Conan: The man who rejected the criminal department

“The deceased’s name was Heitong Doji, and he was a criminal psychologist.

Not long ago, he challenged a serial murderer from 20 years ago in a TV interview.

He said in a radio interview that "Takagi Wataru was introducing today's victims to Sotakuya and Matsumoto Kiyonaga.

Just when Takagi was about to repeat what the victim said during the TV interview, he was interrupted by So Takuya.

"Okay, Takagi, that's enough." Zong Takuya waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to repeat what the deceased said on the TV station.

In this era, if you want to be famous in the news media, the most important thing is to be able to catch people's attention.

Even Sotakuya knew that what this guy said must be unpleasant without even thinking about it.

the most important is

At the scene, the deceased Pingdong fell down on the computer desktop for the first time, with his left hand resting on the table but there was no blood.

Stained with blood but hanging under the table, clutching the mouse.

A large "Z" letter was carved on the back of the body, and there were burn scars on the neck from the electric shock device.

Looking at the letters on the back of the corpse, Megure Thirteen's pupils shrank sharply, and then he said to Sotakuya and Matsumoto Kiyonaga:

"I'm afraid the murderer this time is really the same person 20 years ago, but why did this guy kill Heitong Doji at this time?

Is it because of the provocative words he said on the TV show? "

Mu Mu Shisan couldn't believe that a person who had been hiding for 15 consecutive years would commit another crime three days before the prosecution period was about to expire.

Then wasn't his previous 15 years of waiting in vain?

Matsumoto Kiyonaga was silent for a long time without speaking. He just touched the scars on his eyes left by the serial murderer.

When he met Kusumoto Ryuhei not long ago, the scar left by the gangster seemed to remind him, burning and painful.

But just as he entered today's crime scene and faced the corpse that was most likely created by a serial murderer, his scar miraculously no longer felt any discomfort.

It's like saying everything is over.

Zong Takuya looked at the corpse for a long time and said slowly: "No, I think this case was probably committed by a copycat."

"Copycat?!" All the detectives in the room looked at Sotakuya.

Sotakuya nodded and pointed at the body and said: "Look, there are blood stains on the "Ctrl" and "C" keys on the keyboard, but there is no blood on the left hand on the keyboard.

But the right hand of the corpse hanging under the table, holding the mouse cord, was stained with blood.

"Ctrl" and "C" mean copy, while mouse means mouse, and grabbing the mouse means cat.

The death message means copycat, which refers to the copycat. "

"As for Pingdong Tangji, why was he so sure that the person who came to kill him was not the original serial murderer, but a copycat?

Takagi, help take off the corpse's shirt. "

Sotakuya said he took it off, but in fact the forensic police officer on the side used scissors to cut the deceased's clothes from the back.

Just enough to expose the entire wound.

"Director Matsumoto, your first reaction when you saw the scars on the back of the body was what letter was it?"

"It's an 'N', the 'N' for north."

"Yes. Because the three English letters E, S, and W were engraved on the backs of the three people who died previously.

The police officer in charge of the investigation also judged that it was very likely that a corpse with the letter N carved on it would appear next, right? "

"Yes, but in the past 15 years, the fourth corpse has not appeared, until today." Matsumoto Kiyonaga nodded and replied, but his eyes never left Tairadoji.

"You all think this letter is N, but when I first see this letter, I will only think it is Z. If you don't take into account the inertia of thinking, everyone who first sees this letter should think it is Z, right?

Conan? "

Sotakuya called Conan.

Conan nodded immediately after hearing this. He felt a little strange that the letter was named Z.

Although the police were correct in thinking it was N, it still sounds a bit strange.

"It's normal for Conan not to know about this, because I remember that in order to prevent imitators from appearing, the police force deliberately did not disclose the clue that serial murderers would carve words on the backs of their victims.

Therefore, the only people who know about this matter are the people related to the original case and the police personnel who handled the case and now have access to those files.

The reason why Pingdong Tang was so sure that the murderer was a copycat rather than the real murderer was probably because "

Sotakuya shouted to Ikumi Gunda who was standing aside: "Police Gunda, please come over and take a look at the wound of the deceased."

"Okay, Counselor."

Gunda Ikumi nodded, took the toolbox to the body, and then began to carefully examine the body.

After a while, after completing the examination, Ikumi Gunada stood up and reported to Sotakuya: "There is nothing wrong with the wound. It was caused by the murderer using a sharp object to make three consecutive cuts.

The murderer was very decisive and basically had no hesitation. There was just something wrong with the uppermost wound on the deceased.

After inspection, the original skin under the last wound of the deceased was probably a scar running across both shoulders. "

"A scar across both shoulders?!" At this moment, everyone present realized something.

Then he looked at Sotakuya in shock.

"Counsellor, can you say?"

"I'm afraid that's it." Zong Takuya nodded and looked at the victim lying on the computer table:

"The reason why the deceased was so sure that the person who came was a copycat was probably because he was the serial murderer.

As for the person who killed him"

Sotakuya quickly thought of what Takagi had reported at the beginning. Heitoji had just made a big statement on a TV program not long ago.

Apart from the police, the only people who knew that serial murderers would carve letters on the backs of their victims were the family members of those victims.

Coincidentally, when Sotakuya checked the files, he actually discovered that a victim's family may have heard the voice of Heitong Tangji.

That was when the victim was killed 15 years ago. The deceased's son happened to be taking a nap at home and woke up when he heard the moans of the deceased.

The son who woke up was very scared and hid in the corner of his room shivering. From the time the gangster left until his mother returned home, he was always scared.

I even went to the hospital for a long time.

Among the family members of the three people Pingdongtang killed in the past five years, only the victim's son had heard the murderer's voice.

If Heitong Doji's voice coincides with the murderer's voice heard by the deceased's son 15 years ago.

Seeing that there are only three days left in the prosecution period, maybe the deceased's son will really choose to avenge his father in his own way.

Thinking of this, Sotakuya immediately ordered his subordinates: "Sato, Takagi, take a few people to the house of the deceased's son and invite him back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Be careful, he is very likely to be the murderer in this case. The police came to your door after the first murder.

There may be a stress reaction. "

(End of this chapter)