Conan Rick's Investigator

"Because the house in that short video is not the Lavender Villa where the crime happened!"

As soon as Tokatsu Junya finished speaking, his eyes suddenly froze.

He realized he had spoken out of turn, but it was too late.

At this time, the host Rena Mizunashi looked puzzled. "What's going on? I didn't say the scenes in the short film were fake..."

"Could it be that you, Mr. Tokitsu, have actually been to the Lavender Villa on Shikoku Island?"

It was not until this moment that Tokatsu Junya realized that he had fallen into a carefully laid trap.

This episode is not at all meant to make him famous!

He wanted to leave immediately and quit the filming.

But when he glanced, he saw that on a surveillance screen not far away, the camera was pointed at him and the images were broadcast synchronously on the TV program.

This is actually a live broadcast!

My performance so far has actually been broadcast on TV!

Moreover, it happens to be the prime time now, and the number of people watching in front of the TV is the highest in the day.

If I leave at this time, it will definitely lead to bigger discussions afterwards.

Even if he strongly denied his involvement in the investigation of the Lavender Villa case, once the influence of the program became too great, those newspaper reporters who had contacted him half a year ago would definitely come out and write an article about it.

Half a year ago, in order to put pressure on the Shikoku police and reopen the investigation, Junya Tokitsu chose to publicize the methods he had investigated in the newspapers, which attracted enough attention.

And those journalists will help publicize their case methods for the sake of traffic, and will also reveal things about the cases they have participated in for the sake of traffic.

No...

I cannot step down now. I must find a way to reverse the situation and eliminate the impact.

After a brief internal weighing, Tokatsu Junya's expression regained a little composure and he spoke softly.

“There’s nothing I can do…”

"I didn't want to talk about that past anymore. I feel so sorry that the prisoner committed suicide because of his crime..."

Shi Jinjunya looked helpless

He shook his head and then changed the subject.

"But my investigation is absolutely correct. The maid cut the screws securing the window frame and twisted the end of the nut into the surface of the window frame, pretending that the window was intact."

"Afterwards, she hanged her daughter in the room, opened the window, and left the scene. She then used wood glue to restore the window frame to create the illusion of a locked room."

"This is the truth of the case..."

Before Tokitsu Junya finished speaking, Hotta Kaito shook his head and retorted, "No, that's not the truth..."

"The maid's spirit has told me everything. Nothing is more convincing than the truth spoken from the mouth of the deceased."

At this moment, the lights in the studio went out and the projection screen on the side of the stage lit up again.

The video played this time was recorded in a hotel room. The overall filter of the video was gray, like the style commonly used in horror movies.

On the big bed in the hotel room, Kaito Horida, wearing a white suit, sat cross-legged in the middle.

Next to his body were various strange little gadgets, including small bones, lizard tails, dried puffer fish, colored eyeballs, etc.

Kaito Hotta made hand gestures, crossed his hands and drew a few circles in front of him, and then he entered the "psychic mode".

In "psychic mode", Kaito Hotta lowered his head and placed his hands naturally on his knees, like an old monk who had passed away in meditation.

Suddenly, Kaito Horida raised his head again, rolling his eyes under his bulging eyelids.

At this time, a voice from the off-screen asked, "Who are you?"

Kaito Horida suddenly looked towards the camera, and his huge whites of his eyes were a little scary.

He replied in a deep, heavy voice, "I'm a maid at Lavender Villa..."

"Kana Mizuguchi..."

The voiceover continued, "Who killed you?"

"Hotta Kaito" replied, "He's a high school detective named Tokitsu Junya..."

"He forced me to confess to the crime of murdering the young lady..."

The voiceover then asks, "Who killed the young lady?"

"Hotta Kaito" replied: "The young lady committed suicide..."

"She was cheated on by a man named 'Kondo'... She suffered from depression... She suffered from long-term emotional instability..."

"He ended up committing suicide..."

The voiceover finally asks: "Do you have any evidence to prove that the murderer is not you?"

"Hotta Kaito": "The screws that Tokitsu Junya found were left behind by a thief named Hammertail..."

"The marks on it were left recently. They're not from the time the young lady hanged herself six months ago..."

"Also, the young lady is suffering from depression, and the villa manager is also aware of it..."

Suddenly, "Kaito Horita" raised his head and spread his arms to both sides, as if some invisible force rushed out from the top of his head.

"ah--!"

"I'm so resentful!"

It seemed that the maid's soul was expressing her resentment through Kaito Horita's mouth.

This eerie scene that sends chills down one's spine, coupled with the underworld tones of the scene, caused some timid female audience members to subconsciously cover their eyes.

However, their curiosity about the follow-up of the incident made them unable to restrain themselves and they left a gap between their fingers.

But immediately afterwards, Kaito Horida in the video suddenly collapsed and fell on the bed as if he was exhausted.

The video also stopped abruptly at this moment, and the lights in the studio came on again.

The lights and cameras were already focused on Tokitsu Junya's face.

At this time, Tokitsu Junya was still staring at the direction of the projection screen, with the shock on his face not concealed at all.

He was not shocked by Horida Kaito's "clairvoyance", but by the fact that everything Horida Kaito said was right.

There were even things that he didn't even know.

Half a year ago, he was traveling by

On Shikoku Island, I heard about the "Lavender Villa Case."

After getting a rough understanding of the case, he felt that there might be something hidden behind it, so he went to the villa to investigate.

Under the window of the suicide room, he found a few screws and thought there might be a way.

In order to demonstrate his abilities, he quickly contacted reporters from the newspaper and published the techniques in the newspaper.

Under pressure, the police had to restart the investigation.

However, during that period, there was only a maid serving the eldest lady in the villa, so the maid was the first person to be suspected.

Tokitsu Junya also firmly believed that the maid was the murderer.

Until one night, when he was re-examining the evidence, he discovered that the marks on the screws were relatively new and did not seem to have been left half a year ago.

There were also broken screws placed on the grass outside the window, and there was no sign of rust after half a year.

This made him realize that there was a fatal flaw in his reasoning.

However, the police had already begun investigating and public attention was very high. He did not dare to admit that his reasoning was wrong, otherwise his reputation as a detective that he had worked hard to build for several years would be completely ruined.

So he chose to hide his name from the police and the media and left.

Later, while traveling, he learned that the maid had committed suicide.

Although he vaguely guessed why the maid committed suicide, he didn't dare to think about it carefully, let alone verify where the screws came from.

And so it has been delayed until today.

……

"Mr. Tokitsu, is there anything you want to say?"

Facing the questions from the host Rena Mizunashi, Junya Tokatsu's eyes opened wide, filled with anxiety and fear.

"No, impossible!"

"This is all fake!"

"Absolutely not!"

“Impossible—!”

Suddenly, in full view of everyone, Junya Tokatsu rushed out of the studio like a madman.

Until this moment, his subconscious behavior was to refuse to accept the fact that his reasoning was wrong and choose to escape directly.

Anyway, the ghost's words cannot be used as evidence. As long as I don't admit it, I haven't lost!

Tokatsu Junya ran out of the studio and rushed into the backstage lounge next door.

"hateful!"

Tokatsu Junya stood in front of the dressing table and angrily punched the table top with his fist.

I was calculated...

But how did he know those things?

How could that low-class charlatan know the details of so many cases, even the origin of the screws and the fact that he had participated in the investigation of the case?

Psychic...

How can it be?

It is impossible for soul to exist in this world!

"soul……"

"hehe……"

The corners of Tokitsu Junya's mouth curled up in a twisted angle, mocking himself for wanting to believe in the existence of "psychic power" for a moment.

But at this moment, a figure quietly appeared behind him.

Tokiczu Junya was hunched in front of the mirror and at first did not notice anything unusual behind him.

When he raised his head slightly to look at the mirror in front of him, he suddenly noticed a figure behind him.

"drink!"

Tokatsu Junya subconsciously turned around, but because he was frightened, his movement was too big and his butt hit the dressing table, making a "bang" sound.

“Who are you!?”

Tokiczu Junya looked at the woman in front of him in horror.

The woman had a pair of ponytails, her head was mostly hidden by long bangs, and she was wearing a blue and white maid outfit with an apron tied around her waist.

Suddenly, a memory from half a year ago flashed through Tokatsu Junya's mind.

At that time, he was eager to "solve the case" and once found the maid herself and forced her to confess her crime.

"Who are you……"

"Kana Mizuguchi!"

The figure did not speak in response, but raised his head slightly from deep within the ground.

He saw a pair of resentful eyes staring at him from between the bangs, and below it was a gray mouth with blood flowing from it.

"No, impossible!"

"You're the makeup artist...you're trying to scare me, right?"

"You're all in cahoots!"

Although Tokatsu Junya's body kept retreating, his mind became clear at the first moment.

A smile uglier than crying appeared on his lips, and he forced himself to appear calm.

But at this moment, the door of the lounge suddenly opened and the makeup artist appeared at the door.