Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 1243 The truth under the sun

At dawn, the dog attacks the city.

In the spacious room, Inufukako sat on her knees on the tatami.

With her brows furrowed, she looked down slightly and bit her lip with her teeth, looking worried.

It wasn't until the noise coming from the corridor outside the door that she came back to her senses from this state.

came back?

She hurriedly tried to stand up, but her lower limbs staggered as soon as she exerted force.

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared outside the door and pushed the door open vigorously.

"Koko, that famous detective, Maori Kogoro, is about to start reasoning through the entire case!"

Eh?

Inufukao's expression was stunned for a moment, which made Inufuchen outside the door a little anxious.

"What are you standing there for? Come here!"

"oh oh……"

Inufukako got up from the tatami again, and before leaving, he looked back deeply at the room.

When she followed Inufuchen to the living room, all the people involved in the case had gathered in the living room.

But even though it’s “all”, in fact most of them are no longer alive.

Currently, only four of the eight adopted children of the Inubushi family are left.

In addition, there are also Mouri Kogoro and others who came all the way from Tokyo.

Seeing that Zen had brought Kaoko over, Mouri Kogoro nodded with satisfaction.

"Great, now everyone is here..."

"Now, I will explain to you all the recent 'Flame Demon Dog' cases that have occurred within the Inufushi family!"

"First of all, the culprit behind all these cases is... Mr. Inubushi Chiaki!"

Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and looked seriously at Inufushi Akira, who was still in a coma on the sofa.

Since the effects of anesthesia have not completely worn off, he can only participate in the announcement of the case as a human specimen.

Also in a coma with Chiko was Hattori Heiji.

Conan persuaded Heiji because the case was solved and he suddenly felt very tired, so he took a rest first.

But Yuanshan Heye called him "Black Chicken" many times, but he didn't wake up.

On the contrary, Inufushi Yukihime, who was stunned by Chiko with ether before, has woken up, but her body has not fully recovered, but her consciousness is awake.

"The murderer is... Mr. Chiaki?"

Inufukako let out a surprised sound with a face full of shock.

She didn't keep up with other people's versions just because she had to stay in Inufushi City to take care of Ms. Saomi.

She remembered that before Mouri Kogoro left, he clearly said that the murderer was Inubushi Yukihime. Why did he change his mind when he came back?

I have been worried about this matter for a long time.

Because among the relatives who lived together in the Inubushi family, the one she valued most was Yukihime, and she even regarded her as her biological sister.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have taught Xing Ji how to get along with dogs in a scolding tone.

Unexpectedly, Kogoro Mouri said that Yukihime was a "bad person" who sneaked in by pretending to be the illegitimate daughter of President Inufushi.

This made her very distressed and entangled.

"right!"

Mouri Kogoro nodded with great confirmation and confidence.

"Inubushi Chiaki is the murderer behind this series of horrific 'Demon Dog Cases'!"

At the same time, in the room that Inufukako had just left, the sliding door was pushed open again.

A pair of feet took off their slippers at the door and stepped into the tatami room.

Looking at Ms. Inufushi Soshin who was "sleeping" peacefully on the sickbed, the owner of the feet calmly walked in front of her and looked down at her.

"You're the murderer, aren't you?"

"Ms. Inufushi Soshin..."

Qin Zhibo's words fell, and the empty room fell into silence for a while.

A few seconds later, the eyes of the silver-haired old woman on the hospital bed that had always been closed finally slowly opened.

……

In the living room, Maori Kogoro began to review the entire case for everyone.

"First, the first case involves Mr. Inubushi Hotaru falling off a cliff. Before dying, he struggled to explain that he was being chased by a flaming demon dog, which led to his fall."

"The second case involves the drowning of Ms. Inufushi Migako in a swamp near the forest. Traces of burnt grass were found near the site of her death."

"The third case occurred in Tokyo. The deceased was Shinichi Kudo, who had changed his last name..."

Speaking of this, Mouri Kogoro suddenly felt that this name was very awkward.

Why does it have the same pronunciation as that kid's name?

Mouri Kogoro complained helplessly and continued to sort out the case.

"And the fifth case happened last night. Ms. Inubushi Saki, who had been out for a long time, fell off a cliff in the same way as Mr. Hotaru. Flame footprints were found on the cliff."

"Besides that, when Ran and the others were feeding Hachi in the mansion, they were attacked by a flame demon dog..."

"Actually, the true identity of the so-called 'Flame Demon Dog', the culprit behind all this, is..."

Mouri Kogoro's words suddenly stopped, and Maori Lan walked in from the entrance with a dog.

Inufukako was stunned when he saw the dog.

"Hachi?"

"Huh? No..."

The next second, Inufukako denied his judgment.

Because if you look a little closer, you can see the difference in breed between this dog and Xiaoba. This is a pure-blooded Border Collie.

It's just that this shepherd dog is covered with a layer of white tattered cloth, with a rope tied around its neck and a coal ball tied at the end.

Mouri Kogoro took out a remote control switch from his pocket. When he pressed the button on it, the white cloth strip on the shepherd's body glowed faintly red.

"This is..." Inufushi Koko asked in confusion.

"This is the truth about the 'demon dog'; it's actually a real dog."

"Mr. Chiaki draped a cloth over the dog and used red LED lights tied underneath to simulate the effect of flames."

"Although it's easy to see through under these lighting conditions, as long as it's outdoors in poor lighting, it's enough to be indistinguishable from the real thing."

"That's why the 'Demon Dog' always appears at night..."

Mouri Kogoro's words were thought-provoking, but soon Inufukako raised new questions.

"What about the flaming footprints?"

"Wasn't there a trail of fire left behind where the demon dog ran? And there were also traces of burnt grass..."

Maori Kogoro smiled confidently and strolled up to the border collie.

But as soon as he was about to pick up the rope tied around the dog's neck, the shepherd dog immediately bared its teeth at him and issued a low whining warning.

Mouri Kogoro was so frightened that he took half a step back and did not dare to reach out to the dog again.

Just now when he was catching the dog in the forest, he was almost bitten by the dog, and he felt psychologically negative.

Shadow.

But strangely, the dog showed no hostility towards Mouri Ran and Conan, and was even somewhat close to them.

"Eh? Ran, where's Conan?"

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly realized that Conan was not here, and asked Maori Lan.

Mao Lilan replied: "Conan and Mr. Qin went back to their rooms to rest first..."

……

In the largest master bedroom in Inufushi City, Qin Zhibo faced Ms. Suo Chen who opened her eyes, only glanced down slightly, and then began to murmur to himself.

"Actually, the entire case begins with the legends of the Inufushi family."

"This is actually quite easy to investigate. Although you are the only one still alive in the Inufushi family, the servants who once served the Inufushi family still live near this castle."

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During the Meiji period, the Inufushi family hosted a wandering monk and received a secret scripture from him.

"The then-head of the Inufushi family used the contents of this secret scripture to bring down another, more powerful, nearby family."

"One day later, the head of the Inufu family suffered backlash due to the taboos in the secret scripture, which eventually led to the conflagration."

"To appease the wrath of the 'demon dog,' the descendants of the Inufushi family built a tomb and sealed the secret scripture somewhere."

"But in fact, that secret scripture has always been in Inufushi's house and has never left..."

"Am I right?"

"Ms. Inufushi Soshin."

Qin Zhibo looked at Inufuso Sachen who was lying on the quilt, and when he saw that the other party was expressionless and did not respond, he continued.

"As for the version of the legend that Inubushi Yukihime told you, you actually made it up yourself."

"Because these illegitimate children were separated from their biological father, President Inubushi, when they were young, it's impossible for them to have ever heard the true contents of the legend."

"And you fabricated one case after another based on this legend."

"You adopted these illegitimate children and kept them with you, but in reality, you were waiting for an opportunity to kill them one by one."

"And under your long-term rhetoric and careful deception, Inufushi Chiaki became your first murder weapon."

Qin Zhibo turned his head and took a deep breath.

"That's right, Inubushi Chiaki is indeed the direct murderer of Hotaru, Migako, and Saki..."

"To repay his kindness, he was willing to kill his other adopted children just to protect the castle you live in."

"But in fact, even he didn't realize it. This is just one of the lies you carefully fabricated."

"You discovered his gratitude towards you and took advantage of it."

"After Hotaru and Migako were killed by Inufushi Chiaki, you approached Mr. Kudo Shinichi and told him that one of the adopted children might be a villain who wanted to wipe out the Inufushi family."

"So, Kudo Shinichi contacted Toyama Kazuha's mother and asked her husband, a police officer, to investigate. This commission later came to Hattori Heiji."

"However, after Kudo Shinichi did this, you found Kudo Shinichi again and told him about the history of the Inufushi family and how to use the Liaodan."

"As long as you take the Liao Pill, you can travel back in time and find out who the murderer is hiding in the Inufushi family."

"Of course, you deliberately concealed the side effects of Liao Dan..."

"And Shinichi Kudo did learn the truth of the case with Ryodan's help, but in the process, he was also tracked by the Hound of Tindalos."

"He believed it was a curse stemming from the Inubushi family's past sins, so he changed his name, renounced his inheritance, and went into hiding in Tokyo... This mirrored the reaction of the head of the Inubushi family during the Meiji era upon encountering a hound."

"But actually, this is your real purpose, to use the hounds to kill Kudo Shinichi."

"Coincidentally, when Inufushi Chiaki went to Kudo Shinichi's house with his other adopted children, he realized that he might have discovered that he was the murderer in both cases, so he planned to fake his suicide by burning charcoal that night."

"However, Inufushi Chiaki's action of moving the stove into Kudo Shinichi's bedroom inadvertently allowed the hound to chase him from the horn time, frightening him to death..."

"So you're the real murderer of Kudo Shinichi!"

"And just last night, after Ms. Saki was murdered by Chiaki in the same manner, you told Ms. Sachiki about Ryodan."

"After listening to your method, Miss Yuki also took the Liaodan and discovered that the murderer was Inufushi Chiaki."

"If that happens, Miss Sachiki will be targeted by the hounds, and her death is only a matter of time..."