"He's the one with the number 'eight' in his name, so it stands to reason that he's going to be the target of the murderer. And when Asahi Hiroki was killed, Fair Sawaki should still be under the protection of Officer Shiratori. How did you ...... suddenly? Become a suspect? ”

Although according to the analysis of the clues taken out by Takato, Miwako Sato can't deny this possibility, but this transformation is still a little surprising, Miwako Sato couldn't help but ask.

"After all, we have found out so far, and there may be hatred for Mr. Asahi Hiroki in Sawaki. The previous inference can basically determine that the two murderers have the intention of killing Asahi Hongshu, so this is also the only clue that can roughly confirm the scope of the murderer, so it must be investigated. ”

In this regard, Gao Yuan simply explained:

"As for the fact that Mr. Asahi Hiroki was killed, Sawaki had an alibi under the protection of Officer Shiratori, so it can only be said that the murderer who killed Mr. Asahi Hiroki with a crossbow at night would not be him, but it is entirely possible that he was the murderer who changed Mr. Asahiki's eye drops."

As if he didn't understand, Takagi Shibu listened to Takato's explanation and nodded, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help asking:

"But wait a minute, Mr. Wise. I remember that according to your analysis with Kudo, the murderer who killed Mr. Asahi Hiroki with a crossbow was the one who caused the whole incident in the first place, that is, the murderer who attacked Officer Twilight, Attorney Fei Mi, you, and Dr. Asasa. In addition, according to Kudo-san's testimony and the situation that our police saw after the murder of Asahi Hiroki, the murderer was a person riding a motorcycle, wearing a motorcycle suit and wearing a helmet, and this description is very similar to the suspected criminal who appeared in the auto repair shop found by Miss Yumi, so doesn't it mean that the murderer seen by the clerk of the auto repair shop is the murderer who caused the whole incident......

"However, it stands to reason that Mr. Sawaki could not be the murderer who killed Mr. Asahihiroki with a crossbow at night, that is to say, this prisoner who was riding a motorcycle, wearing a motorcycle suit and wearing a helmet should not be Mr. Sawaki. In that case, Mr. Akechi, why did you ask the clerk to confirm that the voice of this suspected suspect was Mr. Sawaki's? It shouldn't be right, right? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Takagi Wataru roughly clarified the current situation, and then asked this question puzzled.

At the same time, Miwako Sato obviously felt very reasonable about the question asked by Wataru Takagi, and the two looked at Takato seriously, waiting for his reply.

But in this regard, Gao Yuan just said:

"Maybe the two murderers were both driving motorcycles. After all, judging by the fact that the two playing cards were in my car, the person who would do it should have been the second murderer who wanted to use the incident that the first murderer had created to 'hitchhike' the person he wanted to kill, so the second murderer must have been near that auto repair shop at the time.

"At the same time, in the car accident I encountered on my way out of the auto repair shop, because the handmade item representing the 'J of spades' was left at the scene, it was the first murderer who attacked us in a truck. And he could have attacked at that time, and maybe the first murderer was watching when we arrived at the repair shop.

"Therefore, I have reason to suspect that both murderers had been in the vicinity of the auto repair shop at that time, and it cannot be ruled out that both of them happened to be driving motorcycles, so the suspect who appeared in the auto repair shop and wore a motorcycle suit and helmet that Officer Miyamoto investigated may have been either of the two murderers. From this, this point is worth investigating. ”

In this way, Gao Yuan briefly described his analysis process, but it was because Gao Yuan remembered that Sawaki Fair in the original work was riding a motorcycle, and it was precisely because of the accident while riding a motorcycle that caused him to lose his sense of taste, which made his mentality completely change, so as to launch his later revenge.

Therefore, the fact that Sawaki Fair will ride a motorcycle is the default clue for Takato, and the other murderer, because there is a witness of Conan and the police, and the other party is also riding a motorcycle, so it is impossible to determine which murderer is the suspected suspect who appeared in the auto repair shop at the time, so it needs to be confirmed.

However, despite that, if you think about it carefully, Gao Yuan still feels a little strange-

After all, until now, there is still no clue about the identity of the first murderer. And now that Asahi Hiroki himself is dead, without the testimony of the parties involved, there is no clue, and it is really difficult to find another candidate who has a grudge against Asahi Hiroki.

"Moreover, this kind of continuous incident, the murderer disguises himself as one of the victims, is it also a common thing, isn't it?"

Thinking about it, Gao Yuan finally added, which can be regarded as a reason for his suspicion of Zemu's fairness.

But at the same time, with the appearance of these words, Gao Yuan's thoughts suddenly became thoughtful-

Serial events, the murderer disguises himself as a victim in order to get rid of suspicion, which is a very common method in reasoning, and the original Sawaki Fair did exactly that.

So in that case, the original Sawaki Fair can do this, so the identity of the murderer who has not noticed the slightest clue so far will also be mixed among the victims?

It's just that, so far, Officer Twilight, Fei Yingli, himself, Dr. Asasa Kasa, and the dead Asahi Hiroki are obviously not murderers, so will there be murderers among the next victims?

Thinking like this, Takato felt that he might have to wait until those targets with numbers in their names appeared one by one.

And if it develops according to the original work, although the plot has changed a lot, I'm afraid that tomorrow when Zemu Fair goes to "Water Crystal" to meet Shang Shengyi, maybe the remaining targets will appear.

So, Gao Yuan couldn't help but fall into thought......

……

Soon the next morning, on the other side, due to Dr. Asasa being injured and hospitalized, in the Rice Flower General Hospital, where Conan was originally hospitalized, Officer Twilight and the others went to the ward of the Rice Flower General Hospital after completing the basic investigation at Asahi Hiroki's house, and asked Dr. Asasa about the situation after being attacked by the murderer.

However, because the attack on Dr. Asasa was very simple, it was directly in the evening, when Dr. Asa walked out of the hospital, the murderer passed by on a motorcycle and shot an arrow directly at Dr. Asasa and injured Dr. Asasa, and there were no other details to dig into.

As for the murderer who left on a motorcycle, because no one was chasing after him at the time, the police could not find out where the murderer went for a while.

However, because after that, the incident of the murder of Asahi Hiroki occurred, so combined with the judgment that the previous two incidents were committed by the same murderer, the police roughly determined the murderer's course of action, and then had to try to investigate it, but the results were obviously limited.

And Dr. Asasa, although he was hit by the murderer's arrow, did not hurt the vital point, and is currently only hospitalized to recuperate.

As a result, after briefly inquiring about Dr. Asasa's situation, Officer Twilight and the others did not intend to disturb Dr. Asasa to rest and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Xiaolan also heard the news and came to the hospital-

"Shinichi!"

Xiaolan, who was originally visiting Fei Yingli at Toto University Hospital, learned that Dr. Asa was injured and hospitalized at Rice Flower General Hospital, thinking that Dr. Asa was originally in the hospital and asked Dr. Asa to take care of Conan, but now even Dr. Asa is injured, so she is worried about Conan, so Xiaolan also came here.

As a result, it happened that outside the ward, Xiaolan saw Shinichi Kudo, who was acting with Officer Twilight, Kogoro Mori and others.

So, Xiaolan, who couldn't suppress her emotions for a while, couldn't help but have tears rolling in her eyes, and couldn't help but shout the name of "Xinyi".

"Xiaolan?"

And in this regard, hearing Xiaolan's voice, Kudo Shinichi was a little stunned at first, he didn't expect Xiaolan to come back here, and then turned his head to look and saw Xiaolan with tears flowing out of the corners of his eyes, his eyes trembled, and he seemed to be looking at himself in a very complicated mood, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but respond, and then wanted to ask Xiaolan why she was here.

However, before Kudo Shinichi spoke again, Xiaolan stepped forward in a little anxious and came to Kudo Shinichi, originally because of the call from Kudo Shinichi during the day yesterday, because Kudo Shinichi said on the phone that he couldn't come back, so Xiaolan originally had a thousand kinds of depression in her heart and wanted to tell, but at this moment she really saw Kudo Shinichi appear here, and all the words came to her mouth and couldn't say it, but she just eased her emotions and asked as calmly as possible:

"Shinichi, when are you coming back?"

"Ah...... Oh! I've heard that too many people have been injured in this incident, so I thought that this incident was really a bit extraordinary, so I tried my best to come back......"

In the face of Xiaolan's inquiry, Kudo Shinichi thought about it and explained it like this.

"yes......"

Listening to Kudo Shinichi's explanation, Xiaolan's expression was low for a while, but thinking that no matter what the reason, Shinichi would come back after all, so she didn't think much about what Kudo Shinichi said on the phone during the day yesterday, Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of the fact that she finally hung up Shinichi's phone like a tantrum.

So, bowing her head slightly, don't turn her face, Xiaolan whispered:

"I'm sorry...... I ...... yesterday."

"Ahh Xiaolan! ”

And didn't wait for Xiaolan to finish speaking, at this moment, it was no longer like Conan's perspective to look at Xiaolan, but from Kudo Shinichi's perspective, after seeing Xiaolan's somewhat crying, but stubborn expression, Kudo Shinichi had some mixed feelings in his heart.

So, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but interrupt Xiaolan's words out loud, and then said:

"I just happen to have something to tell you, I wonder if you're free now?"

"Huh?"

For a while, hearing Gao Yuan's words, Xiaolan couldn't help but be a little stunned, but then she seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but reply:

"It just so happens that I have something to discuss with you!"

As he spoke, Xiaolan deliberately glanced at Maori Kogoro, who was also here at the moment, and reached out to take Kudo Shinichi's arm, and was about to go elsewhere.

Seeing this, Kudo Shinichi did not refuse, and heard that Xiaolan had something to discuss with him, so he followed.

Maori Kogoro on the side, unexpectedly watched his daughter deliberately pull Kudo Shinichi away, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then shouted to the departing Xiaolan with some anxiety and anger:

"Hey! Where are you going? ”

Saying that, Maori Kogoro, who was a little nervous, was about to follow unconsciously, but as his hand stretched forward, just after some tendencies to move forward, Maori Kogoro still didn't take a step after all, just looked at the departing Xiaolan and Kudo Shinichi in a daze, he felt that Xiaolan seemed to be deliberately avoiding himself-

"We'll be right back!"

Simply, Xiaolan turned her head and shouted at Maori Kogoro, and then continued to pull Kudo Shinichi towards the corner of the corridor.

Seeing this, Maori Kogoro was silent for a moment, and could only watch......

……

"Shinichi, if it were you, would you shoot?"

Pulling Kudo Shinichi across the corner of the corridor, in this place where Maori Kogoro couldn't see, Xiaolan was worried, but because she hadn't seen Kudo Shinichi for a long time, Xiaolan couldn't help but rely on Kudo Shinichi, and recalled that ten years ago, Maori Kogoro shot her heart, and told Kudo Shinichi, and then asked in a depressed mood:

"No matter how confident you are, you shouldn't shoot! In the future, I can't trust my dad anymore. If it were you, you wouldn't do it! ”

As she spoke, Xiaolan couldn't help wiping her tears.

"Well...... this"

And in this regard, hearing such facts again, looking at Xiaolan's depressed mood, Kudo Shinichi thought for a moment, and then said truthfully:

"I don't know ...... if you ask me now"

"Huh?"

Xiaolan raised her head and looked at Kudo Shinichi's slightly serious expression, and seemed surprised by his answer.

"However, even if it is true that my uncle shot my aunt back then, it is not necessarily true! Got it? ”

Seriously, Shinichi Kudo replied.

What does that mean? I don't understand what you mean! ”

This answer completely puzzled Xiaolan, and she was a little unwilling, Xiaolan couldn't help asking.

And looking at Xiaolan's stubborn and serious eyes, Kudo Shinichi really didn't know how to answer this question specifically, but at this moment, he could hear Officer Twilight call his name-

"Hey! Kudo, it's almost time to leave to meet Mr. Katsuyoshi Sho with Mr. Sawaki! ”

"I'm sorry, there's only so much I can say right now, I'll talk to you when it's over!"

In this regard, due to the incident, Kudo Shinichi responded to Xiaolan like this at this time, and then he was about to leave for Officer Twilight and them-

"Wait a minute! I'm going too! ”

However, seeing that Kudo Shinichi was going to leave with Officer Twilight and the others, Xiaolan hesitated for a while, and then stepped forward very seriously and said this to everyone.

"Don't make trouble Xiaolan, it's not fun for us to go there!"

And at this moment, seeing that Xiaolan planned to follow him and others, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but shout at Xiaolan, wanting to advise her not to risk her life.

But I don't know what, Xiaolan wanted to come with him in the opposite direction, and replied very seriously:

"Many people have been injured in this incident because of my father's relationship, and as my father's daughter, I really can't sit at home and wait!"

In this way, under Xiaolan's serious insistence, Xiaolan couldn't resist it, in order not to waste time, in the end, Officer Twilight took Xiaolan with him and came to the vicinity of Tokyo Bay to take out the marine entertainment facilities-

And as Gao Yuan expected, this time, indeed, all the people who should have appeared, gathered......

(End of chapter)