Chapter 191: The Shooting That Year

"Nani?!Dr. Asa was also attacked!?" I didn't stay at my mother's place for too long, mainly because the atmosphere there was too heavy, just after my mother was sad and crying, Xiaolan walked into the room, and when she saw her mother crying, she hurriedly stepped forward to comfort and ask, and her mother prevaricated on the grounds that she missed her brother. So, the already somewhat awkward atmosphere became a little thicker again because of Xiaolan's gradually dimming gaze, so after my mother ate Xiaolan's porridge, Xiaolan and I left, but before we could get home, Xiaolan received a call from Conan, and then we learned that only one day later, Dr. Asa was also poisoned by the prisoner.

"Dad, here we are. "Ten minutes later, Xiaolan and I appeared in Dr. Asasa's hospital room together, and Dad, Conan, and Officer Shiratori had already arrived, and Dr. Asa was wearing his pajamas, lying on the hospital bed, but judging by his mental state, he was not bad, and he should not be injured.

"Ah, thank you guys. "When my father saw me and Xiaolan coming, he also nodded.

"Dr. Asasa, are you alright?" I asked, walking over to Dr. Asasa.

"Ahh The doctor lay on the bed and smiled bitterly.

"Why, if I hadn't stopped you, that crossbow arrow would have pierced your stomach. Conan couldn't help but complain.

"Where's the situation?" I frowned, turning to Conan.

"Well, Conan has already told us about his idea, now let him say it again. Dad thought about it, and then said to us, after all, the victims of this incident are all acquaintances of me and Xiaolan, so we should also have the right to know.

"Yes. Conan nodded in response, then pulled out a paper prop that looked like a Möbius ring from his pocket. "This was picked up in the courtyard of the Doctor's house after he was attacked. I think this is the same person who attacked Officer Twilight and Aunt Eiri. ”

I looked at the things in Conan's hand, frowned, as if I had caught something, and seeing that I had doubts, Conan was not selling the guanzi, so he continued.

"These three props remind me of when I was playing poker. Poker in spades. As he spoke, Conan pulled out a few photos. "The first person to be attacked, Officer Twilight's name is Twilight Thirteen, Thirteen, which is K, and the king in K, the sword in his hand, you see, is not very similar to the paper sword left at the scene?"

Looking at the photo in Conan's hand, I instantly captured the key point in my mind, it turned out that the order of the moves was according to the playing cards.

In the same way, Aunt Yingli's surname is concubine, that is, queen. That is, the queen of spades, which is twelve. And the paper flowers that remain in the chocolate wrapper are the same as the flowers on the Q of spades. As for Dr. Asasa, if Dr. Asasa's 'Shi' is taken apart, it is eleven, which means that the knight in the J of spades, the sword-like thing in his hand is exactly the same as the one I picked up at the doctor's house, so I think that the order of the criminals should be from the king of spades to the ace of spades. ”

"But why spades?" Ran was puzzled.

"Spades represent death. Officer Shiratori explained. In the same way, hearts represent love, squares represent money, and plums represent happiness. ”

"But the most important ......thing," I frowned, "all the victims, all the people we know." ”

"To be exact, they are all people that my uncle knows. Conan said sternly.

"Huh?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Well, although the victims are all people we know now, the ones who have the most contact with them should be uncles. Conan analyzed. "Sister Xiaolan is kind-hearted, and she has never entered society, no one should choose her to retaliate, and you and I are both elementary school students, not to mention. Although Aunt Yingli is a lawyer, she can't avoid offending people because of the lawsuit, but compared to her uncle, Officer Twilight's victimization should be more directly related to her uncle. ”

"Hmm...... Dad's words, is it five?" I looked at my father, who was still thinking, and couldn't help but turn a little colder.

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"Brother Maori. While everyone was thinking, Officer Twilight had arrived.

"Officer Twilight, why are you here?, doesn't the wound matter?" said Dad, surprised.

"Ah, it's already stitched, so it's not a big deal. Officer Twilight smiled lightly, in the face of this serial crime, Officer Twilight was not in the mood to lie in the hospital to rest at this time. "I already have a general understanding of the case, and the culprit is very likely to be Murakami Sho. ”

"Akira Murakami?" everyone expressed doubt.

"Ah, Akira Murakami is a casino dealer who was arrested for murder ten years ago and was just released on parole last week, and this picture is what he looked like ten years ago. As he spoke, Officer Twilight took out a slightly old photo from the pocket of his clothes, in which a man with a parted head was silently handing cards on the table with a professional smile, and that smile seemed to see through the qiē on the table.

"Murakami?" Daddy's face froze. "If it's him, there's really a reason to hate me. ”

"Why?" asked Conan.

"Because 10 years ago, I arrested him. ”

"With that said, I have some impressions of it. Shiratori said after a moment of reflection. "I remember, after the man was taken to the police station......"

"Shiratori, don't talk about that again!" Halfway through his sentence, Officer Twilight sternly stopped Shiratori's words. Confusing everyone.

"However, if it's Murakami's uncle, why don't you come and kill me directly? If you want revenge, you should come to me directly!" Dad's love was a little excited, after all, this time had almost killed his lover.

"I guess he did it because he wanted to torture you and make you feel so much pain, right?" Officer Twilight analyzed.

"Not true. I said silently. If it was really that Murakami who was targeting his father, it would be impossible for him to know what his mother's favorite chocolate was when he was released from prison. And his contact with his father was only a crime ten years ago, how could he find out who the acquaintances around his father were within a week, even if Officer Twilight was present at the time, even if the relationship between his mother and his father was easy to investigate, what about Dr. Asasa? Moreover, if it was aimed at his father, why should he follow the order of the playing cards? Where did he find so many people who knew his father well and had numbers in their names? Dad's name is Mori Kogoro, and if you follow the order, it will end at Dad's five, but what about the first four? It's just a number to get revenge on Dad? and so on...... What if the prisoner only wanted to kill a few of the thirteen people? What if the father used him as a cover, and then the thirteen of the twilight officer, the twelfth of his mother, and the eleventh of Dr. Asasa were all to cover for himself?

It dawned on me. Indeed, there are too many implications in this case, if the prisoner is Murakami Abbot, then how did he get so much information in such a short time? If the prisoner is not Murakami Abbot, then the investigation of the people and things my father has encountered recently should have some explanation, or it is my conjecture just now, among the thirteen targets, only one or several are the main targets, and the others are funeral goods! At the same time, I also thought in my mind that this incident should be investigated from three different starting points, one is Murakami Sho, as the first suspect, he needs to be investigated no matter what. The second is the people and things that my parents have encountered recently, and I need a lot of information about this. The third is to follow Dad and Conan and them to wait for clues to go back, but in this way, it is equivalent to synchronizing with Conan's investigation. After thinking about it, I decided to investigate the matter myself, so, while everyone was not paying attention, I flipped through my phone, and a text message was sent out quickly.

"By the way, uncle, do any people you know have names with tens? Maybe the next person to be attacked will be that person!" I had just texted here, and Conan asked his father.

"Hmm......" Dad thought as he broke, then surprised. "Ten, ten...... Miss Towako?!"

With our goal in mind, we hurried to the bar in Ginza, where Miss Towako was. After walking in, Dad saw Miss Towako, and rushed forward without saying a word, leaving a group of us staring at him with disdainful eyes in the back. However, the next thing is the work of Dad and Officer Twilight, and seeing that Miss Towako is okay, Officer Shiratori drives us home first.

"Now, Officer Shiratori. In the car, Xiaolan opened her mouth a little uneasily. "What are you trying to talk about in the hospital today? That's what happened to Murakami. ”

"Oh......" Shiratori looked at us through the mirror, then said slowly. "If you go to investigate, you will know about that incident, so I'll just say it, and this is what my predecessor told me. Shiratori's face became a little solemn. "About ten years ago. When Mr. Mori was a junior police officer, he and Officer Twilight in the Agency, oh, Officer Twilight was still a candidate for the police department at that time. In short, it was the two of them who arrested the murderer Murakami Akira. Just as they were taking Murakami back to the police station to make a record, Murakami suddenly said that he wanted to go to the toilet. So Mr. Maori and the police department asked the other officers to take him, and the two of them smoked in front of the interrogation room. At that time, Miss Xiaolan, your mother happened to bring you a change of clothes for Mr. Maori. However, it was at that time that the unexpected happened. When Murakami was in the toilet, he snatched the police gun while the police were not paying attention and injured him, and then ......"

"I took my mother hostage!" Before Shiratori's words fell, Xiaolan's body suddenly trembled. "I remember, that thing. ”

"Xiao Lan ......" looked at Xiao Lan's slightly trembling eyes, and I couldn't help but feel Xiao Lan's trembling emotions at this time.

"That was ten years ago, shortly after my brother's disappearance. Xiaolan fell into memory. "That day, I went with my mother to look for my father, and at that time, the man named Murakami took my mother hostage with a police gun. In order not to interfere with the case, my father handed me over to Officer Twilight, but when I was taken away by Officer Twilight, behind us, gunshots rang out. When I looked back, I saw that my father's gun was smoking, and my mother had collapsed. Then, Dad shoots again and subdues Murakami. I forgot about it. But why, why would Dad shoot?"

After hearing Xiaolan's words, my brows furrowed slightly, as a police officer, my father would never shoot in such a situation if there was no special reason, and the purpose of his shooting was ...... I thought about it for a moment, and finally smiled at the corner of my mouth. Well, it must be to save my mother. It's just that if Dad really shot Mom, the wound would probably be on the leg. But people here shouldn't know about it, right?

"Probably Mr. Mori is confident in his marksmanship. You think you can avoid the hostages and hit the murderer, but the bullet hits your mother. Officer Shiratori said sternly. That incident caused an uproar at the police station at the time, and shortly thereafter, Mr. Maori also announced his resignation.

"Daddy......" Listening to Shiratori's words, Xiaolan's eyes fluctuated even more, and beside her, Conan and I were both quietly looking at her, each thinking in our hearts. (To be continued.) )