Conan's Corpse Picker

Xuantian Longde was stunned for a moment, recovered after a while, shook his head with tears and confessed: "It's really me! I have always had sleepwalking symptoms when I was a child, and it happened again recently, it must have been at that time..."

Seeing him waving his tear-stained hands excitedly, Jiang Xia couldn't help but step back a bit: "...If it's not you, then it's not you."

Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanhe also persuaded: "Yes, yes, why do you insist on taking the blame for yourself? ——Since it was sleepwalking, you probably don't remember what happened during that time, so how can you say that you are committing a crime?"

"??" Xuantian Longde failed to understand the brain circuits of these young people.He repeated it several times, but no one listened to what he said, and he was a little annoyed for a while:

"You, you... Did you commit the crime or me! Who else could be the murderer besides me? ——The place where the first arson case happened was right next door to my house. The owner of the house where the accident happened was a friend of my father and also from my shop. regulars.

"When he visited, I gave him Guan Yu's key chain. Not long after, his house suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night, and the police found the iconic 'red horse' in his house, which was the one I gave him. gifts.

"I didn't think much about it at first. I just thought that the neighbor was very unlucky. I thought the horse's base was of high quality and very fire-resistant. But after reading the report the next day, I found out that the owner had no idea where the 'red horse' came from. Come! The police speculated that it was a token left by the arsonist, and it was used to refer to the arsonist's jargon 'red horse', provoking the police... Do you know what this means!"

What he said sounded a little weird and scary.

But Mao Lilan, Yuan Shanheye, had completely believed Jiang Xia's words at this time, and felt that the arsonist was someone else, so they thought about it rationally: "...It means that your neighbor is old and has a bad memory? ——Since he is your father's age, he should be quite old."

"It's not for this reason!" Xuantian Longde shook his head in grief and indignation.Before Jiang Xia came out, he never thought that surrendering himself would be so difficult:

"I must have been hallucinating - I secretly put the red horse in his house and didn't remember it, and then I had a sleepwalking attack, and I couldn't help following the keychain, ran to his house and set it on fire.

"The case of the [-]-chome of Kabado-cho was the same not long ago-I was so scolded by Mrs. Zhujiao, and I was actually very angry...I must have pretended to endure it, but in fact I turned back uncontrollably, and after putting down the keychain, Burned down her house."

1165 [I'm too cruel, don't come close] Ask for a monthly ticket ヽ(〃?〃)ノ~

After Xuantian Longde finished speaking seriously, he looked at the three high school students with tears in his eyes, waiting for them to call the police.

However, Mao Lilan and Yuanshan Heye, who seem to be easy to talk, just turned their heads and glanced at Jiang Xia with a determined expression. Then they turned their heads and touched their chins as if they were infected by the detective, wondering:

"But, in the final analysis, this is just your speculation—you sound like you don't have any grudges with your neighbor, and you have a good relationship. Why did you burn down his house? It wasn't sleep time when the fourth-chome was burned, why did you Sudden sleepwalking? What about the second and third chomes, you probably don’t know those people at all, right?”

"..."

Xuantian Longde was questioned by them, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "Maybe I have developed from sleepwalking to split personality, and it was my other personality who set the fire..."

As he spoke, he was not so sure.Because thinking about it carefully, when Mrs. Zhujiao's house was on fire this afternoon, he was conscious the whole time, and there seemed to be no fragments in time, and he didn't remember how he set the fire at all.

Hearing that he finally stopped fighting, Jiang Xia nodded with relief: "Have you read Agatha Christie's reasoning?"

Xuantian Longde was startled, and shook his head: "I'm usually too busy, rarely."

"No wonder." Jiang Xia seemed to have expected his answer, "Then I suggest you read more, so as not to be blamed by common methods—one of her books is the famous abc murder case, in which a supporting role and you situation is similar.

"The murderer hides the target he really wants to kill among a series of people with similar characteristics, so as to blur the motive of killing, and at the same time introduce a scapegoat like you.

"And the current situation is that besides you, there are three other important suspects in this serial arson case. It just so happens that one of them is a feng shui master, the other is a fortune-teller, and the other is a psychiatrist... all of them can pass some kind of Or superstitious or scientific methods affect your actions.

"I think, instead of taking the blame for others, you should take the initiative and help us deceive the real culprit... Cough, help us make the real culprit realize his mistakes and correct them as soon as possible."

As he said that, Jiang Xia looked at the manager of the antique shop who insisted on distributing leaflets from morning to night, and guessed exactly what he cared about:

"If you are the real culprit, you should really turn yourself in. But if you don't think about it, have you ever thought about the scale of reports that this serial arson case that has attracted media attention will attract?

"Not everyone who has read the rumors can see the clarification in time, which means that there will always be some people in the future who think your store is a 'murderer's store' - you don't want your beloved store to Take the stigma on your back."

"..." Xuantian Longde was persuaded.

He really didn't want to damage the shop he worked so hard to manage, and he didn't want to be a really crazy arsonist—otherwise, he wouldn't drag it until the fourth arson case under the circumstances of highly suspecting that he was the murderer Only after he was killed did he plan to confess and "surrender himself".

but……

Xuantian Longde raised his head, looked at the confident young detective on the opposite side, and carefully asked, "What should I do?"

"After the arson case happened, haven't you been receiving related mental treatment?" Jiang Xia thought for a while, and made a friendly suggestion, "Although I don't think the murderer is you, this is only a speculation after all, and further confirmation is needed— —It's better to tell your doctor about your doubts about "sleepwalking" and "split personality", and don't hide anything, so that he can give more professional advice.

"Also, if possible, I want to go to your house tomorrow to look for possible clues. After searching, I can make a bed on the ground and stare at it all night to see if you will 'sleepwalk' after falling asleep."

At first, Xuantian Longde nodded repeatedly while listening.

Hearing the last sentence, he was stunned for a moment: "But, in case I suddenly switch to the personality of a murderer at night, it will be very dangerous for you to stay near me..."

"Xiao Lan——!"

Suddenly there was a shout from downstairs.

Xuantian Longde was taken aback, and the rest of the words were interrupted.

He nervously turned his head to look at the entrance of the corridor, and saw a strange combination of a familiar police department, a black-skinned detective who looked like a high school student, and a primary school student, rushing upstairs quickly.

……

The three newcomers looked a little dignified at first.

However, after hearing what happened just now, especially Xuantian Longde's plan to surrender himself, the two detectives quickly understood.

The Gongchang police department remembered something, looked at Xuantian Longde, and confirmed with relief:

"So you appeared near Zhujiao's house before and after the fire, and you looked flustered. In fact, it wasn't because you were stepping on the spot to commit crimes, but because you were busy recovering the Guan Yu keychain that had already been sent?"

"Yes." Xuantian Longde sighed: "After the arson case happened, I was very scared, so I found an excuse and changed the small gifts in the store from Guan Yu keychains to common lucky cats.

"Unexpectedly, when I was distributing gifts and brochures just now, a customer was more enthusiastic and opened the box in front of me. I just found out that the lucky cat inside... I don't know when it was replaced by Guan Yu of Chitu.

"I think I must be sick again. In order to prevent the inner demon from setting fire, I can only call back those customers who have accepted my gifts one by one, so..."

Jiang Xia nodded thoughtfully: "So in the afternoon, why did you suddenly go to Kabadocho to distribute those small gifts?"

"Well, you also know that people in our line of business occasionally believe in Feng Shui superstitiously." Xuantian Longde said shyly:

"I know a very good feng shui master, he said that there is my auspicious place - anyway, I will send hair wherever I go, so I will go there first."

"Mr. Feng Shui?!"

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at him mischievously: "The feng shui master you mentioned wouldn't ask Sowo to fuck me, right?"

——This is the guy who cuckolded the husband of the deceased and went to the deceased's house to search for the cheating video tape.

"That's right." Xuantian Longde mentioned him, with a hint of admiration in his tone, "You young people may look down on Fengshui. But in fact, Fengshui is also a complicated knowledge-Mr. Zeng Wo used to study medicine, and he originally also Can become a high-status psychiatrist, but he later devoted himself to Feng Shui. Do you know what that means? This…”

"It means that he can not only control you with Feng Shui, but also control you spiritually."

Hattori Heiji didn't like to listen to these superstitions, so he couldn't help but interrupt him, "Since we have an investigation direction, let's go to the scene of the crime and Mr. Xuantian's house to take a look."

1166 [Burn the hateful detective! 】

The Gongchang Police Department glanced at the watch and shook his head: "It's too late today, and we don't have a search warrant. The family next to the deceased has children. They must be asleep now, and they may not let us in. We will go tomorrow." Bar."

The two detectives investigating the above could only temporarily stop.A group of people went back to their respective homes.

……

After Xuantian Longde got home, he couldn't sleep at all, for fear that if he closed his eyes, he would run to another five-chome and burn the house down.

He stayed up all night, and in the morning, he suddenly remembered what Jiang Xia said earlier, and quickly sent an email to his attending doctor, Zhu Jiaoliang, wanting to make an appointment to confirm his condition.

Originally, considering that Dr. Zhujiao had just passed away his wife and his busy schedule, Xuantian Longde felt that Jiang Xia might be disappointed—the doctor might not see him at all.

However, unexpectedly, less than half an hour after the email was sent, Dr. Zhujiao sent a reply:

[Some things happened to my family, I have suspended my work, and I will not receive patients in the near future.

But I have always felt that we can chat very well, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are friends.In this case, I'll make another exception and see you - I'm free all day tomorrow, and you can come to me anytime. ]

Xuantian Longde breathed a sigh of relief, and was a little moved: Doctor Zhujiao is really a warm-hearted person.With his help in diagnosing mental illnesses, coupled with Jiang Xia's reasoning ability, the real culprit should be found out soon.

I really look forward to the combination of medicine and detective power.

……

the next day.

Several detectives remembered yesterday's plan and went to the scene of the arson at Kubado-cho [-]-chome first. The children next door to Zhujiao's house seemed to have witnessed the moment of the fire through the curtain that night.

"I said it last time." The children were quite hospitable. When they heard that they came to ask about this matter, they immediately led a few detectives and policemen into the room where they were watching TV, and pointed out to them, "At that time The TV is here, and I’m sitting here, and there’s the curtain over there. When Masked Rider began to sing the theme song, the next door suddenly became brighter. I turned my head and saw a very——big horse shadow falling on it. On the curtain!"

Several people quickly heard the question: "The shadow is so clear, didn't you turn on the light at that time?"

"Yes." The child whispered in the tone of sharing secrets, "This way, even at home, you can have a movie-like experience!"

Yuan Shan and Ye couldn't help scaring him: "But you are still young, watching TV like this is easy to be nearsighted - then you have to wear heavy glasses."

"Huh?" The child was taken aback, then turned to look at Conan with a nervous expression, "Is it like him?"

Conan: "..." Mine is a plain mirror, a plain mirror! !

With a twitch in the corner of his eyes, he silently pushed the glasses he used to confuse his appearance, turned his head, and decided not to bother with the brat.

……

The little kid, while infuriating, does provide an extremely important clue.

——The shadow he saw at first was very upright, without the flickering and shaking that usually occurs when it is irradiated by flames, it only started to shake later.

And this also means that before the flame burns, another extremely bright thing lights up first, and then suddenly catches fire.

"It should be an incandescent lamp." Hattori Heiji and Conan discussed in a low voice, "In this case, the operation method is very clear. The 'alibi' that was not here at [-]:[-] will also be overturned—— The suspects are indeed those three guys, especially those two men - I have long felt that it sounds too dreamy and unreasonable to use the alibi to frame the only murderer..."

……

After going to the scene of the discovery, go to Xuantian Ryutoku's house to look for clues, and everything is almost over.

Xuantian Longde went to the hospital for treatment, and he didn't know when he would come back.

Hearing that several detectives were going to his house, he handed over the spare key to the leader of the Gongchang police department in advance.

……

When the detectives went to Xuantian Ryutoku's house to find clues.

On the other side, Xuantian Longde came to the place he had made an appointment with Zhujiaoming, and was chatting with his trusted doctor Zhujiao about recent events.

"...That is to say, you suspect that you may have paranoia, or one of split personality disorders. Paranoia is because you think the arsonist is yourself, and split personality is because you think you really set the fire? "Zhu Jiaoming pushed his glasses, with a gentle expression on his face, but his heart was overwhelmed.

——It shouldn't be like this.

He had carefully planned everything. Now, Xuantian Ryuto should firmly believe that he is the arsonist, and even run to surrender.But……

Zhu Jiaoming couldn't help asking: "...Why do you think so?"

"Actually, at the beginning, I was sure that I was the arsonist." Xuantian Longde sighed, "But someone actually believed me——Jiang Xia...that very powerful detective told me that there was a movie called "Abc Murder" Eucalyptus, the situation of the supporting characters in it is very similar to mine. After I watched it, I found that it was really like this.”

"..." Zhu Jiaoming's cold sweat dripped down silently: "Damn detective, what are you doing telling reasoning stories to others when you have nothing to do..."

……