Detective Conan: The Road To Hell

Break

Kazuha's ready to break some bones and Shinichi has a mental breakdown and Heiji... he broke a bone already. He's done breaking things.
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The high school detectives set themselves up in the kitchen, a quiet place where the soft hum of the refrigerator provided just enough background noise to keep a conversation going while still being quiet enough to forget it was there. After a quick reviewing of their own data, Hattori and Shinichi traded phones. Hattori had recorded the interrogation and made a note that contained a summary of what he'd found out while Shinichi had a massive number of pictures of all the evidence he'd gathered.

Hattori took Shinichi's phone from him. "Lemme see those pictures ya got." He swiped his finger across the screen. "What happened ta this?"

Shinichi glanced up from the notes Hattori had written. "That pipe was smashed so that the water would fall directly onto some footprints and erase them, but a section of the pipe was snapped further up the line, causing water to pour out at the other end of the house. The footprints are the next two pictures." He wrote down his own note. "You clarified with the GPS company about their credibility?"

"Yeah, that Koruha-keiji checked all the servers in the area, an' none of 'em were hacked, so I'm thinkin' his alibi's solid." He took Shinichi's pen and wrote a few kanji on a napkin before handing the pen back.

With a nod, Shinichi put an 'x' next to Ishiwatari's name. "His motive seems weak in the first place. Though he hated Akagi-san, you said he had a soft spot for Kenshin-san?"

"At dinner last night, the two of 'em sat next ta each other an' they were real close. Ishiwatari-han had a decent temper an' a sour attitude, but it was a heck of a lot worse when Kenshin-han wasn't around. You were asleep then, so that's why ya didn't know. He wouldn't've killed Akagi-han when he treated Kenshin-han like a little brother."

"Speaking of asleep, I think we can be sure that Kenshin-san was when his brother was killed. Takagi-keiji found Akagi-san's journal, and about that affair—"

In disbelief, Hattori let his hand fall on the table with a thud. "Ya're not tellin' me Kakei-han was right?!"

"He was so close to the truth, it's almost funny." Shinichi's smile held no mirth. "Akagi-san wrote about Mina-san and Kenshin-san in his journal and later stated that Kakei-san was only telling him what he already knew. About the affair, I mean. As for a motive for instigating the affair, we found this pile of letters. Go to the fourth picture down from the razor."

"By the way, what's that about?"

"Used to cut Akagi-san's Achilles tendon. They didn't want him escaping."

"Ah." A short pause, followed by a low whistle. "This guy got straight to the point. Makes sense tha' Akagi-han'd want Mina-han gone after readin' these."

"About Mina-san, what's her alibi like? You wrote that it was solid, but she was suspicious."

"Ishiwatari-han got a call from Akagi-han after she came out from the bath, an' she wasn't alone for long enough ta murder Akagi-han after that. She looked smug when he told us about the call, like she'd done it an' no one could prove her wrong."

"So, if she could fake the call..."

"That's where it gets interestin'. Akagi-han's cell was on his body when we found him, only his fingerprints were on it, an' none of 'em were smudged like they woulda been if she'd handled them with gloves an' placed it there in early mornin'."

"I didn't sleep much, so I know no one left the house in the middle of the night yesterday. We could have 'Conan' call to confirm, but I'll probably end up giving a statement once I'm back."