Chapter 601: The Phantom Thief's Torture Method
"Finally caught up." Looking at the back of Asai Shigemi, who was controlling the persona to play music, Miyano Akemi sighed.
"Leader is really unreasonable sometimes. Even if we have sufficient combat power now, it would be too difficult to break into the core of the palace in such a short time." As he spoke, his hand was still hooked Xingchuan Hui in the shadow of the statue couldn't help but yawned, "Fortunately, this guy's palace does not have an overly complicated structure."
"After all, he is just a fat-headed producer who lacks imagination and artistic ability. "It's very normal." Akemi Miyano commented pertinently, "He can still imagine a royal residence like Hampton Court Palace for himself, which proves that he has watched the movie he produced, which is pretty good."
"I saw it, but not much." Noah, who was standing on the sidelines monitoring the situation, couldn't help but shook his head, "Hampton Palace has more than 1,000 rooms, and the garden area is also huge. His place here is more in line with his imagination. It should look like a 'luxury palace'."
"Many producers are like this." Shimabukuro Kime, who graduated from a film-related major, commented pertinently, "He has at least read the script...or at least seen some film design."
"It seems it's almost time." Akemi Miyano looked down at her phone, "Lunar, slow down."
Narimi Asai glanced at her and strangled her neck in embarrassment, unable to let go. Shadow Kawabata said a harsh word and stopped his familiar's movements.
In the past few days, due to being immersed in too high-intensity fighting, his combat ability has been fully tempered, and he has become more and more comfortable in using this move.
Although they will not kill people in most cases, there are always some tough-talking guys who do not believe in evil and need a little shock from the Phantom Thief. From time to time, he will cooperate with Noah to let the target really feel it. A life-threatening experience.
Although the method did sound a bit extreme, as long as it was effective, he didn't mind what method he used.
I can only say that suffocation is really a painful experience. The feeling of oxygen being squeezed out of your breath bit by bit is like watching life leave you. It is the closest to dying. terrible feeling.
As long as he doesn't kill someone with his slippery hands, he can indeed exert a strong psychological healing effect.
Having regained his ability to breathe, Shadow gasped for air, shivering as he crawled towards the nondescript throne behind him, while carefully observing the group of intruders in front of him.
Miyano Akemi was still staring at the phone. After a few minutes, she uttered something that made him extremely desperate.
"Well, that's it, let's continue Lunar."
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After the brief shock and shock, a table of people who had already called the police and ambulance, only Kawabata Shiro, who spits out black mud, can be leveled.
...Then I watched him lying on the ground and continuing to vomit black mud.
He will vomit continuously for a minute or two, and his face will turn red to the point of purple and cyanosis, making people think that he is going to die in the next second. Then he will resume breathing and gradually return to normal.
And when they thought that Kawabata Shiro should be let go, he would fall back with a face of pain and then vomit black mud.
In less than ten minutes, the wooden floor of the restaurant had been spit out by him. The petroleum-like viscous liquid covered an area of more than one square meter. The cleaning staff would have a headache. degree.
Indeed, if he was really poisoned to death by potassium cyanide, then at least his death would be clean and hygienic, without any strange residue.
"Should we change the direction in which he lies down?" After the panic, seeing Shiro Kawabata entering another cycle of spitting out black mud, Mao Lilan couldn't help but ask, "If he keeps acting like this , will you choke on the vomited things? I saw in the news a case of drowning in one's own vomit after being drunk..."
Kawabata Shiro started to vomit dirty-colored substances after a while. , she couldn't help but have some associations with river clams spitting sand.
Of course, no matter how you look at it, the substances secreted by the other party, uh, although a bit sticky, are far from suffocating. But seeing him continue to vomit black water one after another, it makes me worry like this. Things that make sense.
"No, what should really be strange is, how could he have so much water to vomit?" Mouri Kogoro rolled his eyelids and patted his forehead, "It's better to send him to the hospital as soon as possible. ”
He has seen more than one person die from this symptom.
These deceased people are often diagnosed with causes of death such as heart paralysis, organ failure, etc., as if it was not due to any external force, but some "internal things" that killed them - This is the return of Moon Shadow Island After that, search a lesson to give him the answer.
Afterwards, Toshihiko Takasugi, who also experienced a similar situation and narrowly survived, also went to the hospital for a detailed examination after the wedding, but there was no physical injury.
However, the chubby producer in front of him, in theory, may not be a big problem as long as he does not reach the critical point of destruction, but in this way, it seems that he has vomited too much.
"What kind of substances are they all..." Mouri Kogoro sighed.
After repeated inspections, it was confirmed that this guy's heart rate was just too fast, and there was really no other problem. After hearing this, Conan couldn't help lowering his head and observing the black mud at his feet for a while.
Good question, why don't you just pretend to go back and show Haiyuan a look...
But they didn't kill him or do anything else. What on earth are Joker and the others doing?
"This is..." He turned around and wanted to find some clean towels on the table. At least he wiped Mao Lilan, whose face was completely black and gray. Looking at the scary Kawabata Shiro, he suddenly found that there was no one on the table under the turntable. The corner of a piece of paper was exposed.
She stretched out her hand and pulled it out. Next to her, Iso Kaizo, who had been watching Kawabata Shiro's struggle coldly, opened his eyes wide when he saw the position where she pulled out the card.
This is exactly where he originally planned to apply poison.
"Preview letter..." Seeing the logo on the back of the card, Mao Lilan, who had seen it many times, pursed her lips helplessly, glanced down at the embarrassed Kawabata Shiro, and put it Turned right side up.
She had always felt that the Phantom Thieves were nice people, but deep down she didn’t think they would really kill this man. As for why they bothered him so much...
Maybe this guy offended them, or did something to piss them off?
However, the front of the notice letter is not the familiar contents of the notice cut out with various printed words, but three genuine newspaper clippings.
The first one, and the largest one, is a news report about a certain movie that was a hit and topped the box office for the week. Although the movie title in the book title was scrawled with a black pen, Just by looking at the high-spirited Shiro Kawabata in the picture accompanying the news, one can guess its content;
The second picture is earlier, and the accompanying picture is still that of Shiro Kawabata, with a slightly artificial expression. The content of the lamenting expression is about the heroine's dedicated attitude in the film's performance, her refusal to use a body double, and her accidental death during the explosion scene of the film's finalization;
The third one is more concise and clear, with only a news headline cut out - —
The second part of "XXXX" is about to start filming, and the original cast has devoted their efforts to create it, and the sequel will be a stunning success! "
"Well, it seems that the female lead who died during the filming of the last movie was not simply killed in an accident?" Mao Lilan guessed as she handed this notice letter to her father.
"At least, that's what the Phantom Thieves think." Mouri Kogoro glanced at the things in his hands, and looked questioningly at Kawabata Shiro, whose face was once again covered in black mud, " Regarding this issue, Mr. Kawabata, you..."
"It was me who killed you, I was the one who killed you!" Looking at the gap where he could resume normal breathing, he was strangled by the void repeatedly on the ground. Minutes later, Shiro Kawabata screamed like a pig, "I feel that the movie lacks a selling point, and the audience is very dissatisfied with the casting of the female lead, so I just put on the props a little... Gu!"
After only saying these two words, Kawabata Shiro covered his neck again and began to kick helplessly on the ground.
The Kanagawa Prefectural police officers who hurriedly walked through the door with a group of people: "..."
What kind of scene is this? Is it the scene where the quasi-dead who is about to be killed shouts and confesses?
Conan turned his head and looked around vigilantly, trying to find the Phantom Thief hiding among the crowd of onlookers or restaurant employees: "..."
Will this be included in the beatings? ? No matter how you look at it, it's a scene of torture and extortion of confessions.
Tangze, who was holding his mobile phone and was about to send a message to his teammates: "..."
Sorry, I didn't hold it back. You can vomit for a while.
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“I told you, nothing will happen to that fat producer.” Mouri Kogoro patted his forehead and looked at the serious policeman in front of him. , feeling a little tricky. Because they ran a little far this time, they were not the members of the First Investigation Division that he was familiar with. It was obvious that, except for the First Investigation Division in Tokyo, most of the police officers had no experience in facing the chaos caused by the Phantom Thieves of the Heart.
If this was from the Megure Police Department, he would reach out and touch Kawabata Shiro's breath, and hear the other person begin to confess without hesitation, reflecting on his crime like pouring beans from a bamboo tube. Don't tell me, let the doctor take the person away, and don't bother to write more notes.
It's just that this guy offended someone, or someone made him unlucky and bumped into Mouri Kogoro who was wandering around outside, and became the target of the Phantom Thieves' reform.
Not only do they see more, they also deal with more. When the business is busy, the interrogation room responsible for temporary detention is not enough. They have to operate on an assembly line, registering people and sending them directly to the detention center to support them. Live daily operations.
Fortunately, with the unconventional support and justice provided by the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, the security situation in the Tokyo area has indeed improved visibly.
Unfortunately, not only has the workload of the police not decreased, their overtime hours have also increased due to the extra work of writing documents, investigating and supplementing, and submitting for prosecution and interrogation...
The square-faced police officer glanced at him coldly, unmoved: "Why, you poisoned him, so you are sure that he will not die?"
"I didn't poison him, or in other words, I think no one should have poisoned him." Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms and shook his head.
Henggou Police Department indifferently pointed to the black mud at his feet that was full of traces of struggle and had been unevenly smeared, and motioned to his subordinates to come over and take photos to collect evidence.
No need to say more, his meaning is obvious - "It's like this, do you think this is not poisoning?"
"In short, the person who did it must be talking to the victim "For those of you who are having dinner together," the Henggou Police Department turned to them, "Please explain your relationship with him." The female lead was accidentally injured before the filming of the movie started..." Ito Motoden, who was mid-sentence, remembered what Shiro Kawabata was yelling after being carried away, and his voice couldn't help but stop.
If Liva's death was really intentional for the sake of the movie's popularity, is this situation really an accident?
He couldn't help but become suspicious, and exchanged glances with the other two colleagues.
"Then what?" The Henggou Police Department looked at their strange expressions, secretly added a little suspicion to them in their hearts, and continued to ask.
"We met to discuss countermeasures and see whether to change the actors or abandon the project depending on the situation." Pushing up his glasses, Kitaura Keigo took over the conversation, "As for these four In other words, Kawabata suddenly fell in love with this girl who came here to eat, so he invited a group of them to come and eat together.”
The Henggou Police Department turned his head, looked at the four people here, and took a pick. Eyebrows: "This bearded gentleman, why do you look familiar to me?"
Have you finally recognized it now? Mouri Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief: "This is natural. I told you that I have experience, Mr. Kawabata will be fine..."
"Do you have a criminal record? Or are you a wanted fugitive? "Henggou Police Department interrupted him, "Generally, people who impress me are not good people."
"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm a detective, Mouri Kogoro. Have you heard of it?" Mouri Kogoro's eyebrows suddenly stood up.
"Yes, and the ones with criminal records are here." Tangze also nodded.
"Hey..." Conan, who was very sure that Tang Ze said this because he wanted to cause trouble to the police, twitched the corner of his mouth.
Now that Shiro Kawabata has confessed to the crimes he has committed, Joker is not an indiscriminate murderer and should let this guy go soon.
Tang Ze would say this, obviously because the matter would soon be settled in other forms, and this was deliberately teasing.
"You..." Hearing these words, the Henggou Police Department squinted his eyes and glanced at Tang Ze's face.
Is this a deliberate provocation, or are you looking for fun for the police?
But no matter what the situation is, he is not a policeman who likes to be teased, and he will not give face to these naughty kids.
"Henggou Police Department!" Behind him, the forensic police officer who was busy checking the dining table shouted.
"Honomizo? Are you Yokomou?" Mouri Kogoro said "Huh", "Have you changed your hair style? Why do you look so familiar to me? You are pretending not to know what we are doing. "
"You should be talking about Henggou from Shizuoka Prefecture. That's my brother." The Henggou Police Department looked over with a slightly darker look, "The difference between me and him is, He is an easy-going person who speaks well, and I never trust you detectives."
After saying this unceremoniously, he looked at the subordinate who called him, confidently. Waiting for the expected answer.
"No poison reaction was found." The police officer who looked at him took a half-step back without leaving any trace, and replied bravely.
"Huh? Are you sure? Is there something wrong with the type of test strips you brought?" Henggou frowned deeply.
"Maybe, right..." the police officer replied calmly.
"...Don't be complacent." Henggou Police Department turned around and glared at Mouri Kogoro, "Even if a rare toxic substance is used, it can only be deceived for a while."
" Do you have any prejudice against detectives?" Mouri Kogoro frowned in displeasure, "I have already explained that this is the work of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, and even if it is really poisoned, there is no reason. Is it because I, the person who met him on the first day today, attacked him?”
“Who knows, on the first day I came to dinner, I happened to meet the crew, and I happened to be noticed by the crew. Is there such a good thing down there? Maybe you colluded with someone to come here on purpose..."
Before Henggou finished his conjecture, his cell phone rang.
After taking a look at the caller ID and confirming that it was the group of people who accompanied Kawabata to the hospital, who was taken away by the doctor, Henggou raised his eyebrows confidently, picked up the phone, and pressed the speakerphone.
He knew that the possibility of the murderer being this detective was very small, but he had indeed been unhappy for a long time after watching these detectives who were boasting in the media and accepting flattery all day long. good.
Especially that guy named Goro Akechi, who came to our place and jumped around more than once. His arrogant look made people dissatisfied. He actually called him a prince or something, from the media. Are all those people blind?
"Hey, Yamada, what do you say..." He raised his voice and said with some arrogance.
"Henggou Police Department, um..." A slightly nervous voice came from the phone, "The inspection is basically over. Although there are still a few reports that have not been released... but the hospital believes that Mr. Kawabata is fine." < br>
“What did you say?” When the Henggou Police Department spoke, his eyes involuntarily fell on the marks on the ground.
"Well, it seems that some muscles were strained due to excessive force, and the neck muscles also spasmed, but the doctor is inclined to think that this is the victim, uh, the patient neglected to exercise, and suddenly broke out a lot Caused by great force." The subordinate's voice was dry, and he seemed to feel a little embarrassed.
The Henggou Police Department tightened its face and glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who had raised his eyebrows and had "Look what I'm talking about" written all over his face, and then glanced at the evidence behind him. He held the camera in his bag and looked at his subordinates eagerly, suddenly feeling a subtle feeling of being trapped in a tiger.
He felt that the first reaction of any police officer who had undergone long-term training after seeing such a scene would be to organize manpower to protect the scene and collect physical evidence. Even if it was later confirmed to be an accident or misunderstanding, others would also Compliment your dedication.
But he just said something like that just to confront this impatient middle-aged detective...
"If there is a murderer, it's probably me." He also heard the police officer from the hospital say Then, Iso Kaizo breathed out and suddenly said, "I did it. I went to the Phantom Thieves website and submitted Kawabata's name."
While speaking, he turned towards Tang Ze nodded slightly in the direction of the man, and there was a relieved smile at the corner of his mouth under his beard.
It seems that this child is right. There is indeed a better solution, he thought.
There may be an update, probably early in the morning
(End of this chapter)