The Black Detective of the Detective Conan World

After thinking for a moment, she quietly slipped out of the hotel and went to the garage outside. Sure enough, she saw the handsome young man busy in the dark inside the garage!

Xiao Mei was startled at first, then a cold smile appeared on her face, as if she had caught someone red-handed.

……

The second action was taken by the mountains.

He first looked at the security camera in the room, and after thinking for a moment, he gently pushed open the door and left the room.

With no one outside the room, Oyama went directly to the hotel owner's room. Upon seeing the somewhat messy room, he was immediately alarmed and looked for the cabinet where valuables were kept. He discovered that his treasured first edition of "A Study in Scarlet" was missing.

He thought for a moment, carefully erased all traces of his presence, and returned to his room.

The remaining members, Dazhuang, Cuihua, Azhen, Conan, and Hattori, remained unmoved by the knocking on the door.

Everyone assumed that this was a trick by the hotel owner to disrupt everyone's thinking and prevent them from getting high scores!

Lin Zhiren was truly exasperated by these guys who refused to leave the house no matter what.

Fortunately, there's still Xiaomei, who has already seen Xiaoshuai's crime scene and should be able to do something...

Right?

……

Xiao Mei hid outside the garage, secretly peeking at the handsome young man who was busy inside.

The garage was dark. To maintain secrecy, the young man used only the faint light from the car's dashboard to arrange the dead bodies and set up the traps.

Just as he was working hard and sweating profusely, a faint voice suddenly came from behind him: "I saw it all. You actually killed the organizer for that book."

The young man was startled and turned around abruptly, only to find that it was his girlfriend, Xiao Mei!

He stammered, "You...you...when did you get here?!"

Xiao Mei walked step by step to Xiao Shuai, suddenly smiled, and said, "Just kill him. Those guys who only know how to make things difficult for others are really infuriating."

"However, if you want me to shut up, even if we're a couple, you won't be able to do it without paying a price."

The young man had a sudden inspiration and blurted out, "That book... 'A Study in Scarlet,' I can give it to you!"

Xiao Mei nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "Okay, then that treasured book is mine. However, how to get away with the murder is up to you. I won't interfere."

The young man immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Xiaomei doesn't expose me immediately, there will definitely be other opportunities to silence me later... Perhaps...

His eyes flashed, and a strong killing intent emanated from him.

On the other hand, Naoto Hayashi, who was monitoring the situation, was completely at a loss.

Holy crap, I specifically found someone to discover the shark, and you guys actually colluded with each other?

And they even threatened them on the spot?

Miscalculation!

These two were a couple, so even if one of them committed a crime, the other wouldn't be inclined to report it or have them arrested. Instead, they'd be trying to protect their own interests.

But if things continue like this, my plan to speed up the process will fall through, won't it?

No, we need to keep thinking of ways!

If all else fails, then the "mysterious woman in black" will have to keep going...

As for whether it will lead Conan to some bizarre imagination, that's another matter.

Chapter 137 Who is passing me the torch?

Inside the garage.

The young man is still setting up the dead and the institutions.

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly began to quietly explain his modus operandi and his plan to escape punishment, immediately drawing Xiaomei's attention.

After saying a few words, he suddenly said, "By the way, where's your lighter? Can I borrow it? I can't see very well from here."

Xiao Mei casually handed over the lighter: "Here you go. Continue, there are some parts I didn't understand."

The young man took the lighter, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and continued his story.

His method was actually very simple; he simply took advantage of the stiffening and softening process that occurs after a person dies.

After a normal human death, rigor mortis usually begins 30 minutes to 2 hours after death, and becomes fully rigid 9 to 12 hours later. This state can last up to 30 hours after death.

The body begins to soften and recover from rigor mortis 40 hours after death, and returns to its original state in about 70 hours.

However, if the temperature near the body is kept at 35 degrees Celsius, the rate of rigor mortis and softening will be accelerated, and the rigor mortis will begin to subside in just 24 to 30 hours.

So, the young man's modus operandi was to kill the hotel owner, place his body in the driver's seat of the car, fix his feet in a position as if he were stepping on the brake, then start the car engine, shift to drive, and turn on the car's heater.

In this way, since the body is pressing the brake, the car will not move. Then, before dinner the next day, open the garage door, wait in the living room for the body's foot to soften and release the brake, and the car will naturally drive out of the garage and fall off the cliff!

Then, with a loud crash, the body will be destroyed, and no one will know how the hotel owner died.

Witnessing the hotel owner "personally" drive off a cliff could mislead people into thinking he committed suicide.

Even if someone suspects it was murder, the handsome young man and the beautiful young woman who acted as witnesses in the hotel living room would not arouse any suspicion.

After hearing the entire crime story, Xiao Mei was filled with admiration. It was almost flawless, and could even be described as a perfect crime!

My boyfriend has such a talent for crime, it's outrageous!

If he can get away with it this time, could the two of them become a couple of master thieves?

At that time, I'll be able to make a fortune and reach the pinnacle of my life... Just thinking about it makes me a little excited.

In the dim light, Xiao Shuai stole a few glances at Xiao Mei and, finding that she wasn't watching him closely, immediately and quietly went around to another car and stabbed the fuel tank with a dagger, causing the gasoline to leak out.

This was a trap he designed to silence Xiaomei!

Stab the gas tank, filling the garage with evaporated gasoline. Then, all Xiaomei needs to do is light a lighter in this dark place...

Boom!

She burned herself to death!

As for the method... it's very simple. All I have to do is say that he hid "A Study in Scarlet" under the back seat of the car, and Xiao Mei will definitely sneak over to find it herself.

Well, I also need to damage the car's battery to disable the interior lights, so Xiaomei will have to use a lighter for illumination.

While Xiao Shuai was quietly busy on one side, Xiao Mei on the other side was getting more and more excited.

When people get excited, their craving for cigarettes kicks in.

Xiao Mei took out a cigarette from her pocket, but when she tried to light it, she found that the lighter had already been lent to Xiao Shuai.

She clicked her tongue and whispered to the young man, "Are you out of lighters? Give them to me."

The young man didn't say anything, pretending not to hear.

Nonsense, why would he trick Xiaomei into giving him her lighter beforehand? Just to prevent her from lighting it and smoking at times like this.

The garage was full of volatile gasoline; if I lit it, I'd be done for.

What Xiaoshuai wanted was a perfect exoneration, not to perish together with Xiaomei.

You can smoke if you want, go outside and smoke as much as you want, it doesn't matter if you smoke yourself to death.

The young man thought disdainfully to himself, and then reached out and touched the lighter again.

Ok.

Ok?

Where's the lighter?

The lighter in my pocket is gone!

Xiao Shuai's heart skipped a beat. If this thing was gone, how could he possibly trick Xiao Mei?

He thought the lighter had been accidentally dropped somewhere, so he bent down and began to grope around on the ground.

On the other side, Xiaomei asked again, "Where's the lighter? Let me use it for a moment, just a moment."

Just then, an arm suddenly stretched out from beside her, holding the lighter in its hand.

The arms are slender, and the fingers are long and delicate; upon closer inspection, they should belong to a beautiful young woman.

However, the garage was pitch black, and since Xiaoshuai was lying on the ground, Xiaomei could only vaguely see someone handing her a lighter, so she assumed that it was Xiaoshuai.

She took the lighter, brought it to her lips, and murmured, "Thanks."

It ignited with a snap.

Boom!

The flames instantly ignited the volatile gasoline filling the entire garage, and flames rose up, engulfing the space. The orange-red light, along with the scorching heat, swept through every inch of the garage.

The car next to them was twisted and its windows shattered by the impact. The corpse that the young man had just arranged rolled to one side and caught fire.

Xiao Mei, who lit the fire, and Xiao Shuai, who was lying on the ground, were both killed by the instantaneous explosion!

The last thing Xiaomei saw before she was engulfed in the explosion was a woman standing in the flames, with long black hair, wearing a black bodysuit, staring at her expressionlessly.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on the man's lips.

What the hell... This thing was just passing me a torch...

This was the last thought in Xiao Mei's mind before it was completely consumed by the endless flames and heat.

The violent explosion in the garage caused the entire hotel to tremble slightly.

At that moment, all the men inside the hotel rushed out, opening the doors in a frenzy.

They stared in disbelief at the garage engulfed in flames.

Suddenly, Heiji Hattori and Conan were the first to react, shouting, "Quick, put out the fire!"

The hotel had a number of fire extinguishers, and the female staff member immediately ran over, found them, and handed them to Xing Shu.

After a flurry of activity, the group finally managed to extinguish the fire in the garage.

Of course, it's also possible that everything flammable in the garage burned out, and the flames went out on their own.

The group covered their noses as they entered the fire and discovered that in addition to two damaged vehicles, there were three bodies!

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Conan was startled and looked back. He was relieved to find that Ran was alright.

Then he looked around and saw that Naoto Hayashi was also standing next to him, even shoulder to shoulder with Ran. He immediately clicked his tongue in annoyance.

He silently counted the number of people present, including those who had been caught in the act.

"The couple and the hotel owner are missing!"

"The couple and the hotel owner are missing!" Hattori Heiji's voice rang out at the same time.

Both of them were taken aback. Their eyes met, and Hattori Heiji's eyes revealed a hint of surprise and doubt.

This little rascal...something seems off!

Conan looked away somewhat guiltily, but his gaze quickly returned to the scene in the garage.

Search the crime scene!

Soon, the two detectives found clues one by one.

Before he died, the young man appeared to be lying on the ground looking for something. He had a knife in his hand, and the car's fuel tank had been punctured, causing an oil leak that led to the explosion.

Xiao Mei stood to the side, her posture suggesting she was lighting a cigarette; she was likely the one who started the explosion.

The hotel owner died in his car, but the fatal wound was a stab wound to his chest, and the wound matched the knife found in the young man's hand...

The two detectives looked at the clues with puzzled expressions.

According to their reasoning, the sequence of events should obviously be: the young man killed the hotel owner, then punctured the gas tank, and then the young woman lit the lighter...

This is a shark killer committing suicide?!

Are you two crazy?!

Chapter 138 Come to Osaka and have some fun!