Case Closed: The Strongest Uncle!

Chapter 64: The Bandage Man Part 4.

[Warning: Disturbing scene spotted. You've been warned.]

The man with long hair looked terrified, his teeth kept bumping, and he said: "This must be the legendary ghost—the bandage weirdo. You see, Chikako was dismembered. If it wasn't for us to come, then the ghost must be also burning Chikako's body and then wrapping it in a bandage as a sacrifice to immortality. I didn't expect the legend here to be true!"

The bald male lawyer was also very courageous: "Well, then let's go quickly, we can't win the ghosts, we should leave it to the wizard."

The playwright Morita, who had just returned from the military, said: "But the suspension bridge we went back to has been cut off. The ghost must want to kill us all. How can we escape?"

...

When Heiji Hattori heard everyone's theory of ghosts, he couldn't help but sneered, and said with disdain: "This is not a ghost murder at all, but a complete murder case."

The cameraman Hiroki Sumiya yelled: "If it's not a ghost, who can divide Chikako into so many pieces so quickly!? If someone did it, it would be impossible to divide and bury the body in such a short time since we chased it out. The task of killing Chikako so quickly is definitely only a ghost with such an ability!"

Everyone couldn't help but look terrified when they heard this. Under the heavy snow, the light of the flashlight swayed constantly, reflecting everyone's pale face.

At this time, a determined man's voice came out: "No, this is not a ghost killing, but a murder with a weird method, and the murderer is among us." 

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help turning their heads, looking at Mouri Kogoro who slowly walked up.

Okada, a doctor from the Reasoning Club, said: "Detective Mouri, did you find something? Isn't this really a ghost killing?"

"Tsk, of course, it is not a ghost killing, and I have completely seen the murderer's modus operandi."

When Mori Kogoro said this, Hattori Heiji and Conan's expressions changed drastically, looking at the determined Mouri Kogoro with shock.

That is a lie! How could it be possible to see through the modus operandi so quickly! He just saw the corpse!

At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed across the dark clouds in the sky. The lightning illuminates everyone's pale faces. The thunder rang out, and Ran was startled and even tightly held Kazuha's hand in fear.

Kazuha, with her amber big eyes, stared closely at Mouri Kogoro who stood in front of the crowd, with a look of awe, this uncle is too handsome!

The heavy snow was flying, the atmosphere in the air was almost freezing, Takahashi Ryoichi's face was unpredictable under the electric light, and sweat oozed out of his back in such cold weather.

"It's really nothing new!" Mouri Kogoro's mouth evoked a sneer, his temperament extremely cold.

No one on the scene knew what he meant by this sentence.

When Conan saw this uncle Mouri's side, he felt very strange. This was not the lustful uncle in his memory!

Kogoro Mori began to speak: "I admire you for having the courage to do these things in front of me. Do you really think my title as a detective is a decoration? Takahashi-san!"

When the thunder sounded, Ran looked at the dark clouds in the sky in horror, and hugged Kazuha tightly. Ran was afraid of lightning, but still looked at her father calmly, as pitiful as she looked.

Ryoichi Takahashi's face was dripping with sweat, "Mouri detective, I don't know what you are talking about?"

"Are you still denying it? You are the bandage geek who attacked us and killed Chikako Ikeda today, Takahashi Ryoichi, you are very smart. You keep saying that you are repairing the eaves upstairs, but you are secretly doing tricks."

Kogoro Mouri began to express his reasoning: "Just today, during the day, you dressed up as a bandage weirdo and attacked me and Kazuha outside. You wanted to kill Kazuha because you wanted to let everyone know that there is really a bandage weirdo in this place that makes everyone afraid of going out so that you can kill Chikako."

"After that, you went back upstairs to pretend to repair the eaves. In fact, you secretly asked Chikako Ikeda-san, who was also on the second floor, to go out and take her to this dense forest. Then you will kill her here. After the body was divided, you put her head on your body and brought her back to the villa."

When Hattori Heiji heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "How is this possible? If he comes back with Chikako-san's head, we can't fail to see it, and why did he attack Kazuha?"

Kogoro Mori sneered: "Heh, that's because Takahashi Ryoichi hid Chikako Ikeda-san's head in a place that no one could think of, but this place is very likely to be seen through by Ran and Kazuha."

The doctor, Okada, asked, "Where?"

Ryoichi Takahashi shuddered in a cold sweat.

"Takahashi-san, your body shouldn't be as fat as you are now!"

When Mouri Kogoro said this, the heads of both Conan and Hattori Heiji flashed with inspiration, which was the case.

Hattori Heiji looked at Mouri Kogoro in his eyes full of amazement. This kind of reasoning is completely feasible, it is incredible, it can be seen through at a glance!

The rest of the people hadn't reacted at all.

Mouri Kogoro continued to speak: "The only one who knows that Takahashi-san is not fat is Ran and Kazuya, who accidentally walked into his room today, when they saw you guys changing clothes because Ran has never been out in the villa, you couldn't find a chance to do it, but when you saw Kazuha and I went for a walk, you followed and secretly changed into the appearance of a bandage weirdo, trying to attack Kazuha to kill her."

"You have been hiding the bandage, cloak and axe on your pretended belly, and when you came back, you also hid Chikako's head inside."

"After that, you go up to the second floor, use thin threads and a cloak on the window sill, and add Chikako's head to tie them together, lift them to make a parabola from the upper side across the window, and play Chikako being seized by the bandage man in front of everyone. Making this scene realistic was easy for you who are engaged in movie props."

The rest of the people suddenly realized it, and Hiroki Sumiya exclaimed: "That's it, I said how can we not catch up when we chase so fast. It turns out that they were not outside at all, but in Takahashi's belly!"

Kogoro continued: "Finally, you hide the bandage, cloak, axe, and Chikako's head on your fake belly, and then pretend to search with us in the dark snowy night, and quietly discard Chikako's head in the bushes, this is your whole plan, but you never thought it would be a snowy day. The corpse you chopped down was already covered by snowflakes. You didn't even think about such an obvious flaw. It's really a shit…" Kogoro shook his head disdainfully, nothing new.

After hearing the reasoning, everyone hurriedly asked Takahashi Ryoichi: "Takahashi, let us take a look at your belly."

Takahashi Ryoichi raised his head and looked at the vast sky. A thin layer of snowflakes accumulated on his shoulders and head. He sighed for a long time, then lifted the coat on his stomach...

The bandage mask, the black cloak, and the blood-stained axe all fell down, and when everyone saw this scene, they took a step back in fear.

"Sure enough, as expected of Detective Mouri, so I wonder if you can infer why I killed Chikako?" Takahashi Ryo asked in a relieved expression.

Kogoro Mouri looked indifferent: "It should be related to Miss Atsuko who hanged herself two years ago."

Ryoichi Takahashi couldn't help laughing when he heard this and applauded: "Hahaha, you really are a great detective. I shouldn't have been lucky enough, haha! You can see through it all, yes, it's me. I killed Chikako, a bitch. It was she who plagiarized Atsuko's work the Scarlet Kingdom two years ago, causing Atsuko to commit suicide!"

Hiroki Sumiya and others looked shocked: "Could it be that Chikako's the Red Kingdom?"

"Yes, she plagiarized Atsuko's work and then filmed it. Atsuko told me before she committed suicide. This bitch won the newcomer screenplay award when she took Atsuko's work!"

Takahashi Ryoichi looked crazy.

"I would never let Atsuko cry in the underworld, while Chikako is holding her works for fame and fortune. That's why I sent her to hell in the cruellest way!"

Ryoichi Takahashi, who vented everything, recovered his calm and said: "Well, anyway, my task has been completed, Atsuko, I am here."

Takahashi Ryo's vision showed decisiveness, and his adrenal hormones kept on urging him, unexpectedly at a speed that was completely inconsistent with him.

Looking at the direction he was going, it was the cliff next to the suspension bridge, Mouri Kogoro hurriedly shouted: "stop him." Everyone hurriedly chased, but they couldn't catch up with Takahashi Ryoichi.

The cheetah-like Mouri Kogoro was also trying his best to chase after him, but in the end, he was only half a meter away and he could catch Takahashi Ryoichi's hand, and Mouri Kogoro watched Takahashi Ryoichi jump off the cliff with a strange smile on his face.

The others chased them, flashlights shining downwards, and the bright lights gathered together. Soon everyone saw the corpse of Takahashi Ryoichi who was motionless at four to five hundred meters.

With this height, he is bound to die.

And it was late and the cliff was so steep that there was no way to climb it.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, the white snow kept falling, and everyone's hearts became heavy.

Kogoro Mouri never thought that Takahashi would commit suicide directly. This move was quite bloody and he couldn't help but glance at the dead body, but the last weird smile on his face made Kogoro Mouri quite puzzled.

[Tl/n: Merry Christmas everyone!! Although the content is not Merry but enjoy your day.]