Chapter 21: Broadway's Phantom Theater Murder 2

(Author: Panda wants to remind the readers that our MC is a villain in the first world, now here is a question that Panda has in mind into creating our MC's villain personality. He has power, wealth, achievement and love what does he have after that? It starts with the letter E and ends with the letter S. There is no right or wrong answer, since this is just Panda's answer after thinking for a long time.)

Seiya began to inspect the actor's dead body as Captain Radish turned around and ordered people to quarantine the crime scene, he then saw Yukiko which made him surprise as he said.

"Is that you, Yukiko? What are you doing here?"

"I was watching the show with my son and my friend's daughter. But I didn't expect the musical would turn into a murder scene"

Yukiko shrug her shoulder as she explained why she was here, Meanwhile Shinichi sneakily entered the crime scene which made Seiya's eyebrow furrow because civilians aren't allowed to get close to the victim's body, he said in Japanese while asking Shinichi move away from the crime scene.

"Little brother, I admire that you are curious on the process of murder. But you should at least respect the authority and follow civilian protocol. Please don't come near to the victim's body"

"But,"

"There is no but, I have to remind you that you are a teenager without a police badge or a detective license. So please refrain from giving out a childish excuse."

After that Seiya continued to inspect as he walks behind the curtain while Shinichi felt displease as he muttered.

"bastard..."

He can't refute his statement since he really has no license and he is in a foreign country, any interruption by a civilian inside a crime scene could be counted as blocking the authority. Since there are people who likes to abuse their authority, Seiya walks toward the fence window on the ground, it had a feather stuck on the fence. Although he was acting serious, he was remembering the episode of 286 to 289 of Detective Conan because this is the first time he will use his previous life memory to solve a case. When he was working in the LAPD for 2 years, he learned a lot of investigation and insight skills but it felt bland for Seiya because a lot of the cases he solved had luck involve, its either the murderer didn't found the camera 20 meters away or there were a set of fingerprints in the area.

After remembering the process of the murder, he smiled as he walks toward Captain Radish who introduced Yukiko to Seiya.

"Mr. Starry, this is Mrs. Kudo Yukiko. She is one of the famous actress in our country."

"Yes, I know. Because we are old acquaintance, Long time no see Mrs. Kudo."

"Yes, its been 7 years since we first met. By the way, I see that you have met my grown up son."

"Indeed, he is more naughty than before."

"Tsk." -Shinichi hearing their conversation.

Yukiko shook hands with Seiya but she felt lost as she touch Seiya's gloved Hand, although it was a split second. Seiya could feel her emotion, he removed his hand before moving his gaze towards Captain Radish and said with a serious tone.

"I have solve the case, can you please ask the four heroine of the show to come up to the stage?"

Lilas Sanchez, Akane Nielsen, Rose Hewitt and Iberis Hamilton went up the stage as Seiya waited for them like an old mother. Mouri Ran beside Kudo Shinichi felt interested as she watch the whole thing while Yukiko was more curious why Seiya's physical touch can make her feel warm and cozy, although 7 years has passed after that physical accident touch. She have always remembered it, and with the current situation of Kudo Yusaku being busy in creating the next volume of The Night Baron series and his other novels, he somewhat neglected Yukiko in the events of "Physical Love". Seiya cough as he explained how the murder happened.

"Let start with the part when Mr. Flockhart was rising up. Although we have seen a red laser pointing out from the 3rd floor, it is just a distraction because Mr. Flockhart's body has a burnt mark of a pistol's handle and the burnt mark shows the handle of a Walther P99 which has a range of 50 meters but equipping it with a silencer limits the range into 30 meters."

"What?!"

"But chief, we found a bullet cartridge form the 3rd floor."

"it is a diversion, as you can see here. Although the bullet seem to be shot from the 3rd floor, because of the 40 angle of how the bullet pierced our victim. The bullet still pass through and got stuck behind the wings, which means it was shot in a short range since the Walther P99 they used has a silencer which limits the range and the piercing of the bullet."

Seiya took the bullet that was stuck inside the angel wing prop of the dead Mr. Flockhart and when he compared the cartridge that was carried down from the third floor and the bullet, they can see that there were scratches in the cartridge and has no sulfur smell while the deformed bullet has no scratch in the end. So they believed that the 3rd floor red laser pointer was a diversion, Captain Radish ask with a solemn expression.

"So, Chief who is the murderer?"

Seiya with his serious expression turned around and pointed at the blond girl wearing a reddish orange dress as he said with a determination expression.

"It was you! Ms. Rose Hewitt!"

*Shocking Background Sound when Conan pointed out the murderer!*

"Don't joke around, How could I do it when I was laying down on the floor?!"

"Still stubborn, I see."

Seiya shakes his head as he said the reason which made Rose Hewitt pale, while the other actress had their hands covering their mouth in shock.

"You see this stage has a donut like circle that can move and inside the fence hole, if I guess correctly the silenced Walther P99 and cartridge that you used to shoot Mr. Flockhart is still there!"

Seiya lay down on the ground and acted how Rose Hweitt did the murder as a police Sergeant manipulate the remote that controls the moving circle donut, Captain Radish opened the fence as one of the junior forensic went down and grab the pistol and cartridge. Rose Hewitt who was pale suddenly smile as she crazily said.

"Yes! I did it! I sealed his life as Archangel Michael! I couldn't let anyone play him after this last piece!"

"But he only quit the role because of the movie offer!" -Lilas Sanchez trying to defend the Victim

"But it was his decision, He killed Michael! But God blessed me anyway, When the I dropped the armor. My dress was caught on the nail by coincidence, until I was saved."

She was walking towards the middle of the stage as she stared at the empty audience, she turned around as she continued to speak while staring at Mouri Ran with smile.

"Because of you, I fulfilled my last regret.. Thank you, Sweet Angel.."

Rose Hewitt was then escorted by police officers off the stage, as Seiya shook his head with regrets. He understood how she fell in love with a character but her decision was wrong because reality cannot be the same as a mythical story. Mouri Ran couldn't help but feel cold in her heart as she saved a murderer, Seiya left after putting the reasoning in a piece of paper and some evidence that would put Rose Hewitt into prison for a long time since today is still vacation for Seiya who was always busy after being a chief of Field Investigation Unit. Yukiko wanted to ask Seiya to escort her onto the police station but Seiya left without saying anything so she pouted as she leads Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran outside. She said to them while opening the police car's back seat.

"Well, Shin-chan. I have to go to the police station for questioning. Take a taxi and Check in at the hotel, alright?"

"Yes, mom."

"Yes, auntie..."

"One more thing, Watch out for the serial killer. He's of Japanese Descent with long hair."

"Alright."

"Bye, Shin-chan, Ran-chan.."

The police car started to drive on the road as the two were left alone, meanwhile Seiya was currently driving his 1967 Black Chevrolet Impala. He was thinking on what to eat for dinner since solving a case while remembering previous life's memories made him very hungry. Seiya's thoughts were hesitantly deciding whether he would order Steak with Mushroom Soup or Fish and Chips with the room service.