Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Chapter 108 Recording Studio Murder: Misunderstood Hatred

After listening to Toru Amuro's analysis, Officer Gao Ming suddenly realized: "I understand. Whether it was Miss Ranhua's coat buttons about to fall off or the guitar strings breaking, they were all pure coincidences.

And I just rented that guitar from this store today, so there’s no way I could tamper with it beforehand and make it break after just a few strokes.”

Inspector Megure stroked his chin. "On the other hand, if you want to modify the song, you can just modify it at home in advance, and then re-copy it when you arrive at the scene. In this way, you can use the time in the studio to weave the murder weapon."

Masumi Sera looked at Kogure Liuhai, and the corners of her mouth curled up. "Besides, Miss Liuhai is different from the others. She is facing away from the camera, so there should be a way to pretend that she is playing while actually knitting. After all, your knitting skills are good enough to teach others."

Yuiko Fuegawa stood in front of Kogure's fringe and defended her, "But, if it's knitting, I can do it too."

Muchuan Ranhua was not to be outdone, "Besides, that would also require covering half of the surveillance camera's lens in order to commit the crime, right, Liu Hai."

Kogure Liuhai was slightly panicked: "Yes. The selfie stick with the mobile phone installed was set up on the microphone stand, and the position was just in front of the monitor. It was all pure coincidence.

Because that was the location that the three of us decided on while looking at the screen on our phones and making various suggestions. Or do you mean that we colluded and deliberately placed it there in order to cover the camera lens?"

Amuro Toru remained calm, "I already know your method of committing the crime after watching the video of the performance you recorded with your mobile phone."

Kogure Rumi squeaked in a huff, while Officer Takagi touched his chin with his hand, thinking about what Amuro Toru said. "If it's that video, I've also watched it, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it."

Inspector Megure took notes. "Would it be convenient for us to watch the video again?"

Kogure Rumi agreed to Officer Megure's request and then handed her cell phone to Officer Megure.

Officer Megure took the phone and looked at the video with a puzzled look on his face. "What's the problem?"

Kudo Yuki walked forward and pointed at the positions of the people in the video. "That's where the four of them were standing."

Toru Amuro stood next to Yuki Kudo and continued to explain her words: "The drummer's position has been fixed from the beginning, so it cannot be moved at will.

The guitarist and bassist in the middle will be in the frame no matter how they move. Therefore, the position of the phone used to shoot the video depends on the keyboard player, Ms. Bangs, who is in the upper left corner.

Kudo Yuki's eyes stayed on the placement of the mobile phone. "In other words, only Miss Liu Hai can control where the mobile phone is placed by the placement of the keyboard, so that the monitor can be half covered."

Amuro said seriously: "If the keyboard is placed too close to the drum, the phone will also be closer, and then it will be too far away from the monitor to cover the lens.

On the contrary, if there is a distance from the drum, the phone will also be farther away and it will easily be out of the range of the monitor lens.”

Sera Masumi took over the conversation, "That's how you covered half of the monitor screen, and then pretended to wake up Ms. Hagie who was sleeping in the recording studio, and strangled her to death with the wool you prepared.

Then he used the drumsticks to weave the yarn into the woolen hat that Ms. Hagie was wearing, pretending that he was modifying the song, and then put the woolen hat back on Ms. Hagie's head and returned to the rest area as if nothing had happened. Did I say anything wrong? "

Officer Megure took a few steps forward and stood between Kogure Rumi and Sera Masumi, worried that the two would start fighting: "You should know in advance that Miss Hagie will sleep on the drum."

Kudo Yuki looked at Kogure's bangs, who lowered her head and dared not speak, and sneered, "I remember Miss Ranhua mentioned before, 'Miss Hagie always sleeps like this'.

Since this happens every time, if we put sleeping pills in Ms. Hagie's drink beforehand, Ms. Hagie will say she wants to take a nap, go back to the studio alone, and fall asleep on the drums. This situation is also predictable."

Amuro Toru put his hand on Kudo Yuki's shoulder and patted her gently, signaling her to relax. "But if we search all the trash cans of this rental recording studio, we should be able to find the plastic bottle with sleeping pills right away."

After hearing what Amuro Toru said, Officer Megure ordered, "Search quickly. Also, notify the forensic personnel and ask them to check the victim's woolen hat."

Officer Takagi took the order and left. Officer Megure turned his head and looked at the suspect Kogure Rumi, and said in a serious tone, "Miss Kogure Rumi, could you please come with us to the police station?"

After hearing what Inspector Megure said, Kogure Liuhai was slightly stunned, and a trace of panic appeared on her face. She tried to defend herself: "But where are the scissors? Without scissors that can cut the thread, there is no way to remove the fur ball on the hat."

Sera Masumi sneered and directly exposed Kogure's lie: "You are using the nail clippers. You calculated that as long as you grow your nails long, Miss Yuiko will lend them to you."

Kogure Liuhai still refused to admit her crime. "This, all of this is just your imagination. There is no evidence to prove that I did it, right?"

When Kudo Yuki heard what Kogure Liuhai said, she couldn't help but sneer, "Kogure Liuhai, you really won't turn back until you hit the wall. Aren't the nails on your fingers the best proof?"

Conan took the opportunity to grab the hand that Kogure was about to retract: "It's actually very obvious, because the elder sister finally borrowed the nail clippers, but she didn't cut her nails.

This means you already know that you won't have another chance to practice today, so there's no need to trim your nails."

When Kogure Rumi heard what Kudo Yuki and Conan said, she was shocked and dared not speak. She was afraid that if she said one more word, she would reveal another flaw.

As Amuro Toru walked forward, he said, "Besides the blood of Ms. Hagie, I think your fingerprints should also be found on the yarn used as the murder weapon.

After all, with the current level of scientific investigation, fingerprints can be successfully collected even on the hairy surface of a common hard tennis ball."

Kogure Liuhai's face was filled with disbelief, she had already opened her mouth in surprise, and had just taken a small step back. Fuegawa Yuiko and Kifune Someka immediately walked in front of Kogure Liuhai and blocked her with their bodies, as if to support her.

Muchuan Ranhua was furious and said directly: "You are talking nonsense! How could Liu Hai use that woolen hat as a murder weapon?"

Yuiko Fuegawa echoed, "That's right. Because that's the best proof of the relationship between Liu Hai and Akane."

Kogure Rumi could no longer hold back the hatred in her heart, and she shouted loudly: "That's right, it's precisely because that is the woolen hat knitted by Akane that I specifically used it. I want her to feel Akane's hatred."

The two turned to look at her, Kogure Rumi's eyes filled with pain and hatred: "You know why Akane ruined her voice."

Yuiko Fuegawa looked calm, "I remember it was Hagie who said something when he was drunk."

Muchuan Ranhua recalled the past, "She said she hoped her singing voice would have more depth."

Kogure Rumi expressed her conjecture, "Yes, that's right. Akane took that statement seriously and rinsed her mouth with hard-to-swallow wine, buried her face in the cushion and shouted loudly, finally making her voice hoarse and magnetic.

Who knows, Hagi said, "What's that sound? The old one was better. There's nothing we can do. Next time, Yuiko will be the lead singer. Akane, you don't have to sing."

She actually said that, it was too much. That guy had no idea what Akane was feeling at the time.

A few days later, Zhu Yin was so depressed that she crashed her car and committed suicide, so today I must avenge Zhu Yin who died with hatred."

Muchuan Ranhua shook her head, "No, it wasn't suicide, it was just a traffic accident."

Kogure Rumi retorted angrily: "It was suicide. It was suicide. Otherwise, how could Akane run a red light?"

Yuiko Fuegawa calmed down the emotional Kogure Rukai, "That's not the case, Rukai. The one who rushed into the lane without looking at the traffic light was a little boy who came from nowhere. Akane was trying to save that child, so she was hit by the car."

Kogure Rumi didn't believe what Fuegawa Yuiko said. She shouted, "You are lying. What you said must not be true. Because Hagi clearly said at Akane's funeral that she was the cause of Akane's death."

Yuiko Fuegawa had no choice but to tell her the truth: "That must be because Akane followed Hagi's instructions to her."

Kogure Rumi asked doubtfully: "Follow Hagie's instructions?"

"Don't make any sound until your voice is healed. If it's just this level of hoarseness, you can definitely restore your original beautiful voice. And say you're sorry for saying those stupid things when you were drunk."

Hearing this, tears welled up in the corners of Kogure's eyes, and her body trembled slightly. Mufune Sanghua walked up to her, hugged her gently, and comforted her emotions: "So the people who witnessed the car accident said that Akane was ready to step forward to save the child before she warned him of the danger."

Yuiko Fuegawa sighed, "Ryuhae, you don't know all this. Akane's death was such a huge blow that you fell ill."

Tears welled up in Kogure Rumi's eyes as she cried heartbreakingly, "How could it be that I actually…"

Kogure Rumi committed such a crime because she misunderstood that Hagi had killed Akane. But now, the truth has come to light, and Kogure Rumi has paid the price for her actions.

On the other side, Officer Gao Mu led several police officers to search the trash can. After a while, they found a plastic bottle stained with sleeping pills.

The identification personnel also examined the victim's woolen hat and found that the wool inside the hat showed signs of being knitted.

Kogure Rumi wiped her tears and said, "I am willing to go to the police station with you. I will take responsibility for my crime." After that, Kogure Rumi followed Inspector Megure.

Afterwards, Sera Masumi returned to Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran, and the three of them walked home talking and laughing.

Conan turned his head to look at his elder sister and Amuro Toru, his heart full of doubts: "Mr. Amuro, the atmosphere between you and my sister is not right recently."

Conan stared at Kudo Yuki again: "Sis, you haven't been normal lately. There must be something you haven't told me."

Upon hearing this, Kudo Yuki pretended to be calm and gave Conan a slap in the face: "Conan, don't think I don't know that you took advantage of your identity as a child to take a bath with Xiaolan."

Conan covered the bump on his head, his face flushed. He didn't expect his sister to suddenly bring up this matter: "Sister, when did you know about this? Did mom tell you?"

Kudo Yuki raised an eyebrow, "What do you think?"

Seeing that his elder sister refused to speak, Conan stopped asking.

At this time, Amuro Toru was listening to this topic. He smiled and joked: "Conan, you should go back to Xiaolan first. If you go back too late, she will worry about you again."

Seeing that someone came to his rescue, Conan did not linger any longer. He said goodbye to Amuro Toru and Kudo Yuki, then turned and ran away.

When Toru Amuro saw Conan walking away, he took Kudo Yuki's hand and said, "Xiaoxue, let's go home."

Kudo Yuki was a little curious about where Toru Amuro was going home. When she arrived, she found that it was Toru Amuro's safe house.

She walked in and looked around. "Zero, why are you here tonight?"

Amuro Toru smiled slyly: "I heard a sound today, but when I got closer, I found it was my illusion. Xiaoxue, what do you think happened?"

When Shushu heard this, he immediately got angry: "This guy must be trying to trick you, don't be fooled, Xiaoxue."

Shushu jumped out of the pocket and punched Amuro Toru's foot with his little fist. Amuro Toru heard Shushu's words and felt Shushu's fist, and laughed in his heart: "This little squirrel is really weak, it's like tickling me."

He pretended to know nothing, "Xiaoxue, do you want to drink some wine?"

Kudo Yuki felt a little amused when she saw Shu Shu getting angry and beating people up: "I want to drink bourbon."

Amuro Toru heard this and realized that Kudo Yuki ordered bourbon because of his distillery code name. He stood up to get the wine, and Shu Shu was caught off guard and rolled forward, hitting the cabinet with a "bang" and fainted.

The corners of Kudo Yuki's mouth twitched. She pretended nothing had happened and watched Amuro Toru pour two glasses of bourbon and handed her one.

Amuro Toru smiled, "Xiaoxue, how much can you drink?"

"I'm not sure. I've only drunk red wine."

After hearing this, Amuro Toru felt even happier: "Let's test your alcohol tolerance today."

Kudo Yuki picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Amuro Toru savored the glass in his hand slowly and did not drink more.

After Kudo Yuki finished her third cup, she started to get a little drunk. She held onto Amuro Toru with both hands and refused to let go. Amuro Toru had no choice but to pick her up and wash up, then returned to the bedroom and put her on the bed.

As soon as Kudo Yuki exerted her strength, Amuro Toru fell on top of her. Amuro Toru smiled bitterly: "I'm really asking for trouble."

Since Kudo Yuki held him tightly and wouldn't let him move, he had to adjust to a comfortable position, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

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