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

When they got home, Yukiko opened the door gently, and the siblings' eyes were instantly attracted by the scene in the room. They saw Kudo Yusaku lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, his face slightly pale.

"Dad is very ill."

"That's right. I've already given him some water."

Kudo Yuki deliberately stepped lightly and approached the bed without making any sound. She carefully observed Kudo Yusaku's face and frowned slightly: "Why do I feel like I have food poisoning? Forget it, let's observe it first."

She stood up, turned and left the room.

Yukiko also followed him out of the room and closed the door.

Conan followed Kudo Yuki in small steps, thoughts swirling in his head: "Even if his health has improved, we have to go to the hospital tomorrow."

Yukiko smiled and agreed, "Okay, okay."

At this moment, Conan suddenly remembered something, "By the way, where is Mr. Akai?"

"It seems that he is dealing with some FBI matters, and he is not here right now. If he were here, I wouldn't have to ask Xiaoxue to come back to help."

Kudo Yuki's lips curled slightly, "Then tell us the whole story of the serial locked room murders."

The three of them came to the study, and Yukiko held a tablet in her hand and flipped through the pictures.

"First of all, the first murder happened 20 days ago. You should know Shinichi. The first person to find the body was a rookie anchor."

"Is that the lady Yumekawa Ayako who often uses a pink microphone for interviews?"

"Yes, it's her. She is the host of tonight's special program and will come to our house later." Yukiko slid the tablet, found the relevant pictures, and handed them to the siblings.

"The victim was her good friend who worked at a clothing company. His name was Morita Atsushi and he was 24 years old."

Conan took the tablet and held the edge of it with his little hands. The brother and sister looked at the pictures, trying to find clues from the details.

"It is said that on the day the body was found, Ms. Yumekawa suddenly received a message from Ms. Morita asking for help. She immediately rushed to Ms. Morita's apartment, but no one answered the door no matter how many times she rang the doorbell."

Yukiko frowned slightly, recalling the scene at that time. "Since the door was locked, she went to the administrator to explain the situation and asked him to help open the door."

"Secret room?" Conan's little hands quickly picked up the tablet, "Did she give the spare key to the door to anyone else?"

"Well, Miss Mengchuan has the spare key to the door, but the so-called secret room is not the entire room, but the bathroom where the body is located."

"Bathroom?" Kudo Yuki signaled Conan to turn the picture to the bathroom and enlarge it.

"Ms. Morita was pushed down by someone and her head hit the sink hard and she died. The bathroom door was locked."

Kudo Yuki looked at the enlarged picture of the door lock, the metallic sheen faintly visible in the picture. "That lock can only be locked from the inside. Just turn the knob sideways to lock the door lock."

Conan zoomed in on other parts of the picture and checked, "The crime scene looks very messy. Everything in the cabinets on the wall has been turned over."

Yukiko also looked at the pictures with her phone. "There were bags of lotion, hair dryers, toothbrushes, cosmetics, hairpins, cleaning brushes, etc. on the floor. When the police broke into the room, everything on the floor was pushed aside by the door."

She continued to flip through the photos, "Then 10 days later, the second victim appeared. His name was Taiji Kiryu, 31 years old. He said he was a freelancer, but in fact he just stayed at home every day and lived on his parents' support.

His body was found in the entrance of the apartment. The room was in a mess. It was impossible to tell where the entrance was and where the house was. There was garbage everywhere.

Conan watched intently: "There are things all over the floor inside the door of this scene."

"Yes. There are plastic bags from convenience stores, leftover beverage bottles, leftover cup noodles, disposable chopsticks, etc."

Kudo Yuki stared at the picture and thought, "Strange, the next photo after the entrance photo is this person's room, which looks like it has been tidied. Although there are leftover instant noodle boxes on the table, the action figures and game software on the cabinet are neatly arranged."

Conan got closer to take a closer look and commented, "It feels like someone deliberately opened a garbage bag and messed this place up."

Yukiko held her phone and looked up: "I remember now, all the figures in the cabinet were made by him, they seem to be characters from an online game.

Look, there is a photo on the cabinet. The figurine in the photo won the silver medal in a figurine competition."

Conan zoomed in on the figurine in the photo. "That's a character from the online game 'Dungeon Holmes', named Locke."

"Shinichi, do you know this game?"

"Well, everyone can team up to go into the dungeon and solve various puzzles with Locke. So how did this person get killed?"

Yukiko recalled: "There was an inconspicuous burn mark on his neck, and traces of being strangled with a rope. It is estimated that he was stunned with an electric baton and then strangled to death from the neck from behind. Moreover, he woke up and resisted in the middle, and there were skin scraps from the murderer in the cracks between his fingernails."

“There is actually such evidence!”

"Well, but we don't know whose skin it is yet. Then, the third murder occurred the next day. The victim, Sugasawa Koreji, was 47 years old and ran a bakery.

The murder took place in the kitchen of a single-family house in Beido Town. He was stabbed to death. The murderer stabbed him in the back first and then in the abdomen from the front.

Kudo Yuki asked, "Does this person live alone?"

"No, he was married, but he and his wife lived separately. His wife had returned to her parents' home in Kyushu. She came home that day to discuss a divorce, and she found the victim's body."

Conan looked at the photo and said, "The inside of the door at the crime scene is also a mess. There is a kitchen knife used to commit the crime, as well as spoons, tongs, spatulas, and frying pans, all of which are kitchen utensils."

"I heard that Mr. Sugasawa often develops new breads at home, so the kitchen has a full range of tools for making them."

Kudo Yuki looked at the kitchen utensils. "Really? There are several pans and other kitchen utensils hanging on the wall, just like the kitchen in the store."

Conan looked up, "Is this kitchen also locked from the inside?"

“Just like the first murder, the door could not be locked from the outside, but the victim was killed in the kitchen. The second murder victim, Mr. Kiryu, was the same. He would not give the spare key to anyone except his parents.

Yusaku told me that the police speculated that these three murders were all closed-room murders, and that the three murders were serial murders committed by the same person. However, I think this may be what the media said to attract attention. Maybe it was just a coincidence that three similar murders happened in succession. "

The siblings said in unison: "No."

Then, Kudo Yuki motioned for Conan to continue, and Conan said: "This is a serial murder case committed by the same person. The methods of the three closed-room murders are exactly the same."

Yukiko was a little surprised: "Hey, no way? Have you two figured out the modus operandi?"

"Well, that's easy."

"It's enough to be able to solve the locked room technique. Even if we don't know who the murderer is, we can save face, right?"

Kudo Yuki thought for a moment and said, "I guess so."

"Then I will disguise myself as Kudo Yusaku. The other information is on the tablet. You can take a look first." Then he ran back to the room.

Conan held the tablet computer, the curve of his mouth continued to grow: "Actually, my sister and I have probably guessed who the murderer is."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kudo Yuki sent a text message to Vermouth:

Absinthe, the silver bullet you care about is in trouble. You need to disguise yourself as Kudo Yusaku and rush to the Kudo family house before 6 o'clock to solve the case. Yukiko and the siblings went to the drugstore before. ——Vintage Wine: Fine wine.

Then, she sent another message to Amuro:

Toru, the planned time has changed slightly. Come to the Kudo residence at 9:. You can stay in my room tonight. "

After the siblings waited patiently in the study for 30 minutes, Kudo Yuki gradually felt that something was wrong. "Brother, let's go upstairs and see how mother is doing."

Conan immediately walked to the front and knocked on the door: "Mom, how long are you going to keep dressing up? If you don't hurry up, the TV station people will be here. Hey, Mom, at least answer the door."

Kudo Yuki then opened the door, and the brother and sister saw Yukiko lying on the table, looking listless and in disguise.

The two hurried forward, and Kudo Xue was full of doubts: "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Yukiko replied weakly: "No, it's okay. I just accidentally fell asleep."

Conan reacted instantly: "Could it be that you and your father ate the same dish last night?"

"Of course, we are husband and wife after all."

Conan turned to look at Kudo Yuki: "Sister, you are right, they are definitely suffering from food poisoning. We must find a way to decline the TV station's filming and take them to the hospital as soon as possible."

At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang, and Conan panicked: "Oh no, the TV station is here. My voice changer is not fully charged yet, sister, I will go and explain the situation to them."

Before Kudo Yuki could explain, Conan hurried to the door and opened it, with a smile on his face, ready to decline: "Sorry, it's a bit inconvenient today..."

However, when Conan saw the man disguised as Kudo Yusaku at the door, he was stunned.

At the same time, in the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri was sitting on the sofa with a newspaper in his hand, and the TV was playing noisy advertisements.

Mao Lilan rushed into the house. Mao Li Kogoro looked at his daughter's anxious look and said, "It's okay, don't be so anxious."

"No, I want to watch the 8 o'clock special."

"Special program? Is it just a program about serial locked-room murders?" Kogoro Mouri put down the newspaper with a confused look on his face.

"That's right, the secret of the serial locked room murder case is revealed. The guest who will solve the mystery is Shinichi and Sister Xue's father. I don't want to miss it. I'll go cook now."

As she spoke, Mao Lilan quickly walked into the kitchen, and suddenly there was a slight sound of pots and pans colliding in the kitchen.

Maori Kogoro shook his head slightly, muttering, "They actually asked a novelist for help, why didn't they ask me, a famous detective, for help?"

Inside the Kudo family house, Conan was still immersed in shock, his eyes fixed on the person at the door: "Could it be that you are..."

Vermouth interrupted Conan in Kudo Yusaku's voice: "Hey, hey, I saw Kudo Yusaku was in trouble, so I came to help out. What, you're not welcome? After all, he helped me clear the suspicion, so I'm here to return the favor."

"It's you, Kaito Kidd."

Vermouth changed into the voice and personality of Kaito Kid again: "If you mind my uninvited arrival, then I'll take my leave first." After saying that, she waved her hand and was about to leave, her white cloak fluttering slightly.

"Wait, wait a minute. Since you're so determined to return the favor, I'll give you this chance."

Vermouth turned her head and grinned: "You are so stubborn."

"Time is urgent. The TV station staff will be here in less than 10 minutes. I will explain the case to you. Please come in quickly." Conan turned and walked into the house.

"Understood." Vermouth followed Conan's pace.

Kudo Yuki arrived at the study room early and just saw Conan and Vermouth disguised as Kudo Yusaku coming in.

Conan put his hands in his pockets, "But by the way, how did you know that my dad was not feeling well?"

"I wanted to find a chance to repay the favor, so I followed him here to take a look. I happened to overhear your conversation in the pharmacy, but I didn't expect his wife to be implicated as well."

"Well, they probably have food poisoning and are resting in the bedroom now."

Kudo Yukimi Vermouth used the voice of Kaito Kid, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised and a smile in her eyes.

Just then, the doorbell rang again.

"Oh no, the TV station staff is here. The case information is all on the tablet on the table. You take a look first. I'll go deal with the staff." Conan trotted to open the door, his steps hurried.

Vermouth looked at him: "Hey, are you from their family? I can help you deal with them."

Conan froze, scratching his hair irritably, his eyes full of confusion: "Listen carefully, don't talk nonsense in front of them."

"Well, keep it on me."

Conan thought for a moment and said, "Sister, please go back to your room first. Kaito Kid and I are enough here."

"Okay, then, I'll do as you say. I'll help you if you can't handle it." Kudo Yuki smiled as she passed by Vermouth. The moment their eyes met, Kudo Yuki whispered softly, "Thank you!" Then, she turned and left.

Conan and Vermouth looked at each other and prepared to welcome the TV station staff.

Kudo Yuki returned to her room and closed the door gently. Shushu jumped onto the bed, bounced a few times with his round body, and then found a comfortable position to lie down. His eyes were shining, and his little paws quickly patted the place next to him, "Xiaoxue, eat and watch the show."

Kudo Yuki smiled slightly, picked up the pine nuts from the table, and sat down beside the bed. She stroked Shushu's head, and Shushu closed his eyes comfortably. She turned on the system screen, and Conan and Vermouth, who was disguised as Kudo Yusaku, were standing at the door.

To be continued...