Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 305: Telekinesis killing?
"Turn himself in? Suicide? Are the police involved?" Bai Shi frowned and instinctively thought of the female robber.

After all, Shiraishi had been studying this matter for the past two days. When he heard about "murder turning into suicide", he immediately thought whether there was any external pressure that affected the investigation of the case.

However, upon hearing this, Section Chief Maruwei shook his head and said, "Public Security? No, no, no, that's not the case... There is evidence that it was suicide, and... the suspect's previous statement of surrendering himself cannot be used as evidence at all now."

Shiraishi nodded when he heard this - he didn't understand at all! But if you want to ask about this matter, you should go to the Criminal Division. Maruwei just "heard" something.

Shiraishi changed into the director's uniform first, then came to the Criminal Division, and saw in the corridor...

"Reporter Aida? Are you here for an interview?" Shiraishi was stunned when he saw this - if there was an interview, shouldn't no one have notified him?
"No, I'm here to be a witness this time," Aida explained.

At the same time, Bai Shi could tell that she was a little distracted at the moment, which was completely different from her usual capable appearance.

"Witness?" Bai Shi was stunned when he heard that.

"Well, it's the murder...suicide case last night." Aida said in a troubled tone.

"What case? What's going on?" When Shiraishi heard that it was indeed related to the case that was being handled, he directly asked about the "witness" Aida.

At first it was determined to be murder, and someone even turned himself in, but now it is said to be suicide... Could it be because of Aida's testimony?

"This... is a bit complicated to explain. You can watch it yourself." Aida said, taking the camera from the cameraman next to him and playing it directly to Shiraishi.

Shiraishi saw at this time that the video was taken in a large room with the lights on. A neatly-groomed middle-aged man in a suit was kneeling at the front. On both sides were men, women, old and young in white uniforms, also kneeling. Because it rained last night, the sound of rain could be heard in the unprocessed background.

It looks...very religious!
"This is the footage we recorded last night when we were interviewing the new religious group, Kuaikai, in Beika Town," Aida explained.

Sure enough! It really is a religious group...

Bitter Love Society? Bai Shi's expression changed. Deputy Director Bichuan had reported this matter to him before.

At the time, Bai Shi felt that this kind of cult was prone to trouble, but it was not easy to drive them away directly without a legitimate reason. After all, they were a formally registered cult... and now something really happened!
What can be seen in the video is the daily missionary activities of the "Bitter Love Society". The middle-aged man sitting in the first seat is talking to many believers - it is nothing more than the same old talk like "to overcome the darkness in people's hearts".

"This person is Renzaki Shikomitsu, the leader of the Kuaikai." Aida explained in a low voice beside Shiraishi.

"Rensaki Zhiguang? I remember his real name is Ishimoto Kazuo?" Shiraishi curled his lips in disdain - "Zhiguang", it sounded like a fake name to pretend to be mysterious. Shiraishi knew his real name because he had read the registration materials of the cult, and it was actually very rustic.

There's nothing much in the beginning, just some nonsense, but the end...

This Lian Qi Zhi Guang has started to do things!
He first called out a female member who had just joined the sect, saying that he wanted to help her purify the darkness in her heart. Then he began to "cast a spell" in the air in a mysterious manner and gestured with his hands. The female believer sitting opposite him also looked like she felt something at this time. The cameraman even stretched out his focus to capture her shedding tears of emotion.

Bai Shi was embarrassed - where did they find this person? So exaggerated?

As if he had noticed Shiraishi's disdain, Aida reminded him, "The key is what comes later..."

After consecrating the female believer, the leader Lian Qi Zhi Guang spoke again, as if he was very regretful: "There is one more thing... Hey, there is a traitor among us!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but talk about it.

At this time, Lian Qi Zhi Guang looked in the direction of the camera and said, "I'm sorry that you encountered such a thing when you came to interview, but... this is also a good opportunity to get to know us [Kuaihui]."

Immediately, Lian Qi Zhi Guang looked at a thin male believer and said, "It is not easy to eliminate the evil thoughts in our hearts, but we must face the karma in our hearts... Mr. Nakagami, please come to the front."

Suddenly everyone's attention was focused on the man named "Zhongshang"!

This "middle-upper" also sat very close to the front. He should be an old believer and might even hold some position in the church.

"No... I didn't! Leader... I'm not..." Zhong Shang panicked when he heard that.

At this time, the bald believer sitting in the first seat on the left turned his head and looked at him and shouted, "Zhongshang! Listen to the leader!"

"I..." Zhong Shang hesitated for a moment, then obediently came to the front of the leader and knelt down.

"I already know what you have done. It's not your fault, but because there is evil in your heart..." Lian Qi Zhiguang started mumbling again.

Zhong Shang panicked when he heard this and quickly said: "No, Master... I..." Although Lian Qi Zhiguang didn't do anything, he seemed very scared.

"Let me purify your soul!" Lian Qi Zhiguang said and started gesturing with his hands again.

At this time, Zhong Shang also showed a painful expression and even started rolling on the ground.

Just when Bai Shi was complaining in his heart that this performance was so exaggerated...

It seemed that Zhongshang could not bear the pain. He struggled to get up and rushed towards the window!
Crackling——

The entire window shattered, and Zhong Shang rushed out!

The on-site video also recorded everyone's exclamations at this time, and it seemed that there was a power outage caused by lightning. At this time, the surrounding lights went out and it was pitch black. In addition, an accident occurred, so the cameraman quickly stopped filming.

Seeing this, Bai Shi couldn't help but pause and said, "This..."

"He died on the spot. This is the fifth floor. He died on the spot after falling!" Aida also gave an explanation at this time.

"Is this... the small white building on the shopping street?" Shiraishi said as he looked at the scenery outside the window in the video.

"That's right, the venue where the [Bitter Love Society] usually holds activities in the city is right there." Aida nodded.

At this moment, the streets and buildings there also emerged in Shiraishi's mind...

In his mind, Bai Shi was walking on the street on a rainy night, looking at the white building on the side. At this moment, the window on the fifth floor suddenly shattered, and a man in white fell down and fell straight to the ground...

There was no possible obstruction under the window that could serve as a buffer, and it was far away from other surrounding buildings, so there was no possible place to land. Moreover, this posture was unlikely to be a failed escape jump!

"Director Shiraishi?" Aida called him in confusion.

Shiraishi came to his senses at this time. Indeed, this video is the best evidence of "suicide"!

At the same time, Shiraishi heard Kunikida's scolding in the Criminal Division office, so he said "Excuse me" to Aida and went to the office...

The people Kunikida was scolding were Haitani and Zinarsi, who were on duty last night.

In the office, several criminal police officers who were writing reports did not dare to look up at this time. Occasionally, they looked up at the two of them with eyes full of "sympathy" - given the situation last night, whoever was on duty would be the one being scolded now!
"Section Chief...that guy admitted to murdering someone, so we brought him back." Narcissistic whispered in defense.

"Of course I know! Otherwise, you wouldn't be writing a self-criticism, but a resignation report!" Kunikida scolded.

Narcissism doesn't dare to refute anymore...

Indeed, that Renzaki Zhiguang was brought back by the two of them - if the case was really closed as suicide, but they brought the person back, then that would be a big mistake.

But it really couldn't be blamed on both of them. After they arrived at the scene, Renzaki Zhiguang said with a guilty look on his face that he had killed Nakagami by mistake. Of course they had to bring the man back - for a murder case that was not difficult to handle, they would not call Shiraishi who was resting in real time, but would wait until he came to work before reporting.

only……

After the suspect was handcuffed and brought back, the two of them were suddenly overwhelmed after the interrogation!
Lian Qi Zhiguang, who surrendered himself, was indeed very cooperative. He described in vivid detail how he used telekinesis to punish believers. As a result, due to a momentary impulse, he failed to control the intensity of his telekinesis, causing the other party to fall to his death. He also expressed that he would definitely cooperate with the police.

Combined with the video provided by Aida, Huitani and Zilian were stunned.

Bai Shi walked in and asked, "What's going on with that [Kuai Society]?"

"Director." Kunikida stood up and greeted him.

Huigu didn't dare to argue and said honestly: "Chief, we received a report last night. After we went to the scene, the leader of the [Bitter Love Society] claimed that he accidentally killed Zhong Shang. We took him back to the police station first, but later during the interrogation..."

Huigu was embarrassed as he spoke, but he still said, "He claimed that... he used his superpowers to cause the other person to fall out of the window."

"It's not superpowers, he's talking about telekinesis," Narcissism corrected.

However, the tone of narcissism is getting weaker and weaker. Whether it is "superpowers" or "telekinesis", this kind of testimony...

Can it be considered as surrender?

Anyone who dares to write this in the inspection report will probably not be able to leave Hunter Hō’s office!

At this time, Section Chief Yuanwei came over again and said anxiously: "Director, the family of the suspect who surrendered last night is here, and there are also members of the [Bitter Love Society] gathered outside."

Yuanwei didn't know for a moment whether he should call him "suspect".

Bai Shi frowned when he heard this. It was okay for the family members to come, but it was difficult to deal with the gathering of believers...

Shiraishi glanced out the window and found that the other party had not yet surrounded the door. There was just a group of people standing across the street in front of the police station.

Although nothing was said or raised, the sight of so many people gathered together and looking straight in the direction of the Rice Flower Bureau had already attracted the attention of passers-by, and some people even took photos and posted them online.

It is conceivable that if this matter is not dealt with quickly, the Mihua Agency will also face pressure from public opinion.

"Let the man go first, and then you go and apologize." Kunikida said to Haitani and Zilian with a stern face.

"Yes!" The two didn't dare to say anything more.

Kunikida also said "first". As an old detective, Kunikida also understood that this case was not that simple. If he rashly closed the case as "suicide", Kunikida would not be able to get away with it. However...

Not only are there witnesses, but there is also video evidence that proves that indeed Lian Qi Zhiguang "did nothing" when Zhong Shang fell from the building - those practices of shamanism are equivalent to "doing nothing" from a legal perspective!
And Renzaki Zhiguang himself kept emphasizing that he was the one who killed people, and that it was his ability to read...

Keeping him in the police station at this time would only cause more trouble!
……

The person who came to the police station was Renzaki Tomomitsu's wife, Ishimoto Sayoko, a long-haired woman in her thirties or forties who looked like a beautiful wife.

Section Chief Marubi received her, and soon Haitani and Zilian also came to apologize.

"Two officers, please don't say that... In fact, it's not wrong for the leader to say that he killed someone, but... I don't think the police will accept that statement. I hope he can come back as soon as possible." Sayoko's attitude was very polite, and she was not going to pursue the arrest.

"Mrs. Ishimoto means that you also acknowledge that Mr. Renzaki Zhiguang has the subjective intention to kill?" Haidani asked back.

"No, he definitely didn't do it on purpose. I think he will reflect on it. Besides...if the leader doesn't come back, I won't be able to appease some of the believers."

Sayoko expressed that she would not pursue the "inappropriate arrest" and admitted that the arrest was caused by the "leader's surrender", but she implied a threat later on.

Not only her, but the believers at the scene probably also believed that it was the leader's telekinesis that caused Zhong Shang to be unable to bear it and then fall from the building.

Therefore, when Renzaki Zhiguang surrendered himself to the criminal police who came to the scene and voluntarily allowed himself to be arrested, the believers did not have any extreme reactions under the comfort of Renzaki Zhiguang.

even……

Not to mention the believers, even Aida began to believe it!

Aida and the cameraman were also present at the scene, but looking at Aida's current appearance, one could tell that he was still a little dazed and clearly very shaken.

Therefore, she did not bother to remind Huigu and Narcissism that the victim "fell down by himself".

But now that one night has passed...

Everyone also reacted - even if it was really the leader's telekinesis that did it, could the police convict him of this?
If they cannot convict, what basis do they have for arresting the leader?

This is why we have this scene of putting pressure on the police!
Yuanwei kept glaring at Huitani at this time, as if warning him not to cause trouble - if you want to investigate the case, you have to go out and investigate it yourself, don't cause an "accident" here!
"Madam, is your last name Ishimoto? It's different from the leader of Lianqi..." At this time, Zilian suddenly talked about something irrelevant, and...

Just tell me, why do you want to stroke your hair?
Looking at the scene of Zi Narcissism starting to fix his hair, Hui Gu thought to himself, "Not good."

Ishimoto Sayoko was also stunned when she heard this, and then she explained: "My husband's surname is Ishimoto, and Renzaki Zhiguang is his name as the leader of the [Kuai Society]. I am just his believer, so of course I don't have the leader's surname."

Judging from her tone, she seemed to admire her husband very much.

"Then... Madam, you are really having a hard time. Do you feel that your husband is not a real person at all? Maybe I... Hey, why are you pulling me?"

Sayoko Ishimoto:? ? ?

As the narcissistic man was "unfolding his screen", Huitani had already pulled him away, and at the same time said to Sayoko: "I'm sorry, Mrs. Ishimoto, your husband will be out soon. Thank you for cooperating with us!"

……

Shiraishi was in the Criminal Division office at this time, and he watched Aida's video again. He had found a small clue before, but...

I couldn't tell specifically what this clue represented, but I just noticed a slight inconsistency in the video!
There were many detectives around the computer. Some of them hadn't showered in the prison for several days, and the smell on their bodies made Kunikida feel disgusted...

Only in the Mihua Police Station would the criminal police come over and watch the video with the director.

"Let's pause here." Shiraishi called for a pause when Nakagami was about to jump off the building.

After Kunikida called a timeout, he hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Director, what's wrong?"

The others also watched carefully...

"Ah! I know..." Kanzaki suddenly said, "Here, here at the window, he clearly hasn't hit the glass yet, but the glass here has already cracked."

Kanzaki has always had good observation skills and is very careful, so he is suitable for "inspection".

"Was it cracked from the beginning?" Hei Mu asked back.

Kanzaki couldn't say for sure, but Shiraishi shook his head and said, "When Nakagami first sat over here, the camera also scanned here. At that time, the window was intact... Although I don't know why, I think this may be related to the suspect's trick."

That’s right, Bai Shi doesn’t believe in “telekinesis” or anything like that!

If it was really a supernatural power, they wouldn't have failed to discover the "Red Devil's Legacy".

And this thing itself is not supernatural - this is obviously not [magic] or [evolution], but if it is [magic]...

In front of so many people, even in front of the camera, he openly used [magic], and this guy hasn't been killed by the backlash?
Since it's not some supernatural power, then it must be some trick!
"Could it be... could it be like this, that the leader actually wanted to show off his abilities in front of the reporters, so he asked the deceased Nakagami to cooperate with him. Originally, this glass should have been able to block him, but someone destroyed the glass in order to kill Nakagami, causing Nakagami to fall down?" Yuan said with a burst of imagination at this time.

However, the result of his wild imagination was that Akasaka hit him on the head with a knife: "Gen, you are too divergent!"

Although Yuan is now an independent detective, Akasaka has led him in the past, so he has no psychological barriers to scolding him.

Indeed, what Akasaka said makes sense - reasoning is okay, but excessive reasoning is not!

Inferring one or two steps based on evidence is reasoning, but coming up with so many unknowns at once is just guessing.

Yuan then quietly argued, "I'm not just guessing... I just went to the interrogation room to take a look, and I felt that the leader seemed to be really guilty."

In fact, what Yuan didn't say was that he even felt that Renzaki Zhiguang did not lie.

only……

Compared to this "feeling", Yuan still believes in science more - where is the telekinesis? Maybe... only this guilt is real?

"Then you should investigate it thoroughly! By the way, also ask the power supply station about the scope and cause of the power outage at that time." Bai Shi reminded.

The speculation about the source is too vague, but it is indeed an idea.

But this still can't explain how the window was broken - it was clearly intact in the initial shot.

The structure of the room was such that Renzaki Zhiguang, who was sitting in the first seat, was facing the row of windows. Judging from the victim's performance at the time, he was in great pain and involuntarily backed away, finally breaking the window and jumping down.

During this period, everyone in the room stayed far away from the window!
……

At this moment, Huigu and Zilian came back, and the former said rather dejectedly: "Director, the person... has been released."

They have no choice but to let him go. After all, the police don’t even have a clue of suspecting him, while the other party has video evidence!

It seems that unless one really believes in the theory of telekinesis, there is no reason to continue detaining Renzaki Zhiguang.

Even if he claimed that he wanted to "surrender", the police could not accept it at all.

Especially outside, there are still many believers of the [Bitter Love Society] surrounding them...

"Hmm? Who is the family member who came?" Bai Shi's eyes lit up when he saw Zi Nai, who looked distracted and "smiling foolishly".

"It's Sayoko... ahem, I mean Mrs. Ishimoto." Narcissistically, he looked silly.

"His wife?" Bai Shi nodded, then looked at the video and said, "Who is it?"

"The first one on the right." Huigu said, watching the video.

In this gathering of the [Bitter Love Society], the leader Lian Qi Zhi Guang sat on the first platform, with a wall behind him and a scroll with a mystical color hanging on it, facing a group of believers...

The believers were divided into several columns on the left and right, but there was only one person at the first position on each side. The two of them were closest to the leader. The first person on the left was a bald man who looked very fierce, and the first person on the right was the pretty married woman.

Bai Shi frowned at this time. She was the person farthest from the window except Renzaki Zhiguang!
How did she do that to the window?
"The internal organizational structure of this [Kuai Society], especially what is going on in the middle and upper parts, must be investigated thoroughly later," Shiraishi emphasized.

"Yes!"

After the detectives agreed, Shiraishi turned and left the Criminal Division office.

Now that narcissism has taken hold, Bai Shi no longer cares about this case as much as before - although it seems confusing, but...

The prisoner has been locked up!
Of course, there may be more than one culprit, just like the previous case of Atsumori Liuzo.

But if we can sort one out, at least we have a clue to the case.

Shiraishi also hinted at "investigating the cult's organizational structure." If nothing unexpected happens, this "leader's wife" should also occupy an important position in the cult.

If there is any conflict between her and Nakagami, then if we investigate in this direction, we will always find out...

However, when Bai Shi reached the door, he stopped and gave another reminder: "Be careful not to provoke those believers... If you must provoke them, be sure to report to me first!"

(End of this chapter)