Detective Conan: I, with my magical powers, am going to destroy the world!

"Suicide by burning charcoal?" Chi Chufeng looked toward the four corpses on the autopsy table, which were placed in transparent bags.

"Yes, all four of them had turned orange-pink, a characteristic of carbon monoxide poisoning,"

Officer Mori said with a headache, "The suicide note was found at the scene, but Dr. Misumi insists on an autopsy, and even Lord Akatsuki has been brought here."

“Because one of the girls had abrasions on her wrists from being tied up,” Misumi interrupted, “and all four of them are complete strangers, aren’t they?”

“That’s true,” Officer Mori said, coughing lightly as he met Akatsuka’s gaze. “We found their identification documents at the scene. The first one is Hatsuko Saeki, an 88-year-old woman who decided to commit suicide because she could not bear the pain of her illness and left a suicide note. The hospital has also confirmed this.”

"Then there is the homeowner, Sato Shoichi, 56 years old, male. His wife filed for divorce two and a half years ago, and he was asked by his company to retire early, but he has not been able to find another job."

While introducing the bodies in the autopsy room, Officer Mori presented the documents, explaining: "The investigation revealed that Sato Shoichi had logged onto a suicide volunteer forum website, where he searched for suicide partners, gathered the remaining three people, and it was also he who prepared the coal and the seven-wheeled oven."

"They gathered three people?"

Chi Chufeng walked to the body of the young girl with abrasions on her wrists. Her orange-pink skin made her look as if she were still alive, as if she might open her eyes at any moment.

"Is this girl one too? She looks much younger than the others, who are at least 51 years old."

“It’s not uncommon for young people to despair of life,” Officer Mori said, shaking his head. “However, the only thing that wasn’t confirmed was her identity, and she left a suicide note.”

"Unidentified?"

Chi Chufeng took the girl's suicide note; a line of neat handwriting was written on a blank sheet of paper.

“Yes,” Officer Maoli sighed, “homeless, and the suicide note was quite tragic.”

“Life is not something you can just give up easily,” Chi Chufeng carefully examined the girl. “Is the suicide note really hers?”

"What else?" Officer Mori shrugged.

"This is?"

Chi Chufeng's gaze lingered on the girl's hair, where some white crystals were visible.

“Oh, this,” Officer Mori leaned over, “we’ve already sent the forensic department to examine it, but…”

“This is salt,” Chi Chufeng said softly. “When hair is wet with salt water, this crystallization eventually appears.”

Chapter 608 This is murder

"what?"

"Salt?" Misumi paused, taking the dissection tools, and turned to look directly at Akatsukaze. "Are you sure?"

"I've seen similar cases before, but it's hard to say until the test results are in."

Chi Chufeng loosened the girl's hair and raised his head to face the anatomy class.

"This was murder."

The autopsy began, and everyone in the autopsy room, except for Akasuke Kaze and Officer Mori, got busy.

An anatomy team consists of a surgeon, a recorder, an assistant, and support staff, roughly five people per team.

Thanks to the coordination between the two shifts, the site wasn't at full capacity, but the work still went very smoothly.

“They’re still observing the autopsies on site right now, and they’re doing autopsies on four bodies in a row,” Akatsuka glanced at Ai, who was staring intently at him. “It could involve a homicide case.”

"It's over, let's stitch it up." Another surgeon in the autopsy room, Dr. 957, had just finished dissecting the third corpse, his gloves covered in blood.

"51-year-old Kyoko Jihamu?"

"The carbon monoxide concentration in the blood is 71%."

“No problem. The cause of death for the three victims was carbon monoxide poisoning. That leaves only this girl.” The surgeon turned to look at Misumi on the other side.

"Only she is a young lady whose identity is unknown and who has no name."

Dr. Misumi, wearing a transparent mask, examined the girl's mouth: "There were no wounds inside her mouth, the cavities had not been treated, and the tooth wear was minimal. I estimate her age to be around 20 years old."

"He died so young."

"Lord Akatsuki," Misumi looked up at Akatsuki Kaze, who was still making a phone call outside, "it's time to begin the dissection!"

"it is good."

Chi Chufeng put away his phone. Did they really need to call him specifically for an autopsy?

"Cut open the heart sac and give me the forceps."

San Cheng lay on the corpse's chest, frowned, and called out to Chi Chufeng, "The blood accumulation in her heart is a bit strange. The left ventricle is bright red, while the right ventricle is grayish. The color difference between the left and right ventricles is obvious. She froze to death."

"freeze to death?"

The dissection room fell silent for a moment, and everyone turned to look at Misumi.

“Of course,” Misumi affirmed, “the skin of the frozen corpses will also turn orange-pink, but you can immediately tell the difference by looking at the blood pooling in the heart.”

"But did he freeze to death in the room where he committed suicide by burning charcoal?"

"The carbon monoxide concentration in her blood was 3%, and only the unnamed woman did not inhale carbon monoxide. There is no mistake, her cause of death was freezing to death."

"Remove the remaining contents from the stomach."

"Yes."

"Capacity 127ml".

Akatsuka stood to the side watching Misumi's actions.

"So, this is murder?"

"Lord Akatsuki, you were right after all." Misumi examined the corpse's stomach alone with tweezers. "There seems to be something in the stomach, is it paper?"

"Paper?"

Chi Chufeng watched as San Cheng unfolded a crumpled piece of paper with tweezers, revealing two lines of text written on it.

The note with the words "Snow Man Land" and "Save the Flower" had its second half torn off, making it impossible to understand its full meaning.

but…

"The handwriting is messy. If the suicide note really belonged to this girl, it must have been written in a hurry, or when she was frozen."

“There are no injuries to the mouth or esophagus,” Misumi said, looking at Akatsuki. “Did he swallow this before he froze to death? Is this a death message?”

The female assistant put down the pliers in her hand and looked sadly at the peaceful face of the girl's body: "Was Miss Wuming called Xiaohua?"

“If she swallowed it herself,” Chi Chufeng said after a moment of silence, “there is another person who may have been imprisoned by the murderer or has already been killed, named Hanadi Girl.”

"No way?" Officer Mori asked, bewildered. "Lord Akatsuki, could it be that you were just hallucinating before you swallowed it? Aren't they said that people hallucinate before they freeze to death?"

"Hallucination?"

"This is certainly not a simple suicide, so could it be a forced suicide?"

Officer Mori hypothesized, "Sato Shoichi may have had a conflict with this girl named Hana, and then froze her to death in some way. Sato wanted to die with her but failed, so he gathered others who intended to commit suicide."

Chi Chufeng gave the self-satisfied police officer a strange look: "Officer Mouri, I think you're not just someone who shares the same surname as Detective Mouri."

"Really?" Officer Mori said happily, "I also have the potential to become a famous detective? So, Lord Akashi agrees too."

“Absolutely not,” Akatsuka interrupted Officer Mori, turning his gaze back to the girl’s body.

“If the criminals found her, she would have been thrown away, so she hid it inside her body. There was still a chance for an autopsy after the police found the body. She must have been desperately trying to save her companion.”

"Eh?"

"It's not surprising that only half of the message was torn off in such a cold and dark place. Is there any cold storage facility nearby?"

“Well,” Officer Mori’s scalp tingled, “it seems that the Mitaka Suisan Company, where Sato Shoichi works, does have one.”

"It's almost impossible for an employee who's been asked to retire early to freeze someone to death in a seafood company's cold storage and then transport the body out. However, we could check things like refrigerated trucks, and also..."

Chapter 609 Misumi Mikoto's Experiences

Chi Chufeng reviewed the information on the deceased again.

The girl whose identity was unknown was the most unusual. "How is it?" Officer Mori asked cautiously, "Any other questions?"

Chi Chufeng put away the documents. "I need to go to the site to take a look."

“Okay, I’ll take you there.” Mori nodded repeatedly.

Chi Chufeng smiled.

"If the other girl is still alive, she must be in a very dangerous situation. We must find her quickly, whether or not it is for the sake of this nameless lady's wishes."

Chi Chufeng took off his coat and handed the documents to Ai, who was waiting at the door.

Unfortunately, it has no name, its specific details are unknown, making it difficult to use predictive magic.

“And this,” Misumi picked up a test tube containing gastric juice, “the residue in her stomach. This must have been her last dinner.”

Chi Chufeng smiled and said, "Tell me the ingredients after the test results are in."

The scene of death at dusk has a unique, eerie beauty. Even though there are no ghosts or monsters, the topic of death always sends chills down your spine.

As a site for mass charcoal burning suicides, the Sato family quickly quieted down after the initial uproar, as the onlookers dispersed, leaving only the cordon surrounding the house.

Led by Officer Mori, Akatsuka and Dr. Misumi crossed the cordon and entered the yard. After putting on shoe covers, they followed them into the house.

It's a typical Japanese house, somewhat similar to the old house where the supernatural event took place.