Chapter 74 Archives
at this time.

Conan and his three companions came to the police station.

Because the announcement was released in a timely manner, the place was not crowded with people. There were only a few paparazzi squatting nearby trying to get some exclusive information.

"here!"

As soon as I pushed open the door, Officer Fujisai extended his hand to greet me.

His face was pale, and there were dark circles under his eyes. Even though he was dressed appropriately, he couldn't hide his listless appearance.

"Officer Fujisai...are you okay?"

Mao Lilan saw him and asked worriedly, "Didn't you sleep all the time?"

Officer Fujisai forced a smile, waved the can of coffee in his hand to indicate that it was okay, and led the few people into the office.

"I've put the relevant files on the table. You can take your time to look through them... I have to go to the hospital now, so I won't entertain you."

His voice sounded tired, but his steps were hurried. He turned and left after he finished speaking.

Kudo Yukiko was shocked: "It seems... this matter is going to be quite troublesome!"

"You know it even if you think about it."

Conan jumped onto the chair and reached out to flip through the file in front of him: "After all, this case of nearly 200 dead will probably be known to everyone in the country today... Officer Fujisai... might even be punished."

Yusaku Kudo performed the same action while standing beside the table: "We can't do much in this regard... but if we can solve these cases, it will be of great help to Officer Fujisai."

Xiaolan said: "Then we will help too! But...what contents should we pay attention to in these files?"

Conan didn't look up, but replied: "First, pick out the cases where the deceased is a bad guy. We need to first identify which ones were done by Party A."

No one was talking in the office anymore, only the rustling of papers could be heard.

Soon, the files on the table were divided into two piles.

Conan took out a file and said, "According to the chronological order, the first person killed by A was Yoshimori Nobuyuki on June 1992, 6."

Kudo Yusaku continued: "Then last year, on March 1993, 3, unemployed vagrant Yoshimoto Nobumi had his hands chopped off and died at home... He was the gangster."

"Then on May 1993, 5, Tanaka Mu, who was fond of domestic violence, died in the woods near the casino he often visited. His body was in a kneeling position, and a long nail was driven into the back of his head, nailing his hands to the ground... The death scene was clearly on the ground, but there were no footprints around him, and there were no witnesses, so the case was left unsolved."

Conan continued: "The next thing is that on July 1993, 7, a high school student named Wada Shingo died in the bathroom of an Internet cafe. His teeth were knocked out and his lips were sewn shut with fine thread... We checked the surveillance footage of all the people entering and leaving the Internet cafe, but found nothing. We speculated that the murderer broke into the bathroom directly through the window."

"After investigation, it was found that the deceased had no clear evidence of wrongdoing, but judging from the state of death, it may be due to his love of insulting others online and this led to his being retaliated against."

"On September 1993, 9, Katori Taki, who loved to bully his classmates, died in the wild. His flesh was cut into 17 pieces and scattered around... and according to forensic tests, these pieces of flesh... were cut off one by one while he was still alive."

Mao Lilan shuddered and subconsciously moved closer to Conan.

"Then on February 1994, 2, Zhong Ju Xiashan, a cleaner at Minzhi Middle School, died in his home. His eyes were dug out and placed in his palms, and his genitals were cut off... After investigation, it was found that he installed a small surveillance camera in the toilet to spy on the school students..."

"..."

"And the last thing, last night, Shinichi Mizutani died in the dormitory building, his heart was dug out..."

Yukiko Kudo rubbed her arms which were covered with goose bumps. "Such a cruel method has nothing to do with justice..."

"Who knows?"

Kudo Yusaku shook his head and sighed, "Perhaps he wanted to use this cruel death as a warning to other people who want to do evil?"

"But……"

Mao Lilan thought of what Ishikawa Joji said, and subconsciously said: "Mizutani Shinichi's miserable condition stimulated Ishikawa to poison and kill people..."

"Is this... a trick of fate..."

Several people were silent.

Kudo Yusaku said: "Anyway, solving the case is much more difficult than I thought." "Yes."

Conan nodded: "More than ten cases, no suspects, and the police's investigation direction is already perfect enough... This kind of murder case that is not a personal grudge is really tricky."

After thinking about it, Kudo Yusaku said, "The old method, since the case has reached a bottleneck, let's start with A's personality."

"There is no doubt that A must be a man with a strong sense of justice, but he never killed anyone before he met Su Beixun, which shows that he still has faith in the law."

"So, if Su Beixun wants to reform him, he must first destroy this sense of trust and instill in him the idea that the law is useless."

Conan frowned, understanding his thoughts: "Dad, are you saying... A is related to one of these dead people?"

Kudo Yukiko was confused: "No... How did you come to this conclusion? Why don't I understand it at all?!"

Yusaku Kudo explained: "Generally speaking, the more extreme a person is, the harsher their living environment will be."

"Look at the identities of these deceased people: blackmailers, domestic abusers, cyberbullies, bullies, voyeurs... Is it possible that A was oppressed by one of the deceased people, but the law could not protect him, so he took this path?"

Conan scratched his head, his face bitter: "If we investigate in this way, the workload will be huge... Domestic abusers are easy to deal with, as for blackmailers, we don't know who is being blackmailed, but cyberbullies, bullies, and voyeurs have countless victims."

Kudo Yusaku was helpless: "After all, there is no other way, we can only work hard... But we can investigate in order of death. After all, the earlier the death, the more likely it is that it is related to A..."

Conan nodded and pulled out a file: "The most likely person is Yoshimori Nobuyuki."

"I remember that in Ishikawa Joji's confession, Su Beixun said that Yoshimori Nobuyuki would die because he did not silence him after blackmailing him."

"…So now, we have to find the person Yoshimori Nobuyuki is blackmailing."

As Conan said this, he couldn't help but look at Kudo Yusaku, and then they both sighed.

How is this different from looking for a needle in a haystack? !

After a moment of frustration, Conan suddenly had an idea: "Wait a minute, we can try to force it!"

He gathered his thoughts and said, "We are now assuming that A is related to Yoshimori Nobuyuki. There are only two possible relationships: either Yoshimori Nobuyuki is blackmailing A, or the person Yoshimori Nobuyuki is blackmailing is closely related to A."

At this point, Conan couldn't help but be speechless. After going through such a big circle, he ended up back to the point where A was blackmailed.

But there is no way, the assumption is just like that, unlike a straight line of reasoning from beginning to end, anything can happen.

After calming himself down, he continued, "If A is the target of Yoshimori Nobuyuki's blackmail, then this trick is really useless. He won't come forward on his own initiative."

"But if Yoshimori Nobuyuki was not blackmailing A, and he killed someone for the blackmail target..."

"Is it possible for us to force the blackmail target to come forward? For example, we can find a big hat or a very serious reason to make him feel very stressed or scared."

Kudo Yusaku thought: "I understand what you mean..."

"But……"

He lowered his head to look at the file on Yoshimori Nobuyuki's death: "Before Ishikawa Jyouji confessed, the police didn't know that Yoshimori Nobuyuki's death was related to blackmail, which means that the blackmail target didn't tell the police at the time... So now, can we force him to come forward?"

Conan smiled bitterly: "I don't know, but we can bet! Bet on the closeness of the relationship between A and the blackmail target!"

"As long as the consequences of him not coming out are greater than their relationship, then there is a probability that the blackmail target will betray A."

Kudo Yusaku nodded.

Although it’s very dark, if you were a high school student and your friend killed someone because of you, would you still be close to that murderer?
possible.

But the greater probability is that they become alienated from each other because they don't know how to face it.

Even if out of gratitude, I didn't leak the secret when the case happened, but if the consequences were serious, I couldn't say for sure...

"That's it... It's better than looking for a needle in a haystack!"

(End of this chapter)