The moment the anesthesia needle was inserted into his neck, a sea of sleepiness immediately swept through every nerve in Mouri Kogoro's body——
"It's true...it's here again, this feeling..."
With his hands and feet swaying like an imbalance, Mouri Kogoro's extremely abnormal behavior immediately attracted the attention of Migure Thirteen who was still in the conference room: "Moori brother, are you okay?"
thump!
Sitting down on the ground as if by divine help, with his upper body leaning against the door frame of the conference room, Mouri Kogoro "spoke": "I'm fine, police department, I just suddenly figured out something."
Outside the door, because the hospital staff had already evacuated, Conan, with his bow tied up, stood directly at the door openly. The moment he lowered his head and spoke, an inexplicable light reflected on his lenses.
"You want to understand something?" The doubts on Megure Thirteen's face flashed away, and then his eyes widened: "Brother Maori, do you know that Sayuri Matsumoto——"
"Police Department! Please prepare a few more air mattresses for me and put them downstairs in Building 1 in front of the hospital!"
Suddenly, Katsuki Uehara's slightly breathy voice suddenly came from the silent intercom, interrupting the words that came to Megure Thirteen's mouth.
"Downstairs in Building 1?"
After hearing this, Mu Mu quickly turned his head and looked out the window, and the tall and upright Building 1 came into view. Conan's face outside the door was also stunned, and then he loosened his hands holding the bow-tie voice changer tightly.
Opening the door to the conference room, Megure Thirteen quietly walked in and stood next to Mouri Kogoro.
Did he also react?
"Uehara-kun, do you mean that?!"
"Yes, Sayuri Matsumoto should be in Building 1. To be precise, she is in the cross mark on the rooftop of Building 1!"
On the other end of the intercom, Katsumi Uehara, who ran into Building 1 at the entrance of the hospital, glanced at the elevator with a maintenance sign and decisively chose the stairs.
"The cross sign on the rooftop of Building 1?"
All the police officers who heard Katsuki Uehara's words on the intercom raised their heads and looked in the direction of Building 1. What came into view was the huge cross sign shining brightly in the warm sun——
That is an architectural element found in all hospitals, representing the cross of the hospital.
"As for the notice letter written by the prisoner, I had only deciphered half of it. As soon as [the messenger chosen by God listened to the pious prayers and witnessed the absurd epic once again being staged, in this tragic and sinful world
】The first half of the sentence up to this point."
Katsuki Uehara's breathing became rapid as he strode up the stairs and rushed to the top of the building step by step. He could even hear his own accelerated beating heart in the noisy retrograde motion.
"half?"
With a sullen face, Megure Thirteen signaled several police officers in the conference room to quickly prepare air mattresses as required, and then asked: "Uehara-kun, what you mean is that the prisoner divided the notice letter into two parts, one half symbolizes the location of the bomb, and the other half is
Where is Sayuri Matsumoto hiding?"
"That's right."
Katsuki Uehara nodded, and walked gradually backwards along the stairs to the 9th floor, where the crowds began to shrink. After stopping for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and rushed upward again.
"In fact, [when the blood accompanies the salute to awaken the dead gods, the punishment has already begun; I am the messenger of God, may God have mercy on the world, Amen] These two sentences that I thought were referring to the hospital are actually describing Sayuri's hiding place.
The most critical information.
"The blood refers to the dead, and the salute refers to the bomb explosion. I have considered these before, but I have only ignored one of the most important information - [Awakening the dead gods]."
"Awakening the dead...gods?"
On the balcony of the emergency rescue center, Miwako Sato, holding the walkie-talkie, frowned: "Jesus?"
As an ordinary person who does not believe in Christianity, the first thing she could think of after being reminded was the most famous one in the Christian resurrection legends - the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
"That's right, it's Jesus."
Katsuki Uehara's breathing became more and more rapid and obvious over the intercom: "The Bible records that Jesus was crucified on the cross, but was resurrected on the third day after his death. For this reason, the birth of
A festival dedicated to commemorating this day - Easter.
"This is one of the oldest and most meaningful festivals in Christian history, because it celebrates the resurrection of God Jesus. On Easter, in addition to various activities, there is a type of flowers that are indispensable -
lily."
——?!
"What's Sayuri Matsumoto's name?!" Megure Thirteen slammed the table, his eyes widening like bells!
"Yes, it is Sayuri Matsumoto's name. Of course, there is also her identity and character."
Uehara Katsuki, who once again stopped to rest for a few seconds, raised his head and looked at the empty 19th floor. He gasped and grinned: "Lilies have always been regarded as a symbol of holiness and purity, so they have always been regarded as the "Flower of Resurrection" by Christians.
"As for Sayuri Matsumoto, apart from her name, she happens to be a bride-to-be who is about to enter the sacred marriage hall.
"The prisoner intended to use her as the flower of resurrection to complete the tribute and reference to the resurrection of Jesus in his notice letter. This should be the reason why the prisoner kidnapped Sayuri Matsumoto instead of directly killing her."
"But, in that case, why did he leave that card and the notice letter after kidnapping Sayuri Matsumoto?" Wataru Takagi didn't quite understand.
Since it's so complicated, why bother with it?
"Takagi, according to the Bible, the resurrection of Jesus was witnessed by the official soldiers guarding the tomb and reported to them."
"Official soldiers...you mean, us police officers?!"
"That's right, as the notice said, this guy seems to really think of himself as an envoy of God."
Katsuki Uehara, who finally stepped onto the 21st floor of the top floor, wiped the sweat that had flowed to his chin, and his eyes fell on the stairs leading to the rooftop——
At the door, there is a big sign: Rooftop construction, please do not enter.
"That means?!"
"In other words, Sayuri Matsumoto was on the cross where Jesus was crucified. She was used as a symbol of God's resurrection and was shattered into pieces in the bomb. She was a sacrificial lily.
"In the entire Mihua Central Hospital, the only cross sign that can hold a person is the giant sign on the rooftop of Building 1, facing the main entrance of the hospital."
Putting aside the construction sign blocking the road and ignoring the cordon, Katsuki Uehara pushed open the stairwell door and walked up step by step.
The sound of leather shoes on the steps was so crisp that it clicked.
Soon, a locked iron door appeared in front of Katsuki Uehara.
"In other words, Sayuri Matsumoto should be here."
Uehara Katsumi took out his gun and pointed it at the lock, calmed his disordered breathing, and decisively pulled the trigger!
boom!
The sound of bullets coming out of the barrel instantly reached the cochlea of every policeman through the intercom——
Following closely behind, at the moment when the lock exploded, Uehara Katsumi raised his foot and kicked him!
The rusty iron door collapsed!
"Uehara?!"
The content on the rooftop came into view as the iron door fell, and a woman's figure clearly fell into his vagina.
Katsuki Uehara slowly lowered his feet and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: