The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

The case of Koji Haneda.

It is also known as the "Amanda Case" in the United States.

When Toru Amuro was studying at the police academy, this case that is still full of doubts was often used as a typical case for after-school analysis assignments.

Therefore, Toru Amuro also knows a thing or two about the circumstances of this case.

"If I remember correctly, a case occurred in a hotel in Los Angeles, USA, 17 years ago, but two people died."

"The two deceased were American capitalist Amanda Hughes and Japanese shogi player Koji Haneda."

"The two had agreed to meet in a hotel, but when the hotel staff discovered their bodies, they found them in different rooms."

"The identity of the murderer remains a mystery, but most people suspect it was a political assassination because Amanda Hughes was rumored to be running for the next U.S. president."

"And Koji Haneda may have happened to see the appearance of the murderer, so he was chased into the room by the murderer and silenced..."

This was the standard answer to the case analysis assignment assigned by the police academy, and Toru Amuro still remembers it.

But Toru Amuro has always been skeptical about this standard answer.

After all, too little of the case has been made public. Without seeing the situation at the scene, no one can say that the truth of the case is like this.

Kuroda Biewei nodded slightly, agreeing with Toru Amuro's statement.

"What you said is similar to the rumors accepted by most people outside."

"But what I'm going to talk about next is another perspective that few people know about..."

Next, Kurodabei talked about his experience 17 years ago.

At that time, because Kuroda received a secret order from his superiors, he used a vacation as an excuse to go to Los Angeles, USA for a vacation. In fact, he went to discuss cooperation matters with Amanda Hughes.

However, since Amanda Hughes is such a talking point in the United States, inviting a Japanese face into the room for no reason would easily lead to suspicion.

Therefore, Amanda Hughes designated a person to serve as a "cover" when the two met.

This person is Haneda Koji.

"Koji Haneda is a good man."

"After hearing my request, I agreed without even thinking..."

"So, we took flights to Los Angeles respectively, and he went to meet Amanda first as Amanda's idol according to the time agreed in advance."

"While my colleagues and I were on vacation, we used Haneda Koji to keep in touch with Amanda."

"Of course, that colleague didn't know that I still had a mission..."

Kuroda Heiwei stood on the bridge with his hands in his pockets, a trace of memory flashing through his one eye under his sunglasses.

"At 5 o'clock that afternoon, Haneda Koji went to Amanda's room to talk with her in detail."

"As for the content of the conversation between the two of them, I don't know...but the content of the conversation between them is not important in the first place."

"According to the original plan, Amanda would meet with Koji Haneda briefly, and then change to meet me midway, leading the outside world to mistakenly think that she would only meet one Japanese, Koji Haneda."

"But while I was waiting to be summoned in the public restroom above the floor, two men in black attacked me."

"The two men were well-trained. One grabbed my attention by picking up something, and the other planned to attack me from behind with a stun device."

"But their thoughts were discovered by me through the bathroom mirror, and I took action to subdue these two people."

"At this time I realized that something might have happened, and Amanda never called me, so I went to the front desk to identify myself as a Japanese police officer, hoping to get Amanda's room number from the front desk."

"However, the Japanese police have no law enforcement rights in the United States, and the service staff at the front desk did not cooperate. I had to use other methods to obtain Amanda's room location."

"But when I rushed to that room, it was still a step too late..."

"Amanda Hughes was not breathing and that was all that was left in the room."

With that said, Kurodabei raised his hand and took out a photo from the pocket of his suit jacket.

Qin Zhibo reached out to take the photo and found that it was not a photo of Amanda Hughes' body, but a photo taken sideways on a chess board.

There is a chess piece "Knight" in the middle of the chess board, and both sides of the white chess piece are stained with bright red fingerprints.

Under the chess piece, there is also a women's diamond-engraved watch, and the mirror of the watch also has a red mark.

"Is this...a death message?"

Before Qin Zhibo could speak, Toru Amuro, who looked over, said seriously.

In addition to seeing the investigation points in the photos, Qin Zhibo also wanted to complain, why were there camera phones 17 years ago?

And it was captured so clearly...

Kuroda Bingwei nodded, "Yes, that's what I guessed at the first time."

"So I took this photo and then went looking for Haneda Koji."

"I knew Haneda Koji's room number, but when I got to that room, I happened to see a group of men in black walking out of Haneda Koji's room."

"After the men in black left, there was still a man in black left to deal with various traces in the room."

"After I put him down, I found Haneda Koji's body in the room."

"The area around Haneda Koji's body was quite messy. I was interrupted by other things at the time, so I forgot to take photos..."

"And the person who interrupted me was Amanda's personal bodyguard."

"That was a woman with great skills. She got out of the hidden space behind the bookcase by herself."

"She seemed to be unaware of what happened in the room just now, and she misunderstood that I killed Hiroshi Haneda."

"I had no choice but to subdue her first, then put her in the suitcase left by the man in black, and then take her out of the hotel first."

"But when I was going downstairs, the men in black returned to Hiroshi Haneda's room."

"After I drove away from the hotel, these lingering men in black drove after me again."

"In order to avoid their pursuit, At an intersection, I was hit by a truck driving sideways, and a serious car accident occurred. "

"When I regained consciousness, I asked the doctor who came to rescue me, and I learned that the woman named 'Asaka' had disappeared long ago..."

"After that, I was in a coma in an American hospital for nearly ten years, and it was only recently that I woke up. "

"At the beginning, I seemed to be suspected of murder, but it seemed that after learning that Amanda and I had an appointment to meet, and the testimony of the hotel doorman, my suspicion was ruled out. "

Kuroda Heibei's memories came to an end for the time being.

Amuro Toru glanced at Kuroda Heibei, and finally got a better understanding of this mysterious parachuted boss today.

When he received the order from above to go to the Arkham Asylum in the United States to bring back a Japanese policeman, he couldn't help but wonder.

Why would a Japanese policeman be a mental patient in an American asylum?

Now it seems that this may be a means for the relevant parties to mediate.

After all, Amanda Hughes is an important figure in the United States. It is definitely not as easy as Kuroda Heibei said to completely eliminate the suspicion of murder.

She stayed in the mental hospital for 17 years, which was also under house arrest in disguise.

As for the case, Amuro Toru judged from the description of "men in black" that it was probably done by the organization.

Although the organization does not have a unified dress code, most grassroots brothers and cadres will wear black clothes.

And since Kuroda Heibei is still assigned by the higher-ups to investigate cases related to the organization, it means that his mission 17 years ago should also be related to this.

After listening to Kuroda Heibei's description, Qin Zhibo was quite impressed by the various uniforms of Kuroda Heibei.

Two men in black were trying to sneak attack him in the bathroom, but he subdued them...

A man in black was dealing with traces in the room, but he subdued him...

Amanda's bodyguard "Qianxiang" misunderstood him as the murderer and was subdued by him...

This is not Kuroda Heibei, this is Kuroda Heiwang!

However, from his description, Qin Zhibo also learned a new situation.

That is, as early as 17 years ago, the Japanese police tried to cooperate with the FBI through the Nine Angels.

However, after this incident, it is estimated that the cooperation plan was stranded.

"By the way, Amanda's bodyguards were all knocked unconscious by someone unknown."

"When they woke up, they found themselves in the warehouse of the hotel..."

Kuroda Bingwei made some additional explanations.

Qin Zhibo nodded in understanding, and then asked: "Except for the woman named 'Asaka', right?"

"Yes."

Kuroda Bingwei adjusted his posture and asked in a deep voice: "Then what? Can you decipher the message left by Amanda before her death?"

The message before her death that Kuroda Bingwei said was the photo he had just given.

In response, Qin Zhibo showed a confident smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Well, it's almost done."

"Oh? I would like to hear more about it." Kuroda Bingwei replied.

Qin Zhibo held the photo in his hand and stared at the investigation point on it.

[Secret Investigation√]

[Investigating...]

After a while, the investigation instructions appeared.

Qin Zhibo took a quick look and found that the content was basically consistent with his reasoning.

However, he was not in a hurry to reason, but turned to look at Amuro Toru and asked.

"Toru, what do you think?"

Amuro Toru was stunned. He didn't expect Qin Zhibo to be asked about himself.

But it happened that he had just observed this photo for a long time and had some ideas in his mind.

"First, look at the mark on the watch. It is obvious that it is a lip mark, left by lipstick."

"If it is a lipstick mark, it can be associated with the word lips, or the red color of lipstick..."

"But if you look closely at the diamond ring around the watch mirror, you can see that there is also red paint inside."

"This shows that Amanda once felt that the mark left was not accurate enough, so she wiped it off and printed it again."

"If it is a lip, it is easy to associate it with it as long as people see the lines of the lips, and lipstick is even more so..."

"In other words, what Amanda wants to express is not lips or lipstick, but the mouth that must be composed of two lips - mouth."

"And if you look closely at the two lip marks, you can see that the corners of the mouth on both sides are not printed."

"This should mean removing the two ends, that is, removing the first and last letters of mouth, it becomes out."

"Add the watch watch, it becomes watch out, which means 'be careful'."

Amuro Toru's expression became more and more confident as he spoke, with a confident smile on his face, "But even so, I don't know what you want to express 'be careful'?"

"But judging from the head of this chess piece horse, the 'horse's' eyes also have lipstick printed on them. Maybe it's a reminder to pay attention to someone's eyes, right?"

"Who can you think of in this regard?"

Toru Amuro turned to look at Kuroda Bei.

Kuroda Bingwei's expression was startled, and he suddenly thought of someone.

"Speaking of which, a person with abnormally normal eyes did pass by..."

"Although he couldn't see clearly through the monocle, he had eyes as sharp as a snake."

Toru Amuro asked in confusion, "Snake's eyes?"

Kuroda Bingwei nodded and added: "But this is just an impression. I don't know who that person is or what the specific meaning is..."

Just when the two of them were thinking along this direction, Qin Zhibo interrupted them in time.

"So far, my reasoning is quite correct..."

Qin Zhibo nodded in approval at first, but then changed the subject, "But it's not perfect yet."

"not perfect?"

When Toru Amuro heard this, he immediately suppressed the smile on his lips and asked, "Teacher, what's not perfect about it?"

Qin Zhibo did not answer immediately, but asked Kuroda Bingwei: "Let me ask Mr. Kuroda something first. Is the female bodyguard named 'Asaka' wearing glasses?"

Kuroda Bingwei was startled for a moment and nodded.

"Yes, she does wear glasses...but what's wrong with that?"

Qin Zhibo's eyebrows moved slightly, he picked up the photo again and analyzed it.

"Look, both eyes of this chess piece horse are marked with lipstick."

"Judging from the state of Amanda's watch password left behind, her thinking ability at the time had not been affected too much, and she had fully thought about the message before her death."

"That is to say, if Amanda wants to refer to the man wearing a monocle that you saw Mr. Kuroda, Amanda should leave a mark on the eye on the same side of the chess piece according to the position of the man's monocle."

"But the fact that Amanda left marks on both eyes shows that this person has a problem not with one eye, but with both eyes..."

"Or it has nothing to do with the eyes themselves, it simply refers to a person who wears binoculars."

"Although I don't know exactly who Amanda saw that day, I guess there weren't too many people. Wearing bifocal glasses should be a distinguishing feature."

"Except for the fact that the bespectacled Koji Haneda has been confirmed dead, the only thing I can think of is the female bodyguard 'Asaka' who escaped from the scene of the accident."

"That is to say, I think the true meaning of Amanda's death message is..."

"Be careful Asaka."