Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Just as Morikawa was feeling smug, Sato's phone suddenly rang with the voice of 'Shoichi'.

"In his reasoning, Morikawa emphasizes that 'a wet hand gripped the wire,' which is common sense regarding electric shock."

However, when a person is accidentally electrocuted, their muscles will spasm and jerk off due to the electric current stimulation, making it difficult to form a 'tight grip' state.

The way the deceased's hand was 'gripping' the wire looked more like it had been manipulated after death.

"This is... Sumitomo Shoichi's voice?" Morikawa looked at Sato in disbelief.

Are you talking to Zheng Yi?

why?
“This is not Zhengyi,” Sato said.

"This is an AI developed by the Justice Group in collaboration with the Metropolitan Police Department; it just uses Zheng Yi's voice."

Hearing Masakazu's voice solving the case, Sato felt a little uncomfortable.

I have a feeling that using this voice to solve a case won't lead to the truth.

Why did that guy have to use his own voice for such a twisted purpose?!
Suppressing his unease, Sato asked, "So, this wasn't an accident, right?"

“That’s right, this was a meticulously planned murder,” the AI ​​said.

Morikawa looked at Sato's phone.

I'm very curious about what kind of AI this is.

He said with a disdainful tone, "Does the police not trust the detective's words but instead believe an AI?"

That's really laughable.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is resorting to desperate measures.

They're being criticized by the public for being incompetent and relying solely on detectives. Why bother finding AI to solve cases?

Morikawa is a very fashionable person and knows what cutting-edge technology looks like these days.

I know that AI is simply not going to be used to solve crimes.

He gave Sato a disdainful look.

This AI is a collaboration with the Justice Group; it's definitely a joint effort between Zheng Yi and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to swindle money from the government.

Those wicked chaebols are utterly despicable.

"Who is the murderer?" Sato asked.

"It's Tetsuya Morikawa."

"What a joke!" Morikawa was very agitated.

He pointed at Sato's phone and said, "You wouldn't arrest me as the murderer just because of this, would you?"

After he finished speaking, he noticed that several police officers had approached him, their handcuffs faintly visible in their pockets.

Morikawa swallowed hard.

Damn, he sensed something was wrong.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department won't accept AI's words as evidence, will they?
If that's the case, doesn't it mean that whoever they want to be the murderer is the murderer?

"Detective Morikawa, rest assured, the police arrest people based on evidence," Inspector Megure said.

He said to the AI, "Then, tell me how Mr. Morikawa killed the man."

Morikawa's eyes widened.

When Megure said that the police were arresting people and asking for evidence, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But if your next question is to the AI, "How did I kill the person?", doesn't that mean you've already identified me as the murderer?
"Morikawa arrived at the study beforehand under the pretext of investigating Mrs. Kubo's affair, and used his homemade electric shock device to instantly knock the deceased unconscious."

At that time, Mr. Kubo was not dead.

"and many more!"

Morikawa stopped the AI ​​from speaking.

He exclaimed excitedly, "I've never met Mr. Kubo!"

“I hacked into your phone and looked at your emails with Mr. Kubo.”

Quiet.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

"Ahem." Inspector Megure coughed and said, "Mr. Morikawa, may I check your phone?"

"This is illegal!" Morikawa said through gritted teeth. Damn AI, it actually managed to hack into my phone!
"Please cooperate with the investigation," Inspector Megure said with an iron fist.

Under the police's firm stance, Morikawa handed over his cell phone.

“I will have my lawyer sue you,” Morikawa said.

Inspector Megure casually glanced at Morikawa's emails.

The Metropolitan Police Department has also just started using AI.

The laws governing AI are not yet comprehensive, which is tantamount to having no laws to regulate AI.

Even if you sue, it will be very difficult to win.

It's not like the police used AI to hack into your phone. Our AI is very intelligent; it acts on its own without communicating with anyone.

"After stunning Kubota, the deceased was moved to the side of an old lamp, a water glass was knocked over, and the deceased's wet hand was pressed against the exposed wires of the lamp."

Then, he turned on the main power supply to the room—to turn on the desk lamp.

Morikawa interrupted the AI ​​again, saying, "Okay, I admit I've met Mr. Kubo before."

But these subsequent statements are completely unfounded and baseless.

His words did not attract the attention of the police.

After he concealed his meeting with Kubota, the police had already become suspicious of him.

The AI ​​continued explaining how Morikawa committed the crime.

"He short-circuited the wire of that old desk lamp, causing a small-scale, momentary power outage."

At the moment of tripping, the electric sparks can burn the exposed points of the wires, making them appear as if they were caused by long-term use and pet chewing.

At the same time, this power outage ensured that the deceased died from a leaking lamp, concealing the initial traces of high-voltage electric shock.

Finally, he turned off the main power switch, restored power, left the scene, and went to the izakaya (Japanese pub) to create an alibi.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Morikawa's forehead.

After wiping away the cold sweat, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Where's the evidence? There's no evidence; this is all nonsense."

He admitted that this AI was quite something.

He did exactly what the AI ​​told him to do; the AI ​​was practically reading from a script.

However, there's nothing to fear if there's no evidence.

"I hacked your voice recorder."

"Ok?"

Morikawa touched the voice recorder in his pocket.

"During the time of the incident, the recording pen captured an extremely brief 'snap' sound, similar to an electric spark, followed by a faint sound of a relay tripping."

Inspector Megure walked up to Morikawa and said, "Please take out your recording device and cooperate with the police investigation."

"What you're doing is illegal," Morikawa said through gritted teeth.

Damn AI, how can you hack into anything?
Do I have no privacy left?
The police once again forcefully confiscated Morikawa's voice recorder and indeed found the audio recording.

This was his professional habit as a detective to record details of the scene, but it became irrefutable evidence of his crimes.

He himself ignored the background noise.

The AI ​​continues to provide evidence, immediately stating, "I hacked it."

"I hacked into the computer of Mitsui Electronics Store in Beikacho and checked the sales records. I found that you bought a boost module and dry cell batteries there."

Your homemade electric shock device was made by modifying a booster module and dry cell batteries.

Inspector Megure waved his hand and said to Takagi:
"Takagi, go to Mitsui Electronics in Beika Town."

"Yes!"

The AI ​​is still chasing after Morikawa.

"I also hacked..."

"enough!"

Morikawa shouted, "Stop invading! That's right! I'm the one who killed them!"

He said dejectedly, "I hid the stun gun that electrocuted Kubota in the toilet of the izakaya." (End of Chapter)