Conan Rick's Investigator

In the apartment building, Toru Amuro takes Ai Haibara to visit the second tenant.

In room number one, a graduate student named Mudan was typing away at the keyboard, not caring at all about his already worrying hairline.

"I'm working on my thesis and don't have time to entertain you."

"If you ask me what I think about paranormal events, I am a staunch materialist."

"I will never believe in anything that cannot be explained by science."

As a staunch materialist fighter, Mudan expounded her position.

But in Toru Amuro's superficial thinking about philosophy, his ideas are somewhat different from materialism.

Materialism fully recognizes the objective existence of matter. Assuming that the extraordinary "God" really exists in the form of matter and is proven, materialism must also admit that "God" exists.

Mudan should actually be a scientist.

However, Toru Amuro didn't really care what his ideology was. The purpose of his visit was mainly to see if there were things like phenolphthalein reagent and ether in his room.

Toru Amuro quietly observed the situation in the room, while Ai Haibara walked to the computer and silently stared at the lines of papers on the computer screen.

This is……

The research topic of this Mudan graduate student happens to be in the field of biology, which is exactly in line with Haibara Ai's major.

Noticing someone next to her, Mudan glanced to the side and saw the thin figure of Haibara Ai reflected in the large lenses of her glasses.

Looking at this childhood friend of mine, who was calm with her hands behind her back, Mudan had the illusion that a strict academic tutor was staring at her from behind.

"...Little sister, it's still 20 years too early for you to understand the words on it..."

Mudan herself is 27 years old, and the elementary school student looks like she is in the first grade. This data was calculated very accurately 20 years ago.

At this time, Toru Amuro had also finished observing the room, but could not see any clues for the time being.

"Since you still have something to do, I won't bother you anymore."

"Little sister, let's go..."

Having said that, Toru Amuro walked out of the room.

Haibara Ai turned around silently and was about to follow him out.

But after taking only a few steps, Haibara Ai made up her mind and turned back to point at a chart on the computer screen.

"This data is cited incorrectly..."

"If you want to pass it right the first time, it's better to add another experimental group at this location and add the temperature control variable."

"Also, the theory you're using is a bit outdated. The most internationally recognized theory is..."

Haibara Ai gave a few simple instructions and then turned and left.

Mudan stared at the computer screen with a dull expression. After a few seconds of reaction, she quickly turned her head away.

"Who are you...?"

Huiyuan Ai stood at the door and replied calmly: "An ordinary elementary school student, that's all."

After saying that, Haibara Ai waved her hand and closed the door.

Leaving Peony alone and disheveled on the seat.

After studying hard for more than ten years, I was actually guided by an elementary school student in writing a paper?

Damn it!

This is not fair!

……

In the unfinished building, Qin Zhibo followed the standard procedure and made hand gestures.

In fact, it is waiting for the system to show psychic prompts.

[This time the spiritual communication success rate: 75.75%]

Is it psychic?

The success rate of spiritual communication this time was very high, compared to around 10% before, which surprised Qin Zhibo a little.

【Yes√】

As Qin Zhibo confirmed it in his heart, a light white spirit slowly condensed and took shape on the talisman.

This image is more solid and concrete than any soul Qin Zhibo has communicated with before.

It has long hair that falls over its shoulders, and even its facial features that were burned by fire can be vaguely seen.

"Are you Tian Zhilei?"

As usual, Qin Zhibo first confirmed the identity of the person being communicated with.

But after waiting for a few seconds, the ghost did not respond.

Just when Qin Zhibo was about to ask the question again, the ghost suddenly floated towards the load-bearing columns of the unfinished building.

The figure hiding behind the support column was so frightened that his body trembled and he screamed.

"Mom!"

Chapter 660: Amuro Toru: Do I have the ability to see ghosts?

The man who escaped was named Kunio Nakatsu.

Four years ago, he and another accomplice burned and killed a woman in the park, but their faces were seen by a passerby and they were wanted by the police.

His face is very recognizable, with a creepy scar on the right cheek, droopy eyelids and naturally curly hair. He would be arrested immediately if he walked down the street.

Adhering to the principle that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is, he returned to hide near the place where the burning and murder took place, which was this unfinished building.

The owner of the unfinished building had long ago committed suicide by hanging himself, and there was almost no possibility of rebuilding here.

The only people who could possibly discover that someone was living here were the residents of the apartment building next door.

But just now, he saw a strange man walking into the unfinished building and even going straight to the second floor where he lived.

He recognized the man in the brown windbreaker as the one who entered the apartment building during the day, and thought his location had been discovered and the other party was looking for him.

At that moment, Kunio Nakatsu was ready for battle.

If the other party dared to explore, he planned to stab the man in the brown windbreaker to death with the dagger in his hand.

However, Kunio Nakatsu never expected that the other party stopped at the stairs on the second floor and had no intention of going deeper.

Then, a series of operations that he couldn't understand occurred.

First take out a piece of yellow talisman paper and make some hand seals, and a light white ghost will appear.

At this time, Kunio Nakatsu was still trying hard to suppress his inner surprise, and his slightly open mouth made no sound.

But then, he couldn't remain calm anymore.

The man in the brown windbreaker actually knew the woman's name and asked the ghost a question in a serious manner.

But the ghost actually flew straight towards him. Judging from its hair, it looked like the woman he had burned to death four years ago.

"Mom!"

Kunio Nakatsu's will collapsed in an instant. He screamed in horror and instinctively ran for his life in the direction behind him.

The ghost of the burned woman floated in the air, chasing after him.

One runs and the other flies, it is obvious who is faster.

When Kunio Nakatsu looked back, the face covered with burn scars was already close to him.

Beneath the torn skin were wrinkles caused by burned muscle tissue, and beneath the burned eyelids were drooping eyeballs.

"what!"

Kunio Nakatsu screamed again and moved even harder.

But after a few steps, the soles of his feet lost the firm feeling on the ground.

……

Inside the apartment building, Toru Amuro and Ai Haibara are visiting the last tenant, Banmachi from Room 4.

Bancho's room is filled with monster models and figurines, and Bancho himself said that these are his masterpieces.

These monster models have different shapes, especially when the lights are turned off, the special light emitted by the fluorescent lamps illuminates the various colors of fluorescent paint painted on these monster models.

There are monkeys with bloody mouths and distorted features.

A yellow slug with three eyestalks extending from it.

There's a green octopus on its chin...

Neither Toru Amuro nor Ai Haibara could appreciate this stunning beauty.

But at this moment, a scream came from outside the window.

what--

Toru Amuro's ears twitched slightly, and his body moved instinctively.

He ran to the window and quickly opened it, just in time to see a humanoid creature falling from the unfinished building next to the apartment.

While falling from the air, his throat still made that scream.

what--

Peng!

The humanoid creature hit the ground on the other side of the wall with a loud thud.

Toru Amuro instinctively looked towards the second floor of the unfinished building, and saw a light white ghost floating calmly in front of him.

what!

Toru Amuro's body suddenly trembled, and his body became stiff like a beautiful plastic model.

Although it only took one second for the thing to float past, Toru Amuro still captured some key information.

That's not an entity!

Its body was translucent, and it looked almost identical to the ghost photo Yotsuya had taken!

Is it a ghost?

Toru Amuro's body froze at the window for a few seconds before he remembered to climb over the window and run towards the crime scene.

……

Inside the unfinished building, Qin Zhibo never thought that the man hiding there would escape to the edge of the second floor and fall down.

Most of the second floors of unfinished buildings don’t even have walls, just bare ground extending to the edge of the building. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to fall.

But it was obvious that the man fell because he was being chased by a ghost.

When the man looked back while running away, Qin Zhibo also caught a glimpse of the man's beautiful face.

His name is Kunio Nakatsu, he is unemployed and has a social credit score of 0.

The long scar on his face reminded Qin Zhibo of the yellowed wanted poster stuck on the telephone pole near his apartment.

The suspect in the Meitou Park arson and murder incident.

It seems that Kunio Nakatsu is the murderer of the arson and murder incident four years ago, so the ghost is so eager to accept his spiritual communication and take the opportunity to take revenge.

Qin Zhibo walked to the edge of the building and stretched his head to look. His head was stuck at the angle between the wall and the ground, and his neck was twisted at an angle that could not be achieved without external force.

Investigation points light up on his body, indicating that he is dead.

Since everyone was gone, Qin Zhibo simply picked up his talisman paper and walked out of the main entrance of the unfinished building openly.

As soon as he walked onto the street, Qin Zhibo ran into Amuro Toru who ran out to check the situation.

"teacher!"

Amuro Toru was extremely surprised to see Qin Zhibo coming out of the unfinished building.

Qin Zhibo, however, looked calm and said hello, "Xiao An, don't worry, that wanted criminal won't get away."