The scene was quickly taken over by firefighters and police.
After the fire was extinguished, two incomplete charred corpses were taken out of the fire. The corpse in the driver's seat had strange-looking pendants on its legs. In the surveillance video, Kiichiro Numabuchi was wearing something like this. Decorated trousers.
Although it is not certain that it is him, it is almost certain. Anyway, in the eyes of the two detectives, Numabuchi Kiichiro was always just a cannon fodder who was pushed out.
Hattori Heiji took a deep breath of the burnt-smelling air, returned to the passenger seat, and looked down at the photo from the driving training class.
As of now, not a single person is left, they are all dead.
This should also mean the end of the case.
Next to him, Sakata Yusuke was lying on the steering wheel, tilting his head as if catching up on his sleep.
But Hattori Heiji saw a few wads of tissues thrown at his feet, and there was still a faint sound of blowing his nose.
"Hey." Hattori Heiji stared at Coach Inaba in the photo, peered at his face through the old marks, and then looked at the back of Sakata Yusuke's head next to him.
He really wanted to say something, and he also had a lot of questions to ask.
But when the words came to my mouth, I felt that although the police officer had many secrets in his heart, he also looked confused.
...Forget it.
What's the point of being confused? You still have to investigate the case yourself.
...Although he doesn't know where to start yet.
…
Through comparison of tooth profiles, the bodies in the car were identified as Councilor Goji and Kiichiro Numabuchi.
In view of a series of evidence obtained previously, this series of cases was concluded as Numabuchi Kiichiro committed suicide after committing murder.
Although Yusuke Sakata did not kill anyone, he did interfere with the investigation.
He originally hesitated to surrender, but when he spoke, he suddenly felt that doing so might betray his teammates.
After all, he has worked as a detective for so many years, and he is the one who hid Numabuchi Kiichiro. Sakata Yusuke knows the situation of Numabuchiro Kiichiro best.
He knew that without help, Numabuchi Kiichiro would not be able to see through his plan and come over to help.
Therefore, there must be someone else coercing Numabuchi Kiichiro to complete this revenge.
——That’s right, after waiting for several days after the case was closed, without receiving any threats or blackmails, Sakata Yusuke finally felt that the person who rushed to kill people in front of him did not seem to have any ill intentions towards him, and was just doing it for Toru Inaba. Cure revenge.
Maybe it was one of my father's friends. He had been hesitating before, but then he noticed his desire for revenge, so he took action in advance... Could it be some big shot in the police station?
Yusuke Sakata speculated for a long time without coming to a conclusion. In the end, he said nothing. He just submitted his resignation and planned to take the risk to expose the truth of the incident twenty years ago.
Although this may be suspected of being related to the murder case, as long as you keep silent, no one will be able to trace the enthusiastic police boss.
With this in mind, Sakata Yusuke was ready to contact the media.
However, when he went out to buy newspapers and periodicals, intending to look for contact information for submissions, he saw a big headline hanging on the page:
"Shocked! Murderer Miichiro Numabuchi left a recorded last message - a drunk driving accident twenty years ago actually led to today's bloody murder"
...the title is as lacking in quality as ever.
But the information contained in it shocked Yusuke Sakata.
He bought a newspaper, found a random place after leaving the store, hid it and read it.
After reading it, Sakata Yusuke couldn't control his tears.
The majority of the tears were the emotion of a stranger helping him and the joy of having his great revenge avenged.
There is also a little regret.
... He had carefully prepared for so long and came up with so many murderous methods and plans, but in the end, none of them were of any use.
What on earth is he here to do?
…
Before the vehicle crashed into the cliff, Shiraishi took advantage of Sotahiro's view being blocked by the car seat and released Kiichiro Numabuchi, who was still anesthetized.
He himself put away the elf ball, changed into the form of a cat, and returned directly to his true body the moment no one saw him.
When the Poke Ball is filled with people, the backpack cannot be taken back, but it can be empty.
Shiraishi opened his eyes in Linshi hospital and saw a group of cute nurses, and then received a stack of not-so-cute bills.
Fortunately, he is not actually ill, and the medical expenses are not much different than staying in a high-end hotel.
Shiraishi made up the experience of running down the mountain and reported the case.
The local police station heard the description of "the deceased had a wallet stuck in his chest" and immediately connected him with the missing witness in the next city.
At present, almost everyone believes that the murderer is Numabuchi Kiichiro.
Shiraishi was not suspected by the police here and was only regarded as an innocent witness who had witnessed one of the murders.
After being discharged from the hospital, Shiraishi returned to Osaka City and obtained the mobile phone he had previously stored with Kanaya's boss from the police station there.
Mao Lilan came over after hearing the news and was very excited when she saw her neighbor alive. She ran back and forth to help Shiraishi get snacks and water.
When talking about how he escaped, Shiraishi said that the woods were too dark and he quickly got lost after entering. It is estimated that Numabuchi Kiichiro behind him also got lost, but he was not caught up anyway.
After that, he groped all the way down the mountain and fell asleep on the side of the road. When he woke up, he was in the hospital. Maybe a kind passerby called an ambulance for him.
Mao Lilan praised him for his good luck.
Hattori Heiji didn't come over, he pulled Conan to the side, still feeling weird: "Don't you think the time when he disappeared and appeared was too coincidental?"
Conan thought for a moment: "I think it's okay."
Although so many people died, the actual span of the case was only two or three days.
In such a small amount of time, let alone hiking down the mountain, if Shiraishi exerted his extraordinary strength, he could sleep all the time just by sleeping.
And Conan believes that Shiraishi will not be the mastermind:
"Didn't you confirm with the people in Toyonaka City that Shiraishi was found near the police station around early this morning and has been in the hospital since then? Many people can testify to this. He cannot be the real murderer."
In addition, Conan has other speculations: the black cat should be busy looking for someone, which can also be ruled out for the time being.
As for the mute...that is purely conjecture without evidence.
Moreover, according to the speculation that the black cat allows the cat to find people freely, the mastermind behind the scenes does not need to beat the black cat at all. As long as he can beat the cat, he can satisfy the condition of "locking the cat under the basin".
Maybe it's a local criminal from Osaka...
Hattori Heiji didn't know what Conan was thinking. He had never seen a mask other than a cat, and his attention was all on Shiraishi.
Considering that Shiraishi's alibi was indeed sufficient, Hattori Heiji finally agreed that this was just a coincidence.
The Sherlock Holmes trip was ruined, and the case has been temporarily solved. Although Conan is very interested in the mastermind behind the scenes, he is just a dependent child now, and he cannot stay in Osaka forever.
He originally wanted to ask Shiraishi about the case, mainly because he wanted Shiraishi to ask the black cat for him.
But if you think about it carefully, if the black cat doesn't know anything, then of course he can't ask anything.
And if Black Cat knew the secret behind this matter, he might not tell Shiraishi. Black Cat didn't say anything about the mute before.
...Forget it. We can't ask for valuable information, and we won't trouble Shiraishi for worthless information. Let's let him rest for a while. Shiraishi has been too unlucky recently.
…
Shiraishi was still waiting for Conan to come over and ask questions, and he had already made up his excuse.
Unexpectedly, Conan didn't say anything in the end. He just looked at him sympathetically before leaving and told him that there was a temple near Osaka that was said to be very effective in exorcising evil spirits.
Shiraishi almost lost his gentle expression.
You have no idea who should exorcise evil spirits.
He nodded, saying that they would go to the shrine together when they had time, and said goodbye to the three of them.
…
Haibara Ai stayed at Miyano Akemi's house these days. She went shopping every day to catch up on dramas and eat snacks. She didn't watch the news, and she didn't encounter any murder cases. She was in a very good mood.
However, Miyano Akemi still has to work part-time and is busy taking exams for a new school. Although Haibara Ai still wants to live there, she is too embarrassed to disturb others for such a long time.
She made an appointment to come back next time, and she planned to return to Tokyo with Shiraishi.