Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

The latest website: "There are less than three days before the statute of limitations expires. Do you think the police can catch the prisoner? Mr. Pingdong?"

In the Nikai TV special report program, this 15-year-old case that embarrassed the police was not overlooked. A series of reports were made to introduce the case process. In the end, the famous criminal psychologist Hiratodoji was even invited.

Although Gao Cheng has been a detective for so long, he has hardly dealt with criminal psychologists. When he saw a bespectacled man with coral curly hair and a goatee appearing on TV, he couldn't help but pause for a while. Xiao Ai, who was eating next to her, also looked at the TV curiously.

"Catch the prisoner? It should be impossible now that we are approaching the end..."

On the TV, Ping Dong Tangci crossed his fingers. Although he was dressed in suits and leather shoes, he was dressed like a successful person, and he still smiled like an old master or something. When facing the camera, he seemed to be talking to a prisoner.

"The prisoner is probably hiding in the room now, has drawn the curtains, unplugged the phone line and cut off all contact with the outside world, and is shivering under the covers, waiting for the last three days to pass."

"I see, are you hiding at home?"

"Yeah, that is to say, in the last round of cards near the end, try to keep yourself inconspicuous, only play cards that you think are safe, and go with the flow..."

Ping Dongtang talked with the host for the first time, and pointed to himself confidently: "If it's not like this, come and kill me! Be prepared to ruin 15 years of hard work in hiding and running around!"

Speaking of which, Ping Dongtang laughed and said: "But even if he really comes to me, I will prepare wine to entertain him, and hope he can introduce his criminal mind to me..."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Pingdong, then this episode ends here. Prisoners like to wear hats, wigs, beards, and trench coats. The audience who sees suspicious characters..."

"Wow!"

In the kitchen, Gao Cheng absently put water to wash the dishes.

serial killer...

In the world of Conan, there are all kinds of helpless killings, impulsive killings, and various motives, but there are also cold-blooded murderers, that is, random killings.

The three people who were killed 20 years ago and 15 years ago, the police could not find a common point, and they are now treated as random killings, so there was a lot of commotion when there were only a few days left in the prosecution period.

If the murderer cannot be caught, it will be a blow to the prestige of the police, and it will also bring panic to ordinary citizens.

"That man just now," Xiao Ai appeared at the kitchen door, "That criminal psychologist seems to live in Ayumi's apartment, and I met him in the elevator."

"Ayumi's house?"

...

"Woo--"

The siren sounded in the night, Gao Cheng hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, pulled off the security tape amidst flashing lights, nodded to several police officers on guard, and followed Officer Takagi who came out to pick them up, and walked straight into the apartment building.

"The victim is Pingdong Tangci who lives in Room 2403, 41 years old, a criminal psychologist, and was on a news program shortly before the accident..."

"What's the cause of death?"

"The cause of death was that the carotid artery was severed and he lost too much blood. The murder weapon was a fruit knife in the kitchen..."

"In addition, there are traces of high-voltage electric shocks on the back of the neck. Judging from the English letters engraved on the back, it may be the serial killer who killed two people 20 years ago and one person 15 years ago."

"This time the letter is Z..."

Gao Cheng checked in a deep voice at the scene.

The man with glasses who appeared on TV before was sitting in front of the computer desk with his head lying on the desk. There was a big puddle of blood from the carotid artery, and part of it fell on the ground along the hanging arm. The word "Z" looks shocking.

Gao Cheng has already read the previous case materials. The past few victims also had cruel lettering on their bodies. According to the order of murder, they are ESW, which seems to have nothing to do with the Z this time. English initials ESWN.

Gao Cheng paused, and continued to examine the corpse.

The blood-stained right hand is holding the mouse cable for some reason, and the mouse hanging in the hand does not have any special meaning, but there seems to be something hidden under the left hand on the keyboard, the Ctrl and C keys are stained with blood, but There was no blood on the left hand.

"By the way, Officer Megure, the one who found the body was..."

"That," Conan's voice came from behind Meguro, "the prisoner likes to whistle the song Let it be by the Beatles, hasn't this been mentioned on TV and newspapers? Because Officer Meguro just said no copycat crime."

Gao Cheng's face darkened, and before he could speak, Mu Mu subconsciously replied: "At the time of the first and second incidents, people saw such a whistling man near the murder scene, but this We did not disclose the matter to the media, otherwise it would be easy to be imitated..."

"So that's how it is," Conan rubbed his chin, and smiled at Gao Cheng, "Because I happened to be at Ayumi's house, and some people said they saw the suspect, so I wonder if something happened to Mr. Pingdong."

"..."

"But it's really strange, the prosecution period is almost over," Mu Mu mused in confusion, "Is that expert's speech too much?"

"That's right. He said that the prisoner must be hiding in the room and shivering, waiting for the time limit to expire. He also said that if he had the courage, he would come and kill him."

"Moreover, Mr. Pingdong has repeated similar remarks in newspapers and weekly magazines. Maybe this is the motive for this murder..."

"It's just a provocation."

After hearing the explanations from Chiba and Sato's subordinates, Mumu also broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at Pingdong Tangji's miserable corpse with a strange expression.

"And then? Mr. Pingdong went home after the live TV broadcast?"

"Yes, the live broadcast ends at 4 or 5 o'clock, and Mr. Pingdong rushed home immediately. It is said that he has made an appointment with friends at his home... We have investigated Mr. Pingdong's friendship and have not found any suspicious people." Shiratori explained road.

Speaking of which, Shiratori is already the police department, and he can already be alone but still goes to the police with the senior Megure, plus Sato, Takagi, and Chiba next to him, so many people have been dispatched from the Megure department, which shows the importance of this case sex.

Gao Cheng regained his composure, and was about to ask more details about the case, when Conan suddenly took away the victim's left hand from the keyboard and said, "Maybe the prisoner is someone related to copiers, because Mr. Blood, look..."

"Ah! Conan!" Takagi hurriedly hugged Conan, who was moving the corpse, with a helpless expression.

Conan is indeed not an ordinary child, but he always can't distinguish the occasion, and he likes to mess around at the scene of the murder...

"It doesn't matter," Shiratori said when he saw the blood on the keyboard, "Conan is not an outsider, and he can be regarded as Kido's little assistant."

Gao Cheng did not explain aloud.

It doesn't matter whether Conan uses him as a shield or not. Anyway, this guy will not really destroy the murder scene. All the way to the present, the number of times he has cooperated with Conan has surpassed the competition, and Conan can even be called his half-master.

What concerned him was this case.

The victim left a death message, and in order to avoid misunderstanding by the police and avoid being discovered by the murderer, he blocked the keyboard with his left hand that was not stained with blood.

The Ctrl key and the C key together are the copy function.

What does copying mean?

imitate?

Gao Cheng's eyes fell on the victim's body again.

The blood on the red clothes on the back of the corpse is also very conspicuous, not only the whistle blown by the prisoner, but also the lettering on the back of the corpse has not been announced by the police, but it does not mean that absolutely no one knows.

So it is too early for Police Officer Megure to say that it is not a copycat criminal.

It is worth noting that the fourth homicide happened 15 years later, just when the prosecution period was approaching, and the blood on the back was also weakly related to the previous one.

Isn't it really copycat crime?

There are only a few days left, if the imitation case is treated as a continuous case, let your guard down, the real culprit may really escape...