Looking at Asami Uchida who was still sleeping, Suzuki Seimei couldn't help clenching her fists.
It was obvious that someone had secretly drugged Asami Uchida, otherwise she would have been awakened by Corgi's barking so loud just now.
And judging from the fax machine and the cake candles directly below, it was obvious that someone wanted to use this method to burn Asami Uchida to death.
"..."
Just when Suzuki Seimei was about to step forward to put out the flames, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Asami Uchida, who was still sleeping.
If Suzuki Seimei puts out the fire now, although Asami Uchida can be saved, there will be no evidence to convict the prisoner.
Rather than letting the prisoner hide in secret and continue to cause trouble, it is better to make the matter bigger directly, then find the prisoner and let him spend his life in prison picking up soap.
After Suzuki Seimei made a decision in her mind, she watched helplessly as the flames ignited the curtains of the villa.
At the same time, in the karaoke hall not far from the villa, everyone was singing happily.
Sawai Manabu, who walked to the window to smoke, looked at the direction of the mountaintop villa casually, and couldn't help shouting: "Look! Is there a fire over there?"
"Wait! Isn't that the villa we rented?"
"What?!"
Hearing this, Sonoko's face suddenly changed, her face turned pale and she said, "Qingming and Miss Asami are still in the villa!"
"Hurry up and call the fire department. Let's go back first!"
Under the leadership of Mouri Kogoro, everyone quickly drove in the rented car and rushed towards the villa.
When everyone rushed to the villa, the entire villa was already in a sea of fire.
"Qingming, Qingming..."
Yuanzi yelled and rushed out of the car, his whole body about to collapse.
If Suzuki Seimei really died in the flames, Sonoko wouldn't know how to go back and explain, and she would feel guilty and blame herself to death.
"Sister Yuanzi, we are here!"
Just as Yuanzi and Mao Lilan were about to rush into the sea of fire to save people, a childish cheer suddenly came from behind them.
Sonoko and the others followed the sound and saw Suzuki Haruaki in front of the woods dozens of meters away, holding Tamaka Kurosaki's hand while waving her little hand towards them.
"That's great, that's great, Qingming, it's great that you're okay!"
Seeing that Suzuki Seimei was safe and sound, Sonoko breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran to him and hugged him in his arms.
It's like finding a lost treasure, holding it tightly!
Mao Lilan didn't see Uchida Asami's figure, and couldn't help but asked with some worry: "Yuhua, where is Asami's sister?"
"Xiaolan, don't worry, Miss Asami is not injured, she is sleeping in the car." Kurosaki Tamaka pointed to the nanny's driveway not far away.
After learning that Asami Uchida was safe and sound, everyone who gathered around breathed a sigh of relief.
Conan glanced at Suzuki Seimei, who was comforting Sonoko, and asked in a childish voice: "Sister Yuhua, what happened? Why did the villa suddenly catch fire?"
Kurosaki Tamaka shook her head and said: "I don't know how the villa caught fire. It was Mr. Long Yi who first discovered something was wrong and took me into the villa and rescued the young master and Miss Asami who were trapped in the living room.
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After hearing Tamaka Kurosaki's words, Manabu Sawai, who had a guilty conscience, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Tamaka Kurosaki and the others had seen the scene where the paper from the fax machine was ignited by the candles on the cake, his modus operandi would have been instantly revealed.
Sawai Manabu just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Suzuki Seimei suddenly say: "Conan, I know how the villa caught fire."
"Qingming, you really saw it, what was the source of the fire?" Conan asked expectantly.
"At that time, I was about to go out to the bathroom, but I found that the fax machine in the hall was on fire. When I ran down from the second floor, the curtains of the villa were already on fire, and then Uncle Long Yi and Sister Yuhua rushed in
Already."
"The fax machine is burning up?"
Mouri Kogoro's expression changed slightly and he asked hurriedly: "Seimei, do you still remember how the fax machine burned up?"
"Um……"
Suzuki Seimei thought for a while and said: "It seems that the fax paper in the fax machine was lit by the candles on the cake. I remember that in front of the fax machine, there was a piece of cake that had not been eaten yet, with candles on it."
"What did you say?!"
When Mouri Kogoro and Conan heard this, their expressions suddenly changed, and their pupils shrank suddenly.
If it is true as Suzuki Seimei said, then this fire was not an accident, but someone deliberately set the fire.
Because the candles on the cake had already been blown out by Uchida Asami, the birthday girl, so even if there were unfinished cakes in the villa, it was impossible to still have candles on top, let alone light the candles.
In other words, someone deliberately inserted candles into the cake, then placed the lit candle cake in front of the fax machine, and used the fax letter to remotely set the fire on fire.
The only person who could use this method of committing crimes could be other people in the villa.
Everyone was singing in the karaoke room just now. People like Sonoko and others who had been staying in the room had no time to commit crimes and could eliminate the suspicion first.
However, there were three other people who left the private room midway, and the murderer should be among these three people.
"Mr. Sawai, Mr. Noguchi, and Miss Tomoko, did you send any faxes when you went to the convenience store just now?"
Faced with Mouri Kogoro's sudden question, Sawai Manabu felt a sudden thought, but on the surface he smiled awkwardly: "Mo... Mr. Mouri, what do you mean? You don't suspect that we set the villa on fire, right?
?”
Mouri Kogoro said with a serious face: "That's right! I am just doubting you. The people who can use this method of committing crimes are among us. Only the three of you have the time to commit crimes."
"Mr. Mori, I just went to the convenience store to buy some snacks. I didn't use the fax machine at all."
Hayasaka Tomoko replied with a clear conscience: "If you don't believe it, you can ask the convenience store owner."
Noguchi Shiba heard this for a long time and then said: "I just bought a few cans of beer and never used the fax machine."
stare--
After listening to what Hayasaka Tomoko and Noguchi Shibahisa said, everyone focused their attention on Sawai Manabu.
"You...don't look at me like that, okay? I did use the fax in the convenience store, but the fax was sent to my friend. He asked me to give him a good copy of the book I wrote recently.
name."
In fact, Manabu Sawai didn't want to admit that he had used faxes at the convenience store, but he only needed to ask the owner of the convenience store to find out about this kind of thing, so there was no point in denying it now, and he could only make friends out of thin air.