The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Qingshan Mental Hospital?"

The name Qin Zhibo seemed familiar, but for a while I couldn't remember where I had heard this name.

"Is it possible that Mrs. Kudo has a mental problem and is returning to Japan to see a doctor this time?"

"No~" Kudo Yukiko smiled and waved her hand, "I just went there to visit some people..."

After her explanation, Qin Zhibo realized that the person she wanted to visit was a prisoner who had been diagnosed as a mental patient in the case of "The King in Yellow".

Yukiko wants to visit these people not because she wants to be a volunteer.

When Qin Zhibo's trip to the United States arrived in Oklahoma, a case about a local missing person forced Kudo Yusaku and Qin Zhibo to get away to solve it.

The key to this case involves the belief of a local secret sect, the King in Yellow of Kakosa.

Kudo Yusaku relied on the cultists' notes returned from the murderer's house and found many rituals and operating methods for worshiping the King in Yellow.

These contents are undoubtedly very evil, but they also reveal that the worship of the King in Yellow is a very ancient belief.

Later, the Ohio police continued to dig into the drug smuggling network of the murderer Childress family, and found that the name of the famous Japanese pianist Keiji Aso was on the list.

Out of curiosity, Kudo Yuzo searched for information on the Moon Shadow Island case and found that several of his associates who participated in the trafficking with Aso Keiji had been killed recently, and the cause of death was internal fighting.

Only one drug dealer named Hideo Kawashima survived, but he was living in Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital due to a new mental illness called "yellow phobia".

In addition to Hideo Kawashima, there are several cases in Japan related to the King in Yellow, such as the murder case of Akio Koda, the murder case of the wife of the president of Ghana Music Company, and the Tokyo Tower bomb case.

The murderers in these cases all claimed that their crimes were related to the "King in Yellow" and are now receiving treatment in Qingshan Mental Hospital.

So Yukiko was sent here by Kudo Yusaku to visit these four mental patients to see if she could find any clues.

At present, Kudo Yusaku is also confused about the contagious power of the "King in Yellow" belief. He does not understand whether there is an invisible black hand behind it, or whether it is the natural spread of the belief.

But if there is anything these cases have in common, there is one more thing.

Qin Zhibo was involved in these cases.

Although this does not lead to direct suspicion of Qin Zhibo, it is at least a very subtle common ground.

And in these four cases, three criminals were directly captured by Qin Zhibo, and one was discovered by the police after going crazy.

As a witness to these cases and a former FBI investigator who handled many major serial cases, Qin Zhibo has some personal opinions.

Therefore, Kudo Yusaku asked Yukiko to come to Japan, mainly to investigate the behind-the-scenes of these cases, and invited Qin Zhibo to see these prisoners and hear his insights.

Yukiko came to Japan and lived in her family's old house. Before she could do anything, she was discovered by Conan, who noticed something strange, and was taken to the ghost ship to serve as temporary foreign aid.

But now is the main business of her coming to Japan.

"Mental hospital..."

Qin Zhibo didn't have a good impression of mental hospitals because he had been to Arkham Asylum before and it gave people a bad feeling.

In Arkham Asylum, everyone from doctors to patients are complete lunatics.

Among the patients were lunatics who had seen the Ancient Ones and Shoggoths with their own eyes, and the doctor was a lunatic who was researching the "soul-reviving potion".

After listening to Elena Miyano's tape, it is basically certain that the chief physician of Arkham Asylum, "Herbert West", was the inspiration for Haibara Ai's father in drug research.

It was also under his influence that Miyano Atsushi conducted taboo research and was eventually exiled from the scientific community.

After that experience, Qin Zhibo had no good impression of the asylum.

There is only a thin line between genius and madness, and no one knows what kind of big bosses are lurking in the madhouses of this world.

However, Yukiko's commission reminded Qin Zhibo that he had just obtained an artifact yesterday, the indescribable high priest's robe.

Among those four people, at least three were believers in the King in Yellow.

You can use them to try out the effect of your robes.

Qin Zhibo nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's go now."

…

Aoyama Mental Hospital is located in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Although the name is very similar to Aomori Hospital, which is well known to people in Tokyo, the two are not even close to each other. This is a well-known hospital that specializes in treating mental illness, and can be compared to Siping Mental Hospital.

Youxizi had long expected that Qin Zhibo would agree to go, so she had already made an appointment with the hospital in advance.

It's just that the person Yukiko wants to visit is a felon arrested by the police. He has potential violent tendencies and needs the consent of the hospital and the police. Ordinary people can't really see him.

But fortunately, the director here is a fan of Yukiko, so he happily agreed.

As for the police, Mu Mu is an old acquaintance, so it's no problem.

"Mrs. Kudo, I didn't expect you to come!"

"We are really looking forward to welcoming you!"

A fat man in a white coat walked out from behind the iron gate of the hospital. He had a round face and a Mediterranean look. His eyes were squinted behind round glasses, making him look a little greasy.

Yukiko smiled and shook hands with the man, then turned to introduce Qin Zhibo.

"This is the director of Qingshan Hospital, Mr. Fukuyama; Mr. Fukuyama, this is the famous detective Qin Zhibo."

"Hello, Mr. Fukuyama."

"Hello."

Dean Fukuyama turned to shake hands with Qin Zhibo, but he was no longer as enthusiastic as he was towards Yukiko, and his attitude towards the man was obviously cold, even if this man was also a celebrity.

Ding Zhen at first glance, identified as LSP, normal index up↑

…

After saying hello, Dean Fukuyama led the two of them into the hospital area. He did not go directly to meet the prisoners, but first took a tour of the mental hospital.

The environment here is more like a sanatorium than Arkham Asylum.

The large yard is full of greenery, with green brick paths crisscrossing the lawn, and occasional pavilions, benches, flower ponds, fish ponds and other facilities. It is like a small park.

The only disharmonious thing is that the people wandering around here are all wearing white hospital gowns, standing, sitting quietly, or squatting on the ground not knowing what to look at.

There was also an old man with a demented face, sitting blankly in a wheelchair looking at the sun, while the nurse next to him thoughtfully put on a pair of sunglasses for him.

Seeing Qin Zhibo's eyes falling on the old man, Dean Fukuyama introduced with a smile: "Ever since the patient was paralyzed in a wheelchair due to a car accident, he imagined that he was Apollo, the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, and had to drive every day. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”

"However, according to the diagnosis from our hospital, he only suffered from post-traumatic sequelae caused by paralysis. He was worried that he would be abandoned by his family after being paralyzed, so his brain regarded the wheelchair as the chariot of the sun god. He was Apollo, and he still commuted to and from get off work normally every day. .”

"What a poor patient..."

Dean Fukuyama sighed, and several people moved slightly.

In fact, the aging of Japanese society is so serious that in Japan, it is normal for the elderly to go out to work.

Although terms such as "Cooking Immortal" and "Sushi Immortal" are just memes, there is even more helplessness and sadness behind them, because not working means being worthless and "a human being".

Qin Zhibo looked at the "Sun God" and his eyes gradually swept away into the distance, until he reached the outer wall of the hospital.

Unlike Arkham Asylum, the walls here have no barbed wire, and even the walls themselves are only 2.5 meters high. You can easily climb over by stepping on a large trash can.

"Is the wall here a little shorter?" Qin Zhibo asked casually.

Dean Fukuyama was startled for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "We are a mental hospital here, not a prison. There is no need to set up such a high wall."

"Besides, many patients refuse to receive treatment deep down in their hearts. If the hospital environment is too high-pressure, it will easily make patients more resistant to treatment. This is based on scientific evidence."

"What we want to create is a kind of warmth that feels like home. Active treatment plus passive influence will allow patients to return to normal life..."

Dean Fukuyama's answer was impeccable, and he had obviously dealt with the leaders who inspected him in this way more than once.

Qin Zhibo no longer looked into this in detail.

Several people continued walking inside and soon arrived at the main building of the hospital.

The main building adopts a symmetrical design along the central axis, with a total of four built-in wards, corresponding to four levels of mental disability. Level one is severe disability, and the levels decrease in descending order.

However, those patients did not belong to any of the four districts, but a special area designed to detain mentally ill criminals or patients with severe violent tendencies.

Arriving at the third floor on the right, Dean Fukuyama brought along two hospital nurses, pointed to three separate wards with consecutive numbers, and said, "The people you want to visit are in these three rooms."

"The symptoms of the three of them are similar. They all fantasize about the virtual image of the 'King in Yellow' talking in their minds. There is currently no sign of improvement. Various treatments have been tried, and they can only recover slowly. …”

"There is also a patient named Hideo Kawashima. His condition has improved compared to when he was first admitted to the hospital. He was just transferred to the first-level ward from here not long ago."

Qin Zhibo stepped forward and looked inside through the glass on the door. The three wards were all highly enclosed wards. Although there was freedom of movement inside, the windows were high and small.

Coupled with the 24-hour surveillance cameras, the three of them were basically treated as prisoners, and they were only one step away from serious violent tendencies by wearing a straitjacket.

At this time, Yukiko stepped forward and asked, "How about it? Who would be better to ask first?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, "Let's just follow the chronological order of the crime... The first one should be Akio Koda."

…

Soon, the hospital vacated a ward for face-to-face therapy. Qin Zhibo and Yukiko sat here, and Akio Koda sat opposite.

His hands were tied with chains, and one end of the chain was connected to the corner of the table to prevent him from hurting anyone suddenly.

Koda Akio is a person who can be easily identified as being born in the Showa era.

This person's case happened before the Moon Shadow Island case. He first beat his father to death, and then imprisoned his mother in an underground cell for a long time. He grew long hair and pretended to be his mother.

"Hello, we haven't seen you for a long time."

After being forcibly shaved by the hospital, Akio Koda's gender was not difficult to distinguish.

He lowered his head until Qin Zhibo called him, then he raised his head slightly.

"Who are you……"

"I'm the detective who caught you."

Hearing this, Akio Koda's eyes changed slightly, his mouth opened slightly, and he murmured: "So it's you..."

Qin Zhibo used the simplest and most direct way to evoke the impression of the other party. Although it was a bit rough, it was effective.

Qin Zhibo: "How have you been lately? Are you still used to being here?"

Koda Akio: "...it's okay, just a bit boring."

Qin Zhibo: "Do you still dream about the King in Yellow recently? Or has the King in Yellow sent you a message?"

This sentence shocked Yukiko sitting next to her. Isn't this question too direct?

But fortunately, Koda Akio didn't have much reaction. He just shook his head lightly and said, "No."

"Maybe the smell of this place is not very good and He doesn't like it..."

"But He will appear. Sooner or later, He will guide me on the way to the Kingdom of God. Your Excellency will not abandon any devout believer. I am the most devout one. He will not abandon me, because I listen to everything. His…”

Koda Akio's mood gradually became strange, and he thought about it in pieces, revealing strong paranoia in every sentence.

This is also a characteristic of his type of "disease". He believes that the King in Yellow really exists, and tries his best to use this existence to cover up the fact of his crimes.

Yukiko quickly interrupted, "Then can you tell me how the King in Yellow contacted you before? How did he make you...kill people..."

Koda Akio suddenly turned his gaze to Yukiko, and after staring at it for two seconds, he said calmly: "I know you, you seem to be..."

"Yes?" Yukiko's eyes looked hopeful, eager to be recognized.

"Yes..." Koda Akio frowned, suddenly relaxed, and shouted: "Mom!"

"You are my mother!"

"Mom! Why are you here?"

"Who released you? Go back quickly! The outside world is very dangerous!"

Koda Akio suddenly became excited, stood up and rushed towards Yukiko, but fortunately the chain on his arm worked and he did not succeed.

A caregiver behind him quickly took action, and another caregiver immediately pushed the door in and escorted Akio Koda out.

When he was sent away, he kept shouting "Mom" and "Mom". If people who don't know the truth see it, the listeners will definitely be sad and cry.

The mentally ill patient suddenly shouted for his mother, which frightened Yukiko a lot. She patted her chest with her right hand to relieve the shock.

"call--"

"Maybe your hair reminds him of his mother."

Qin Zhibo turned around and asked, "Are you okay? If not, just watch from the outside and I'll ask."

Yukiko thought about it and realized that she was really not suitable to deal with these mentally ill patients. Normal human communication experience basically had no effect here.

Moreover, she calls herself "Mom" every now and then and calls herself "old" when she should be called "Sister".

"Then I'll leave it to you, be careful."

As Yukiko left the therapy room and went to watch on the other side of the glass, the nurse brought a second patient.

It was Hideo Kawashima, the only survivor of the Moon Shadow Island incident.

Thanks for the tip from Tiantian Chuhai!