Chapter 357
Because several suspects also inexplicably appeared very quickly, everyone's attention was quickly diverted from Usaku Saiki.
When the ambulance arrived, the two policemen, more concerned for the safety of their colleague, got into the ambulance and did not stay to question Usakata Saiki.
Usaku Saiki got into Kogoro Mouri's car without hesitation and went to the hospital with him.
The police couldn't get any more information from Usui Saiki, but Conan Edogawa couldn't wait to ask him in the car, "Usui-nii, what are you doing here?"
"I said I was just passing by," Bo Yezaki said matter-of-factly. "But what strange case have you guys gotten involved in this time?"
Conan Edogawa glared at Saiki Usaba for a while, feeling a bit aggrieved and disliking Usaba's attempt to change the subject.
The problem was that Ran Mouri wasn't wary enough; she answered for her directly: "It was a very strange scene... I guess because they couldn't leave direct codes for fear the perpetrator would destroy them, they left clues indirectly. One wall was painted red and had the artist's signature added, and the suspects' names all contained colors..."
After listening for a while, Usoya Saiki offered his opinion: "Since they're all painted red, does that mean people whose names contain the sound of 'red' are criminals?"
Conan Edogawa, who had originally wanted to ask a few more questions about why Usaku Saiki was here, got into the zone as soon as he heard the case analysis, forgot his other thoughts, and said irritably.
“If it were that simple, how come the culprit hasn’t been caught yet… because the deceased’s name contains the sound of ‘red’! And it’s not just the red wall that’s strange at the scene; the chairs were nailed to the floor back to back and painted, turning one black and one white, one facing the red wall and the other facing the white wall…”
“Oh.” Bo Ye Saiki thought for a moment, “Then the person whose name contains the character ‘green’ is the murderer.”
Conan Edogawa: "...?!?!?!?!"
Conan Edogawa had already vaguely sensed something and was just a little bit away from giving a hint, but now that he heard it, he immediately realized—that's right! That's exactly it!
It's quite rare that even without explaining the process, Conan Edogawa can understand the reasoning behind Usaku Saiki's deductions.
If you look at the red wall first, and then look at the white wall after a while, visual persistence will occur, causing a complementary color phenomenon. The complementary color of red is green.
The chairs are painted black and white to suggest that you look at the red wall first, then the white wall.
Sigh, once it's explained, the code seems so simple, yet it's been puzzling everyone for so long...
Ran Mouri was still wondering, "Why has it turned green again?"
Kogoro Mouri realized what was happening, explained the principle of visual persistence and complementary colors, and then said with great displeasure, "This kid's reaction is pretty quick."
Conan Edogawa was already used to Saiki Usaba's quick reactions, and since Saiki Usaba never liked to explain, he didn't ask any more questions. He just needed to figure things out for himself.
But Ran Mouri asked curiously, "How did you come up with that, Bo Ye-ge?"
Bo Yezaki responded kindly: "Because the two chairs are painted black and white, and the corresponding walls are white and red, there must be a purpose. Considering that the suspect's name contains a color, it should be related to color changes. Based on this, the criminal may come back first to destroy the code, so it won't be an obvious hint. Looking at white first and then red doesn't change anything, but looking at red first and then white is green."
Ran Mouri: "Wow!"
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
Wait, isn't Bo Ye being a little too nice to Xiao Lan? Even though they met first, he's being so dismissive of her!
Thinking about it carefully, Brother Bo Ye even gave Xiao Lan a dress last time...
Even though she knew that wasn't the case, the jealous girl still felt very unhappy, and she even remembered something she had inadvertently overlooked while discussing the case: "Brother Bo Ye, you said you were just passing by, where were you originally planning to go? Did you really only come down to put out a fire?"
Usoba Saiki smiled and rubbed Edogawa Conan's head: "You already know who the culprit is, why would you doubt a righteous bystander like me?"
"This is just a death code; there's no evidence yet that someone with 'green' in their name is the culprit!"
Despite his stubbornness, Conan Edogawa genuinely suspected that Usaku Saiki got off the train for some strange reason... This did not contradict his belief that Usaku Saiki was not the culprit.
Ran Mouri, however, didn't think it was important and tried to persuade Conan Edogawa: "Come on, Conan-kun, Usui-san was just kindly helping out when he happened to be passing by..."
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
The main point is that Brother Bo Ye wasn't that kind-hearted at all!
With Ran Mouri speaking up for Saiki Usaba, Conan Edogawa was unable to get any information out of him and arrived at the hospital feeling frustrated.
The ambulance didn't need to wait at red lights and arrived earlier than them. It also carried out emergency treatment and examinations on the way. By the time they arrived at the hospital, the person had already been taken to a ward and admitted to the hospital.
Morofushi Takaaki lay unconscious on the hospital bed. Officer Yamato and Uehara Yui, who had rescued Morofushi Takaaki, stood guard by his side. When they entered the room, Uehara Yui took the initiative to explain.
"The doctor said if he doesn't wake up by tomorrow, he'll need to have another check-up... which means it's probably not a big problem."
Yamato Kansuke's expression was grim: "We've got new information now, that email Gao Ming sent me with the 'Dead Kongming' title, we still don't know what it's implying... and those three suspects who inexplicably arrived at the scene..."
Yui Uehara sighed: "The suspects said they received an email asking them to come over, but after checking, they found that the phone that sent the email belonged to a previous victim... It's probably a strategy to drag everyone else into the fire so that they wouldn't be the only ones without an alibi."
After talking for a while, the two policemen finally noticed that the expressions of the people opposite them were not quite right.
It's one thing for Usaku Saiki to be all smiles while facing a fire and people who almost died, which is unpleasant, but why do Edogawa Conan and Mouri Ran look like they want to say something but can't?
Kogoro Mouri coughed and began to steal the spotlight: "Actually, I already know what that red wall is alluding to."
"Oh." Yamato Kansuke, who had long seen through Kogoro Mouri's facade, asked somewhat perfunctorily, "What are you implying?"
"It's green!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed excitedly, combining the explanations about complementary colors previously given by Saiki Usaba and Conan Edogawa.
Ran Mouri couldn't stand it anymore: "Dad, this was clearly deduced by Bo Ye."
Immediately, the two policemen's eyes fell on Usakata Saiki.
They said that such a clever deduction could not have been made by Kogoro Mouri!
But it wasn't that overly clever elementary school student Conan Edogawa, but this suspicious person who inexplicably appeared at a remote scene?
Yui Uehara was delighted: "This... Mr. Usui, thank you so much for your help, just like before, thank you so much."
To be honest, she only helped drag the person for a few dozen meters; she dragged the person down from the second floor... But since the person had helped her a lot, she didn't mind thanking them again.
Although in terms of actions, Usakabe Saiki had indeed been a great help, Yamato Kansuke still felt a little uneasy. It seemed that neither the fire nor the near-death experience had affected the other party's mood, as he was able to maintain a smile. Whether it was due to some intuition or not, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Therefore, after Uehara Yui thanked the other party politely, Yamato Kansuke played the unwelcome role in a rude tone: "Speaking of which, if you were just passing by, you didn't really need to get out of the car. Calling the police would have been enough."
It's such a big house, and I don't even know which room is occupied. Usaku Saiki doesn't seem like a very kind person, which makes it all seem very strange.
Usakabe Saiki: "Oh, because it feels a bit strange."
"strangeness?"
Usakabe Saiki took out his phone: "I saw someone run out of the house. I felt like they had done something wrong, so I got out of the car out of curiosity to come and see... Oh, right, this is a photo I took."
Conan Edogawa and Kansuke Yamato exclaimed in unison, "Why didn't you say something like this sooner?!"
Yamato Kansuke took Usaku Saiki's phone, and Edogawa Conan pulled Yamato Kansuke's arm to look at it. After zooming in on the photo, they indeed saw the person who was rushing out of the house.
“It’s Naoki Suikawa!” Yamato Kansuke gritted his teeth.
Bo Yezaki said with an indifferent expression, "Oh, his name really does have 'green' in it."
Conan Edogawa's lips were twitching.
Sure enough, he knew Brother Bo Ye wouldn't be so kind as to become a righteous bystander for no reason... He knew it was because Brother Bo Ye found something amusing that he suddenly became so enthusiastic!
In some ways, Brother Bo Ye's character is truly trustworthy...
Yamato Kansuke almost rushed out, but was stopped by Usui Saiki, who forcibly took back his phone and sent the photo to Yamato Kansuke separately. Only then did Yamato Kansuke run to find the suspect.
Because all three suspects had just arrived at the fire scene, and after being suspected of murder, they were also suspected of arson, they all went to the hospital to prepare for a new round of interrogation.
They had all claimed to have just arrived at the scene. It's likely that after Midori Kawakami knocked out Morofushi Takaaki and set the fire, he drove around in circles, pretending to have received an email like the others, and wanted others to be his witnesses. Now that this photo has surfaced, their lies have been exposed.
Due to regulations, Uehara Yui couldn't leave Yamato Kansuke alone; she had to accompany him to take statements and interrogate the prisoner. So she had no choice but to leave the ward as well, asking Mouri Ran to look after Morofushi Takaaki, who was still unconscious.
Conan Edogawa was speechless at Usui Saiki's behavior and had no further doubts, so he went with the police to interrogate the criminal.
Kogoro Mouri's craving for a cigarette kicked in, so he went to the stairwell to smoke, leaving only Ran Mouri and Saiki Usaku in the ward.
Ran Mouri chatted with Saiki Usaku for a while longer before saying, "Brother Usaku, there's no need for you to stay."
"It's alright, I'll rest for a bit before I leave." Bo Yezaki glanced at the person on the hospital bed. "Ah, he seemed to have opened his eyes just now..."
Ran Mouri walked over with a delighted expression and, sure enough, saw that Takaaki Morofushi had opened his eyes in a daze. She immediately said happily, "I'll go out and call a nurse to come and take a look!"
Zhu Fugaoming blinked blankly, still feeling dizzy, not quite understanding his current situation: "Here..."
It's a hospital.
Zhu Fu Gaoming's eyes were still a little blurry, and hearing that the voice was unfamiliar, he asked in confusion, "Then who are you...?"
"I was just a kind passerby."
The unfamiliar voice said, "This is something your brother should actually do, but he can't do anything right now... My condolences."
Morofushi Takaaki: "?!?!?!?!"
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Zhu Fugaoming: How can you say "please accept my condolences"? Explain yourself!
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