Chapter 280
Kazuto Kyosuke had really been holding this in for too long.
After his hand was injured, he kept replaying that surgery in his mind, agonizing over whether Dr. Jinno had hurt his hand intentionally or accidentally.
When he finally had a chance to ask while drunk, Dr. Jinno shamelessly admitted it without showing any sign of remorse, completely mocking him...
In his fury, he killed the man, finally getting some relief.
But his hand was still ruined. When people looked at him with sympathy, he felt stifled inside. Fortunately, most people didn't make it too obvious, but now someone was actually standing there talking without feeling the pain...
Kazuto Kyosuke was so angry he almost broke free from the [Black Screen Aura]'s influence and grabbed a knife to kill Samukawa Shinryu too!!!
Watching the emotional Kazuto Kyosuke, Samukawa Shinryu remained unmoved: "I understand your reason for killing Dr. Jinno. As for the police afterward..."
Kazuto Kyosuke was somewhat calmed by Samukawa Shinryu's coldness: "Why ask when you already know? Because they reopened the case and might investigate me. Since I'd already killed someone, this time I saved myself the psychological struggle... Speaking of which, why did you have someone go to the restroom to disrupt my setup?"
At this point, Kazuto Kyosuke was still speculating whether Samukawa Shinryu was arbitrarily giving him some kind of test for joining an organization, and his plan was really that easy to destroy...
But Samukawa Shinryu said matter-of-factly: "Naturally because I was worried someone would attack Miss Sato."
Kazuto Kyosuke: "...???"
What kind of nonsense is this?!
You've been providing murder consultation to people before, now you're providing murder consultation to me, and at this point you say you care about Miss Sato?!
Do I look like an idiot who would believe such lies?!
"Stop joking, Samukawa-kun." Kazuto Kyosuke felt he had opened his heart to this extent in their conversation, but the other party suddenly started pretending. "What exactly should I do now? Aren't you supposed to consult people on this?"
Just as he was speaking, suddenly, the door to Kazuto Kyosuke's office was burst open, and several police officers rushed in with guns drawn.
"Kazuto Kyosuke! Raise your hands now, give up resistance. We're arresting you for murder!"
Kazuto Kyosuke: "...?!?!?!"
Even after the handcuffs were already locked on his wrists, Kazuto Kyosuke still hadn't reacted.
Seeing himself about to be pushed out of the office by the police, Kazuto Kyosuke suddenly snapped awake and shouted: "Wait! On what grounds are you arresting me?! Where's the evidence?!"
Originally Takagi Wataru didn't want to deal with him. Thinking that this guy had hurt Officer Sato, he just wanted to lock him up quickly.
But Samukawa Shinryu spoke up: "Wait, having him shout all night would wake up the hospitalized patients, which wouldn't be good. If he has questions, let him ask."
Inspector Megure immediately knew Samukawa Shinryu's mischievous side was acting up, but what Samukawa Shinryu said made sense. Plus he felt they could wrap this up quickly and wasn't afraid of wasting this little time, so he coughed.
"Since you want evidence... then listen carefully."
Kazuto Kyosuke watched gravely as Inspector Megure picked up a device in his hand, pressed a button, and the next second, his voice came from the speaker.
"Crackle... 'Since I'd already killed someone, this time I saved myself the psychological struggle...' ...crackle..."
Kazuto Kyosuke: "............"
He looked at Inspector Megure numbly, then looked at Samukawa Shinryu in disbelief.
Inspector Megure coughed: "This is your own confession."
"...You conspired to trick me into talking?!" Kazuto Kyosuke was greatly shocked.
Inspector Megure: "Uh, how can this be called conspiracy? It's just that Samukawa-kun said you might confess to him, so he told us to prepare for recording... Well, maybe this is conspiracy."
Kazuto Kyosuke couldn't accept it.
He had imagined so many possibilities, but none included being betrayed by Samukawa Shinryu tonight. Even if Samukawa Shinryu thought he was incompetent, he should at least wait a few days before dealing with him! This was too impatient!!!
But since he was already caught and felt he couldn't overturn the case, especially since he had no alibi when killing the previous two police officers, and they could even find his gun if they searched, Kazuto Kyosuke gave up defending himself.
But he felt he absolutely couldn't let Samukawa Shinryu off! Although he had no evidence, if he didn't say it now, he would die with unresolved grievances!
"I know you often cooperate, but do you know what kind of person Samukawa-kun... Samukawa Shinryu is?!"
Samukawa Shinryu had stood up when the police entered, and now leaned against his desk, asking leisurely: "So what kind of person do you think I am?"
Considering that the police probably had basic trust with Samukawa Shinryu from multiple collaborations, Kazuto Kyosuke knew he needed real evidence, so he racked his brains and came up with one.
"He... he said people often come to him for consultation on how to escape legal punishment after committing crimes!"
Inspector Megure: "Ah, that's true."
Kazuto Kyosuke: "...???"
He stared wide-eyed, looking at Inspector Megure in disbelief: "You know? You all know?!"
My god, Metropolitan Police is so corrupt! What kind of collusion is this!!!
If he had known this, maybe he could have just bribed those few police officers investigating his murder case with money instead of killing them!
Takagi Wataru: "...Wait, I don't know! What's going on?!"
Inspector Megure also realized his words seemed ambiguous and quickly tried to explain: "You misunderstood. People do often go to him to discuss these things, but..."
Samukawa Shinryu continued: "Most of them were persuaded by me to stop and report to the police instead, because they discovered their plans were full of holes and it was better not to do it. Instead, they thought there was no evidence, but actually there often was evidence, enough to report to police for investigation... There were also those who, on my suggestion, brought recording devices to trick people into talking, with good results."
"The rest were also reported by him in turn, basically caught before they could commit crimes." Shiratori Ninzaburo added.
Kazuto Kyosuke was stunned: "............"
Huh? Is that how it is? So he misunderstood?! Just because he seemed like he was going to kill someone, so he planned to give him some talk therapy?!
In that case, if he had brought a recording device back then, that bastard Jinno had already admitted everything...
No! The point is Samukawa Shinryu said those things to him when he was about to kill someone! It would be strange if he didn't misunderstand!
Kazuto Kyosuke wasn't giving up. He felt this was just Samukawa Shinryu's rhetoric, since Samukawa Shinryu didn't look like an innocent good citizen: "You also said you knew a doctor who killed someone, and if he had contacted you earlier he wouldn't have gone to prison..."
Hagiwara Kenji immediately understood who this was about: "Ah, that's not wrong? If Mr. Asai had contacted Shinryu earlier, he might not have gone to kill people..."
Kazuto Kyosuke: "...Then he also said something about giving me three days and not to disappoint him..."
"Oh, that meant for you to turn yourself in." Shiratori Ninzaburo was also very calm.
Kazuto Kyosuke's mentality gradually collapsed: "Earlier you said 'if you don't speak now, you'll be arrested later'—wasn't that supposed to mean if I spoke now you would help me?"
Samukawa Shinryu: "I just wanted to hurry and get you to describe how you committed the crime... Look, now you've been arrested."
Kazuto Kyosuke's expression cracked: "...You said you had information sources..."
Samukawa Shinryu looked at him quietly: "Division Chief Odagiri told me."
Kazuto Kyosuke: ".................."
Hagiwara Kenji sighed: "About Dr. Jinno... he did do wrong, but you shouldn't have kept killing... You killed several police officers investigating Jinno's case—were you planning to kill the police investigating the police murder cases too? Unless you kill everyone at the Metropolitan Police, this kind of thing has no end."
Samukawa Shinryu: "If I'm not mistaken, he should have prepared a scapegoat, so the case could be closed without having to keep killing."
Inspector Megure trusted Samukawa Shinryu and sighed upon hearing this: "Besides murder, he also framed innocent people... Sigh..."
Kazuto Kyosuke suddenly laughed neurotically: "I guess Officer Sato didn't actually see anything either, you just had her say that to force me into making a desperate mistake?"
Samukawa Shinryu met Kazuto Kyosuke's deadly stare, as if he wanted to devour him, and slowly gave him a smile that meant "you finally figured it out."
Kazuto Kyosuke completely lost the desire to speak and was led by the police toward the parking lot in a daze.
At this time, the Mouri family who had come to visit Sato Miwako finally planned to leave.
Normally a visit wouldn't take this long, but Mouri Kogorou couldn't help wanting to find Inspector Megure to discuss how to catch the criminal. After searching everywhere and not finding him, and getting no answer when calling, he gave up and planned to go home, then ran into the police.
Edogawa Conan didn't even catch the exhaust fumes and saw the police looking relaxed, standing in groups of twos and threes by the elevator, looking like they were about to leave.
Edogawa Conan: "...???"
What happened?! Why is everyone leaving?!
What about the case?! Are they not handling it anymore?! What about the criminal?! Not arresting him either?!
Even if it's an open-book exam and they already know who the criminal is, they can't slack off like this! The solution process still needs to be written!!!