Conan Rick's Investigator

At this moment, Conan also came over to observe the condition of the corpse.

In the past, when Conan found a corpse, he would definitely call the police immediately and then investigate the murder scene.

But since his body became smaller, Conan found that every time he investigated the scene, he would be driven away by Maori Kogoro's ruthless iron hand, and he might even be hit on the head.

So this time Conan plans to check the condition of the body first, and then go outside to find Mouri Kogoro and Ran to call the police.

After investigating the corpse, Qin Zhibo turned his head and, as expected, saw Conan approaching from behind, so Qin Zhibo turned his attention to Conan.

Conan observes the corpse, Qin Zhibo observes Conan...

Conan rolled up his sleeves, revealing his watch, and then pressed it, and the dial emitted a light similar to that of a flashlight.

This guy's equipment seems to be better than mine.

Qin Zhibo's lighting equipment is a nuclear lighter. From the perspective of lighting alone, it is indeed inferior to Conan's black technology watch flashlight.

Moreover, the brightness of the flashlight on this 96 watch is several times brighter than the flashlight function of the "Future Technology" smart watch.

This unscientific!

"work……"

"Conan, where did you buy this watch?"

Conan, who was concentrating on examining the corpse, said without hesitation: "It was custom-made by Dr. Agasa."

Conan regretted the moment he said it.

She clearly didn't want Qin Zhibo to know too much about the people around her, otherwise, with Qin Zhibo's keen observation skills, he might be able to find solid evidence that she was Kudo Shinichi.

But it's too late to say anything now. Qin Zhibo already knows that there is a person named Dr. Agasa behind Conan.

Not only that, Qin Zhibo also found that the proficiency of his newly acquired social skills (eloquence) jumped from the initial value of 100 to 110.

This made Qin Zhibo a little excited.

Does having a conversation increase my proficiency in social skills (eloquence)?

So Qin Zhibo asked Conan another question.

"Conan, have you had breakfast today?"

"have eaten……"

The question Qin Zhibo asked was very abrupt, but Conan still answered it.

However, this time, Qin Zhibo's skill proficiency did not improve at all.

It seems that having meaningless conversations with yourself will not improve your proficiency.

If that's the case, it's easy to handle.

"Conan, did you find anything from this body?"

When the case was mentioned, Conan immediately forgot his identity and said, "The blood on the body has not yet completely coagulated. The time of death should be within 10 minutes."

"Hmm, what else?"

Qin Zhibo nodded with satisfaction, and his social skill (eloquence) proficiency increased by +10.

"The blood on the body is splattered like this. The murderer must have been wearing a raincoat or something when he committed the crime."

"Well, what you said makes sense, and then what?"

Social Skill (Speech) +10.

"There should be security cameras installed in the art gallery. Maybe there's information about the criminal in them."

"Well, what next?"

Social Skill (Speech) +10.

Looking at Qin Zhibo's satisfied smile, Conan suddenly felt something was wrong.

It feels like the wise detective Sherlock Holmes, who has already seen through the truth, is teasing his unimaginative and stupid assistant, Watson, in the name of reasoning.

"Forehead……"

"I think I should go find Uncle Maori."

Chapter 19: Excluding Mori Kogoro

Conan has been following Qin Zhibo for the past ten minutes and knows that Qin Zhibo is unable to kill anyone by himself.

In addition, no mechanisms such as fishing lines were found around the scene, and the possibility of murder in a different location did not exist, so Conan was absolutely relieved to let Qin Zhibo guard the murder scene.

Watching Conan's back as he ran out of the Hell Exhibition Hall, Qin Zhibo also began a formal investigation.

According to previous experience, if a murder occurs suddenly, the system should issue a task to itself just like a plot trigger.

But this time, Qin Zhibo, who witnessed the death, still only has one side quest: "Investigate the supernatural events in the art museum."

This most likely means that the supernatural incident in the art gallery and the murder case at hand can be treated as a "joint case." As long as one is dealt with, the other will also be solved.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo's current task has become to solve the mystery of the murder case.

Qin Zhibo walked to the front of the corpse, used Kudo Shinichi's handkerchief as a cushion, and searched the inside pocket of the corpse's suit.

According to Qin Zhibo's research in recent days, he found that detectives have considerable say in this world, and many unsolved cases that the police cannot solve are solved by detectives.

Like the famous detective from Kanto High School, the famous detective from Kansai High School, the female high school detective, the gourmet detective, the detective on the armchair, the beautiful coroner detective...

There are endless detectives who debut with various gimmicks. This is not only fueled by the media, but even the Metropolitan Police Department has implicitly acknowledged it.

Therefore, as long as the body is discovered first, you will not be held accountable even if you rummage through the deceased's personal belongings before the police arrive.

The only prerequisite: You are a detective!

So under this premise, Qin Zhibo "unscrupulously" took out a box of business cards from the inner pocket of the deceased's suit.

The business card showed that the deceased's name was Kazuo Manaka, which was consistent with the results of the previous autopsy.

The occupation and position marked on the business card is Chairman of XX Hotel Group.

Qin Zhibo had some impression of both the name Kazuo Manaka and the XX Hotel Group.

The hotel promotional page found on the Internet yesterday was produced by XX Hotel Group, and the project of converting the art gallery into a hotel is also under the name of this group.

After entering the museum this morning, the museum staff came to inform the director that Mr. Manaka had arrived. Then Director Ochiai said he had something to do and left.

Could it be that what the curator was talking about is...

Qin Zhibo shook his head, thinking that the case should not be that simple, and decided to investigate it again carefully according to the investigation points given by the system.

Next to the display wall with the corpses is the first investigation point.

【Survey√】

[The exhibits on the wall were removed in advance, which suggests that the murderer may have cherished these works of art and could not bear to see them stained with blood.]

People who love art...

The second investigation point was in the deceased's hand. If Qin Zhibo had not re-examined the body, he would have almost missed this investigation point held in the deceased's hand.

Qin Zhibo opened his palm and found a piece of paper inside.

【Survey√】

[The name of the museum employee, Kubota, is written on it, but the wavy scratches on the paper look suspicious.]

Qin Zhibo took out his nuclear lighter and adjusted it to a specific angle before he could see the sharp scratches on the paper.

It seems that this is most likely a death message left by the deceased, and the culprit is the art museum employee named Kubota.

But why does the system specifically prompt for scratches on the paper?

Just as Qin Zhibo was thinking with the note in his hand, Maori Kogoro and Xiaolan also ran over with Conan.

"Hooray! What are you doing?"

"Don't touch the body until the police arrive!"

Seeing Qin Zhibo standing next to the corpse, Maori Kogoro, a former policeman, instinctively issued a warning, even forgetting that Qin Zhibo was also a detective.

But at this time, Qin Zhibo threw the note in his hand into the air and ran outside.

"Hey! Hey!"

Kogoro Mouri hurriedly caught the note and picked it up with his own hands, but saw the words "Kubota" written crookedly on it.

"What does 'Kubota' mean on this note?"

Kogoro Mouri didn't understand what he meant, but Conan pointed at the dead man's palm that was forcibly pried open with an innocent expression.

"It should be a death message..."

"what!"

After hearing Conan's analysis, Maori Kogoro was instantly furious, "Such an important piece of evidence was thrown away so casually!"

"Does this guy have the professional qualities of a detective?"

……

Qin Zhibo did not hear Maori Kogoro's roar, because Qin Zhibo had already run to the staff lounge of the art museum and found the third investigation point in Kubota's cabinet.

【Survey√】

[Inside is a bag of blood-stained armor, which is a fake]

At this point, the murder scene and investigation points outside the scene have been found.

However, the system did not display the [Re-enactment] option as expected, which means that the investigation was not completed.

This couldn't help but make Qin Zhibo feel puzzled.

Are there other investigation points that I haven't found?

……

The Nakashi Art Museum is located in Beika Town, so Officer Megure arrived immediately after receiving the call.

After the police arrived, the curator could no longer create the unique atmosphere of the Hell Exhibition Hall and ordered all the lights in the exhibition hall to be turned on.

In the middle of the Hell Exhibition Hall, Inspector Megure ordered his forensic police to start work and summoned all gallery staff and people related to the case.

"The victim's name is Kazuo Manaka, and he is the chairman of the XX Hotel Group."

"According to the assistant who accompanied me today, this art museum has been acquired by Mr. Manaka. Mr. Manaka is here today to compare the design drawings of the new hotel."

Takagi Wataru reported to Inspector Megure in a serious manner, and Qin Zhibo, who had taken the initiative to "return to the team" before the police arrived, naturally heard the reports.

This is completely consistent with the information Qin Zhibo had previously obtained, but until now, Qin Zhibo has not found the remaining investigation points to meet the conditions for activating [Scenario Re-enactment].

On Inspector Megure's side, the standard procedure of looking for witnesses naturally did not produce any results, but he learned from an art museum employee that the museum's security cameras were functioning normally.

"Great! It'll be much easier with a camera."

When it came to the part of solving the case that required no thinking, which was his specialty, Inspector Megure immediately and energetically called the relevant personnel to go to the monitoring room to check the video footage.

But at this moment, a charming voice called Megure.

"Officer Megure, please wait a moment!"

"There was no need to check the security cameras because I already knew who the culprit was."

Inspector Megure looked back and saw that the voice indeed came from that familiar man.

"Are you telling the truth, Maori brother?"

"Who is the prisoner?"

Although Kogoro Mouri often made mistakes when he was a policeman and did not make any achievements after changing his career to become a detective, Megure gradually lost confidence in his younger brother.

However, the successful solving of the two recent cases has allowed Megure to regain his confidence in Kogoro Mori.

"That's right!"

"The criminal is someone in the exhibition hall. He is..."

"Mr. Kubota! It's you!"

Among the crowd of museum staff, everyone made way for Kubota, a spot reserved for the prisoner.