Conan Rick's Investigator

But after returning to the villa, Takahashi took the trouble to clean his shoes.

Because he had to break into Mouri Ran's room in the middle of the night to commit the crime, regardless of whether he succeeded or not, he had to quickly return to his room and then pretend to be woken up in order to avoid suspicion.

If your shoes are dirty, you will undoubtedly leave dirty footprints along the way, directing everyone's suspicion towards you.

In other words, no matter whether the room is clean or dirty, Takahashi cannot escape suspicion.

This is what is called the vast net of heaven, which nothing can escape.

In other words, this carefully prepared killing method had failed from the moment Qin Zhibo appeared.

It was the appearance of Qin Zhibo that caused Takahashi to fail to kill Mao Li Ran in time twice. It was also because of Qin Zhibo's appearance that Takahashi had to become one of the few people assigned to a single room.

According to the original room allocation, Ota, Kadoya, Takahashi, and Ikeda all lived in single rooms, while the Suzuki sisters and Colan lived in double rooms.

As a result, Qin Zhibo's joining resulted in insufficient bedrooms, and Ota and Kakutani, who were of medium build, had to squeeze into one room.

When the bedrooms were redistributed, Takahashi was grateful that no one could squeeze into the same room with him because he disguised himself as a fat person.

But now it seems that Takahashi might as well have chosen to sleep on the sofa in the living room.

After listening to Qin Zhibo's reasoning, Conan's brain was also enlightened.

I didn't even notice such a small matter as the bedroom allocation. This is my own omission.

However, Conan believes that even though Takahashi Ryoichi's appearance is indeed suspicious now, it cannot be concluded that he is the bandage monster.

Because Chikako Ikeda's body has not been found yet, it is still unknown who is the bandage monster between her and Takahashi.

Also, Takahashi is a little fat guy weighing almost 200 pounds. Compared to the agile bandage monster, this size is really...

Conan's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had thought of something, and his thoughts of finding loopholes in Qin Zhibo's reasoning came to an abrupt end.

Qin Zhibo continued calmly, "The third piece of evidence is going back to the question I wanted to ask you."

"Can you let me see what's inside your stomach?"

Chapter 56 If the Bandaged Man Chooses to Escape...

Something hidden in the stomach?

This statement is strange and not very accurate.

But the strange thing is that both Takahashi and Conan can understand the meaning of this sentence.

Takahashi looked down at his obviously bulging belly and still wanted to make a final struggle.

"Don't, don't joke, Mr. Qin."

"How could I possibly hide something in my stomach?"

As he spoke, Takahashi pretended to pat his stomach twice, but this only made the round thing inside more obvious.

"Humph."

Qin Zhibo sneered and took a step forward.

"In fact, I knew as early as when you shook hands with me that your fat body was actually a disguise."

"Your fingers are too thin for your size."

"It's possible for thin people to have fat hands from a genetic perspective, but it's only due to acquired factors that fat people have thin hands."

"It's very difficult to lose fat in your hands. Unless you're a typist or something like that, it's possible to make your fingers thinner."

"But your job doesn't involve intensive use of your fingers, so I've suspected since then that you're actually quite thin."

"But I understood you at the time. After all, some people wear wigs to look like they're pregnant just to get a seat on the bus."

"I think you might be this kind of shameless person in your daily life."

"But now it seems that perhaps you are even more shameless than I thought."

After Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Takahashi Ryoichi felt that his personality was insulted, and Conan could hardly hold back his laughter.

Wearing a wig and getting a big belly just to get a seat on the bus?

Only this detective who doesn't play by the rules could come up with such a unique way of thinking.

But then again, Conan was really shocked by Qin Zhibo's terrifying observation skills.

I realized that Takahashi's figure was fake just now. I thought about when Xiaolan first came to the villa, she accidentally saw three men at the class reunion changing clothes.

Maybe this is why the bandage monster attacked Xiaolan twice.

But in fact, when Xiaolan opened the door, I was standing next to her, but I didn't even notice Takahashi's actual body shape.

But Qin Zhibo could tell just by a handshake?

This difference in observation ability forced Conan to think.

Did I make a mistake somewhere that I didn't expect, causing the other party to suspect that I was Kudo Shinichi?

Could it be that when he shook hands with Qin Zhibo for the first time as Kudo Shinichi, the other party discovered the characteristics that only Kudo Shinichi could possess?

Fingerprints or palm prints or something like that?

……

Conan was having all sorts of wild thoughts, and Takahashi, who was under too much psychological pressure, could no longer pretend.

Takahashi pulled out the sweater tucked into his waistband, and a round object fell out of the sweater.

"I'm not a shameless person, I'm a messenger of justice!"

"This woman is shameless! She plagiarized Atsuko's work! She caused Atsuko to commit suicide!"

"I can't forgive her!"

Ryoichi Takahashi pointed angrily at the "round ball" wrapped in a bag on the ground.

【Survey√】

【Open it for a surprise! 】

Qin Zhibo conducted an investigation carelessly.

As for the grudge between Takahashi and Ikeda, Qin Zhibo, who joined in the middle, was not clear, nor did he need to know.

Conan, who was eavesdropping at the door, knew what Takahashi was talking about.

What Takahashi said at this moment made Conan very angry. The term "messenger of justice" was completely a sulliment to the word "justice".

Could it be that he wanted to kill the innocent Xiaolan just for the sake of justice in his heart?

But in order to prevent his already fragile vest from being further stripped off, Conan suppressed his anger and did not stand up to accuse Takahashi.

Staring at the bag on the ground, Qin Zhibo knew that he might have another body to investigate.

I just don't know if a mutilated corpse would work.

But as soon as Qin Zhibo took a step towards the bag, Gaoqiao, who was extremely nervous, thought that Qin Zhibo was trying to get closer to him.

He picked up the kitchen knife from the knife rack and quickly waved it around.

Others who heard the quarrel also rushed to the kitchen and saw Takahashi waving a kitchen knife.

"Takahashi?"

"Takahashi! What's wrong with you? Put down the knife!"

"He is the bandage weirdo!" Qin Zhibo added another blow at the right time.

Facing the familiar faces of his old classmates, Takahashi knew he could no longer stay there.

So Takahashi turned around without saying a word, pushed open the window that had been unlocked, and ran away.

Seeing Takahashi choose to escape, Ota Masaru and Kakutani Hiroki wanted to chase after him.

But just as they were about to climb out of the window, they heard a conversation behind them.

Conan asked Qin Zhibo: "Why don't you chase her?"

Qin Zhibo replied: "It's too dangerous at night. I won't go there."

Conan: "..."

Ota Katsu: “…”

Hiroki Kakutani: “…”

Yes, chasing a vicious criminal in the woods late at night, and the criminal was carrying a knife.

Thinking of this, Masaru Ota and Hiroki Kakutani shrank back awkwardly.

……

In the woods, Takahashi Ryoichi ran wildly.

Without the burden on his stomach, Takahashi Ryoichi seemed to have been unsealed, and he ran at full speed.

Of course, this is also due to the extensive running exercises I have done in the past two years to lose weight.

Right now, Takahashi Ryoichi's mind was in a mess, and he had no time to think about whether there was anyone chasing him.

In addition, he didn't bring a flashlight when he escaped, so now he could only run at full speed in the dark woods like a headless fly.

He took a big leap and easily jumped over the bushes in front of him, but suddenly, his feet were empty and he began to roll on the slope.

When he regained consciousness, Takahashi discovered that his leg was broken.

"pain!"

Takahashi howled in pain, but no one in the woods could hear him.

There were pitch-black bushes all around, cold and damp soil beneath me, pale moonlight above me, and my whole body was filled with excruciating pain.

At this moment, Takahashi regretted running away.

Even if I stayed in the villa and waited for the police to come tomorrow, it wouldn't be...

Takahashi's thoughts came to an abrupt halt as a faint rustling sound came from the bushes nearby.

The sound came from far away and became clearer and clearer.

Rustle, rustle...

Until the clustered bushes were pushed apart by a sharp claw like an animal.

The moonlight shone on Takahashi's terrified face, and an almost broken scream came from Takahashi's vocal cords.

The terrified Takahashi didn't care about the pain in his body at all. He quickly supported himself with both hands and went to pick up the kitchen knife that fell on the grass next to him.

But before Takahashi could reach out and touch the kitchen knife, two slender shadows in the moonlight jumped and pounced on Takahashi.

The shrill screams echoed through the woods.

Chapter 57 Qin Zhibo wants to go on a picnic

In the kitchen of the villa, Qin Zhibo calmly walked forward and picked up the "round ball" that fell out of Gaoqiao's stomach.

Suzuki Ayako walked to Qin Zhibo curiously and asked what was inside.

Qin Zhibo smiled like a gentleman and said gently, "Believe me, you will regret reading what's inside."

"But this thing is enough to prove that Miss Ikeda is dead."

With Qin Zhibo's hint and the round shape in the bag, the clever Suzuki Ayako guessed it immediately, covered her mouth and turned and ran away.

The others either went to comfort Ayako or left because they didn't want to see Ikeda's miserable condition. Only Conan, who looked thoughtful behind the kitchen door frame, had not left.

At this time, Conan was doing the "after-class thinking questions", which was why Takahashi brought Ikeda Chikako's head back to the villa.

Does Takahashi have any other tricks up his sleeve?

Whenever Conan is thinking about a case, he has a habit of wanting to kick a ball.

Just then, Qin Zhibo came over.

"Do you want to kick something for fun?"