When Suzuki Seimei and others arrived at the scene of the murder, dozens of melon-eaters had gathered around them, as well as several police officers standing outside the cordon to maintain order.
"The victim's fatal injury should be a stab wound to the abdomen."
The police officer from the forensics department made a preliminary inspection of the victim's body, then turned to the police officer beside him and said, "Officer Henggou, this murder method is very similar to the murder method a year ago."
"A serial murder case?"
Officer Henggou, who had a Chinese character face and coral hair, heard this and said solemnly: "Can the victim's time of death be determined?"
"The estimated time of death was between eight and nine o'clock last night, that is, after the fireworks display."
When Yuanzi heard this, he couldn't help shouting: "No way!"
"Yuanzi, what's wrong with you?"
"Xiaolan, have you forgotten? Didn't we take a shortcut back to the hotel from here after watching the fireworks show last night?"
"Yes!"
"How scary! Maybe when we passed by here last night, the murderer was hiding in these woods."
Sonoko, who had a vague foreboding, said with a pale face: "And the woman who was killed had brown hair like me. The murderer's next target might be me."
Seeing Yuanzi's frightened look, Mao Lilan hugged her shoulders and comforted her: "What are you thinking about? It is absolutely impossible for you to become the target of a murderer. Even if a murderer really wants to attack you,
I will also protect you."
"Xiaolan, you are the best!"
When thinking of the scene of Mao Lilan knocking down a telephone pole with one punch, Yuanzi suddenly felt a sense of security and was no longer afraid.
After hearing the conversation between Yuanzi and Mao Lilan, Taoist Masahiko's face turned a little ugly.
Now that Sonoko has recalled what happened when they passed by the neighborhood last night, she might think of the photos she took yesterday.
If there is really evidence against Dao Xie Masahiko in the photo, it would be very bad.
"Um?"
Haiyuan Ai, who was secretly observing the surroundings, suddenly frowned slightly with his cute eyebrows, and his eyes fell on a middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap and with thick hair on both arms.
"Xiao Ai, what's wrong with you?" Suzuki Qingming asked curiously after noticing Haihara Ai's strange behavior.
Haihara Ai pointed at the suspicious man and said, "Have you seen that fat man? He seemed to be in the restaurant just now, and he had been staring at Sister Yuanzi and the others."
Looking in the direction of Haibara Ai's finger, Suzuki Seimei also saw the suspicious man and found that he was indeed staring at Sonoko and the others secretly.
wrong!
To be more precise, the man wearing the peaked cap should be staring at Tao Xie Masahiko!
Because Suzuki Haruaki knew that Dokyo Masahiko was not a good person, so when he saw this vicious-looking man in a peaked cap, he did not preconceptions that he was a bad person, but instead quickly thought of his true identity.
Suzuki Seimei thought to himself: "Plainclothes police? It seems that the police here are not so incompetent."
No matter how incompetent the police in the island country are, they must have noticed that Dao Xie Masahiko and the brown-haired woman who was killed a year ago were actually boyfriend and girlfriend.
Now that another brown-haired woman has been murdered, and Taoist Masahiko happens to appear nearby, the police will inevitably suspect him.
Therefore, it is normal to send a plainclothes policeman to secretly monitor Dao Xie Masahiko to see if he can collect evidence that he committed the crime.
After Suzuki Seimei guessed the identity of the man in the peaked hat, he turned to Haibara Ai with a smile and comforted him: "Xiao Ai, don't worry, I think that uncle is not a bad person."
"Qingming, why do you think he is not a bad person?" Conan couldn't help but interject after hearing this.
Suzuki Seimei said seriously: "Because that uncle gave me a feeling very similar to that of Officer Matsumoto."
"Looks like Officer Matsumoto?"
A look of surprise flashed in Conan's eyes, he touched his chin and said, "Could it be that this person is..."
"Who is Officer Matsumoto?"
Haibara Ai had never seen Officer Matsumoto and cast an inquiring look at Suzuki Seimei.
"Police Officer Matsumoto's full name is Matsumoto Kiyonaga. He is Officer Megure's boss. He looks very serious and looks more like a gangster."
"You mean, that man might be a policeman, so why is he staring at Sister Sonoko and the others?"
Suzuki Seimei said somewhat meaningfully: "Who told you that the people he was staring at were Sister Sonoko and Sister Xiaolan?"
"Could it be that the person he is staring at is actually..."
"Huh? Aren't these Xiaoran and Sonoko? So you guys came to Izu to play too!"
Before Haiyuan Ai could finish speaking, Officer Henggou suddenly waved and walked over, asking expectantly: "Is Mr. Maoli here too?"
"No, only the five of us came to play together this time. My father didn't come with us."
Seeing Officer Henggou's expectant look, Mao Lilan shook his head in embarrassment.
Officer Yokomou's full name is Sengo Yokomou, and he is a detective in the Investigation Section 1 of the Criminal Division of the Saitama Prefecture Police Headquarters.
A few months ago, when police officer Henggou was investigating the "Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Incident", he happened to meet Mouri Kogoro and his friends who were traveling there. With the help of Moori Kogoro, they successfully caught the real murderer.
It is precisely because of this that Officer Yokomori has become a fan of Kogoro Mouri, and considers himself to be Kogoro Moori's number one disciple.
"Five people?"
Hearing this, Officer Henggou subconsciously glanced at Maolilan and the others, and couldn't help but said strangely: "Aren't there six of you?"
"Officer Henggou, Mr. Dao Xie is our new friend, he didn't come with us." Mao Lilan waved his hand.
"I see, I misunderstood."
In the middle of his words, Officer Henggou couldn't help but asked with some doubts: "Huh? Sir, have we met somewhere?"
"I think you got the wrong person, sir? I don't remember where I saw you?"
Faced with the inquiry from police officer Henggou, Tao Xie Masahiko's heart suddenly trembled, but he smiled calmly on the surface: "Um... Sonoko, I still have some things to deal with, so I'll leave first, and I'll drive to pick you up in the evening.
you."
"Bye~"
Looking at the leaving figure of Dao Xie Masahiko, Sonoko waved her hands with a look on her face.
"There's something wrong with this guy!"
Seeing this, Conan and Haihara Ai narrowed their eyes unconsciously.
If the man wearing the peaked cap just now was really a plainclothes policeman secretly monitoring Dao Xie Masahiko.
Well, the way Taoist Masahiko was so anxious to leave after seeing Officer Henggou really seemed to be a guilty conscience.