When Zero ran to Osaka Castle, Conan, Heiji, and Kogoro had already arrived first because of their relative proximity.

By the time Zero had finished their lunch, it began to rain in the sky. Since it was only a drizzle, Zero had not yet held an umbrella, but Hattori had already put it up. At this time, Hattori squatted beside the fallen man with an umbrella and carefully observed. Conan was beside Hattori and shouted at the man, "Hold on, the ambulance will be there soon!" ”

And Kogoro was calling an ambulance on his mobile phone.

Zero Zi stepped forward to check the victim's situation, only to see him lying on his back on the ground, with a large area of charred skin all over his body, his expression was painful and hideous, and his overall appearance was very miserable and terrifying. Although his face was burned to the point that he couldn't see clearly, he could still vaguely tell that the person's gender was male.

"Is he still alive?" Zero asked Conan. With such severe burns, and a fall from a height of about 50 meters, there is no way to survive. But listening to Conan's shout, the man was still breathing at this time.

Conan nodded, and then shouted "Hold on" to the man a few more times, but the man's breath was getting weaker and weaker.

Just when the three of them thought that this person would not be able to support it, the man who fell to the ground suddenly stretched out his arm. This move startled Heiji and Conan, and even Zero had to admit that he was slightly frightened.

The man trembled and stretched his charred arm towards the umbrella that Hattori was holding, and Hattori was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant.

I saw the man holding the handle of the umbrella tightly with his right hand, and it took three or four seconds before slowly letting go. Then his entire right hand slid downward, and the man was completely out of breath.

"It looks like he's dead...... "Heiji said with a grim face as he looked at the man who had taken his last breath.

Conan spoke, "The action he just made when he held the handle of the umbrella should be a death message." ”

"But what does that mean?" Heiji thought about it and said, "Could it be that the murderer is carrying an umbrella?" But today's weather forecast is rainy, and there are already a lot of people with umbrellas, so it's impossible to find out the murderer with this faction. Or does it indicate that the murderer's name is related to umbrellas? ”

At this time, Mori Kogoro, who had already called an ambulance and called the police, also came over, looked at the corpse and said, "It seems that the ambulance is going to run for nothing...... But this incident may not be a homicide, there was no one else on the roof just now, in my opinion, it is likely to be suicide. ”

When Conan and Heiji heard this, they didn't say anything.

Kogoro continued: "If he kills, even if the murderer escapes quickly and disappears from the roof immediately after lighting a fire on the victim, why does it have to kill someone on the roof? If you want to burn the victim, you can choose any place. You must know that the roof of the castle tower is very steep, and if you are not careful, you risk falling. Not to mention that the murderer is unlikely to choose to kill there, even if the murderer asks the victim to go to the roof, generally speaking, no one will go to that kind of place. So, this is suicide! ”

In all fairness, Kogoro's reasoning this time makes sense, at least Heiji and Conan can't think of any points to refute it. However, their instincts told them that this event would certainly not be so simple.

The most suspicious thing is the man's action of holding the handle of the umbrella before he died, judging from the situation at the time, the other party undoubtedly wanted to prompt something, if it was really suicide, would he do that?

Kogoro saw that Heiji still didn't seem to agree with his opinion, so he asked Zero, "Miss Zero, what do you think?" ”

Zero also felt that there was a high probability that he killed him, but she didn't say it explicitly at the moment, but said: "It's not clear yet, I'm afraid we will have to do more research to find out." ”

And at this moment, Conan suddenly found the badge on the deceased's chest, and hurriedly said to Heiji: "Come and see this." ”

"The pattern on the badge is a paulownia pattern, Toyotomi's family crest...... I see, is this guy Hideyoshi? Heiji looked at the badge and said with a solemn face.

Zero didn't know about the small tour group, so he asked, "Do you have any eyebrows?" ”

Pingji didn't talk to him, and he seemed to be struggling with whether to cooperate with Zero. Seeing this, Zero didn't pay attention to him, but rubbed Conan's head and said, "Conan, if you know anything, be sure to tell my sister about me." ”

Conan gave Zero a blank look, but still told Zero about the tour group, and of course, Kogoro on the side also listened to it by the way.

Let the members play the tour group of the Warring States celebrities, then according to the usual plot, if he kills, the murderer should be among the other four members of the tour group.

Of course, Zero will not judge the case based on "experience" so hastily, and the facts will be analyzed according to the follow-up investigation.

While waiting for the police to arrive, Heiji summoned the other four members of the tour group, while Zero went to find Ran and Kazuha, and took them to Ersan, Maya, and Akuya, and motioned for the five girls to sit in a small restaurant or something nearby for a while, and then join forces after the investigation was over.

The rain gradually became heavier, but not too much, and on the whole barely exceeded the scope of "light rain". But even so, Zero took out a folding umbrella from his satchel and held it up.

About ten minutes later, the police arrived, and the team was still led by the Otaki Police Department, which had been familiar with each other for the past few days. Seeing Kogoro, Heiji, Zero and others at the scene, Otaki had an expression on his face that he didn't know how to describe.

"Uncle Otaki, you've worked really hard." Pingji, a guy who doesn't know how to read the atmosphere, stepped forward to greet him heartlessly, "I didn't expect there to be a homicide for three days in a row, it's really bad." ”

The Otaki Police Department, who didn't know what to think, laughed awkwardly twice and said, "Since there is a case, then try your best to solve the case, this is the duty of the police." ”

After that, the investigation began, and Otaki first learned about the tour group from Heiji, and then learned from Kogoro that he had made the inference that "the deceased committed suicide". Next, Otaki questioned the other four members of the tour group one by one, but did not get any useful information other than the names of several people.

The man who played Nobunaga on that day was named Shigehiko Wakisaka, the horse-faced man who played Mitsuhide was named Toshiaki Fukushima, the old man who played Ieyasu was named Ayuhiro Karaya, the woman with glasses who played Nene was named Maho Katagiri, and the man who was burned to death was called Tsukasa Kato.

(The surnames of the five members of the tour group are all the surnames of the members of the Seven Guns of the Lower Mountains.) ）

After Otaki asked about the situation of the four people, the police officers of the forensic department also came to report to Otaki, saying that the clothes worn by the deceased were made of tweed that was easy to catch fire, which made Kogoro even more convinced of the inference of suicide.

Kogoro then asked the four of them, "Do you know what motive Mr. Kato had for committing suicide?" ”

The four of them shook their heads, all of them saying they didn't know.

Otaki also wanted to ask Heiji and Zero's opinions, but when he turned his head, he only saw Zero, and Heiji was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange, what about the others?"

"Hattori-kun's words, I entered Osaka Castle with Conan just now." Zero replied calmly.

Kogoro continues to ask the four members about Tsukasa Kato, trying to deduce the reason for his suicide from some of his daily deeds.

"Well, because we usually communicate online, we don't know each other very well." Toshiaki Fukushima, who plays Mitsuhide, thought for a moment and said, "But I always feel that Mr. Kato will commit suicide. ”

Nobunaga's actor Shigehiko Wakisaka echoed, "That's true, in the previous exchange, Mr. Kato can be said to be very much looking forward to this trip to Osaka, and I don't think he has any signs of wanting to commit suicide." ”

Ningning's actor Maho Katagiri and Ieyasu played Arihiro Kasaya expressed their objections, and Katagiri spoke first: "If a person wants to commit suicide, how can others see it? ”

"Yes, no one can guess what's going on in someone's mind, and it's not surprising if Kato really harbors suicidal thoughts. ”

Although the motive is still clueless, the conclusion of suicide should not be wrong from the situation at the scene, and even Otaki gradually began to recognize the suicide.

I only heard Otaki say to Kogoro: "Now the remaining question is, what is the tool for ignition." ”

Kogoro nodded: "As long as you find the ignition object, you should be able to close the case." ”

And at this moment, Heiji's voice suddenly sounded: "If you want to ignite the tool, I've found it." ”

It turned out that Heiji and Conan had just climbed up to the roof of the castle tower and checked the situation on the roof.

After learning that these two people had gone to climb the roof before, Zero couldn't help but complain in his heart: "These two guys are really not afraid of death, if you accidentally stumble, you will fall directly from a height of more than fifty meters." And you know, it's raining now, and the roof is even more slippery than usual. ”

Although Heiji said that when he and Conan went up to the roof, they asked the staff to borrow a rope to tie their bodies, and asked the staff to help hold the rope, but even so, his actions were still quite dangerous.

Otaki also sharply criticized Heiji: "That kind of thing, you can notify the comrades of the forensic department and let them do it, what are you fooling around?" You can take the risk yourself, and bring such a little child with you, if something happens to him, how can you explain it to Mr. Maori! ”

Heiji was so said that he didn't dare to talk back, but Kogoro persuaded Otaki to explain a few words.

After that, Heiji took out a lighter wrapped in a small plastic bag and said to Otaki and Kogoro, "This was found on the eaves of the castle tower, and the tool that made Mr. Kato burn on the roof of the castle tower is this lighter." ”

At this time, Katagiri Maho leaned over and took a look: "That's right, this is Mr. Kato's lighter." ”

Hearing this, Kogoro nodded and said, "It seems that this can completely confirm that Mr. Kato committed suicide." ”

Ignited yourself with your own lighter, isn't this suicide what else could it be?

However, Heiji shook his head and said, "Uncle Maori, take a closer look." When we found this lighter, the lid of the lighter was covered. ”

"W-What does this mean?"

"If you commit suicide, you won't cover the lighter lid after setting yourself on fire. And in the place where the lighter was found, it seems that something was once placed. ”

"Something?"

"On the place covered by the lighter, there was a strange fan-shaped water stain. Presumably, a circular object was placed on the eaves before it rained, and after the rain, the round object was removed, and then the lighter was placed in the same position, so the fan-shaped water stain was formed. ”

Otaki listened to Heiji's analysis and asked, "Round object...... What could it be......? ”

"I don't know ...... yet"

At this time, a police officer walked over quickly and reported: "Police Department, all the things on the deceased's body have been searched." ”

Hearing this, Otaki put on his gloves and began to examine the belongings of the deceased.

"Wallets, watches, cell phones, keys, cigarettes...... Well? This seems to be a fragment of something...... This is...... A worn-out scroll? ”

When Otaki opened the scroll, he saw that the scroll was badly mutilated, and there was nothing on it, only the word "dragon" written in the upper right corner.

"What kind of scroll is this? Why is there only one 'dragon' character printed? ”

Hearing the words of the Otaki Police Department, the faces of the four tour group members who were not far away changed in unison.

Otaki picked up the fragmentary object again and pondered, "What is this fragment?" ”

Hattori stared at the fragment for a moment: "It looks like a fragment of some kind of porcelain......"

"That fragment ......" He Ye's voice suddenly sounded behind everyone, "Is it the same as the fragment found in the previous two charred corpse cases?" ”

He Ye only stayed in the small restaurant for a while, and finally he was relieved and came over with an umbrella to check the situation. After hearing Otaki and Heiji's conversation, she couldn't help but interject.

Hattori asked, "The previous charred corpse case?" Is it the case from a while ago, but there is only one case, why do you say that there are two cases? ”

"Yesterday, when my uncle sent me and my dad back, he mentioned to my dad that a charred corpse was found in the moat of Osaka Castle thirteen years ago, and a charred corpse was also sent out in the moat to the east some time ago, and similar fragments were found on both charred corpses. And they also seem to say that the fragments found on the second charred corpse have the words 'eight hundred and forty-eight' engraved on it. ”

Hattori asked again, "Eight hundred and forty-eight?" What is that, what does that mean? ”

"I don't know...... According to my uncle, what treasure might it be related to? ”

"Treasures? How could my dad say that kind of thing, you must have heard it wrong. ”

At this time, Zero's voice suddenly sounded: "Maybe this is ......"

I saw that Zero was also wearing a pair of gloves that he had taken out of nowhere, and he was holding the fragment, and said, "If you look closely, there is a lot of shiny powder on the surface of this fragment, maybe it is gold dust or something." ”

Conan pulled out a handkerchief, took the fragment from Zero's hand, and looked at it with Heiji.

"But I can't tell what kind of treasure it is just by looking at it like this......"

The shiny powder may be gold dust, but it's not known for sure.

Pingji scratched his head: "This case really doesn't have a clue, the only thing that can be guessed at present is that this case may be related to the first two scorched corpse cases, but there is a full thirteen years between the first two scorched corpse cases......"

Conan also pinched his chin and pondered: "And why the victim ran to the roof, how he was set on fire on the roof, these are also doubts...... And the biggest suspicion at the moment is ......"

I only heard Conan and Heiji say in unison: "Umbrella! ”

The act of the deceased holding the handle of the umbrella before his death may be the key to solving the case, but it is also the most puzzling problem at present. What exactly is the meaning of this action, everyone can't figure it out.

Conan said, "When it comes to umbrellas, the first thing that comes to mind is the rain ......."

Heiji thought about it and said, "When it comes to rain, the first thing that comes to mind in Osaka is the Dragon and Tiger Stone......"

"What is the Dragon Tiger Stone?"

"Why, you don't know anything about it. On each side of the Sakura Gate of Osaka Castle, there is a stone on each side, and when these two stones are wet in the rain, the dragon and tiger patterns appear, so they are called dragon and tiger stones. ”

When Hattori said this, he and Conan suddenly had a flash of inspiration at the same time.

When you get wet in the rain, the pattern will appear...... Isn't that the same with that scroll!?

"Uncle Otaki, where's that scroll?" Heiji hurriedly asked Otaki.

"Uh...... It was taken by Miss Kanedaichi just now. ”

Taken away by Kaneda's zeros? Could it be ...... A bad premonition suddenly appeared in Pingji's heart.

Sure enough, only Zero's voice was heard: "Are you looking for this scroll?" I've cracked the secret of the scroll. ”

After that, Zero presented the scroll in front of everyone, only to see that the scroll was already wet, but some words and patterns did appear.

Seeing this, Otaki couldn't help but praise: "You are really amazing, Miss Kanedaichi!" ”

When I heard this, I was very sad. Damn, I'm just a beat slower!