Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 245 Attempted Murder

Bang, bang, bang——

The helmet of the armor fell to the ground and rolled along, but what was exposed underneath the helmet was nothing but empty armor!
Then the long sword in the empty armor's hand also fell loose and fell to the ground, and the entire armor knelt down weakly and fell to the side. The joints were no longer connected in the void, but separated from each other...

If this was caught on surveillance camera, the police would probably be shocked.

However, Shiraishi's previous "elbow to the heart" was deliberately thrown into the blind spot of the surveillance camera, and then a "chopping" was used to knock off the helmet. At this time, not only would the surveillance camera not see it, but also...

At this time, Shiraishi also saw the curator "sleeping" in the corner.

The curator with a big white beard was sleeping here. He was probably asleep when he was "putting on" the armor. As the curator, he certainly knew that the surveillance camera could not capture this place, so he wore the armor here.

But he himself didn't know that he was not wearing the armor, but was "possessed" by the armor!

Obviously, the battle just now was actually carried out by the "Black Magic Armor". After being "physically exorcised" by Shiraishi, the possessed Ochiai temporarily lost consciousness and continued to be unconscious.

Hongzi glanced at the surveillance camera in the corner of the exhibition hall and breathed a sigh of relief...

If Bai Shi couldn't do it either, she would have to take the risk of backlash.

"Huh... Are you sure his consciousness was very blurred when he was using the armor? This saves us a lot of effort." Bai Shi said calmly.

In this way, combined with the surveillance evidence, it is logical to prove that the person who just had a fierce battle with Shiraishi was the old curator - after all, the surveillance showed that Shiraishi hit the man in armor, and then in this blind spot of the surveillance, there were only Shiraishi and the old curator...

As for why Bai Shi took off his armor after he fell unconscious...

Although it is a bit incongruous, it is not a big deal!

Even in the old curator's own memory, it was exactly like this...

"Good, it wasn't photographed in the end, so it seems that this armor can still be used." Hongzi stepped forward and picked up the helmet that fell on the ground.

If it were captured by surveillance cameras... especially if it were taken to the Metropolitan Police Department or a place like the Science and Police Research Institute and displayed in public for various scientific analyses, the "backlash" would directly cause the armor to lose all its supernatural features and become an ordinary object!
Magical abilities, that's what's so inconvenient about them.

In comparison, although Shiraishi's physical strength lacks some magical qualities, it does not matter if he uses it in public - indeed, when Shiraishi uses "I-Ryu", energy is gradually not conserved, and the explosive energy cannot be released by normal aerobic and anaerobic reactions of muscles... but who can see it?

At the same time, President Manaka, who had just escaped, finally arrived and called other staff members and "enthusiastic tourists*3".

"Look... the monster is still there..."

"Ah! It's Director Shiraishi..."

"Director? Was the Director attacked as well?"

……

After the Beika Art Museum called the police, patrol police arrived quickly. With Shiraishi there, the case was handled quickly!
"What? You mean...that's Director Ochiai?" Megure also arrived at the scene at this time.

At first, the new owner of the museum, Manaka, called the police and claimed that he was not only attacked by "people wearing medieval armor" with swords, but also that "a giant three to five meters tall appeared"...

It caused quite a scene, and Shiraishi also specially notified the "head office" - because he had taken action against the "criminal", so he needed to avoid suspicion.

Megure knew when he saw Shiraishi that the "three to five meter tall giant" must have been exaggerated because the attacker was too scared and the room was dark at the time, but...

Director Ochiai is actually the "armored man"?
Megure just saw the old curator being taken away by an ambulance...

Can he wear forty kilograms of medieval armor and compete with Bai Shi?
The human body is truly amazing...

"Yes, there are surveillance cameras in the exhibition hall." Bai Shi nodded firmly.

Then everyone saw that it looked like surveillance footage from the filming of a suit drama!
Seeing how heavy-handed Shiraishi was, and thinking that the person inside was the elderly director Ochiai, Megure couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Finally, in the surveillance footage, Shiraishi elbowed the "armored man" out of the picture at a speed that almost left an afterimage. Megure felt a pain in his teeth. The next moment, Shiraishi chased after him. In the surveillance footage, we can see that the helmet of the armored man quickly rolled back...

Although the real body of the armored man was not seen directly at that time, it was indeed found that there were only Shiraishi and Director Ochiai in the blind spot of the surveillance!

……

When the other museum employees saw that the person in the armor was actually Director Ochiai, they were also shocked - they didn't expect... that the director was actually a hidden talent?
Originally, there were people who thought that what Zhenzhong said just now was just his "excessive imagination" in panic - after all, Shiraishi, who was only two meters and three meters tall, was said to be a "giant" of three or five meters tall.

So……

That agile "medieval knight" is probably just an exaggeration of the real person, right?
After all, this guy has done a lot of bad things, so it's normal for him to feel guilty!

Maybe the truth is that he is just wearing armor and walking slowly towards you?

After all, in their opinion, with the old curator's physical condition, it would be difficult for him to walk normally after putting on that.

However, now from the surveillance footage...

Manaka really didn't lie about this!

Although he was wearing 40 kilograms of armor, the man in armor looked like he was filming Kamen Rider, jumping around and swinging the sword in a circle.

"Inspector Megure, just now... the children of the Mori family found these at the scene." Sato came over with two evidence bags, each containing a piece of paper and a pen.

Shiraishi glanced at Conan, who was looking very cute. It seemed that he was not idle either...

"It was found at a booth. I don't know if it is related to the case." Sato said, looking suspiciously at an employee present.

"Hmm? Kubota?" Megure saw an employee's name written on the paper.

The thin-faced employee named Kubota said hurriedly, "Ah? This has nothing to do with me! I, I have a hard time lifting that armor!"

"I understand. We'll do that later..." At this time, Megure could only believe the content of the surveillance video.

Just then, Megure's phone rang.

"Hospital? How is it? Hmm... OK... That's good. You stay in the hospital and take care of the suspect first..."

After Megure put down the phone, he said, "Director Ochiai has admitted his crime, and...he is in good health."

When he said the second half of the sentence, Megure looked at Shiraishi strangely. He could only think that Shiraishi was letting him win in the battle...

Otherwise, no matter how you look at it, the old man should have been paralyzed by him!

However, according to Takagi from the hospital, Director Ochiai did not have any serious external injuries, he was just a little depressed.

"Eh?" Conan was surprised. He originally thought that there might be something hidden in this case. After all...

Not to mention the director's physical fitness, the most important thing is that he observed before the director entered the ambulance and found that there was no sign of armor on Director Ochiai's body. Could it be that Shiraishi changed his clothes?

"Is there any problem? Little Conan." Shiraishi said, rubbing his head - just like rubbing a "health ball"!
"Conan! Don't mess with Officer Shiraishi!" Xiaolan immediately came over and took Conan away.

Although Conan's face was full of confusion and bewilderment at this time, Ochiai admitted all of Shiraishi's accusations without any intention of denying them.

……

In fact, if Ochiai resolutely refused to plead guilty, there would still be room for debate - after all, there was no trace of him wearing the armor, and he really didn't have such a good body...

With this level of evidence, the prosecution can certainly present a case in court, but the defense attorneys will have a lot to say.

If he really pleaded not guilty, the table in the courtroom would probably be banged loudly...

By then, I am afraid that the defense will use "there is no trace of the defendant wearing the armor", "the defendant does not know martial arts", and "the surveillance camera did not directly capture the defendant in it" to refute the doubts.

The prosecutor could also focus on the fact that "there were only two people in the blind spot of the surveillance camera, Officer Shiraishi and the defendant, and the blind spot was a closed space, to prove that the criminal could only be Ochiai" to establish evidence.

In the end, Shiraishi might have to appear as a witness and be repeatedly questioned as to why he took off the other person's armor...

fortunately……

No one was actually killed. In this case, if Director Ochiai himself admitted the crime, then there would be no major problem and the lawyer would not plead not guilty.

……

"Damn it... That old man actually wants to kill me? Damn it!" Seeing that the identity of the criminal was confirmed, Manaka finally recovered from his previous cowardice and began to scold the criminal.

However, Iijima on the side could not help but say, "You are not trustworthy! The boss sold this place to you at a low price because you promised to continue to run the art museum, but you tampered with the contract!"

Upon hearing this, Zhenzhong became angry and said, "Shut up! What do you know? Do you know what the spirit of a contract is?"

Well, I can fool you and lay traps in contracts. This is my ability. After you are fooled, you have to admit it. This is the spirit of the contract...

"Officer, that old man attempted murder... and also assaulted a police officer! He should be sentenced to a long time, right?" Manaka immediately asked Megure.

"This is for the court to decide, but attempted murder should be certain, and he has already admitted it." Although Megure couldn't stand the faces of people like this, one thing is one thing.

but……

Shiraishi suddenly said, "But there was no attack on the police."

"Eh?" Megure looked over when he heard that.

"I did not reveal my identity as a police officer. Our fight was an unspoken exchange between martial artists and cannot be considered an attack. Besides... he did not pursue Mr. Manaka again, right? I don't think his murderous intention was so clear." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Why didn't you chase after Shinaka?
Because Director Ochiai is just an ordinary person, his consciousness is very vague when he is operating the armor, and his attack target is shifted after being blocked! "What do you mean?" Manaka looked at Shiraishi's neck angrily - no matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to look Shiraishi in the eye.

"Just providing a normal confession." Bai Shi said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Manaka's face turned ugly for a moment, and then he kept mumbling: "What a bunch of people with no reputation... Damn... This is destroying the business environment of Mihua..."

However, although Shinaka was indignant at this time, he was just furious. He had already decided in his heart to allow the director and others to buy back the art museum - they had clearly received a very good price at the time and thought they could make a fortune!

But now it seems that life is more important. Director Ochiai is indeed very old, but... who can be sure that in a few years, he will still be in good health?

"Kubota! You bastard, don't think that you can just get away with stealing artworks from the museum and replacing them with fakes... Officer, I'm calling the police!" Manaka became angrier and angrier, and he directly reported Kubota.

"Eh? Mr. Manaka, we agreed..."

"Bullshit! You damn thief! Go to jail!" Zhenzhong interrupted rudely.

Previously, Kubota had been stealing art from the museum and selling it to make up for his debts.

However, although Shinaka discovered it, he did not call the police because if he called the police, it would be difficult for such a debt-ridden criminal to recover his losses. So Shinaka chose to use this handle to threaten him to do things for him.

Originally, Zhenzhong wanted to wait for the museum to close, and then make a big profit - first steal the fake goods, then buy insurance for the fakes, and finally burn them down. Anyway, he would have to rebuild a hotel on the original site, so this way he could maximize his profits...

Now that he is a coward, he will naturally vent his anger on Kubota!
He even suspected that Kubota was deliberately hiding the fact from him that the old curator was actually a "master".

"This..." Megure said, looking at Shiraishi.

"Okay, the Mihua Bureau will handle it later." Bai Shi nodded. This was a small case that could be handled by the Mihua Bureau.

……

Shiraishi was also very happy at this time...

If the old curator really kills people according to the method shown in the paintings in the Hell Hall, even if the case is solved on the spot and Ochiai is willing to plead guilty, there will still be headaches ahead!

By then, the armor will be covered in blood, and there must be blood seeping in from the joints, while the wearer will be completely clean, with no trace of Pumino even on his hair and long beard...

If this kind of evidence is submitted, even if the plaintiff admits it himself, the prosecutor will scold the criminal police who handled the case!

But it is not that troublesome now. Whether in terms of facts or in Ochiai's impression, this is undoubtedly attempted murder, but the way of "wearing armor" caused some deviation between his impression and the facts.

The only two people who knew the truth, Shiraishi and Hongzi, also gave false testimony - this did not affect the nature of the case, it just made the method of committing the crime more scientific...

"So this is also a fake, right?" Hongzi said, holding up the helmet.

"That was originally a replica, not what I sold!" Kubota said quickly.

"Sell it to me." Hongzi said without question and looked at Manaka at the same time.

Now the art museum and the artworks inside it all belong to Zhenzhong.

Manaka didn't want to pay attention to her, but... thinking about how scary Ochiai would look when wearing this thing, he nodded and said, "I give it to you! The farther you take it, the better!"

"Koizumi, right? Regarding the transcript just now..." Megure wanted to confirm the testimony with Koizumi Akako, but...

"I came here with him and saw the same thing as him." Hongzi pointed at Shiraishi without any hesitation.

Everyone present:...

Not only Megure and Sato, but all the police officers from the Beika Police Station present were looking at their chief in amazement - You... on a Friday, you invited a high school girl to the art museum?
Bai Shi's face darkened when he saw this...

"Yamada, you... go and count all the artworks reported by Mr. Manaka, including those that have not been discovered yet. Check the entire museum!" Shiraishi gave the order directly.

“Eh? Yes…” Yamada also looked helpless—I wasn’t the only one with an “astonishing” expression, why was it me again?

Just then, Megure's phone rang again.

"What? Another one? Or did he witness it... Well, don't let him leave!"

After Megure answered the phone, he hesitated to speak to Shiraishi at first, but finally said: "Brother Shiraishi, I'm sorry, since Mr. Ochiai has admitted to this attempted murder, let the Beika Police Department handle it."

Originally, Megure came because Manaka's call to the police was too "abnormal", and because Shiraishi had knocked the murderer unconscious with his bare hands, he needed to be an important witness. In order to avoid suspicion, it would be difficult for the Beika Police Station to handle it, so he came even though no one was killed...

But now Ochiai has pleaded guilty, and Megure has other things to do, so he left first.

"Well, leave it to me." Bai Shi didn't ask any more questions - it would be assigned to the people below anyway!
Megure hesitated for a moment, and finally reminded: "The previously mentioned Kamikakushi case... another victim has appeared, and it's still the same situation... You can confirm the matter of Dorobiga Park later."

"Huh? Okay." Bai Shi was also stunned when he heard that, and then nodded in agreement.

Of course, Shiraishi had nothing to confirm.

Since the "prank" at Dorobiga Park was "performed" by Shiraishi himself, what else is there to confirm?

However, on Megure's side, there were two consecutive cases of people going missing, with only the clothes on their bodies... and a pool of blood on the ground. This situation was beyond Shiraishi's expectations.

At the same time, Conan, who was originally concerned about how the old director "transformed into Kamen Rider", completely diverted his attention after hearing this!

"Megure..." Conan was hesitating about how to ask Inspector Megure about the case with his current identity. At this moment, Xiaolan suddenly said, "Inspector Megure, did something happen in Dorobiga Park? Could it be that... Shinichi left there before to help you solve the case?"

"Eh? Kudo? I haven't seen him recently..." Megure was stunned when he heard that.

Conan didn't have time to care about the Hidden Soul case, and quickly said, "Sister Xiaolan! Didn't Brother Shinichi call you yesterday? I guess he must be abroad!"

Yamada suddenly said, "Inspector Megure, are you talking about... the rumor of disappearance? The clothes that Mika found were men's clothes. I went to see them. They were a green hoodie and jeans... and someone had poured red paint on them."

It was because Yamada followed that ghost story forum that he was the first to know about the "prank" in Dorobiga Park.

Naturally, I now also learned about the recent "missing case" in Dongdu from that forum.

Afterwards, Yamada also took the initiative to go to the evidence storage office and confirmed the evidence of the "painted clothes" that appeared in Dorobiga Park, and confirmed that what Mika did was just a "prank."

"I see. That's good." Megure nodded when he heard that.

A look of suspicion and worry appeared on Xiaolan's face - green hoodie, jeans... isn't this what Shinichi wore that day?

"Ahhh! Sister Xiaolan, toilet, toilet... I want to go to the toilet!" Conan hurriedly pulled Xiaolan and ran away.

At the same time, Conan also made up his mind that after returning home tonight, he would find another opportunity to call Xiaolan, otherwise she might associate it with...

……

Shiraishi handed over the follow-up matters to other police officers, and then left the art museum with Koizumi Akako.

Hongzi is in a good mood...

The magic item was not damaged, it was "captured" - although its head was knocked off by Bai Shi, it was not considered damaged, at most it was hard shut down.

Because Ochiai had already admitted to planning to kill Manaka, and this was not the real murder weapon, Shiraishi decided not to keep it as evidence.

Firstly, there was no sign of wear on this thing, so it would be troublesome if it was discovered; secondly, this thing had the ability to bewitch people, although it was not so easy to bewitch, but Shiraishi did not want to leave it in the police station, in case of any accidents...

After the armor was put away, it was placed in a box, which was now carried on the back of Hasko who was waiting outside. It was about the size of a "holy chest".

"This magic armor... won't be dangerous for you to use it, right?" Bai Shi was a little worried.

"Pfft..." Hasko laughed strangely with pretended disdain.

Koizumi Hongzi explained: "Even if the black magician who made it is here, I will not be in danger."

Koizumi Hongzi is very confident about her "status" in this area...

"And this is not something I want to use." Hongzi suddenly added.

"Eh?" Bai Shi was startled when he heard that, and asked worriedly, "Is it for Kidd?"

Could it be that Kidd needs to be strengthened?

"Of course not... If he finds a [magic device] that he can't understand at all, it might affect his own 'magic' level." Hongzi said as a matter of course.

The "magic" that Hongzi is talking about refers to "magic" with supernatural powers, which requires the user to have extreme self-confidence.

"Magic" and "Magic" are the abilities that cannot coexist!
Of course, Kaito's confidence is not so easily shaken. Even though he was "frozen" by Hongzi, he still believed that it was just "hypnosis"...

"So this is..." Bai Shi thought that she had friends with supernatural powers in Dongdu, and he wanted to meet them.

"It's prepared for you. You don't have witch weapons yet, so this material is just right." Hongzi said confidently.

Shiraishi:? ? ?
"Wait, witch armor and all that…" Shiraishi remembered what he had seen Anko wear before and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Transformation and changing clothes are necessary abilities for witches," Hongzi said as a matter of course.

"Our witch...isn't this the abbreviation of magical girl?"

(End of this chapter)