Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1427 Tracking the Murderer

Takagi Shigeru's new discovery seems to further prove that the connection between the victim and the murderer originated in the tropical paradise.

Even Sato was a little shaken, worried that it might be true as Takagi guessed.

In this case, the police's insider may be able to get closer to the truth faster.

So, Sato secretly sent this clue to Qin Zhibo's mobile phone via text message.

……

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was driving to Kanagawa Prefecture.

Judging from the points on the map, if the murderer intended to kill someone here, he would probably choose Ayase City in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Just then, the phone suddenly rang.

I opened my phone and saw it was a text message from Sato.

The content of the text message was that the police had turned the direction of the investigation to Tropical Paradise, and Sato was worried that Takagi Shigeru's reasoning was an accidental success.

In addition, General Sato also told Qin Zhibo that the car had a sudden tire blowout on the way to Hachioji.

Qin Zhibo immediately understood that this must be a mole in the police who sent people to prevent Sato and Takagi from going to the scene.

Since Scotch came in person to confirm the situation, it means that the people responsible for the sniping were Chianti and Cohen.

Qin Zhibo also sent a text message to Sato, saying that he had received it and was now trying to track down the murderer.

Logically speaking, the murder location in Kanagawa Prefecture is closer and is most likely the destination chosen by the murderer.

But the point in Tokyo cannot be completely ruled out.

To be on the safe side, Qin Zhibo called Conan again and asked him to go to the area near Shiba Park to take a look.

At Dr. Agasa's house, Conan was also anxiously waiting for news from Qin Zhibo.

When he heard the latest developments of the case from Qin Zhibo, he immediately became excited.

"PhD!"

"Drive me to Shiba Park!"

Dr. Agasa also knew the importance of this case, so he immediately put on his coat and went out to drive his Beetle.

It just so happened that Haibara Ai went to visit Chengshi Hospital at that time, so there was no need to explain anything to her.

Conan took his solar skateboard, got on Dr. Agasa's Beetle, and headed straight for Shiba Park.

……

Half an hour later, the Tokyo Tower was right in front of us, yet it seemed far away.

It was already dusk and approaching evening, the evening rush hour after get off work, and the traffic was extremely congested.

Dr. Agasa's Beetle was stuck in the middle of the traffic and it took half a day to move forward a little bit.

This situation made Conan, who was in a hurry, extremely anxious.

Now, every minute of delay is likely to result in the victim being killed by the murderer, and the clues leading to the organization being tracked down may slip away.

In desperation, Conan jumped out of the car holding his skateboard, went to the sidewalk alone and started skateboarding.

Although the current weather is not suitable for the use of solar skateboards, Dr. Agasa has upgraded the skateboard and it can now run for a while even without sunlight.

With his superb skateboarding skills, Conan skating freely on the sidewalk, causing passers-by to scream in surprise, just like a ghost skateboard boy as fast as the wind.

And in the traffic flow next to the sidewalk, a group of police cars had to wait patiently in the heavy traffic.

"Eh? Is that Conan?"

The sharp-eyed Megure caught a glimpse of the "blue phantom" on the side of the road and asked in confusion.

Shiratori, who was sitting in the driver's seat, took a closer look and murmured, "It seems that Conan is riding a skateboard, but he looks like he has something urgent to do..."

"Could it be that Conan already knows that we are going to Tropical Paradise to investigate?"

Based on the ideas provided by Takagi Shigeru, the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation headquarters just held a meeting and believed that the Tropical Paradise contained important clues.

Even an employee of Tropical Paradise was the serial killer.

Because only the staff of the tropical park can more easily obtain the detailed information of each tourist.

In order to seize this hard-earned clue, most of the people in the search headquarters were dispatched, even Manager Matsumoto who would not be dispatched unless it was an emergency.

At this time, Manager Matsumoto, who was sitting in the back seat, crossed his arms, squinted his eyes, and stared at Conan who was riding a skateboard and disappeared on the sidewalk.

Conan, on the other hand, was concentrating all his attention on observing the road and riding his skateboard, and did not notice the police car that was blocking the road.

Finally, he arrived at the main entrance of Shiba Park.

At this time, people who were visiting the park were coming out one after another, and the lamp posts on both sides of the roads in the park were lit up one by one.

Conan rode his skateboard and patrolled back and forth along the cobblestone path of the park, but he never found any suspicious people.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound coming from the dim bushes on the side of the road.

Conan immediately stopped his skateboard alertly and stood there listening.

Although the sounds in the bushes were kept as low as possible, the woman's "hmm" sounds could still be heard.

"Don't... um... it's annoying~"

"Don't be afraid, there won't be anyone else at this time..."

Conan stared at the bushes, his eyes wide open, and the blush on his face became more and more obvious.

Suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.

bell--

Conan's face was shocked and he quickly pressed the answer button.

But at the same time, the man and woman in the bushes also heard the noise outside and were frightened and hurriedly stuck their heads out.

I saw a primary school student riding a skateboard and sliding along the cobblestone road into the distance.

Looking at the elementary school student's quickly escaping back, the woman in the bushes let out a coquettish cry.

"What a pervert!"

"It's okay, don't worry about him, let's continue..."

"What are you going to do? I'm not in the mood anymore! Let's go!"

Conan, who was fleeing from the "crime scene", glanced sideways behind him and was relieved to find that the two people who had ruined his good thing did not chase him.

He picked up the phone and continued patrolling while asking, "Qin, how are you doing?"

"I'm still in Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and I'm still trying to track him down. Have you found him there?"

"I'm in Shiba Park, and I still can't find it..."

The criminal was not found, but a pair of men and women who were practicing skills in the wild were found.

Conan mentioned the park, which gave Qin Zhibo a reminder.

Every time the murderer committed a crime, he would take his target to a public place frequented by people and kill him.

If that's the case, the park in Ayase City should also be a possibility.

"I guessed where the criminal might have gone..."

"No more."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo hung up the phone, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the city center.

Unlike Tokyo, Ayase City in Kanagawa Prefecture is not very big and has only two parks.

One is a citizen park and the other is a sports park.

Qin Zhibo drove to the midpoint of the line between the two parks, then closed his eyes and activated the searching spell.

Just now in Ayase City, although Qin Zhibo used the locating spell to search for the whereabouts of the painter Shindou Sumire, but because Shindou Sumire's appearance was that of a beauty with no obvious features, and the photo might have been a long time ago, there were reactions from three directions in Ayase City alone.

But if we limit our target to two parks, everything becomes much easier.

Qin Zhibo closed his eyes, meditated for a while, and immediately determined the direction in his mind.

Among the three directions, one clearly points to the sports park.

Qin Zhibo drove directly there and arrived at the entrance of the sports park in less than 5 minutes. This park is a fitness park with various skateboarding, roller skating and other sports as its theme. Once it is night, there are not many people visiting the park.

Qin Zhibo parked the car at the entrance of the park and ran directly into the park.

Dim street lights flickered on both sides of the road. Qin Zhibo followed the road all the way to the U-shaped pool in the center of the park.

Here, there are several skateboard teenagers playing skateboards under the street lights, sliding along the U-shaped pool.

Qin Zhibo immediately realized that the murderer could not have committed the crime here, so he closed his eyes and continued to cast the finding spell.

This time the direction was deeper into the park.

……

Wow.

When the long-haired beauty was released from the bag, it was pitch black all around her, with only a figure in front of her staring at her viciously.

"Ok!"

"Ok!"

The woman wanted to make a sound, but her mouth was tied with cloth and she couldn't speak.

The man glared at her and said, almost gritting his teeth: "You are the second to last!"

"Go to hell and atone for killing my sister!"

As he spoke, the man pulled out a dagger from his back.

Seeing the sharp cold light raised high, the woman was frightened and her pupils dilated.

But just as the dagger was about to be swung down, the man's movements suddenly stopped.

The man's eyes were wide open, and the dagger stayed in the air, unable to fall.

Because right now he remembered something more important than revenge for his sister.

  Question 1: Did you lock the door when you went out this morning?

Question 2: Did you turn off the gas before going out this morning?

Question 3: Is the child yours?

These three sudden questions made the man's thinking stop instantly, and his brain focused on thinking about the answers to the three questions.

The next second, the man who was squatting and preparing to commit the crime was kicked several meters away, and the dagger fell to the ground.

The man then came to his senses and found that he was kicked down by a man in a brown windbreaker.

hateful!

The man had no time to kill anyone at this point. Having lost his weapon, he could only turn around and run away.

Qin Zhibo naturally would not miss the opportunity and chased after him from behind.

The woman who had just been rescued was left lying there in a daze, with tears of excitement in her eyes.

……

what happened!

How is this going!

  How could I be discovered?

While thinking about why he was exposed, the man gritted his teeth and ran desperately towards another exit of the park.

Before deciding on the crime scene, he had surveyed all the locations and knew that the second half of the park was still under construction and almost no one would come there at night.

But what happened to that person just now?

Could it be that the workers who were working during the day did not leave?

The man never imagined that someone had figured out the secret code of the mahjong tiles that he was so proud of, and used it as a clue to track him down.

Just as he was about to run to the park exit, a figure suddenly rushed out from the bushes.

The man was so frightened that he stood still. Before he could react, a left hook hit the man's cheek from the side.

The already panic-stricken face was deformed by the punch, and saliva and snot sprayed out in the form of droplets, flying in the air.

With this punch, the man was knocked to the ground and passed out.

Qin Zhibo immediately squatted down, grabbed the man by the collar, and confirmed the basic information above his head.

Motokami Kazuki, male, 37 years old, certified public accountant...

After Qin Zhibo glanced at the message, he began to grope the man's body.

In addition to the dagger that had just fallen at the scene, he also had a wallet and a seven-tube mahjong tile in his arms.

There is a △ symbol on the back of the mahjong tile, which is consistent with Qin Zhibo's previous reasoning.

△ is the capital letter of the Greek letter δ, and it also represents Delta Ursa Major, one of the Big Dipper.

There is no doubt that he is the serial killer.

The reason why △ was placed at the end was to make the police realize at the end that what he wrote were not English letters, but Greek letters.

However, Qin Zhibo did not find any personal belongings taken from other victims on his body.

However, now that the murderer has been caught, he has absolute initiative.

Qin Zhibo first wrapped the man with a [shroud] and tied him up in the bushes.

He drove his convertible to the exit of the park, then carried the person out and moved him away.

……

It was nearly two hours later when Qin Zhibo transferred people to Beika Town.

In the large villa of the Kudo family, Qin Zhibo picked a relatively empty room and converted it into a simple temporary interrogation room.

After a while, Conan, who heard the news, also rushed over from Dr. Agasa's house next door.

When Conan saw Qin Zhibo catch the murderer and bring him back, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"How did you catch him?"

"That's how I caught him..."

Qin Zhibo was too lazy to explain the detailed process. He untied the cloth on his mouth and started the interrogation directly.

Conan quickly stopped him and asked, "Where is Toru Amuro who lives here? Is he okay?"

"It doesn't matter. He has something to do tonight and can't come back. We can do whatever we want..."

Qin Zhibo waved his hand.

"But to be on the safe side, you should step aside from the interrogation later. I will interrogate him alone."

Conan thought about it and realized that this criminal would be handed over to the police sooner or later.

If the police knew that I was involved, it would inevitably arouse some suspicion of me.

After Conan left the room, Qin Zhibo put on a mask, took off his windbreaker, and untied the white cloth on the book and the tree's mouth.

After spraying some water on his face, he gradually woke up.

"……Well……"

Motokami and Shu slowly opened their eyes and saw a human silhouette standing in the darkness behind the light.

"Who are you?"

The desk lamp shining directly on his face forced him to squint slightly and turn his head to the side as he asked.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is you..."

"Jinno Shuhei, Kaga Shizuko, Okakura Masaaki, Kitajima Azusa, Zaitsu Kozo, Ryugasaki Tsutomu, did you kill these six people?"

The voice on the other end was cold and flat, as if he was not facing a human being, but a ruthless interrogation machine.

Ben Shangheshu's eyebrows twitched, and just as he was about to make an excuse subconsciously, the other party continued to ask.

"And Shindou Sumire, is she also your target?"

"If you don't want to suffer, I suggest you tell the truth..."

(End of this chapter)