The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kuroba Kaito ignored Conan downstairs and slipped directly into the office.

He walked to the armchair, frowned slightly, and looked the man up and down.

Judging from the man's temporary expression, he must have been in pain before he died, with his mouth open so much that his throat could be seen.

As for the rest...

Kuroba Kaito looked around, and what was more noteworthy was the pile of check paper on the desk and the dozen disposable paper cups piled randomly.

Next to the paper cup, there is a work ID card.

He walked over and picked up the ID and took a look. The name on it was none other than Ingalls, his position was Researcher at the Brightchester Institute of Astronomy, and the ID photo showed a man lying on an armchair.

Is he Ingalls?

Kuroba Kaito looked back at the corpse in surprise, feeling both surprised and confused.

Although he was not a professional in autopsy and case investigation, and this kind of thing was not his strong point, he could also tell that Ingalls suffered some torture before his death.

The prisoner probably wanted to get some information from him, so he tortured him in some way.

But who is it?

At this time, Kuroba Kaito, who was thinking, heard Conan yelling outside the window.

"Hello!"

"How's it going inside?"

"Open the door for me!"

Only then did Kuroba Kaito remember that there was a professional case solver downstairs, so he hurried to the first floor and unlocked the door from inside.

Conan followed Kuroba Kaito upstairs. The first time he entered the office, he guessed that this person was probably the person Kuroba Kaito was looking for on this trip.

Otherwise, Kuroba Kaito would not have stayed so long to come down.

In addition, there are a lot of things related to calculations in this person's office, so at first glance, he is not an ordinary person.

"Do you know who this person is?"

Conan asked Kuroba Kaito behind him as he walked to the man's corpse to examine it.

Kuroba Kaito nodded, "I know, his name is Ingalls, and he studies stars."

Study the stars?

Conan tilted his head and glanced at the content on the whiteboard. In addition to some incomprehensible mathematical formulas, there was also a huge schematic diagram of the solar system.

What is this guy doing specifically looking for someone to do this kind of research?

Conan didn't ask, because even if he asked, he would definitely not get any serious answer.

It's better to reason on your own from the beginning without being interfered by him.

Conan first checked the degree of rigor mortis of the body and judged that the time of death was less than an hour.

However, there were signs of being tied up on the wrists of the deceased. It seemed that his hands had been tied to an armchair and tortured for a period of time.

However, no other external injuries could be found on the body of the deceased, so the real cause of death should be poison.

Thinking in his mind, Conan was about to smell the mouth of the deceased.

But facing the deceased sitting on the armchair, he was too tall to reach him, so he could only turn around and look at Kuroba Kaito.

"Come here and pick me up."

When Kuroba Kaito heard this, goosebumps instantly appeared on his back, "Eh~~"

Seeing this, Conan quickly explained angrily: "Don't think too much! I want you to pick me up so I can judge what the mouth of the deceased smells like!"

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Kaito came over and held Conan in his arms like a large doll, and brought him close to the deceased's face.

Conan stretched his neck and smelled a slight scent of coffee.

Other than that, there's no familiar bitter almond flavor.

It's not cyanide?

Conan frowned slightly, and the next moment his brain realized that this was Britain, and it was normal for the local customs to be different from rice crackers.

"Are you ready?" Kuroba Kaito asked at this time.

"Well, that's it."

Kuroba Kaito put Conan back on the ground. As soon as the latter's feet landed on the ground, he asked: "How is it? Do you know who the murderer is?"

As soon as Conan heard this, he turned around and complained, "You think I am Sherlock Holmes. How could you know who the murderer is so quickly?"

The next moment, Conan turned his face and said seriously: "But judging from the situation at the scene, the murderer is probably someone who is relatively close to the deceased..."

Kuroba Kaito: "Why?"

Conan raised his hand and pointed to a pile of paper coffee cups on his desk, "Look at those paper cups. Are there any coffee liquids left in them?"

Kuroba Kaito came over, picked up a paper cup and took a look. Sure enough, there were brown liquid droplets inside, and there was a faint scent of coffee when he smelled it.

"Yeah...what's wrong?"

Conan held his chin up in thought, "That's right..."

"Judging from the paper cups and a large number of check paper on the desk, the deceased worked here all night yesterday, and had the habit of drinking a lot of coffee while working."

"When we came up from the first floor, didn't we just pass by an automatic coffee vending machine?"

Kuroba Kaito recalled the scene of going upstairs just now, and nodded calmly.

Conan continued: "The automatic coffee vending machine uses hot drinking water to brew coffee powder to obtain coffee. The drinking water area is a bucket poured above the machine."

"As long as the murderer adds sleeping pills to the bucket, the deceased can fall asleep inadvertently."

"After the deceased fell asleep, he tied the deceased to a chair, possibly to get something out of the deceased..."

Conan said while looking up at Kuroba Kaito's reaction.

Although Kuroba Kaito did not say the purpose of his coming here, he was obviously instructed by the phone call in the morning.

The purpose of coming here is probably the same as the reason why the murderer killed the deceased, that is, to come and ask about something.

However, this also shows that Kuroba Kaito's companion cannot be the murderer, otherwise he would not have asked him to come and inquire about the matter even though he knew that the person was dead.

But what is it?

Just as Conan was thinking, the sound of sirens suddenly sounded outside the window.

Blichester is a small town, and the police are naturally very fast.

Conan remembered that this is not Tokyo, and he did not have such a strong network of people, so he could only let Kuroba Kaito deal with the police's inquiries later.

The two went downstairs together and came to the main entrance of the Astronomical Research Institute, just in time to meet a group of black-clad policemen who were walking up the stairs.

"Who of you two called the police?"

The leading sheriff with a goatee did not ignore Conan because of his short stature, and asked the two people together.

According to what was just discussed, Kuroba Kaito raised his hand and said, "Officer, it's me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young voice came from the police.

"Oh?"

"I didn't expect that we would meet here, Kuroba-san..."

The police made way and saw a man in a gray suit standing there.

The man had brown wavy hair, a handsome face with a smile, and a gentlemanly demeanor.

"Ah?!" Kuroba Kaito's pupils trembled, and he was also very surprised.

Because the man in front of him was his classmate, or the transfer student a while ago... Hakuba Tan!

Conan's pupils were also full of shock, because he recognized him.

In the Twilight Villa incident, Hakuba Tan was also one of the seven famous detectives invited.

This guy actually knew Kuroba Kaito and called him "Kuroba-san"?

At this moment, Kuroba Kaito remembered that just a few days ago, the class teacher suddenly announced that Hakuba Tan had applied for a temporary leave of absence and would not return to class in a short time.

Did we come so far?

"Haha~"

"You don't even know what you are talking about? I am the high school detective Kudo Shinichi!"

Kuroba Kaito scratched his head, not wanting Conan to know too much about his true situation, so he could only pretend.

But when Conan heard it, his head immediately reacted, and a smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"No! Kuroba brother..."

Conan was about to tell Kuroba Kaito's true identity directly, and by the way, ask Hakuba Tan what information he knew about him, but Kuroba Kaito took the lead and hugged him, turned his back to discuss quietly.

"Boy, if you dare to tell Hakuba about my identity, I will tell your identity to that Xiaolan..."

"Let's see who will be unlucky in the end!"

Conan glanced at him and cursed in his heart.

Compared with Kuroba Kaito's identity, once the fact that he is Kudo Shinichi is exposed, the consequences will definitely be more serious.

"Okay..."

Hakuba Tan looked at the two people who turned around and squatted together to discuss, and his eyes were also a little confused at the first time.

When the two stood up again, they had completely unified their statements.

"Yes! This is Shinichi brother! Definitely not Kuroba..."

"Haha~ I am Kudo Shinichi."

Kuroba Kaito restrained his facial expression and looked at Hakuba Tan in front of him, "It's the first time I meet you, Hakuba Tan..."

Faced with this situation, Hakuba Tan also said lightly: "I see, this is really interesting..."

The police standing by asked Hakuba Tan, "Do you know each other?"

"Friends in Japan..." Hakuba Tan answered casually, and then turned around and asked: "By the way, why are you here?"

"Uh..." Kuroba Kaito and Conan looked at each other and said at the same time: "Come to travel!"

"Travel?" Hakuba Tan frowned, "But As far as I know, Blythechester is just an ordinary town, and there are no attractions. Why did you come here for tourism? "

Conan used his ability to make up lies at this time and said, "Brother Shinichi wants to come to this university when he goes to college, so he came here in advance to take a look..."

"Oh?" Hakuba Tan frowned again, "Not going to Oxford and Cambridge, but coming here?"

At this time, Kuroba Kaito knew that if Hakuba Tan continued to ask, his identity would be exposed sooner or later, so he quickly turned from defense to offense, "Then why did you come here?"

"As far as I know, you are very famous in London, right? There is no need to go to such a remote small town to solve the case, right?"

Hakuba Tan smiled and responded casually.

"I came here to investigate other things..."

"I just heard that someone in the police station reported a murder case, so I came to take a look."

In fact, the things that Hakuba Tan came to investigate are also related to Conan.

Because Conan was also one of the witnesses of the Twilight Villa incident.

Since the Twilight Annex disappeared from Gunma Prefecture, Hakuba Tan has been committed to solving the mystery of the annex's disappearance.

In fact, when he first arrived at the Twilight Annex, he found that the annex had a strong Gothic style, almost a smaller version of the Palace of Westminster.

In addition, Karasuma Renya was a super rich man, and when the annex was built at that time, he would definitely invite British craftsmen to build it.

So he recently got a clue by investigating British architectural historical data and using big data analysis from the White Horse Research Institute.

That is a building suspected to be the Twilight Annex, which has appeared in the UK.

It was a book on the history of British architectural design that showed an old black and white photo from the late 19th century.

The annex in the photo is almost identical to the Dusk Annex in Gunma Prefecture.

Intuition told Hakuba Tan that the two annexes were the same building, but for some reason, the location of the annex was moved from the UK to Gunma Prefecture in Japan.

However, due to the age when the photo was taken, the building information in the photo is no longer clear. We only know that the photo was taken on the banks of the Severn River in the UK.

Therefore, in order to thoroughly investigate the Dusk Villa, Detective White Horse personally came to England to investigate along the Severn River.

However, the Severn River is the longest river in the UK, and it is not easy to investigate clearly.

Coupled with historical changes, the Severn River today is completely different from what it was back then.

Therefore, the White Horse Detective's idea is to start investigating from the towns along the Severn River.

The town of Blichester, adjacent to the Severn River, was one of the investigation points of the White Horse Detective's trip.

"Okay, let's not stand here chatting. Let's go see the scene first..."

…

Led by Kuroba Kaito and Conan, Detective Hakuba and the police arrived at the office on the second floor of the Astronomy Research Institute.

The process of the British police is similar to that of the Japanese police. They should take photos and perform autopsies.

After walking around the office, Detective Hakuba looked at Kuroba Kaito with interest and said, "When I was in London, I heard that you are a famous high school detective who can represent Kanto and the savior of the Japanese police. …”

"Since you've been here for a while, could you please let me hear your opinion?"

"Kudo..."

Listening to this slightly gunpowder tone, the short Conan also had a serious expression.

Unfortunately, the person the other person asked was not him, but Kuroba Kaito.

Kuroba Kaito's face was stunned, then he put his hands in his pockets and showed a confident smile on his lips.

"It's not a matter of high opinion, it's just some common reasoning..."

"Judging from the situation at the scene, the person who killed the deceased should be someone close to the deceased who knew his living habits..."

Kuroba Kaito spoke up and explained what Conan had deduced just now.

These contents made Baima Tan's face tremble, and there was a hint of surprise in his pupils.

Because after the meeting just now, he still felt that the person in front of him was his classmate, Kuroba Kaito.

But if it was the Kuroba Kaito in my impression, it would be impossible for him to make such an accurate deduction in such a short period of time.

Could it be...

Bai Ma Tan's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Could it be that Kuroba is a hidden reasoning genius?

Thanks to Gong Jiduhe for the tip!