Chapter 487

This case has nothing to do with Shinryu Hanchuan, and even Jinpei Matsuda, who said those words, did not misunderstand this.

He was referring to how, in order to get Kenji Hagiwara, who couldn't get time off work, to come to the kite festival, Kagawa Shinryu ignored the opportunity to prevent the victim from falling into the river and indifferently let things escalate to this point.

Matsuda Jinpei trusted Samikawa Shinryu's bottom line and believed that if Samikawa Shinryu crossed the line, he would tell him and Hagiwara Kenji, as was their agreement... But he never trusted Samikawa Shinryu's moral standards.

But since Shinryu Sugawa has always been a mysterious person, as long as he doesn't commit murder or arson, Matsuda Jinpei felt that he could still tolerate him as a friend.

It's not that Matsuda Jinpei was biased towards his relatives or unreasonable, or that he was too lenient with his friends; it's just that Matsuda Jinpei's thought process was like this:

Matsuda Jinpei does have a sense of justice, and he is somewhat annoyed by Samikawa Shinryu's laissez-faire behavior, but he will not impose his own standards on others, especially Samikawa Shinryu, who is already quite good at not killing out of curiosity.

In any case, Japanese law does not state that failing to render aid is a crime—since Shinryu Samakawa is innocent, the guilty party is the perpetrator who harmed the victim.

If Hanchuan Shenliu weren't here, the victim might have died directly, and things wouldn't be any better than they are now. So, isn't it normal that he only treated the innocent Hanchuan Shenliu poorly and didn't intend to take Hanchuan Shenliu seriously?

So Conan watched as Matsuda Jinpei reprimanded Samikawa Shinryu, and then the conversation ended there, moving on to the next topic.

"Where's the evidence?"

Conan Edogawa: "...?"

Do you police officers always jump around like this when you chat?

However, since it was related to the case, he stopped dwelling on it and interrupted directly: "Officer Matsuda, Mr. Kankawa, are you discussing this case? It doesn't seem to be an accident."

“That’s definitely not it.” Although Matsuda Jinpei wasn’t very familiar with Edogawa Conan, he had received spoilers from Samukawa Shinryu and knew that the boy was actually the high school detective Kudo Shinichi. So he answered Edogawa Conan’s question naturally, “It’s an obvious trap. It was deliberate. I just don’t know how the culprit managed to make someone fall in front of everyone.”

Conan Edogawa pondered: "Indeed, but I think..."

Before Conan Edogawa could begin his analysis and reasoning, Shinryu Samikawa suddenly spoke.

"No need for that. Just ask the victim when they wake up."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

Conan Edogawa: "..."

"You really know how to make things easy." Matsuda Jinpei's lips twitched. "But he's still not awake, and the ambulance will be here soon..."

Han Chuan Shenliu pondered for a moment, then turned and walked towards the victim lying on the ground.

Conan Edogawa instinctively took a step forward, but was stopped by Jinpei Matsuda.

“It’s alright, let him go,” Matsuda Jinpei said. “When he wants to do something serious, everything will go smoothly.”

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

He understood the unspoken meaning.

This means that Han Chuan Shenliu has always been perfunctory, and he was even perfunctory just now.

Okay...

Because Conan Edogawa once suspected that Shinryu Samikawa was a member of the organization, and still does now, he, like Jinpei Matsuda, has very low expectations of Samikawa. He remained calm and did not show any negative emotions when he heard these words that would make people question Samikawa's police career.

This shows that by first lowering one's initial impression, people will have extremely low expectations of them.

If a good person does a hundred good deeds but only one bad deed, people will think that he was just putting on an act. But if a bad person does a hundred bad deeds but only one good deed, people will be tempted to wonder if he had some hidden difficulties in the past.

Both Hanakawa Shinryu and Usaku Saiki used this tactic to perfection. Just like everyone in the organization, including the organization's boss, felt that a good Hanakawa Shinryu was one who didn't go crazy, regardless of whether he worked or not. Matsuda Jinpei, on the other hand, felt that a good Hanakawa Shinryu was one who didn't kill, set fires, or cross the line of human decency, regardless of whether he worked perfunctorily or had a sense of justice.

Han Chuan Shenliu had already walked to the victim's side and reached out to press several places on the other person's body.

There was nothing wrong at first; the water he had choked on had already been vomited up. It probably just startled the unconscious victim into slowly waking up.

Coincidentally, Date Wataru was still interrogating the victim's acquaintances, and the guy identified by Kanakawa Shinryu as the murderer was still defending himself.

"I don't know why he fell! I shouted for him to stop! But we were too far apart, I don't know if he heard me..."

Date Wataru noticed that the person who was explaining suddenly stopped speaking, and he also felt a chill come from behind him.

He turned his head as usual and saw Han Chuan Shenliu: "Is there something you need?"

Although his relationship with Hanchuan Shenliu wasn't as good as his old classmates, he knew very well that Hanchuan Shenliu was the kind of person who wouldn't come to him unless he needed something, and rarely took the initiative to do anything. The fact that he had come to see him now meant that he probably had something important to say.

"To save you some time," Han Chuan Shenliu said calmly, "he is the murderer."

The murderer: "…………Huh?"

Although I am indeed the murderer, you have no right to say that to me! Aren't you the one who looks more suspicious?! How can the police believe you!

The murderer looked timidly at the young man, who had a dangerous aura and was dressed in sunglasses and a mask, as if he were someone to be ashamed of, and hesitated to speak.

What's terrifying is that the police actually seemed quite serious about taking this suspicious person's words into account!

God, you can believe this?!

Is this what Japanese police are like? No wonder they're so unreliable!

The murderer was so shocked that he even forgot that he had planned to take advantage of the police's unreliability to escape the law. He felt that the police chatting happily with such a suspicious person had crossed the line that he, as a taxpayer, could not accept, and he wanted to curse.

Although terrified of this person, the murderer knew that remaining silent under such suspicion would only make him more suspicious, so he weakly said, "What makes you say that? Show me the evidence..."

As the ambulance siren blared, the dangerous-looking young man calmly said, "Oh, the victim has woken up."

Date Wataru: "..."

Prisoner: “…………”

Matsuda Jinpei ran over at this moment and chimed in: "The victim has already confessed that they communicated by connecting two mineral water bottles as a microphone, so the video only shows this guy seemingly drinking water, as if he didn't direct the victim to fall in... If someone goes to retrieve the bottles, they should be able to see the holes."

Date Kou's lips twitched at the rapid progress: "A modified paper cup telephone? That's so creative?"

Han Chuan Shenliu bluntly stated, "This is a mechanism at the elementary school level, the least technically advanced one I've ever encountered in my life."

Prisoner: “…………”

"Especially in situations where there are not many people, even if someone falls into the river, they can easily be rescued. As long as they are not dead, they will be identified... The plan is very crude, just something you think about in your head, and you actually dare to use it."

If anyone else had said this, the prisoner might have tried to put up a last-ditch effort, but since it was Hanchuan Shenliu who said it, the prisoner dared not refute it.

Han Chuan Shenliu didn't let him off the hook: "Why did you kill him? You'd better have a good reason."

The prisoner looked at the victim walking towards him with a complicated expression. He knew that there was no point in denying it now, so he readily agreed.

"...Because there wasn't time to come up with a more detailed plan, I just wanted to kill him as soon as possible. Not only was he married, but he also seduced the person I liked and caused her to commit suicide! I can't forgive him!"

Not only did the ambulance arrive empty-handed, but when the police car arrived, Inspector Megure saw that the case had already been solved and couldn't help but sigh in exasperation.

Did I come all this way for nothing again?

“It’s not like we came for nothing. Someone still has to be responsible for escorting the prisoners back to the Metropolitan Police Department, right?” said Kanakawa Shinryu. “Besides, since we’re already here, why don’t you leave the second-year graduate student with us?”

Inspector Megure was speechless for a moment: "He has to go to work today..."

Han Chuan Shenliu gestured for him to look at the scene: "Someone always needs to clean up the case scene."

"Fine!" Inspector Megure was used to fulfilling Fukami's requests. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal, as long as there was a legitimate reason. "Then, Hagiwara-kun, you can stay here and deal with the situation before going back."

Kenji Hagiwara smiled helplessly and said, "Thank you, Inspector."

Inspector Megure muttered to himself, "If it weren't impossible, I would have suspected you guys were trying to trick me."

Having heard clearly, Kenji Hagiwara remained silent: "..."

Well, although he doesn't know anything yet, he already has a feeling that Kofumi Ryu might not be entirely innocent...

In a way, it also reflects trust in Hanakawa Shinryu's ability to cause trouble.

Kenji Hagiwara always felt that whatever goal Shinryu Samakawa wanted to achieve, regardless of the means, the result would definitely satisfy Shinryu Samakawa.

Ambulances and police cars came and went in a hurry, allowing the kite festival to continue.

Kenji Hagiwara didn't know what else there was to study at the scene. At most, he watched his subordinates retrieve the plastic bottles from the river as evidence, so he leisurely treated it as a free vacation and greeted his acquaintances.

Soon it was Date Wataru and his fiancée's turn to compete, so Hagiwara Kenji was able to have a more in-depth conversation with Matsuda Jinpei, discussing how Samikawa Shinryu had caused trouble while he was away.

Matsuda Jinpei went on and on, recounting everything that had been said by Samikawa Shinryu, just so he could relay it to Hagiwara Kenji at this moment.

Unable to bear it any longer, Hanchuan Shenliu turned around and went to play with Edogawa Conan.

Conan Edogawa has already sheepishly returned to the Detective Boys.

Sigh, with Mr. Hanukawa involved in the case, I really don't feel involved at all... I'd rather discuss "the sister outside the domain" with Ai Haibara.

When Sumikawa Shinryu walked over, Ai Haibara was very tense, but she still stood firmly in place.

She thought that Suzumawa Shinryu had come to see Edogawa Conan and that she would be able to find an excuse to leave soon. However, she did not expect that Suzumawa Shinryu's chilling dark red eyes would be looking at Haibara Ai thoughtfully.

Conan Edogawa also sensed something was wrong and quietly blocked Ai Haibara's path: "Um, Mr. Kagawa, is there something you need from Ai Haibara?"

Hanchuan Shenliu calmly looked away: "It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that I know more and more people who look like Haibara-san."

Conan Edogawa: "...Huh?"

Who is it? They look like Ai Haibara...

Hanchuan Shenliu glanced at Edogawa Conan: "Didn't you notice?"

Conan Edogawa really didn't notice.

Judging from Hanchuan Shenliu's tone, it seems that he should also know the so-called "person who looks a lot like Haibara Ai"...

Who could it be...?

Huh?

Conan Edogawa suddenly had a flash of inspiration—the "sister from outside the domain" in Sera Masumi's photo! She looks just like Ai Haibara!!!

Wait a minute, Mr. Hanchuan shouldn't have seen that photo... So who is Mr. Hanchuan referring to?