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

At the messy fire scene, Officer Yuminaga from the Metropolitan Police Department rushed over. He looked serious, and was followed by a group of police officers. Once they arrived at the scene, everyone quickly began to search for clues carefully.

Officer Yuminagi reported the current situation to Kuroda Heibei: "Based on the current situation, the source of the fire should be the candles in the lamps. These candles were scattered on the ground and melted together, causing this terrible fire.

After the candle in the lamp fell out, it instantly ignited the comic books and clothes in the tent. The fire spread rapidly in the tent and mercilessly burned the dead person who was sleeping in the chair.

Judging from the number of beer cans on the ground, the deceased seemed to have drunk quite a lot of alcohol. " As he spoke, Officer Yuminagi picked up the evidence at the scene and handed it to Kuroda Bei.

Kuroda Bei observed the surroundings with sharp eyes: "So this was an accident?"

"Well, I think it should be correct. However, I can't be completely sure at the moment."

At this time, Conan was observing the scene intently in front of the two of them, and suddenly said, "Don't you think it's strange?" He pointed to the melted candle not far away, "Look, there is a bamboo stick inside the melted candle."

When Officer Yumio heard Conan's words, he squatted down and observed carefully: "This bamboo stick should be the bamboo stick used to string dumplings left by the deceased when he ate the snacks. By the way, I didn't expect you to be here too, Conan."

Kurodabei bowed slightly, "Do you know the brains of this sleeping Kogoro?"

"Yes, we have troubled him before and asked him to come and help us. This child is very smart and can often find some details that we overlooked."

Conan ignored their conversation and pointed to another place in the waste: "And here, take a closer look. One of the candles that have solidified again has a small hole on the top, and the magazine cover next to the laptop has a strange V-shaped burn mark, which means that someone must have tampered with it."

"That makes sense." Officer Gong Chang touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Kuroda Bei stood up, glanced at the three people standing nearby, and said firmly: "The person who made the move was one of the three of you who had been to the deceased's tent."

Kudo Yuki standing nearby couldn't help but complain: "A typical choice between three. This has become a daily routine wherever Conan is."

Huiyuan Ai also nodded and whispered softly: "Sister Xue, you summarized it very well."

Conan looked at the two people speaking in unison, his mouth twitching and his face full of helplessness, but he quickly turned his attention back to the crime scene.

Kuroda looked at the three suspects with a sharp gaze: "I remember that the first person to go to the deceased's tent was Miss Furuoka Mitori, whose name I just asked. The next one was Mr. Ashizawa Junto, and the last one was Mr. Danno Kuninori."

Wakasa Rumi, who was standing nearby, smiled faintly, but her eyes were filled with scrutiny: "Strange, didn't you just say that you had been wearing earplugs and sleeping in the tent? Then how did you know the order in which they went there?"

"Well, when I was half asleep, I saw you guys happily eating curry together through the gap at the entrance of the tent."

Wakasa Rumi smiled with a fake smile, and the suspicion in her eyes became more and more obvious: "So were you trying to observe someone in the tent at that time?"

Kurodabei looked calm and said, "No, I just saw it by accident."

"I saw it by accident." Wakasa Rumi's expression suddenly turned into a smile with a dagger hidden inside, and her eyes seemed to see through Kuroda Heibei.

Kuroda Bei's eyes turned to the three suspects. "Because my tent was right next to the one that just caught fire, I remembered the order in which the people came to that tent. However, because I was wearing earplugs at the time, I didn't hear what the three of them said to the deceased."

Wakasa Rumi pressed on, her tone becoming sharper: "And you just fell asleep in the tent, right? I was wondering if you were just trying to keep an eye on someone you cared about and just ignored the burning tent next to you, Officer Kuroda."

Kuroda Heibei was not disturbed by Wakasa Rumi's attitude: "I will definitely not leave it alone. I really just fell asleep accidentally. I don't think anything serious will happen with the elementary school teacher around."

Officer Gongchang looked at the tense atmosphere and felt a little overwhelmed. He squatted down and asked Conan softly: "Conan, is that person an elementary school teacher?"

"Well, she is the deputy head teacher of our class."

Kudo Yuki crossed her arms across her chest, with no intention of intervening. She just observed Wakasa Rumi and the subtle changes in her expression.

Kuroda turned his head and looked at the three suspects, saying in a serious tone: "Then please tell me what you three said to the deceased at that time."

The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly solemn, and everyone was waiting for the suspects' answers, trying to find the key clues to the case from their words.

The three responded one by one in the order in which they looked for the deceased.

Furukawa Mitori frowned, "When I went to Urushihara's tent, he was already drunk. No matter what I said to him, he yelled at me that I was too noisy and told me to go away. I didn't even have a good conversation with him."

Kurodabei's eyes were sharp. "Was there no light in the deceased's tent at that time?"

Furukawa Mitori nodded repeatedly, "Because it was still bright around at that time, he said he wanted to read some comics before going to bed."

Officer Gong Chang was puzzled. "Why were there so many candles in the deceased's tent? Even if we had to use candles, there were too many of them."

"Because Urushihara was in charge of bringing the matches and candles."

Conan blinked his smart eyes, "Is it Brother Urushihara who is also responsible for bringing those comic books?"

"Those are actually my books, because Urushihara said he wanted to read them while camping. If I had known things would turn out like this, I would have dragged him out of the tent and told him to stop reading comics and come out to eat curry with us."

After saying this, Furuoka Mitori couldn't help but burst into tears. Her tears couldn't stop flowing and her body kept shaking because of crying.

Ashizawa Junto took a deep breath and said, "When I went to Urushihara's tent, no matter what I said to him, he never responded to me.

At first I thought Urushihara was ignoring me on purpose, but after hearing what Mitori said, I thought he might have been drunk and fell asleep at the time.

Once that guy is drunk, it’s impossible to wake him up. When he went to training camp before, he often had graffiti on his face because of this.”

Kurodabei looked at him intently, "Was the light on in the tent at that time?"

Ashizawa Junto tilted his head and thought for a while: "I remember that there was no light in the tent at that time. Oh, it should be after I left Urushihara's tent that he suddenly turned on the light and did squats in the tent. Urushihara once said that he would do squats every day before going to bed."

The three little members of the Junior Detective Team interrupted hurriedly.

"We saw it too. He put his hands behind his head like this," he said, imitating the action.

"He repeated it several times."

"His shadow was also reflected on the tent."

Officer Gong Chang stroked his chin and said, "If what they said is true, the deceased should have been awake at the time."

Kurodabei looked at the last suspect and said, "Then the last person to go to the deceased's tent is very suspicious."

Danno Kuninori said anxiously, "Hey, I didn't set fire to Urushihara's tent. You should check it out. I brought curry and rice with me at that time, intending to lure him out with the smell, but my situation was the same as Ashizawa's. Urushihara ignored me completely.

I talked to him, but he ignored me. He kept doing squats in the tent, and I thought maybe Urushihara was doing squats while listening to music with headphones.

Now that I think about it, he probably heard me talking to him because he was doing his squats faster and faster, like he was trying to get me out of there.”

Officer Yumio frowned, "Come to think of it, why was Mr. Urushihara the only one in the tent, not eating curry with the rest of you?"

"Because he and I had a little friction. We had some conflicts before. When we were practicing, his elbow..."

Kudo Yuki stared at Ashizawa Junto with a thoughtful look in her eyes. After Conan noticed his sister's strangeness, he turned to ask Furuoka Mitori: "Is it true that Danno-nii is the former ace of the basketball club?"

Furooka Mitori nodded hurriedly, a look of regret on her face: "Because Danno's height is particularly suitable for dunking, he used to be a player that attracted attention from professional teams, but..." Her words stopped abruptly.

At this time, Ashizawa Junto came over and whispered, "If Danye hadn't been injured in the right eye by Urushihara during training, he might have already gone abroad to play basketball.

This is also very ironic. Because of Danno's injury, I was able to move from a substitute player to a starter and now the ace of our team. After Danno gave up his playing career, he spent more time with the manager, Mitori, and the two of them eventually started dating because of this. "

Kudo Yuki was worried about Conan's safety and afraid that he might be held hostage, so she quickly walked to Conan and listened to their conversation quietly.

Ashizawa Junto turned his head and looked at Danno Kuninori who continued to tell the police what happened: "Danno used to be surrounded by many girls, but since he became the club manager, there is no one around him anymore."

At this moment, an investigator hurried over. Conan saw this and took his sister's hand and walked to Officer Yumio. The investigator respectfully reported: "Officer Yumio, the tape wrapped around the fingers of the deceased's hands that you just asked us to investigate has been checked."

As he spoke, the investigator carefully took out his phone from his pocket and handed it to Officer Gong Chang. "Although the outer surface of the tape has been burnt, it has not been completely burned. The tape has loosened, but no abnormalities have been found."

Conan checked the pictures on his phone and quickly walked to Wakasa Rumi. Kudo Yuki whispered in Conan's ear: "Seesaw."

After she finished speaking, Ayumi took the acorn doll made by Wakasa Rumi and swung it left and right. Conan instantly understood the meaning, and Kudo Yuki keenly captured the subtle smile on Wakasa Rumi's face.

Kudo Yuki raised her eyebrows slightly and thought to herself: [It seems that her reasoning ability is also excellent. As for other aspects, it remains to be seen.]

At the same time, the three suspects were still arguing fiercely that they were not the murderers, with saliva flying and red faces.

Conan pulled his elder sister and lowered his voice: "Sister Xue, you know the answer, right?"

Kudo Yuki rolled her eyes in annoyance, "You little adult, remember not to speak out what you see. You guessed it, so tell me."

"Brother Urushihara should have fallen asleep after getting drunk by then. If you don't believe me, let Sister Xue show you how to make a sleeping person do squats."

"Conan, tell me yourself."

Conan shook his head quickly, "The home court belongs to Sister Xue."

Kudo Yuki was amused by Conan's words, "I'll meet your request."

Everyone came to Kudo Yuki curiously, and she explained in detail while operating: "Install a bamboo stick at the bottom of the candle, then use another candle to drip wax on it, and then stick the two candles together, so that it becomes a candle with a bamboo stick in the middle.

Next, pierce a small hole at the top of each of the two candles that have just been placed on the book, and then insert the two ends of the bamboo stick into the two holes, and the candle seesaw is ready. "

Kudo Yuki lit a match at both ends of the candle and placed the book on one side of the candle to block the light, leaving only one side of the candle swaying up and down.

Conan pointed behind him excitedly: "Look behind you, the shadow reflected on the tent is also swinging up and down."

Officer Gongchang suddenly realized: "The murderer crossed the dead man's hands behind his head while he was sleeping, and then made him sit on a chair to avoid his lower body being seen. He placed a large bag next to the tent, and used the candlelight swinging up and down to make the dead man's shadow look like he was doing squats."

Kuroda explained the whole process in a clear and logical manner: "No wonder there was a V-shaped burn mark on the magazine. In order to block the candle flame on the other side, the magazine was placed on the upright laptop. When the candle was lit, only the inside of the magazine was burned, leaving such a strange burn mark."

Officer Gong Chang still looked puzzled. "What about those candles that were mixed together after being melted?"

Kurodabei analyzed slowly: "Those candles must have been thrown on the ground by the murderer to avoid being discovered. After that, as long as he pretended to put out the fire and poured water on the laptop, he could destroy this method and not let anyone notice it."

Kudo Yuki smiled and rubbed Conan's head: "You can tell me what's next."

To be continued...