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Chapter 757 Irrefutable Evidence! Akira Morozuki Confesses, Revenge from Takeshi Onino

"No, it's not my fault..."

Despite the extremely unfavorable situation, Zhu Jiaoming still stubbornly refused to admit defeat and attempted to put up a last-ditch resistance.

Inspector Gong Chang naturally didn't believe his excuses. He angrily grabbed him and questioned him sharply, "Then tell me, why is this Guan Yu statue on you?"

Akira Morozumi was almost in tears: "I don't know..."

He wasn't faking it; he genuinely didn't know, and he never imagined that his perfect murder plan would have such a huge flaw.

It was as if God was conspiring against him...

However, with the evidence laid bare, his explanations seemed weak and unconvincing.

While others were still only suspicious and not certain, Ryoko Morozumi, as the victim, was 100% certain that her husband was the arsonist the moment she saw the Guan Yu statue fall from Akira Morozumi's body!

Because... she knew in advance that Akira Morozumi was the serial arsonist that the police were searching for everywhere!
In order to deliberately mislead the police, Akira Morozumi set fire to buildings in 1-chome and 2-chome across various places, as well as Takeshi Onino's factory. Little did he know that his real target—his wife Ryoko Morozumi—had already noticed his suspicious behavior.

And then concrete evidence was found.

However, Ryoko Morozumi did not make a fuss. Instead, she wanted to use this to threaten Akira Morozumi into divorcing her husband and leaving him with nothing so that she could elope with her lover, Misao Soga.

This is also why she gave up the request after Kogoro Mouri came to her door today.

Because she knew that the suspicious person was her husband.

But Ryoko Morozumi never expected that Akira Morozumi would be so ruthless as to set him on fire and burn him to death!
Overwhelmed by fear, he was suddenly filled with rage.

All I did was cheat on my wife, and you bastard want to burn me alive!

Seeing that Moroko Akira was still trying to argue, Moroko Ryoko was even more furious, feeling both angry and afraid.

He narrowly escaped this time, but what about next time? Will Morozumi let it go?

Thinking of this, Ryoko Morozumi felt a chill run down her spine and immediately stopped hesitating.

"I have evidence that Akira Morozumi is a serial arsonist!"

Amidst the astonished gazes of others, Ryoko Morozumi glared fiercely at Akira Morozumi, gritting her teeth.

“I had suspected his suspicious behavior before, and then I unexpectedly found the pedestal that Morozumi Akira had cut off from the Red Hare.”

Inspector Gong's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Where is the table?"

"I put it in the cushion that my sister Xizi gave me for holding the crystal ball, and locked it together with the crystal ball in an iron box. It shouldn't have been burned by the fire."

Inspector Yumikado immediately ordered his men to search, and they eventually found the iron box that Ryoko Morozumi had mentioned in the ruins. When they opened it, the contents were indeed intact.

Tearing open the cushion revealed a pedestal engraved with the words "Red Hare," its shape matching the red horse statue left at the site.

"What do you have to say now!" Inspector Yumikane handed the pedestal to the pale-faced Akira Morozuki. "We only need to compare the fingerprints on it to identify the culprit!"

Hattori Heiji reminded him, "And that Guan Yu statue, it's highly likely that it also has the criminal's fingerprints on it."

"me…"

Under the oppressive gazes of Inspector Yumikane and others, Akira Morozuki stammered, unable to utter a word.

Faced with irrefutable evidence, Zhu Jiaoming knew he had failed, and his heart sank to the bottom.

In the end, he had no choice but to admit his crimes.

But he couldn't understand why his plan, which was so perfect and flawless, would go wrong at the last minute.
He even went to great lengths to use psychological suggestion to mentally control Genda Ryūtoku, wanting him to be his scapegoat, but it turned out to be completely useless!
Moroko Akira was extremely unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Seeing Akira Morozuki confess, Conan and Heiji Hattori clicked their tongues in regret. They hadn't even started to exert their strength yet, and the criminal had already fallen to the ground.

However, it is ultimately a good thing that this serial arsonist has been apprehended.

However, some questions still lingered in their minds that they couldn't understand—

Akira Morozumi set up a delayed ignition device to start the fire and clear himself of suspicion. He was drinking with Misao Soga when the fire started, so the dark figure they saw could not have been Akira Morozumi. So who could it have been?
Upon closer reflection, it's clear that the other party deliberately lured them into the house, using them to rescue Ryoko Morozumi. But what was their purpose?
Why did that Guan Yu sculpture end up on Zhu Jiaoming? Logically, such crucial evidence should have been disposed of.

A cloud of doubt hung over their minds, leaving them utterly perplexed.

Conan and Heiji Hattori were unaware that the person who had them in suspense was none other than Takeshi Onino.

When he learned the details of the case from Inspector Yumio and learned about the existence of the red horse statue, Onino Takeshi already remembered this rather classic episode.

When I first watched it, I was deeply impressed by the Chinese elements and the criminal methods.

Naturally, they then learned that the arsonist was Akira Morozumi.

But if you killed your wife, fine, but why the hell did you have to burn down my factory?!
Caught in the crossfire, Ono Takeshi was enraged and naturally wouldn't let the culprit, Morozumi Akira, off easily.

So they launched a retaliatory operation.

Of course, it's not about simply and crudely slapping the other party down.

Having learned the plot, Ono Takeshi easily began monitoring Morozumi Akira, keeping his every move under his watchful eye.

Including Kogoro Mouri and others, as well as Takatoku Genda, Misao Soga, and several others, they all came to visit one after another, just like in the original story.

To be honest, Gosho Aoyama is a die-hard fan of the Three Kingdoms period, and he included quite a bit of his own interpretation in this episode.

Besides Guan Yu and Red Hare, the names of several other characters are also related to figures from the Three Kingdoms period.

For example, the scapegoat Genda Takatoku, whose name contains the characters "Xuande," clearly represents Liu Bei.

The name Zhujiao Liangzi contains both "Zhu" and "Liang," representing Zhuge Liang (the prime minister was once the most severely maligned).

Zhujiaoming could be Zhang Jiao or Lü Meng (courtesy name Ziming). Ono Takeshi leans towards the latter, since both of them have crossed the line of moral integrity.

As the name suggests, Zengwo Caofu is Cao Mengde, and his behavior is very much in line with the character of Cao, the wife of a man.

Quan Tengxizi represents Sun Quan.

There is also the officer in charge of the bow and arrow, whose bow and arrow is Zhang, which is Zhang Fei.

It has to be said that the Japanese are indeed very enthusiastic about the Three Kingdoms period, and they will try to associate themselves with it even when there's nothing else to do.

Pulling away, get back to business.

Under Ono Takeshi's watchful eye, none of Morozumi Akira's actions escaped his notice.

Therefore, after Morozumi cut off the Guan Yu statue and discarded it, it quickly fell into the hands of Ono Takeshi.

Then, when Akira Morozumi was carrying out his plan to kill his wife, he deliberately appeared to guide Conan and the others to discover the fire and rescue Ryoko Morozumi.

Since Morozumi Akira was trying every means to kill his wife, Ono Takeshi was determined not to let him have his way.

Although Ryoko Morozumi wasn't a good woman, her life serves as a testimonial to Akira Morozumi.

As for the Guan Yu statue, it was naturally placed on Morozumi Akira by Ono Takeshi without his knowledge, and Morozumi, being an ordinary person, had no way of noticing it.

The reason he did these things behind the scenes instead of directly using his power to retaliate against Zhujiaoming was firstly because such a person was not worth him using means outside the law.

Another reason is that Takeshi Ono wanted Akira Morozumi to witness firsthand the complete failure of his supposedly perfect murder plan.

All your scheming and plotting will ultimately amount to nothing!

Physical revenge was not enough; it was the punishment of the soul that Oni no Takeshi desired.

With just one simple move of "going with the flow," Morozuki Akira completely lost everything.

Once Morozumi is in prison, we'll have someone continue to treat him well inside; we definitely won't let him have an easy time.

Hmph, I'll let you burn down our factory!
Ono Takeshi has never been petty.

It can only be said that provoking Oni Takeshi was the biggest mistake Morozumi Akira made in his life, and he will pay an unbearable price for it.

(End of this chapter)