Chapter 4: Serial Cases of High School Girls 3



Gen Saikawa watched as the police officer reacted quickly and rushed forward, shouting, "Police, please get out of the way!", and Conan instantly sneaked over like an alert cat and squeezed into the crime scene. He realized it belatedly and frowned in confusion. What a coincidence?

The long-haired girl next to her had already picked up the phone to call the police, and she seemed very experienced.

Gen Sugawa, who likes to watch the excitement but doesn't like trouble, walked over nonchalantly - it seems that Conan's life is very lively, although it seems that this idea is very forced and ridiculous. But for the sake of a stable life in the future, it is better to stay away from this pair of siblings.

The murder occurred among the people at the table who had just started the argument. The deceased was the man. His eyes were wide open, his face was purple, and his mouth was open in pain. The silent lady was now squatting beside him, about to cry.

Matsuda Jinpei went over to hold his neck and shook his head solemnly, "I'm sorry, the person is already dead."

"Shota, why is this happening..."

But Qichuan Yuan looked at her movements, then looked at her expression, as if thinking about something.

Was this lady actually feeling sorry for him?

She looked at Matsuda Jinpei with red eyes, "Mr. Police, please help me find the murderer."

"Hey!" Mikako pulled her up, with disdain on her face, "Don't cry for such a scumbag!"

As soon as she said this, Jinpei Matsuda and Conan looked at her solemnly. It sounded like she was not surprised at all by this person's death.

"Huh?" Conan looked up curiously, "Is this uncle a bad guy? Why does the elder sister say that about him?"

Mikako glanced down, showing obvious fondness.

"Hello, little brother. This man is indeed a bad guy. He hurt many innocent girls. His death is really not a pity. You must not become such a person when you grow up."

"Please, lady, stop talking nonsense in front of children!"

Matsuda Jinpei frowned and stopped her from talking, then lowered his head in shock, looking at Conan who had sneaked into the scene at some point, his fists stiffened.

"It hurts!" Conan held his head and was lifted up the next second to face a gloomy face.

Oh no! Why is it this police officer again? He was sweating profusely on his back and said with a wry smile, "What a coincidence, Mr. Police Officer."

Matsuda Jinpei threw him to Sugawa Gen who was walking over, "Don't run around, kid! This is a crime scene, you know?"

"Please explain the situation to me, both of you."

Conan struggled for a while in Sugawa Gen's arms, but failed to break free. He looked up, a little anxious, "Please, Brother Gen, put me down."

Gen Sugawa looked at the crying lady and suddenly felt a little bored. He chuckled, but the words he said made Conan feel cold all over and so stiff that he dared not move.

"Don't worry, Shinichi. The murderer is not here."

Gen Qichuan ignored the child who was scared by him, and walked to the body with him in his arms, then lifted up the corpse's hands and took a closer look.

Don't destroy the scene. This was Conan's first reaction, which came from his professionalism.

How could you solve the case so quickly? This was Conan's second reaction, which came from his confidence in his abilities.

But now it was as if there was a knife hanging in the air above his head, making him dare not react at all. He could only listen to the clear boy's voice beside his ear, casually and indifferently judging the scene.

"Did you see anything?" Saikawa Gen restored the body. "The index and middle fingers were yellow, the sleeves were burnt in a few places, and there was a strong, nauseating smell of tobacco and alcohol on him. Shinichi should have known that this man was an old smoker."

"He was dressed nicely, but his clothes were so old that they had holes in them from cigarette burns. He still wore them. There was a three-way dispute. Ah, you don't know this. But it doesn't matter. From what Miss Mikako said, this man is a gigolo and now he is cheating on her."

He shook his head as if sighing, "Why bother? Don't you know your own weight?"

"And why do you smell so strongly of alcohol when you come to a cafe? You can't hide it.

Judging from his appearance, he probably doesn't need to socialize yet. Of course, if he was flirting with wealthy sponsors, that would be another story, but did he party for a long time before coming here?"

"But would he care so little about his image if he came to see his girlfriend? He seems to be a person who cares about his image."

Sugawa Gen rubbed Conan's head expressionlessly, "What do you think, Conan?"

Conan, Conan was frightened to the point of losing consciousness. With his eyes closed, he listened to what Sugawa Gen was saying in his ear, his mind full of questions like "How could he know? Could he be a member of the Black Organization?"

"Well, it looks like Conan hasn't reacted yet."

A typical villain smile appeared on Gen Sugawa's delicate and obedient face, and his evil humor exploded.

"Right, Kudo Shinichi?"

Conan's eyes were frozen, and he listened to the devilish whispers in his ears, with fear filling his heart.

"Can't you speak? It's okay," Sugawa Osamu patted Conan's head considerately.

"I'm curious about how you can become a child, so in exchange, after listening to my explanation, you have to tell me your story."

Forced sales are indeed what Gen Sugawa is good at. He ignored the stone in his arms and walked out of the crowd with Conan in his arms.

"The murderer has already escaped in the panic. If I'm not mistaken, the high school girl you passed by should be the murderer.

Therefore, even if the case is solved, it is meaningless to stay here. That crying lady, well, let's call her Mikako No. 2."

Sugawa Gen stopped where he and Matsuda Jinpei were drinking coffee, and looked coldly at No. 2 who was sitting on the ground crying and Mikako who was being questioned by the people around her because of her attitude.

Conan's brain finally restarted, and he remembered the girl wearing the Teitan High School uniform he met when he first entered the door - because it was a holiday, she looked particularly outstanding.

The detective's thoughts took over, and he forgot his fear for a moment. He crossed his arms thoughtfully and sat peacefully in Sugawa Gen's arms.

"But how can you be sure that she is the murderer? Obviously the two ladies present are more likely suspects."

Qichuan Yuan was silent, and asked tentatively: "Intuition?"

Conan Half Moon Eyes: Hey, hey, be serious.

"Just kidding." Qichuan Yuan held him and changed the angle to face the deceased. "Here, look at his expression."

Conan pushed his glasses, his face calm, "The face is bruised, mostly in the whites of the eyes, and the mouth is wide open, which is a sign of suffocation. But there are so many people in the cafe, it's impossible to suffocate him silently, it's very difficult for these two women to do it."

"Yes, what else?"

"If he was suffocating, there would have been a lot of noise, and it would have been impossible for the people around him not to take action, even if it was just to call for help."

Conan suddenly had an idea and looked at the two women standing and sitting there in shock.

"These two women covered up his death!"

"No, Conan frowned, "Even if it's a cover, it will attract the attention of people around. It's impossible that no one saw it."

Qichuan Yuan chuckled and asked, "Can you answer me a question?"

"What?"

"Do people in Beika Town like to meddle in other people's business?"

No, they are eager to stay away from any conflicts.

Wait! Conan widened his eyes and looked at the imposing Mikako, "You mean they used quarreling as a demonstration?"

"That makes sense. The deceased would have struggled in agony due to suffocation. His facial expression is grim, as if he were arguing. You said before that this was a three-way dispute, so it's not surprising that it escalated into a quarrel. And this Miss Mikako has a really loud voice. If the other lady cooperated, she could have made this place look like a conflict."

"But you still didn't answer me. Why are you so sure the murderer is not here?"

Gen Sugawa carried Conan into the scene again. Officer Matsuda was having a headache dealing with the two ladies who suddenly had a conflict, which gave them a chance to take advantage of the situation.

"Because although both ladies wanted to commit the crime, they were too late."

Sugawa Gen put Conan down and said, "Go and smell his clothes."

Conan walked over and took a few steps back because of the smell of cigarettes and alcohol. He couldn't help but sneeze a few times, rubbed his nose, returned to Qichuan Gen, and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"It smells so strong of alcohol, even stronger than the smell of cigarettes."

Qichuan Yuan looked at the greedy kid expressionlessly, then bent down and picked him up.

Why aren't you afraid anymore?

"How strange. This level of alcohol smell is usually only seen on alcoholics. But anyone with a little common sense should know that alcoholics should stay away from coffee. And he doesn't have the red skin that alcoholics often have. It may be due to his personal constitution. But these conditions can already rule out that he is an alcoholic."

"And this alcohol doesn't smell like beer. It smells like it has a pretty strong alcohol content."

Smoking, alcohol...

Conan jumped down and held his breath as he looked over the body of the deceased. Because the deceased was wearing dark clothes, Conan took some time to find wet marks on his chest, shoulders, and sleeves.

But this was not enough. Conan turned over the clothes and found a piece of white cotton gauze, which was wet.

"I know!" Conan looked at Sugawa Gen, "I know the method of committing the crime involving alcohol!"

"Because the deceased was a heavy smoker, and the sense of smell of an old smoker is much worse than that of an ordinary person. But since the lady chose this method, it shows that the deceased's sense of smell is no longer sensitive.

This lady had a close relationship with the deceased, so it was easy for her to tamper with the deceased's clothes. She placed cotton gauze soaked in alcohol on the parts that were most likely to be exposed to open flames, and used persuasion to soak the clothes with alcohol for a second time. In this way, it didn't matter even if the alcohol had evaporated. When the deceased lit a cigarette, the high concentration of alcohol in the air would explode when it came into contact with open flames.

But this might affect everyone in the cafe. She might even die. Anyone who chooses this method must be ready to die. And Miss Mikako looked like she had just had her nails and hair done. She kept replying to messages, so it seemed like she had an appointment. Only the lady who kept crying would do this. "

Sugawa Gen nodded in appreciation and looked at him expectantly, "Well, then, the deceased didn't die like this."

..Damn it! Can't you just praise it a little!

Conan was so distracted by his reasoning, and with the added effect of the unpleasant smell, he sneezed a few times and then pulled at the corner of Gen Saikawa's clothes to ask him to pick him up.

Instead of being scared, Qichuan Yuan became a tool:

This is not what I expected. There is something wrong with this kid.

"That rules out this lady, and Ms. Mikako is sitting across from the two of them. It's absurd for her to attack an adult male with a huge physique difference."

"If it was death from suffocation..."

Conan frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. He always felt that something was missing, "Why is the murderer that high school girl?"

Qichuan Yuan did not respond. He looked around and approached a couple with a smile and said, "Excuse me, did you notice a girl in school uniform in the store? She is the child's sister. The two got separated."

"I remember!" the girl's eyes lit up. "She ran out in a hurry and bumped into the gentleman who was the deceased. They seemed to have an argument. The gentleman kept saying something painful and scolded the student. After that, he also had an argument with two other ladies. The fierce lady asked the student to leave. She must have gone far away. Why don't you wait here first? Maybe she will come back later."

Conan hugged Sugawa Gen like a little kid, with an innocent face, "Okay, thank you, big sister!"

Sugawa Genya thanked him and took Conan back to the deceased.

"Did Conan notice anything special about that girl?"

"School uniform, and red earrings," Conan recalled, "I remember that pair of earrings was very special, very thin and sharp, like needles."

"From the back..." Qichuan Yuan turned over the body and felt around his back, feeling a small bump. "Found it."

"Because it's a suit, it's easy to leave marks on clothes."

"You said she was wearing earrings that looked like needles. We speculate that she may have stabbed the earrings into the victim's lungs during the chaos, causing the victim to suffocate.

If I'm right, he should have some mosquito bite-like spots on his back."

Gen Sugawa turned around and called out to Jinpei Matsuda—"Officer Matsuda!"

"What's wrong?" Matsuda Jinpei's eyes lit up and he quickly broke away from the two ladies. He looked at Sasakawa Gen pointing at the corpse with a sincere expression.

"Can you undress the body and take a look?"

But before he could respond, Sugawa Gen had already pushed Conan in front of him, "Conan has already deduced the murderer. As an assistant, I am now taking the final step to confirm it."

Jinpei Matsuda watched him walk over and tamper with the corpse, then looked down at Conan who looked confused. The doubts in his heart solidified into an iron fist that fell on Conan's head, and he picked him up and walked out angrily.

"I told you to stay away from the scene, kid! What else have you deduced?"

"Put me down and I'll tell you! This is very uncomfortable, officer!"

Sure enough, there was a small red spot on the back of the body near the shoulder blade and elbow.

Conan also dragged Matsuda Jinpei back to the scene and looked at the red dot with a serious expression.

"Sure enough, but Conan still didn't understand. He looked at Sugawa Gen and said, "There are so many people in the cafe, how can you be sure that the high school girl killed the person?"

Gen Sugawa tidied the clothes of the corpse and looked at Conan indifferently, his deep blue eyes revealing a deep and dark meaning.

“Because of experience.”

Because he had witnessed an identical crime with his own eyes, he was considered a suspect at the time.

If I hadn't been bored and watched the whole process clearly, I might have stayed with them for a long time.

Conan was shocked. What does this mean?

"There are two common expressions on the faces of murderers: excitement and fear. The student was obviously scolded and cried, but did you see her expression at the time?"

What Conan saw was the girl's face with the corners of her mouth raised and flushed with excitement.

"I've seen this expression many times. It's the satisfaction after revenge."

Matsuda Jinpei frowned and looked at Sugawa Gen, with deep worry in his eyes. He looked at Sugawa Gen looking at the corpse with an almost indifferent look and said indifferently:

"And the crying Mikako No. 2 is indeed genuinely sad. But her reason may be a bit immoral, so it's better for you not to know about this."

Crying because it wasn't you who killed the man in the end is so subversive no matter how you look at it.

According to Matsuda Jinpei's explanation, the relationship between the three people was a typical love triangle, with Mikako supporting the deceased and the deceased having an affair. However, it was not clear what the relationship was between the escaped murderer and the deceased, and when asked the other two ladies, they also did not know.

Finally, after Conan and Jinpei Matsuda's explanation, the late policeman took the two ladies who had the intention of committing murder away.

Eventually they found out that the deceased had cheated on more than one woman, and the other woman was just one of them. The deceased was a sadist, and they couldn't stand it and wanted to break up. But the deceased filmed some bad things to threaten her not to break up. Otherwise, he would post these things on the Internet, so she planned to kill.

Miss Mikako was also threatened, but she hired a killer. So her death was not unexpected, but the person who killed her was not the hired killer.

When she was taken away, Mikako was still smiling, and she didn't seem to care about her crime. She looked at Sugawa Gen and the others, as if she was asking for help or begging them.

"I'm not a murderer. I feel sorry for the loss of life, but this scum deserves no pity for his death. According to my investigation, he did more than that. He has crossed the moral bottom line and is a gang crime. In my opinion, he is no different from an animal. That student may be the victim. I beg you to find out the truth and save those who have been hurt."

Another lady named Sato Mina also smiled at them and made the same request.

“He has done so many evil things, but he can still live a decent life, using his beautiful face to deceive more innocent people. He enjoys the fearful looks of others. I will let him die in the fearful looks of others. It’s a pity that other innocent people have to complete this task.

I voluntarily accept all punishments, but I found out from his phone that the victims are not just women. The majority of victims are students. Please find the injured children and protect their safety. Please don’t let them get hurt again.”

In the end, the two women were detained for a week, but there were no more clues in the case.

Until a week later, Conan suddenly ran to the door of Sugawa Gen's house and knocked frantically. Sugawa Gen looked at him helplessly, "Why are you here again?"

Ever since Conan confessed his identity and found out that Gen Sugawa was just a bit bad-tempered, he seemed to have let himself go. He would talk to Gen Sugawa on the phone every day to complain about all kinds of trivial things. Since Conan discovered that Gen Sugawa lived next door to Dr. Agasa's house last week, there was an energetic cat who loved to tease people in Gen Sugawa's house.

Sugawa Gen: .. regret;

Conan pushed him into the room and closed the door, then looked at Sugawa Gen with a serious expression.

"Do you remember the unconscious students we met on the road earlier? They are all missing!"


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