How to start Meursault

massacre.laugh at.

Total contempt.

"The information on that gun has been found. It was seized in a robbery case. In theory, it should be destroyed. The person in charge of that case is... Akiji Kano."

The stone stuck in his tongue finally fell to the ground.

When Shigeru Taketa was killed and Akiji Kano disappeared, revealing this made the atmosphere in the police station a little anxious.

Regardless of the final conclusion of the two corpses as the source, the police in Nagano will surely usher in a wave of purges.On the surface, everyone was filled with righteous indignation, looking like they were about to find out the cancer, but in private, no one knew how many people had trouble sleeping at night.

These things did not disturb the few people at the center of the incident too much - because the case itself was more important in front of them.

"Officer Akiyama, did you find anything unusual in Officer Taketa's house?"

Still bearing the name of Mori Kogoro, Edogawa Conan asked Akiyama Nobusuke.

After thinking about this case for a long time, he finally discovered the real difference from the previous cases he encountered.

Murder in the open, dumping of corpses, destruction of evidence—there's no artifice to it.

The trick in front of us was that the murderer who probably existed had disguised the scene as two people killing each other.

The problem is that solving the trick doesn't do much to solve the case—the core of the case isn't a trick.

It can be said that the effective clues that can be obtained from the whole scene almost all point to the deceased, not the murderer. They reasoned that the only thing they can determine so far is that the murderer is likely to have a close relationship with Taketa Shigeru, and they also hope that Taketa will be ruined.

By the way, regarding the disappearance of Shikano Akiji, Conan himself is more inclined to commit the crime again by the same person-hoping that Shikano will also be ruined. The motivation seems to be the same.

With the mentality of enumeration, no, exclusion, Conan rarely chooses to probabilistically construct an image of a murderer, which is commonly known as test writing.

The first is relationships and motivation.There is a high probability that the murderer has a special relationship with Shigeru Taketa and Akiji Kano, and they have feuds.

Then there are the characteristics felt through the scene.The murderer is very confident, otherwise he would not have killed two people in succession in a place where there may still be witnesses; his fighting ability should be far superior to ordinary people; he is proficient in dealing with traces and anti-tracking.The robber was shot in the forehead—

Originally, it was not surprising that Shigeru Taketa had the habit of being a policeman, but if it was pointing to the murderer.

Good at using guns or simply being a cop.

The person who died first was a robber, and it is clear that Hara Tamako will haunt the river bank...

The murderer either purposely collected information about Tamako Yura, or he already knew it.

In fact, the possibility of choosing the day that Ban Taketa was scheduled to hunt down Tamako Hana and killing both of them also increased in the same direction.

——The murderer is very likely to be a policeman.

Recalling the changes in the expressions of the three members of the Takeda class that he observed at the scene, Edogawa Conan put Akiyama Shinsuke as the most suspected position, so he was the first to ask him first.

"...Actually, I have never been to Papa Taketa's house before." Akiyama Shinsuke paused, and then continued, "But I think his room is too tidy, and it doesn't look like a single man. Feel like maybe I just don’t know him well enough.”

The tone of the words and the expressions perfectly match the situation of a policeman who is forced to accept that his well-connected boss has secrets behind his back. He is sad and shocked, and at the same time he is still unwilling to believe it.

The double meaning of "not knowing enough" is even a little bitter.

Conan kept Akiyama's attitude in his mind, and then asked, "Officer Akiyama, where do you think Officer Luye will go?"

This question was raised on the premise that Akiji Kano was still alive and that he had left—it was actually a cryptic fishing question.

Akiyama Shinsuke scratched his head, showing a troubled expression.

"Kenan-kun, you probably can't understand my feelings—I don't know if I want Shikano...is he at large now or dead."

Unspoken honorifics and a very light ending sound at the end.

Actually I can understand.Conan thought.

If Lu Ye is alive, he is probably directly related to Zhutian's death; if Lu Ye is dead, then he was killed by the mastermind behind the scenes, at least in this case he is innocent.

It seems difficult to have both character and life.This is also one of the reasons why Officer Yamato and Officer Zhufu were unusually silent this time.

"Well, Officer Akiyama, if, I mean, if Officer Takeda was framed, why do you think the murderer did these things?" Conan asked the last question in his inner list.

Or fishing.Although it may be a bit too straightforward, but based on the character of the murderer he speculated before and the state of mind at the moment, maybe——

The next moment, Akiyama Shinsuke did not answer immediately, but squatted down and looked at Conan carefully.

Akiyama didn't speak until Conan became inexplicably nervous.

"You seem to be a very good detective."

For a moment, Conan felt that he saw a strange light flashing in Akiyama's eyes.

Without waiting for Conan to pretend to be stupid, Akiyama quickly answered the question: "If there is a murderer, I think he must be laughing at the dead."

After finishing speaking, Akiyama touched Conan's head, stood up and went back to the office.

"So that's how it is. You asked them separately." Zhu Fu Gaoming said.

"Well, Officer Sanzhi basically didn't answer, and his tone felt a little anxious." Conan held the orange juice and described what he had observed. "Officer Akiyama is calmer."

"...His acting skills are not very good." Yamato Kansuke frowned, "The change is too obvious."

He has stayed in the county headquarters longer than Zhu Fu Gaoming, and was once a member of the Zhutian class, relatively speaking, he is the most aware of this 'change'.

In his impression, Akiyama is a typical image of a junior, very respectful, and a bit restrained. When he is called the old surname 'Yuchuan', he will complain half-truthfully, and he is not a person who can do things with ease.

It is difficult to hide the sense of control in a person, and the reason why Akiyama has changed so much in a short period of time——

No conclusions can be drawn yet.

It's just that if it's really the worst possibility, what they're 'playing' now is an almost tacit 'game'.

——If there is no evidence, we can only catch the current situation, and we must provide the murderer with a chance to do it again.

After the case seemed to be at an impasse, Mori Kogoro finally managed to leave Nagano Prefecture with his daughter and Conan.

But those who work overtime in the county police station cannot get away so easily.

Since there was no third police death or disappearance case, the restrictions on the activities of certain police officers had to be lifted, but the remaining two police officers in the Zhutian squad were separated and assigned to work in other teams.

Akiyama Shinsuke seems to have "resurrected" and performed surprisingly well in the case, especially in the detection of the murder case; while the Sanzhi Code fell into a slump, and sometimes even apparently lost his mind at work.

Two weeks after Shigeru Taketa's death, Saneda Mamoru was called by Kuroda Hei to the office alone, and he didn't know what to talk about. When he came out again, his face was astonishingly pale. It takes colleagues to shout several times before they can react.

After walking out of the county police station, he turned his head and stared at the building behind him for a long time before turning on his phone and setting up a regular text message.

It's two o'clock at night.Three branch house.

In the darkness and silence, an uninvited guest entered the house.

He walked towards the owner's bedroom without a sound, and then put his hand lightly on the doorknob, ready to press it——

The sound of a "click" switch and the sound of a "squeak" sounded at the same time as the door that was not closed was accidentally pushed forward.

The light in the bedroom was on.

Apparently, Saneda Mori was not asleep yet, and Ben was waiting for someone to come.

"...The one who killed Zhutian and Luye was indeed you." He said with a complicated expression, "Qiushan."

The person whose whole body was illuminated by the three suddenly turned on lights was Akiyama Shinsuke holding a gun in his hand.

Akiyama didn't change his expression because of Saneda Mamoru's words, but he didn't go any further.

"It's this kind of gun again, are you going to kill me and leave this gun at the scene?" Sanzhi Shou looked at the non-standard gun in Akiyama's hand and said.

This time, Akiyama spoke up.

"I wouldn't want to shoot you if I could."

It seemed to him that the only thing that needed an explanation of everything was this.

Sanzhi Mamoru was silent for a moment, and said, "I kind of want to know what made you want to kill me before I committed suicide."

The content of the text message that Sanzhi had edited before was a simple farewell.

Hearing Saneda Mamoru's question, a mocking smile appeared on Akiyama's face.

"Preparing to commit suicide and then protect your reputation and the information of the Woodpecker Society? It seems too convenient for you, and it is not appropriate not to pay the price."

Although the words seemed to imply revenge and the like, Akiyama's tone was very calm, and his way of speaking was no different from telling.

He unhurriedly opened the safety in front of Saneda Mamoru, then raised his gun to aim——

"Oh!"

The sound of blood dripping.Then there was the sound of the gun dropping to the ground.

Behind Akiyama Shinsuke, that is, the living room, and the window of Saneda Mori's bedroom lit up at the same time.

Clutching his right shoulder that was shot through from behind, Akiyama suddenly laughed when he noticed that Mamoru Saneda was bewildered by the policemen who appeared around his house.

"It seems that you don't know." He took a deep breath with some difficulty, "It's really a waste..."

"You are surrounded! Surrender quickly!" Yamato Dasuke, who was standing in the living room with an explosion-proof shield, shouted.

The only reason why Yamato Kansuke didn't rush directly to subdue Akiyama is that Akiyama was standing right at the door of the room, and improper operation of this position would make Saneda Mori inside become Akiyama's hostage.

——Killing is not the first option after all.It would be best for Akiyama to surrender himself.

Akiyama sat down slowly, covering his shoulders, and his injured right hand quietly touched his ankle.

He actually brought two guns.The other is his sidearm.

At most there is still a chance of firing a shot, he knows it very well.

"Does the police's guns reflect their duty..." Akiyama murmured.

Before anyone could react, he drew his gun with his right hand and fired a shot.

—I am not prepared to be merciful, nor to forgive.