in2ebook Chapter 274 The murderer's identity remains a mystery
Chapter 274 The murderer's identity remains a mystery
Seeing his unlearned son, Nishizaki Shunpei held his forehead with a headache and said, "Behave yourself these days! Stay home! As for the case over there, we don't need to get involved."
It was just a few deaths, so they could just wait for the police to handle it. Now they just had to wait for Shirakawa Qiu to be dealt with so they could get on with their "business."
Nothing else matters.
Nishizaki Chi was a little unconvinced: "But the murderer killed all our people!"
If they can't even catch the murderer in the end, wouldn't they be laughed at?
Nishizaki Hayabusa glared at him. "They're just passers-by in the business world. There's no need to worry about them. Just listen to me. The bodyguards assigned to you must stay by your side at all times. Do you understand?"
Nishizaki Shaku pursed his lips: "I know, I know."
However, after leaving his father's office, Nishizaki immediately took out his cell phone and typed on it: [Dear, I miss you. Can you come to my place tonight?]
When he saw the negative reply, Nishizaki Chi's face fell and he became furious.
However, the next moment, after seeing the content clearly, Nishizaki Chiba smiled again.
He got into the car with a group of bodyguards, but was going to another place.
One of the bodyguards couldn't help but say: "Master Xi Qi, this doesn't seem to be the direction back to the old house——"
Nishizaki glanced at him and said in a cold tone, "Why? Do you still care where your employer goes?"
Bodyguard: "But didn't Mr. Nishizaki ask you to—"
Nishizaki Shaku yelled, "Stop the car!"
The luxurious Rolls-Royce stopped immediately, and then Nishizaki Shaku kicked the bodyguard out of the car without any hesitation.
"Walk."
The driver didn't dare disobey, and the other two bodyguards didn't dare to speak either. They could only sit there in silence, acting as mindless tools...
……
An hour later, Shirakawa Akane walked out of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Station safely.
"Thank you very much for your cooperation." Ayanokouji Fumimaro said softly.
"It's okay. Cooperating with the police is the duty of every citizen." Shirakawa Qiu also answered politely.
Behind him, Conan and Hattori Heiji were also waving at him: "Mr. Shirakawa!"
Baichuanqiu walked over.
"Mr. Shirakawa, are you okay?" Conan asked, looking up.
"It's okay." Bai Chuanqiu shook his head, "I'm honored that you can come and pick me up."
"Hey, let's not talk about this——" Hattori Heiji hurriedly pulled Shirakawa Qiu forward, "Quick, Conan and I found something, I hope to confirm it with you——"
Baichuan Qiu: "..."
Hey, just talk, don’t touch me!
Damn black detective, be careful or I’ll kill you with my knife!
Shirakawa Qiu's expression twisted for a moment, then he took a step forward imperceptibly, breaking free from Hattori Heiji's clutches, and said calmly, "Let's go."
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The monk's restaurant.
"...So, according to the investigation that Conan and I conducted today, the fire that occurred here last year was not an accident at all. Instead, someone deliberately ignited the gas tank in the kitchen and directed the fire, causing Miss Nagai Nako to die tragically in the fire."
Hattori Heiji and Conan talked incessantly about their investigations and reasonings to Shirakawa Akane, and finally made this summary.
"Conan and I suspect that the current murder is related to this fire. It is very likely that the three deceased caused this tragedy."
"The murderer must be someone who knew Nagai Nako, perhaps a relative or a friend. Everything he's doing now is out of revenge!"
Baichuan Qiu listened quietly and did not comment on what they said.
Originally, he only knew who the murderer was in this case, and the story behind the murderer had to be discovered and explored by Conan and the others.
And now, getting their survey results for free is indeed an easy and pleasant thing.
"So this is ah."
Bai Chuanqiu sighed: "I didn't expect you guys to have already investigated so many things. It's really amazing."
"Hehe..." Hattori Heiji scratched his head embarrassedly, "Thanks to the help of Miss Anzi and the monk, otherwise Conan and I's investigation would not have been so smooth."
"Do you have any guesses about the murderer behind this?" Baichuan Qiu asked.
"As for me right now—" Hattori Heiji grimaced, "I think it was someone in the geisha house, but I don't have any evidence."
Conan: "The other party's methods were too clean and simple, leaving almost no traces. Judging from the three cases so far, I think the other party should be a woman, but the second case is a little special, and we can't figure it out at the moment."
In the first case, the head of the corpse was hit multiple times, and there was an obvious sense of venting anger. However, judging from the marks on the body, the force was between that of a slightly stronger woman and a slightly weaker man, and it was not very clear.
In the second case, the deceased was hung up while still alive. He must have struggled violently at the time, but the murderer was still able to hang him up. It can be seen that the murderer's strength is far beyond the strength of a woman or even a normal man. They also looked at the scene and there was no possibility of mechanism. This casts a big question mark on whether the murderer is a man or a woman.
In the third case, the deceased was waiting for a woman, and the surveillance footage showed that after the other party opened the door, he let the person in the cloak enter the room without any vigilance. In other words, the murderer is very likely the person the deceased was waiting for. From this perspective, the murderer should be a woman - of course, ahem, it is not ruled out that the deceased had special hobbies.
So to be honest, this result of being able to be either male or female is really a bit disappointing.
After investigating for a long time, we were still unable to determine the gender of the murderer. It was really a headache.
Hattori Heiji shifted his focus to the matter of the geisha house and looked at Shirakawa Akane expectantly: "Mr. Shirakawa should have been investigating the geisha house these days, right? Any results?"
He and Conan were busy investigating the fire case and had not had time to find Miss Anzi to ask her about the geisha house in detail.
Besides... it's a bit strange for two little brats to ask Miss Xingzi about something like that.
Bai Chuanqiu stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and then said seriously, "Geisha houses do engage in illegal business, and many people in geisha houses are not pure geishas, but entertainers who have changed careers to geisha."
"Eh?"
Conan and Hattori Heiji opened their eyes wide.
"Didn't I tell you before? Many of them were originally artists for Xingyao Entertainment, but Xingyao Entertainment despised them for being worthless, so they released them here to be hostesses." Bai Chuanqiu stated this calmly. "Of course, as you can see, they also force these poor people to sell their bodies."
“This is simply too much!”
Hattori Heiji clenched his fists and slammed them hard on the table, making a "bang" sound.