In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 46: Unexpected Situation

"How did you determine that the deceased was strangled to death? And not directly crushed to death?"

Kogoro Mori felt very confused when he heard Sera Masumi's confident tone.

"First of all, whether it is the strangulation marks on the deceased's neck or the contusions on the head, they are very obvious signs of life."

"This shows that the deceased was attacked in two ways while still alive."

Masumi Sera showed the deceased's neck and the wound on the top of his head to Kogoro Mori.

"There must be a sequence of these two attacks."

"By observing the wounds, it can be found that the degree of contusion on the deceased's head is much lighter than the injury on his neck."

"Isn't this nonsense? The human neck is definitely more fragile than the head."

It was obvious that Kogoro Mori was not convinced by Masumi Sera.

"Hey~ This brother's throat seems to be broken~"

Conan's voice rang out from the side.

When Kogoro Mouri looked back, he saw Conan touching the dead man's throat.

He quickly slapped Conan's hand away and reached for the deceased's neck.

Then, Kogoro Mouri's eyes widened noticeably.

"If my guess is correct, the deceased's larynx should be broken, right?"

"Um"

Kogoro Mori listened to Sera Masumi's question and nodded slightly reluctantly.

Obviously, this tomboy detective in front of him had never touched the deceased, but he knew more about the deceased's situation than himself.

"Just by looking at the depth and marks of the strangulation, it can be seen that the murderer was determined to strangle the victim when he strangled him."

"In addition, observing the contusion on the deceased's head, it can be found that there is only one wound."

"If the deceased was killed by a single blow to the head, the severity of the head injury should be much worse than it is now."

"Also, according to common sense, it is much easier to knock someone unconscious and then strangle them to death than to strangle them unconscious and then knock them to death."

"There is also a third point that can prove my guess."

"That's Qiu Chuan over there. He also has bruises on his forehead from being hit multiple times by a hard object, but there are no marks of being strangled."

"That is consistent with the order in which I have inferred the deceased was attacked."

"Unfortunately, the murderer was obviously panicked at the time and did not have enough time to strangle Qiuchuan, so he fled the scene."

“Wait wait wait wait!!!”

Kogoro Mori felt his brain a little confused as he listened to Sera Masumi's overly jumpy explanation.

"First of all, how do you know that the one who is not dead is called 'Akikawa'?"

"Also, if you think normally, isn't the person who survived the crime scene the most suspicious person?"

"Finally, how can we tell that the murderer fled the scene in a panic?"

Maori Kogoro asked three questions in a row, and Conan, who was standing by, felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but complain in his heart:
"Uncle, you are a detective after all. Why can't you see something so obvious?"

After complaining, Conan raised his head and looked at Mouri Kogoro.

"Uncle, I wonder if you still remember the serial murder case that happened half a year ago?"

"After Ms. Sera solved the serial murder case, a car accident occurred on the national highway not far from the crime scene."

"And this Akikawa brother is the victim of that car accident."

"Hmm? So this guy named Akikawa has encountered this kind of thing twice in a row? Isn't that too unlucky?"

Kogoro Mori sighed.

"I don't know if it's really bad luck, but at least the murderer this time doesn't look like this Qiuchuan."

Sera Masumi said.

"Why is that?" "Because there was no hard object at the scene that could have caused the injury, nor was there any weapon that could have been used as a rope to strangle someone."

"Is it possible that Akikawa killed someone, hid the murder weapon, and then returned to the scene and pretended to be the victim?"

Kogoro Mori stroked his chin and speculated.

“It doesn’t fit with criminal psychology.”

"Although many murderers will return to the crime scene."

"But this is usually the case where the murderer uses the identity of a passerby to identify the deceased, and the police are investigating the case."

"If he could have disposed of the murder weapon, there would have been no need for him to go back and play the victim. This is simply a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt."

"Because as the prime suspect, he will inevitably be investigated for his relationship with the deceased."

"Common sense shows that he has no motive to do so."

"What if we don't use common sense?"

At this time, a deep voice sounded.

Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from.

I saw a man who looked a little fat, wearing a hat and a windbreaker.
He walked in with Chiba and Shin, as well as several policemen in suits.

"Megure Police Department!"

After seeing the person coming, Sera Masumi and others greeted him.

That's right.

He is the inspector of the Third Division of the Criminal Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division and the former boss of Kogoro Mori - Juzo Megure.

Megure Juzo walked in with the detectives from the forensic department and then looked at Mouri Kogoro.

"I heard that you were invited to watch a stage play, Maori, and then you encountered a murder case?"

"Yes." Kogoro Mouri nodded.

"You really are a plague god. Why do people die wherever you go?"

Megure Juzo's blunt words made Mori Kogoro very embarrassed.

Conan on the side also nodded in agreement, feeling that this uncle did have some of the aura of the god of plague.

Megure Juzo did not wait for Kogoro Mori to answer him, but looked at Masumi Sera again.

"What is the situation that is beyond common sense that Ms. Sera just mentioned?"

"That is--"

Masumi Sera glanced at Akikawa Sosuke, who was probably still unconscious, and lowered his voice.

She whispered in a voice that only they could hear:
"The murderer has a serious antisocial personality and a desire to perform."

"He has absolute confidence in what he did and is not afraid at all that he will be exposed and the police will find evidence."

"He was willing to be the prime suspect and play the victim because he enjoyed the control he had over the police and the crime."

"For this kind of person, crime is never an end, but only a means to achieve his end."

Sera Masumi's words instantly cooled the air around them.

It's not just Kogoro Mori.

Even Chiba Kazunobu and several detectives around him felt a chill down their spines because of Sera Masumi's words and couldn't help swallowing.

Such people.

Even in Japan, where cases occur frequently, this is definitely a minority.

Masumi Sera looked at the shocked and serious expressions of the people around him, and a warm smile instantly appeared on his handsome face.

"Of course, all this is inconsistent with the evidence at the scene, so you don't have to pay attention to what I just said."

(End of this chapter)