The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 378: Possessed by Death?

The car in front of the hotel.

Fujino withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes to rest, and did not continue to pay attention to Bizen Chizuru in the hotel.

Although he had a premonition that this woman would probably die in the next few days, and the empty hotel was the perfect time to take action.

But if you are not a relative or an acquaintance, you are not the client yet, so just pay more attention.

Fujino is not a bastard, nor is he a saint. He is just worried that his vacation will be ruined by a murder case.

After all, if you see too many dead people, your mood will inevitably become heavy, but if you really want to die for yourself, there is nothing you can do.

Besides, this woman is really cool.

It can only be said to let go of the complex of helping others and respect the fate of others.

…………

Only the Shimogasa sisters and Bizen Chizuru were left in the hotel.

Yousen was a little worried and planned to go back and close the doors and windows.

Fujino and his party set off first in Zimon Shinobu's car.

After a while, Yousen followed in a small truck.

The dirt road on the nearby plateau is winding and rugged. Although it is not fast, it is quite stable.

It took nearly an hour of driving to see the beautiful scenery all the way before arriving at the destination.

The lake near the top of the hillside is sparkling, and there is a faint cool moisture blown by the wind. It is surrounded by mountains and forests on all sides, and is vaguely covered by clouds and mist, adding a mysterious color.

"call……"

Fujino looked around at the scenery around him and took a deep breath. Suddenly, a breeze blew by, and a cool feeling came to his face, making him feel much more relaxed.

“The scenery here is really nice!”

Miyano Akemi looked around and sighed: "The air is also very fresh."

“There is no pollution from car exhaust and you are surrounded by pure nature.”

Haiyuan Ai looked around and said thoughtfully: "Living in this environment, both my mood and body will be much better."

"Yes, this environment does make people feel comfortable."

Yousen followed with a smile and said: "Our hotel is located in a remote place, and it is not a famous hotel. The reason why we have guests is thanks to the natural environment nearby."

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen the scenery here for a long time. I really have a different feeling every time I see it."

Zimen Ren looked at the scenery around him and sighed, then pointed his finger to a light spot not far away and said, "By the way, that's the hotel we just stayed in."

"Is it that close?"

Miyano Akemi glanced in the direction pointed by Zimen Ninja's finger and said in surprise: "I remember we walked a long way just now."

"This is a plateau, surrounded by hills. The roads are winding and winding, and you can't drive very fast. From a visual inspection from here, it should be only about ten kilometers away from the hotel."

Fujino glanced at the hotel in the distance, but suddenly noticed a small black spot.

The vision-enhancing glasses zoomed in, and they saw clearly that it was Cheng Yuan driving back to the hotel.

Fujino: "..."

Could it be that he accidentally caught a glimpse of his wife's murder?
My damn luck!
"Well, Detective Fujino is right, the straight-line distance is actually only ten kilometers!"

Zimen Ren nodded and couldn't help but recall: "Speaking of which, we used to play hang gliding here. We played hang gliding from here until the evening. When the sun sets, we can see even more spectacular scenery. Following the sunset , it won’t take long to get back to the hotel from here.”

"Ugh?"

At this time, a white butterfly flapped its wings and flew past Hui Yuan Ai, causing her to take two steps back and let out a surprised sound.

"This is a white butterfly deep in the mountains on our plateau. It is very rare in other places." Youmori introduced.

"Silk white butterfly?"

Hui Yuan Ai raised his eyes and glanced at the shining silver light of the white butterfly's wings, and couldn't help but reveal a soft smile at the corner of his mouth.

Under the gaze of everyone, the mountain white butterfly slowly flapped its wings and flew to the side.

By chance, it stopped on Youmori's shoulder.

After just staying for a moment, Baidie fell to the side and made no sound anymore.

"Butterfly……"

Hui Yuan Ai frowned slightly and looked at Baidie in the mountains, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"This kind of butterfly will never be able to survive without a clean water source."

Yousen took off the butterfly lying on his shoulder and placed it flat in the palm of his hand. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes: "I'm afraid this area will be contaminated soon..."

Fujino thought for a moment and asked, "Is it the development project of Jomoto?"

Arisen sighed: "Well, he plans to build a nature amusement park near here."

Fujino: "..."

Maybe his plan is about to come to nothing.

"It's ironic..."

Hui Yuan Ai shook her head and looked at the scenery to the side again. A gentle breeze blew by, blowing the hair beside her ears: "Natural amusement parks are ultimately achieved by polluting nature. Human beings are always destroying the environment. To satisfy their own selfish desires..."

"Okay, it's noon now. I'll go get lunch for everyone."

Youmori placed the butterfly's body on a purple flower core and sighed.

Turn around and go down the hillside.

At the same time, a system prompt suddenly sounded in Fujino's ears:

[A new professional task has been detected, please check it carefully]

"coming……"

Fujino's eyes flashed with death. Although it was expected, he still felt a little speechless.

I actually encountered another shark case during the holidays...

Hemp egg!

Why do you feel like every time you go on vacation, there is never a time when nothing happens?
Have I provoked the power of death?
Or is it possessed by the god of death?
Fujino sighed secretly in his heart.

After a second thought, I opened the system interface.

A light curtain appeared in front of me:

[Detective Career Mission: The Fallen Mountain White Butterfly

Mission summary: The older female star Chizuru Bizen fell like a white butterfly in the mountains, and the real murderer behind it is hidden in the hotel.
Mission objective: crack the case

Mission reward: 200 million yen, 200 detective reputation]

"Older female celebrities are so detailed..."

"But with the fall of the white butterfly in the mountains, this system is becoming more and more sentimental."

"It's just that the description is a little inaccurate."

"It's probably already dark..."

Fujino stared at the summary on the mission interface and complained silently in his heart.

…………

Blink of sunset.

After walking around on the hillside, playing badminton, and watching the sunset, the group planned to return to the hotel.

Zimen Ren had just started the car and planned to drive a few people back to the hotel. The small train next to Youmori was unable to start. Curious, she stopped the car and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"There seems to be something wrong with the car's engine."

Yousen stuck his head out and said, "You guys go back first, I'll see if I can fix it here."

"Do you want me to help?"

Fujino also stuck his head out and asked.

Although he doesn't know much about repairing cars or anything like that, as an experienced driver, if he can eliminate some obstacles, the problem won't be too big.

"Thank you, Detective Fujino."

Yousen smiled and said, "But there's no need. It's very cold here at night. It's not appropriate for my guests to accompany me to repair my car or something like that. You'd better go back first."

"Okay then." Zimen Ren nodded and led everyone back to the hotel.

The entrance of the hotel.

The group of people had just parked the car when they happened to meet Cheng Yuan and the others returning from fishing.

"Detective Fujino, you are back too."

Cheng Yuan got out of the car, carrying a fish incubator on his back, and greeted: "We caught a lot of fish today, we will definitely have enough to barbecue fish later in the evening!"

"Then you guys really had a great harvest today..." Fujino smiled awkwardly.

Let alone eating grilled fish, I might not even be able to pass the barbeque exam later.

Several people pushed the door open and entered the hotel. As soon as they entered the hotel, Chengyuan asked the Shimoli sisters who were busy working: "By the way, has Chizuru gone downstairs?"

The Shimoli sisters shook their heads in synchronization with some cuteness: "We have been busy with things in the hotel all day, and we didn't see Miss Qianzuru come downstairs."

"Then he really went too far. He didn't even eat."

Chengyuan complained for a few words, and then planned to go upstairs and call someone.

"I'll go upstairs and wash my face too."

Fujino looked back at Shiromoto, found an excuse, and went upstairs together.

"Qianhe, Qianhe!"

Jomoto came to Bizen Chizuru's door, knocked on the door and shouted twice, but when he didn't get a response, he became a little angry, so he shouted loudly: "Okay, now your anger should be gone." , why didn’t you even reply?”

"What's wrong?"

Fujino 'happened' to pass by, glanced at Jomoto and asked in confusion.

"It's strange. I don't know what's going on. The door Qianhe doesn't open no matter how hard I try."

Chengyuan frowned, then murmured: "Is something wrong with her..."

"Indeed, even if you are angry, you shouldn't even open the door..."

Fujino glanced at Jomoto with a strange expression.

This Chengyuan's performance... is a bit abnormal.

Do you think something happened to this person?
But now that he knew the person was dead, he planned to speed up the process of discovering the body.

So he suggested: "Do you need my help to break down the door?"

After thinking for a moment, Shiromoto nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, Detective Fujino."

"Get out of the way..."

Fujino took a deep breath, glanced at the wooden door in front of him, and then kicked it up.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, the door was kicked open by Fujino.

Fujino slowly walked into the room and saw a figure wearing a red coat and a pink skirt in the dim room, with his feet hanging from the fan on the roof out of thin air.

Obviously, it was Bizen Chizuru.

"Twenty past seven."

Fujino took out his cell phone, took a look at it, and dialed the police number.

"Chi...Chizuru!"

Shiromoto Hidehiko was obviously startled and took two steps back with a look of horror on his face.

After calling the police on this side, Fujino turned back to look at Shiromoto: "Mr. Shiromoto, I'm afraid Miss Chizuru is dead. This is the crime scene. If you can, please go out and wait. I have some things I want to investigate. "

Cheng Yuan nodded dullly and exited the room.

Fujino took out his gloves, put on his shoe covers, turned on his eagle eyes, and looked around the room.

The prompts given by Hawkeye this time were the safety padlock of the room door that he kicked open, and the light spot on the triangular part of Bizen Chizuru's skirt...

Fujino didn't pay attention to the strange little light spot for the time being. After thinking for a while, he walked to the buckle of the safety lock, picked it up and looked at it.

The golden iron safety padlock should have been installed next to the door frame, but he kicked it and now it has fallen to the floor of the room.

There are also some minor scratches on the edge of the door lock.

Fujino turned his head and glanced at the door frame.

Likewise, on the door frame, there are some scratches.

"If this is the case, the murderer should have used a screwdriver to reattach the safety lock to the secret room after opening the door..."

Fujino stood up thinking and walked to the body of Bizen Chizuru.

He raised his head and took a look.

The older female star who was still alive yesterday and had a bad temper now has no temper anymore.

With his eyes closed, his face looked peaceful.

"If you don't put on a bad face, it actually looks pretty good."

Fujino murmured: "In this case, she should have been killed while unconscious..."

After all, if someone is strangled to death while awake, there will usually be a Yoshikawa line on the neck, and the death scene is unlikely to be so peaceful.

He reached out and touched the corpse's pale arm.

Already rigor mortis...

Judging from the time of death, it was about the same time as when he triggered the detective mission.

At that time, only Cheng Yuan had come back. Looking at it this way, Cheng Yuan should be the murderer.

But well...

Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the light spot marked by Eagle Eye.

The light spot marked was a spot of white powder stained on the skirt.

Fujino stretched out his hand, dipped a little in it, and kneaded it. It felt a bit like cosmetics.

He didn't dare to go over and smell it like an idiot like Conan...

After all, he is a star. If it were drugs, he would be doomed. If he sticks to this thing for the rest of his life, he will be unable to get rid of it.

However, with his keen sense of smell, he still smelled something from a distance.

It's the smell...

…………

An hour later, with sirens blaring, Nagano Prefecture police rushed to the scene.

"I am Nagano Prefecture detective, Mito Koichi."

A handsome criminal policeman in a gray suit surveyed the scene, went out, and asked Fujino with a somewhat unkind expression: "Judging from what I just heard, you were the first one to discover the body and enter the case." You found the person at the scene, right?”

"Yes, I also reported it to the police."

Fujino nodded and took out his work permit from his pocket: "I am Fujino, consultant of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. Just now, Mr. Shiromoto was afraid that something might happen to her, so I broke the door with his consent."

"Consultant Fujino..."

Mito Koichi took a look at Fujino, and his expression softened a lot: "I've heard about you, but I didn't expect you to come to Nagano Prefecture. Are you here for tourism?"

"Yes."

Fujino nodded and responded: "My friend gave me a hospitality voucher for this hotel. I planned to come over for a trip during the long vacation, but I didn't expect this to happen."

"That's really bad."

Mito Koichi nodded heavily, empathizing with the pain of having to work overtime late at night during the holidays.

Turning his head, he asked a fat detective behind him wearing a dark blue suit, "How is the on-site investigation going?"

"The deceased is the popular actress Bizen Chizuru. She was 30 years old. The person who came to the hotel this time was traveling with her husband..."

The criminal policeman held a notebook and reported the situation at the scene: "The deceased's death time was probably between one and two o'clock in the afternoon. The room was a bit stuffy, so there will be some errors. The cause of death was compression of the neck."

"Judging from the situation at the scene, it looks like Ms. Bizen committed suicide."

Mito Hikaru glanced back at the room, looked up at Shiraiyo hanging on the ceiling fan, and then fixed his gaze on Bizen Chizuru, who had been placed on the bed, peacefully.

(End of this chapter)