Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 394: Justice Execution! Demons and Knights! (Seeking monthly tickets!)

"You are the criminal, right?"

Looking at Director Ochiai coldly, Maori Kogoro asked, "Well, can I ask you a question?"

"Do you have an alibi for when the murder happened, around 4:30?"

After hearing Kogoro Mori's reasoning and his questioning of Director Ochiai, Iijima suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, "Director..."

Faced with Kogoro Mori's accusations and Iijima's uneasy look, Director Ochiai did not try to defend himself, but laughed and admitted his identity as the murderer.

"At half past four I was waiting to meet a demon with a corrupted soul. I thought he was hopeless, so I hid in my armor..."

"Then what happened next was exactly as you said, Mr. Detective."

Hearing this, Iijima was shocked.

Director Ochiai has said this and made it so clear. If he still doesn't understand that the armored man in the surveillance video is the most beloved Director Ochiai in front of him, then he is really stupid!
No matter how unwilling he is to believe and admit this!

Maori Kogoro frowned slightly, "But why was the video successfully captured at that time?"

As the director of this art museum, he didn't believe that Director Ochiai didn't know where the security cameras were in his home.

However, the other party knew that there was a burglar-proof camera in the room where the painting "Heavenly Punishment" was placed, but he still chose this room to commit the crime. As a result, his crime was recorded in full, and his identity as a murderer was finally exposed. He was very puzzled about this.

"That was not a coincidence, but the result of a careful plan..." Shaking his head slightly, Director Ochiai explained all the preparations he had made to kill Boss Manaka. "For example, the timing for Boss Manaka to jump in front of him, the position of the sticker, the position of the ballpoint pen, all of which were specially calculated. For this, I practiced here several times."

- If, after taking over the Middle Ages Art Museum, Mr. Manaka continued to run the museum in accordance with the agreement with the previous owner until the museum had to close down due to poor business and lack of profitability, then at that time, even if the other party converted the museum into a hotel or other place, he would not say anything.

After all, no matter how much it claims to be artistic, the Zhongshi Art Museum is ultimately a commercial building. It is true that he loves art, but one cannot ask the boss, Zhenzhong, as a businessman, to open the museum even if it means losing money.

That would be too selfish.

But the crux of the matter is that Boss Manaka clearly promised everything, but after officially taking over, he went back on his word and even insulted the artworks in the museum as scrap metal.

No matter what, he could not accept what Boss Manaka had done, let alone forgive this man.

Therefore, even if he will eventually turn into a devil and be severely punished by the law, he must get rid of this devil who will destroy the Medieval Art Museum!
As soon as these words came out, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but raise his head suddenly, "So, the armor that the security personnel saw moving was you?"

No wonder his daughter heard the rumor that the medieval armor could walk by itself in the art museum. It turned out that the instigator was the director of the art museum, Ochiai!
Director Ochiai looked up and admitted it, "That's right!"

Things have come to this point, even if he wants to deny it, no one will believe him.

Moreover, he didn't want to deny it because he never regretted killing Boss Manaka!

Ran Mouri was stunned, because she never thought that such a gentle and approachable Director Ochiai would be a murderer. However, after hearing Director Ochiai admit that he had practiced in the art museum wearing armor, she suddenly thought of another thing.

"Wait, someone is wearing armor and rehearsing a murder? Bai Ye, how come this is exactly the same as what you said before..."

"Hmm?" As soon as these words were spoken, Inspector Megure and others couldn't help but turn their eyes to Mouri Ran.

They were a little curious about why Mao Lilan said that.

Noticing their curiosity, Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips and explained, "Before we came to the art museum, Bai Yejun said that the armor moved by itself in the middle of the night. It is very likely that someone was rehearsing the killing process!"

"what?"

After saying this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but look at Bai Ye excitedly, "Brother Bai Ye, so you knew that a murder would happen in the art gallery?"

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, "Officer Megure, you are joking. How could such an incredible thing exist?"

This is a lie.

He not only knew that a murder would occur in the art gallery, but also knew the murderer and the method used to commit the crime.

He even knows what cases are happening in other places.

After all, he is a time traveler who has watched "Detective Conan".

But this kind of thing definitely can't be said to everyone!
"I was just joking at the time, just trying to scare Xiaolan, but who would have thought that a murder would actually happen in the end? To be honest, even I was surprised!"

"Besides, if I really knew that a murder would happen here, I would definitely find a way to stop it!"

"I see."

Everyone suddenly understood.

It turned out to be just a blind guess. They almost thought that there were people in this world with super powers who could predict the future.

After taking a deep look at her boyfriend, Mao Lilan always felt that he was hiding something. However, since her boyfriend was unwilling to say it, as a qualified girlfriend, she would naturally not force him to do something he didn't want to do. Thinking of this, she cast her eyes on Director Ochiai and asked curiously, "But why did you kill Boss Manaka, Director Ochiai?"

In her impression, Director Ochiai was a kind and amiable old grandfather. She really couldn't understand why he would do such a cruel thing.

Is the other person's kindness just a disguise, or is there some secret that she doesn't know about?

Perhaps he had already accepted his fate. In response to the questions from Mao Lilan and others, Director Ochiai answered them all. "Maybe you will think it's stupid, but all this was done to get rid of Boss Manaka."

"Because he is too selfish and wants to destroy this sacred art museum. Therefore, I will get rid of this devil. He will never take away the artworks that are as precious to me as my own children." When he said this, Director Ochiai paused and looked at Kubota on the side, "And Kubota who sells the artworks carelessly, I will also punish you!"

In fact, if his plan had gone according to plan, Kubota should have taken the blame for him and also paid the price for stealing and selling the museum's collections over the years.

However, he did not expect that the detectives present were so capable that they could find evidence so quickly that proved that Kubota was not the real murderer, and even transfer the suspicion of murder from Kubota to himself.

But it doesn't matter. When he decided to get rid of the devil, Boss Manaka, he was mentally prepared to face legal trial.

After all, no matter how abominable what Boss Manaka did was, at the end of the day, killing is killing. Just because the person he killed was a bad person doesn't mean he can be exempted from legal trial and imprisonment.

Moreover, even if he failed to make Kubota take the blame for him, just exposing the fact that the other party had stolen and sold the museum's collections would be enough to get him into trouble.

To some extent, this can be considered as achieving his original goal of making Kubota receive the punishment he deserved!

Noticing the look in Director Ochiai's eyes, Kubota couldn't help but shudder.

He never imagined that Director Ochiai would hate him so much because of those works of art. He hated him so much that even when he was killing someone, he would not forget to trick him and try to put him in prison for life.

At this moment, he vaguely regretted that he should not have touched the artworks in the museum.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

Because, even if the identity of Director Ochiai as the murderer is now exposed, he has successfully cleared the murderer of suspicion.

However, his theft and sale of art museum collections was also exposed by his colleague Iijima.

Next, Director Ochiai, the real murderer, will certainly not have a good end and may even have to spend his whole life in prison, but Kubota will not have a good end either!

Because the crime of stealing and selling the museum's collections alone is enough to make him spend some time in prison.

After looking at Director Ochiai deeply, Maori Kogoro sighed, "Director Ochiai, this is different from the painting. You yourself have been punished by God."

Mao Lilan sighed slightly, "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you; if you fight with the dragon for too long, the warrior himself will become a dragon!"

Director Ochiai looked at Mao Lilan in surprise and said, "Ms. Xiaolan is right. Just like the painting, although the devil was killed by the righteous knight, the knight was also baptized by the evil blood, which means that he himself was also contaminated by the devil!"

Honestly speaking, although Boss Manaka's selfish attitude and behavior that disregarded other people's efforts were despicable, this was not a reason for him to lose his life. As a self-proclaimed knight of justice, he was not qualified to judge whether a person was right or wrong, nor did he have the right to deprive others of their lives without authorization.

In fact, this is also the reason why he did not resist the whole time.

Because, he who arbitrarily deprived others of their lives must also be punished accordingly.

Mao Lilan gently shook her head, "No, Director Ochiai, you misunderstood. I didn't say this, it was Bai Yejun who said it when he saw the heavenly punishment."

"He also said that even though the devil was killed by the righteous knight, the knight would also be baptized by the evil blood. The pure soul would be polluted by the devil, and in the end, he might even become the next devil!"

After taking a deep look at Mao Lilan and Bai Ye, Director Ochiai sighed, "It seems that your good friend not only discovered my murder method, but also guessed my inner thoughts. As expected, he is worthy of being a famous detective!"

Director Ochiai's face did not show any panic of being arrested. Instead, he said calmly, "But, no matter what, I am a murderer. Now I have become the incarnation of the devil."

Director Ochiai is, without a doubt, a perfectionist.

His perfectionism is reflected in the process of committing crimes and his grasp of details.

For example, Kubota was given a job so that he had no alibi; for another example, the armor he wore was a replica, and the authentic paintings were moved out of the way of blood, so that the museum's collections did not suffer any loss;
For example, the entire process of killing Boss Manaka was perfectly captured by surveillance, leading the suspicion of the criminal to Kubota; when Boss Manaka was killed, he was stabbed in the throat with a sword at the same time and nailed to the wall, perfectly replicating the famous painting "The Punishment of Divine Purpose".

He was also a man of chivalry.

After his modus operandi was discovered, he not only did not quibble, but instead very gracefully admitted that he was the murderer of Boss Manaka - "At that time... I was wearing armor, standing in this exhibition room, waiting for that devil - Boss Manaka."

Of course, this may be related to the fact that Director Ochiai already knew that he could not escape the blame when he was arranging the murder of Boss Manaka.

Therefore, in the process of committing the crime, he unconsciously left the police with doubts, and did not make any excuses when questioned by Maori Kogoro. For example, he could have pretended that his ballpoint pen had fallen to the ground and the tip of the pen was broken.

Of course, Director Ochiai's biggest problem is that he has no alibi, but this is also evidence that Director Ochiai does not want to escape responsibility.

Because Director Ochiai's goal is very simple, which is to kill the devil Boss Manaka.

For this, he would rather transform into a devil!

At the same time, as an art museum director and a kind old man, Director Ochiai obviously knew that killing was illegal and that he could not escape the guilt of murder. It was precisely because of this that he did not create any alibi, but calmly accepted his fate.

"And your good friend has become a new knight. He punished me, the incarnation of the devil, but he was not contaminated by the devil. Perhaps, he is the true knight who represents justice!"

At this point, Director Ochiai paused, then cast his gaze towards Bai Ye, "I hope this knight of justice can solve more cases in the future, arrest the real criminals, and give the world the truth and an explanation to the victims!"

As for why he thought that the murder case was solved thanks to Bai Ye, rather than the private detective Maori Kogoro who exposed his true identity and forced him to admit his identity as the murderer?

Nonsense, he is just old, but not blind!

Bai Ye's eyes flickered slightly, "Don't worry, Director Ochiai, I will do it!"

(End of this chapter)