Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 328 Special Weapon

"No wonder we rehearsed it so many times before..." Megure also reacted at this time.

The reason why it was repeated several times was probably to make Maori's mind dazed, and at the same time, to make the medical staff in the hospital and the patrol police nearby slack off.

This ensures that only Mao Li, who saw the incident with his own eyes and cares the most about it, will be the first to arrive at the scene, and there will be no other witnesses who can testify on his behalf!
"Well, and if it was the original plan, I don't think there would be a need to move the door in the middle to pretend to be mysterious, and the murder weapon could also be left at the scene." Bai Shi nodded.

This is really not a "perfect crime"!
Friends who often kill people know that if you want to commit a perfect crime, or want to successfully get away with it, there are only three options - fake it as an accident, fake it as suicide, or frame someone else.

The first two are safer. After all, other people can speak, and unless you try to silence them, that would be troublesome.

As for "faking a supernatural event"...

No matter how successful it is, it will only cause headaches for the police, but will not make the police give up the investigation!

After all, no matter how much the people of East Island believe in this, the police cannot close the case as a "paranormal event."

It would be even better if there were no "supernatural elements". If the police can't come up with any results in their investigation, they might blame it on suicide or an accident if they encounter some irresponsible people.

This incident of "the wronged ghost seeking revenge" has forced the police to fight to the end no matter how few clues they have!
only……

Now Bai Shi still has no idea how the murderer committed the crime. The only clue is... there is something wrong with the surveillance!
But because the entire screen was "flashing", Bai Shi didn't understand what was wrong for a moment - this situation was also normal, which showed that Bai Shi's current [insight] was only able to vaguely sense the incongruity, but was unable to completely lock onto the weirdness.

"By the way, how about comparing the murder weapon?" Bai Shi asked at this time.

"The identification department analyzed that it was some kind of weapon that looked like a drill or awl. It was sharp but had a very smooth surface." Megure certainly did not hide it from Shiraishi.

"Awl, drill bit...Okay, I'll ask someone later." Bai Shi nodded.

Because the murderer gave up his plan to frame the victim, the murder weapon was not at the scene.

Just listening to Megure's description, there are too many weapons of this shape, and it is difficult to find anything...

But there is one crucial point!
The body was next to the MRI machine, not in the observation room that blocks magnetic fields, and preliminary judgment showed that the body had not been moved.

The MRI machine has strong magnets and cannot be turned off and must be kept running.

In other words, the murder weapon must be made of a special material - an alloy containing ferromagnetic substances. It cannot be brought in, otherwise it will be sucked up by the MRI machine and cannot be pulled out. It has no ferromagnetism at all, but is hard enough to be used as a murder weapon. It is definitely not a common material!

Considering that this is a hospital, Shiraishi guessed that it should be some special medical equipment. In this case, he could ask someone about it, such as...

Dr. Daimon is an expert in all types of surgery!
Although Da Men basically performed cancer treatment surgeries in Dongdi Hospital, in fact, Da Men was a battlefield doctor. She performed all kinds of surgical operations and must know a lot about instruments.

Shiraishi originally came to help, and after giving testimony that made Megure even more confused, Shiraishi left the scene on his own, and of course no one stopped him.

……

Oncology surgeon's office on the 18th floor.

Doctor Damen, who had no surgery to perform, was bored and eating pudding at his desk...

Doctors are usually very busy. In addition to surgery and outpatient clinics, they also have to do a lot of administrative work and academic research, not to mention the "unspoken rules" of helping their leaders and being exploited by them.

However, as an outsourced doctor, Damen's contract clearly states that he will not do any work unrelated to surgery...

Not to mention administration and unspoken rules...even academic research, she has no interest in it at all.

At the beginning, some other doctors were not convinced, but now they all understood - even if they came to her for help, they would only bring humiliation upon themselves. Damen was definitely the type of person who would not do what he said he would not do.

At this time, other doctors also took time out from their busy schedules to comfort Yuan Shou - yes, the first discoverer of the case, he was in the same department as Da Men, looked honest, wore black-framed glasses that made him look old, and was so honest that he even seemed a little cowardly.

"You are such a fool. Have you never seen blood or dead people? Are you so scared?"

"Dr. Gadi, this is different from the operating room... that's a dead body."

"Doctor Yuan, I heard that you didn't even go up to check if he was really dead, so you ran away in shock?"

"There was blood all over the ground, why should I watch? Of course I should come out and call for help!"

"Ah! By the way, Yuan, I heard that the surveillance camera didn't show anyone else going in... Could it be that you killed the doctor?"

"Don't talk nonsense! I don't know Dr. Eto well..."

"Eh? So, is there anyone you know that you want to kill?"

"Oh, yeah, if you didn't kill it, could it really be a ghost? It wouldn't be following you now, would it?"

"Come to think of it, it seems like there is indeed a dark aura above your head."

"Ah, Dr. Hara, why don't you ask Director Torii to give you a vacation..."

Yuan Mamoru:......

Well, it’s called “comfort”, but it doesn’t seem like much of a comfort!

"Jounouchi, when did you become so sharp-tongued? Have you been with Daimon for too long?" Hara responded to everyone's teasing helplessly.

The gate, who was eating snacks with one hand and squeezing the handgrip with the other, heard Yuan's words and joined in, saying, "You have to think about it. I haven't spoken yet."

Original:……

"Yes, please, Demon Doctor, please don't speak." Yuan admitted defeat decisively.

At this moment, Bai Shi saw that the door was not closed, so he walked in directly and said at the door: "Excuse me..."

"Ah!" Yuan immediately covered his head and ran away - because he had his back to the door just now, and suddenly heard a voice coming from above his head, which scared him to death.

After all, he had just been frightened and felt that there was an "unclean thing" above his head. Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from above his head and almost retracted his head into his chest.

Shiraishi:……

"Ah, Director Shiraishi, I'm sorry, sorry..." Seeing this, Kadi hurried forward to greet him.

"Are you still going to catch this guy?" Jonouchi held down the shoulder of Hara who had just "escaped". "No, I have something to ask you... You are all skilled surgeons, can you tell me what kind of instrument meets these characteristics?" Shiraishi said, describing the characteristics of the murder weapon and showing them the restored model of the forensic class on his mobile phone.

"This model only shows the part where the weapon pierces the flesh, and there are usually some subtle differences from the real thing. The overall shape may be completely different from this... You should mainly listen to my description and make associations." Bai Shi emphasized.

In fact, Shiraishi didn't expect that others would be able to recognize it. After all, if it was so easy to recognize, Inspector Megure and the others would have found out long ago!
In fact, the only person Bai Shi wanted to ask was Da Men, but since there were other doctors present, Bai Shi couldn't just ask Da Men.

Jiadi, Yuan and others came over to take a look, and after some thought, they all shook their heads...

"Director Shiraishi, are you sure this is a medical device?"

"Have you confirmed that it wasn't an outsider's crime?"

The doctors asked back questions, but Shiraishi couldn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Damen who didn't move, "Doctor Damen, please help take a look too..."

"Eh? I don't do any other work besides surgery..." Damen said without looking up.

"Damen, what are you talking about? They are the police questioning us... Besides, it's Chief Shiraishi who came here in person."

"Director Shiraishi, I suggest you catch him and interrogate him!"

It's not that Shiraishi is popular, but that Damen's popularity in the office is too high. He will be attacked by everyone at the slightest sign of trouble. It can be said that his colleagues both respect and hate Damen...

Shiraishi said as a matter of course: "This is not work, it's my personal request."

After hearing what Bai Shi said, Damen came over to look at the photos on Bai Shi's phone, mainly some marked values, and seemed to have discovered something.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know." Seeing this, Jiadi reminded Damen with a dark face.

Bai Shi glanced at him...

"Hmm? This caliber... um... looks a bit like a skull drill." After seeing it, Damen ignored Jiadi's influence.

Seeing Kadi rolling his eyes, Shiraishi probably realized that Kadi might have the same suspicion, but he didn't want to cause trouble for no reason - not because he was afraid of the murderer, but because he didn't want to offend his colleagues outside the brain.

But Da Men ignored his reminder...

"Skull drill? What materials are they made of?" Bai Shi was not quite sure after hearing it.

"Alloy... stainless steel or something like that." Damen looked unsure. She didn't pay much attention to this. Anyway, it was not a material that was prone to allergies.

"Stainless steel..." Bai Shi frowned - it was definitely not stainless steel, it would be sucked into the MRI machine if it was put in.

However, Jiadi said at this time: "It seems that some equipment manufacturers are promoting some new titanium-aluminum alloy products. I don't know whether there are cranial drills."

"Titanium-aluminum alloy?" Bai Shi's eyes lit up when he heard that - neither titanium nor aluminum is a ferromagnetic metal, so theoretically they can be brought into the MRI room.

After learning about this, Shiraishi returned to the outpatient building and found Megure and others in the conference room, looking for several "relevant people" to understand the situation.

Kogoro Mouri is also among them. After all, on the surface, he has helped Megure solve more cases than Shiraishi. Since they happened to meet and he has some relationship with the case, Megure naturally invites him to investigate the case together.

And since Kogoro Mouri is inside, Conan’s eavesdropper must be inside too!
Bai Shi didn't hide anything and knocked on the door and came in.

Among the four people being questioned, Bai Shi had seen three of them today, and the other one also looked familiar.

The people I met today were two young doctors from the neurosurgery department, Wakui and Goto, as well as Shirai, the attending physician of Mori Kogoro. Another familiar person was the chairman of the hospital, a skinny old man.

As the chairman of the hospital, he is more like an administrative assistant to the dean and does not have as much influence as the chairman of the school.

The reason why Bai Shi had an impression of him was because...

"Chairman Karasuma, you should have some impression of the new device that Inspector Shiraishi was talking about, right?" After hearing the clues Shiraishi just gave, Megure immediately confirmed with the chairman.

The chairman must be aware of new medical equipment and the like.

That’s right, this is why Shiraishi was impressed by him—this guy looks inconspicuous, but his last name is “Karasuwa”.

but……

His last name was Karasuma. Shiraishi had observed him before and he was just an ordinary conservative and bureaucratic figure in the hospital system...

"Eh? This... is correct, but the new equipment has not been put into use yet." Karasuma nodded.

Shiraishi, Megure, and Mori all brightened up when they heard this - it's not in use yet? It's better if it's not used!
This means that fewer doctors have access to the equipment.

If it is a model that has already been put into use, I am afraid that people everywhere have used it...

"That means... the goods have arrived, right? Please take us to the place where these goods are stored." Megure said in a deep voice.

"Of course." After a moment's hesitation, Karasuma stood up and took Shiraishi and Megure to another storage room on the old inpatient department.

Here, Karasuma brought out a cardboard box. When he opened it, there were rows of small drill bits inside, and... one was missing!
"There should have been one here before, right? It hasn't been put into use yet?" Bai Shi immediately asked, pointing at the empty groove.

"This... I don't know... Logically, no one should move..." Karasuma also looked very surprised at this time.
Shiraishi picked up one and put it in his hand to cushion it. At the same time, he whispered to Megure, "Inspector Megure, there are no patterns on this new model of skull drill. It is consistent with the murder weapon found in the inspection results."

Megure had seen ordinary cranial drills before, but the surface had threads, which was inconsistent with the inspection results. The murder weapon should have been this kind of smooth "sharp edge".

Immediately, Shiraishi asked Karasuma, "Is this made of titanium-aluminum alloy?"

"Yes! It's a new material...it's expensive for a reason!" Karasuma said immediately.

Bai Shi saw that he didn't want others to ask why this thing was so expensive...

But Bai Shi was not here to check this, so he continued to ask: "Who else can come in here normally?"

"This... many people can do it, including the three doctors we questioned earlier." Karasuma said helplessly, and then added: "After all, this is where surgical instruments are placed, and normally no one would come here to steal things."

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Dongdong: Regarding the MRI machine, I recently had a disturbing memory - when my son was just born, he choked on amniotic fluid... When we go to the MRI room for examination, parents can follow, and as long as it is in the same room, no metal is allowed even outside the machine. It is said that if there is a key in the pocket, no matter how many layers of coats you wear, you can't hold it in (you can still run away if you run quickly), which also became one of the inspirations for modifying this case.

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