Realizing that he had mistakenly admitted the person, Hattori Heiji was embarrassed and quickly explained: "We are looking for a detective with a suit and a mustache who looks a little silly..."
And when Karasawa and the two heard what Hattori Heiji said, they unanimously covered their faces and couldn't bear to look at the scene behind them.
Because just when Hattori Heiji and Kazuha ran to the gate of the stables, Mouri Kogoro and three others walked over from the side of the street, and happened to meet Karazawa and the others.
As soon as they met, everyone naturally exchanged pleasantries. Although Karasawa and the two had expected it, Mouri Kogoro and the others only learned from Ryuubi that Hattori Heiji might be here, but they did not expect that Karasawa and Koshimizu Nanatsuki were also there.
Hattori Heiji and the other two ran faster, and because of the distance, they didn't notice the arrival of Mouri Kogoro at all.
On the way, Karasawa also told Kogoro Mori and the others why he and Nanatsuki Koshizu came here. Conan and others also knew that Nanatsuki Koshizu had been admitted to the criminal justice system and was now interning at a criminal school.
After that, the four of Karasawa came to the stable, and happened to hear what Hattori Heiji said in a panic as he explained.
This is really a good example of saying bad things and being caught by the real owner. It’s embarrassing just to put it in...
"A detective with a suit hair and a mustache who looks a little silly~!"
Mouri Kogoro gritted his teeth and looked at Hattori Heiji and the two, and said with a smile: "Do you look like me?!"
Speaking of this, he looked down at Hattori and Heiji who turned around hurriedly, causing the two of them to wave their hands in denial: "No! No!"
But unfortunately, these words were not convincing at all, and Mouri Kogoro still had an unhappy expression.
"He Ye! Long time no see!"
Just when the two of them were able to squeeze out three bedrooms and one living room with their awkward toes, Xiaolan happily ran over to help them out.
Kazuha happily hugged her best friend after seeing her, while Hattori Heiji on the side showed a smile to Conan.
Conan looked at the group of six people around him and showed a "hehe" expression. Unexpectedly, a small commission actually allowed the three of them to gather together.
"Hey, who is that fierce guy in the room?" Mouri Kogoro raised his chin and asked Hattori Heiji who was the man with pigtails in the room.
"I don't know him either. He was already there when he came." Hattori Heiji replied forgetting to look inside the room.
"I am Yamato Gansuke from the Nagano Prefecture headquarters in charge of this case."
The man took out his criminal certificate, revealed his identity, and explained: "In addition, I am here because I want to ask this lady about something."
After explaining, Yamato Gansuke ignored the people on the side and turned to look at Yui Torada and said: "Okay, madam, let me ask you again, was there that thing six years ago? Or not?"
"Didn't I tell you that I'm not in the mood to answer your questions now?" Yui Torada said dissatisfied.
But this sentence seemed to annoy Yamato Gansuke. He grabbed Yui Torada by the collar and angrily said: "This is a matter of life and death. Don't use that boring mood to prevaricate me. Answer me quickly."
still none!?"
This rough interrogation method was obviously not what a criminal should do, but it was unexpectedly useful to the woman in front of him.
Being scolded by Yamato Gansuke, Torada Yui seemed to be shocked and turned her head to the side: "Okay... I know..."
Torada Yui broke away from Yamato Gansuke's hand that grabbed his collar, covered his chest and recalled: "I remember that there were no dead centipedes placed near the body at that time.
There was only one dead horse and the emaciated remains that fell into the cliff with the horses."
"Yeah, sorry to bother you."
Yamato Gansuke turned around and left after hearing this without any hesitation.
Everyone made way for him, but Tang Ze stopped him after he went out: "Excuse me, what does the centipede here represent?"
"I can't say for sure at the moment."
Yamato Gansuke glanced at Karasawa and said: "But what I am sure of is that if the case cannot be solved quickly, I am afraid that corpses will continue to appear in the future.
Just like the chaotic battlefield of the Warring States Period."
Speaking of this, Yamato Gansuke looked at Karasawa and said: "You are the "criminal" from Tokyo. Although I will not object to resisting your intervention in the case, cooperation is not necessary. Let's go our separate ways."
"That's fine."
Karasawa was not surprised that the other party recognized him. After all, Yamato Gansuke was the criminal in charge of this case. Suddenly, the superiors wanted to send someone to investigate the case he was handling. The superiors here had to inform him because of the circumstances.
And Karasawa is also a celebrity, especially since they are both in the same police system. It is easy for Yamato Gansuke to know his face.
And it was only natural for Karasawa to make suggestions.
Even if he recognized the other party, he was an important supporting role and could not participate in this case. However, since the other party had no intention of cooperating, Tang Ze would not "get hot on his face but cold on his butt." He relied on his own strength to investigate the case.
When Yamato Gansuke left, Mouri Kogoro and Karasawa revealed their identities. Because they were both invited by Torada Naotobu, the father-in-law of the other party, Torada Yui did not fail to cooperate.
The group of people came to the living room of Torada Shigeji's house and began to exchange and sort out their respective information.
"Well...the two recent cases have something in common: the bodies of centipedes were placed around the deceased, and they were also found to be people close to the deceased."
Mouri Kogoro clasped his arms and said: "But what is concerning is the case of Kai Jinto, who died after an accident while practicing horseback archery six years ago.
But this should be just a simple accident, and it should have nothing to do with the two murder cases that occurred in recent years."
"Indeed." Hattori Heiji held his chin and said, "And no centipede corpse was found around him."
"Of course, this premise is that Torada Yui's testimony is true." Karasawa looked at Torada Yui aside and said.
"I can confirm at this point that there were no centipede bodies next to the remains."
Yui Torada clasped his arms and said: "But if we just look at it as a matter of not rescuing someone, it might be the same as the first case in which my husband passed away."
Everyone was startled when they heard what Torada Yui said. Hattori Heiji couldn't help but be surprised and said: "You will die without saving anything?"
"But didn't Mr. Kai Hikento fall to his death from a cliff?" Mouri Kogoro asked in surprise.
"As I said before, the body I found was very emaciated."
Yui Torada said this with some seriousness: "Perhaps when I fell from the cliff, my body was cushioned by hitting tree branches and rocks, so it was not fatal immediately.
Although his white kyudo uniform was stained with blood, indicating that he was seriously injured due to those impacts, the real cause of Mr. Kai's death was starvation."
"Hungry, starved to death?!"
Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but feel a little palpitated when he heard this cause of death, because a person who was starved to death must have experienced tremendous pain and torture during his lifetime.
"That's right... not only is it impossible to stand because of a broken waist, but the place where he fell is also dark. No one would pass directly under that cliff in normal times."
Torada Yui closed her eyes when she said this, as if she couldn't bear to talk about this cruel reality: "By the time I was discovered, it was already a week later."
"A week?" Hattori Heiji frowned when he heard this: "Not only the people but also the horses fell together, and they haven't been found for a week?"
"Have you searched carefully?" Mouri Kogoro also looked suspicious.
"Of course I searched carefully!"
Faced with the two people's doubts, Torada Yui looked angry: "Whether it was the criminals or the villagers in the village, everyone was mobilized.
Search for Gento Kai's whereabouts day and night, because everyone admires Kai as a patrolman!"
"Inspection?" Xiaolan couldn't help being slightly surprised when she heard what the other party said: "Is he also a criminal?"
"That's right, Inspector Kai works at the branch office in this village."
Torada Yui nodded and said: "He is a person with a strong sense of justice, and he is very kind and kind in dealing with others.
In this circle, no one has ever said anything bad about him, and because of this, when he disappeared, everyone in the village went out to find his whereabouts."
"But if that's the case, then why couldn't he be found for a whole week?" Mouri Kogoro asked puzzled.
"I think it might be because of the fallen leaves." Shigeji Torada heard this and said, "Mr. Kai fell off the cliff because there were too many trees around him.
The fallen leaves of the trees covered him, and the body was actually buried until it was blown away by the wind.
My brother Yoshiro's body fell on a rock with a better view, so I found it easily."
"At that time, did everyone in the village immediately go looking for someone?" Conan asked from the side.
"No, we started looking for my brother after dawn." Shigeji Torada explained: "It was because my brother hadn't come home yet, so we started taking action."
"Didn't you happen to find Yilang's body on the way to the cave?"
But after hearing what Shigeji Torada said, Yui Torada on the side asked him unceremoniously.
"Okay... I guess so..." Shigeji Torada shook his body and said a little weakly.
"Excuse me, what is the cave you two are talking about?" Tangze became interested in the cave after hearing what they said, and they all asked.
But unexpectedly, Karasawa's question triggered a fierce reaction from Shigeji Torada. He hurriedly waved his hands and explained: "This is just a simulated adventure of finding treasures. It's just my personal hobby!"
"What a hobby!"
Just as Shigeji Torada finished speaking, the sliding door behind him suddenly opened, revealing the figures of Torada and his wife.
Torada Naobu walked into the room and looked at his only son, with undisguised disgust on his face:
"You are such an old man, but you don't work hard and you only indulge in those unrealistic fantasies. Our Torada family has been completely disgraced by you!"
"Shigeji, you have to be more upbeat!" Tatsuei Torada looked at his son and said earnestly: "Now the heir of the Torada family can only be you, you have to be upbeat, you know?"
Faced with his mother's preaching, Torada Shigeji couldn't resist like he did with his father, so he could only bow his head and respond.
"I didn't expect that the two of them knew each other. It would have saved me a lot of trouble. The case of the two of them collaborating to kill my son must have been easily caught."
Torada Naobu looked at Karasawa and Mouri Kogoro with expectant eyes: "I wonder what you two have discovered?"
"Well..."
Mouri Kogoro, who had no experience in close combat, felt a little guilty when asked about his progress by his client, but he still said: "After Mr. Koji of the Ryuubi family was killed, there were centipede corpses similar to your son's near the body.
I wonder if you can think of any interesting information about this?"
"Speaking of Mr. Koji... It seems that I often met and talked with him privately before my husband passed away." Yui Torada said while touching her chin.
"Secret conversation?" Hattori Heiji heard the words and asked: "Do you know what the specific content is?"
"It seems to be talking about whether to go or not..." Yui Torada said not sure.
"I have also heard about this matter."
On the side, Naobu Torada confirmed what Yui Torada said: "I heard the two of them said that they planned to find a time to meet the one-eyed criminal named Yamato soon.
He even said that something big might happen, so you have to be mentally prepared."
"What did you say!?" Hattori Heiji was surprised when he heard this.
"Did you ask them what they were going to do?" Tang Ze asked.
"That's not true... Even if I asked him, Yoshiro just said that this matter cannot be disclosed for the time being..." Tatsuei Torada sighed: "If he had told us, maybe we wouldn't be in such a helpless situation...
"
"Then let's go to the Tatsumi family to inquire about the situation." Tangze stood up and suggested: "Since it was a conspiracy between two people, maybe the Tatsumi family knows something."
"Ah, then go ahead, I'll show you the way."
Hattori Heiji directly took over this task, and then looked at Xiaolan and Kazuha: "You two just stay here with this sister."
"Eh? Take us there too!" Heye said dissatisfiedly: "Sister Yueshui has already gone!"
"Idiot, we are here to investigate the case, not to visit relatives and friends. If you go there, you will only cause trouble." Hattori Heiji waved his hand, and finally rejected the plan to let the two of them follow.
"We will be back soon." Mouri Kogoro on the side also had the same attitude: "Just wait a moment."
Although Xiaolan and the two were unwilling to see this, they could only wait honestly.
Karasawa and his party followed Hattori Heiji to Ryuubi's home.
Because Hattori Heiji was originally invited by the Tatsuo family through a relationship, Hattori Heiji, after chatting with them and explaining the current situation, asked them important questions that they were concerned about.