the estimated time of death is more than 70 hours..."

A string of professional autopsy terms came from Sera Masumi's mouth, making a general assessment of the body's condition, which surprised both Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki.

"Sera-kun, you actually know how to perform autopsies?" Ran Mouri exclaimed in surprise.

After carefully examining the corpse's fingernails, Sera Masumi looked up and smiled, "Because I'm a detective, I know a little about autopsies."

Thinking of Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri nodded, thinking that this was probably an essential skill for a detective.

Oni Takeshi glanced at Sera Masumi; an ordinary detective wouldn't have this ability.

As expected, the Akai family doesn't tolerate idlers.

Unexpectedly, their relaxing trip turned into a discovery of a body. Naturally, what followed was beyond their ability to handle, so after securing the scene, Oni Takeshi immediately dialed the police.

Upon hearing that a body had been found deep in the mountains, the Yamanashi Prefectural Police Department took the matter very seriously and rushed to the scene just one hour later.

After examining the evidence, the forensic team members reached a conclusion similar to that of Sera Masumi.

As the discoverers, Ono Takeshi and the others naturally needed to give their statements.

So, along with the body, they were taken to the police station.

It wasn't until evening that the group finally left the police station.

After what happened, everyone was in low spirits. After spending the night in the hotel, they set off for Tokyo early the next morning.

……

The next day.

Oni Takeshi received a phone call from Mouri Ran.

The other party told him, somewhat excitedly, that the identity of the deceased had been confirmed.

Coincidentally, she was none other than Motoko Kawaguchi, the missing fiancée whom Haruki Toriumi had asked Kogoro Mouri to find.

And just yesterday, Kogoro Mouri once again entered "Sleeping Kogoro" mode, revealing Haruki Toriumi's true colors—

He is the real culprit who killed Motoko Kawaguchi!

Ultimately, under the accusations of "Kogoro Mouri," Haruki Toriumi, who had been refuting the accusations, was rendered speechless, and his crimes were fully exposed.

On the phone, Ran Mouri recounted what had happened, her voice filled with sadness and confusion. She couldn't understand why Haruki Toriumi was so cruel as to murder his fiancée.

Doesn't he love her?
Because he loves himself more!
Oni no Takeshi sneered.

At this point, he had already remembered the case.

—An unfortunate woman and a complete scumbag!

Initially, Haruki Toriumi fell in love with Motoko Kawaguchi at first sight, pursued her intensely, and proposed to her.

Motoko Kawaguchi initially thought this man was quite nice, so she accepted his marriage proposal.

However, after getting to know him better, Motoko Kawaguchi felt that he was not suitable for her. He became increasingly selfish and arrogant, which she could not accept, so she asked Haruki Toriumi to break off the engagement.

But Haruki Toriumi refused, simply because he had already introduced Motoko Kawaguchi to his friends and family as his fiancée, and breaking off the engagement would make him lose face...

There was nothing she could do; Motoko Kawaguchi knew that with her fiancé's abilities and character, he would find her no matter where she secretly went.

So he and his friends staged a fake murder to make Haruki Toriumi believe he was dead, thus getting rid of him.

The friends will also avoid being arrested by the police because the body cannot be found.

The plan was well-thought-out, but man proposes, God disposes.

Unexpectedly, Haruki Toriumi secretly followed Motoko Kawaguchi and interrogated her about her plans.

Motoko Kawaguchi, harboring good intentions, hoped that the other party would let her go after learning about her plan, so she told him the truth.

Unfortunately, she underestimated Haruki Toriumi's monstrous nature. This bastard not only didn't give up, but instead harbored murderous intent and took advantage of the plan to kill his fiancée.

The reason is both ridiculous and infuriating.

It was simply because he didn't want to marry someone who didn't like him, but to save face, the best option was for Motoko Kawaguchi to die.

A faked death isn't enough to guarantee safety; only if Motoko Kawaguchi really dies can Haruki Toriumi be truly at ease. What's even better is that someone else can take the blame for him.

Of course, this might also be partly due to his pursuit of Yotsuji Reika.

Compared to Motoko Kawaguchi, who was just an ordinary white-collar worker, the heiress of the Yotsubi Group was naturally more qualified to be his wife.

So, in a moment of ruthlessness, Haruki Toriumi strangled his fiancée to death inside the car.

Then they drove to the deep mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture and buried the body.

The next day, he went to the Mouri Detective Agency as if nothing had happened, pretending to be worried and anxious, and lied that his fiancée had gone missing, asking Motoko Kawaguchi to go and find her.

Once Kogoro Mori discovers that Motoko Kawaguchi's friend is a prime suspect, he will make an anonymous call to the police, telling them the location of the hidden body, thus framing the perpetrator.

There are many scumbags in Detective Conan, but few are as scum as this.

Haruki Toriumi is utterly the worst kind of scum.

It fully demonstrates what the evil of human nature is!
It's like a Conan version of "Gone Girl"!
This kind of person doesn't even deserve sympathy when he's dead!

Moreover, of all people to choose from, he cleverly approached Kogoro Mouri and the Grim Reaper, presumptuously treating them as pawns to be used, only to end up sacrificing himself.

You will not live if you do your own thing!

Fortunately, he received the punishment he deserved, although Ono Takeshi felt it would have been better to just shoot the bastard dead.

They originally thought that justice would prevail, the scumbag would be caught, and he would face imprisonment.

However, Takeshi Ono never expected that things would take another turn soon afterward!
(End of this chapter)