Conan: I'm Not a Ghost

Sakaki Makoto's iris sphincter contracted suddenly!

Pistol?

Or the famous Colt M1911A1?

This is a classic among classics.

Designed by John Browning, .45 caliber; using 11.43mm bullets, the power is far greater than 9mm pistols

If you are hit by the Colt head-on, if it is the main torso, in most cases, you can be sent to the morgue and the ambulance is not needed.

And the Colt is most famous for its human body suppression.

Although the initial velocity is only 246m/s, the .45 bullet pursues penetration and long-range shooting.

This is a real killer.

Power is its advantage, and recoil and the number of rounds are its minor flaws.

The strong recoil makes it only a trained soldier can control it, but the number of rounds of 7+1 rounds is a flaw.

If the hand speed is fast enough, the magazine can be shot empty in two seconds.

Sakaki Makoto swallowed his saliva.

Because he pulled out two extended magazines from the bottom of the iron box, which could hold three more bullets.

How could the original body have a pistol?

Japan's control over guns is quite strict, and ordinary people can't buy guns at all.

Obviously, the original body doesn't look like someone with a gun license

Illegal possession?

No, that's not right.

According to his profile, the original body should not have used these two pistols.

But these two Colts were well maintained, and the sparse scratches on them showed that they were quite old.

Maybe they were older than him.

Touching the smooth palm oil wood handle, Sakaki Cheng pointed it at his temple, and then.

Click!

The firing pin was triggered, but no bullet was fired.

Sakaki Cheng found out when he checked just now that there were no bullets in the gun, including in the iron box.

There were two pistols but no bullets, this possibility was too low, he leaned over, reached into the drawer, and quickly took out a box of brass bullets.

Looking at the full box of .45 large-caliber pistol bullets, the corners of Sakaki Makoto's mouth twitched twice.

Well, the gun and the bullets are irrefutable evidence. He would never believe that he would be sent to prison for a year or two.

Just when he was about to hide the pistol again, he suddenly found the badge on the handle.

An eagle? No.

It seems to be a resting crow?

Because the gun has been used too many times, the traces of the badge on the palm oil wood handle are a little faint, and Sakaki Makoto can't see it clearly.

But it can still be identified that it is a bird.

Family emblem?

There should be more clues.

Sakaki Makoto took the pistol and looked at it over and over again, but he didn't find any information.

Except for the two crow badges, these two Colts are no different from ordinary pistols. If you have to say, they are well maintained, just like new guns.

Put the pistol back into the box and cover it. Sakaki Makoto reached out and picked up the brass bullets, intending to put it back in the drawer.

Clatter.

Just when he picked up the paper box full of bullets, the paper box eroded by time could no longer bear the weight of the bullets and broke into pieces.

The brass bullets fell all over the floor, and Sakaki Cheng hurriedly leaned over to pick them up.

One. Two

He picked up a bullet with letters engraved on it.

R, a capital letter R.

Why are there letters on the bullet?

It definitely doesn't mean R15, R18, etc.

Some people will engrave family emblems or other symbols, but they are all made in a unified way. The letters on this bullet are crooked, obviously engraved by hand, bit by bit.

Could it be revenge?

Sakaki Cheng knew that in some areas, one of the customs was to engrave the name of the enemy on the bullet, and then use this bullet to kill the enemy to express revenge.

Sakaki Cheng looked at the photo frame on the table again.

He vaguely realized that this seemed to involve a story from a long time ago.

With the current clues, it is impossible to figure out the meaning of the letter R. Makoto Sakaki had to put the bullets and guns back to their original places and put a lock on the drawer.

This thing, if discovered by others, is no joke

The drawer has more than one layer. After Makoto Sakaki closed the first layer of drawers, he opened the second layer.

There was a graduation certificate from the Waseda University Faculty of Literature, which surprised him.

You can't tell that the original body is still a top student.

Haruki Murakami and Ranpo Edogawa graduated from the Waseda University Faculty of Literature.

Closer to reality, there are Ai Fukuhara and Masato Sakai who starred in "Hanzawa Naoki".

In Japan, although Waseda is not as good as the national University of Tokyo, it is also one of the best private universities.

Since you have such a graduation certificate, why do you still stay at home to write novels?

Isn't it better to go out and find a job?

At least it won't fall to such a level.

Sakaki Makoto sighed, feeling a bit sad. He was burdened with 50 million in debt, all thanks to his original body.

If he didn't work hard to make money, he would probably have to go fishing.

Opening the third drawer, it was full of newspaper clippings, dazzling.

What about car explosions, innocent fires in buildings, and a scientist publishing a paper on the reversibility of life.

It was a mess, and it was completely unconnected.

The dates were also different. The earliest date in the newspaper was 1952, and the latest was the explosion in December last year.

The time span was as long as 43 years.

The clues and events in the newspapers are intermittent and difficult to connect together. Makoto Sakaki doesn't know why the original body collected so many newspapers.

At the bottom of the newspaper, a half-burned and slightly yellowed white paper caught his attention.

"When the red water overflows from the crow's nest, it dyes the moon red and finally falls into the abyss."

"Is this a code?"

Makoto Sakaki frowned and contracted, feeling a little puzzled.

This is undoubtedly a code, which should be meant to express something.

The handwriting on it is exactly the same as the three words Kanagawa on the back of the photo frame. It is not difficult to guess that it was done by the same person.

Could it be left by the original body's father?

There is only this sentence on the paper, and the rest of the words have been burned, without any hints at all.

Makoto Sakaki suddenly remembered that there were two crow badges on the pistol in the first drawer.

The code also mentioned crows. Is there any connection between the two, or is it hinting at someone, a family, or an organization?

Reaching into his arms, Sakaki Makoto subconsciously wanted to take out his cell phone to check the crow's mark.

He didn't touch anything.

He then remembered that it was 1996 and cell phones had not yet developed to the point where they could access the Internet. If you wanted to access the Internet, you could only use a computer.

Well, looking at the conditions of this house, there were quite a few books, but computers were out of the question.

Sakaki Makoto put the newspaper and the code paper back, closed the drawer, and sat at the table in a daze.

He was wondering what kind of person the original body was, and why there were so many inexplicable things in the house.

As a mystery novelist, it is normal to collect cases, but it is not normal to have a gun.

Could it be that he wanted to learn from a genius and committed suicide by swallowing a gun because he was stuck in academic difficulties?

He didn't have to swallow two guns!

Is your mouth so big?

Gurgle.

Sakaki Makoto shuddered and suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten for a long time.

The imminent hunger pain made his stomach cramp, as if urging him to eat quickly.

He got up and went to the living room, opened the refrigerator, and found a lot of things inside, including milk, milk, milk, and milk.

Damn it!

Is there nothing else besides milk? !

Sakaki Cheng angrily slammed the refrigerator shut.

You are a cow, and you keep drinking milk!

Oh no, cows eat grass.

Sakaki Cheng rubbed his eyebrows, and the decrease in blood sugar in his body made him irritable and restless, and he wanted to take a bite of everything he saw.

In short, he was starving.

Drinking cold milk on an empty stomach can cause gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea and other conditions, and milk is not enough to satisfy hunger.

After turning the house upside down, he couldn't even find a bucket of instant noodles. Sakaki Cheng was completely desperate.

There was no way, so he had to use his poor wallet.

Either the wallet was hungry, or he was hungry.

There was no need to choose at all, Sakaki Cheng picked up the wallet and went out.