Conan Rick's Investigator

Mission requirements: Reach a consensus with other detectives, time limit 2 hours

Task reward: 200 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit

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For some reason, the rewards for this side quest are particularly small.

Is it because there are too many detectives here that the mission itself is easier to complete?

Things turned out just as Qin Zhibo had imagined. The detectives began to look for clues individually. Some examined the body, some examined the tea, and some just stood there and watched...

Qin Zhibo had nothing to do, so he walked to the trumpet dummy, stretched out his hand, pulled out the dummy's head, and saw the structure inside.

There are two tapes and a timer device connected to the bottom of the speaker head, which means that the sound is recorded in advance and played at a specific time.

In addition, the maid said that the order and time of serving all dishes were strictly regulated by the master, which made Conan, who did not intend to act anymore, come to a conclusion.

"The murderer might be one of us present here..."

Chapter 587 Conan: Are you still human?

"You said the murderer is among us?" asked "Mouri Kogoro", who was not familiar with what happened around Conan.

Conan put on a matter-of-fact expression and answered in a childish voice, "Because the sound on this tape might have been recorded in advance by someone present here, and played it while we were eating, so that everyone could listen to it together..."

The other detectives felt a little uncomfortable watching Conan reasoning seriously.

However, Hakuba had already experienced Conan's "cleverness" in his previous Sherlock Holmes journey, so he didn't care much about it and followed Conan's line of thought in his analysis.

"Then, the murderer took advantage of our inattention while we were dining at the same table with Mr. Okami and made him drink the potassium cyanate he had prepared in advance, poisoning him to death."

Old Lady Qianjian: "Also, judging from the content of the tape, it seems that the time of Okami's death from the poisoning was already known to the murderer..."

Ikumi Gunda: "The problem is, no cyanide compounds were detected in the black tea he drank..."

"Mouri Kogoro": "There's no poison in black tea, which means it's when you put it into the cup..."

Gunda Ikumi shook her head. "That's unlikely, because he brought this cup of black tea to his lips two or three times."

The detectives began to analyze, but they could not find a way to poison the foodie detective for a while, and the investigation came to a standstill.

Only Qin Zhibo looked at the teacup in Qingtian Yumei's hand in silence.

There is a bright survey point on the teacup.

【Survey√】

[Three steps to drinking tea: pick up the teacup, put it into your mouth, and put it down]

The investigation report is somewhat intriguing, but since the investigation point is above, it means that it is inseparable from the case.

In other words, the poison was indeed delivered to the foodie detective's mouth through the teacup, but it's unknown how...

Qin Zhibo looked down at the body of the foodie detective again and saw another investigation point on his finger.

【Survey√】

[Jagged damage on fingernails]

this is……

At this moment, the detectives suggested going outside to check out the destroyed cars. Maybe one or two of them were still alive, or maybe the explosion was just a bluff?

……

When we arrived at the courtyard, amidst the flames, we saw several means of transportation that could have been called "cars" before.

"Mouri Kogoro" fell to the ground, wailing with a distressed look on his face: "My rental car~"

Others also lost their beloved cars, but they did not show any pain on their faces, and they all looked calm.

Ikumi Gunda's Ferrari, Harushi Mogi's Alfa Romeo, Noriyoshi Okami's Porsche and a Mercedes-Benz.

Anyway, whoever is in pain knows it clearly. Qin Zhibo, who didn't drive here, didn't feel anything.

"By the way, that Mercedes is yours, young master?"

Qiangtian Yumi looked at Bai Ma Tan behind her, but Bai Ma Tan shook his head calmly.

"No, that's not mine. I hired a taxi to take me here..."

This is a lie.

In fact, Bai Ma Tan was brought here in his own private car by his butler Afu.

Gunda Ikumi turned to look at Qin Zhibo, "So that's your Great Detective?"

The Great Detective...

Qin Zhibo could sense the perfunctory nature of the address, but he still replied, "No, I came here in Detective Maori's car..."

"Oh, is it so……"

Qiangtian Yumei's expression changed, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face. She said quietly: "If it is the murderer, he should have known about the explosion in advance..."

"In that case, you probably won't come in your own car, will you?"

There was something behind Qingtian Yumei's words, and the detectives immediately turned their suspicious eyes on Qin Zhibo.

Especially Baima Tan, his suspicion towards Qin Zhibo is showing signs of resurfacing.

This made Qin Zhibo feel a little helpless. Detectives are really good at making up stories...

"Hey, hey, I'm just like Detective Maori, I simply don't have my own car. I won one in a lottery a few days ago, but it was soaked in water and is being repaired at the garage..."

"Also, I'm not the only one hitchhiking..."

Qin Zhibo changed the subject and threw the blame away, and Old Lady Qianjian had no choice but to take it.

"Yes, I also came here today in Mr. Maori's car. I forgot to refuel halfway, so I couldn't drive here..."

At this time, seeing Qin Zhibo being suspected, Mao Lilan, who was a little anxious, expressed her opinion very rarely, "Didn't the murderer give everyone 200 million yen each? A murderer with such a big budget would definitely not care about the value of a car..."

After hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed with Mao Lilan's judgment.

"That's right. After buying such a large villa, they probably wouldn't care much about a car..."

"So, this Mercedes is the murderer's own car?"

The maid nodded and said that the car was already parked here when she came this morning.

When Conan heard this, he immediately realized that the maid had also driven here today.

"Where's your car? Isn't it parked in this parking lot?"

"Yes..." The maid frowned and bit her finger, "My master told me to park the car by the back door."

When they heard that there might be a car left alive, everyone became alert and ran towards the back door.

Kidd plays Kogoro Mouri, who takes the lead. He seems to be eager to find a way to escape from here, but in fact he wants to stand in position first to prevent others from seeing the faded gold color of the steps.

As expected, everyone was attracted by the small yellow car parked at the back door fence and came forward one after another.

"I think that guy probably forgot to equip this car with a bomb..."

"Then let's see if the bridge leading here was really blown up as he said?"

As Mrs. Qianjian was about to open the door and get in the car, hundreds of detectives responded to her call, and many of them wanted to act as "flower protectors".

Actually, I wanted to expand my intelligence, including verifying some strange phenomena I saw when tossing the coin just now.

There was not enough space in the car, and the women and children in the villa also needed men to take care of them, so everyone decided to toss a coin to solve the problem at Conan's suggestion.

Conan took out five coins that he had treasured for a long time from his wallet, one for each of Qin Zhibo, Maori, Mogi, Hakuba, and Chiken.

The suit to be hit is determined and five coins are thrown into the air at the same time.

When the five people opened their hands at the same time, the result was revealed.

As expected, Qin Zhibo was not selected, and the ones who went to check it out were Old Lady Chiken, Haruhi Mogi, and "Mouri".

Although he couldn't go and see it with his own eyes, Qin Zhibo directly threw a [Guardian Totem - Foresight Transformation] towards the bridge location on the electronic map.

A dandelion stood by the bridge and immediately saw that the bridge had been blown apart.

Although he had seen the result, Qin Zhibo naturally could not say it out loud and could only remain silent.

……

After watching the maid's yellow car drive away, the rest of the people returned to the villa.

Conan opened his small wallet and took a look. Of the five coins he had just used in the coin toss, only three were returned.

Old lady Qianjian took the only ten-yen copper coin and left without returning it.

and also……

Conan glanced around and saw Qin Zhibo handsomely tossing a coin into the air, then catching it with his hand and putting it in his pocket.

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Conan: Assets -100 yen

Qin Zhibo: Assets +100 yen

Conan: "..."

You take money from children, are you still a human being?!

Chapter 588 Watson's Death

In the Twilight Villa, there were six people left: Qin Zhibo, Conan, Mao Lilan, Hakuba Tan, Qiang Tian Yumi, and the maid.

When passing by the hall, Hakuba Tan suddenly asked the maid if there was any raw meat left in the kitchen, and received a positive reply.

Qin Zhibo: "What? Are you not full?"

The white horse was stunned for a moment, shook its head, and explained: "Actually, it wants to give it to Watson. It hasn't had dinner yet..."

In fact, Bai Ma Tan did not reveal his plan in full.

Feeding dinner was one thing, and on the other hand he wanted to use Watson to inform the butler Ah Fu down the mountain.

The White Horse Tank had already pasted a marker on the roof of Ah Fu's car. All he had to do was tie the letter for help to the eagle's legs and let Watson fly over, and everything would be done.

While the maid went to get the meat, Bai Ma Tan blew the whistle to call the hawk.

Others, curious about how to feed the eagle, also stayed in the hall and did not leave.

However, Bai Ma Tanyi blew the whistle several times in a row, until his brain was deprived of oxygen, but there was no response from Eagle Watson.

"That's strange... Normally at this time it would fly to me..."

Before Bai Matan could finish his words, a black shadow fell from a great height and landed heavily on the ground.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Watson.

But at this moment, Watson was covered in blood, half of his originally sharp eagle beak was broken, feathers were scattered all over the ground, and his body was paralyzed on the ground as if he had rickets.

"Ah!" Mao Lilan screamed in fright.

"It's Watson!"

The white horse detective was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt forward, wanting to take action but not knowing where to start, so he could only shout the name "Watson" over and over again.

It was Conan who reacted first and ordered the maid who had just come over with the raw meat, "Go find a medical kit!"

"Yes!"

The frightened maid could only put down the raw meat and turn around to look for the medical kit.

The eagle's originally sharp gaze gradually weakened, and its drooping wings flapped weakly, as if it wanted to crawl to the white horse to seek some comfort.

This made Bai Ma Tan even more distressed, and he quickly used human words to comfort Watson and told him not to move anymore.

Everyone felt uncomfortable as they looked at the dying Watson, and they were even more confused as to who would do such a cruel thing to the eagle.

Or have the ability.

After all, the eagle is a bird of prey, not a small animal. It has absolute dominance in the sky and it is difficult for humans to threaten it.