When I came to the client's house again, as expected, something big had happened. The fire could be seen in the distance, and the thick black smoke also covered the sky. Several fire trucks around were desperately putting out the fire, but because the fire was really intense,
It's so big that even open flames haven't been suppressed yet.
"Is it really the one you went to before?" Conan asked, looking at the burning house in the distance.
"Yeah." Hattori Heiji here nodded. He really didn't expect that he would be away for such a short period of time and that when he came back, he would already be in such an exaggerated situation.
"Ryoko! Ryoko!" At this time, a square-faced man with eyes in front of the house was yelling towards the house. It looked like he wanted to rush into the house directly, but it was obvious that the fire was so big now, don't
It was said that he could not get close even if he went in. Naturally, his attempt to die was stopped by the firefighters and policemen who were fighting the fire around him.
Yes, the police have already arrived at this time. Originally, they were not responsible for putting out the fire. The firefighters would only notify them to take action after the fire was over and discovered that it might be man-made. But the situation is different now.
The police have been following up on the horse case, and this is the Fourth Chome, so when such a situation occurs, they will also arrive at the scene as soon as possible. Of course, now they are mainly maintaining the order of the scene, and of course waiting for the fire to investigate.
Let’s talk about it after it’s gone.
"That's the client's husband." Hattori Heiji looked at the yelling man and said, "So, the client is still inside..."
"This time...are there any casualties?" Conan also frowned and said. Yes, although this prisoner named Chima has committed three crimes and burned down three houses. But the three houses before that were all empty.
It was burned under different circumstances, which means that although it was an arson, there were no casualties. At most, a few firefighters who put out the fire were injured, but this time the situation seems to be different.
As expected, a group of people passed by, and there was a movement inside. A team of firefighters entered the house through the window, and then lifted out... a body. Yes, they chose a very dangerous risk to rescue when they heard that there was someone else in the house.
However, it was obviously too late. When they were carried out, the person had already been covered with a white cloth, so it was obviously too late.
"Ryoko!" The husband here screamed when he saw the body being carried out and threw himself on the body. He looked like he was heartbroken. At this time, another man walked up next to him and began to comfort him.
She met her husband and seemed to be her husband's best friend.
"Something's wrong..." Hattori Heiji here said, "Those two people... why did they come back so soon?"
"The deceased's husband and his friend? Have you met them before?" Conan asked.
"Yes, when I met with the client before, I happened to meet his husband coming home. And the other person was at the client's house from the beginning. After the two met, they decided to go out for a drink.
It seemed like he left about fifteen minutes earlier than I did, so he probably wouldn't be back so soon," Hattori Heiji said.
"Unless there is a plan in advance." Conan here said following Hattori Heiji's words.
"Yeah, yeah, that is to say, in a general murder case, the spouse is the highest suspect. He went out just to get an alibi. The husband's friend is used as a time witness, right?" Linton said.
The person beside him concluded, "It's really a very traditional reasoning."
"No...that husband's friend is also very suspicious." Hattori Heiji here suddenly said, "In fact, that guy had an improper relationship with the client..."
"Huh?" Several people looked at Hattori Heiji strangely. How did Hattori Heiji know this? If it was reasoning, Conan didn't notice it.
"Ahem, actually I didn't communicate with the client for very long. I stayed at her place for a while. I originally wanted to conduct a private investigation, but I ended up seeing a lot of things..." Hattori Heiji explained.
For a moment. It turned out that not long after he came here to meet the client, he was rejected by the client, and naturally there was nothing to talk about after that.
But Hattori Heiji still wanted to investigate the situation, so he thought about asking around. But before he could ask, he saw several people visiting the client one after another. After his husband's friend went in, Hattori Heiji
I just happened to sneak into the other party's yard to check if there were any traces left by the stranger's actions. As a result, I saw the client having an affair with this friend outside the window.
However, the relationship between the two seems not that simple, because the friend also detached the client and wanted to steal something from the house, but was discovered by the hostess who returned. While the two were quarreling, the husband came back
, and then they went out to drink together.
Now that everything has been said here, Hattori Heiji will also talk about his visit to the client. First of all, when he came here, the client was the hostess of the house, and Ryoko Morokaku was dealing with someone who looked like a salesman.
When Hattori Heiji went in to look for her, he heard the salesman say that he was not a salesperson, but a patient of the client's husband who came to inquire about his condition. However, in the end he couldn't help but sold a useless pendant, and was killed by Morokaku.
Ryoko drove away.
The next person to receive him was Hattori Heiji, who was also driven away by Morokaku Ryoko. When Hattori Heiji went out, he met a strange woman in a robe. She was wearing heavy makeup and it looked very strange. She came to see Morokaku.
Ryoko's.
It’s not clear what the two said, but Hattori Heiji didn’t leave after that. He investigated nearby and saw the woman leaving quickly and staying for a few minutes. After that was her husband’s friend, the man named
Soga's husband's man came to the house, and after entering, there was a plot of stealing Haru. Then her husband, Morokaku Akira, went home, and Soga's husband went out to drink. Hattori Heiji also searched for a while and then left, and then the current situation.
"This is wrong..." After Hattori Heiji told what he knew, Conan here did not express his thoughts. Instead, Linton spoke first: "There is obviously something wrong here."
"What do you think is wrong?" Conan here asked.
"Look, salesmen, women wearing heavy makeup, husband's friends and husband... isn't this obviously something wrong?" Linton said.
"Uh...so who exactly is wrong?" Hattori Heiji also asked.
"Haven't you seen it yet? What's wrong is of course the number of people. Look, there are four suspects. How is this possible? It has been said that there are absolutely no way there will be so many suspects in such a case. Readers don't have that many
The brain has the capacity to remember so many people, and three suspects are the most appropriate amount. This is obviously wrong," Linton said.
"So I've said it before, this is not a mystery novel, it's reality!" Haiyuan Ai next to her couldn't help but say.
"There is no such reality at all. There must be something wrong here." Linton said, "Oh, I probably thought of it."
"Have you thought of it?" Although Conan didn't know what Linton thought of, he always felt that something was wrong with his thinking from the beginning. "Then tell me what happened?"
"Do you know Kindaichi? As for the situation where a dozen suspects were presented to you, the audience couldn't remember it at all, so what should we do? In fact, there is no need to remember it at all. The number of people who died would be less. After deducting the detectives and detectives who could not have committed the crime,
For the role of his assistant, the remaining people can choose one of the three." Linton said, "The situation is the same this time. This is obviously not that there is an extra suspect, but that there is still one person who is not dead."
"Huh?" I have to say that at first I thought Linton must be talking nonsense, but Conan and Hattori Heiji were suddenly shocked when they heard this. Regardless of whether Linton's logic is weird or not, this is a serial arson incident.
It doesn't seem impossible that a victim will appear.
"This matter... although it sounds a bit strange, we have to be careful. Let the police check later to see if any of these people live in the 5th-chome..." Hattori Heiji thought for a while and said.
"Yes." Conan also nodded. These people were related to the case, and there was no doubt that the next deceased would really appear. Although they thought Linton's reasoning was wrong, it reminded them to take precautions.
"Um...what is Kindaichi?" Toyama and Ye here took the initiative to ask.
"It's probably a mystery novel he's read," said Haihara Ai next to him.
"Is there such a mystery novel?" Conan has read almost all mystery novels. Although his favorite is the Sherlock Holmes series, he has also studied other mystery novels, but he has never heard of an author or protagonist named Kindaichi.
.
"Yes... it's Akama!" At this time, a person's shout suddenly came from the still burning wall. Hattori Heiji and Conan, who heard the shout, looked at each other, and then rushed towards the shout.
He rushed in the opposite direction, and while others were attracted by the shout, he rushed directly into the walled yard and arrived at the location of the shout.
The person who shouted was a firefighter who was putting out the fire, and the position he was pointing at was a window. Looking through the window that was still burning, what Heiji Hattori and Conan saw was a bird placed beside the window.
The blood-red sculptured horse's head was facing them, as if it was looking at them.
"Is it really...a red horse?" The two people looking at the sculpture murmured at the same time.
"Hey, hey, you two, don't move!" However, at this moment, several people in suits came behind the two of them, and they looked obviously careful. Only then did the two of them realize that there seemed to be something wrong with them rushing in like this.
, just when he was about to explain, several policemen suddenly rushed forward, threw Hattori Heiji to the ground and pinned him to the ground.
This chapter has been completed!