In the Octagonal Study Room, Torakura Daisuke's hands and feet were tied to a cross with leather straps, and a wooden stake was driven into his heart. He died with a ferocious expression like a real vampire.
Mao Lilan and Aso were so frightened that they didn't dare to approach at all, so they stood together at the door of the study.
In fact, the two of them, especially Mao Lilan, should have been used to facing corpses for a long time, but this time the corpse, combined with props and costumes, was exactly the same as the scene in the movie where vampires are executed.
A bit scary.
It was so shocking that as soon as Qin Zhibo walked into the study, his will point jumped.
90,89,90...
It was so scary that the mission prompt also popped up.
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Side mission; find out the murderer of this case
Task requirements: 2 hours
Task reward: 300 general skill proficiency, 200 social credits.
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According to routine procedures, Qin Zhibo first walked to the body and conducted an investigation of the body.
【Survey√】
[Name of deceased: Daisuke Tokura]
[Time of death: 3 hours ago]
[Cause of death: chest puncture wound]
[The corpse investigation is completed, congratulations on obtaining the Arts and Crafts (Writing) skill]
[Repeat skills, automatically converted into Arts and Crafts (Writing) 1000 skill proficiency]
This is the third time Qin Zhibo has gained writing skills through corpse investigation.
The first time it was the writer of The Case of Brother and Brother, the second time it was the female scriptwriter of The Case of the Bandage Monster, and this time it was the writer of Dracula's Villa.
Qin Zhibo summarized his experience. It seems that writers are also in a high-risk industry?
If this continues, Qin Zhibo feels that he will be able to acquire the writing skills of a great writer by picking up corpses in less than a year.
Of course, this year should be a year of this world, not a year of 365 days in the traditional sense.
In front of the corpse, Kogoro Mouri was about to do the autopsy in person, when he suddenly thought that there were more professional autopsy experts than him.
"Doctor Chengshi, please come and examine the body."
"Ah? I..."
Although Aso Michiru was a little reluctant at the door, he still came in and quickly examined the body.
"The time of death of the deceased should be between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. today."
With a simple sentence, Aso immediately left the room.
This aroused the contempt of the little Conan on the side.
Really, it's just a corpse. The doctor must have seen it a lot, right?
Why do you feel that Dr. Chengshi is as timid as Xiaolan?
In fact, Conan didn't know that after experiencing the Moon Shadow Island incident, Aso's permanent will value became 40, which was exactly the same as Mao Lilan's will.
After receiving the autopsy results, Mouri Kogoro checked the doors and windows again and immediately began to reason.
"Yesterday's party in the living room ended around 1 o'clock in the morning. After that, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep. Only Mr. Tokura was working in the study."
"Also...the study window is locked from the inside."
"In other words, the murderer is most likely someone in the villa."
According to Mouri Kogoro's habit when he was a policeman, the next step was to confirm everyone's alibi.
However, most people went to bed after returning to their rooms, and of course there was no alibi.
Except for editor Fumio Doi and researcher Shuichi Hamura, who couldn't sleep after returning to their rooms, they happened to meet each other when they were out for a walk, so they sat in the living room for more than two hours.
Upon hearing this information, Mouri Kogoro immediately asked: "Then do you still remember the time? And did anyone enter the study during that time?"
"It should be from 2 to 4 o'clock. No one should have entered the study during this time, right? Mr. Doi?"
Hamura Shuichi asked Doi Fumio as if seeking advice, and Doi Fumio nodded calmly.
After listening to the confessions of the two, Mouri Kogoro held his chin and murmured: "In this case, the murderer probably entered the study from other places besides the door and window..."
At this time, Tokura Etsuko on the side looked surprised, thinking of some unusual situations.
"correct!"
"I got up to take medicine at around two o'clock in the morning, and I thought I saw a blue boat on the lake!"
"Boat?"
When a new clue appeared, Mouri Kogoro immediately became energetic and asked: "Is there a place to park the boat near here?"
Tadokoro Toshiya on the other side thought for a moment and replied: "There is indeed a small pier across the lake that has been abandoned for a long time. When this was still a tourist lake, there were many boats parked there, all in the same blue color."
"I don't know now..."
With the clues collected here, Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and stood in the C position of the room and snorted coldly.
"I see, I already know who the murderer is."
"That's the person on the blue boat that Ms. Etsuko Tokura saw!"
Mouri Kogoro confidently walked to the balcony of the Octagonal Study Room, lowered his head and glanced at the lake below, and the expression on his face became even more confident.
"As expected..."
"That person took a boat to the lake below the balcony, then threw his flying claw upwards to hook the railing of the balcony, climbed up with the help of a rope, and killed Mr. Tokura in the study."
"The evidence is that there is a scratch mark on the balcony railing!"
What!?
Conan was surprised that Mouri Kogoro actually found the evidence at the murder scene first, and hurried to check it out. Sure enough, he found that as Mouri Kogoro said, a spot on the side of the railing had been knocked off and the paint was peeled off.
Uncle Maori's reasoning went so smoothly today?
And from the current point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with this reasoning.
The main entrance of the study was guarded by Shuichi Hamura and Fumio Doi during the time of the crime, so it was impossible for anyone to enter.
The windows are always locked and there are no signs of violent intrusion.
In this way, the balcony is the only direction from which one can enter the study without anyone noticing.
And it happened that Mrs. Tokura saw the boats on the lake and the bump that Uncle Maori found on the railing.
All inferences and evidence so far point to the conclusion that an external murderer committed the crime.
But I don't know why, seeing how easily Uncle Maori found out the truth, Conan felt something was wrong.
If he followed Uncle Maori's guessed route and used flying claws to invade the balcony of the study from the lake, such a skill would at least require a professional killer with special training.
But if it was a professional killer, he would definitely investigate the situation in Villa Desura during the day, and he would also know that there were too many people in the villa today, so it was not suitable to take action.
But the murderer still chose to take action tonight.
This doesn't seem to be in line with the code of conduct for professional killers.
And why did the murderer choose to kill Tokura Daisuke by tying him to a cross by piercing him like a vampire?
Isn't it possible to kill them directly?
Hmm...there's something indescribably strange about this case.
Conan, who wanted to get some inspiration in other directions, habitually looked behind him, only to find that the uncle who was more reliable than Uncle Maori was no longer in the study room just now.