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

Dr. Agasa had a proud look on his face: "How about it, isn't it amazing? That's something I invented."

Officer Chiba suddenly interrupted their conversation and muttered, "I say, Dr. Agasa, please come over here."

The two walked to the door outside the house, while Kudo Yuki watched from the side.

"Is there a problem?"

"We just found a message in the victim's phone. It was a message you sent to the victim, Mr. Nishizu, 20 minutes before the crime. Do you still remember it?"

"I sent a message saying I would be leaving soon."

"But it's strange that Mr. Xijin didn't check the message, but his phone was clearly set up with message reminders."

“I don’t know about that either.”

At this time, Huiyuan Ai stood next to Dr. Agasa and said jokingly: "At that time, his hearing aid had already had problems. That strange hearing angel really has a lot of problems, it's hard to describe!"

Dr. Agasa bent down and immediately made a gesture to keep quiet, "Shh, I can't hear you."

"Speaking of strange, in my opinion, you are a very strange person." Sera Masumi came close to Haibara Ai without her noticing.

"Ai, I think you should tell me the truth about the medicine. Are you also like Conan, able to change back to your original form from time to time?"

She smiled and winked at Huihara Ai, "If you have that medicine, can you give me some of it, the medicine that can turn back time?"

Haibara Ai just looked at her cousin Sera Masumi with eyes as calm as water, and did not tell her any answer.

"Excuse me, what do you mean by reversing time?" Subaru Okiya stroked his chin and thought to himself: "Who has become smaller? Why is my sister so anxious to get the antidote?"

"The so-called reverse time should refer to going back to the past. Could it be that someone you know has encountered this situation?"

"What does this have to do with you!"

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi became instantly furious, his eyebrows raised, and he raised his leg and kicked towards Okiya Subaru.

Subaru Okiya flashed flexibly and came behind Masumi Sera. Masumi Sera was still in shock, and secretly sighed in his heart: "It disappeared so quickly."

Subaru Okiya placed his hands on his sister's shoulders to support her, then let go.

Masumi Sera turned around, looked at him warily, and took a few steps back to keep a distance from him.

Subaru Okiya placed his palms towards her with a gentle smile on his face, "Fifty, fifty, we're even. I accidentally said something that angered you, and it was indeed my fault.

However, you are also wrong. How could you suddenly become violent? Don't blame me for being nosy. If you want to be more feminine, you'd better be careful and not be violent to others casually. "

Sera Masumi's tense face gradually relaxed, "Don't worry about it. I can become very feminine without doing anything. After all, my mother used to be a very plump person."

"Before? From what you said, does that mean your mother has passed away?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

"What does that mean?"

Sera Masumi was stuck and turned her head away with a hint of annoyance on her face: "Can you please stop asking? And what does this have to do with you?" After saying that, she quickly walked away from Okiya Subaru.

Subaru Okiya smiled helplessly, and Conan speculated in his heart: "Mr. Akai wants to confirm whether his mother is safe now. The girl who looks like a middle school student is the mother of Sera and Mr. Akai. Then, the person named Mary that I met when I was a child should also be her. 】

When Sera Masumi was glaring at Okiya Subaru, Conan took Kudo Yuki to a deserted location nearby: "Sister, when I was a kid at the beach, the person I met named Mary should be Mr. Akai and Sera's mother.

Sera kept asking about the medicine, which meant that just as I thought, someone had fed her mother APTX4869, causing her mother to become smaller.

But who is she? Why was she drugged? We only know that she has strong reasoning ability and is very good at fighting. Masumi Sera also said that she is a "sister from outside the country" and is British. "

Conan frowned, his eyes full of worry.

Kudo Yuki crouched down and whispered in Conan's ear: "The United Kingdom is translated into English as UNITED KINGDOM, and 'sister outside the territory' is translated into English as SISTER OUT OF TERRITORY. Do you know what this means?"

"Sister, I don't understand the meaning of this either. Is this some kind of code or hint?"

"What can you associate with this code and the results of your analysis?"

Conan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he was greatly shocked. "Hey, hey, no way. Could it be that the true meaning of the sister outside the domain is..."

When Kudo Yuki saw Conan understood, she explained: "Sister is in English, and territory is in English, and the abbreviation is TER.

Remove the three letters TER from sister and you get SIS, which stands for Secret Intelligence Service, the British intelligence agency known around the world as MI6.

At this time, the voices of other people were heard not far away. The brother and sister looked at each other, stopped talking, and hurried back.

Inside the house, the three suspects became agitated again.

Chinji Chono stood up with an impatient look on his face and shouted, "Hey, officer, it's no use for us to wait here any longer. I still have a lot of things to deal with, please let me go back."

Inspector Megure emphasized the current situation: "I'm afraid this won't work. According to the current situation, the murderer who hit the appraiser Mr. Nishizu on the head with a spear and then killed him with the same spear.

It is very likely that it is among the three of you. Therefore, please stay here for the time being and cooperate with the investigation."

After hearing this, Dieno Qinzhi reluctantly sat down and cooperated with the investigation without saying anything more.

"But how long do we have to wait?" Farshima Motoyuki took the opportunity to exaggerate, his body slightly leaning forward, "It's not a good idea to keep wasting time like this!"

Sakamaki Suzue frowned slightly. "Since the appraisers you contacted can't come, how can we find out who the murderer is? We can't be trapped here forever."

Officer Gao Mu hurried forward and tried to calm the three suspects: "Well, everyone, we are already contacting an out-of-town appraiser. Please wait a moment!"

Officer Chiba clutched the small box tightly in his hand and trotted into the room: "Officer Megure, this is the clue provided by the nanny.

The victim had told them that he would show this package to today's visitors and explain it to them to see their shocked expressions. So, will the identification result of the pile of black disks be written inside it?"

Officer Megure quickly took the small box and carefully examined the few illegible words written on it:

The more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes. - Kurisuke

"The handwriting is so sloppy that I can't even tell what's written."

Dr. Agasa's eyes fell on the small box, "That's my box, and inside it is a small plate that I asked Mr. Nishizu to appraise."

"A box for small plates?"

"Yes, the side with the words on it is the lid. Slide it upwards to open the box."

Inspector Megure opened the box as Dr. Agasa said, "It's true. There's an old plate inside."

Okiya Subaru stood at the door, "Excuse me, can I take a look at that small plate?"

"This thing should have nothing to do with the case. Take it and have a look."

Okiya Subaru took the small box and raised the small plate. The four of them immediately gathered around and observed it carefully.

Conan suddenly discovered something, moved closer, and pointed at the plate, "Why is the paint on the back of this plate peeling off? And there seem to be some cracks where it peeled off."

Dr. Agasa also bent down and looked at the bottom of the plate carefully. "It's strange. When I found the plate, I didn't find that the paint on it had fallen off."

Kudo Yuki pondered, "Turn the plate over and take a look."

Okiya Subaru turned the plate over as instructed and saw that the front of the plate was intact.

"I understand." Conan took out his phone and found a picture of the front of the black plate and showed it to Dr. Agasa: "I want to ask, when you turn the plate over, which direction does the crane on the front of the plate face?"

"Which direction is the crane facing? Let me think about it." Dr. Agasa pointed at the picture and said, "I remember it should be like this."

Conan put his phone back into his pocket with a smile on his face. Masumi Sera beside him also understood the course of the case.

Conan turned his head and looked at the three piles of black plates on the ground. "Excuse me, Officer Takagi! Could you please turn over the plates of these three people and have a look?"

"Want to turn it over again?"

"Well, just like before, turn the plate over horizontally."

Officer Takagi did as he was told, "They're all turned over now."

Conan waved to Officer Chiba again, "And then, there's Officer Chiba."

"What's wrong, Conan?"

Conan whispered in his ear, "Is there blood on the cushions in the box?"

"It is indeed true. There is blood on the cushion of one of the boxes."

Sakamaki Suzue glanced at the time on her watch and frowned. "Officer, can you please give me an explanation soon? How long are you going to stay at the crime scene? I can't stand it any longer."

Toshima Motoyuki took the opportunity to divert everyone's attention and raised his voice a few degrees: "That's right, officer, please take a look at the tatami, even our box is splattered with blood.

Chinji Chono put his hands in his pockets leisurely: "In that case, let's put the plates back into the box and take them back."

Sakamaki Suzue adjusted her glasses, dissatisfaction revealed in her eyes: "I think we should find another time to record the statement another day."

"Please, please wait a moment." Officer Takagi tried to appease these increasingly impatient suspects.

Officer Chiba also tried to dissuade him, saying, "We have an appraiser colleague who has some knowledge of antiques. He will be here soon."

This sentence instantly ignited the anger of the three suspects.

Toshima Kei shouted, "What! You know something about antiques? Are you kidding me? Whoever has the plates in his box identified as genuine will be suspected of being the murderer of Mr. Nishizu, right?"

"How can such an important task be handed over to a non-professional?"

"To be honest, I think so too. Although I really hope that this pile of black plates I brought are genuine, I will never kill anyone just for this."

Shira Masumi looked at the three people with a sidelong glance, "Hey, you guys, it doesn't matter if the appraiser doesn't come. We can tell which one is the real thing and which one is the fake right now. Do you believe it?"

Everyone's eyes fell on her suspiciously.

Sera Masumi said, "Didn't Dr. Agasa just say that? The murderer hit Mr. Nishizu Hougen on the head with a spear, and then Mr. Nishizu touched the black plate with his bloody fingers."

Dr. Agasa stood by and nodded, "Yes."

"There was a blood mark on the real Duihei disk that was scratched by Mr. Xijin's finger. The doctor turned the Duihei disk over horizontally and saw a crane pattern on the front of the Duihei disk. The direction of the crane's beak was exactly the same as the blood mark on the back."

"That's true, that's right."

Officer Megure looked confused. "But we have already checked on the spot. We first placed each plate with the bloodstain facing upwards, and then turned the plates over horizontally. However, on none of the plates did the crane's beak face upwards."

Kudo Yuki stood back and said, "Then let's check it again. Before the doctor turned the plate over, the bloodstain was pointing northeast. According to the clock hand, it was pointing to half past one."

"Exactly."

"Then let's turn the plate over again based on the situation at that time!"

Masumi Sera folded his arms across his chest and said, "This time, move the bloodstains on all three plates toward the 1: mark, and then turn the plates over horizontally."

Upon hearing this, the three police officers immediately walked to the pile of black plates and turned the plates in unison as instructed. When the plates were turned over, everyone saw a completely different result.

"When we turn the plates over horizontally, the only ones with the crane's beak pointing to half past one are the black plates in your box, Mr. Motoyuki Toshima."

I saw Toshima Motoyuki frowning, his mouth slightly open, his face full of shock and panic.

Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba stood up and looked at Sera Masumi with puzzled expressions.

"But, but why is this?"

"When I turned the plates over just now, there wasn't a single plate where the crane's beak and the bloodstains pointed in the same direction?"

“That’s because you placed all the bloodstains facing upwards. In other words, if you turn a plate with a mark horizontally over and see the mark in the same position, people will mistakenly think that the marks on the front and back of the plate are in the same position.

But this only applies when the mark is directly above. Before the doctor turned the plate over, the bloodstain pointed to the northeast, which is the 1: position on the clock hand.

If the crane's beak on the back of the plate was pointing northwest at that time, it would not be at the original bloodstain location when it was turned over.

So, put the bloodstain facing upwards and turn the plate over. In this case, the crane's beak will not be facing upwards."

Inspector Megure said in a serious tone: "So, the one who killed Mr. Nishizu with a spear and then stole the real black disks into his own box was Mr. Toshima Motoyuki."

To be continued...