Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 75 Snake of Eden

This is a typical Japanese apartment.

From the far left to the right of the building, there are stairs - the residents with rooms 1 to 5 on that floor - and elevators. There is only one staircase and one elevator. Matsuyama lives in room 4 on the 2th floor.

Teraoka Katsutoshi came to the third floor and stopped temporarily.He stopped talking to the person on the other end of the communication headset, taking care not to make any sound.

There was insufficient light in the corridor and it was very quiet around him. He couldn't tell what the situation was like above.

There seemed to be no one living on this floor. Teraoka Katsutoshi stood at the stairs and glanced to the side. There were no old newspapers or other debris piled up outside the door.

He noticed that the corridor here was very narrow and could only accommodate two people walking side by side at most.

——Since the corridor is so narrow, the door here is most likely to open inward. What happens in the corridor can be clearly seen by other residents as soon as they come out.

The experienced Katsutoshi Teraoka made a judgment. He took a deep breath, touched the pistol with the silencer in his pocket, made sure it was in a position where he could easily draw it out, and continued walking up.

Arriving on the 4th floor, Teraoka Katsutoshi heard voices, and the voice was very familiar.

He did not show up immediately, but pressed his back against the wall and carefully poked his head out.

The person who spoke was Matsuyama. Teraoka Katsutoshi originally thought that he would hide and try not to see anyone, but he didn't expect that he would stand openly and openly at the door of Room 402, talking to someone.

"...Old man, please quickly ask the pair of idiots next door to remove the stuff on the door! Damn that thing is right in front of my door!"

The man in a light-colored suit had a thin scar at the corner of his eye and a tattoo exposed on his slightly open collar. His tone was extremely unkind, and he waved his raised arms high as if he wanted to hit someone.

"I have tried to persuade them several times, but they just don't listen..."

The old man who had not yet retired took a step back. He was sweating after being talked about, and tried to give advice: "They should be at home now. Maybe you can call the police..."

"Call the police? Are you kidding me?!"

Matsuyama's eyes became more ferocious, he took a step forward and left the room completely.Suddenly, as if he noticed something, he turned his head and looked in the direction of Teraoka Katsutoshi.

Teraoka Katsutoshi couldn't dodge, and their eyes met.

The moment they looked at each other, both of them widened their eyes. Teraoka Katsutoshi immediately pulled out his pistol and pointed it at him. When Matsuyama saw the gun, he instantly understood the other party's intention.

boom!
Whether it was the wind or some other external force, the door behind Matsuyama closed automatically!

Having lost his way of escape, Matsuyama reacted quickly. He took out a folding knife from his pocket and the blade popped out. He grabbed the stunned old man and blocked him in front of him as a human shield.

"do not move!!"

Matsuyama shouted, putting the blade against the vital part of the old hostage's neck: "If you don't want this old man to die, put down your weapon and throw the gun over!"

Teraoka Katsutoshi did not expect that the other party could capture a hostage so coincidentally in a place with only two households.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, Teraoka Katsutoshi's hand holding the gun trembled slightly.He did not obey the order. He knew exactly what would happen if the police actually handed over their guns in the face of such a threat.

The two were facing each other, and no one noticed that a cat appeared at the top of the stairs, sticking its head out to observe them.

"hurry up!"

Seeing that Katsutoshi Teraoka didn't move, Matsuyama raised his voice, "Aren't you a policeman? Are you going to watch this old man die?!"

"Help...save me!" The old man looked at Katsutoshi Teraoka pleadingly, "Please help me, Mr. Policeman!!"

The noise in the corridor quickly affected others, and another door behind Matsuyama also opened.

A man walked out with a frown: "People outside, please be gentle, don't be so big..."

The words that followed came to an abrupt end, and when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he was completely stunned.

"Hide back quickly! Don't come out casually!!"

At this critical moment, Teraoka Katsutoshi's police instinct allowed him to loudly discourage the other party from leaving quickly.

……

The man in Room 404 quickly shrank back.

His heart was pounding so fast that it almost reached his throat.The closed door gave him a sense of security. He quickly figured out what was happening outside, and his first reaction was to call the police.

But just at this moment, a scream broke out in the room.

"Snake! There is a snake!" His wife pointed to the window, "Honey, there is a snake crawling in through the window!!"

The man looked in the direction she pointed and saw a snake crawling on the tatami, and the window not far away was open.

The snake did not attack them, but leisurely climbed onto the table, rolled up their mobile phones, and climbed over the computer.

……

In the corridor outside, the confrontation continued.

Seeing that Teraoka Katsutoshi refused to put down his gun, Matsuyama, who only had a knife in his hand, became more and more angry. He sneered and cursed: "What, you saw the recent news and wanted to silence me?!"

His words made Katsutoshi Teraoka's heart tremble.

——He noticed a subtle change in the eyes of the hostages.

"You stinky guy, he is happy when he receives money, but he is timid when giving information. Now if there is trouble, he will immediately turn his back and deny the person!!"

"You're telling people to hide?! Why the hell are you pretending to be brave and fearless! When other police officers arrive, you will be the first one they arrest! The most detestable thing is the beast that eats the inside and outside!!"

The fear in Matsuyama's heart made him curse louder and louder, and the hand holding the knife gradually became harder, piercing the hostage's neck, and the old man groaned in pain.

Teraoka Katsutoshi's mind went blank.

was heard.

The fact that he secretly accepted bribes and sold police information to others was now heard by an unrelated person.

"Ugh……"

A very soft sigh came from the other end of the earphone.

"Although it is very pitiful, but in your current situation, you can only kill the hostages together."

"no!"

Teraoka Katsutoshi's forehead was covered with cold sweat. When he came to his senses, he subconsciously retorted: "How could I do this?!"

It's not the same at all!
Killing criminals in times of crisis, killing gangsters who bribed you, and killing hostages who heard your secrets are not a concept at all!
If he kills an innocent person, what is the difference between him and a real criminal? !

Matsumoto on the opposite side noticed that he was communicating with someone else, and suddenly became even more panicked: "What? Who are you talking to?!"

"Then what else can you do now?"

Teraoka Katsutoshi was stunned on the spot.

The female voice continued: "You expect him to keep your secret after seeing you kill Matsuyama with his own eyes and not report you to the police?"

"Do you think it's possible? Do you dare to bet on this slim possibility? As long as he is alive, he is a threat to you."

Teraoka Katsutoshi felt as if someone poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and his whole body became cold.

He knew she was telling the truth.

He is a policeman himself and has handled many cases. He knows that some of the people who reported the crime are like this - the gangsters let them go when they saw that they were begging for mercy. They kept saying that they would not call the police, but they would call 110 as soon as they reached a safe area.

After all, arresting criminals is a matter of course, and a little kindness is not enough to erase the evidence of their crimes and prevent them from being punished by the law.Teraoka Katsutoshi suddenly realized that from the moment he entered this building... no, from the moment he first accepted Matsuyama's bribe money, he might have had no other choice.

"Sacrificing yourself for others is the stupidest thing to do."

The female voice had a gentle voice. In a trance, Teraoka Katsutoshi's fingers seemed to be wrapped with invisible spider silk. With a slight hook from the predator, he automatically pressed the trigger.

- He aimed his gun at the hostage's chest.

"——Kill him for your own future."

call out!
Boom!
Pressing hard with his fingers, the bullet quickly passed through the barrel. Under the action of the silencer, the life-hunting sound was suppressed to the minimum.

Even the sound of the hostages falling was louder and more harsh.

When Matsuyama saw the dead hostages at his feet, he was stunned. He never imagined that the police would actually shoot regardless of the hostages.But at this time, he didn't care so much, turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

call out!
A second gunshot rang out soon after.

Songshan only ran a few steps before he was shot in the back and fell heavily on the corridor.

This time there was no order, it was completely Teraoka Katsutoshi's own shot. This time he did not hesitate at all.

In the blink of an eye, two more corpses appeared in the corridor. Teraoka Katsutoshi looked at them and slowly lowered his hands.

At this moment, he felt that his soul had been stripped away from his body, and his whole body was weightless and fell lightly to the ground.

After a few seconds, he spoke: "...will you help me handle the follow-up, right?"

"Yes, this is what we agreed. The person I arranged is already on the way."

After the female voice finished speaking, she suddenly changed her tone.

"But before that, there are still two people you have to deal with yourself."

Teraoka Katsutoshi raised his head.

He saw a machine not far away, just above the doorway of the room where the other man had walked out, facing him.

The small machine is close to the ceiling, overlooking the entire corridor.He saw a face that had completely lost all color reflected in the cold and transparent lens.

Everything happened so suddenly, and it was only then that Teraoka Katsutoshi suddenly remembered what Matsumoto had said a few minutes ago.

It turns out that the thing he was talking about was a camera.

——Everything just happened happened under this camera.

"Although the house owner may not find out so quickly, there are some things that are not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case, you have to go to their house to deal with the camera records."

She let out a small sigh.

"The sooner it's resolved, the safer it is for you."

Teraoka Katsutoshi's hand holding the gun began to tremble again.

He knew there were enough bullets in the pistol, but he was still very scared. He said incoherently: "But I -"

"Teraoka Katsutoshi, you have killed innocent people."

Her voice was still so gentle.

But the cruelty revealed in her words dragged him deeper into hell bit by bit.

"One life is a life, ten lives are a life, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands are all lives... Life is priceless and cannot be measured with accurate values. Killing for selfish reasons is the greatest evil."

"There is no difference between killing one person and killing a hundred people - as long as you set foot on this path."

She was not with him, but her voice was hissing in his ear, just like the snake in the Garden of Eden that tempted Adam and Eve to taste the forbidden fruit, causing all future conflicts and disasters in the world.

"you can do it."

"Only you can do it, and no one else can...Only you have the best tool to allow people to open their doors and welcome you without any precautions..."

Teraoka Katsutoshi held his pocket with his other hand.

Through the thin fabric, he could feel what was inside.

It was a square, small book.After opening it, there is a photo of him inside, with a raised pattern underneath, which is a symbol that people in distress will be glad to have finally been saved after seeing it.

That's his police manual.

----

In a private room of a bar.

"Brother, it has been intercepted successfully."

In the dim room, only the computer screen glowed, and Vodka, who had hacker skills, smiled proudly at Gin beside him.

"The picture is very clear, you can see the murderer's face clearly at a glance!"

Gin raised his head and his eyes fell on the computer screen. His joyful mood made him raise the corners of his mouth. It was rare for him to speak to Vodka in such a polite tone: "Remember to save this video."

"——After all, this is a precious image of tricking innocent residents into opening their doors and brutally shooting them."

On the screen, Katsutoshi Teraoka was standing at the door of a resident's house holding a police manual, and a machine with a recording function clearly recorded his every word.

"I'm a police officer! Don't worry, the prisoner has been arrested. Now I want to know his basic situation from you, and I hope you will cooperate with the investigation..."

After hearing this, the family immediately opened the door. The man who came out earlier had a happy face. However, before he could speak, he saw the black muzzle of the gun pointed at him.

This is Aoyagi Binguang's plan.

Simply accepting bribes is not enough to serve as a handle.

The two videos just now - shooting hostages and gangsters, and using police manuals to deceive residents into opening their doors and brutally murdering them - are the real tools they use to make this the Metropolitan Police's thorn in the side.

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Inside the pub.

Zhu Fu Jingguang watched Anicet come out of the bathroom.

She changed back into her original clothes, and her face was no longer disguised. She still had green eyes and long brown-gray hair hanging loosely.

She sat back down in her original position as if nothing had happened and took out a make-up mirror.She looked in the mirror and began to apply lipstick and foundation, leaving no trace of the small parts of her nose or mouth.

Zhu Fu Jingguang slowly released his fist, his nails leaving no trace on his palm.

——Even though he was filled with hatred in his heart, and even in those ten minutes, he always wanted to shut up Anicet forever, there was no sign of any strangeness on his face.

"You didn't drive here this time. Do you want me to take you there?" he asked gracefully.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you."

Aniset smiled back at him with the same gentle smile.

　I'm stuck on this chapter, I can't write any powerful strategies...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)