Conan grimaced and told Qin Zhibo his speculations.
The longevity goddess was disguised by the shrine maiden and her family, and several of the deceased in the case on the American island were people who believed deeply in the legend of the longevity goddess' immortality.
There was a fire in the shrine warehouse three years ago. The police found a human skeleton with abnormal body proportions at the fire scene.
If that was the former longevity woman, she should be the mother pretending to be the shrine maiden.
And the current shrine maiden therefore has ample motive to kill.
But there is one point in this speculation that is contrary to the facts, that is, when the warehouse burned down and Saori Kadori died in the fire, the shrine maiden named "Shimabukuro Kimie" was with Qin Zhibo.
Because of this, Shimabukuro Kimie had the most complete alibi.
There are only two possibilities.
The first one is what method Shimabukuro Kime used to deceive Qin Zhibo and used him to make perjury.
Second, Qin Zhibo and Shimabukuro Kimie deceived the police together.
Thinking of this, Conan clenched his fists slightly, and the expression in his eyes was extremely complicated.
In his opinion, no matter what the reason is, it cannot be a reason to kill someone.
Perhaps the three victims in the case had done something extreme, but this could not be the reason for Shimabukuro Kime to commit murder.
Conan has always practiced this concept in his heart and insisted on a resolute attitude against murderers.
Sometimes, Conan would induce criminals to surrender to the police and seek leniency, but he would never let every criminal go.
This is his final bottom line, and it is also his eternal bottom line.
Therefore, when he learned through the information provided by Haiyuan Ai that there was actually no longevity woman on the American island, he was extremely shocked.
Not only may there be other truths hidden behind that case, but it may also mean that Qin Zhibo, the detective benchmark he has always trusted, has concealed the truth.
Recalling that case carefully, Qin Zhibo and Shimabukuro Kimie returned to the scene only after the fire was extinguished.
At that time, the police had already concluded that the deceased in the warehouse fire was Shimabukuro Kime based on the dental mold retained by the dentist.
If Shimabukuro Kimie never showed up, the police would still think that Kadori Saori, who had absconded and disappeared, was the murderer, and Shimabukuro Kimie would have become a deceased person and would be freed from suspicion forever.
The real Shimabukuro Kimie can pretend to be a longevity woman for generations and become a longevity woman forever.
Looking back now, maybe this was Shimabukuro Kimie's original plan.
But this plan was disrupted by Qin Zhibo.
Shimabukuro Kimie did not do this and came back with Qin Zhibo.
Qin Zhibo made perjury for Shimabukuro Kimie, and the body in the fire turned into Kadori Saori and committed suicide in fear of guilt. Shimabukuro Kimie is no longer under suspicion.
"Why……"
Conan did not look into Qin Zhibo's eyes, but lowered his head slightly, and his low voice was as heavy as his mood at this moment.
Qin Zhibo also looked serious and looked at Conan beside him.
In this case, he did conceal the truth.
But in fact, the truth is more complicated than Conan imagined, because the real murderer is not Shimabukuro Kime, but Kimi's father, Shimabukuro Keikan.
Five years ago, Keihe Shimabukuro and other islanders were exiled to the sea because they suffered from "Abyss Syndrome".
A year ago, Keihe Shimabukuro came back alive, but due to limited targeted drugs to suppress Abyssal Syndrome, he could only live in a cellar near the shrine and did not dare to show his true colors.
Later, Shimabukuro Kimie discovered that the people who killed her mother three years ago were three childhood playmates who were superstitious about the legend that longevity women can live forever, so they used fire to test the authenticity of longevity women.
As a result, murderous intent arose in Shimabukuro Kime's heart.
However, in the process of preparing the murder plan, Shimabukuro Keiwa sensed the murderous intention in his daughter's heart, so he took the initiative and killed the person.
After Qin Zhibo understood the entire situation, he believed that the truth was too heavy and should not be made public.
Regarding whether the truth of the case must be revealed, Qin Zhibo does not have an iron-clad rule like Conan, that is, "the truth must be revealed."
He clearly understands that he is not a policeman, not a judge, and not the embodiment of "justice".
Strictly speaking, Qin Zhibo thinks that he is not even a detective.
In the occupation column of the system, the occupation displayed is "Investigator".
The investigator's duty is only to investigate the truth, not to reveal the truth.
On the contrary, sometimes it is the investigator's job to hide the truth.
Just like the code of conduct respected within the Nine Angels organization - hiding the truth is the best protection for the public.
If concealing the truth can help more people get a good ending, then why not?
In Qin Zhibo's view, pursuing the absolute revelation of the truth is just playing a simple reasoning game, and the result is nothing more than winning or losing.
But the content behind the "truth" is something that a self-proclaimed "detective" can never see.
This is the essential difference between investigators and detectives.
"If you want to think so, there's nothing I can do about it."
"But all this is just your assumption, you don't have any evidence..."
Conan does not know about the existence of Keika Shimabukuro, and Shimabukuro Kimie did not fake his own death after all. Even if it is revealed that the longevity woman is Shimabukuro Kimie pretending to be, it cannot prove that this matter has anything to do with the case.
So Qin Zhibo knew very well that Conan had no evidence.
He didn't want to discuss this issue with Conan, let alone try to convince someone whose absolute ideas were inconsistent with his, so he turned around and left.
Seeing Qin Zhibo's back about to leave, Conan felt even more annoyed.
Such rhetoric is simply acknowledgment that one is helping criminals hide their crimes.
In the detective industry, one of the most trusted and even admired detectives by Conan is not a sharp sword to reveal the truth, but instead helps criminals to conceal it.
"You don't deserve to be a detective!"
Conan's sharp roar resounded throughout Dr. Ali's house.
On the other side of the living room, Dr. A Li, Haibara Ai, and the three little ones all looked at each other with very surprised expressions. They didn't understand how the boat of friendship could capsize so easily.
Qin Zhibo turned around and looked at the short figure, the indignation on his face undisguised.
Faced with Conan like this, Qin Zhibo didn't show any anger or anger, he just chuckled and confided lightly.
"You can never be Sherlock Holmes."
"You are you, and you can only be you..."
Hearing this comment, Conan froze in place, with bruises and whites on his face.
He has always been striving to become a great detective like Sherlock Holmes. Although he is a bit of a mid-scorer, no one has ever denied his efforts.
But Qin Zhibo said such words in front of him, denying his own efforts and goals.
You can never be Sherlock Holmes, you are you, and you can only be you...
It feels like a person has traveled thousands of miles for a certain goal.
But then a person suddenly stood up and said, "You are going in the wrong direction, and you will never achieve that goal."
The key is that this person is still an authority in this field.
No matter what truth Qin Zhibo concealed, Conan had to admit that Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability was the strongest man he had ever seen besides Kudo Yusaku.
The truth of any case seems to be nothing more than his eyes.
This is why Conan is so angry.
If you know the truth but choose to conceal it, then the existence of the truth is meaningless.
When the truth becomes unimportant, is it still necessary for the detective profession to exist?
The truth must be revealed!
And the detective's job is to reveal the truth!
It's okay to deny his personal goals, but it's not okay to despise the entire detective industry!
"you……"
Just as Conan was about to speak again, a slender arm in front stopped him.
Looking to the side, it turned out that Haibara Ai was standing nearby, stopping Conan from continuing.
Dr. A Li also came to Qin Zhibo's side, maintaining a somewhat awkward smile on his face, "Haha... Why are the voices getting louder and louder? Is there something that we can't discuss carefully?"
Qin Zhibo responded with a faint smile and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't take it to heart.
"Don't worry, Conan is just a child. How could I get angry with a child?"
"Oh, oh... That's good, that's good..." Dr. Ali nodded twice and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
When Conan heard that he was being treated as a child, he was so angry that he wanted to refute, but was pulled back by Haiyuan Ai again.
Conan looked at Haibara Ai in confusion, asking "Why do you want to stop yourself?" in his eyes.
But Hui Yuan Ai just had cold eyes and did not answer.
The three little ones stood next to Conan, as if they were watching gods fight, fully demonstrating the good attitude of "We don't know, and we don't dare to ask."
Dr. Ali on the other side saw that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he quickly changed the topic.
"That's right! I remembered, I should have put that letter behind the TV!"
With that said, Dr. Ali walked behind the TV and took out the letter.
"Haha, the letter is indeed here, I found it!"
"I found it! I found..."
Dr. A Li was performing by himself, and no one answered his words. Even the three little birds looked at him as if they were a fool.
In San Xiaozhi's view, when friends have a quarrel, they should mediate it quickly and not let the conflict expand, rather than looking for a letter.
But they don't know that in an adult's way of doing things like Dr. Ali, everyone should divert their attention at this time and retreat in order to advance.
It's a pity that no one can understand his good intentions.
"Forehead……"
At this point, Dr. Ali had to resort to the ultimate move.
"At this point, I have to confess to you all..."
Dr. A Li put down the letter in his hand and said with a very serious expression.
"Actually, when I was still in elementary school, I once had a first love, her name was Kinoshita... um..."
Dr. A Li was only halfway through speaking deeply when he got stuck.
Because it was indeed an unfortunate coincidence that he was relatively slow when it came to relationships. At that time, he didn’t think that this kind of friendship between children could be related to love, so he didn’t remember their names very much.
As time went by, he forgot most of their names.
"...As for the name, I'm sorry, I forgot..."
Haiyuan Ai looked at Dr. A Li's apologetic scratching of his head, his eyes a little helpless, and silently said in his heart, "That's really shameful."
Dr. Ali continued: "But when my first love said goodbye to me, she left me a letter, asking me to go somewhere to meet her every 10 years."
"But now 40 years have passed and I have never found that location, so I have never seen her again."
"And today happens to be the day we agreed to meet in the letter. Mr. Qin happens to be here too. Maybe we can find out where the agreed place is!"
Dr. Ali tried his best to maintain an excited expression. Although he also wanted to meet his first love in the past few decades, but now that he is getting older, he increasingly feels that it is unlikely that the two of them will have a chance to meet again.
give up.
Just to ease the tense atmosphere in the villa, I had to reveal my "black history".
When the three children heard such a romantic story, they immediately looked forward to it.
"So romantic~"
"Doctor, please take out that letter and show it to us!"
Seeing that someone finally answered the question, Dr. A Li quickly responded with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll look for it first..."
With that said, Dr. Ali turned around and started to look for it.
But at this time, Qin Zhibo waved his hand.
"Dr. Ali, please take your time to find him. I'm leaving first."
"ah?"
Dr. A Li turned around and was stunned for a moment, thinking that Qin Zhibo thought what he said was false, so he quickly explained, "What I said is a real person! Don't look at me like this now. There was really a girl who gave me something in elementary school."
Write a letter!"
Qin Zhibo smiled back and said calmly: "Doctor, I believe what you said."
"It's just that I have my own things to deal with and can't stay here any longer."
"Besides, isn't there Conan here?"
Qin Zhibo looked at Conan, who also had a smile on his face that refused to be outdone.
"Of course, I will help the doctor find that place."
"It's not like someone who knows the truth but deliberately hides it..."
After hearing this, Qin Zhibo was not angry. He just turned around, waved his hand, opened the door, and left Dr. Ali's house.
Everyone in the living room looked at Qin Zhibo leaving, knowing that the two were still having conflicts.
But as soon as Dr. A Li started looking for letters, the three little ones immediately went to help.
Only Haiyuan Ai stood beside Conan with his hands behind his back and asked calmly: "What are you and that uncle arguing about?"
Conan: "..."
The way Haihara Ai looked at Conan, combined with Conan's previous reaction in front of the apartment building, and what Conan said just now, she guessed something.
"well……"
"Actually, if you're hiding the truth, aren't you also hiding your true identity from that girl?"
"Also, you took action against the organization behind my back before, but I found out..."
Conan was startled for a moment, then quickly turned his face and explained: "This is different!"
"What's the difference?"
"I did it to protect Xiaolan, and...you..." Conan explained.
Hui Yuan Ai turned around with her hands behind her back, then turned her face sideways, with a smile on her lips, "Then I want to thank you~"
"But even if you hid it from me, I still don't think you did anything wrong."
"Even if you can't be Sherlock Holmes, you are you, and there's nothing wrong with that..."
"I admire you like this."
Conan was startled by Haiyuan Ai's words, and a slight blush appeared on his face.
But immediately after, Haihara Ai said another word, which immediately destroyed the atmosphere.
"By the way, before you fell out with that uncle, did you ask what the two names next to me on the roster were?"
After Haihara Ai reminded him, Conan's eyes widened and he suddenly woke up.
It’s over!
Forgot to ask the most important thing!
This chapter has been completed!