"From the perspective of medicine and psychiatry, Shinichi does not have the basic psychological and spiritual environment to give birth to "absolute evil" like you. If Shinichi was born with a genetic defect that led to his absolute antisocial personality, I would have seen it over the years. You can't be Shinichi's second personality..."
The dark figure took a deep breath and then exhaled a cool smoke ring shaped like a skull:
"You detectives who like to get to the bottom of things are sometimes really boring, because in your minds, there is no such concept as 'miracles without reason'. Forget it, I am too lazy to play reasoning games with you, Kudo brother. Let's have an open and honest chat. First of all, I must deny one thing. I am not absolutely evil. On the contrary, I am a miracle born out of goodwill. You know the saying of world line changes."
Kudo Yusaku said calmly: "I already know this from Shinichi, but I always remain skeptical about this kind of supernatural event!"
The dark figure smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you doubt it or not. I'll just say this for the time being, and you just listen to it for the time being. Every time the world line changes, it is born in response to a certain "desire". I was born during the first world line change. As for the reason, a little kid said that he wanted to become the Sherlock Holmes of the new era. So, in order to respond to and fulfill this dream, don't you think the birth of Moriarty is a very natural thing?"
In the world of detectives, is it the detective that matters?
No, it never was.
In order to fulfill the most noble and just dream in the world, the most unforgivable absolute evil in the world was born.
Kudo Yusaku thought for a moment, then immediately said:
"This is a lie that is full of loopholes, full of malice, and extremely absurd!"
The dark figure shrugged. "So, you detectives are boring, because whether this is the truth or a lie is actually not important at all. Believe it or not. Well, let's get back to the topic. I was born because of Kudo Shinichi, so naturally I care about Kudo Shinichi more than anyone else. I hope that he lives well and is known as the new era Sherlock Holmes. So, I will tell you the way to cure him..."
The truth and lies are not unimportant, but Kudo Yusaku really doesn't want to care about the problem at the moment. Instead, he shows an expression of listening attentively.
The dark figure put down the cigarette in his hand and said with a smile:
"It's actually very simple. There's a hole in the heart, so just use something to patch it up. Don't worry, it's not complicated to get the materials to patch the hole. Just do what you did in the past, step into the maze of sin, peel off the illusory fog of lies, and pull out the filthy truth full of desire. And it just so happens that this hospital has the materials you need, so you can go ahead and give it a try..."
As soon as the dark figure finished speaking, a scream echoed throughout the hospital.
"The doctor is dead!"
Kudo Yusaku instinctively turned his head to look, and when he turned again, the dark figure had disappeared. Kudo Yusaku gritted his teeth and walked straight over.
Kudo Shinichi was transferred from the detention center to the hospital for examination. Officer Megure and others were naturally there as well, so they arrived quickly. Kudo Yusaku also came over and took a few looks at him.
The deceased was a doctor in the hospital, and the place of death was in the office. There was no need for a close inspection. Just a few glances from a distance, Kudo Yusaku was sure that the doctor died of cyanide, and the cup placed on the table in the office was obviously very suspicious and deliberate.
Speaking of this, Kudo Yusaku had been wondering a long time ago why cyanide was so rampant in Beika Town. It seemed that at least five out of ten homicides were related to cyanide.
But now was not the time to worry about this. Inspector Megure decisively activated his ability as a brother warrior, looked at Kudo Yusaku, and asked:
"Brother Kudo, what do you think?"
Kudo Yusaku said calmly: "The deceased was well known and the poison was accurately administered. This was an acquaintance, so the murderer must be in this office."
Coincidentally, there were three people in the office, an intern, a nurse, and a caregiver.
Hearing this, the interns and the nursing staff all looked at the nurse, accusing her of being the murderer, and then started talking about how the nurse was actually the deceased's secret lover, and that they had recently had a conflict or something, and that only the nurse would pour tea or water for the doctor, and only she would touch the cup to poison him or something.
Inspector Megure, as always, had an expression that said "the case seems to have been solved", but Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but sigh.
He is a mystery novelist and he knows the so-called taboos of reasoning, which is that detectives must never judge the case by means of "observing expressions and eyes". But to be honest, that is only a taboo in writing mystery novels. For a successful detective, especially for someone like Kudo Yusaku who actively studied and learned in the United States, has rich knowledge of criminal psychology, and has seen too many criminals, this is really an effective means.
The astonishment and sadness on the nurse's face, as well as the sense of bewilderment that she had not yet fully come to her senses and had not yet fully understood the reality of the situation, were not at all the reactions that one would have if they committed premeditated murder. In other words, it could be faked if one wanted to.
All Kudo Yusaku could say was: "The nurse was not the murderer. She must have been framed by the murderer."
If it was said by Kudo Shinichi, without any credible evidence and logic, Inspector Megure would still express some doubts. But when Kudo Yusaku said this, Inspector Megure immediately showed an expression of approval, and the reason was very simple. A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree, and Kudo Yusaku's reputation is built up by a large number of real and accurate cases.
The number of criminals that Yusaku Kudo sent to prison is enough to fill up several prisons!
After initially ruling out the nurse's suspicion, Kudo Yusaku continued to examine the remaining two people. Then, Kudo Yusaku suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if the veil of the world was peeled off at this moment, and something was completely exposed.
At this time, Inspector Megure was also asking:
"Then according to your reasoning, Kudo-kun, who is the suspect? Hey, what's wrong with you?!"
Not only Inspector Megure, but everyone present was looking in a certain direction!
His face was a little anxious. He had been saying how could the nurse not be the murderer. He respected doctors so much, so she couldn't be the murderer. The murderer must be the intern of the nurse. Under the focused gaze of everyone, he shook his body unnaturally and asked involuntarily:
"What are you all looking at me for?"
But soon, the intern realized that everyone in the field was not looking at him, but at his back, so he turned his head and looked behind him.
Then, he saw a strange "guy" appear behind him!
The upper body was that of a skinny old man, while the lower body was like a genie in a magic lamp, shrouded in mist. Then, the old man was holding a huge medicine bottle, and was still muttering to himself in a low voice:
"Kill him, kill that beast who keeps exploiting me and won't let me get a permanent job. Don't look at me. The murderer is not me, but that bad woman who is the same as that beast. That teacup is the evidence. This is a brilliant trick that took me half a month to come up with..."
The strange old man kept narrating, from the motive for committing the crime to the specific method of committing the crime, he kept repeating himself over and over again.
Silence was the common reaction of everyone present!
Even someone as rational as Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but remain silent at this moment!
How can I put it? Although this case is not a difficult one, it is really speechless to be solved in this way!
The intern doctor who was the murderer also had a distorted and broken expression on his face, but the moment he and the old man looked at each other, some kind of enlightenment emerged in his mind.
The old man is his soul, his destiny, and his extraordinary reality that is higher than this material world!
Blaming him was like blaming himself; it was pointless, and the intern had a vague feeling that the murder he had carried out was not yet completely over.
"Hmph, the more carefully you plan, the more likely you are to encounter unexpected crises. But it's not that easy to convict me like this. Come on, my substitute [Useless Existence Medicine]..."
The old man's stand-in suddenly opened his eyes wide, swung the medicine bottle, and purple mist spread out!
Infected by the purple mist, Inspector Megure and Kudo Yusaku both felt dizzy. Then, they could no longer see the intern, as if he had completely disappeared. No, strictly speaking, it was not that he did not exist, but his existence fell on the female nurse.
The female nurse was the murderer, and the method of committing the crime was poisoning in a fit of passion. This realization gradually filled everyone's mind, and then Officer Megure had already taken out handcuffs and was ready to arrest the female nurse.
"Transferring the existence created by one's own actions to someone else? This is such a despicable and boring way of putting the blame on others..."
Although Kudo Yusaku felt a little dizzy, he knew all this instinctively, as if there was another voice coming from a higher level, telling him this information!
It's not just as if, because Kudo Yusaku discovered that behind him, a certain "existence" was gradually emerging!
The huge black cloak seemed to encompass the entire world, and the white mocking mask revealed a condescending contempt.
Such a tiny evil fate wants to interfere with my cognition?
joke!
The huge existence named Dark Night Baron, as the symbol of Kudo Yusaku's destiny, passed through the gradually torn barrier, from the backstage of the world invisible to mortals, and appeared in the mortal world.
The Dark Night Baron took a light breath, and the strange purple mist was instantly absorbed by him!
Then, everyone present came to their senses instantly!
"Let this petty sin come to an end under my reasoning!"
Under the gaze of everyone, the Dark Night Baron groaned, stretched out his hand, grasped the old man's substitute, and then squeezed it hard, crushing it completely.
Under this excellent reasoning, the intern's previous arrogance disappeared completely, his eyes became clear again, and then he knelt on the ground, but he did not confess, he just spit out blood in big mouthfuls, and his bones crackled all over his body...
115. Kudo Shinichi's Crime Notice
This "reasoning" scene was a little brutal. Everyone in the field was silent for a while, and some were even frightened, fearing that the Dark Night Baron would give them a push as well.
But after the Dark Night Baron successfully brought the criminal to justice through "reasoning", he returned to the back of Kudo Yusaku, floating quietly without any other movement.
Although Kudo Yusaku was surprised by the appearance of Dark Night Baron, he said nothing at the moment because he was thinking intensely.
When the Dark Night Baron made his move just now, some inexplicable feelings flowed in Kudo Yusaku's heart. These were the whispers of his stand, the Dark Night Baron. With the help of these feelings, Kudo Yusaku deduced some of the mechanisms and truths about the "stand".
The stand-in seems to be a supernatural phenomenon that transcends reality, but this supernatural phenomenon is also closely related to real behavior.
The murderer's substitute is the spiritual manifestation of his soul at a higher level, and is also a reflection and collection of his real behaviors. The so-called substitute exists from beginning to end, but it does not appear in reality.
When the murderer had the intention to kill, his stand-in would start to move along with him, and the not-so-clever and fancy method of framing and poisoning was the actual operation of his stand-in's ability.
If it were a different occasion or a different time, the murderer's murder plan might have succeeded, but unfortunately, he chose to commit the crime today, and then, also today, Kudo Yusaku appeared here.
Through a rough observation of the crime scene, he roughly narrowed down the scope of suspects. By capturing the eyes and facial expressions, Kudo Yusaku had already suspected the nurse of committing the crime. Then, at that time, for the same reason, Kudo Yusaku had already locked in the murderer.
That kind of "performance" that tried hard to disguise but couldn't hide his nervousness and joy was really too poor for Yusaku Kudo!
Kudo Yusaku's wife, Yukiko, is a world-renowned actress who has also learned the art of disguise. Combined with her superb acting skills, she can change her appearance in many ways. With such a wife, Kudo Yusaku can see through the acting skills of such a small role at a glance!
The next step is to identify the murderer, work back to deduce the modus operandi and evidence, and then solve the case smoothly.
If it were in the past, this would have been an ordinary case, but now that the world line has changed, everything is different.
The moment Kudo Yusaku locked onto the murderer, his luck hidden in the backstage of the world had already taken action simultaneously and gently patted the murderer's luck.
There is no need to put in too much effort, because, to Kudo Yusaku, and to Kudo Yusaku's luck, criminals of this level are just small fry, and if you take them a little too seriously it would seem like you are bullying them too much.
This should have been a battle of luck against luck, the evolution of data in the world's backstage. If it were in the past, the murderer would have been panicked and started to lose his composure after being hit by Kudo Yusaku's luck.
But now, the boundary between the visible and the invisible has been weakened. Kudo Yusaku's luck gently tapped, and as a result, the murderer's luck followed this force, turned into a substitute, and descended into reality.
At this moment, the boundary between reality and the supernatural began to blur, but it was not so blurred. In the past, facing the detective's step-by-step unraveling and identification, the murderer would surely resist and make up all kinds of excuses to try to escape the blame. But now, just a substitute has arrived, and then relying on the substitute's ability, he continues to resist. It is also an attempt to rewrite the ending. There is no difference in essence!
Of course, there are changes. In the past, Kudo Yusaku had to spend a lot of time and effort to explain the modus operandi and point out the evidence before the criminals could admit defeat and kneel down to repent. Now, the Dark Night Baron turns into a substitute and comes directly to reality. With a little reasoning, the criminal is already vomiting blood and can't get up from his knees!
"No, my solution is not that correct!"
Kudo Yusaku turned his head slightly and looked at a certain place at the crime scene, where there was "evidence". It was a wiped tissue, which was a flaw caused by the murderer's negligence when he was formulating this fancy frame-up and murder method!
Yusaku Kudo walked over, picked up the tissue, and then walked up to the murderer!
Although he suffered severe injuries, the murderer's eyes regained clarity, no longer as murderous as before, but his eyes still showed unwillingness and fear. The crushed old man's substitute tried to reassemble, and the half face that was gradually reassembled also showed unwillingness and anger!
This crime and case, as well as the criminal, have not yet been completely resolved, so there is still a possibility that it will resurface and needs to be finally executed.
Kudo Yusaku had this realization in his heart, and then he raised the tissue in his hand.
"I won't go into the specifics of the crime because there's really nothing worth talking about. It's all fancy and full of mistakes. But this piece of paper stained with cyanide, which must also be stained with your fingerprints, should be enough evidence!"
The murderer seemed to have a premonition of something, and the stand-in who was gradually reassembling behind him also showed an expression of fear at this moment.
As soon as Kudo Yusaku finished speaking, the Dark Night Baron behind him suddenly raised his hand, and the ordinary paper in Kudo Yusaku's hand burst into light. Then the light fell into the Dark Night Baron's hand and turned into an iron coffin, and on the surface of the iron coffin was painted a nun with an angelic smile.
The iron coffin was opened, revealing densely packed sharp metal structures inside!
The Dark Night Baron threw the nun's iron coffin with his hand, and put the substitute behind the criminal into it, then suddenly closed it. The next moment, the nun with an angelic smile on the surface of the iron coffin revealed a devilish and hideous laugh. Then, the metal structure inside the iron coffin rotated, turning into swords and other torture instruments, and violent screams came from the iron coffin!
Kudo Yusaku was no stranger to the Iron Coffin of the Smiling Nun. He had described this torture device in his novel, calling it the Blood Coffin of Punishment. However, he had never expected that he would actually see this thing in reality one day.
At this moment, the murderer seemed to feel the same way and screamed!
Officer Megure ran over and tried to dissuade him, "Brother Kudo, I still don't understand what's going on, but you should be careful about the impact of this crime in public. This criminal doesn't deserve this..."
Kudo Yusaku remained silent, just recalling the insights that the Dark Night Baron had just given him.
This thing called a stand-in seems to have always existed in the dark, but it is invisible to oneself and others.
In other words, when he solved cases in the past, he seemed cool and effortless, but was he always so cruel and horrifying behind the scenes?
Kudo Yusaku remained silent, especially when he saw the Dark Night Baron put away the iron coffin, holding it in his hands like a wine glass, and elegantly drinking the suspicious bright red liquid flowing out of the iron coffin, he became even more silent.
His reputation as a lucky stand-in in the stand-in world couldn't be that of a cruel devil who had to eat three hearts every day and took other people's fear and screams as his lullaby!
Then Kudo Yusaku recalled the frequency of solving cases in the past, which could be regarded as a model worker in the industry, as well as the common crying and regretful expressions of those criminals when they were brought to justice by him, and suddenly he was reluctant to think about it any further.
He was righteously rebuking the criminals, but his own stand-in was lying on top of someone else's stand-in, ripping open their stomachs, sucking their bones and marrow. That was too cruel!
This is a hospital, so treatment came quickly, and the murderer successfully transitioned from an intern to a patient.
Upon examination, it was found that the murderer had extensive comminuted fractures. It is unknown how long he will need to stay in bed. He is the type that will have a lot of sequelae even if he is cured. But the murderer does not care about these. He seems to have completely awakened, let go of his stubborn hatred, and is willing to plead guilty and accept legal punishment. At the same time, he is also very grateful to Kudo Yusaku!
"My stand, no, my soul, shouldn't be like that. It's just that I was infected by hatred and turned into that deformed and twisted sinful appearance. I am very grateful to Mr. Kudo for helping my stand to be free. This is also the last wish of my stand. Of course, if you could be gentler, maybe it would be better..."
His face, which was not distorted by murderous intent and hatred, looked very young and weak, and his eyes had a clear stupidity. He was just an ordinary person who had just graduated from school and had just started working in the workplace.
Kudo Yusaku looked at the murderer who had suddenly come to his senses and became a completely different person with a complicated look in his eyes, because he vaguely realized that there seemed to be some additional factors behind the crime.
But he had no time to think about these things at the moment. He just returned to Kudo Shinichi's ward again with the accompaniment and approval of Inspector Megure.
Kudo Shinichi looked at his father, especially at the Dark Night Baron stand floating behind him.
"Dad, have you awakened your Stand too?"
Kudo Yusaku nodded: "He has awakened, and his name is Dark Night Baron. His ability is to judge. As long as I catch any trace of his crime, I can launch an attack. As long as I have evidence, I can judge him!"
Kudo Yusaku didn't explain it too clearly, because he had just touched the edge of his Stand ability. Kudo Shinichi smiled and said, "It's a very strong Stand. Then the case outside just now was solved smoothly. It's a rare opportunity for you to show your skills, but I didn't see it. It's a pity. So is the criminal difficult to deal with?"
Kudo Yusaku smiled and said, "It's nothing to be ashamed of. He was just a young man who lost his mind for a while and went astray. The case is not complicated."
Yusaku Kudo slowly narrated the case just now. The sun was shining brightly in the ward. Shinichi Kudo listened quietly, but there was some reminiscence in his eyes.
When Kudo Shinichi was in elementary school, Kudo Yusaku did the same thing, narrating various cases and reasoning processes to him.
As he recalled the past, Kudo Shinichi's eyes gradually drooped.
On the road to becoming a detective, his father is his biggest help, but on the road to becoming a criminal, his father is his biggest obstacle.
