A Tribute to Sherlock Holmes[Comprehensive]

After Kogoro and Mo Lilan left, the apartment that lost its popularity was like an empty shell that had been drained of its soul, and the gloomy atmosphere was filled with an inexplicable chill.

This was good, it completely left Conan with a chance that no one would hinder his investigation, but the smoothness of this chance made him feel even more uneasy.Originally, Conan suspected that there would be some surveillance cameras in Izumi Hiratsuka's apartment, but after several inspections, there was no sign of a camera being installed.

So now the target is very clear - Hiratsuka Izumi's bedroom.

This time, it was Izumi Hiratsuka's cell phone that stopped Conan from entering the bedroom. The crisp ringtone seemed to be magnified several times in the dead space, which was extremely abrupt.

The call came from a number without a name, and Conan did not pick up the phone without authorization, he chose to be cautious about anything related to Izumi Hiratsuka.

Until the ringing stopped and the voice message was transferred.

The voice kept recording, but after more than ten seconds, no one spoke.There was some noise coming from a distance in the background. It should be coming from the street, but not directly nearby.

What do you want to express in this voice message?

Conan frowned and listened quietly, and then the sound of an ambulance coming from far to near, and then driving away until it disappeared, rang on the phone.This further verifies that the person who made the call must be near the street.

The recording is still going on, did the caller forget to hang up before being transferred to voicemail?But it's not very likely, is it?

Although the purpose of the call was unclear, Conan decided to keep hearing the call being hung up by the other party.

About half a minute later, the uneasiness in Conan's heart finally appeared on the other end of the phone, and a voice rang out from the long silent voice message: "Oh, so I'm hiding here."

A man's voice, some distance away from the microphone.It was obvious that this man was not the one who called.

After the man's words were over, there was the sound of the girl's frightened inhalation, and then a noise so loud that the background sound on the other end of the phone could no longer be heard clearly, and it could be vaguely deduced that the caller was running.

"do not come!"

The penetrating voice with heavy panting was full of fear.

Conan was startled, this voice...it was Izumi Hiratsuka!Before he had time to think about it, the voice message was cut off.The incident happened suddenly, but there was no doubt that one result was that something happened to Izumi Hiratsuka.

At that moment, the siren of an ambulance sounded outside the window.

It's the ambulance in the voice message just now!It was only a few minutes from the sound of the whistle in the recording to the moment when they arrived outside the community.Without further ado, Conan picked up the mobile phone that Izumi Hiratsuka left behind to record the clues and rushed out.

Seeing the direction of the ambulance and counting the time, it is easy to delineate the possible location of Izumi Hiratsuka.Considering that it is close to the street and can hide for a short time, there is only one location that Conan can think of - the outside of the park behind the Cupido Hotel passing by on the way here.

The sky was already dark and brightly lit by street lights. On the road, Conan did not meet the Moori father and daughter who went out to find Hiratsuka Izumi first. After all, the location of the park and the convenience store were in the opposite direction.

But why did Izumi Hiratsuka appear there?

At this time, the park was not completely empty, and there was only one possibility that the situation in the voice message would still occur. Hiratsuka Izumi was forced to hide in a place where no one would normally appear.

Why did he run so uncharacteristically to a place where no one was around?Also, whose mobile phone did Hiratsuka Izumi use to call the mobile phone he left in the apartment?

Everything is suspicious.

Even so, Conan went where he had guessed.

He took off the skateboard he brought from Kogoro's car, and headed towards the park as fast as he could.As he expected, when he arrived, there were indeed rustling noises from behind the bushes not far outside the park—a man's panting and a girl's struggle.

Conan slowed down his approaching steps, hiding his breath.

The current situation must not continue to drag on, otherwise the gaffe is very likely to develop to the point of irreversibility.Conan made a decisive decision, opened the inflatable football in the belt according to the angle, turned the knob on the shoe, and kicked the football towards the back of the bush.

The football hit the back of the man's head, and the man fell.And curled up in front of the fallen man was Izumi Hiratsuka.

The girl wrapped her arms around herself, shivering and shivering in front of the tree trunk.Her body was almost naked|naked, and her dress was torn into a mess by the man, and she lost her ability to cover it and hung brokenly around her waist.

"Sister Quan!"

Going forward to check on Izumi Hiratsuka's condition, the girl seemed to be terribly frightened, her expression approaching a dull look.

"Sister Quan?"

Conan shook the girl's cold hand, and shouted several times, but the latter didn't respond to him.

In the current situation, Conan has no way to take the disheveled Izumi Hiratsuka away from here.At this point, Conan had no choice but to stay by the girl's side first, and after notifying Kogoro and Mao Lilan of his location, he called the police and waited for rescue.

It's not just a suspected stalker incident, the situation is much worse than this, it's an attempted rape incident.

Conan took off his jacket and covered Izumi Hiratsuka. Although it was only a child-sized jacket, it was at least an emergency measure.

"spring……"

He frowned, and his deep call also omitted the pretentious suffix in the weakening tone at the end of the sentence.

Showing weakness is a good way for any sane person to temporarily let go of their guard.

Use the tragic situation to win sympathy. For example, at this moment, Izumi Hiratsuka is just a pure victim to Conan.Although before that, Conan was suspicious of Izumi Hiratsuka.

Yes, Conan softened a little.

Izumi Hiratsuka still didn't say a word, Conan just felt the girl shaking his hand back.

The man who committed the crime fell to the ground, not knowing when he would wake up.Conan knew very well that with his child's body, if this man woke up, he would be powerless to protect a girl who had completely lost the ability to defend herself.

After patting the girl's hand again to comfort him, Conan let go of Izumi Hiratsuka and turned to approach the man.He was still thinking about whether to tie the man up with the retractable belt invented by the doctor so as not to continue to do evil after waking up, but when he touched the man's arms, Conan discovered the abnormality.

Man is dead.

What kind of development is this...?

Conan touched the man's carotid artery many times to confirm that there was no movement, but why did this big living man who was trying to do something wrong with Izumi Hiratsuka die suddenly?

The light was very dark, so Conan had to turn on the watch flashlight to carefully examine the condition of the corpse.

The man died in front of Conan's eyes. What's even weirder is that the death was so normal that it was as if he had died naturally. There was no sign of poisoning, and no cause of death could be found.We can only wait for the police to arrive and hand over the body to the forensic doctor for identification.

When Kogoro and Mao Lilan came, Izumi Hiratsuka had to be sent back first.Conan wanted to stay at the scene and wait for the police to arrive, but Kogoro drove him back with a serious face.That's right, it is indeed very inconvenient to bear the body of a primary school student in many things.

In desperation, Conan and Mao Lilan took Hiratsuka Izumi back to the apartment.

Hiratsuka Izumi was still in a daze, and it was probably impossible to get clues from her in this situation.After changing her clothes, she just sat on the sofa and didn't speak.

Mao Lilan took her hand with a worried face, hoping to cheer her up.

"Conan, after Dad comes back later, you can go home with him first, I have to stay and take care of Quanjiang."

Conan gave a soft "hmm", and his thoughts were all stuck in the series of events from Hiratsuka Izumi's approach to Kogoro to the present.

Izumi Hiratsuka commissioned the stalker incident from the very beginning, and her description of it was almost vague. Kogoro didn't notice any clues, but Conan was suspicious.What happened tonight just seemed to confirm that what Izumi Hiratsuka said was true, that an attempted indecent incident really happened.

"I'm all right."

Izumi Hiratsuka, who had been silent for a long time, finally got over her nerves and opened her mouth, but her tone was obviously weak, and this appearance was not convincing enough to say that she was fine.

"You don't look like you're okay at all! You know, Quanjiang, you live alone now, so how can I rest assured that you can stay here alone?"

"Lan, I'm really fine. Isn't that person already dead?"

"But I can't worry about you like this."

While the two were talking, Kogoro came back.In the face of incidents, any detective will show the most serious and reliable side, even Kogoro who is obsessed with horse racing and Okino Yoko is no exception.

"That man had a previous record of rape and rape, and he just came out of the detention center more than a month ago." Kogoro briefly described the matter about the man.

"What about the cause of death? Why did he die?"

"Preliminary speculation is a natural death, so it feels a bit unbelievable to say, the specific report has to wait for the forensic expert's appraisal report... I said, what are you doing asking so many questions!"

Saying that, Kogoro hit Conan on the head with a fist.

"Where's Koizumi? Are you all right?"

"Well, thank you uncle for your concern, it's much better now."

"Father, you and Conan go back first, I will stay to take care of Quanjiang tonight."

"That's fine, I'll go back with this little brat first."

This should be a normal development. Mao Lilan left the caregiver, and Kogoro and Conan left.

As the host, Izumi Hiratsuka must follow the etiquette to the end, she stood up from the sofa.Although Mao Lilan pulled her to tell her to have a good rest, she still sent Kogoro and Conan to the door.

"Uncle Kogoro, Conan, be careful on the road."

Izumi Hiratsuka said goodbye in a soft voice, but at the moment the door was closed, Conan saw a sneer on that innocent and haggard face that was so shallow that it could easily be ignored.

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