Multiple choice system: Conan World

Two days after the Kozenan incident.

Conan, who was about to go to Dr. Agasa's house, walked down the stairs from the Mouri Detective Agency.

He also glanced at the Polo Coffee Shop downstairs from the Mouri Detective Agency.

Then I saw a male clerk with blond hair and tanned skin, wiping the tables in the coffee shop.

During these two days, Conan has been trying to contact Toru Amuro, but has failed.

Conan happened to see Toru Amuro working in the Polo Coffee Shop today, so he pushed the door and walked in.

*Dingling*

Along with the crisp sound of bells, a full-of-energy "Welcome" rang out.

Toru Amuro looked towards the door with a smile on his face.

When he saw Conan, his smile did not fade, and he greeted Conan again:

"Oh, it's Conan-kun, welcome, what would you like to order?"

"Where's Ms. Enomoto?"

Conan asked.

Azusa Enomoto is also a waiter at Café Poirot and a colleague of Toru Amuro.

"Ms. Enomoto is off today, so I'm the only one here."

Amuro Toru said this and stopped what he was doing.

He also realized that Conan had something to talk to him about, otherwise he wouldn't have asked about Enomoto Azusa.

"Conan-kun, what's going on?"

Conan looked back and confirmed that no guests were about to come in. Then he covered his face with his hand and whispered to Amuro Toru:

"Vermouth killed Chianti, did you know that, Mr. Amuro?"

When Toru Amuro heard this, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.

He had just returned to the organization a few days ago and only knew that Vermouth had gone out with Chianti, and when they came back, Vermouth was alone, and she was also injured.

But Toru Amuro doesn't know the specific situation.

Now when he heard Conan say that Chianti was dead, he was extremely surprised.

At the same time, Toru Amuro also realized that this matter should be related to Conan.

Then he looked at Conan seriously:

"Can you tell me in detail what happened just now?"

Conan nodded slightly.

So he told Toru Amuro about the dismemberment case three days ago and the incident involving Vermouth and Chianti that happened at Kosenan two days ago.

"So, Vermouth received instructions from the organization to find a software engineer to develop software?"

Conan asked Amuro Toru.

He was very curious about the software that the organization had always wanted to complete.

"I don't know about the software. I don't know if this is a task assigned to Vermouth."

"But I'll look into it carefully."

After hearing Toru Amuro's answer, Conan nodded, then got up and left the Poko Cafe.

After watching Conan leave, Toru Amuro went back behind the counter and took out his cell phone.

"A mysterious person who stopped Vermouth and Chianti and had a clear hostility towards them…"

Toru Amuro guessed in his heart the identity of the mysterious man who created hydrogen sulfide, and then called his subordinate Yuya Kazami.

However, the cold mechanical sound of the phone being turned off or having no signal still came from the other end of the line.

Toru Amuro frowned and looked at his mobile phone, feeling something was very wrong.

"I haven't been able to contact Kazami for more than two days. What's going on?"

Toru Amuro returned to the organization two days ago, and when he came back, he found that Yuya Kazami had been absent from work for a whole day without reason.

He sent someone to Yuya Kazami's house yesterday and found that Yuya Kazami's car was still parked at home.

There was no record of the Metropolitan Police Department's car being used.

This kind of thing is absolutely unusual for the criminal police under the Ministry of Public Security.

The bad premonition in Amuro Toru's heart became stronger and stronger.

"It should be that on the day I returned to the organization, Kazami happened to leave the Public Security Bureau for some reason."

'Since he did not use the police car, nor did he drive his own car, it means that either the operation did not require driving, or he rented a car to avoid exposing his identity.'

'In the former case, his range of activities will not be too far, but if it is the latter, then the situation will be dire.'

If Kazami Yuya judges that he cannot drive the police car, nor can he drive his own car,

Then it must be that Yuya Kazami is in a pretty bad situation.

Yuya Kazami's abilities are not particularly outstanding.

If it weren't for Toru Amuro, he would have lost his life during several operations.

Now that they have suddenly lost contact again, Toru Amuro can't help but start to worry.

"This guy...if he can't contact me, can't he just send me a message about what he's going to do, or leave a record within the public security department?"

'Why do you always act on your own?'

Just when Toru Amuro was about to continue asking other people, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone, and then heard a man's anxious voice on the other end:

"Officer Furuya, according to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, they found a body in a car at a highway service area in Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture."

"The deceased had a police ID on him, and his identity was Yuya Kazami, a detective of the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department."

The man's voice on the other end of the phone exploded in Amuro Toru's heart like a thunder.

Toru Amuro's eyes suddenly widened and he stood behind the counter.

"Officer Furuya, did you hear that?"

The person on the other end of the phone heard that Furuya Rei didn't speak, so he asked.

After being shocked, Amuro Toru lowered his head and asked in a deep voice without any emotion:

"Do you know the time of death?"

"The forensics class is still confirming it."

"How did you find out?"

"The staff at the service area received a report from a passerby that a foul smell was coming from a car, so they called the police."

"Is the car a わ brand? (rental vehicle)"

"That's right."

"Is the car in the start state?"

"No, it's off."

"When did you receive the alarm?"

"This morning."

"cause of death?"

"A penetrating wound from the back of the head through the forehead."

"Does Kazami carry a gun?"

"Yes, it was thrown in the car."

"Are there any signs of gunfire?"

"No."

"Is his car in the service area on the uplink or downlink?"

"Up line."

"I see."

Toru Amuro spoke slowly and hung up the phone.

'It was 48 hours after death, and the time of death was between the afternoon of three days ago and the morning of two days ago.'

'The murderer had a pistol and killed Kazami on his way back to Tokyo from Kanagawa.'

Based on the brief conversation just now, Toru Amuro made a judgment.

According to the current temperature, the average daytime temperature is around 10°C, while at night it may drop below 5°C.

At such temperatures, the decay of corpses will be relatively slow.

In addition, the body was found inside the car, which was not started, which means that the smell would not seep out through the car's ventilation system.

Therefore, it takes longer for the odor to dissipate.

24 hours after death, bacteria inside the body begin to decompose faster, producing more gas and odor.

Only after more than 48 hours of death will the smell coming from the door gaps, window gaps and vents of the car attract the attention of people around.

At the same time, Toru Amuro confirmed that Yuya Kazami had reported to the Ministry of Public Security in the morning three days ago,

so the time of Yuya Kazami's death was narrowed down to the period between the afternoon of three days ago and the morning of two days ago.

(End of this chapter)