Chapter 12: Knights and Demons
At the Rice Flower Art Museum, Gao Cheng saw the huge words "Medieval Art Exhibition" from a distance, as well as many police cars parked outside the art museum.
Sure enough, he came too late, and the police had already cordoned off the scene.
"Oops, the case that came here for so long, did you miss it like this?"
After wandering outside for a while, Gao Cheng gritted his teeth and walked into the art museum.
When he met the policeman, he calmed down and said, "Hello, Officer Twilight called me over, is the officer in there now?" ”
"Huh? In the Hell Exhibition Hall...... "The policeman was frightened by Gao Cheng's appearance, and nodded before Twilight could confirm that Gao Cheng had entered it as if it were his own back garden.
Before the police at the door could react, Gao Cheng hurriedly said to the police officer on the other side: "Can you take me over?" ”
"Ah, okay."
The police officer walked to the scene of the crime in confusion, but he did not suspect it.
After all, no one would make such a joke about the police, and there is a group of police inside.
……
"Gao Chengjun?"
Hell Exhibition Hall,After seeing Gao Cheng,Twilight looked surprised,He still remembered the last time he met Gao Cheng at the Rice Flower Shrine.,Almost was taken as a murderer.,As a result, he also solved the case of the Qimoto family later.。
"How did you get here?"
"Ah, that, Officer Twilight," Gao Cheng hurriedly said without waiting for the policeman who brought him over to explain, "I heard that something happened here, so I thought maybe I could help." ”
"Hmph, damn boy," Mori Kogoro muttered dissatisfiedly, laughing, "I don't think I need your help anymore, because the murderer has been found!" ”
"Huh?" Gao Cheng was stunned and subconsciously looked at Conan.
Officer Twilight next to him explained with a smile: "Indeed, just like Maori said, the deceased wrote the name of the murderer temporarily, and when the armor worn by the murderer when he committed the crime is found, the case can be closed." ”
As he spoke, Twilight left Gao Chengyi and continued to instruct the police officers to pack up the evidence.
"How can this be ......"
Gao Cheng stood silently on the side, and regretfully Conan suddenly came over and said, "Brother Gao Cheng, do you want to see the surveillance video?" ”
"Huh?"
……
In the guardhouse, the entire killing process was completely filmed by surveillance, and when Conan brought Gao Cheng over, many police officers sighed that they were watching it as a horror movie.
"That's amazing!"
"It looks like a movie!"
"Uncle, let's take a look at that part just now, okay?" Conan interrupted, "Officer Twilight asked me to bring Brother Takasung over. ”
"Officer Twilight?" The police officers were enjoying watching it, and when they heard the order of Officer Twilight, they suddenly felt a little weak, afraid that the two would sue them, and hurriedly gave the surveillance footage to Conan.
Gao Cheng pouted, this little ghost fox's ability to fake tiger power is more powerful than him.
Standing in front of the surveillance video, Gao Cheng watched with Conan and learned the whole incident from Conan's mouth.
For example, the dead boss Manaka is holding a note with the name "Kuwata" written on the back, and there are a few things that Conan feels suspicious.
The victim, the owner of the museum, was the new owner of the museum, and he originally bought the museum from the original owner in the name of continuing to operate, but after he got it, he planned to convert the museum into a hotel, and he went to the museum today to prepare for the future demolition and reconstruction.
Kuwata, an art museum staff member who is currently suspected of being the murderer, was asked for a huge amount of compensation by the boss of Manaka for secretly selling art in private, and the motive can be said to be very sufficient.
At about half past four, the murderer called the real boss to the hell exhibition hall, and killed the real boss in medieval armor, and the whole process was clearly filmed by the surveillance, and even the scene where the real boss left a death message while the murderer had his back to him was in the video.
In the end, according to the surveillance video, the police found a note with the murderer's name written on it in the palm of the boss's hand.
It seems that the whole case seems to end here, but there are many doubts in the middle that make Conan linger.
For example, the murderer's method of killing, imitating the picture in the famous painting "Heavenly Damnation", a righteous knight in armor pierces the demon with a sword, which does not look like what Wakuda would do.
This man doesn't care about art at all.
"But ......," Gao Cheng looked at Conan in surprise, who was carefully observing the video.
seems to be unintentional, but the key points and clues of the whole case are explained, as if the two are going to be pulled to the same starting line.
"Conan, this guy, did it on purpose?" Gao Cheng's eyes trembled slightly.
This kid is challenging him!
"Wait a minute, here, put it again!" Conan looked at the surveillance footage and suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong?" Gao Cheng woke up in shock and looked at the surveillance video suspiciously.
The scene rewinds to the fact that the boss of Manaka is facing away from the murderer, and the man is surprised to see the note tearing down the art from the wall next to him.
"No," Conan said heavily, "why does he have that expression?" And, why throw away the pen after writing on the label paper? If the murderer hears the voice......"
"Did you find any clues, detective?" Gao Cheng asked deliberately.
"Well," Conan said, with a thoughtful look on his face, "the ballpoint pen refill I just found at the scene...... It's a ...... that's in it."
As he spoke, Conan slowly paused, faced the eyes of Gao Cheng and the police, touched the back of his head and smiled: "I'm learning from Uncle Maori and Brother Gao Cheng, haha, I'm just a child."
With a few dry laughs, Conan left the security room amid the strange faces of the officers.
"It's weird to be a kid now." A police officer pouted.
"Is there anything wrong with the ballpoint pen refill?" Gao Cheng's expression also became more serious than ever.
After leaving the security room and returning to the Hell Exhibition Hall, he saw Conan observing the note left by Boss Manaka at a glance.
Gao Cheng frowned.
Although Conan said that there were many clues and doubts, he was just reluctantly pulled to Conan's train of thought, and there were clues found by Conan but no Conan's ability.
No, you can't be in a hurry, if you really can't use the one-minute detective mode.
At this time, the police had already found the bloodstained armor from Wata's safe, and they were even more convinced that Watada was the murderer.
Faced with the frightened and defended Kuwata, Officer Twilight scolded, "You made an appointment with the boss of Manaka in advance, and then ambushed him in this exhibition hall, and killed him when he arrived......
"No, I didn't kill anyone!" Watada said anxiously.
"Do you still want to quibble?" Twilight analyzed, "Hmph, you deliberately put on armor to avoid being photographed by the monitor, right?" Unfortunately, the monitor captured another very strong piece of evidence, that is, these words written on the label paper on the wall after the real boss recognized you! ”
Twilight put the "evidence" in front of Kuwata: "Judging from the surveillance video, the murderer didn't touch this piece of paper at all!" Moreover, no one touched the body after it was found, so this is the death message of the boss of Manaka! Besides, you don't have an alibi either......"
Kuwata eagerly explained, "That's because I'm alone in the office, doing what the curator tells me to do......"
"Kuwata," said the director of the museum Ochiai, disappointed, "I did ask you to help with something, but I didn't ask you to kill someone!" ”
"Pavilion, curator......" Wata's expression was desperate, "No, it's not me......"
"What's wrong? Damn it. Gao Cheng put his hands in his pockets and walked silently past him.
There are some strange traces faintly visible on the label paper under the light, and Conan must have been looking at this just now.
But what does this mean?
Gao Cheng's eyes carefully swept over the scene of the crime, whether it was the video just now or the scene, it was very bloody, Rao overcame the weakness of the original owner, or did he feel a little trembling......
What a terrible problem.
"Oh, what a terrible bloodstain," said Kogoro Maori, as he walked over to the blood-stained armor, lamenting, "but this is how good art has become." ”
"It's a replica used for decoration," the staff explained, "and it's a replica that Kuwata used to commit the murder, and the other works of art don't seem to have been affected, so I'm so lucky." ”
Gao Cheng frowned and looked at the armor, and suddenly turned his head with a feeling in thought, just in time to collide with Conan's gaze.
Also staring at the armor, a smile appeared on the corner of Conan's mouth.
It's as if everything is clear, and the excitement from the heart to win the challenge.
"In this way, the murderer can only be that person, and the next thing is to find evidence......"
Conan glanced at Gao Cheng again after thinking about it, slightly confused.
"What's the matter, Gao Chengjun? Still don't get it? Could it be that the case of the last luxury passenger liner was really a coincidence? ”
"Those clues should be easy to understand."
Conan's expression was complicated, with both doubts and disappointments, and he didn't know that Gao Cheng was just a half-baked detective who relied on memory and system.
"I'm sorry, Gao Chengjun, I won this time!"
"This little ghost ......"
Gao Cheng's body tightened, and he hurriedly followed closely to activate the one-minute detective mode.
Can't wait any longer......
All the information flooded into Gao Cheng's mind, including the clues provided by Conan and everything he saw on the scene, constantly combined into a clear line.
It's just that this time it didn't go as smoothly as before, and he still had a lot of details unclear about joining halfway.
Seeing that the minute was about to end, Gao Cheng nervously looked at the scene again.
That man......
Noticing that Conan's gaze fell on someone in the crowd, a bright light flashed in Gao Cheng's mind.
At the end of the minute, Gao Cheng did not look away again.
It's still unclear, but Conan must have confirmed that the murderer was this person......
There seemed to be invisible energy colliding together in the air, but when Gao Cheng looked over, Conan immediately put on an innocent and cute child's appearance.
Gao Cheng exhaled lightly, a smile on his face.
Conan is indeed very powerful, but there is one thing that this guy can't get around.
Since he wants to pretend to be a child, he is destined to have trouble that cannot be changed, and this guy will not reason directly in front of everyone.
"Wait a minute, Officer Twilight!" Gao Cheng sank down and stopped Twilight, who wanted to take Wata, "Mr. Watada is not the real murderer!" ”
"Huh?"
Officer Twilight, the others, and Conan all looked at Gao Cheng in surprise.
Conan was stunned, and soon understood Gao Cheng's plan, and suddenly pouted with a depressed face, he really couldn't let Gao Cheng doubt his identity, so the hint was okay, and positive reasoning was impossible.
"Forget it, I'll leave it to you to reason," Conan muttered, and soon said in his heart, "but which one is the real you?" What an impenetrable guy. ”
Gao Cheng put away his competitive thoughts, and said seriously in front of everyone: "Don't you think it's strange after seeing the scene?" If you look closely, not only is the armor used to commit the murder a replica, but it seems that other works of art have also been specially arranged. ”
"That's a bit of that," Mori Kogoro looked at the scene suspiciously, "but what does this mean?" ”
"There are tags on the walls of the crime scene, but there are no paintings hanging on them."
Gao Cheng completely entered the state and calmly showed the results of his reasoning to everyone: "I think it was taken by the murderer in advance, so as not to let blood splash on the art, but I heard Conan say that Wakuta is not the kind of person who will cherish art, right, Conan?" ”
Conan saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and quickly nodded obediently: "Well, yes." ”
"But," Twilight wondered, "Gao Chengjun, the note left by the boss of Manaka before he died did have Wata's name written on it!" ”
"That's not a note left by the boss before he died, but a prisoner."
The corners of Gao Cheng's mouth raised, and he continued to explain: "You take a good look at that note, there are still some marks on it, which should be the traces that the victim scribbled with a ballpoint pen that could not write in order to cross out the name on it...... In other words, the name was not written by the real boss, but the prisoner had already written it from the beginning, probably saying to the real boss that there was the prisoner's name on the label paper. ”
Gao Cheng walked up to the elderly Curator Ochiai step by step.
"The ballpoint pen refill left at the scene is stored inside, Director Ochiai, you took advantage of the chaos to change it, right?"
"Huh?!" Director Ochiai's face was full of surprise, and he was speechless for a long time.
"Using the monitoring without sound and the pen that can't write to create an illusion, this is the trap you set by Director Ochiai," Gao Cheng drew the last stroke, "Director Ochiai, can you tell us where you were at the time of the crime?" ”
The one-minute detective mode hasn't fully completed the reasoning, but the suspect has been locked on Director Ochiai.
He could only take a gamble, even if Conan would refute him later.
Under Gao Cheng's tight gaze, Director Ochiai closed his eyes, sighed for a while, and took out a ballpoint pen from his arms: "Mr. Detective is right, it was indeed me who killed the boss of Manaka." ”
"This ......" Mori Kogoro looked at Director Ochiai with his mouth open, "how can this be?" ”
"You may think it's stupid, but I have to kill the demon boss Manaka, and I want to punish Wata, who spoils and sells art at will!" Director Ochiai seemed to have unloaded his burden, and said sentimentally, "Probably this is the arrangement of fate, just like the painting of "Damnation", although the demon was killed by the righteous knight, but the knight was also baptized by evil blood, which means that he himself was also polluted by the demon......
"Anyway, I'm a murderer, and now I'm the embodiment of the devil."
"Director Ochiai......" Gao Cheng looked at the old gentleman who was smiling sadly in a daze.
He only came after the crime, and although Conan told it, it was only solved as a case after all, just as a case that could get 100 reputation points.