Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 330 The Suspect Who Did Not Confess

(This is the surveillance footage of the "invisible man committing a crime" in the play. In fact, it is not that easy to be discovered, but it is a bit difficult to grasp the scale when describing it in words.)
Watching Ayako disappear from the surveillance camera...

"Why is this surveillance camera installed like this?" Sato couldn't help but complain to the people in the security department.

"I..." The security chief was also confused at this time - he also wanted to know why!
"The surveillance camera must have been tampered with, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence." Megure said firmly, and immediately reacted and asked: "By the way, check the previous surveillance... three days ago, one month ago, let me see it."

"Oh, okay." The security chief said quickly.

After watching it, Megure was certain that the previous surveillance camera’s perspective was normal!

It was at 0: today. During the minute that was not saved because of the date change, the surveillance camera was artificially twisted...

That’s right, the “clue flash” that Shiraishi discovered before was exactly because of this—the viewing angle of the entire surveillance camera changed slightly, so the whole thing was flashing.

If the surveillance footage from four days ago was off, Shiraishi should have been able to react on the spot.

However, it was precisely because Shiraishi had watched the surveillance video before and didn't find anything wrong, and then saw the entire screen flashing, that he thought things too complicatedly and was misled, and didn't notice this blind spot for a while.

Although it seemed unlikely, Megure still said, "Sato, ask the forensic department to check the fingerprints on the surveillance."

At this moment, Takagi ran over and said with a bitter face: "Inspector Megure... I really can't find him. According to the surveillance footage, Dr. Goto should have been the only one in the stairwell at the time. I don't know how the murderer disappeared again..."

Seeing that Megure and Sato turned their heads to look at him, Takagi quickly changed the subject and said, "What I mean is...how about I look for it more carefully?"

"No, we already know how that guy became invisible..." Megure said.

"Are you sure it's 'invisible' again?" Sato asked emphatically.

"Eh?" Although Takagi was puzzled, he immediately answered Sato's question: "Well... I have confirmed that within two hours of the incident, all the people who entered the stairwell had left the stairwell before the incident. Moreover, the cleaning staff had just cleaned the stairwell two hours ago. It is unlikely that they had been lying in ambush for so long."

Because when Goto was attacked, someone heard the noise and rushed to the scene, so her "time of the crime" can be accurate to the second.

When Takagi compared the surveillance footage, he had this clear time point as a reference, and was able to determine that there was no one else in the stairwell, or at least "after comparing the surveillance footage with the people entering and exiting, he determined that there should be no one else."

Megure also looked at the surveillance camera on the 17th floor and continued, "First, check whether the surveillance cameras on other floors have been moved. If not, the murderer should have entered the stairwell from the blind spot on the 17th floor."

……

At the same time, Shiraishi and Daimon visited Dr. Goto - because she had been attacked by the murderer before, there was a patrolman standing guard at the door of the ward at this time.

Seeing Bai Shi coming over, the patrolman on duty saluted and said, "Officer Bai Shi, look straight!"

"Let's go in and take a look." Damen said, pushing the door open and entering the single room.

Of course the patrolman would not stop Officer Shiraishi from looking straight...

After coming in, Shiraishi saw that Dr. Wakui was also there, while Dr. Goto was wearing a hospital gown, lying on the bed with dull eyes, as if he didn't pay any attention to the outside world.

But he didn't turn into a vegetable. After hearing the sound, he looked towards the door...

After seeing Shiraishi come in, Goto immediately moved in the direction of Wakui in fear.

"Sure enough, although Goto has lost his memory... or temporarily lost the 'ability to process memory', he still has common sense and understands 'how big a human should be'. He will react to things that are beyond common sense." Daimon analyzed calmly.

Shiraishi:……

Is it impolite to say "things beyond common sense"? This question never occurred to Damen for even a second.

"Doctor Daimon...so...can Xiaohui recover?" Wakui asked hurriedly.

"Who knows... But talking to her often and keeping her brain active will definitely help improve the situation." Damen obviously didn't know how to comfort people, so he just explained it very scientifically.

Shiraishi then looked at Wakui carefully and asked, "Doctor Goto is completely unable to speak now?"

"Absolutely... I can only say one or two words occasionally." Wakui shook his head and said, "So I'm sorry, I can't provide you with any clues for the time being."

"You can't say that he provided us with clues. After all, the murderer has set his sights on Doctor Goto..." Shiraishi shook his head and said to Goto, "Forget it, I'm not here to ask that... Doctor Goto, do you still recognize me? I'm from Mika..."

Goto showed a conflicted expression when he heard Shiraishi's hints, and then said very forcefully: "Big...gorilla..."

Shiraishi:……

What nickname is this? Where did you hear it from?

At this time, Wakui quickly said in surprise: "That's right, that's right! And then?"

Shiraishi:……

That’s right!

While Shiraishi rolled his eyes, he roughly understood Goto's situation.

It seems there is still hope for recovery - her "common sense" is still there and her "consciousness" is still clear, but her language comprehension is severely damaged.

It’s not just about speaking…

"Language" is also an important logic for humans to understand the outside world and think!

Goto is not only unable to speak now, but his understanding of language has greatly decreased - even his mental activities are difficult to be driven by "language".

Simply put, the "voice of self-talk" in my mind is gone...

"Don't worry. Although it seems that a part of it is indeed damaged, you brain doctors also know that humans don't need such a large brain. Cutting off half of it will be enough. The current problem is definitely only temporary. Even if the damaged part cannot be restored, other areas will take responsibility in the future." Shiraishi comforted confidently.

Wakui:…

"Thank you, I got it." Wakui didn't seem to be impressed by Shiraishi's comfort.

Damen agreed at this time: "Yes, I have performed hemispherectomy surgery on patients before. Once, I removed the entire left brain. However, the patient's language ability gradually recovered after a few years, and his cognition and intelligence were not greatly affected."

Wakui:? ? ?

Wakui really wants to ask, where did you do this surgery? Not in China, right?
But thinking about Daimon's resume, Wakui decided to keep quiet...

Neither Da Men nor Shiraishi lied. The brain is amazing. Although it has partitions, it does not absolutely follow the partitions. After some partitions are completely damaged, other partitions will "actively" share the responsibility. Their "sense of responsibility" is much stronger than that of some humans who are just sitting there doing nothing and are afraid of sticking to the pot.

Shiraishi suddenly thought of something and said to Wakui, "By the way, you can try playing word chain with her later. This is the simplest game that can exercise the language area of ​​the left brain, especially the memory area of ​​Wernicke's area."

"Word chain game...Okay, I can do it!" Wakui nodded.

Although Wakui and Goto are both neurosurgeons, Shiraishi, who focuses on the connection between the brain and psychology, is not considered a "jack of all trades" in this area.

Shiraishi then tried to communicate with Goto again, but although she was not as scared as at the beginning, she was still somewhat resistant, and Shiraishi stopped when he saw this.

Immediately, Shiraishi looked at Wakui and asked, "Doctor Wakui, do you have any idea about what Doctor Goto is about to tell the police?"

Goto had just called Megure and made an appointment to provide evidence in the evening, and was attacked shortly afterwards. It is hard to say that the two are unrelated.

However, Wakui shook his head and said, "Xiaohui...she should just talk about those groundless things between Dr. Eto and Dr. Shirai. I told her not to say anything without evidence." It cannot be said that Wakui is interfering with the investigation or refusing to cooperate. Indeed, if these things are revealed, and if the murderer is not Dr. Shirai, it will be difficult for Goto Megumi to stay in the hospital. It is normal to have concerns in this regard.

"Between Dr. Eto and Dr. Shirai..." Shiraishi asked again after hearing this.

Wakui remained silent. Seeing this, Daimon said, "It seems... I heard that it was Dr. Eto who knew something about Dr. Shirai."

But Wakui interrupted, "Director Shiraishi, I don't want to talk about this right now."

Bai Shi understood what he said, so he said goodbye and left.

Wakui seemed a little worried and asked, "Director Shiraishi, the criminal who killed Dr. Eto and attacked Goto..."

"Don't worry, we have a clue. Just stay with Dr. Goto." Shiraishi comforted Wakui and added, "Of course, it would be better if you could get Dr. Goto to tell you who attacked her as soon as possible."

Through basic observations, Shiraishi mainly analyzed from a psychological perspective that Goto might not be able to recover in a short period of time, but in the long run, the hope of recovery is not small!
Of course, this is purely a psychological analysis. If her brain damage recovers or worsens, it would be beyond Shiraishi's expectations.

Shiraishi's current assessment is just a judgment on "her current brain function."

But after leaving, Bai Shi was more curious about...

"Inspector Megure, can Wakui go to contact the victim?" When Shiraishi saw Megure, he specifically checked with him.

Although it is true that Wakui is Goto's fiancé, he was also one of the suspects before!

"Well, his alibi was a little insufficient before, but it is completely established now... The first discoverer, Dr. Hara, saw him in the elevator on the 17th floor. Later, we confirmed that the time he appeared in the surveillance footage of the elevator and various floors was indeed not the time for the crime." Megure nodded.

Originally, this "alibi" was somewhat insufficient, because it was impossible to determine whether the deceased died when the "invisible man opened the door" - before Shiraishi revealed the principle of "invisibility", there was still the possibility that "the murderer hid in the house in advance, opened and closed the door in a mysterious way after killing someone, and then left quietly."

Before this, from the time Eto entered the room until Hara entered the room, it was all within the estimated time of the "crime incident".

According to this standard, it is just difficult for Wakui to commit a crime, not absolutely impossible.

But now that it has been confirmed that the murderer entered the scene when the door moved, then at the same time, Kazuki can be seen in the elevator surveillance footage - this is a very clear proof of his alibi.

After confirming this, Shiraishi nodded and immediately asked about the "surveillance footage when Goto was attacked."

Megure was stunned when he heard this, and wondered: "Huh? The surveillance cameras didn't show anything... The murderer must have used a blind spot to escape surveillance..."

Isn't this what Brother Shiraishi just asked Miss Suzuki to prove?
When will Brother Shiraishi be infected with Brother Mori's bad disease - quickly forgetting everything he has deduced?

Megure was wondering, Shiraishi shook his head and said, "It's different... Doctor Eto was killed, but it took some time to be discovered. Because it was lunch break, there were not many people on the 17th floor, so the murderer had time to escape through the blind spot of the surveillance. However, when Doctor Goto was attacked, he was discovered immediately, and a large number of people soon arrived nearby.

"In this case, if the murderer really walked along the wall, there would be no need to check the surveillance cameras. There would be a lot of witnesses who would notice this strange scene, so..."

Hearing what Shiraishi said, Megure immediately reacted: "That's right! Brother Takagi..."

"Ah?" Takagi didn't quite understand what he said, so he said as a matter of course: "Inspector Megure, before... it is true that all the people who entered the stairwell before the incident also came out before the incident, and the number of people who entered and came out was the same."

Megure said unhappily: "This time, don't just check the surveillance footage before the incident... check the surveillance footage after the incident as well! Check to see if there is anyone who came out after the incident but was not seen going in before!"

"Ah... yes!" Takagi agreed immediately. Of course, checking the surveillance footage should be done by the "little brothers".

At this moment, Sato ran over and said, "Inspector Megure! We found the murder weapon. It's in Detective Mori's locker!"

"What?" Megure was stunned when he heard that.

Sato seemed to realize that there was something wrong with his statement, so he explained: "It was Detective Maori who discovered that the murder weapon was hidden in his own cabinet. The only one who had the opportunity to do so was Doctor Shirai, and he has already admitted it..."

"It seems that surveillance is no longer necessary." Megure's expression became serious when he heard this.

Because the surveillance camera cannot capture the scene at the time of the crime, or even the murderer entering the stairwell, even if footage is found of him coming out of the stairwell after the crime, it can only be considered indirect evidence.

Now that direct evidence such as the murder weapon has been found, there seems to be no need to look for surveillance.

Then Shirai was also arrested on the spot, and...

"That's right, it's all because of that bastard... Back then, I bribed his father in order to stay in the hospital, but... it was clearly his father who asked for the bribe! What could I do at that time? Now, when I'm being evaluated for the position of associate professor, he actually uses this incident to threaten me to give it to him... Damn it..."

Perhaps because he could not deny it, Shirai confessed his motive for the crime on the spot!

Just as what Daimon gossiped before, Eto's father used to be a doctor and a small leader in Totei Hospital, and Eto did have something on Shirai...it all matched.

only……

"Just because of this, you killed Eto? You even wanted to silence Dr. Goto?" Megure glared at Shirai and said.

After all, Shirai's move was just for the sake of promotion. Even if Eto really reported him, it could only be said that it brought a "stain" to him. It should be because he had accumulated too much resentment that he was so "decisive".

"And you want to frame me!" Maori also chimed in at this time - the place where the murder weapon was hidden was discovered by Maori (with the help of Conan).

"No... It's true that I want Detective Mori to take the blame, but it wasn't me who attacked Dr. Goto..." Shirai immediately denied.

"Not you?" Megure was stunned when he heard that.

However, Megure received a phone call and immediately changed color and said, "Do you still want to shirk your responsibility? There are two types of blood on the murder weapon, one is Dr. Eto's type A, and the other is Dr. Goto's type B... If you don't give up, the DNA report will come out later!"

"What?" Shirai was stunned when he heard that. His look of surprise didn't seem fake.

only……

Megure has seen many criminals who can act.

And because in the East Island Country, the sentencing for killing one person is completely different from the sentencing for killing two people, even if one of them is "attempted"!
Therefore, there is no logic of "since you have admitted to one, why not admit to the other" - in order to receive a shorter sentence, serial killers also have plenty of motivations to shirk responsibility for some of the murders.

But Bai Shi felt something was strange at this time, but...

Seeing that they had caught the criminal red-handed at the scene, and Inspector Megure and his men were in high spirits, Shiraishi didn't think much about it.

……

"Brother Shiraishi, thanks to you this time," Megure said while holding Shiraishi's hand.

"It's nothing. The Beika Police Station often causes trouble for Inspector Megure." Shiraishi said politely.

"I'll send the suspect back to the Metropolitan Police Department first, and we'll meet again later!" Megure said politely.

But Bai Shi knew that he was just being polite...

After watching the Metropolitan Police Department's police car leave, Ayako specifically asked, "Will you drink with Inspector Megure tonight?"

"Impossible, Inspector Megure can't come out at night." Shiraishi was very sure - the old police officers in Souichi basically all knew that the guy in Megure's family...it was okay for him to work overtime, but they wouldn't let him out to drink!
At the same time, Shiraishi watched Shirai being escorted away, and he still felt something was wrong...

So I made up my mind to pay more attention to the follow-up of this case.

After all, this is a prisoner who was caught by Maori and has not confessed his guilt!
But Shiraishi is not idle now. After all, the Metropolitan Police Department competition will be held next week, and then there will be the police transfer period and the allocation period for new police officers. Shiraishi will definitely have to go to the head office more often recently...

(End of this chapter)