Chapter 37 Chapter 37: The Real Criminal

The wise detective said: "Why did Kurokawa go to great lengths to fabricate a transparent person that does not exist? One of the motives is to facilitate the theft of valuables such as jewelry. The real criminal diverts people's attention to the transparent monster like a ghost, No one cares about themselves. "The second motive is that criminals like to create a sensation. For example, some children like to hide behind doors and jump out suddenly to frighten people. This criminal's psychology is similar, but on a much larger scale. He wants to make the whole of Tokyo and even Japan Everyone was startled. By creating the illusion that a transparent weirdo came to the world to expand his power, he made people panic, and he enjoyed it.

"The third motive is that he wanted to teach me, Kogoro Sensei. First, he frightened me, Wen Dai, and Mr. Xiao Lin, and threatened to transform us into transparent people. In fact, he also kidnapped us. Look at the great detective who can't get rid of the fate of being reformed. The moment the strange old man called me, I felt his deep resentment, so I resorted to a trick, asking me and Wen Dai's substitute to live in our place Entering the office, the real me and Wen Dai evaporated. "Mr. Nakamura knows that I used a substitute a long time ago. I have found someone who looks exactly like me and let him live in a secret place. This time I used this substitute again. Wendai's substitute did not exist before, Later, I kept paying attention and finally found someone exactly like her. This lady also lived in a secret place.

"There is a secret passage in the inner room of the detective agency. Part of the wall is equipped with a mechanism that can be turned 180 degrees. When Wen Dai and I received a threatening call, we immediately escaped from the secret passage and let the two doubles show up. That The abducted Akechi is my substitute, and Wendai who was kidnapped by Kurokawa and the false team leader Nakamura last night is also a substitute, the one rescued by Kobayashi in front of me. The real Wendai is currently hiding in a top-secret safe zone." The wise words became more and more mysterious, and everyone present was dumbfounded, looking at the detective stupidly, and even forgot to take a breath.

"Later, I found the strange old man's residence, disguised myself as a chef, and broke into the interior. The criminal kidnapped our substitute, and greatly relaxed his vigilance. It was not good to find anyone, but he chose me as his substitute. The enemy really had a trick, and he thought of Using a substitute to deceive the police, what you see is the same. He disguised me as a strange old man, deliberately let me be caught by the police, and then began to plan his big conspiracy. So what happened to the real strange old man? He turned back to black Is the Chuan reporter? No. He has become the least suspicious person in the world, that is, a detective. He thought he had imprisoned Akechi Kogoro, and he pretended to be him instead, so as to surprise the police. So, last night The wise man who climbed down the rainwater pipe and was spotted by the police on purpose is the criminal pretending to be!"

Everyone listened, and all looked at Kogoro Akechi who was tied to the chair.He was identified by real wisdom, with a livid face and lowered head, he could be seen at a glance as a criminal.True wisdom and false wisdom were dejected and quite complacent, and continued: "Sometimes he is a reporter from Kurokawa, sometimes he is a strange old man, and sometimes he pretends to be me, Akechi Kogoro - look at it, everyone. This person is definitely a master in the field of makeup. I can't help but wonder how many faces he has. And obviously, he enjoys intimidating me and capturing me as his greatest pleasure, and treats me like a thorn in his side... Ladies and gentlemen, from these two points, who do you think of?"

Wisely finished speaking and looked around.Everyone stared round, motionless, as if they had become stone statues. "You must have already guessed it. That's right. This reporter Kurokawa who pretends to be a strange old man and a wise detective is also a fake. I don't know his name. More than a year ago, he appeared in the "Underground Magic King". The "Doctor of Magic" who was arrested in the case is him—the Twenty Faces of the Phantom Thief! Everyone, the one who is tied to the chair is the terrible villain, the Twenty Faces of the Phantom Thief! "In the 'Underground Magic King' case, the phantom thief with twenty faces easily escaped from prison a few days after he was caught, and he went to nowhere, and now he appears as a reporter from Kurokawa, trying to seek revenge on me.

"Mr. Search Section Chief, the repeat offender with Twenty Faces will be handed over to you. Please watch carefully this time, and don't let him run away again." Wise Detective has yet to finish speaking... "Wow--" The section chief, team leader, police officers, Yoshio Kobayashi and members of the Detective Boys yelled in unison and rushed around Fake Akechi, scaring him to the ground and falling to the ground.At this point, the great magician finally had nothing to do. His ashen face was dripping with cold sweat, he clenched his teeth, and fell to the ground without moving.

In this way, the sensational "transparent weirdo case" came to an end.Needless to say, the great detective Akechi Kogoro and his right-hand assistant Kobayashi Yoshio once again became famous all over the world. For a while, the legendary stories of the two were recited in the streets and alleys.