Chapter 808 Chinese Valentine's Day
"...The names of the victims you gave me do match the survivors on the sixth floor of the fire. The number of passengers in the elevator is indeed 7."
< br>"Sure enough. I guess the last two residents on the sixth floor should be named Nanako Motoami and Kosuke Mizutani?"
"Not bad, it seems you already have an idea, Kudo."< br>
“Without me, I wouldn’t ask you to skip class to help me investigate these...”
Having said this, Conan slowly exhaled.
Some heavy shadows pressing behind this matter seem to have poked their heads out again at this moment.
"One of these dead people is a hidden member of the organization. I have sent you the information, what do you think?"
Close the notebook in his hand, Hattori Heiji heard His voice was obviously low, and after thinking for a while, he did not take the initiative to answer.
He knew that if Kudo would say this, it meant that he had already discovered some clues in his own investigation. He was not looking for answers or approval now, but more wanted to find someone to talk to.
"University professors, restaurant chefs, parliamentary secretaries, IT staff... To be honest, until this moment, I didn't realize that the members of the black organization I had come into contact with were from so many professions." Conan closed the door lightly. Eyes, "When I saw this information and knew that it was related to the organization, my first reaction was, could they all be the same?"
After starting to investigate the organization for so long, in addition to gin and vodka, There are action people who always seem to be working for the organization, while others have careers in all walks of life.
From ordinary programmers to wealthy businessmen, even people who have nothing to do with the organization for the time being, when they have some use value, there will naturally be people who use fame and fortune to seduce them and let them use them. The value is realized.
These guys popping out of the shadows suddenly will always aggravate his doubts time and time again, making people become suspicious.
"Of course, my reason quickly told me that this was unrealistic. What's more, how could a real member of the organization continue to send flowers to Nanako because of her death? It's not like I could feel at ease. People who seek illegal gains." Conan raised his head and looked at the sky above his head.
It was cloudy in Chiba County at the moment, with thin clouds blocking the sunlight, and a faint gray-blue color floated throughout his field of vision.
But if it weren’t for this serial murder case, the person among them might have continued to get promoted and raised his salary step by step, to a higher position, to a more critical position. And then...
Then also becoming part of the huge root system of that organization.
Just like Akechi Goro.
If it weren’t for Karasawa’s relationship, this person might not have had the chance to step onto the stage and become a detective. But when he really stepped out, his identity was already the same as that of the ordinary detective he had just arrived in Japan. Very different.
Relying on his intelligence and intelligence, he also took advantage of his father's death and Pisco's death to move up step by step, gradually becoming a frequent guest on TV cameras and the darling of social media...
Hattori Heiji blinked, Timely interrupting his subsequent divergence.
"There is no need to think so much now. Compared to this, I found a good store in Kyoto this time. Next time, you and Karasawa come to try Kudo."
Toru Adachi, Goro Akechi, the shadow that is coming again, the pressure of the approaching crisis...
Kudo, this guy, has been a little too tight lately.
The truth is likely to be forever submerged in darkness, and there are always some things that are destined to never be fully understood.
Because of this, those who pursue the truth cannot easily extinguish their own lights.
"Okay, I'll give it a try." After recovering from his divergent thoughts, Conan raised a smile on his lips.
“It’s a deal.”
After hanging up the phone, Conan lowered his head.
At this moment, he had just finished his conversation with Kazuki Honami and was sitting by the railing in front of Honami's house.
Today is the death anniversary of Nanako Motojo, the day when the youngest child of the family died. The whole house and the guests coming in and out can only see black and white, and there is a heavy feeling of haze.
He saw the bouquet at his feet at a glance.
A solitary handful of white chrysanthemums was wrapped in plastic paper and leaned quietly against the door.
This was undoubtedly left by Kosuke Mizutani, and according to Kazuki Motogami’s records, if the murderer hadn’t killed the other survivors on the day of the fire one by one, this place might have been filled with gifts for them and their families. Flowers and souvenirs came.
Hattori Heiji mentioned that there might be a limit on the number of people in the elevator due to the damage to the escape ladder during the escape. When the eighth passenger got on the elevator, he pushed out the thin Nanako Honami as a victim, and this person was probably the one being killed next to him. Jinno Shuhei put down a tube.
He doesn’t think so.
Although saying this may look down on human nature, the fact is that guilt is also a negative emotion, and all negative emotions are instinctive that a person does not want to face or face.
If the victims have done something wrong, they may feel sad or blame themselves for the girl they killed in the first few months. As time goes by, the brain trying to escape this emotion will work hard to They forget about this life-threatening matter, and it may even deepen into disgust and fear. This kind of precedent has been seen frequently in previous cases.
The emotions that may be beautified and deepened step by step over time must be positive.
The emotion was more likely to be one of gratitude than guilt.
Nako Nanako, since her brother said she is such a cute and kind girl who deserves all the praise, will she be the one to take the initiative to stand up in such an occasion where one person is destined to be left behind? Where are the victims?
Conan thinks the answer is yes.
If it were him or Xiaolan, they would probably make a similar decision and then find a way to escape.
If you infer this, then the biggest problem is...
Conan looked steadily at Kazuki Honami, who was standing at the door and bowing meticulously after seeing off the guests, and narrowed his eyes.
I hope everything is not what he thought.
It is actually a very sad thing for a brother who loves his sister deeply to deprive him of the lives of the people his sister saved with his life, and also to wipe out those good intentions and possibilities that remain in the world.
Putting up his schoolbag, Conan was about to leave, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught something Mizutani Kosuke had sandwiched in the bouquet.
A pure white envelope, and a silver metal pendant.
The pendant of the Big Dipper and the Morning Star...
Conan slowly opened his eyes, and some similar patterns automatically overlapped and compared in his mind. Immediately, he took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Hey, Haiyuan! Is it convenient for you to use the computer now? Please help me compare the connections between these addresses on the map..."
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"What? On Chinese Valentine's Day three years ago, all the victims were in Kyoto?!" Kogoro Mori almost choked, "Didn't the previous investigation of such an important matter find out?"
"Mainly three years It's a bit troublesome to investigate the previous travel and travel records, and we also chose to start tracking the itinerary because we failed to find any results in terms of interpersonal relationships." Shiratori Rensaburo answered calmly.
Actually, it was because the previous unlucky fugitive suspect provided the tip of Dorobiga Park, which reminded them to investigate the consumption records of the deceased.
As for other records, it is difficult to find out the overlap after such a long time, but credit card consumption is much easier to check.
"Not only did they appear in Kyoto at the same time, but a more accurate description is that everyone stayed in the same hotel called Vega around Tanabata three years ago." Wataru Takagi, who distributed the information, took over. , took the initiative to say, "We are contacting the police in Kyoto to ask them if anything happened in this hotel. I think something must have happened three years ago that made these people contact each other."
"Three years ago, Kyoto." Ireland leaned back in his chair and replied weakly, "I know, there was a fire."
"Fire?! Vega Hotel? !" Everyone looked at him in unison.
"Oh, I almost forgot, you worked in Kyoto before." Sato Miwako looked at him sideways and said coldly.
Yes, if you weren't working in Kyoto, how could you have the chance to hurt Tang Zejun.
Ireland wanted to roll his eyes at this policewoman who had been targeting him for the entire round, but he no longer had the extra emotion to deal with her and just continued: "This matter was a big deal at the time. There was a problem with the fire protection and two people were burned to death.”
After searching for Kazuki Motogami and Kosuke Mizutani who might have killed Shindo Sumire all day long, he found no results. He was in no mood to argue with these policemen.
In this regard, Karasawa, who used his own name to make reservations for Mizutani Kosuke and used Noah to prevent the tracking and positioning of certain phone calls, could only express his hidden merit and fame.
“Do you know the name of the deceased?” Mumu Shisan stood up immediately.
“I don’t remember, check the news, there must be reports.”
So soon, the newspaper news investigated by Conan was put on the projector , displayed in front of everyone.
"Nanako, nurse, was still very young when she died..." The policemen looked at the cute and smiling girl in the black and white newspaper photo, and most of them became sensitive.
She is younger than all the victims in this case, and she seems to have a gentle and talkative character. This kind of person can easily become a victim in a scenario of fleeing for survival.
Soon, a call back from Kyoto confirmed this.
“The girl who died in the fire was Nanako Benjo. Her boyfriend had inquired about the details of this case two years ago. In addition, the high school detective Hattori Heiji from Osaka was also involved in the two cases. I asked about the same news an hour ago." Miwako Sato came back to report after answering the phone, but her eyes involuntarily drifted towards Ireland.
The caller was Ayanokouji Fumimaro from the 1st Investigation Section of the Kyoto Police Department.
Of course, his phone call was not just about reporting the situation.
“This little kid Hattori has really caused us a lot of trouble during this time. For an injury case, he and his father almost searched our Kyoto police station. This guy It’s really...”
Only hearing keywords such as “Kyoto” and “Injury Case”, Ayanokouji didn’t need to say anything more. Sato Miwako had already guessed what Hattori Heiji was investigating. Eighty-eight.
Similar to the investigation they had done in private, Hattori Heiji probably felt that there was something wrong with Karasawa's case after contacting Karasawa, so he is using his own abilities and his father's strength to work hard to investigate and collect evidence. , fight for the possibility of overturning the case for Tang Ze.
"Speaking of this, Ayanokouji Police Department, do you know a policeman named Toru Adachi?" Sato Miwako thought of Adachi Toru's listless appearance in the conference room, which was completely fishy and in the style of investigating. Because of the way surveillance works, I couldn't help but ask, "I heard that he is an expert who is good at investigating crimes?"
"Huh? Adachi? I don't know you." Ayanokouji Fumimaro raised his eyebrows and replied in a very subtle and somewhat formal tone, "If you learned from somewhere that there are police officers transferred from Kyoto recently, I advise you. You guys, be careful and be cautious in your words and deeds.”
For some reason, the police have paid special attention to the situation at the Kyoto Prefecture Headquarters in the past few months. They are sometimes investigating and sometimes assessing. The suffering is unspeakable.
It is also said that someone from the confidentiality department has transferred the information files of many police officers in Kyoto for unknown reasons, saying that it is used for investigation and evidence collection, but privately, everyone feels that something may have happened to some important person. , or there is an internal problem in the department in Kyoto, and it is being urgently inspected by people from the central government.
If there is someone who he has never heard of but has a Kyoto police background, there is a high probability that it was deliberately arranged by the confidentiality department.
The Special High School is no different than ordinary police officers, they have to be careful.
His tone was very subtle, with a hint of hesitation, and when it fell into Sato Miwako's ears, it was naturally filled with room for imagination, and she couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
Could it be that there is really such a big problem with Tohru Adachi’s identity that even the Ayanokouji Police Department can only pretend that they don’t know each other and say that there are some things they cannot say directly?
"Hattori Heiji? Is he also paying attention to this case? I'll call and ask." Megure thirteen whispered, and after Matsumoto Kiyonaga's consent, he also dialed the phone.
The answer was beyond everyone’s expectations.
“You said that mahjong means elevator, and you infer that the mahjong tiles represent the positions of other people in the elevator when Nanako was there?”
People in the conference room exchanged glances.
This is actually consistent with their current investigation conclusions, and it is enough to explain the murderer's motives.
If the murderer is actually her boyfriend Mizutani Kosuke, who seeks revenge on his girlfriend because she was abandoned by others and died in the fire, then the next situation will be logical.
"According to what you said, the murderer's revenge has actually been completed." Megure Thirteen turned around and looked at the whiteboard full of photos behind him, "After all, on Chinese Valentine's Day, he killed 'Everyone who killed this girl is dead."
There were nine residents on the entire sixth floor at the time, except for Nanako Motoami, who was killed in the fire, and Kosuke Mizutani, who temporarily left the hotel and escaped. The other seven people are all posted here, neatly.
"No, there may be one last one." Hattori Heiji looked at the photo of the three of them sent by Conan and shook his head, "There is also Mizutani Kosuke himself. If he had not left the hotel, maybe he could have escaped with his girlfriend. "
He understood what Kudo meant by sending this photo, but no matter whether the murderer was him or Kazuki Honami...
Today is Chinese Valentine's Day.
Even if it was used as a sacrifice for her death and burial, the murderer definitely did not want Mizutani Kosuke to survive tonight.
No matter which one it is.
(End of this chapter)