Chapter 363: Medical Advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department
Chapter 363: Medical Advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department
The case information obtained from Kawazu Hiroo seemed to be very similar to what he remembered.
Hiroyuki Kanaya holds such a travel gathering every year and sets very difficult questions.
Only those who score 990 out of 1,000 points in the closed-book examination are eligible to participate in the final stage.
...To be honest, if it were Xiang Yuanguang, he probably wouldn't even come.
One hundred questions, closed-book test, with questions randomly selected from books related to the Sherlock Holmes series as the question bank.
After that, you still require to get 99 out of a hundred questions right... ?
If you don't want to give this book, just say so directly. There's no need to beat around the bush and set up puzzles here!
"Hiroyuki Kanaya died in the car, Ayako Oki died in the explosion, and Toshiaki Fujisawa was stabbed."
"Then one of the witnesses who claimed to be a researcher of Sherlock Holmes cases pointed out that Kawazu Yuo was the murderer."
"The name of the witness is Kento Toba, the boyfriend of the second victim, Ayako Ooki."
Xiang Yuanguang walked out of the detention center room thoughtfully.
He opened his power of attorney and showed it to Takagi Wataru who was standing next to him.
Then, he said with some doubt.
"Officer Takagi, do you know what Kento Toba, the witness in this case, looks like?"
"Is he young, wearing glasses, and wearing a, uh, canary yellow or curry-colored coat?"
Just after closing the door of the detention room, Takagi Wataru turned around and was shocked.
"Master Xiangyuan, how do you know? Have you used the spell of predicting the future?"
"Or did you use the Flying Furnace Powder to go to the Metropolitan Police Department temporarily, and then returned to your room..."
"Um, is there a fireplace in the Metropolitan Police Department? I think there should be..."
Officer Takagi next to him was still muttering, but Xiang Yuanguang's face was already full of confusion.
(That's not right. Did I remember the plot wrongly? The murderer is not this Kento Toba?)
(If he is the murderer, why does he come out to play the detective?)
(If he is not the murderer, why does he come out to play the detective?)
The hedgehog-headed lawyer just felt that his own thinking logic was not running smoothly.
Strange, so strange, is there something wrong with this guy's brain?
After reading a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, do you really think of yourself as Sherlock Holmes solving cases?
(Even Conan wouldn’t think that Sherlock Holmes is alive just by reading a novel…)
(Although he is known as the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era.)
Xiang Yuanguang recalled what he remembered about the case while comparing it with the testimony of the suspect.
When he got in the car, he suddenly remembered something and asked with some confusion.
"Officer Takagi, do you know a book called "The Laughing of Something"? "
"The [something] in front is a person's name. Uh, it seems to be a female, and it is related to Sherlock Holmes."
...Huh? Female? Related to Sherlock Holmes? Ridicule?
Takagi Wataru was driving, blinking his eyes, and couldn't think of any conjunctions.
After holding it in for a long time, he said tentatively.
"Uh, The Mockery of Elizabeth II? Or The Mockery of Elizabeth Windsor?"
This time, the Hedgehog Head remained silent.
You don't have to say it, you really have to say it, if you think about it carefully, Queen Elizabeth II does have a relationship with Sherlock Holmes.
It is said that in the 1980s, Queen Elizabeth II awarded a knighthood to the fictional character Sherlock Holmes.
If a fan fiction author wrote about the extraordinary love between Queen Elizabeth II and Sherlock Holmes...
Well, it feels like it’s not impossible that I was attacked by a fanatical fan, but it still doesn’t seem right.
Let's go ask Conan. He should know more about this. After all, he is the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era.
—————May 24, 10:25 p.m.——————
—————Tokyo area, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department——————
Sitting in the office, the officer in charge of this case, Inspector Shiratori, was looking through the case files.
Although the guy named Kento Toba was very confident and spoke very logically.
But he just felt that this guy's reasoning was flawed, and he said on the spot that the murderer might be someone else!
For example, it was believed that Hiroyuki Kanaya, who was originally thought to be dead, was not dead and was hiding and killing people... until the police found the shattered vehicle and body at the foot of the mountain.
"Tsk, why do the identities of the three victims seem unrelated?"
Shiratori Renzaburo frowned and flipped through the documents again and again.
If we have to say there is a connection, it is only between the first victim, Hiroyuki Kanaya, and the third victim, Toshiaki Fujisawa.
The two had some private dealings and even co-published a novel about Sherlock Holmes.
But this kind of correlation does not seem to be a motive for the murderer to kill.
(How strange...if Kanaya Hiroyuki and Fujisawa Toshiaki can be considered to be related.)
(Then Oki Ayako has nothing to do with Kanaya Hiroyuki and Fujisawa Toshiaki. Why did she die?)
(Could it be that the murderer was just bored and just randomly stabbed a few lucky people...?)
Picking up the coffee next to him, Inspector Shiratori frowned and took a sip.
I think of the victim, Toshiaki Fujisawa, who is now living in the Metropolitan Police Department and is under special protection.
(Why not ask again now to see what's going on?)
As soon as this thought came to my mind, I saw the door not far away being pushed open.
Then he saluted Takagi Wataru and Hedgehog Hair who were passing by.
He couldn't help but sigh, then sat back down.
(Oh no, now Prosecutor Sugiura is going to be bullied. I wonder if he knows about this.)
(If there was sufficient evidence, it would not be the turn of a new prosecutor from another place like him to prosecute the case.)
He took out the autopsy reports of the two deceased persons from the case file next to him.
Shiratori Renzaburo couldn't help but nodded secretly.
The new medical consultant is very fast and will issue the autopsy report results on the same day as the case.
She was very handsome, but she didn't like talking to him and Prosecutor Sugiura.
However, it is normal for such a capable doctor to be aloof.
Tick, tick, tick.
Inspector Shiratori raised his head and watched the medical consultant in a white coat passing by with something in his hand as if nothing had happened.
(Am I seeing things? She seems to be holding a blue folder containing the autopsy report?)
(Come to think of it, the one I have in my hand is a photocopy, and the one she has in her hand should be a component of the autopsy report...)
(No, what was she doing with the autopsy report components during this time?)
It feels like he, the police chief, has no presence here.
The upper half of the office glass was transparent in both directions, so he could see the people outside.
The people outside can see him, but why do they ignore him so tacitly...?
"I forgot to tell you, Master Xiang Yuan, one of the victims in this case is seeking protection at the Metropolitan Police Department."
"After we go through the procedures to get the case materials from the archives, I'll take you there to have a look?"
Takagi Shige took Xiang Yuanguang to the archive room and did not forget to ask a few questions.
The hedgehog-headed lawyer nodded and accepted it.
Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't use the help he had?
Tick, tick, tick.
Slightly hurried footsteps came from behind.
"Wait a minute, Officer Takagi, Mr. Xiang Yuan..."
Hearing the inexplicably familiar voice, Xiang Yuanguang and Takagi Shigeru stopped in tacit understanding.
They looked at each other and turned around at the same time.
At the same time, his eyes fell on the medical consultant tag hanging on the chest of the visitor.
Then he looked up at the medical advisor's face.
"……How will you be here?"
(End of this chapter)