Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 150

Chapter 150: The Stage of Beika, Come if You Dare

Thirty minutes later, the police force deployed at Professor Agasa’s house arrived, accompanied by Kogoro Mouri and Conan.

“Brother Fujino, is this guy the culprit?”

Juzo Megure glanced at Kohei Sawaki, who was lying on the ground, unconscious.

“He openly attacked me with a crossbow at my doorstep.”

Fujino took out a steel arrow from his pocket and handed it to Juzo Megure: “Fortunately, I reacted in time and escaped. Otherwise, Inspector Megure, you might never see me again.”

“The steel arrow that attacked me at that time was also of this style.”

Juzo Megure took the steel arrow. “It seems this guy must be the culprit.”

Looking at the steel arrow in his hand, Juzo Megure still felt a chill in his heart.

Vaguely, he felt the unhealed wound on his waist throbbing with pain…

Thinking of this, Juzo Megure’s face darkened.

He first lowered his head to look at the unconscious Kohei Sawaki, then waved his hand at the police officers behind him: “Take him back for questioning.”

“Yes!”

Several detectives in suits behind him understood and stepped forward, taking out handcuffs and cuffing Kohei Sawaki.

Without much questioning, two detectives skillfully lifted Kohei Sawaki’s shoulders and legs, carrying him like a dead dog and tossing him into the back seat of the police car.

“How could this guy Sawaki be the culprit…”

Uncle Mouri looked at this scene with a strange expression.

Conan, standing at his feet, also had the same doubt in his heart.

Because just last week, he had seen this person…

He remembered that he was a very skilled bartender and had a good relationship with Uncle Mouri.

“What’s wrong, Brother Mouri?”

Juzo Megure noticed Kogoro Mouri’s expression, as if he had eaten something unpleasant. “Do you know this person?”

“I do know this person.”

Kogoro Mouri retracted his gaze. “I’ve had a relationship with him for many years. Last week, I just went to the restaurant where he worked to eat.”

“Did you offend him somewhere, Brother Mouri?”

“I don’t know…”

Kogoro Mouri scratched the back of his head.

To be honest, he didn’t expect that the person who poisoned Eri Kisaki was Kohei Sawaki.

“Speaking of which, I think I saw this guy last week.”

At this moment, Fujino’s voice suddenly came from beside them.

“Brother Fujino, you saw him last week?”

Juzo Megure looked at Fujino in surprise.

The other two also turned their gazes to him.

Under their gazes, Fujino pretended to ponder for a moment, then said: “Yes, it was in the morning, downstairs from my house… At that time, there was a man dressed simply who wanted to visit Uncle Mouri.

But he found that Uncle Mouri wasn’t home, so the man planned to leave. But just as the man was about to leave, Kohei Sawaki walked up and took the man away.”

Of course, Fujino did not see Kohei Sawaki taking Jō Murakami away.

These words were all made up by him based on memory.

Originally, Kohei Sawaki should have been exposed by that kid Conan after killing a few people, using his tranquilizer wristwatch to gently knock out Kogoro Mouri and reveal the truth.

But now this guy Kohei Sawaki was taken down by him in advance.

According to the current situation, if he didn’t forcefully mislead them, the murder of Jō Murakami might be overlooked…

Kohei Sawaki is currently only charged with assault, assaulting a police officer, and attempted murder.

If the murder charge was missed, it would really be a bit too easy for this kid.

“Just released from prison…”

Under Fujino’s deliberate guidance, Kogoro Mouri seemed to recall something and asked in surprise: “Could it be Jō Murakami?”

“If Brother Fujino’s description is correct, that person should be Jō Murakami.”

Juzo Megure said with certainty, then looked at Kogoro Mouri in confusion: “By the way, Brother Mouri, what were you doing that morning?”

“Hahaha…”

Kogoro Mouri laughed awkwardly. “I went to play mahjong early in the morning… and didn’t get home until evening.”

Juzo Megure and Conan both looked at Kogoro Mouri speechlessly.

This guy is beyond help.

After a moment of internal thought, Juzo Megure then turned his gaze to Fujino: “But why would Kohei Sawaki be with Jō Murakami? Could it be that the two of them conspired together?”

“I don’t think so.”

Fujino pretended to be seriously reasoning, paused, and continued: “Jō Murakami may have already been killed by Kohei Sawaki.”

“Jō Murakami has been killed?”

Juzo Megure looked puzzled at the words, then subconsciously asked: “Did you find anything, Brother Fujino?”

The fish took the bait!

Fujino’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked Juzo Megure: “From the beginning, the police’s main target of investigation was Jō Murakami, right?”

“It was supposed to be like that. Although other possibilities weren’t ruled out, judging by the targets of the attacks, only Jō Murakami, who was recently released from prison, had a clear motive for the crime…”

Juzo Megure nodded.

After he was shot by the steel arrow, Jō Murakami had been listed as a key target for investigation.

However, after their investigation, they found no useful clues.

They didn’t even know where Jō Murakami was now.

Originally, they thought the culprit in this case was Jō Murakami.

But who would have thought that the culprit was Kohei Sawaki, whom he had never even met…

And according to Brother Fujino, the person they were investigating seemed to be dead.

No wonder they couldn’t find anything.

“That’s right.”

Fujino nodded and continued: “Kohei Sawaki’s assassination attempts on Attorney Kisaki, you, Inspector, and me, were actually to confuse the police’s investigation direction and point all evidence to Jō Murakami.

Although I don’t know who he really wanted to kill, it’s certain that Jō Murakami, who was taking the blame, absolutely couldn’t appear.

A week ago, I didn’t know Kohei Sawaki and Jō Murakami, so I didn’t pay attention, but now it seems that Jō Murakami, who was taken away by Kohei Sawaki… I’m afraid now…”

“No wonder we couldn’t find Jō Murakami no matter how hard we looked. If that’s the case…”

With the words already spoken, Juzo Megure also understood the meaning of Fujino’s words and sighed, “If what Brother Fujino said is true, is Jō Murakami really in great danger now?”

“Probably so.”

Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri and Juzo Megure both couldn’t help but look grim.

The criminal they had personally arrested was killed right after his reform.

This feeling indeed made them both uncomfortable.

Conan, on the other hand, frowned slightly, his gaze towards Fujino filled with a hint of seriousness.

…

With Fujino’s tip, the police found an eyewitness near Kohei Sawaki’s apartment who said that Jō Murakami had left his apartment one night carrying a suitcase.

At the same time, the police also found something similar to a detonator in Kohei Sawaki’s apartment.

Soon, Kohei Sawaki was taken back to the police station for questioning.

His revenge plan failed, and with everything lost, Kohei Sawaki’s psychological defenses were shattered.

In his breakdown, he admitted to assaulting Eri Kisaki, Fujino, Juzo Megure, and killing Jō Murakami.

And according to his description, a large amount of explosives was found in the Crystal Restaurant.

Jō Murakami’s body was also quickly found in a nearby small river.

When found, the body in the suitcase had been dismembered into several pieces.

“This guy is simply a psychopath!”

The fierce woman from Beika responsible for the interrogation commented.

…

Night.

Fujino’s home.

“Are bombs in the Conan world that easy to get?”

Sitting on the sofa in the fourth-floor bedroom, Fujino put away his phone and complained with a strange expression.

First, Teiji Moriya bombed the Beika City Hall, and then Kohei Sawaki bombed the Crystal Restaurant… and they all happened in Beika.

It really lives up to that old saying:

“Beika is a big stage, come if you dare.

Here are the most insane bomb fanatics, and psychopaths who kill without blinking an eye…”

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it seems that anyone in Beika City can get a lot of explosives and make bombs.

I really don’t know where those psychopaths get their bombs from, or where they self-taught bomb making.

Truly Konan-esque.

At this moment, a system prompt interrupted Fujino’s thoughts:

[Detective profession mission: The eleventh target has been completed]

[System reward of 1 million Japanese Yen, 100 Detective Reputation, and 1 All-Profession Point has been issued]

[Current balance: 6.2 million Japanese Yen]

[Congratulations, Host, your Detective Level has increased!]

[Current Detective Level: Intermediate One-Star]

[Current Detective Profession Allocation Points: 1]

[Current All-Profession Allocation Points: 2]

“Intermediate?”

Fujino looked at the detective profession interface, pondered for a moment, then allocated all available points.

One detective profession point was allocated to Detective Enhancement, and two all-profession points were allocated to Body as Sword.

[Detective Enhancement: Junior Five-Star (Temporary body enhancement 225%)]

[Body as Sword: Level 5 (Man is sword, sword is man, Host gains 140% all-attribute ability bonus)]

After the long-awaited point allocation, Fujino then turned his attention to the system’s balance.

Looking at the six million system balance, he felt refreshed.

However, he had no immediate plans to draw.

For no other reason, he wanted to try a ten-roll for the Intermediate Profession Orb.

With the student profession’s 8.9% discount, drawing ten Intermediate Profession Orbs would cost him approximately 8.9 million Japanese Yen.

He currently has 6.2 million, so he still needs about 2.7 million to reach 8.9 million.

That’s roughly one or two profession missions.

“I wonder if any bounties will be triggered this time.”

According to past practice, a bounty mission is usually triggered when a detective levels up.

The rewards for bounty missions are quite generous, usually around two to three million.

If he could trigger one, he could have a happy ten-roll…

(End of Chapter)