At eight o'clock in the evening, in a restaurant near Sumida Canal Bridge.
Shu Yunwen, Tsukamoto Sumi, Koshisui Nanatsuki, Koizumi Anko and others were sitting at a dining table, all of them exhausted.
After a few people ordered their food, the waiter bowed and left. Shu Yunwen stretched himself greatly, and then said: "...Hey, another afternoon of useless work. Our investigation in nearby residential areas is basically useless."
It’s of no use…”
"Is it useless? This is not necessarily the case!" Nanatsuki Koshizui held a notebook in his hand, looked at some of the content written on it, and said with a smile:
"...This afternoon, we visited thirty-six households. Through insinuations, we identified a total of six people, including Taro Foxmoto, who often go for walks on the Sumida Canal Bridge. They are also the most likely to pick up the doll..."
Shu Yunwen rolled his eyes and said, "But we also visited those six people's homes, and there was no trace of the cursed doll at all!"
"It's possible that he didn't put it at home at all, but found another place to hide it." Koshimizu Nanatsuki still insisted, "...after all, neither Yunwen-san nor Koizumi-san can sense the cursed doll now.
, as long as they find a hidden place to hide, such as burying them underground, hiding in sewers, etc., there will be nothing you can do."
"Uh..." Shu Yunwen was speechless.
Well, what the girl from Yueshui said is really right.
The cursed doll is just like an ordinary doll when no one uses it or touches it. Unless you see it with your own eyes, you can't confirm it at all.
As for letting Chengshi sneak into other people's homes to search? Shu Yunwen had issued similar orders, and he had also found a few dolls, but they were obviously not cursed dolls...
"...Detective Yuesui is right. It seems that after we finish eating, it is best to go to those six households and confirm again..." Koizumi Anko voted in favor.
Shu Yunwen curled his lips helplessly: "Okay, let's go look for it after we finish eating..."
"...Hey! But let me declare in advance that the maximum I can find is eleven o'clock. If I stay up all night looking for it, no one can bear it."
"Well, of course." Koizumi Hongzi smiled and nodded, "...but I hope that classmate Yunwen can always carry the cursed doll with him and continue to input witchcraft power into it. In this way, if anyone wants
If you use a cursed doll to commit murder, we can find it right away..."
"...Moreover, cursed dolls most often kill people at night, don't they?"
"Well, that's true." Shu Yunwen nodded and agreed, but with a bitter look on his face——
Hey! Our witchcraft power has been consumed too much, right?
…
At 8:30 in the evening, in the mansion of the Moritani family.
Moritani Teiji and Moritani Zenzan were sitting on the sofa, with tea and cakes on the coffee table. Opposite them were Conan, Uncle Mori, Inspector Megure, Shiratori Rensaburo and others.
Officer Megure said a lot, and finally concluded: "Mr. Moritani Teiji, based on our investigation, the Kurokawa family, Mizushima family, Yasuda family, Akutsu family, etc., which have been successively set on fire recently, are all
The work designed by you, Teiji Moritani; in addition, in today's Toto Ring Bomb incident, one of the bombs was installed on the Sumida Canal Bridge. As far as we know, that was also your work..."
"...In the short period of time recently, so many buildings designed by you have had problems. If it is a coincidence, it is really unlikely..."
Moritani Zenzan looked shocked: "Officer Megure, what do you mean to say...my father is being targeted?"
"It's very possible." Officer Megure nodded solemnly, "...we speculate that there should be someone who has a grudge against Mr. Moritani Teiji and deliberately selected the buildings designed by Mr. Moritani to destroy them in order to achieve the purpose of revenge.
.”
"...Mr. Moritani, in your impression, do you have any enemies?"
"An enemy?" Moritani Teiji's expression remained unchanged, with a pipe in his mouth, and he thought, "...I am usually kind to people, and I basically don't quarrel with others. If I want to say that I am an enemy, please forgive me.
Unbelievable..."
Moritani Zenzan also said: "My father is right. Anyone who knows my father can testify to this."
Conan kid held his chin with his hand and came up with an idea: "If he is not an enemy, is it possible that he is someone who is jealous of Mr. Moritani? As long as we analyze it, we will find that the prisoner did not attack Mr. Moritani, but
The purpose was to destroy the building designed by Mr. Moritani, so is it possible that the prisoner was a colleague of Mr. Moritani?”
"...That person may want to destroy Mr. Moritani's reputation, so he keeps destroying the works designed by Mr. Moritani..."
"My colleagues? Are you jealous of me?" Moritani Teiji laughed, "If that's the case, there's no way to find them. I'm one of the most famous designers in Japan, and there are countless people who are jealous of me.
Come……"
"Ahem...that's true..." Uncle Maoli frowned.
Conan kid asked: "Don't you have any doubtful candidates?"
"No, I really can't think of who it could be..." Moritani Teiji shook his head.
"Is that so..." Conan narrowed his eyes, and then suddenly said, "By the way, Mr. Moritani. Assuming that our inference is correct, the prisoner's next target is very likely to be the building you designed. So.
, if it’s convenient for you, could you let us visit your exhibition room?”
"I remember that your exhibition room seems to have photos of all the buildings you designed, right?"
Officer Megure, Uncle Mouri and others were stunned for a moment, and then nodded together - it seems that this really makes sense~
Moritani Teiji was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile and said: "This is no problem. However, I am a little sleepy now. I want to take a rest first, so let my son Shanshan take you there."
"I'm really sorry to trouble you." Conan, Mumu and others bowed to express their thanks.
…
Nine o'clock in the evening.
In a restaurant near Sumida Canal Bridge.
After Shu Yunwen and the others finished eating, they sat on their seats and rested for a while. Then they saw Koizumi Hongzi stand up: "Let's go, let's go look for it again. I'm really sorry that I have caused so much trouble to you all."
What a hassle."
"You're welcome, Koizumi-san..."
Shu Yunwen and the others were talking, walked out of the restaurant, waved to stop a taxi, and were about to get in. Suddenly, Shu Yunwen felt that the Tongxin doll he had been holding in his left hand seemed to move.
Shu Yunwen was slightly startled, and quickly took out the Tongxin doll. After a closer look, he saw a light transparent line on the wrist of one hand of the Tongxin doll. The light transparent line extended from the wrist.
Pointing into the distance, as if the other end is tied somewhere...
"Yunwen-kun, what's wrong with you?" Tsukamoto Shumei saw Shu Yunwen stopped and asked strangely.
Shu Yunwen looked at the Tongxin doll in his hand and said softly: "...It's nothing. It looks like we don't need to go to the Sumida Canal Bridge."