Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

In fact, in real cases...

In many situations.

The greatest use of a detective is simply to piece together all the clues they have found.

A famous detective.

His fame is not solely due to his own efforts; it requires a professional team.

After all, solving a case is not something that one person can do alone.

Among the cases solved by Conan.

Cases that can be solved immediately upon occurrence are not so easy to solve.

This is mainly because the murderer was someone the victim knew, and the murderer was also at the scene.

Conan was able to quickly identify the culprit by combining clues obtained at the scene with an understanding of the culprit's psychology.

However, in most cases, the cases are not so easy to solve.

The murderer may be someone the victim knew.

However, it's not so easy to find it.

In order to solve a case.

This requires collaboration among talents from various fields to find useful clues among numerous leads, and based on these clues, to find evidence of the murderer's crime.

The police may not have famous detectives or mystery writers, but they solve cases one by one by working together.

In the process of solving many cases, we rely on the current clues, make bold assumptions, and then carefully and repeatedly verify them.

While everyone was waiting.

Miwako called back first.

After hanging up the phone, Inspector Megure said to everyone, "Just now, Miwako called. She found someone who saw the killer's face at the scene of the fourth crime. After confirming that person's identity, the portrait drawn by Sato was indeed there, and he was carrying a checkered woven bag at the time."

Mori exclaimed in surprise, "The sketch is really accurate! This criminal profiling technology is so powerful! If we encounter a case, we can just have them draw the culprit, wouldn't that save a lot of trouble?"

Zhi Yong shook his head and said, "Criminal profiling is not that easy. It requires collecting a lot of clues before you can accurately depict the murderer. It is not something that can be used smoothly in every case."

He would say that.

This is also to give myself an excuse for the future.

Zhiyong's so-called criminal profiling technique is not something he actually possesses.

He mainly used space, that is, he described the appearance of the murderer through the victim's words.

However, in some cases, the victims do not know who the real murderer is.

In that case, there was nothing Zhiyong could do.

In order to have an excuse later, he dared not make any promises too easily now.

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Chapter 571 The Family Line Ended

No one paid any attention to Zhiyong's words; instead, they admired him greatly.

After all, if he could draw the killer's appearance every time, that would be a divine skill.

However, since investigating the case was the priority, although everyone admired him greatly, no one said anything more.

Zhiyong added, "Now we need to hurry. The fact that the murderer's time between crimes is getting shorter and shorter shows that he has an increasingly strong need for blood. Based on the first four cases, we can deduce that the murderer will commit his next crime within the next two days."

Inspector Megure added, "Yes, the killer doesn't have much time left. We need to race against time and find and catch the killer before he commits another crime. The warrant has already been issued, and if the hospital gets any further information, it will save us a lot of time."

All the relevant tasks have been arranged.

Zhiyong and Maoli could only wait while analyzing the clues they had gathered.

For Zhiyong.

He had thought of most of the problems and had already said them.

Now, the fact that only the murderer commits crimes during the day is something he finds a bit strange.

After all, what if the murderer really did have porphyria?

Then it would be impossible for them to commit crimes during the day.

Zhi Yong had several guesses about this, but these were all just guesses and could not help with the current case.

Now, the police are needed to uncover more clues so that he can find those clues that are useful to the case.

In fact, a sketch of the murderer already exists.

Even if we just let the police handle it from now on, there won't be any problems.

The killer's current desire is for blood, and also for the quality of that blood.

The killer will definitely target the little girl next time he strikes.

Although Zhiyong is not exactly a good person, he cannot tolerate the existence of such a person.

As dusk approached.

Inspector Megure walked in again.

Officer Takagi followed behind him.

Inspector Megure said loudly, "Just now, we received a message from the hospital that we have information about the culprit. Takagi, you can introduce him."

Holding the documents, Takagi said, "There is indeed such a person in the hospital. He looks just like the one Zhiyong drew. Moreover, he suffers from porphyria. This disease is rare, not only in Japan but also worldwide. Therefore, the hospital created a separate file for him and began to observe him."

Mori asked in surprise, "There really are people like that?"

Takagi nodded and said, "That's right. This person is called Nishimura Hidekazu. He is 29 years old this year. When he was discovered three years ago, he was already in the late stage of porphyria. The amount of porphyrin in his body is 150 times that of an ordinary person. Therefore, his appearance is no longer formed. Judging from his previous photos, his appearance is the same as that drawn by Tomoyuki."

Inspector Megure clapped his hands and said, "Then he's the one we're looking for."

Zhiyong said doubtfully, "But if that's the case, then there's a problem."

Inspector Megure asked, "What's the problem?"

Zhiyong took the information about Nishimura Hidekazu from Takagi and flipped through it.

He then said, "For patients with porphyria, the time from onset to death is generally no more than two years. Nishimura Hidekazu was already in the late stage of porphyria three years ago, so he is already dead now and it is impossible for him to be resurrected."

Mori asked, "If it's not him, then is it his relative?"

Takagi replied, "Nishimura Hidekazu's father, Nishimura Masao, contracted porphyria four years ago and died from it. His mother, Nishimura Keiko, died of cancer eight years ago. Nishimura Hidekazu never married, and both he and his father were only children. They had no other relatives, and now their family line has ended."

Mori exclaimed in surprise, "That's very strange!"

Miwako also said, "Yes, the portrait has matched the murderer. How did this happen?"

Zhiyong replied, "Even if Nishimura Hidekazu is married, he now has offspring, and the child is not old. Therefore, he cannot be the murderer. So, reinvestigate Nishimura Masao to see if he has any illegitimate children."

Inspector Megure nodded and said, "That's all we can do for now. Takagi, you need to reinvestigate Masao Nishimura's file."

Takagi replied, "Yes."

After Takagi left.

Zhiyong continued, "In the fourth case, the murderer killed someone during the day, which I find very strange. Now I have an idea."

Mori asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Zhi Yong replied, "Perhaps the murderer is not sick, that is, the murderer does not have porphyria."

Mori then asked, "Are you going to overturn your previous reasoning?"

Zhiyong shook his head and said, "No, the murderer is related to porphyria, but the murderer himself does not have porphyria."

Inspector Megure asked, "You're saying the killer did it for his family?"

“No,” Zhiyong added, “Judging from the murderer’s behavior, he was acting in his own self-interest. The fact that he would do such strange things suggests that he had been greatly traumatized.”

Mori asked in confusion, "Did you experience a great shock?"

Zhiyong nodded and said, "Since there is no problem with that portrait, then the murderer is a member of Nishimura Hidekazu's family. He may be Nishimura Masao's illegitimate son. He may not have porphyria, but he saw his father and brother, who suffered so much because of porphyria, which caused him fear in his heart."

Miwako also said, "Because porphyria has a chance of being inherited, the murderer believed that he might also suffer from the same porphyria as his family."

Zhiyong replied, “That’s right. He shouldn’t have porphyria. He’s healthy and not afraid of sunlight, which is why he can kill people during the day. It’s just that he was traumatized by the death of his loved ones, and now he has mental problems, including paranoia and schizophrenia. Therefore, he also feels that he needs blood. In order not to be like his father and brother, he has developed a craving for blood.”

Inspector Megure also said, "That's right. No wonder I was wondering before. If what Sato said is true, if the murderer had porphyria, his health shouldn't be very good, but he was able to kill several people in a row."

Mori also said, "Yes, if the murderer is Masao Motomura's illegitimate son, and he doesn't actually have porphyria, but is only affected by his father's and brother's illnesses, causing him to fear death, so he has hallucinations that he must have the disease as well. In that case, he is just having hallucinations and doesn't actually have porphyria. He has a healthy body and can commit crimes."

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Chapter 572: The Real Culprit Has Been Identified

The situation they are analyzing now.

Until the murderer is caught, this is only one possibility.

However, everyone believes that this speculation is very close to the truth.

Inspector Megure also quickly arranged manpower.

An investigation was conducted into Masao Nishimura's past.

After all, the killer's next crime is just around the corner, and they must act quickly to prevent further victims.

By noon on the second day.

Finally, news came.

Masao Nishimura did indeed have an illegitimate son named Hideyoshi Nishimura, who looked remarkably like Hidekazu Nishimura.

That was more than twenty years ago.

Masao Nishimura's company is working on a project in Fukuoka.

Because he and his wife had been living apart for a long time, he had an affair with a girl who was interning at their company.

When the project was later completed.