Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

"So, Mr. Dongdongpa, do you insist that you killed Mr. Ouchi?" Inspector Morita Shuhei's voice was calm and emotionless.

"Yes, yes." Dongdong licked his dry, cracked lips. "I killed him with a baseball bat."

After speaking,

My shoulder twitched almost imperceptibly.

"Is it the baseball bat in the office?" Hakuba Saguru pressed.

"Yes."

"Specific styles?"

"I don't really understand... I mean, this baseball bat, I saw one of these in the office."
So I just grabbed it and used it. Thump, thump, thump, new beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Hakuba Saguru glanced at the baseball bat in Sato's hand, then at the deceased's head, his eyes narrowing slightly.

This subtle movement did not escape Dongdongpa's eyes, and his heart beat even faster.

"The forensic report is ready," Choso said as he walked in, holding a report sheet.

"The bloodstains and hair on the baseball bat have been confirmed to belong to the victim, Mr. Ouchi."

“Mr. Chosokabe,” Hakuba Saguru’s voice remained calm, “are you sure your report is correct?”

"of course."

Chosoka nodded.

Please do not doubt my professional competence.

Hakuba Saguru said with a smile, "I never doubt your professional abilities, but I have serious doubts about your character."

Forensic pathologist Chang Zong shook his head.

His character is beyond questioning by a high school student like you.

There was no need for the son of the Superintendent of Police to question it.

"I plead guilty, I admit to everything." The words were almost shouted, but the voice lacked conviction.

"I've said it before, I'm the one who killed them!"

I used that thing to make the punch; it should have my fingerprints on it.

Inspector Megure looked at Nagamune, who nodded.

There really are fingerprints on it.

Dongdongpa closed his eyes, rested his hands on his thighs, and nervously tugged at his pants.

It seems they don't know how to make a decision.

Should they admit what they've done and go to the police station, or should they yearn for Zhengyi's kindness?

Why not kill me, the guy who made him take the blame?

"Officer Megure."

Takagi walked up to Inspector Megure and said, "I heard from my colleagues at the company that Dondonpa and Mr. Ouchi had a conflict before."

"what?"

"There was a very famous variety show that wanted to invite Mr. Dongdongpa to be a regular guest."

"But Mr. Ouchi didn't like that variety show, so he turned it down," Takagi said.

Dongdongpa said, "That's right, I've long harbored resentment towards the Grand Secretary, otherwise I wouldn't have been so impulsive as to kill him."

He slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

His steps were unsteady, as if he were walking on cotton.

"you are lying."

Hakuba Saguru said firmly.

"Obviously yes."

You were vague about every crucial detail; you didn't even know the motive for the murder or the murder weapon.

You have no idea what's going on there.

"Why? Why should an innocent person take the blame for someone else?"

He took a step back with a thud, and the chair behind him creaked.

"What are you talking about? I know the motive and the murder weapon," thump-thump-slap said.

"No!"

Hakuba Saguru said, "It was only after someone reminded you that you revealed all your motives for killing."

This motive for murder might have been found for him by someone else.

This shows they hadn't said that much before. Hakuba Saguru continued, "Besides, what killed the victim wasn't a baseball bat at all."

Hakuba Saguru squatted down, looked at the dead man's body, and said:

"The wound on the deceased's head was caused by a blunt object that was roughly cylindrical in shape."

He put on gloves and removed a black, blocky object from the blood.

"This should be a fragment of cement. Why is it on Mr. Ouchi's wound?"

Hakuba Saguru looked at Nagamune and asked, "As a professional forensic doctor, you don't know these things?"
After all, even I, an amateur high school detective, could see through it.

"You're really amazing."

Chosoka praised Hakuba Saguru.

Choso said, "I also made some oversights, and even Mr. Mori, Japan's number one detective, didn't notice them."

"It's normal for an ordinary forensic doctor like me to make such oversights."

Kogoro noticed that he was mentioned.

He scratched his head and said, "Even a professional forensic doctor like Chosoko didn't see it, so it's normal that I didn't find it either."

After saying that, he glanced at where Ms. Yoko was.

You mustn't speak ill of me while I'm with Ms. Yoko.

"Humph!"

Hakuba Saguru snorted coldly.

Their ugly behavior of putting their arms around each other's shoulders and winking at each other was just like a swarm of flies buzzing around rotting flesh.

You give me a look, I reply with a coded message, and a knowing, greasy smile plays on my lips.

They trampled conscience underfoot like garbage, using it to irrigate the ladder they climbed upwards. They were not afraid.

Watching them huddle together and whisper, their smug, petty faces were more disgusting than swallowing a fly.

He said to Inspector Megure, "Let's find the real murder weapon first."

"it is good."

Inspector Megure nodded and ordered Sato and his team to immediately search for the murder weapon.

Initially, the search was conducted within the company.

Judging from the wounds on the victim's head, the murder weapon was a large object.

Such a large object is not suitable to be carried around, as it would easily arouse suspicion from others.

So the police quickly found the murder weapon.

Right at the company's back door, Sato found a steel pipe stained with blood.

There was cement on the steel pipe, which looked like it had been taken from the construction site next door.

After comparing the blood samples, it was confirmed that the blood above was indeed Mr. Ouchi's blood.

The cement on it is the same as the cement on Mr. Ouchi's wound.

“So, this is the real murder weapon,” Hakuba Saguru said confidently.

After saying that, he glanced at Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi seemed unconcerned about his discovery and was still chatting with someone on his phone.

Judging from the smile on Zheng Yi's face, he was having a very pleasant conversation.

snort!
White Horse Scout turned his head.

Let's see how long you can keep laughing!
Hakuba Saguru asked Dongdongpa, "Then please explain, Mr. Dongdongpa, what's going on with this steel pipe?"

He said loudly, "I've said this many times before."

"I killed him, anyway, I'm the murderer!"

Conan frowned.

Mr. Dongdongpa's reaction was too strange. All the evidence now indicates that he is not the murderer of Mr. Ouchi.

He still insisted that he was the one who killed Mr. Ouchi.

He was being too deliberate.

"Whose side are you protecting?" Hakuba Saguru demanded loudly.

From any perspective, the "dong dong pa" sounds like it's meant to protect someone else.

He claimed to have killed someone even though he hadn't done it.

This means he knows who the murderer is and wants to protect him! (End of Chapter)