According to Kudo Shinichi's previous analysis, there should be two murderers.

However, it is also because of this analysis that it can be confirmed that there should be no connection between the two murderers, and the second murderer is purely based on the first murderer's method of imitating and committing hitchhiking murder.

So from this point of view, where does the term "mastermind" begin?

In addition, if it is really forcibly said that the murderer who planned the whole countdown murder with playing cards is the mastermind, then it is obvious that this mastermind is the murderer who attacked Officer Twilight, Lawyer Concubine, Mr. Akechi, Dr. Asasa in the beginning, and finally killed Asahi Hiroki, because the whole plan started by him, so this first murderer can be regarded as the mastermind.

However, now that it is said that Sawaki is the mastermind, then there is a major contradiction with the previous analysis!

Because, when he killed Asahi Hiroki, Sawaki was fair, but under the protection of the police, he would not have had the opportunity to kill Asahi Hiroki, so if you look at it this way, he can't be the first murderer-

In other words, no matter how you look at it, there is obviously a problem with saying that Sawaki is the "mastermind".

So, based on this idea, Kudo Shinichi explained the situation in general, and then asked Miwako Sato, who said that Sawaki was the mastermind.

In this regard, Miwako Sato thought about it and felt that it was difficult for her to explain in detail, so she took out her mobile phone and said to Kudo Shinichi:

"Well, you'd better ask Mr. Wise directly!"

As he spoke, he saw Miwako Sato dial Takato's number and dial the phone out-

"Huh? Is there a signal? ”

Suddenly, seeing that Miwako Sato's phone call was successfully dialed, Officer Twilight hurriedly took out his mobile phone to see, after all, when he wanted to contact the outside just now, there was no mobile phone signal at all.

However, seeing that Miwako Sato's phone was dialed, but Officer Twilight they saw that their mobile phones were still displayed "outside the circle", which made them even more puzzled, Officer Twilight and the others looked puzzled, so after Miwako Sato's phone was dialed, after listening to Takato who had already picked up the phone, Officer Twilight couldn't help asking:

"Wise brother! What the hell is going on! Why don't we have a signal on our mobile phones, but Sato can call you! Where the hell are you now? ”

"Ah, Officer Twilight."

In this regard, after hearing Officer Twilight's inquiry, Gao Yuan's voice came from the other end of the phone, and then in response to Officer Twilight's question, Gao Yuan first answered:

"You should be at the bottom of the ocean recreation facility 'Water Crystal' by now, right? Here, there is only one mobile phone base station that can be connected to the outside, so just set up the signal base station so that only the signal of a specific number can be transmitted, and you can achieve such a situation! ”

"Huh? Why? ”

Listening to Takato's explanation, Officer Twilight asked puzzled.

"Of course, it's to make the murderer think that the time has come for him to do it!"

Gao Yuan explained lightly, and then asked everyone present:

"By the way, since this will contact me, what is the situation on the scene? Have you caught the murderer? ”

"Yes, Officer Sato and I created an opportunity to facilitate the murderer's attack according to your deployment, and as you expected, Mr. Sawaki made a move on Miss Nana Koyamauchi!"

In this regard, in the face of Takato's inquiry, Takagi Wataru answered.

"Huh? It's fair to catch Sawaki......"

However, when he heard this result, Gao Yuan seemed to sigh a little disappointed, as if he was not satisfied with this result-

After all, it was originally a plan to fish out another accomplice, but I didn't expect that it was Sawaki who chose to do it himself, which was a bit unsatisfactory.

However, since it is indeed the current situation where the murderer was caught, and it was Sawaki Fair who did it to Nana Koyamauchi, then just like the original work, the judgment that Sawaki Fair is the mastermind of the whole incident is even greater.

So, Gao Yuan on the other end of the phone thought.

But then, after listening to Takato briefly ask about the situation at the scene, Kudo Shinichi curiously asked his doubts-

After all, according to the original inference, even if Sawaki was the murderer, he could only be the second copycat at most, and should not be the first murderer.

In this regard, Gao Yuan immediately made the most critical explanation:

"Kudo-san, the relationship between the two murderers, one of whom is a copycat, is because the murderer has a difference in choosing the target that 'ten' represents.

"At first, we thought that the copycat wanted to count down the order of the murder to 'nine' before Asahi Hiroki piloted the helicopter, so in order to achieve this goal, the copycat targeted me and Conan, who was acting with me, thinking that attacking both of us at the same time would achieve his goal at once, so he put two playing cards in my car in advance.

"But I didn't expect that the imitator didn't have time to do it, but the real murderer preempted him and attacked me and Conan. The imitator thinks that his goal has been achieved, and the real murderer counts down to 'nine', which allows him to carry out the attack on Asahi Hiroki immediately, so he replaces his usual eye drops.

"But the accident is, Conan doesn't seem to be the original target of the first murderer, and the attack on Conan in the eyes of the first murderer should be an accident, and the real 'ten' is Dr. Asasa.

"Therefore, based on the above facts, we analyzed the existence of two murderers at that time, because there was a difference in the identification of the goal of 'ten', which led to the exposure of the existence of this second copycat, right?"

"yes, what's wrong with that?"

Kudo Shinichi asked, after all, what Takato just said was his own conjecture after Dr. Asa was also attacked.

"There's a problem."

In this regard, Gao Yuan began to say seriously:

"The above inference is that we believe that the murderers are two unrelated people, and the second murderer does not know the true intentions of the first murderer, so there is a deviation in the identification of the goal of 'ten'.

"But the question is, what if this was intentional by the murderer? The murderer deliberately did this, so that we think that there are two murderers, and there is no connection between the two, so what? ”

Suddenly, hearing this, Kudo Shinichi's body suddenly became serious, and then he began to think solemnly-

"The order doesn't matter......"

After a while, Kudo Shinichi, who had thought about it for a while, suddenly said the sentence that Miwako Sato said before after controlling Sawaki Fair, it seems that the key to the problem is that he also figured it out-

"That's right, the order doesn't matter."

In this regard, Gao Yuan couldn't help affirming:

Just like "ABC Murder", the murderer in "ABC Murder" creates a series of killings, and his own purpose is to hide the target he really wants to kill, and in the same way, the murderer this time is the same, using playing cards to carry out a countdown attack, but in fact, what he really wants to kill is only a few of them, that is, looking for thirteen targets is just to mislead us about the identity of the murderer. In other words, as long as it can mislead us about his identity, the order itself does not matter at all! ”

"I see!"

Nodding, Kudo Shinichi seemed to fully understand what Takato meant, and then looked around at the people present, and said with a solemn expression:

"Then who is that accomplice......

(End of chapter)