Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Kuroda Heibei squatted down and spoke first: "There is a bloodstain shaped like a magatama between the ring finger and the little finger."

Kudo Yuki also looked at it carefully for a moment: "This is probably the blood stain under the knight's chess piece."

Conan echoed from the side: "So that we know the direction of the chess piece."

Inspector Megure put the magazine on the ground and followed the three people's previous deduction method: "According to the shape of this bloodstain, if the chess piece is placed here."

Kudo Yuki pondered: "From an intuitive point of view, this is the opening position of the knight chess piece."

Conan looked confused: "But even with this premise, I still don't know what this bloody handprint means?"

He muttered in his heart: "What kind of code is this?"

Kudo Yuki looked at the magazines and chess pieces on the ground, and her eyes inadvertently glanced at Okawara Kinji standing beside her.

Okawara Kinji was talking with Shiroi Raikai and Kizaki Kunikazu, and did not notice that someone was looking at him. His expression looked a little unnatural, and there was a hint of panic in his eyes.

Suddenly, other members of the Junior Detective Team ran over, obviously reporting after discovering an important clue.

The three little ones called out, "Hey, Conan. Something strange has been thrown away in the trash."

Conan quickly asked: "Strange thing?"

Ayumi and Haibara Ai answered in turn.

"Two glasses cases of the same shape and color."

"One is empty; the other is filled with shattered glass. Does it have anything to do with the incident?"

Conan sorted out his thoughts instantly. He looked up at Ohkawara Kinji with a confident smile on his face. Seeing his sister's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, he knew that his sister had also guessed it.

Downstairs of the TOPIA building in Haido-cho West, fine raindrops kept falling like silver threads, and Rum's low-key and luxurious car was parked on the side of the street.

Inside the car, Rum sat in the back seat. He held a cigar between his bony fingers. With a "click", the blue flame of the lighter ignited, illuminating his face hidden in the shadows.

As the car window slowly lowered a crack, smoke began to swirl inside the car. With a meaningful smile on his face, he asked the men in the front row softly, "Did that gentleman find anything?"

The subordinate tilted his head slightly and answered respectfully, "For now, there is no special discovery about Wakasa Rumi in this building, Lord Rum. We have been keeping a close watch on her. She looks normal every time she comes in and out, and has not interacted with any suspicious people."

Rum snorted, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and looked at the building through the rain marks on the car window. "Keep watching."

Inside the West TOPIA building, Conan walked to a quiet corner and called Dr. Agasa: "Doctor, how long will it take you to get here?"

"I've got everything ready. It'll probably take about 10 minutes to drive over here."

"Then please hurry up, please."

"Okay, got it."

Conan hung up the phone and returned to where everyone was.

In front of Inspector Megure and Kuroda Heibei, Okawara Kinji deliberately shook his injured hand and explained: "I have already said it before, I was injured in the lounge when the criminal attacked me with a crossbow. Look at my wound, the blood hasn't stopped yet. I want to bandage it properly, let me go to the hospital."

Kizaki Kunikazu picked up his coat and angrily said, "I was attacked by a crossbow in a vending machine, and that's why my coat is like this. I'm also a victim!"

Shiroi Raikai echoed: "I was right next to it at the time, and the sound really scared me!"

Immediately, Okawara Kinji, Shiroi Raikai and Kizaki Kunikazu all pointed their fingers at Officer Shiratori.

"That means the three of us should not be suspects, right?"

"The criminal should be the one who has no alibi."

“That’s the policeman.”

"Ah, no." Officer Shiratori was about to continue speaking, but was beaten to the punch by the three little ones.

The three little ones glared at them.

"Definitely not."

“That guy has a messy hair and looks a bit suspicious.”

"But he certainly won't kill anyone!"

Huiyuan Ai added calmly: "Yeah, it doesn't look like he has the guts to do that."

After hearing this, Officer Shiratori was dumbfounded, his mouth twitched, and he sighed helplessly.

When Kudo Yuki saw this scene, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Kobayashi Sumiko tried to quiet the children down, calling out softly: "Classmates!"

Okawara Kinji, Shiroi Raikai and Kizaki Kunikazu refuted even more strongly.

"But the keychain found at the murder scene wasn't yours."

"The knight's keychain your girlfriend gave you."

"That's where it fell when you killed Kishitani, right?"

Officer Shiratori motioned with both hands for the three to calm down, and explained anxiously: "I dropped that handkerchief there by accident when I was taking it out of the bathroom."

This time, Conan used his eyes to signal to his sister. [Sister, you take the lead in helping to solve the case.]

Kudo Yuki received Conan's gaze, nodded slightly, and then stepped forward, interrupting the fierce quarrel of several people: "Maybe Mr. Kishitani picked up the key ring in the bathroom, and then he was unfortunately attacked by the criminal's arrow when he was sitting on the toilet.

When his life was in danger, he used this keychain and the magazine in his bag to leave a death message that could identify the criminal. Conan, show everyone the photos in your phone, and explain your ideas in detail. "

Conan responded and followed the instructions to display the page with the bloody handprint on the magazine in his phone in front of everyone.

Inspector Megure and Heibei Kuroda hurried forward and stared at the photos on the phone, their eyes full of inquiry.

"Could it be that Miss Kudo and Conan..."

"Have you untied it yet?"

Conan nodded and said, "Yes. Anyone who knows a lot about chess and is familiar with Mr. Kishitani's habits can solve it."

Shiroi Kumi, Kizaki Kunikazu and Ohgawara Kinji all looked surprised when they heard what Conan said. The three of them looked at each other and expressed their opinions one after another.

"If you think of the squares of the puzzle as a chess board..."

"Then the knight is in the initial position."

"If the white knight is there, then the bloody handprints are where the queens of our side and ours are, which is the area called the queen's wing, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shiroi Raikai and Kizaki Kunikazu couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Both of them lowered their heads slightly, frowned, and pieced together the clues in their minds.

"Queen translates to Queen."

"Or a princess or a concubine."

Ohgawara Kinji rolled his eyes and pretended to be thinking, trying to mislead the clue: "Read KISAKI?"

When Shiroi Kai heard this, he was struck by lightning, and blurted out in shock: "Could it be Mr. Kizaki Kunikazu?"

Ohgawara Kinji looked at the scene and pretended to be at a loss for a moment, then asked in a hoarse voice: "Did you do this?"

Kizaki Kunikazu was anxious and angry. He picked up his coat and showed it, "Didn't I tell you? I was attacked by a criminal with a crossbow. Look, the back of my coat is like this."

Officer Megure looked at the coat, still with doubt in his eyes: "Scratches like this can be made by oneself."

Officer Shiratori also speculated: "As long as we shoot the crossbow arrows at the wall next to the vending machine in advance, and then use the mobile phone to play the sound of an object piercing the wall, we can pretend to be attacked."

Kizaki Kunikazu was speechless and could only anxiously explain: "It's not me, it's really not me!"

Conan quickly said: "That person is not the criminal."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori looked at Conan in unison, both with confused looks on their faces, waiting for Conan's further explanation.

Kizaki Kunikazu took the opportunity to defend himself: "Inspector Megure may not know, but Officer Shiratori should have heard it, right? Mr. Kishitani always does this when he plays chess..."

Kudo Yuki added at the right time: "Move the knight's chess piece toward yourself. I heard your conversation before the game. If you add this point, the knight's chess piece actually moved from your position to the bottom line of the enemy's position."

Conan then analyzed in depth: "In other words, the bloody handprint refers to the reverse king's wing, which translates to the king's side, abbreviated as the king's side. Mr. Okawara Kinji, this death message seems to be talking about you!"

When Ohgawara Kinji heard this, his face turned pale, he closed his mouth and dared not say a word.

Kizaki Kunikazu looked at Conan with a questioning look: "Ah? What are you talking about, kid?"

Shiroi Kai also pointed at Ohgawara Kinji, but his eyes turned to Conan, hesitant to speak: "Didn't you see it too? When Mr. Ohgawara was attacked by a crossbow in the lounge..."

Conan calmly stated: "I did not witness the moment he was attacked."

Kudo Yuki stood aside and further explained, reinforcing Conan's reasoning: "Nothing in the world is absolute. Take the matter of injury for example, this is not enough to be ironclad evidence to clear him of suspicion.

Maybe this was his deliberate plan, he hurt his hand on purpose and carefully designed this scene, his purpose was to make everyone present think that he was also one of the victims.

But in fact, his true identity has changed from a murderer to a so-called "victim" who wrote and acted out his own story, isn't it? "

After hearing what the brother and sister said, Okawara Kinji's eyes began to wander around, trying to find an excuse to defend himself.

However, at this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on him, making him feel uneasy.

Conan continued: "After hearing the sound of the glass breaking, we only witnessed the bag with the crossbow arrow flying out, and then the shattered glass injured Mr. Okawara's hand."

Kizaki Kunikazu was puzzled: "Isn't that the same as what we saw?"

Conan shook his head. "The crossbow arrow has a thread on one end. Just twist it a few more times and the arrowhead will be detached. Mr. Ohgawara shot the arrow at the hardware of the bag in advance, and then he can remove the arrow shaft, leaving only the arrowhead, and then decorate it with some decorations so that it won't be too conspicuous.

Then, he quietly put the arrow back in the lounge, and threw the bag aside just as the glass shattered, so that it would appear that the crossbow arrow first penetrated the glass and then entered the bag, causing the bag to fly out.”

Ohgawara Kinji argued unwillingly: "But how do you explain the broken glass? Even if you smashed the glass on the table, it wouldn't fly everywhere like that, right?"

"Ah, that." Dr. Agasa came in with something in his hand. "It's this 'Dutch Tear'."

The three little ones looked up: "Dr. Agasa!"

Dr. Agasa quickly explained: "This is called 'Dutch Tears', and it's very simple to make. Use a blowtorch to melt the glass rod, and then drop it into cold water. When the glass is cooled, it solidifies into a teardrop shape.

The outside of the glass droplet cools and hardens first, while the inside cools later. When it shrinks, it is restricted by the outside, which generates strong stress. If the tail is broken, the stress is released instantly, and the glass will explode into pieces.

Mitsuhiko and Genta were confused.

“That sounds difficult.”

"totally do not understand."

Dr. Agasa used pliers to clamp the end of the Dutch Tear and murmured to everyone: "Then I will show you how to do it. Everyone, please move away. Move away. Don't get hurt."

When everyone heard this, they all stepped back.

Dr. Agasa reminded: "Then I will really start."

Dr. Agasa stretched his arm forward and gently pressed the tail of the Dutch Tear with pliers.

In an instant, the Dutch Tears seemed to be cast under a spell, instantly shattering into countless tiny fragments and splashing in all directions.

"Wow!" The three little ones were immediately shocked by this amazing scene. They exclaimed in unison, their faces full of surprise.

Huihara Ai began to popularize relevant knowledge: "The glass used in this experiment was produced in the Netherlands, so it was named Dutch Tears."

Wakasa Rumi gently stroked her chin, a hint of inquiry flashing in her eyes, and she tentatively muttered, "Oh, I thought the name was Rupert or something."

Ai Huihara raised her head slightly and explained: "The name comes from the Duke of Cumberland who participated in the experiment. Rupert's name is also called 'Rupert's Tears'."

Wakasa Rumi squatted down slightly, slowly approached Huihara Ai, locked her eyes on her, and asked softly: "You are indeed unusual. Where did you get all this knowledge from? Are you really an elementary school student?"

Conan's heart skipped a beat, and he rushed forward, stretched out his hand to push Huibara Ai's shoulder, away from Wakasa Rumi, and muttered: "Anyway, Mr. Okawara used the Dutch Tears to make his glass explode in the lounge."

Kudo Yuki continued Conan's topic: "Mr. Okawara, there are two discarded glasses cases in the trash can. You used them to store Dutch tears, right?"

Ohkawara Kinji's face turned pale in an instant, his lips trembled slightly, he wanted to open his mouth to defend himself but didn't know where to start.

To be continued...