Tuesday, March 24, afternoon, Maori Detective Agency.

Ran, who was cleaning, noticed that Yamazaki was the only one who had returned, so he asked, "What about Conan?

"Yes. Yamazaki said.

"Did Conan say he would eat there?" asked Ran.

"Uh," Yamazaki said with a smile at the thought of Conan, "I don't think I'll be back for dinner." ”

"Oh, then you don't have to prepare dinner for Conan. Lan said. ……

In the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

"Conan is at Dr. Kasa's, why didn't Uncle come either? Didn't he say he was at home, Ran?" asked Maidako.

"Leave him alone," Lan said angrily, "I've been celebrating since I came back." ”

"By the way, Lan, you prepare the things of the three of your family, and go out with us at the end of the month. Mei Daiko said.

"Where are you going?" Lan asked.

"I don't know where to go, my mother didn't say. Mei Daiko said.

Lan asked, "What do you want to bring?"

"You should just bring a few underwear. "That's what my mother told me. ”

"Auntie organized?" Lan asked, "Who are you going to?"

"There seem to be quite a few," said Midaiko, "by the way, your mother will go too, I heard them calling." ”

"Really? great. Lan said happily, and then asked, "By the way, what about the garden, she still called us to save her?"

"Of course, she is indispensable. Mei Daiko smiled, "But I want to surprise her." ”

"Speaking of which, the garden is in class now, and her face should be funny. Lan laughed.

"Definitely, yes. Mei Daiko smiled. ……

It's past eight o'clock in the evening, Maori house, living room.

When Conan returned, he found Maori lying on the ground asleep, looking at the pile of empty beer cans beside him, and it seemed that he would not wake up for a while.

Conan touched his stomach, and when Dr. Asa ordered takeout for dinner, he had no appetite, and when he had an appetite, Dr. Asasa could only find instant noodles at his house, so he came back on an empty stomach.

I looked for it in the refrigerator, but I didn't eat it, and I looked for it in the cabinet where I usually put snacks in the kitchen, and I didn't eat it, Conan scratched his head, "Remember some things to eat?"

When I came out of the kitchen, Conan was speechless, and there was a bunch of wrapping paper stuffed under the table of the Japanese-style table, and the angle was wrong just now, these things were blocked by Maori's body and I didn't see it, and it seemed that Maori was used as a snack for wine.

Conan was hesitating between going downstairs to eat but to be said a few words, and to drink some water while he could stand the early rest, and when the scales gradually fell to "go downstairs" because he was hungry, Maori's mobile phone rang.

Conan called Maori a few times, but Maori didn't respond at all, so he answered the phone for him.

It was a man on the other end of the line, "Hey, hiccup, is that a Maori detective?"

The man who listened to the voice should have drunk too much, and Conan raised his triangular eyes, and he was a drunk.

"Hey, speak," the man cried, "I'm going to be killed, why don't you come and investigate." ”

Conan said with a smile: "That ......"

The man didn't listen at all, he reported the address to himself, and then said: "I found out the big secret of that bastard Ryuichi Yanase became famous, he will definitely come to kill me, you, ah!"

The man let out a scream, then went silent, and the phone was hung up.

Conan was taken aback, thinking that it was just a drunk calling, but now it should be a real accident, so he immediately put down the mobile phone and rushed downstairs while remembering the address the man said.

After going downstairs, Conan wanted to call Yamazaki, but a taxi happened to drive over, so Conan directly stopped him and sat down, "Mr. Driver, there is an accident at my uncle's house, can you take me quickly." As he spoke, he gave the address.

"Understood, sit tight. The driver said. ……

Less than nine o'clock in the evening, a small high-rise apartment building next to the bridge of the Mihua 3-chome expressway.

When Conan arrived, he found someone looking up, and when he got out of the car, he looked up and saw a man on fire screaming and jumping out of the balcony of a burning room on the seventh floor.

A step too late, Conan said angrily in his heart, and then noticed that there was a flash flashing, and looked around, and there was a person on the bridge of the highway, grabbing the lens with his camera.

Looking at the motionless body on the ground, the taxi driver asked with concern, "Little friend, is this your uncle?"

"Uh," Conan said after a moment's pause, "my uncle's house lives on the third floor. ”

"That's good. The driver said, "Then you should go back quickly." ”

"Thank you Mr. Driver. Conan said.

The taxi left, and moments later, fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars arrived, as well as reporters.

Conan walked around the crowd and suddenly heard someone mention the surname Yanase, so he ran over and found that it was two reporters talking about a reporter with the surname Yanase.

"Really, how did that guy Yanase get so lucky, and he arrived at the scene first, he must have grabbed a good photo of the scene. ”

"No way, otherwise how would I have won this year's Photojournalism Award? ”

"Seriously, that prize should be a real gold watch, right?"

"It should be, it's really fame and fortune. ”

"By the way, this seems to be Nakai's apartment, right?"

"Yes, that guy in Nakai specializes in digging people's privacy, did you say he offended some big man this time?"

"Shhhhh ”

"Yes, yes, let's go back to the club. ”

Seeing the two reporters hurrying away, Conan went elsewhere for a while, but didn't get any news, and then stopped a taxi and went home.

Before ten o'clock in the evening, downstairs of the Maori Detective Agency.

When Conan got out of the car, he found that he didn't have enough money, so he asked the driver to wait for a while, and then went upstairs to get the money, while rejoicing in his heart that the driver had just confiscated the money.

After sending the driver away, Conan touched his stomach and decided to be lectured, and then entered the Mei Dai Restaurant, where he found that the Mei Dai Restaurant had entered the closing procedure.

Lan said, "Really, why haven't you come back until now?" ”

"Well, I forgot the time. Conan said embarrassedly.

"And what are you doing here now?" said Midaiko smiled and rubbed Conan's hair.

Conan laughed dryly a few times and didn't answer, and then didn't change his work clothes, so he went to work. ……

At 10:30 p.m., outside the Maidel Restaurant.

When Yamazaki closed the door of the restaurant and was about to go back, he noticed Conan coming out of the corridor next door, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Conan explained the matter for a moment, and then said, "I just saw the name Ryuichi Yanase in today's evening newspaper. ”

"yes, he's the winner of that journalism award. Yamazaki said, "According to you, he's suspicious." ”

Conan said, "My gut tells me that the murderer is Mr. Yanase, otherwise it would be too much of a coincidence that he was there." ”

"I see. Yamazaki said, "I'll help you tell Uncle Maori about it tomorrow." ”……

The next day, Wednesday, March 25, morning, Miyamoto house.

Looking at the news pictures on the front page of the morning newspaper, the moment when a person on fire jumped out of the balcony, Yamazaki recalled what Conan said, and thought in his heart, it seems that the murderer of this incident is indeed him, if he hadn't waited there in advance, if he hadn't known in advance that someone would jump down, how could he have captured this kind of photo, he must have done something on the door. ……

In the morning, the Maori Detective Agency.

When Lan went downstairs to get the newspaper, he found an invitation letter from the mailbox, and the cover was from the daily sales TV station.

"I'll take a look. "Mori opened it and saw that a man named Yanase had asked him to be a special guest on a show tomorrow afternoon, and said that if Mori didn't want to go, please call him as soon as possible.

Conan asked, "Now, uncle, who is this Yanase Mr."

"Oh, it's signed by Ryuichi Yanase. Maori said.

"Isn't that the same reporter who won the photojournalism award in the newspaper yesterday?" Lan asked.

"Yes, and he is also in today's newspapers. Maori said, then flashed the news picture on the front page of the morning paper.

Looking at the photo, Conan thought to himself, there is no mistake, the murderer is him, the flaw, he should have done something on the door. ……

Before half past eight in the morning, Yamazaki came over, and after hearing Maori proudly say that he would be on the TV show, he said to Maori in Conan's urging eyes: "Uncle, have you read today's morning paper, I found that there is a problem with the incident on the front page that accidentally caught fire and jumped off the building to escape and died. ”

Maori asked, "Oh, why do you say that?"

Yamazaki said, "I think even if you fall asleep and wake up and see that your house is on fire, you will only choose to run through the door." ”

"Huh?" Maori thought as he touched his chin, "Is this a murder? The door was tampered with? Well, it's possible." Let's go, follow me to the Dusk Police Department. ”……

Metropolitan Police Department.

After hearing Maori's reaction, the Twilight Police Department immediately contacted the Bow Chief Police Department of the Fire Offender Search Department, and learned that he had something else to do, so they took over the incident and led the team to the scene.

Scene, Nakai house.

The Twilight Police Department asked his subordinates to remove the cordon on the door, and led the team into the room with Mori, Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan.

The Twilight Police Department looked at the information transferred from the Fire Offender Search Department and said, "The deceased Akira Nakai, 44 years old, died because he jumped off a building and punctured his ribs through his heart. The fire started in the sink and spread through the kitchen cabinet. ”

"Pool?" asked Maori, "how could there be a fire in that place?"

"The cause of the fire is currently unknown. The Dusk Police Department said.

"It can burn to the kitchen cabinet," Lan asked, "and it should be a big fire, right?"

Looking at the remnants of the tall cabinet that was taller than himself, the Dusk Police Department said, "This is indeed a little strange. ”

Conan said, "Police, can you wipe this blackened watch by the pool?" ”

"That's right, maybe you can know when the fire started. The Twilight Police Department called forensics.

The forensic personnel dealt with it, and a golden watch was revealed, and the time on it stopped at 8:43.

Maori stared at his watch, "I don't think thieves are responsible for this." ”

Conan asked, "This uncle is a reporter, did he also win the lottery?"

"Winning?" The Twilight Police Department didn't understand.

Yamazaki said, "It's the Photojournalism Award, and I heard that the prize is a gold watch. ”

"Oh? "The Twilight Police Department called the Shiratori Police Department to make up for it and asked him to check it out.

At this time, the forensic officer came to report, "Police, this lock cylinder is burned." ”

"Is the cylinder burned?" asked Maori, "Is this normal?"

"This," said the forensic officer, "generally speaking, it will not burn out so easily, and this one also has fire protection standards, but it is difficult to say when it comes to inferior products." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So, is it possible that someone has tampered with it?"

"Well," the forensic staff thought for a moment, "if they were sent to a large materials laboratory, they might be able to detect the residue that had been mixed into the metal after combustion, and then by comparison, they would be able to find out if there was any flammable material in the keyhole at that time." ”

"Good. "The Twilight Police Department immediately sent the lock away.

At this time, the Shiratori Police Department called again, and he had already called the press council of the Nikuri Group to confirm that they had only prepared a gold watch, which was awarded to Ryuichi Yanase the night before, and then reported the number on the back of the watch, but the number was no longer legible.

Seeing this, the Twilight Police Department asked the Shiratori Police Department to contact Ryuichi Yanase immediately, and told Ryuichi Yanase that they would visit. ……