Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 8 Knights Under Surveillance
Haruhiko Kousaka easily found the scene of the incident, which was marked with the words "Hell Exhibition Hall".

The exhibition hall is covered with a strange dark light source, which should be deliberately adjusted to this feeling to increase the atmosphere.

On both sides of the door are sculptures of winged demons and models of three-headed hellhounds, and a huge oil painting hangs in the front of the sight.

A group of people are gathered on the right side of the painting.

There was a corpse nailed to the wall with a sword.

The sword pierced the victim's neck and nailed him about thirty centimeters from the ground.

The dead man's eyes were wide open, and a large amount of blood was oozing from his neck, finally dripping along his fingers onto the carpet below.

Haruhiko walked closer to the crowd and saw Yumiko Manaka kneeling on the ground crying, while Ran Mouri and Sonoko were holding hands, looking very frightened.

As expected, Conan had already started investigating the body while no one was paying attention.

The staff were also stunned and the scene was in chaos for a while.

However, the person who caught Haruhiko's attention the most was the old man with white beard, Director Ochiai.

Because at this time, there were two spirits squatting on Director Ochiai's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right.

Although the one on the left has shrunk countless times, it can be seen at a glance that it is the appearance of the deceased boss Manaka.

But he seemed to have lost his mind and sat on my shoulder in a daze.

On Director Ochiai's right shoulder is a terrifying black spirit.

This one was a little different. When Haruhiko looked at it, it actually noticed Haruhiko's gaze and smiled at him.

That smile made Haruhiko shudder.

Haruhiko suddenly felt like he was reading Death Note. The demon on his right shoulder was a miniature version of the Grim Reaper.

Haruhiko Kousaka closed his eyes, and sure enough, the words "Evil spirits retreat" on the rice cooker's instruction manual began to flash.

Haruhiko clicked on it.

Then a lot of information flooded into his mind.

He also knew what the two spirits that appeared before him were.

The spirit that looks very similar to Boss Manaka is the soul of Boss Manaka after his death. The reason why he stays in Director Ochiai's body is because his obsession before his death is entangled with the murderer.

The prerequisite for throwing it into the rice cooker is to make Director Ochiai receive the punishment he deserves so that the soul of the deceased can let go of his obsession.

This was similar to the previous cat, but with the added step of making the murderer confess, but it was also within Haruhiko's predictions.

The other vengeful spirit that looks very much like the god of death is the vengeful spirit that was born from the malice in the murderer's heart.

This kind of vengeful spirit feeds on devouring the resentment produced by the host, so they will constantly tempt the host to do incredible things, and then generate more resentment for them to devour.

Haruhiko Kousaka thought that it was no wonder that so many people in the Conan world killed people for strange motives. He believed that some of them were bewitched by these vengeful spirits.

The method of sealing the vengeful spirit is also to throw it into the rice cooker, and the operation process is similar to before.

However, in order to get them out of the host, the murderer also needs to repent from the bottom of his heart or give up the idea of ​​killing.

In general, two experience treasures will be dropped from a murderer...

Bah, that’s not right.

There are two hidden dangers that need to be eliminated by a righteous exorcist.

Otherwise, it will cause immeasurable harm to the world.

Well, thinking about it this way, Haruhiko suddenly felt that his career was elevated to an infinitely high level.

...

Director Ochiai, who was being stared at by Haruhiko, felt a little uneasy at the moment.

Did he see something? The curator muttered to himself.

But Director Ochiai thought again, his plan was almost flawless, and he had rehearsed it so many times, there was no way there could be any loopholes.

Must be a coincidence.

The high school student must have been too scared to look at the corpse, so he focused his attention on him.

Director Ochiai turned his head to look at the corpse, not meeting Haruhiko's gaze.

On this side, Haruhiko Kousaka has already started to set up the scene according to the requirements in the instructions. This is a necessary step before each exorcism.

Just then, there was a commotion at the door.

A fat man wearing a brown windbreaker and a brown top hat led the way in.

The fat man took out his police ID and said, "I am Inspector Megure of the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. Who among you was the first to discover the deceased?"

Yumiko Manaka walked over wiping her tears.

The scene was quickly taken over by the police, who launched a routine investigation.

Since Haruhiko Kousaka arrived later, the questioning ended quickly. He continued to quietly prepare the scene for the exorcism while recalling Director Ochiai's murder method.

In my memory, Director Ochiai was wearing knight armor and deliberately appeared in front of the surveillance camera and was deliberately recorded.

Then place the prepared paper and pen next to Boss Manaka, so that Boss Manaka would pick up the paper and pen and write down the murderer's name.

However, Director Ochiai wrote down the name of a staff member here, Kubota, on a piece of paper he had prepared in advance.

The pen given to Boss Manaka is also unable to write.

When all these tricks were combined, the surveillance camera recorded the scene of Mr. Manaka falling down after being hacked, and writing the murderer's name on a piece of paper before dying. Not only did they kill Mr. Manaka, but they also framed Kubota, an employee who secretly sold the museum's collection.

It was a perfect murder plan.

At this time, an employee suddenly said: "Officer, our surveillance camera may have recorded the murderer's crime process."

Inspector Megure's eyes widened. "What? Are there surveillance cameras here?"

"Yes, I installed surveillance equipment because I've been losing things lately."

"Where is it? Take me to see it quickly."

After that, a group of people rushed to the monitoring room to check.

Of course, the elementary school student in the blue suit is indispensable.

Haruhiko Kousaka was not interested and continued to set up the exorcism scene.

...

Conan followed everyone into the monitoring room.

The monitoring consoles of this era were still huge machines with spiral buttons to control the continue function.

The security guard operated the machine for a while, and the image of the real boss appeared on the screen.

"It's Boss Manaka, it was really recorded." Inspector Megure pointed at the display screen.

Conan also lay down in the gap between people and observed secretly.

On the screen, Boss Manaka seemed to be waiting for someone and kept looking at his watch.

Inspector Megure's eyes widened, not missing a single detail: "Come out, Mr. Murderer!"

This call seemed to really work.

A figure appeared behind Boss Manaka in the picture.

He jumped high and slashed Boss Manaka's shoulder with the sword in his hand.

Blood spurted out.

Everyone looked at the murderer in the video, their mouths wide open, standing there in a daze.

Because what appears in the video is a knight covered in medieval armor.

"Wha...what?" Inspector Megure shouted in disbelief.

Two museum employees were so frightened that they fell to the ground, muttering, "It's that! It's that thing that walks around the museum every night. I told you I wouldn't be wrong. The knight's evil spirit has appeared and killed someone."

The knight in the surveillance video was agile and chopped Boss Manaka with several consecutive sword strikes, leaving him unable to move. Finally, he reached out and lifted Boss Manaka high up, and then nailed him to the wall with a sword.

The knight with blood on his armor walked towards the surveillance camera. Behind him was the boss Manaka, who was hanging on the wall with his eyes open.

beep—

The video ends and the picture freezes here.

The monitoring room was silent and no one spoke.

Conan suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, right, isn't this composition the same as the one in the painting?"

"Really?" the police officer asked in surprise.

"That's definitely the painting called 'Heavenly Punishment.'" Inspector Megure revealed a hound-like gaze. "Perhaps the murderer deliberately killed Mr. Manaka this way in order to imitate that painting."

A subordinate nearby was writing and drawing in a notebook, following Inspector Megure's line of reasoning: "There's another clue. Was there a guest present who saw a sign prohibiting employees from entering this exhibition hall?"

"Then he must be someone familiar with this place to dare to do this, right?" Conan suddenly interrupted.

"Conan——" Xiaolan picked up Conan and said, "Don't disturb the police officer from investigating the case."

Conan was grabbed by the scruff of the neck by Fate and thrown out of the monitoring room.

Looking at the closed door of the monitoring room, Conan was speechless.

Damn it, it’s so inconvenient to be smaller. I have no choice but to sneak back to the crime scene.

He had a vague feeling that since the murderer committed the crime so brazenly, he must have made detailed preparations.

But why wear knight armor?

Conan wants to search the scene to see if there are any missed clues.

Suddenly he discovered that in a dark corner of the regional exhibition hall, a man was standing in front of a three-headed hellhound statue.

The man was mumbling to the statue.

Conan approached cautiously and found that the other party was speaking a language he could not understand.

So Conan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Big brother, what are you talking about?"

Kousaka Haruhiko turned around and saw Kudo Shinichi who had shrunk.

He put his finger on his lips and said, "Be quiet, brother, I am talking to the devil."

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(End of this chapter)