Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

They were chatting as if no one was around, and didn't notice Aoyagi Binguang who was standing nearby, until a middle-aged man with a crew cut walked into the lounge area.

"——You two! It's already past lunch break, why don't you get back to work?!"

"Ah, Section Chief Teraoka!" "Sorry, we'll be right back!"

The two men quickly put out their cigarettes and ran out of the rest area without looking back.

“Young people nowadays are really…”

The man who was called Section Chief Teraoka frowned. He noticed Aoyagi Akimitsu who was sitting there, but did not come over to talk to him and left quickly.

Now only Aoyagi Akimitsu and Rabbit are left in the rest area.

The rabbit climbed to the edge of the table and watched Teraoka's back disappear completely. He remembered this person was...

【Angry: Do you know this policeman? 】

A sentence suddenly popped up on the system pop-up window next to Rabbit. He turned around and saw that Qingliu Bingguang had taken out his mobile phone and sent him a message.

[Lust: He is not a character in the comics, but in the original animation. ]

[Lust: He is Maori Kogoro's senior, and seems to be the head of the fourth investigation section? He accepted money from the criminals and kept passing on internal police information to them. Later, the criminal killed someone, and he was worried that the other party would betray him after being caught, so he killed the person. ]

The police in Conan are indeed not very good at solving cases, but their conduct is basically above average, and many of them are willing to sacrifice themselves for the people.

There are not many such trash, which made Rabbit impressed by him and analyzed it to his teammates immediately.

Aoyagi Binguang had a calm expression, and seemed to have little interest in this rare black policeman. He suddenly reached out, gently picked up the rabbit, and put it back under his collar.

As soon as the rabbit returned to its original position, it heard Kudo Shinichi's voice.

"Mr. Qingliu, I have completed the record. Let's go back."

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Katsutoshi Teraoka, from TV episode 66 "The Third Fingerprint Murder Case".

Chapter 59 Case Closed (Two in One)

rabbit:"……"

go back?

…Can I go back now? ?

None of the expected accidents happened.

The rabbits, who were originally worried that their passive skills would cause them to face off against [Pride] and [Jealousy], were led into the elevator by Aoyagi Binkou in a trance.

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The elevator door slowly closed, revealing only Kudo Shinichi and Aoyagi Akiko inside. A surveillance device was facing them in the corner.

Kudo Shinichi pressed a button: "Teacher Aoyagi, are you going back directly?"

"Yes. I'll take you back to Mihua first, and then go straight back. I have to do a thorough cleaning today. I went to bed without tidying up yesterday."

The young teacher's face was full of helplessness at being forced into the case.

The elevator began to descend, and Kudo Shinichi was completely restless. He first secretly looked at Aoyagi Akimichi's expression and scratched his cheek.

He spoke tentatively: "Um, about Koshiba Koji, I have something to ask you..."

"What's the matter?" Qingliu Bingguang turned his head to look at him.

"I asked Officer Megure, and he told me that Koji Koshiba was dead. He died in the bathtub of his home around 10 o'clock yesterday."

The person who took the statement for Kudo Shinichi was Jusan Megure. Not only did Officer Megure ask the victim about the specific situation, he also received a lot of information, even more information, in return.

"He did not have any external injuries and the cause of death was drowning. Based on the traces at the scene, the police determined that he drank too much and wanted to take a shower, but accidentally fell asleep in it and unfortunately drowned."

When talking about the murderer who harmed him but died unexpectedly before being arrested, Kudo Shinichi did not have any joy on his face. Instead, he frowned with a seriousness that was not in line with his age.

"Yesterday at 10 o'clock..."

Hearing this time point, Aoyagi Akimitsu recalled: "At that time, all the faculty and staff were in the school, and the police officer told us about Koshiba Koji's past case."

"That's what I want to ask." Kudo Shinichi said, "Three years ago, Koshiba Koichi blew up their company's president, but public opinion suspected that the real murderer was Koshiba Koji. Officer Megure even called my dad to confirm it again."

"He said on the phone at the time, 'The Xiaoshiba brothers have a good relationship.' Officer Megure told me that your teacher said something similar after hearing about the case yesterday."

Kudo Shinichi said seriously: "I want to know why you make such a judgment? Koshiba Koichi deliberately disguised himself as his brother to kill people. He is obviously a——"

"What about Koji Koshiba? What do you think of him?"

Aoyagi Binkou suddenly interrupted him and didn't let him finish the rest of the words.

"He cares about his brother."

Kudo Shinichi confirmed: "Afterwards, he went to the pub and said those things on purpose in order to draw suspicion from others. He wanted to get himself in jail so that his brother could get away with it. Even when he wanted to kill you, it was actually for his brother."

"His brother's favorite musician was Mahler, and that's why he applied to the Vienna Conservatory of Music. When you played that piece, did you mention Mahler's family? And you also recommended that students watch The Bride of the Wind, which tells the story of him and his wife."

Mahler was a talented musician, but his marriage and family were not happy. His eldest daughter died in infancy, and his wife was quite popular, and even after marriage she was still pursued by other men.

Kudo Shinichi found this reason for murder simply unbelievable - you actually insulted my brother's favorite idol, I can't forgive you!

"No wonder he called me 'blasphemer'... In his heart, the God of Music is his brother, right?"

Aoyagi Binkou spoke in a calm tone. He was neither surprised nor angry.

Kudo Shinichi gave him a strange look for this.

Why did he feel that this teacher was not only not angry, but even seemed to... understand this motivation?

"You should have heard about Koshiba's college performance from Officer Megure, right?" Aoyagi Akimitsu suddenly asked.

Kudo Shinichi quickly collected his thoughts: "He told me that Koshiba Koji's university grades were up and down, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad. In terms of interpersonal relationships, sometimes he got along well with his classmates, but sometimes he ignored them."

"Have you guessed the reason?"

"Is it because..." Kudo Shinichi had made several guesses about the anomaly, "The two brothers are taking turns to go to school, right?"

"Yes."

Although it was something he had not witnessed with his own eyes, Aoyagi Akimichi's tone was quite certain.

"They are identical twins, with almost the same appearance and body shape. The biggest difference in appearance is their hairstyle, which can be easily disguised by wearing a hat or a wig. They take turns to study based on this."

Listening to Aoyagi Akimitsu's narration, Kudo Shinichi felt a little complicated.

He comes from a wealthy family, so it would never happen to him that he couldn't afford to go to school and two people had to share one place.

"It's useless, isn't it?" he said. "Even if they can take turns studying, there will always be only Koji Koshiba's name on the graduation certificate. And if their behavior is exposed, they may be expelled from school. It's not worth it at all."

“The results are important, but sometimes when doing things, don’t just look at the results.”

Aoyagi Akimitsu was helpless: "After their parents passed away, the two brothers supported each other to survive. Originally, the elder brother dropped out of school to support the younger brother's studies. Now the younger brother gives half of his time to the elder brother, allowing him to go to university, and he works for him."

"But..." Kudo Shinichi refuted again, "His brother has been in contact with the campus for a long time, so he is more likely to be dissatisfied, right? He would think that this was originally his opportunity, but he gave it to his younger brother, especially since his grades are better than his younger brother's."

While taking the statement, Kudo Shinichi saw specific photos of the bomb three years ago and the two bombs yesterday.

Based on the little knowledge he had learned in Hawaii, he judged that the ones made by Koichi Koshiba three years ago were more exquisite.

"...Don't be so dark-minded. Different cases need different analyses."

Qing Liu Bingguang was even more helpless: "There are indeed people like you said, and they are the majority - but there are also many people who are not like that. Their love for their relatives far outweighs their private thoughts."

Isn't this too idealistic? Kudo Shinichi seemed to want to refute.

Aoyagi Binguang didn't want to argue with him any further and chose to skip the topic.

"Three years ago, the real reason why Koichi Koichi used his brother's identity to commit a crime... The following is just my guess. My reasoning level is average. You can ask your father later."

Kudo Shinichi nodded repeatedly, and then heard Aoyagi Akimichi say:

“It’s to guide public opinion.”

"...Public opinion?" Kudo Shinichi was stunned.

"Yes, with the popularization of television and the Internet, public opinion has become a more terrifying force than before."

Aoyagi Bin just looked forward, they were almost reaching the first floor.

"Koshiba Koichi wanted to kill the president to seek justice for his brother. His brother was not responsible for the homework error. The company's data had problems from the beginning, but the data was made by the president's nephew. He couldn't ask his relative's child to pay compensation, so he found a scapegoat."

"If he kills him directly, his brother will become the 'brother of a murderer' and be blamed and ostracized by the public. I think you have heard the news about the relatives of criminals having insulting words spray-painted on their homes?"

"But if he kills as his younger brother and is later exposed, his younger brother will become the 'ultimate unlucky guy who has to work hard to support his uneducated good-for-nothing brother, and his brother uses him as a scapegoat for murder'."

"The public opinion will be completely different this way. I'm afraid he deliberately started the quarrel before, trying to give the neighbors the illusion that they have a bad relationship."

Kudo Shinichi listened in a daze. Then the elevator door dinged and the two of them arrived at the first floor.

He followed Aoyagi Akimitsu out of the elevator and whispered, "No wonder only Koshiba Koichi's fingerprints were found on the free restaurant voucher."

Twins may have the same DNA, but their fingerprints are definitely different.

When the bombing happened three years ago, his family was dining at the restaurant next door because they received a free coupon in their mailbox the night before, which expired on that day.

The huge noise of the explosion, coupled with the arrival of Inspector Megure, it was natural for Kudo Yusaku to go over to help, and naturally, he quickly found the real murderer.

"He deliberately led my father there in order to solve the case as quickly as possible..."

The prisoner even considered this.

Kudo Shinichi was in a very complicated mood.

He found that he had really overlooked a lot of things in the past.

Just as his father said, in detective novels, the story ends when the case is solved, but in reality, the case not only needs to be investigated and solved, but also the murderer's motives and psychology, as well as the mentality of the victims and relatives of the criminal... all of these need to be taken into consideration.

——If there is negligence, other tragedies may occur later.

Being a detective...is not that easy after all!

Kudo Shinichi clenched his fists secretly.

He realized his past shortcomings and gained more motivation to move forward.

The two men left the Metropolitan Police Department and a blond mixed-race man walked towards them.

"Teacher Amuro!" Kudo Shinichi greeted the other party warmly.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Aoyagi, Mr. Kudo." Amuro Toru was wearing casual clothes and a pair of sunglasses on his nose. "Have you two finished taking the statements?"