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Chapter 14 The will to resist

Akikawa Sosuke was sent for examination and treatment.

Takuto Nakajima and Conan and his companions were taken back to a temporary room prepared for them in the hospital by detective Chiba Kazunobu.

I thought the room should be empty.

After pushing the door open, Takuto Nakajima discovered that there was another person inside.

That is the beautiful detective known as the "Flower of the Metropolitan Police Department" - Miwako Sato.

Miwako Sato is of the same rank as Inspector Toda, who previously gave orders to Takuto Nakajima.
He is the second-in-command of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's Criminal Investigation Section 3.

Therefore, he is the boss that Takuto Nakajima would never dare to disobey.

Originally, the beautiful police officer was holding her fist against her upper lip, thinking as she looked at the documents on the table.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned his gaze over here.

After seeing Nakajima Takuto's uneasy expression, as if he had done something wrong,
A pair of beautiful dark eyebrows also frowned.

"Chiba-kun, what happened?"

Miwako Sato did not ask Takuto Nakajima directly, but asked Chiba Kazunobu, who was one grade younger than her.

So Chiba Kazunobu roughly told Sato Miwako what he had learned on the way back.

"Thank you Ms. Sera for helping me stop Nakajima-kun."

Sato Miwako thanked Sera Masumi softly.

"Excuse me, could Miss Sera and little brother Conan please step aside for a moment?"

Masumi Sera and Conan both nodded and left the room.

"Officer Nakajima will probably be scolded by Officer Sato." Sera Masumi said, "I heard from Officer Takagi before that Officer Sato is very scary when he is angry."

"No, Officer Sato is no match for you."

Conan complained in his mind.

He clearly remembered,
In a previous case, Kaito Kid was almost kicked to death by Sera Masumi because he provoked Sera Masumi.

"Speaking of which, Ms. Sera, you are a little too impulsive, aren't you? Officer Nakajima is a criminal police officer, and if you attack him, it might be considered an assault on a police officer!"

"Assault the police if you will. Do you want me to sit back and watch Officer Nakajima torture you into a confession?"

"No, I want you to use a softer approach."

"So I didn't hit him in the face with that punch."

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Conan was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said:

"Since he was able to force Officer Nakajima, who seemed to have a good temper, into that state, it means that Akikawa has not admitted that he is the murderer."

"But I am curious about what happened in the ward during the time Officer Nakajima was away."

Sera Masumi guessed in his heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But this smile did not stay on her pretty face for long.

Just a few seconds later, Sera Masumi's expression turned cold again.

"He clearly had very little information about the victim and the suspect, but he was eager for quick success and attempted to induce and force the suspect to confess his crime."

"Besides, he clearly said that he would not induce a confession."

Masumi Sera doesn't like people who don't keep their promises.

What's more, Takuto Nakajima, who is a policeman, did something that is prohibited by law, which made Masumi Sera extremely disgusted.

Although neither Masumi Sera nor Conan knew what was discussed between Takuto Nakajima and Sousuke Akikawa.

But just by looking at Takuto Nakajima's frustrated look at the end, one could guess that the attempt to induce a confession had failed.

"Conan-kun, Ms. Sera, you can come in now."

After a moment, Chiba Kazushin poked his head out and called Conan and Sera Masumi back.

After they returned, they found that Sato Miwako's expression was no different from before.

But Takuto Nakajima stood aside with his head down, as if he had done something wrong.

"It seems that the scolding is more severe than I thought," Conan complained in his heart.

"I came here this time to share the intelligence that the Metropolitan Police Department has found about this case."

Miwako Sato spoke softly, and at the same time glanced at Takuto Nakajima who was standing there.

"Police from the Metropolitan Police Department visited the neighbors of the victim and the suspect and learned that Akikawa and his son moved into their current apartment three years ago."

"Unfortunately, most people say they have not had much contact with Akikawa and his son."

"But there is one thing that the answers from the interviewees were quite consistent."

"That is, they all believed that the suspect Akikawa Sosuke was abused by his mother Akikawa Ryoko."

"The evidence is that the victim, Akikawa Ryoko, occasionally went out to work, but they rarely saw the suspect Akikawa Sosuke go out."

"And in their impression, Akikawa Sosuke always seemed to be malnourished and very weak."

"This is consistent with Ms. Sera's speculation."

"Has the police received any reports about this?" asked Masumi Sera.

"No."

Sato Miwako answered.

"The police interviewed the neighbors of Akikawa and his son, and most of them said they did not want to get involved."

"Because they didn't hear any screams or anything like that from Akikawa's house, nor did they receive any help from Akikawa Sosuke."

"Actually, this situation is understandable. If Akikawa Sosuke has been under house arrest by his mother since elementary school, more than ten years have passed by now, and he should have lost the will to resist."

Masumi Sera put his finger on his chin and analyzed in a deep voice.

"Plus, the neighbors said that although they had almost no dealings with Akikawa mother and son, they had occasionally seen Akikawa Sosuke's malnourished and weak appearance, which means that Akikawa Sosuke's freedom is not completely restricted by his mother now."

"This also proves that Akikawa Ryoko is sure that Akikawa Sousuke will not run away or ask for help from others."

"It indirectly proves that Akikawa Sosuke has lost the will to resist."

"But if he lost the will to resist, how could he possibly kill his mother?" Chiba Kazunobu was puzzled.

"It's possible that Akikawa Sosuke just doesn't have any hope for his neighbors. For example, when he was a child, he tried to ask for help from his neighbors, but it was ineffective."

"After all, Officer Sato also said that Akikawa and his son moved to their current apartment three years ago."

"Akikawa Sosuke is not in school and does not go out. And Akikawa Ryoko does not have a formal job, she is just doing odd jobs."

"In this case, there is absolutely no need to move."

"So what I can think of is that once Akikawa Ryoko noticed that her abuse of Akikawa Sosuke was discovered by others, she would move away immediately."

"After a few times, Akikawa Sosuke naturally lost the will to resist."

Sato Miwako, Chiba Kazunobu, and even Nakajima Takuto who was standing aside all nodded repeatedly after hearing Sera Masumi's analysis.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart again,
He is truly a detective, always noticing details that the police have not noticed.

And with this tiny detail, we can infer the whole picture of the matter.

"But I still have some doubts. Would such a child really do something like killing his mother?"

Chiba and Shin still found it difficult to accept.

"Takagi-kun and his team, who were originally in charge of the investigation, also had the same doubts."

"But after they searched the apartment where the victim and the suspect lived, they found this."

As Sato Miwako spoke, she placed three pieces of information in front of everyone.

"The policyholder is Akikawa Ryoko and the beneficiary is Akikawa Sousuke."

"Including compulsory liability insurance, there are insurance contracts from three different companies with a total death compensation of more than 1 million yen."

(End of this chapter)