After Zero scolded angrily, he immediately called the police.

The police arrived and heard about the situation, and immediately organized people to go down to the river to salvage, and it didn't take long for a body to be fished out of the river, which was one of the remaining four people in the tour group - Ningning's actor Katagiri Maho.

She had burn marks on her body and clothes, but since she fell into the river not long after the fire, the burn marks were not serious. In addition, her fatal injuries were not burned or drowned, but died from a blow to the back of the head.

Kogoro analyzed that it may be that she hit the back of her head on the bridge pier when she fell into the water, resulting in her death.

Otaki muttered, "Is this another suicide case......

On the other side, Heiji was asking about the situation with Ye: "Did you really see Miss Katagiri take out a lighter and set herself on fire?" ”

"Didn't I say it, it's true!"

"You can't be mistaken, right?"

"How is it possible, in terms of eyesight alone, I don't think it's worse than you. Besides, Xiaolan, Zero, and a few other girls have also seen it. With so many witnesses, it's not like they're all wrong. ”

"Is there anyone else around Miss Katakiri?"

"No, it's empty around her, and no one is around her."

"How can this be......" Heiji pondered. This incident was as bizarre as the midday event, and there were many places that could not be figured out.

On the other side, Conan was asking Xiaolan, "Sister Xiaolan, do you see the same as Sister Ye?" ”

"Well, that's right. But there's one thing that's strange......"

"What's the matter?" Hearing Xiaolan say that there was something strange, Conan's eyes lit up and he immediately asked.

"When I saw Miss Katagiri self-immolating, she was wearing a hat, but now there is no hat on the body."

Hat? I remember that when I was in Osaka Castle during the day, Miss Katagiri didn't wear a hat, could it be that she put it on after leaving the police in the afternoon?

When Kogoro on the side heard this, he interjected: "It doesn't matter what the hat is, maybe it will be washed away by the river." ”

Conan thought for a moment and asked again, "Sister Xiaolan, have you seen Miss Katagiri's face?" ”

"No, she was standing by the railing, and all I could see was her back...... But I can't be wrong about her lighter lighting herself. ”

Conan scratched his chin, walked over to Zero again, and asked, "What do you think?" Suicide or homicide? ”

"He killed, judging from the bloodstain on the outside of the corpse's right arm."

Conan nodded, the outside of the corpse's right arm was stained with blood, and if the back of his head had hit the bridge pier and bled out, the blood would not have gotten to that place anyway. In this way, there is only one explanation, that is, the murderer killed Katagiri Maho by hitting him in the back of the head with a blunt object or a hard object, and the blood that rushed out of the back of Katagiri's head was stained on his body. The killer then attempted to pick up the body, and in the process, the murderer's body touched the corpse's right arm, leaving a blood stain on the outside of the corpse's right arm.

Conan asked, "And what do you explain to the scene on the bridge?" ”

"I have a reasoning about that scene, but there is no evidence."

With that, Zero whispered in Conan's ear.

Conan nodded again, and then said, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought." ”

"Really? If that's what you really think, why don't you say it yourself? Zero felt that Conan was putting on a fork at the moment.

Conan gave Zero a blank look: "What am I lying to you for?" ”

Zero thought for a moment and then asked, "Did you make any new discoveries when we were eating just now?" ”

"Hattori and I found a dry cell battery underneath Osaka Castle."

"Dry battery ......? I see, then in the previous case, it can already be determined that he killed him. ”

"Well, now the question is who the murderer is...... Now it seems that the murderer must be among the remaining members of the tour group......" Conan said and fell into deep thought again.

Returning to Heiji's side, I only heard Kazuha say: "Heiji, no matter what happened in the previous case, as far as Miss Katagiri's death is concerned, I think it's really a suicide." ”

Heiji didn't hear the conversation between Conan and Zero, but he also felt that it must be his killing, but he didn't have a clue for a while. Hearing the "noise" of Kazuha beside him, Heiji couldn't help but be a little upset, and shouted at Kazuye: "I said, it can't be suicide!" ”

With that, Heiji ran to the corpse, ready to further check on the corpse.

After looking at it twice, Heiji also found the problem of blood stains, and his heart was overjoyed. However, Heiji was about to say his reasoning, and the next moment he was suddenly grabbed by the back collar and dragged several steps away.

"Who!?" Heiji turned around, just about to get angry. However, before he could turn around, he was punched hard in the cheek.

Heiji was directly beaten to the ground, and when he looked closely, it was the head of the Daban Prefecture Police Headquarters - Hattori Heizou who beat him.

"Old, Dad!?" Seeing Heizo, Heiji's arrogance suddenly dissipated, and he didn't dare to be angry at his father no matter what.

At this time, Heizou was looking at Heiji with an angry face, and shouted, "There should be a limit to your investigation of the case!" Do you understand that pointing fingers at the scene of a murder every time is really a great trouble for us police! ”

Seeing that Heizou seemed to be really angry, Kogoro hurriedly persuaded him: "Minister Ben, don't say that, Heiji-kun just wants to help in his own way." ”

"Mr. Maori, it may be true to you, but it seems to me that he is nothing more than a self-righteous imp. After being praised for a few words about a high school student detective, I don't know what the sky is high and thick, and I wantonly disrupt the investigation work of the police for my own interests, and I can't do anything except destroy the scene of the murder. In short, the unrelated layman should stop staying on the scene and disappear from my eyes as soon as possible! ”

Being so insulted by Heizo, Heiji's face sank like water, and the words of rebuttal rushed to his throat several times, but he never dared to say it under his father's long-term authority.

But Otaki wanted to speak for Heiji: "Minister Hon, no matter what, it's too much for you to say that......"

Halfway through his words, Ginjiro Toyama, who had come with Heizou, put his arm on Otaki's shoulder and shook his head at him.

Later, I only heard Heizou ask Otaki, "Are the two incidents that happened here in Osaka Castle today both murders?" ”

"This ...... Mr. Kato fell from the roof of the castle tower with his whole body on fire, and we have taken Mr. Kato's fingerprints from his lighter. And Miss Katagiri's case, and Ye They saw Miss Katagiri use a lighter to set herself on fire, so they said......"

Heizou continued, "So, both were suicides, right? ”

"Although there are still some doubts, it should be the case from the current situation."

"In that case, there is no need to continue to waste too much police force, leave two or three criminal police officers here, and the rest retreat."

Heiji listened to Heizo's words, and his eyes suddenly widened. Dad just beat me and scolded me, so you don't have to worry about it, but now you are making such an irresponsible instruction?

However, as soon as Heiji wanted to say something, Heizou glared at him, and he could only shut up stupidly. There's no way, although he can make a few jokes about his father on weekdays, and even pretend to be a rebellious high school student in front of his father, but once his father moves his real character, he can only bow down and obey orders.

Conan also didn't understand Heizou's intentions at this time, it stands to reason that the other party, as the head of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, should have extremely good reasoning skills, how can he not see the strangeness in these two cases, why did he give the order to let the police retreat?

Conan said to Zero, "Why don't you go and talk to Mr. Hattori about the reasoning about the second case, and let him not give the order hastily." You are a guest, and his attitude towards you is still very polite, and he should not scold you like he scolded Pingci. ”

Zero shook his head and said, "Mr. Hattori must have known that he killed these two cases, and he gave such an order when he knew that he killed them, presumably Mr. Hattori has his own reasons." ”

Conan thought for a while, and whispered to Zero, "Is it to lure the real murderer to reveal his flaws?" ”

"Perhaps, but I'm not sure."

Heizou and Ginshiro left with a cadre of policemen, and Zero also asked Ersan, Maya, and Akua to go back to Hattori's house first, leaving only Zero, Conan, Heiji, Koran, Kogoro, Kazuba, Otaki, and three other policemen at the scene.

Otaki comforted Heiji, who was punched by his father: "The head of the department may feel restless because two people died in a row in one day, so you don't take it to heart." ”

At this time, He Ye said: "The reason why my uncle beat Pingci is related to the murderer in this case?" Last night, when they talked while driving, they said a few other things besides mentioning the ceramic shards. They say that in the period after the scorched corpse case thirteen years ago, there have been several robberies one after another......"

Otaki continued: "That's right, in just half a month, there have been five robberies one after another, and a total of seven people have been killed in these five cases, and the bandit gang is still on the run, and none of them have been caught." ”

When Kogoro heard this, he suddenly said: "I see, Mr. Hattori thinks that the murderer of this case is likely to be related to the ruthless robbers back then, so in order to prevent his son from being in danger, he did not hesitate to beat his son and let him withdraw from the investigation of this case." ”

When Pingji heard this, he sneered a few times and said, "Hehe, this is really touching to tears." In that case, then I have to find out the prisoner with my own hands, so that my stupid father will be embarrassed! ”

Conan pondered, could it be that Mr. Hattori's purpose was not to lure out the culprit, but to get Heiji out of the investigation? But it's really strange.,Mr. Hattori should be very clear about Heiji's character.,Wouldn't he understand that such an act would only have the opposite effect?

The Otaki Police Department said: "But it's a murderer or something, but I don't think this case looks like he killed him." ”

At this time, Conan's child jumped out and sold cuteness: "Regarding this, Sister Zero has already reasoned out just now." Right, Sister Zero? ”

Zero glanced at Conan angrily, and then told Otaki about the victim's bloodstains.

Otaki looked at the victim's right hand, and sure enough, he saw blood stains on the clothes on the outside of his right arm, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's worthy of today's first lady, who can notice this kind of detail." ”

Hattori snorted, and then said, "Actually, I noticed it just now, but I was stunned by that stupid dad just now, so I didn't say it." ”

Otaki asked again: "But if he kills him, what is the scene you see, Miss Kaneda?" ”

Hattori continued, "At that time, Miss Katagiri on the bridge was actually dead, because the figure suddenly caught fire and fell into the river, so Kazuha and Ye had the illusion that Miss Katagiri was committing suicide. ”

When Kazuha heard this, he was obviously unconvinced and said, "However, I obviously saw Miss Katagiri lighting the fire." ”

Xiaolan also chimed in: "That's right, I did see it." ”

"This, it may be that the sky is getting darker, and you can't see clearly." Although Hattori said this, he did not have enough confidence when he spoke.

Xiaolan, Heye and Zero witnessed the incident at around a quarter past six in the afternoon, and even in the middle of summer, the sky began to darken at this time. But even so, the possibility that everyone is wrong at the same time is basically non-existent.

"I also have a rough guess about the murderer's modus operandi." At this time, Zero's voice sounded, which shocked Pingji's heart.

Haven't you, you've already figured out the trick?

I only listened to Zero's reasoning: "First of all, the person we saw spontaneously combusting on the bridge and falling into the river is not Miss Katagiri, but the murderer. The killer asks Miss Katagiri to meet her in the middle of the bridge and appears wearing the exact same clothes as Miss Katagiri, after which the killer hits Miss Katagiri on the back of the head with a heavy object, killing Miss Katagiri. The killer then picked up the body, threw it into the river under the bridge, and poured gasoline on the body that surfaced. In this way, the whole preparation is complete.

The killer then waited patiently for someone to cross the bridge, and when witnesses appeared, the killer set himself on fire and then pretended to fall into the river, but in fact he threw himself on Miss Katagiri's body, causing the flames on her body to ignite the gasoline on Miss Katagiri's body, causing signs that Miss Katagiri was burning. Then the murderer immediately dived to the bottom of the river and took the opportunity to escape. Since the murderer was dressed exactly the same as Miss Katagiri, what we 'saw' was that Miss Katagiri used a lighter to set herself on fire and fell into the river, and then the police recovered Miss Katagiri's body. ”

After listening to the whole reasoning, Otaki couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Miss Kanedaichi, you can reason about this, it's really amazing!" But that murderer is ruthless enough, and if he does this, he will probably be burned. ”

"Otherwise, I suspect the killer may have put a wetsuit under his clothes so that he could avoid being burned."

Xiaolan immediately understood: "I see, the hat we saw at that time should be the hat of the diving suit, right?" ”

Zero nodded, indicating that what Xiaolan said was completely correct.

After that, Zero glanced at Hattori again, and the meaning of that expression was obvious: Just now you said that you had noticed the suspicion of the blood stain on the corpse's right arm, so I am always ahead of you in this reasoning.

Hattori was very unhappy, and still a little unconvinced: "Hmph, you can get this reasoning only because you are an eyewitness, and you must be able to notice some details at that time." If it had been for me who had witnessed the whole situation, I would have been able to deduce the truth before you did. ”

Otaki persuaded: "Okay, Pingji, you don't have to be so competitive." ”

"But Uncle Otaki, you saw her eyes just now, that's definitely a provocation."

"It's normal for young people to be a little competitive."

Draw:('0'#)

I'll go, Uncle Otaki, do you want to be so double-standard!

Heiji wanted to say something, but Kogoro spoke first: "But even if we understand the modus operandi, we still have no way of knowing the identity of the murderer......"

"In short, the most suspicious thing is the remaining three members of the tour group, and we have to find out about them," Heiji said. ”

As soon as Pingji's voice fell, the voice of Yuhiro in the bad house sounded immediately: "Are you looking for us?" ”

Shigehiko Wakisaka and Toshiaki Fukushima were also by Yuhiro's side, only to hear Shigehiko Wakisaka ask, "Could it be that something happened again?" ”

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