Conan Rick's Investigator

Abbreviated as "Chuunibyou".

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After Conan guessed about Qin Zhibo's college major, he decided to investigate the case in his own way.

All roads lead to Rome. Although I can't read the account books, there should be other ways to find clues about the murderer.

Take a walk around the murder scene downstairs, maybe you'll get some inspiration?

Moreover, I still need to explore the meaning of "X".

Now that Ran Mouri and the others are upstairs, I can stop by the photography exhibition and ask Tomonori Kinoshita about the secret of "X".

Xiaolan's important X...

After weighing the pros and cons, Conan decided to go back downstairs, and happened to meet Toru Amuro who was about to go downstairs to buy milk tea at the elevator entrance.

"Big brother, wait a minute!"

Amuro Toru reacted and pressed the open button when the elevator door was almost half closed, letting Conan in.

Two people were in a closed space together as the elevator slowly descended.

"Conan, what are you doing downstairs?"

Conan smiled slightly, not paying any attention to this dark-skinned Amuro, and said casually: "I'm going to the bathroom."

To the restroom……

Toru Amuro remembered that the boy seemed to have just gone to the bathroom before the incident on the first floor, and only 35 minutes had passed.

This is a frequent urination kid...

"Conan, there's actually a toilet upstairs."

"The toilets upstairs are for the employees. I have to follow the rules and go to the toilet downstairs."

"Do you want me to accompany you?"

"No, I can just go by myself."

"Well then, be careful..."

After a child-like conversation in the elevator, the two of them parted ways at the elevator entrance on the first floor.

Amuro Toru looked at Conan's back and shouted, "Don't forget, we'll meet at this elevator entrance later!"

"I understand, big brother!" Conan waved his hands while running.

In Amuro Toru's case, Conan is really treated as a child.

Although he is not afraid of seeing dead people, Qin Zhibo sometimes shares important crime scene evidence with the child, but from the appearance, this is undoubtedly a child.

What bad intentions could a child have?

But it’s different for adults…

Amuro Toru glanced around and found the suspicious person who had taken secret photos outside the photo exhibition behind a marble pillar near the elevator entrance.

Due to his profession, Toru Amuro is very sensitive to people who take photos of him or follow him.

What's more, the person who took the photos this time was not very skilled and it was easy to be discovered.

Toru Amuro pretended not to notice him, walked around the mall first, and then sneaked up behind the person taking the photo without anyone noticing.

Snapped--

Amuro Toru slapped the man's shoulder hard, and the other party was immediately frightened and trembled all over, almost losing his balance and falling to the ground.

"Excuse me...are you taking secret photos?"

Toru Amuro had a "nuclear-kind" smile on his face, and his dark complexion and perfectly narrowed eyes made the photographer feel a chill in his heart.

"I, I, I... I was just taking some photos..."

Amuro Toru ignored his feeble explanation, stretched out his hand, and asked, "Then you won't refuse me to check your camera, right?"

The man wanted to refuse, but looking at the expression on Amuro Toru's face, he always felt that the other party had an unquestionable authority, and was intimidating without even being angry.

Succumbing to such arrogance, the man, who was already feeling guilty, had no choice but to take off the camera from his neck.

Toru Amuro took the camera, opened it, and saw that the photos inside were indeed of his group.

However, the photos he took can still distinguish the main and secondary ones, and his main subject is Suzuki Sonoko.

"You seem to be secretly filming high school girls..." Amuro Toru grabbed the camera with one hand and tossed it up and down easily. "The police are upstairs now. Do you want me to tell them about this?"

Upon hearing this, the man immediately begged for mercy.

"Please don't tell the police! I'm not some suspicious stalker. I'm just following the second daughter of the Suzuki Group."

"The second daughter of the Suzuki Group?" Toru Amuro's tone was a little puzzled.

The man nodded quickly and explained, "Yes, that girl with short hair is the second daughter of the Suzuki Group."

"Recently, the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family married into another conglomerate, so rumors are circulating that she will be the future head of the Suzuki Group..."

At this point, Amuro Toru understood and continued the man's words, "So you want to take some secret photos and publish them in the newspaper as news?"

"Hehe..." The man smiled lewdly and nodded, "It's just to earn some living expenses, it's not shabby..."

"How shabby!" Amuro Toru shouted, scaring the man so much that his shoulders trembled violently.

Amuro Toru then said sternly, "Although you said you just wanted to film some news, I can also think that you are planning a kidnapping. Let the police upstairs investigate you thoroughly."

"If you don't want to be investigated, the film inside belongs to me."

Without waiting for the man's consent, Amuro Toru opened the camera cover, took out the film inside, put it in his pocket, and gave him a few more words of advice before leaving.

But after Amuro Toru left, the man's face showed a lewd smile again.

In fact, he changed the film once after the power outage, and the film with the important photos was in his pocket.

With that, we can make big news!

……

On the other side, Conan decided to find Tomonori Kinoshita first to find out the meaning of "X".

After all, Qin Zhibo is very fast in solving cases. If he happens to solve the case at this time, he will not have the chance to come to Kinoshita Tomonori alone.

However, the photography exhibition was empty at the moment. An incident had occurred in the mall, so no one was in the mood to look at the photography exhibition.

With the reminder of the security guard at the door, Conan got a direction.

"Mr. Kinoshita just made a phone call and then headed over there."

Conan walked in the direction indicated by the security guard and happened to see Tomonori Kinoshita seriously discussing something with another man in the dark corner of the mall.

Curiosity is a detective's nature, not a secondary disease.

Conan followed his instinct and quietly moved over to listen to the wall.

Chapter 681 Conan: I lost my memory?

When Conan approached, Tomonori Kinoshita was talking to a young man with a thin face and black hair.

"The curse was successful, but it didn't kill him."

curse……!

When Conan heard this from Tomonori Kinoshita, his brain froze for a moment and his eyes immediately became serious.

"Then curse again, okay?" suggested the thin-faced young man.

Kinoshita Tomonori shook his head. "The Sabbath is coming soon. If I cast the curse again, he might notice something..."

"In fact, when I was talking to him today, I had a vague feeling that he seemed to know something. I didn't have this feeling the last time we met."

"Actually, I have some ideas about why he didn't die."

The thin-faced young man asked, "What?"

Kinoshita Tomonori replied in a serious voice, "It was Baron Samedi. He might have made some kind of deal with the Baron."

"The subject of the voodoo curse is the Baron. Whether casting the curse or fulfilling it, the judge standing at the crossroads is the Baron."

"If he makes a promise to the Baron, and the Baron approves it, he might be spared from death."

"Perhaps he promised the Baron more souls, like mine..."

"Offer...your soul?" The thin-faced young man was a little confused.

At this time, Tomonori Kinoshita raised his arm and rolled up his sleeves. A terrifying black line was running along the large artery under the skin towards the Daling acupoint.

"This is..." The thin-faced young man's voice was a little surprised.

"This is proof of a voodoo curse. Cursing others will curse oneself. Anyone who has used a voodoo curse has pledged to dedicate their soul to the Baron."

"Teacher!" The thin-faced young man said anxiously, "You'll die too if you continue like this..."

Kinoshita Tomonori smiled a smile that showed he had seen through life and death, and stroked the black hair of the thin-faced young man. "Ever since I made up my mind to return to Japan to spread welfare, I knew that this was my destiny."

"I can already feel the filth within me surging again. The 'Power of Naia' within me is too strong. I was once her chosen one-time incarnation. The Voodoo Queen's purification only temporarily expelled it."

"I don't want to go through that kind of pain again..."

"However, before I train you into a full-fledged root worker, I will try my best to smooth the way for you."

"Teacher..." The young man's voice was choked.

Kinoshita Tomonori said: "Kaneki, the Sabbath is coming soon. When the time comes, you will gather the believers to the Toujin Forest, where we will perform the exorcism ceremony."

"When the ceremony is over, the evil breeders in people's hearts will be purged, and Japan will be purified."

"As for that man, since he has already reached an agreement with the Baron, as long as he doesn't hunt other people's souls, his death is only a matter of time."

"But he's not a root worker and doesn't know voodoo curses, so he can only use ordinary methods to kill people."

"You can arrange for believers to follow and record his behavior. When he starts killing his first person, we can threaten him and make him join us."

"After I leave, he will become me and can help you eliminate your enemies."

"He had no choice, because we were the only ones who could understand him..."

Kaneki nodded, "I understand, Sensei, take care of yourself."

Kinoshita Tomonori replied, "You too... Let's meet on Sabbath."

The two men said goodbye, the thin-faced young man left first, followed by Kinoshita Tomonori.

After the two people left, Conan also stood out from behind the trash can next to him with his hands in his pockets and a serious look on his face.

Recalling the conversation between the two people in his mind, Conan sensed a sense of conspiracy.

It seems that these people are preparing to hold some kind of ceremony to "purify" Japan?

In addition, it seemed that Tomonori Kinoshita wanted to kill someone before, but failed.

And now this person has to kill other people in order to survive.

Sabbath, voodoo curse, Baron Samedi...

What do these mean?

Conan thought about it and decided to follow Kinoshita Tomonori.

"uncle."

When the voice called him, Tomonori Kinoshita turned around and saw that it was the child that Ran Mouri had brought before, looking at him with his hands behind his back.

"You are the...little boy from just now. Is there something wrong?" Kinoshita Tomonori put on a kind look and asked softly.

Conan made a mysterious expression and waved his hand, signaling Kinoshita Tomonori to squat down.

Tomonori Kinoshita didn't think much about it. After all, what bad intentions could a child have?

As soon as he squatted down, Conan came forward and whispered in Kinoshita Tomonori's ear: "I want to know what the X in that photo with all 'X's' on it means?"

As Conan spoke, he raised his right hand, ready to stick the miniature eavesdropping device invented by the doctor under Kinoshita Tomonori's collar.

After a brief consideration, Conan, who was overwhelmed with time, decided to make Tomonori Kinoshita the target of investigation, and the first thing he had to do was to find out who he was going to kill.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, this person will start killing other people.