The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

At dawn, the dog attacks the city.

In the spacious room, Inufukako sat on her knees on the tatami.

With her brows furrowed, she looked down slightly and bit her lip with her teeth, looking worried.

It wasn't until the noise coming from the corridor outside the door that she came back to her senses from this state.

came back?

She hurriedly tried to stand up, but her lower limbs staggered as soon as she exerted force.

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared outside the door and pushed the door open vigorously.

"Kaoko, that famous detective Mouri Kogoro is going to start reasoning about the entire case!"

Eh?

Inufukao's expression was stunned for a moment, which made Inufuchen outside the door a little anxious.

"What are you doing standing still? Come here quickly!"

"oh oh……"

Inufukako got up from the tatami again, and before leaving, he looked back deeply at the room.

When she followed Inufuchen to the living room, all the people involved in the case had gathered in the living room.

But although it is said to be "all", most of them are actually no longer alive.

Currently, there are only four of the eight adopted children of the Inubushi family.

In addition, there are also Mouri Kogoro and others who came all the way from Tokyo.

Seeing that Zen had brought Kaozi over, Mouri Kogoro nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, everyone is here now..."

"Now, I want to explain to you all the 'Fire Demon Dog' cases that have occurred in the Inubushi family recently!"

"First of all, the murderer of all these cases is... Mr. Inufushi Chiaki!"

Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and looked seriously at Inufushi Akira, who was still in a coma on the sofa.

Since the effects of anesthesia have not completely worn off, he can only participate in the announcement of the case as a human specimen.

Also in a coma with Chiko was Hattori Heiji.

Conan persuaded Heiji because the case was solved and he suddenly felt very tired, so he took a rest first.

But Yuan Shan and Ye called him "black chicken" many times, but they didn't wake him up.

On the contrary, Inufushi Yukihime, who was stunned by Chiko with ether before, has woken up, but her body has not fully recovered, but her consciousness is awake.

"The murderer is... Mr. Chihuang?"

Inufukako let out a surprised sound with a face full of shock.

She didn't keep up with other people's versions just because she had to stay in Inufushi City to take care of Ms. Saomi.

She remembered that before Mouri Kogoro left, he clearly said that the murderer was Inubushi Yukihime. Why did he change his mind when he came back?

I have been worried about this matter for a long time.

Because among the relatives who lived together in the Inubushi family, the one she valued most was Yukihime, and she even regarded her as her biological sister.

Otherwise, she would not have taught Yuki how to get along with dogs in a scolding tone.

Unexpectedly, Mouri Kogoro actually said that Yukihime was a "bad guy" who pretended to be the illegitimate daughter of Chairman Inubushi.

This made her very distressed and entangled.

"right!"

Mouri Kogoro nodded with great confirmation and confidence.

"Inufushi Chiaki is the murderer who caused this series of horrific 'devil dog cases'!"

At the same time, in the room that Inufukako had just left, the sliding door was pushed open again.

A pair of feet took off their slippers at the door and stepped into the tatami room.

Looking at Ms. Inufuso Saomi who was "sleeping" peacefully on the hospital bed, the owner of those feet calmly walked in front of her and lowered her head to look down.

"The murderer is actually you, right?"

"Ms. Inufusaomi..."

After Qin Zhibo finished speaking, the empty room fell into silence for a while.

A few seconds later, the eyes of the silver-haired old woman on the hospital bed that had always been closed finally slowly opened.

…

In the living room, Maori Kogoro began to review the entire case for everyone.

"First of all, the first case was that Mr. Hotaru Inufushi fell from a cliff. Before he died, he struggled to say that he was chased by a demon dog covered in flames, which caused him to fall from the cliff."

"The second case was that Ms. Inufumi Gako drowned in a swamp near the forest. Near the place where she died, traces of grass scorched by flames were also found."

"The third case occurred in Tokyo, and the deceased was Shinichi Kudo who had changed his surname back..."

Speaking of this, Mouri Kogoro suddenly felt that this name was very awkward.

Why does it have the same pronunciation as that kid's name?

Mouri Kogoro complained helplessly and continued to sort out the case.

"The fifth case happened last night. Ms. Inufusaki, who had not returned home for a long time, fell off the cliff in the same way as Mr. Hotaru, and found flaming footprints on the cliff."

"In addition, Xiaolan and the others were attacked by the flame demon dog when they were feeding Xiaoba in the mansion..."

"Actually, the real culprit of all this, the so-called 'Fire Demon Dog', is..."

Mouri Kogoro's words suddenly stopped, and Maori Lan walked in from the entrance with a dog.

When Inufukako saw the dog, he was immediately stunned.

"Xiaoba?"

"Huh? No..."

The next second, Inufukako denied his judgment.

Because if you look a little closer, you can see the difference in breed between this dog and Xiaoba. This is a pure-blooded Border Collie.

It's just that this shepherd dog is covered with a layer of white tattered cloth, with a rope tied around its neck and a coal ball tied at the end.

Mouri Kogoro took out a remote control switch from his pocket. When he pressed the button on it, the white cloth strip on the shepherd's body glowed faintly red.

"This is..." Inufukako said doubtfully.

"This is the truth about the 'Devil Dog'. It's actually a real dog."

"Mr. Chihuang covered the dog's body with a strip of cloth, and then used a red LED light tied under the strip to simulate the effect of flames."

"Although it is easy to be seen through under such light conditions, as long as it goes to the wild with poor lighting, it is enough to reach the level of fake and real."

"This is also the reason why every time the 'Devil Dog' appears, it must be at night..."

Mouri Kogoro's words were thought-provoking, but soon Inufukako raised new questions.

"What about the flaming footprints?"

"Didn't the place where the devil dog ran leave traces of fire? And there are also traces of burnt grass..."

Maori Kogoro smiled confidently and strolled up to the border collie.

But as soon as he was about to pick up the rope tied around the dog's neck, the shepherd dog immediately bared its teeth at him and issued a low whining warning.

Mouri Kogoro was so frightened that he took half a step back and did not dare to reach out to the dog again.

When he caught this dog in the forest just now, he was almost bitten by the dog, which caused a psychological shadow.

But the strange thing is that this dog has no hostility towards Mao Lilan and Conan, and is even somewhat close to them.

"Eh? Xiaolan, where is Conan?"

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly realized that Conan was not here, and asked Maori Lan.

Mao Lilan replied: "Conan and Mr. Qin will go back to the room to rest first..."

…

In the largest master bedroom in Inufushi City, Qin Zhibo faced Ms. Suo Chen who opened her eyes. He just glanced down slightly and began to murmur to himself.

"Actually, the entire case begins with the legend of the Inubushi family's past."

"This is actually easy to investigate clearly. Although you are the only old man alive in the Inufushi family, in fact, the servants who once served the Inufushi family are still living near this castle."

"During the Meiji period, the Inubushi family hosted a wandering monk and received a secret scripture from the monk."

"The head of the Inubushi family at that time used the contents recorded in this secret book to bring down another nearby family with greater power."

"Then one day, the head of the Inubushi family was backlashed because of the taboo content in the secret scripture, and eventually he set himself on fire."

"In order to appease the anger of the 'Devil Dog', the descendants of the Inubushi family built a tomb and sealed the secret scripture somewhere."

"But in fact, the secret book has always been at Inubushi's house and has never left..."

"am I right?"

"Ms. Inufuso Saomi."

Qin Zhibo looked at Inufuso Sachen who was lying on the quilt. Seeing that he had no expression on his face and did not respond, he continued.

"As for the version of the legend that Inubushi Yukihime said, you actually made it up yourself."

"Because these illegitimate children have been separated from their biological father, President Inubushi, since they were young, it is impossible for them to have heard the true content of the legend."

"And you created one case after another based on this legend."

"You adopted these illegitimate children as adopted children and kept them by your side. In fact, you were waiting for the opportunity to kill them one by one."

"And under your long-term inducement and careful deception, Inufushi Chiko became your first killing tool."

Qin Zhibo turned his head and took a deep breath.

"Yes, Chiaki Inufushi is indeed the direct murderer of Yingci, Mioko and Saki..."

"In order to repay his kindness, he would not hesitate to kill other adopted children and also want to keep the castle where you live."

"But in fact, even he didn't realize it. This was just one of your carefully crafted lies."

"You just took advantage of him after discovering his gratitude to you."

"After Yingji and Migako were killed by Inufushi Chiaki, you found Mr. Kudo Shinichi and told the adopted children of the family that there might be bad guys who wanted to make the Inufushi family extinct."

"So, Kudo Shinichi found Toyama Kazuha's mother and asked her husband, a policeman, to come here to investigate. This commission later passed to Hattori Heiji."

"But after Kudo Shinichi did this, you found Kudo Shinichi again and told him about the history of the Inubushi family and how to use Liao Dan."

"As long as you take Liao Dan, you can travel back in time and find out who the murderer is hiding in Inubushi's house."

"Of course, you deliberately hid the side effects of Liao Dan..."

"And Kudo Shinichi did learn the truth of the case with the help of Liao Dan, but he was also tracked by the Tindalos hounds in the process."

"He thought it was a curse from the Inubushi family's sinful past, so he changed the Inubushi family name, gave up his inheritance rights, and moved to Tokyo to hide... This was exactly the same reaction as the Inubushi family owner during the Meiji period after encountering a hound."

"But in fact, this is your real purpose, which is to use hounds to kill Kudo Shinichi."

"Somewhat coincidentally, when Chiko Inufushi went to Kudo Shinichi's house with his other adopted children, he realized that the other party might have discovered that he was the murderer of two cases, so he tried to create the illusion of committing suicide by burning charcoal that night. "

"However, Inufushi Chihiro's move of moving the stove into Kudo Shinichi's bedroom inadvertently allowed the hound to chase him from the angle of time and directly scare him to death..."

"So you are the real culprit who killed Kudo Shinichi!"

"And just last night, after Ms. Saki was killed by Chihuang in the same way, you told Ms. Yukihime about Liao Dan."

"After listening to your method, Miss Yukihime also took Liao Dan and found that the murderer was Inufushi Chiaki."

"In this case, Miss Yukihime will be targeted by hounds, and death will only be a matter of time..."

"And after you confirmed that Zhihuang's murder plan was completed, you also chose to abandon him."

"You pulled apart your rosary bracelet and kept seven of the beads, but replaced the 'Zhi' beads with black beads. In fact, you were hinting to the detective that Chihuang was the murderer."

"As long as Chihuang is captured by the police, then the last of the eight adopted children will be Ms. Kauko and Mr. Zenya."

"In my opinion, the relationship between these two is relatively tense among adopted children. You should have already thought of a way to make them kill each other, right?"

"After all, as long as you kill the last person, you can get the entire inheritance of the Inubushi family. There is no need to share it with another person..."

Qin Zhibo said as he walked to the cabinet in the corner of the room.

He reached out and pulled open the drawer of the cabinet, only to see a bunch of bracelets with broken ropes inside, with a large number of white beads flashing next to them.

This was the bracelet Suo Chen pulled open in the middle of the night. Qin Zhibo was out investigating at the time and did not see this scene.

Qin Zhibo took out a seemingly ordinary white bead from it, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and a fragrant smell hit his nostrils.

Sure enough, this is Liao Dan.

Suo Chen always wore Liao Dan as a bracelet on his hand.

Qin Zhibo gathered the white beads in the drawer and put them all into his pocket.

However, at this moment, Ms. Suochen, who had been lying silently on the floor, suddenly spoke.

"Are you going to hand me over to the police?"

Qin Zhibo turned his head to look at Suo Chen. After a moment of silence, he shook his head.

"No."

"Even if you are handed over to the police, this statement will probably not be accepted, right? And there will be more incidents and troubles..."

"I just hope you understand that this is the end of it."

"In the short time you have left, you will regret what you have done here. Although the direct murderer of the case is not you, your hands have been stained with the blood of too many children of the Inufu family..."

"And you did this just to get revenge on your husband, Inufushi Tsunedi, right?"

Qin Zhibo looked at Suo Chen and said seriously.

Suo Chen, who was lying on the bedclothes, closed his eyes, and a tear flowed from the corner of his eyes.

Tears flowed down the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes and onto the white pillow.

"I hate it..."

"I hate that I don't have the fertility ability that even ordinary women have, and I hate that I can't continue the Inufushi family."

"So in the past few decades, no matter how many women he provoked outside or how many illegitimate children he had, I chose to endure them all."

"But I didn't expect that before he died, he would actually write a letter to invite all those illegitimate children to his home, humiliating me, the royal wife, for not being able to give birth to a child for him..."

"From that moment on, I could no longer bear it after enduring it all my life."

"That's right, Mr. Detective."

"As you said, my hands have been stained with the blood of too many children of the Inubushi family, but this was entirely because he forced me to do this..."

As Suo Chen was talking, the sliding door suddenly opened, and Conan, who had been listening at the door, rushed in from the outside.

"you misunderstood!"

"This is not your husband's real intention at all!"