Conan Rick's Investigator

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 300 general skill proficiency, 150 social credits

……

Qin Zhibo knew that the case of this side quest was to find out the murderer who killed Shijing Lihua.

Since Ichieda Takashi has been captured and Yotsugu Reika's side quest is still unfinished, it means...

Ichieda Takashi is not the murderer of Yotsuga Reika.

At this time, Qin Zhibo saw a new investigation point appearing at the door.

……

In the cramped bathroom, Mifune angrily grabbed Ichieda Takashi's collar, causing the ponytail behind his head to sway.

"Didn't you say Miss Lihua is still alive?"

"How is this going!"

Ichieda Takashiya stared at the edge of the bathtub in amazement and shouted, "This is impossible!"

"According to my estimation, she should still be alive now!"

Estimated time?

Conan caught the key words in Ichieda Takashi's words.

After a brief thought, Conan's eyes suddenly widened and he turned his gaze to the shower head sunk at the bottom of the bathtub.

Conan quickly ran over and pulled the shower head out from the bottom of the bathtub. The water sprayed from the shower head made a splashing sound on the surface of the bathtub.

However, this time, Kogoro Mouri rarely caught Conan who was "making trouble" at the murder scene, because he was busy announcing the results of his own reasoning.

"I already understand all this."

"Ms. Shii Reika was kidnapped here and then drowned!"

Only Kogoro Mouri could shamelessly pretend that this kind of reasoning, which ordinary people can see at a glance, was his own, and then announce it with such brazenness.

However, as soon as Kogoro Mouri finished speaking, Conan, the "Mouri reasoning complaining machine", spoke up.

"But Miss Lihua's body is fixed in the bathtub. The water level is only up to her shoulders. This water level should not be enough to drown Miss Lihua."

"Also, the shower in the bathtub is on."

After Conan's reminder, Kogoro Mouri's extremely unstable brain leaned towards intelligence.

Maori Kogoro held his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully: "I see..."

"Ichiji Takashi, you first kidnapped Miss Reika, then tied her up here with tape, and used a sprinkler to keep the water level rising."

"As long as the water level reaches a certain level, Miss Lihua will drown."

"As long as you're with all of us then, you'll have a solid alibi!"

Yizhilong's head drooped up and down weakly twice, as if nodding, but then he looked up and shouted, "So I didn't kill Miss Lihua!"

"I calculated how long it takes this bathtub to fill up, and it'll take until after five o'clock before there's enough water to drown someone!"

"It's not even one o'clock yet!"

After hearing what Ichieda Takashi said, Maori Kogoro raised his chin again and fell into deep thought.

Conan looked around and found that there seemed to be fewer people in the dim and narrow bathroom.

The people whose surnames started with the characters one, three, five, and seven were still there, but the one with the surname "six" was gone.

And there is Qin Zhibo!

"Where are Mr. Rokuta and Uncle Qin?" Conan quickly asked the people around him.

Mao Lilan provided eyewitness information.

"Mr. Qin just went out."

"Mr. Rokuta's words..."

"Mr. Rokuda seems to have been away since the power outage just now?"

Chapter 80 Show...Silver Fox! Don't go!

In the quiet woods, Qin Zhibo was following the traces of the investigation point down the mountain.

In order to save time, Qin Zhibo did not conduct detailed investigations on any of the survey points along the way.

Anyway, the information obtained from the investigation points are all footprints that are difficult to identify with the naked eye. In the end, when they are connected together, they can only restore the escape route of "Xiao Hei".

But by that time, "Xiao Hei" had already escaped.

While tracking, Qin Zhibo recalled what had happened from the beginning of the banquet to now.

First of all, Qin Zhibo overlooked the most common and simplest assassination method, which was to carry out an assassination at a banquet.

This method is also often seen in Agent 47's assassination activities.

That is poisoning.

As long as the drink or cake that Shijing Lihua was about to drink was poisoned, the person could be killed without being noticed. By the time other people at the party realized what was happening, the killer would have already escaped.

But Silver Fox missed one thing.

That is, in order to show off her figure today, Yotsuba Rika tied her corset very tightly, which resulted in her being unable to eat anything at all. She only ate after returning to her room after the banquet.

Secondly, Silver Fox's assassination plan collided with Ichiji Takashi's murder plan.

However, Silver Fox's poisoning plan failed, but Yizhi Long's long-planned murder plan went smoothly.

Ichiji Takashi is familiar with Yoshii Reika's personality and knows that she will not ride in an ordinary car, so he punctures the tires of a luxury car to keep everyone behind.

Of course, this includes the Silver Fox himself.

He also took advantage of the situation and chose to stay and continue looking for assassination opportunities.

Finally, when Yoshii Reika's body was found just now, one corner of the tape on her mouth was torn.

It wasn't someone else who tore it open for her, but she did it herself.

Perhaps Ichieda Takashi had found a way to knock Yoshii Reika unconscious before putting her into the bathtub.

But the discomfort caused by soaking in water for a long time awakened Shii Reika.

There was no fixation on Shioi Reika's neck, so when the water level rose high enough, Shioi Reika could lower her head and soak the tape on her mouth in the water to reduce its viscosity.

The time when Rika Shioi broke free from the tape on her mouth was exactly 12:30, the power outage time set by Takashi Ichieda.

At that time, Rika Shioi had just broken free from the tape on her mouth and was trying to call for someone to save her by sobbing.

But unfortunately, the one wandering around the bathroom at that time was the silver fox.

and so……

"Mr. Rokuta!"

"Where are you going?"

Next to the road at the foot of the mountain, Qin Zhibo called out to a figure wandering on the side of the road.

Under the dim street light, the other person slowly turned around.

It was none other than Masashi Rokuda, who had a coral-colored head and a small mustache.

At this time, the information Qin Zhibo saw above his head was still Rokuda Masashi, 40 years old, managing director of Yotsuba Bussan.

However, Qin Zhibo has now completely seen through his identity.

"wrong……"

"Perhaps I should call you the Killer—Silver Fox!"

When "Liutian" on the opposite side heard the word "Silver Fox" from Qin Zhibo's mouth, his body was shocked at first, and then he regained his composure.

Liu Tian didn't argue, but asked coldly, "How did you know?"

After he finished speaking, "Liutian" walked towards Qin Zhibo calmly.

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and said, "Maybe it's the body odor on you that reminds me of something?"

Even if his social skill (venomous tongue) is not activated, Qin Zhibo still has some sharp-tongued personality traits.

At this time, Qin Zhibo also took a step towards "Liutian", or towards the Silver Fox.

……

There was no traffic on the highway after midnight.

There was only the dim light emitted by the street lamps covering the quiet asphalt road.

On this black and gold avenue that stretched like a giant snake, there were two men in suits walking towards each other.

Both of them walked calmly and steadily until they were close enough, and Silver Fox took the lead and punched Qin Zhibo in the face.

Qin Zhibo is good at defense in Krav Maga, so he easily blocked the punch with his arms across.

But when Qin Zhibo was about to fight back, the Silver Fox jumped back nimbly and avoided Qin Zhibo's kick to the crotch.

This surprised Qin Zhibo a little.

Because Tachibana Maya said that the Silver Fox is not good at close combat.

But now it seems that this killer's close combat skills are not as bad as imagined.

Silver Fox looked at Qin Zhibo's feet with some panic, and at the same time felt a chill echoing between his legs.

If that black pointed leather shoe hits you in that part, it would be no joke.

Although I don’t know how this person knows that I am the Silver Fox, as long as my face is not exposed, I am still safe.

After weighing the pros and cons, Silver Fox decided...

run!

After making up his mind, Silver Fox turned around and ran across the road.

Across the road was a pitch-black wilderness. As long as Silver Fox ran in, he would be completely confident of getting rid of Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo was also very surprised when he saw the silver fox turn around and run away.

I thought there would be a fierce fight between thugs in suits, but unexpectedly, the Silver Fox turned around and ran away.

It seems that the Silver Fox is well aware of its disadvantages.

So, Qin Zhibo hurriedly chased after him, and at the same time, a flash of light appeared in his hand and the gun slowly condensed into shape.

Suddenly, the silver fox turned sideways and threw a flying knife straight towards Qin Zhibo's head.

whoosh-

A silver light flew over, and Qin Zhibo slowed down urgently and shifted his body to the right, narrowly avoiding the flying knife.

But the Silver Fox took advantage of this time to climb over the iron fence in the middle of the road, came to the left lane and continued to run towards the side of the road.

However, at this moment, a more aggressive presence was driving in the left lane.

This is a big truck.

No matter how big this car is, it should be about the same size as the truck that hit Xiunian to death.

When the truck driver saw two men in suits on the side of the road, he didn't pay much attention at first, thinking they were just two drunk men looking for trouble and fighting.

But one of the men suddenly jumped over the iron fence and ran towards his lane, scaring the driver.

Large trucks cannot brake suddenly and can only honk their horns wildly.

"Silver Fox! Don't go!"

When Qin Zhibo spoke, it was too late. The silver fox's body had already flown into the air and was spinning freely.

hum-

The sound of the truck's horn lingered in the air, and the silver fox's body fell heavily to the ground more than ten meters away.

Fortunately, it was after midnight and there were few cars on the road, so no subsequent cars came to make up for the loss.