Conan Rick's Investigator

Kogoro Mouri made a promise, but it was Conan who rolled his eyes.

Please, don't say such big words every time, okay?

If Qin Zhibo was not there, Conan would still be confident of solving the case and putting on a double yellow show.

But with Qin Zhibo here, he really didn't dare to act rashly.

He used the reasoning of Kogoro Mouri, the tool, to solve the case. Others couldn't see it, but how could Qin Zhibo, with his terrifying observation skills, not see it?

Although Qin Zhibo would not expose him in public, it was in accordance with the rules to tease him a little.

Besides, given my own reasoning progress, I might not be able to deduce the truth faster than Qin Zhibo...

Conan looked at Qin Zhibo not far away, who was sneaking into the room where the deceased had fallen.

He started again...

As soon as Qin Zhibo starts to slip away, it means that he is in the stage of observation and reasoning.

The case was solved during the process of sliding.

Conan rarely saw Qin Zhibo with his chin held high and thinking hard.

Often when I was still waiting for a flash of inspiration, Qin Zhibo would start announcing the correct answer.

This time it was relatively slow because Qin Zhibo just went out and didn't know what he did, which delayed some time.

Okay, I'll quickly guide my uncle to solve the case.

"Huh?"

"..."

……

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was scanning the room, carefully checking if there was anything he had missed.

At present, the three people encountered in the bathhouse are the most suspicious.

Not only can hot water help the marks from being bruised heal quickly, but the back of Yaxia's head was hit hard, and the bleeding spots on his scalp indicated that blood had spurted out.

Regardless of whether the spray splashed on the murderer or not, the murderer would definitely wash himself off thoroughly with the water in the bathhouse to be on the safe side.

On the other hand, the photo is also a clue that the murderer is a woman with a mole on her chest.

It's a pity that when I saw those three people in the bathhouse, the water vapor blocked their view severely. In addition, the girl with long braids and short hair turned her back shyly, so I couldn't see their breasts at all.

Just when Qin Zhibo thought he could only ask the police to see his chest to verify his identity, the police forensic personnel opened the luggage bag under the duck and found a bright spot lying inside.

Investigation point!

Qin Zhibo walked to the side and started investigating directly without asking the forensic personnel.

【Survey√】

This is a movie videotape, but the plastic casing seems to have been pried open.

"Let me take a look at that tape..."

Qin Zhibo asked the forensic personnel for the videotape, titled "The Horror at Shogakukan".

The cover shows a ghost emerging from a dark teaching building, chasing after a frightened Kinukawa Kazuki.

Minase Harumi's reputation was damaged...

But it looks like Kinukawa is making horror movies.

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised about the filming field of the child star. Maybe it was because he came from a church background, so he was not afraid of these things.

Rotating the edge of the videotape's plastic casing to check, Qin Zhibo indeed saw a small gap, which appeared as a tiny white crack.

Why did the prying of the videotape become an investigation point?

Qin Zhibo looked inside the videotape and what he could see at a glance was the magnetic tape wrapped in transparent plastic.

This kind of old technological product is also a childhood memory for Qin Zhibo.

In the past, I would pick up discarded cassettes from others, pull out the tape strings inside, and use them to build a "defense line" on both sides of the road.

Most cars would drive right through it, and the tape would snap instantly when stretched to its limit, sending the threads flying to both sides of the road.

Every time I see my "trap" work, I feel so good!

It’s as cool as putting a stone on the railroad track and watching the stone being run over by the railroad track!

Now when I think about it, I don't know what the fun was in it. It was just wasting the length of the tape over and over again.

Tape...

Wire……

That's it!

Qin Zhibo suddenly thought of what weapon the murderer used.

However, even if we think of the murder weapon, we still cannot identify the real murderer among those three people.

Qin Zhibo returned the videotape to the forensic personnel and asked them to keep it well, then walked over to Conan and others.

Conan finally completed his hints to Mouri Kogoro and Yokomizo Sango, making them understand that the time the photo was taken can be used as a basis to find the women in the hotel who have no alibi to narrow the scope.

However, Qin Zhibo stood up and said bluntly, "That's not necessary. Just find three people."

"Hmm? What does this mean, Mr. Qin?" Henggou Chanwu asked in confusion.

Qin Zhibo was too lazy to explain in detail, so he said, "You'll know when we get them here."

Qin Zhibo gave the names of the three people to Henggou Chanwu, and Henggou Chanwu immediately arranged for his men to call them over.

Soon, the proprietress, the woman with long braids, and the woman with short hair all arrived.

"Sanzhi, why are your eyes red? Did you cry just now?"

The proprietress looked at Asaka Saegusa and said with concern.

Asaka Saegusa did not answer, but looked down at Kazuki Kinukawa.

With her son's encouraging eyes, Saegusa Asaka solemnly spoke to Yokomizo Chango.

"Mr. Policeman, I confess..."

"I surrender myself to you."

Henggou Chanwu was still waiting for Qin Zhibo's next prompt when he suddenly heard these words.

"What? You admit everything?"

"Yes, I admit it..." Asaka Saegusa lowered her head, and the proprietress and the short-haired woman next to her opened their mouths in surprise.

Maori Kogoro was very surprised and rushed over. "Could it be that you are the murderer who killed Kamoshita?"

"Eh?"

Hearing what Kogoro Mori said, Asaka Saegusa was stunned for a moment and quickly shook her head to deny it.

"No! I didn't say murder, I said gambling!"

"I've been gambling illegally and owing a lot of money... but I've never killed anyone!"

Chapter 921 Humanoid Angel Mao Lilan

"Ah?"

The content of Saegusa Asaka's confession was not the same as what they had imagined, and everyone was surprised.

Only Qin Zhibo was not so surprised, because he had already seen her gambling skills in the character card when investigating Saegusa Asaka.

But when it comes to gambling, no matter how good your gambling skills are, the most important thing is luck.

Under the suspicious gazes of the police and everyone else, Asaka Saegusa had no choice but to confess her past.

It turns out that Asaka Saegusa's real name is Atsuko Kinukawa, and she is Kazuki Kinukawa's biological mother.

Before Kinukawa Kazuki was born, she met a boyfriend and learned to smoke and gamble through his introduction.

At the beginning, she also tasted some sweetness, and the money she won from gambling was several times more than what she earned from working.

But as she got deeper and deeper into the game, she became a complete gambler; every time she lost money, she wanted to make it back, even if it meant borrowing money.

One day, she finally lost all her savings and was heavily in debt under her own name, and her boyfriend suddenly disappeared.

To make matters worse, she found out that she was pregnant.

For various reasons, she gave birth to the child and wanted to slowly pay off her debts by working, but every time she made money, she couldn't help but want to gamble and couldn't quit her gambling addiction.

So, realizing that the child had no future with her, she abandoned the child at the church door, and from then on she lived in hiding, working everywhere to make a living.

……

After listening to Asaka Saegusa's story, everyone at the crime scene was moved.

Qin Zhibo thought about it and thought that if what she said was true, then it was probably a "setup".

The so-called "boyfriend" should be a professional in this field. He first gives some bait to people, then cheats them of their money and sex, and then leaves when the target is no longer of any use to them.

Of course, this is assuming she didn't lie.

Now this is just her one-sided statement. Even though she sounds very confident, it is possible that she is simply a gambler and it has nothing to do with others.

You know, people who are deeply addicted to gambling will tell any lies for money.

If you tell a lie a hundred times, even you will believe it, let alone others.

Obviously, Officer Yokomizo, having seen this kind of person before, wasn't completely convinced. He asked, "But we just called Mr. Kamoshita's publishing house to confirm..."

"Kameshita once said that the biological mother of child star Kazuki Kinukawa asked him to meet her in a room. He also said that the biological mother blackmailed Kinukawa's agency, saying that Kinukawa's biological father was a fugitive murderer and that if they didn't want the public to know, they should wire her 2000 million yen."

Just now, at Conan's suggestion, Officer Yokomizo contacted Kamoshita's publishing house and obtained this information.

Yaxia first got this information from the agency, and then came to find his biological mother to confirm it. He also planned to secretly take a photo of her and write a report to be published on tomorrow's front page.

After hearing this, Kinukawa Kazuki once again looked at his mother in shock. He didn't expect that his mother was even worse than he imagined. Even his father, who had never shown his face, was a fugitive murderer?

Asaka Saegusa looked at the child's shocked expression and the half step back he subconsciously took, and quickly shook his head to defend himself.

"No! I never asked this kid's agency for 2000 million!"

Yokomizo Sango narrowed his eyes, filled with suspicion. Although he wasn't responsible for catching gamblers, he had seen many cases of gamblers lying in front of the police station to gain sympathy.

"Are you still gambling now? If so, 2000 million should be very important to you, right?"

Yokomizo's soul-searching questioning left Saegusa speechless for a moment.

Because she really hasn't completely quit gambling yet, she chose the job of a hotel waitress because after losing all her money every time, at least she would be provided with food and accommodation, so she wouldn't have to worry about her livelihood.

“…But I really didn’t blackmail the agency!”

"I've never killed anyone!"

This was a disguised admission that she was still gambling, and Asako Saegusa's defense became increasingly weak.

Conan looked at Asaka Saegusa who was defending herself and felt that the murderer in the case might not be her.

Because if she was the murderer, she should know that as long as she admitted to gambling in front of the police, it would be equivalent to admitting to killing Yaxia.

Unless she didn't know about the meeting between her "biological mother" and Yaxia.

But even so, Kinukawa Kazuki is pitiful enough.

Conan turned his head and glanced at Kinukawa Kazuki. There was no longer any look in his eyes that regarded him as an "enemy", but rather some sympathy.

At this time, feeling deceived, Kinukawa Kazuki chose to escape again and turned around and ran away from the murder scene.

Mao Lilan hurried to chase after her, and Saegusa Asaka also called out to her, trying to keep her.

"Xiaohe!"

Asaka Saegusa wanted to chase after him, but at this time she was already a key suspect in the case and definitely could not leave.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo suddenly asked her, "Have you told anyone in the hotel that you are Kinukawa Kazuki's mother?"

"For example, the two people beside you..."

Asaka Saegusa glanced at the two people behind her and immediately pointed out the short-haired woman.