Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 390: Galaxy Chariot! Double A in power and speed! (Seeking monthly pass!)

"wait a minute!"

While everyone was staring at the surveillance footage in amazement, shocked by what was happening in the video, Kogoro Mouri and Conan noticed something that made them pay attention.

That is……

They didn't realize it before they watched the surveillance, but the more they watched the surveillance, especially the scene where the armored man stood in front of the brutally murdered Boss Manaka, the more they felt that they seemed to have seen the scene of Boss Manaka being murdered somewhere.

“This composition seems familiar!”

After thinking about it carefully, they came up with the answer, "It's exactly the same as the painting!"

If they remembered correctly, the scene where Boss Manaka was killed was almost exactly the same as the content in the painting titled "Heavenly Punishment" that they had seen before!
"That painting?"

Inspector Megure was a little puzzled, and then Kogoro Mori quickly mentioned the painting of "Heavenly Punishment".

"It's the painting hanging in front of the victim, titled Divine Punishment."

When he said this, Maori Kogoro touched his chin and made a bold guess, "I'm afraid he wanted to imitate the painting of "Heavenly Punishment" so he used this method to kill people!"

Both knights killed people, and both the killed were nailed to the wall. He would never believe that there was no connection between them.

He suspected that the murderer might have deliberately imitated the painting titled "Heavenly Punishment" to kill people!

Although he still doesn't know why the other party chose to do this, he believes that there must be a special intention behind it.

Moreover, this special intention may be related to the painting titled "Heavenly Punishment".

Otherwise it would be difficult to explain why the other party would kill people next to the painting titled “Heavenly Punishment”, and the method of killing was almost exactly the same as the content in the painting “Heavenly Punishment”!
"But the criminal is very bold." Officer Megure pondered for a moment, his expression a little serious, "If someone saw him dressed like this, it would definitely cause a commotion."

Generally speaking, even if the murderer wants to kill someone, he will use some simple, quick and not easily discovered methods.

But the murderer they encountered now did the opposite. He actually killed people while wearing armor that would easily cause a commotion if seen by others, and was also very heavy and quite inconvenient to move.

Such an operation is obviously not a choice that a normal person would make.

Unless the other party has other intentions!

Of course, it is not ruled out that the other party thinks that if he hides in the armor, no one will see his true face when he kills people.

Or maybe the murderer was so incredibly strong that he didn't even take the incredibly heavy armor seriously, as it would be difficult for an ordinary person to move after putting it on, let alone perform various complex movements!
As for the truth of the matter, we will know once they solve this murder case and find out the murderer who killed Boss Manaka!
"I see!"

After hearing the conversation between the people and watching the scenes in the surveillance video, Mao Lilan suddenly realized, "So... there was a no-entry sign on the passage leading to the murder room just now."

Now she finally understood why the museum's browsing brochure clearly showed that there was a room ahead of them, but when she went there, there was a no-entry sign in the corridor.

It turned out that it was not placed there by the staff of the art museum, but was prepared by the murderer who killed Boss Manaka, in order to prevent himself from being disturbed by others when he was killing Boss Manaka!

Officer Megure exclaimed in surprise, "What?"

Why does he feel like he can't keep up with the thinking of this group of people?

Could it be that if you spend enough time with detectives, your brain will become as sharp as theirs? Is that why a little girl like Mao Lilan could achieve something so quickly?

Or did the group of people in front of him hold some important clues that the police had not yet discovered?
After exchanging a glance with Mao Lilan, Bai Ye helped explain, "Today, the four of us came to visit the Medieval Art Museum. However, just when we were planning to visit this exhibition room after visiting other exhibition rooms, we saw a sign prohibiting entry on the way in, so we didn't get in!"

At this point, Bai Ye paused, "Xiao Lan, if I remember correctly, it should have been around four o'clock, right?"

"Hmm..." Mao Lilan nodded heavily, and then added, "But after five o'clock, when we went to the hell's showroom for the second time, we no longer saw the no-entry sign in front of the door. And after entering, we saw the body of Boss Manaka, who was fixed to the wall with a long sword piercing his neck!"

Inspector Megure has been listening carefully to what Byakuya and Mouri Ran have to say, trying to find some clues from their words.

Turning back to look at the video screen, Officer Megure pondered for a moment, "Then, the murder should have happened around 4:30."

The time shown on the screen that Boss Manaka was killed was around 4:30, and according to the description of Byakuya and Maori Ran, they entered the Hell Exhibition Room again and found Boss Manaka's body at around 5 o'clock. This means that Boss Manaka was killed between 4 and 5 o'clock, which matches the time shown on the surveillance camera.

In other words, the surveillance footage was not tampered with, and the murder occurred at around 4:30 p.m.

"I think the criminal must have put that sign there. After separating the people, he wore armor and sneaked into the room. Then, he killed the man who had been invited to come."

However, wearing that heavy armor, he was not only able to move freely, but also able to perform such a complicated killing move. Could it be that this murderer was a trained master?
You know, he had seen that set of armor before, and had personally felt its weight. He even found a similar set of armor and tried it on. As a result, after putting it on, he had difficulty even walking, let alone chopping people with a sword.

But the murderer not only walked briskly, but also moved nimbly as if he was not wearing any armor. This was truly astonishing and even unbelievable.

He strongly suspected that the murderer was a sturdy and well-trained man.

Otherwise, if the other party was just a thin man, or an old man, based on their physical fitness, it would be difficult for them to perform such an incredible operation!

Listening to Inspector Megure's analysis, Maori Kogoro came to the conclusion, "In this case, the criminal should be someone who knows the inside of the art museum very well."

Not only can he avoid everyone's sight while wearing the art museum's unique armor, but he can also invite Boss Manaka to come, and use signs to separate other people so that they have no chance to disturb his next actions.

He would never believe that the murderer was not an insider of the art museum.

Officer Megure raised his head and looked at the staff of the Nakadashi Art Museum, headed by Director Ochiai, and said, "That means the criminal is among you!"

In addition to the police, there were seven people at the scene, including Byakuya, who found the body of Manaka and immediately protected the scene, Maori Ran, Maori Kogoro, Conan and his group, and Director Ochiai, the curator Kubota, the curator Iijima, and other internal staff of the Nakadashi Museum, who were gathered by Byakuya after finding the body of Manaka.

Bai Ye and others are old acquaintances of the police, and have no grudges against Boss Manaka. Today is even the first time they have met each other, so the suspicion of murder is almost zero.

But it’s different for Director Ochiai and others.

Not only did they know Boss Manaka, but there were also some gaps due to the renovation of the art museum, so it was entirely possible that they might kill each other.

……

"Look at what Boss Manaka is doing?"

Thanks to the information provided by Mao Lilan, Bai Ye and others, the police finally determined that the murderer must be someone inside the art museum.

Just when the police were about to force the people inside the art museum to be quiet and cooperate with their investigation, Conan took advantage of their inattention, rewound the videotape for a while, and then spoke, interrupting their actions.

After hearing his words and noticing his actions, Kogoro Mori couldn't help but get furious.

"Don't rewind the tape casually, you bastard!"

If the surveillance video is accidentally deleted or damaged, it will undoubtedly have a serious impact on their subsequent case-solving.

To be honest, if there weren't so many police officers watching, he really wanted to punch that kid who liked to act on his own, to let him know how terrible the consequences would be for messing with other people's things!

Conan ignored his reprimand, but pointed at the monitor with his little hand and said, "Look, the moment he was about to chop him, the criminal jumped in front of him."

At first, he didn't find anything special.

However, after rewinding the videotape for a while, he noticed that Boss Manaka had made some small movements before his death.

For example, while the murderer was not paying attention, he wrote something on a piece of paper and then held it in his hand.

Conan seriously suspects that what was written on the note might be the true identity of the murderer, or perhaps an important clue related to him.

"Ok?"

"He seemed to have discovered something, holding a note..."

"Next is the pen on the table!"

Subconsciously, everyone followed his gaze and looked towards the screen.

On the surveillance screen, after being attacked from behind by the armored man, Boss Manaka did not do nothing.

Before the armored man turned around and was about to strike him with another sword, he seemed to have discovered something from the armored man, then hurriedly picked up a piece of paper and a pen on the table and started writing.

But after writing for a while, he threw the pen away in anger, as if he had discovered something that made him particularly angry.

But just as he crumpled the note into a ball and held it in his hand, the armored man's next attack arrived.

Then, he was completely defenseless and had no power to resist, and the next second, he was hit head-on by the armored man.

"What did he write? Why did he throw away the pen? And where is the note now?"

Recalling the scene on the surveillance screen where Boss Manaka was nailed to the wall by the armored man, with the note still tightly clenched in his hand, Maori Kogoro and Inspector Megure looked at each other and said in unison, "Could it be that the note is still in Boss Manaka's hand?"

If the note is still there, then the next thing will be easy.

After all, anything that could make Boss Manaka write down in such a dangerous situation must be an important clue related to the murderer, or simply the murderer's name.

As long as they can investigate based on the contents of that note, I believe the truth will soon come to light!

However, while they were surprised by this major discovery, they also felt a little worried and uneasy.

the reason is simple.

Because the note was not hidden in a place where it was not easy to be found, but was just held in the hand of Boss Manaka. They were a little worried that the murderer would notice the existence of the note after killing Boss Manaka.

If such a thing were really discovered, then the progress of their investigation would undoubtedly be deadlocked again!

After all, if the murderer really noticed the note with information related to his identity, it is impossible for him to risk his identity being exposed and do nothing!

Who knows, the note might have been destroyed or taken away by him a long time ago!
Of course, if they were worried that the note would be found by the murderer, they would not look for it and let such an important clue slip away from their hands. That would not be their style.

We also cannot rule out the possibility that the murderer was too panicked after killing the person and did not clean up the scene, thus missing the note in Boss Manaka's hand.

Thinking of this, Inspector Megure quickly led everyone to Boss Manaka's body, and then arranged for his subordinates to check it out.

To their surprise, the note was not discovered by the murderer and was still in the hand of Boss Manaka.

However, perhaps because Boss Manaka clenched his fists too tightly before his death and did not let go until his death, it took everyone a lot of effort to take out the note.

After unfolding the note, everyone saw only a crooked handwriting on it.

And these words just happen to form two characters, or a surname!
It is——Kubota!
(End of this chapter)