Conan Rick's Investigator

These are undoubtedly sinister, but they also reveal that the worship of the King in Yellow is a very ancient belief.

Later, Ohio police continued to dig deeper into the drug trafficking network of the murderer Childress's family and found the name of the famous Japanese pianist Keiji Aso on the list.

Out of curiosity, Kudo Yusaku looked up information about the Tsukikage Island case and discovered that several of his accomplices in drug trafficking with Keiji Aso had been killed recently, and the cause of death was internal strife.

Only one drug dealer named Kawashima Hideo survived, but he was confined to Aoyama Mental Hospital due to a new mental illness called "yellow phobia".

In addition to Hideo Kawashima, there are several other cases in Japan related to the King in Yellow, such as the patricide case of Akio Koda, the murder of the wife of the president of a Ghana music company, and the Tokyo Tower bombing case.

The murderers in these cases all claimed that their crimes were related to the "King in Yellow" and are now receiving treatment at Qingshan Mental Hospital.

So Yukiko was sent by Kudo Yusaku to visit these four mental patients to see if she could find any clues.

At present, Kudo Yusaku is also confused about the infectiousness of the belief in the "King in Yellow". He does not understand whether there is an invisible black hand behind the scenes fanning the flames or whether the belief is spreading naturally.

But if there is anything these cases have in common, there is one.

Qin Zhibo was involved in all these cases.

Although this does not lead to direct suspicion of Qin Zhibo, it is at least a very subtle commonality.

In these four cases, three criminals were captured directly by Qin Zhibo, and one was discovered by the police after he went crazy.

As a witness to these cases and a former FBI investigator who has handled many major serial cases, Qin Zhibo has some personal insights.

So Kudo Yusaku asked Yukiko to come to Japan mainly to investigate the behind-the-scenes of these cases, and invited Qin Zhibo to see these criminals and listen to his opinions.

Yukiko came to Japan and lived in the old house of her family. Before she could do anything, she was discovered by Conan who noticed something unusual and was taken to the ghost ship to serve as temporary external aid.

And now is the real reason why she came to Japan.

"A mental hospital..."

Qin Zhibo has no good impression of mental hospitals, simply because he had been to Arkham Asylum and had a very bad impression there.

In Arkham Asylum, everyone from the doctors to the patients is completely crazy.

Among the patients is a madman who has seen the Old Ones and the Shoggoths with his own eyes, and the doctor is a madman who studies "resurrection potion".

After listening to Elena Miyano's tape, it can be basically confirmed that the attending physician of Arkham Asylum, "Herbert West", is the person who enlightened Ai Haibara's father in drug research.

It was also under his influence that Miyano Atsushi conducted taboo research and was eventually exiled from the scientific community.

After that experience, Qin Zhibo had no good feelings towards the mental hospital.

There is only a fine line between genius and madness, and no one knows what kind of big shots are lurking in the lunatic asylums of this world.

However, Yukiko's commission reminded Qin Zhibo that he had just obtained a divine artifact yesterday, an indescribable high priest robe.

Among those four people, at least three were believers of the Yellow King.

I can use them to try out the effect of the robe.

Qin Zhibo nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's go now."

……

Aoyama Psychiatric Hospital is located in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Although the name is very similar to the Aomori Hospital that everyone in Tokyo knows, the two are not related at all. This is a very famous hospital specializing in the treatment of mental illness, which can be compared to the Siping Mental Hospital.

Yukiko had already expected that Qin Zhibo would agree to go, so she had already made an appointment with the hospital in advance.

However, the person Yukiko wants to visit is a serious criminal arrested by the police who has potential violent tendencies. She needs to obtain the consent of the hospital and the police, so ordinary people cannot see him.

Fortunately, the dean here is a fan of Yukiko, so he happily agreed.

As for the police, Megure is an old acquaintance, so naturally there is no problem for them.

"Mrs. Kudo, I didn't expect you to actually come!"

"I'm so glad to see you!"

A slightly plump man in a white coat walked out from behind the iron gate of the hospital. He had a round face, a Mediterranean look, squinting eyes behind round-framed glasses, and looked a little greasy.

Yukiko smiled and shook hands with the man, then turned around to introduce Qin Zhibo.

"This is Mr. Fukuyama, the director of Aoyama Hospital. Mr. Fukuyama, this is the famous detective Qin Zhibo."

"Hello, Mr. Fukuyama."

"Hello."

Dean Fukuyama turned and shook hands with Qin Zhibo, but he was no longer as enthusiastic as he was towards Yukiko. His attitude towards the man was obviously cold, even though this man was also a celebrity.

At first glance, Ding Zhen is identified as LSP, and his normal index is up↑

……

After saying hello, Director Fukuyama led the two into the hospital. Instead of going directly to see the prisoners, he took a tour of the mental hospital first.

Compared to Arkham Asylum, the environment here is more like a sanatorium.

The huge yard is full of greenery, with blue brick paths crisscrossing the lawn, and occasional pavilions, benches, flower beds, fish ponds and other facilities, just like a small park.

The only discordant thing is that everyone who is strolling here is wearing white hospital gowns, and some are standing, some are sitting quietly, or some are squatting on the ground, looking at something.

There was also an old man with dementia, sitting in a wheelchair staring at the sun, and the nurse next to him kindly put a pair of sunglasses on him.

Seeing Qin Zhibo's gaze resting on the old man, Dean Fushan smiled and introduced, "Ever since that patient became paralyzed in a car accident and confined to a wheelchair, he's been imagining himself as Apollo, the sun god from ancient Greek mythology, driving his sun chariot from east to west every day."

"However, according to our hospital's diagnosis, he is simply suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by paralysis. He's worried that his family will abandon him after becoming paralyzed, so his brain sees the wheelchair as the sun chariot of the sun god, and himself as Apollo, and he continues to go to get off work normally every day."

"What a poor patient..."

Dean Fukuyama sighed, and several people were slightly moved.

In fact, the aging problem in Japanese society is so serious that it is normal for elderly people in Japan to work outside.

Although phrases like "cooking master" and "sushi master" are just a kind of meme, there is helplessness and sadness behind them, because not going out to work means being worthless and being a "damn human being".

Qin Zhibo looked at the "Sun God" and his sight gradually swept into the distance until it reached the outer wall of the hospital.

Unlike Arkham Asylum, there is no barbed wire around the walls here, and the walls themselves are only 2.5 meters high. You can easily climb over them by stepping on a large trash can.

"Is the wall here a little shorter?" Qin Zhibo asked casually.

Dean Fushan was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and smiled, "This is a mental hospital, not a prison. There's no need to build such high walls."

"Besides, many patients are unwilling to receive treatment deep down. If the hospital environment is too stressful, it will easily make patients more resistant to treatment. This is scientifically proven."

"What we want to create is a warm and welcoming environment where patients feel at home, combining active treatment with passive influence, so that patients can return to normal life..."

Dean Fukuyama's answer was flawless, and it was obvious that he had used this method to deal with inspecting leaders from above more than once.

Qin Zhibo did not delve into this further.

The few of them continued walking inside and soon arrived at the main building of the hospital.

The main building adopts a symmetrical design along the central axis and houses a total of four wards, corresponding to four levels of mental disability, with level one being severe impairment and decreasing in degree downwards.

However, those patients did not belong to any of the four areas, but a special area used to detain mentally ill criminals or patients with severe violent tendencies.

Arriving on the third floor on the right, Director Fukuyama, accompanied by two hospital nurses, pointed to three separate wards with consecutive numbers and said, "The people you want to visit are in these three rooms."

"All three of them have similar symptoms. They all experience hallucinations of the avatar of the 'King in Yellow' speaking in their heads. Currently, there's been no sign of improvement. We've tried every possible treatment, and they can only slowly recover..."

"And there's the patient named Kawashima Hideo. His condition has improved compared to when he was first admitted to the hospital. He was recently transferred from here to the Level 1 ward."

Qin Zhibo walked forward and looked inside through the glass on the door. All three wards were highly enclosed wards. Although they could move freely inside, the windows were high and small.

Coupled with 24-hour surveillance cameras, the three people are basically treated like criminals, and they are only one step away from having severe violent tendencies and wearing straitjackets.

At this time, Yukiko came forward and asked, "How about it? Who should I ask first?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and said, "Let's go by the order in which the crimes were committed... The first one should be Akio Koda."

……

Soon, the hospital vacated a ward for face-to-face talk therapy. Qin Zhibo and Yukiko sat in this room, and Koda Akio sat opposite.

His hands were tied with chains, one end of which was connected to the corner of the table to prevent him from suddenly attacking and hurting others.

Akio Koda, a person who you can tell was born in the Showa era just by hearing his name.

This person's case happened before the Moon Shadow Island case. First, he beat his father to death, and then imprisoned his mother in an underground cell for a long time. He then grew long hair and disguised himself as his mother.

"Hello, it's been a while since we last met."

The hospital forced Akio Koda to have a short, clean shaved head, so it was not difficult to tell his gender.

He lowered his head until Qin Zhibo called him, then he raised his head slightly.

"You are……"

"I'm the detective who caught you."

Hearing this, Koda Akio's eyes changed slightly, his mouth opened slightly, and he murmured: "So it's you..."

Qin Zhibo used the simplest and most direct way to evoke the other party's impression. Although it was a bit rough, it was effective.

Qin Zhibo: "How have you been lately? Are you used to being here?"

Koda Akio: "...It's okay, but a little boring."

Qin Zhibo: "Have you dreamt of the King in Yellow recently? Or has the King in Yellow sent you any message?"

This sentence surprised Yukiko who was sitting next to her. Isn't this question too direct?

But fortunately, Koda Akio didn't react too much, just shook his head calmly, "No."

"Maybe the smell of this place is not good, she doesn't like it here..."

"But she will appear. Sooner or later, she will show me the way to the Kingdom of God. My Lord will not abandon any devout believer. I am the most devout one. She will not abandon me because I obey her in everything..."

Akio Koda's mood gradually became abnormal, and he kept muttering, and every sentence revealed a strong paranoia.

This is also the characteristic of his kind of "disease", believing that the King in Yellow really exists, and trying his best to use this existence to cover up the fact that he has committed crimes.

Yukiko interrupted quickly, "Then can you tell me how the Yellow King contacted you before? How did he ask you to... kill someone..."

Koda Akio suddenly turned his gaze towards Yukiko, and after staring at her for two seconds, he stammered, "I know you. You seem to be..."

"Yes?" Yukiko's eyes were hopeful, eager to be recognized.

"Yes..." Koda Akio frowned, then suddenly relaxed and shouted, "Mom!"

"You are my mother!"

"Oh my god! Why are you here?"

"Who let you out? Go back quickly! The world outside is very dangerous!"

Akio Koda suddenly became excited and stood up and pounced on Yukiko, but fortunately the chain on his arm worked and he did not succeed.

A nurse behind him quickly took action, and another nurse immediately pushed the door open and escorted Akio Koda out.

When he was sent away, he kept shouting "Mom, Mom". If the unaware people saw it, they would definitely be sad and cry.

The mentally ill patient suddenly jumped up and shouted for his mother, which gave Yukiko a big scare. She patted her chest with her right hand to relieve the shock.

"call--"

"Maybe your hair reminds him of his mother."

Qin Zhibo turned around and asked, "Are you okay? If not, you can just watch outside and I'll ask."

Yukiko thought that she was indeed not suitable to deal with these mental patients, and the normal human communication experience was basically useless here.

Moreover, she kept calling me "Mom" and calling me old. She should have called me "Sister".

"Then I'll leave it to you. Be careful."

As Yukiko left the talk therapy room and went to the other side of the glass to watch, the nurse brought in the second patient.

It was Hideo Kawashima, the only survivor of the Tsukikage Island incident.

Chapter 907 The Patient Who Left Without Saying Goodbye

Hideo Kawashima, once the richest man on Tsukikage Island and a strong contender for the next village chief.

Now he is dressed in white, and his shiny hair has been replaced by a messy mess. He sits on a chair with a hunched back, his hair disheveled and his face dirty, and his former majesty is gone.