"The body was lassoed and hung from the handrail of the roof, covered with plastic sheeting, and then secured with a rope end by a roof door. As soon as the door opens, the rope will be loosened and the body will fall! ”

Look back at Conan.

After they encountered the situation of a corpse smashed on the hood of the police car they were riding, Hattori Heiji and Conan hurriedly ran to the roof of the building where the suspected body fell, and after meeting a man on the roof, they learned something from him, so Hattori Heiji analyzed this situation-

"This uncle was called to the top floor by phone, and as soon as he opened the door to the rooftop, the mechanism was activated, causing the body to fall."

Pointing to the man who had just been brought downstairs by Hattori Heiji, Hattori Heiji explained.

"It's suspicious, can't he be a murderer?"

However, listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Mori Kogoro looked at each other with a suspicious expression and asked like this.

"It's very unlikely."

Hattori Heiji denied in one bite:

"The deceased presumed death at least twenty-four hours ago. In other words, he was called out and killed at this time yesterday, and then he was hung from the handrail on the top floor. If he is the murderer, it is impossible to activate the mechanism and will do it himself. ”

"But how did it end up in a police car?"

In this regard, Yusuke Sakata, who was on the side, was surprised that the body fell into the police car.

"Probably just a coincidence......"

Hattori Heiji thought about it, walked over to the corpse and observed, and said:

"However, if there is a corpse in the city, it will be reported quickly, so it may also be a deliberate warning to someone......"

"Warning?"

Hearing Hattori Heiji say this, Conan on the side couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Yes."

In this regard, Hattori Heiji noticed the short knife that pierced the heart after piercing the purse on the corpse, and said with some certainty:

"The knife that pierced the purse and pierced the chest looked like the same ...... as in the previous murders"

As she was talking, at this moment, in the crowd of onlookers, a middle-aged woman with long hair looked at the death of the deceased in front of her, showed a frightened expression, and couldn't help but make a sound in panic, so she turned around and wanted to run-

"Hey! Wife! Wait a minute! ”

Noticing that the lady's reaction in the crowd was abnormal, Hattori Heiji and Conan immediately wanted to catch up and ask for clarification, but after squeezing out the crowd of onlookers, the other party had already gotten into the car and drove away-

"Damn, run away!"

Seeing the other party running away without looking back, it was obvious that he seemed to know something, and Hattori Heiji, who didn't catch up with the other party, couldn't help but shout a little angrily.

"It's okay, I wrote down the license plate number."

And Conan, who followed on the side, couldn't help but look very serious and said:

"But first, tell me, what's going on with the 'same murder before'?"

……

Osaka Prefecture, inside the Tojiri Police Station——

Due to the murder in front of them, the trip to Osaka had to be temporarily suspended, so everyone went to the Tojiri Police Station with Yusuke Sakata and the Tojiri Police Officer who arrived later.

And here, Conan, Mori Kogoro and others finally learned from Hattori Heiji that there were two murders in Osaka before.

Moreover, knowing that the deceased was killed after being pierced through the wallet with a short knife, and then stabbed the knife into the heart, coupled with the incident that happened in front of him, it is clear that this is a case of serial homicide.

However, according to Heiji Hattori, although it was a series of killings, so far, it is not clear about the relationship between the deceased.

Judging from the current clues, although the birthplace, school and work place of the three deceased are all in Osaka, there is no place to intersect with each other.

But soon, this situation was broken by Yusuke Sakata-

According to the latest findings of Yusuke Sakata, two of the three current deceased have appeared in a news video that was reported on television six years ago when Sotaro Goji, a member of the prefectural assembly, was suspected of embezzlement.

Among them, the first deceased, Hidetoshi Nagao, was the secretary of Sotaro Goji, but he was dismissed after falling on the body of Secretary General Hidetoshi on suspicion of corruption.

And the third deceased, Noyasuzuto, was the driver of Sotaro Goji back then.

Although with the current clues, it is not possible to determine whether the second female deceased and Tayo Nishiguchi are related to the other two, but at least for now, the two deceased are related to Sotaro Goji, which is obviously a breakthrough in the case-

"I remember that Sotaro Goji was the member of the Osaka Prefecture Legislature who passed the blame on the secretary and got out of the alleged corruption incident six years ago, right?"

And at this moment, hearing the name of Sotaro Goji, even Mori Kogoro had heard about the events of that year, and he couldn't help but say this with no good feelings for this person.

"yes."

In this regard, Yusuke Sakata followed up and said:

His secretary was fired six years ago on suspicion of embezzlement, and his driver left his job four years ago. Now, these two people who are related to the township councillor are involved in the serial killings. This may indicate that the Township Councillor has something to do with this incident! ”

"I've heard he's notoriously annoying the cops, though. I think it's useless to look for him. ”

Mori Kogoro said that he was a little optimistic about the result.

"But in that case, I think we'd better go meet him."

However, for such a situation, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but say seriously to Yusuke Sakata:

"As for Mr. Maori...... You just let Heye lead the way, let's go to my house first! ”

"Huh? Peaceful! ”

Seeing that Hattori Heiji was leaving with Yusuke Sakata, Kazuha was a little worried and seemed to want to stop Hattori Heiji from leaving, but when Hattori Heiji really looked back, Kazuha couldn't help but say:

"Did you have your amulet with you?"

"Yes, don't worry."

In this regard, Hattori Heiji replied with a light smile and followed Yusuke Sakata out......

……

"I guessed that I was going to meet the Township Councillor, so just now, I asked someone to rent a car. At this time, there was really no way to drive that police car anymore. ”

Walking out of the Tojiri Office and coming to the place where the car was parked outside, Yusuke Sakata took Heiji Hattori to a car and said with a smile.

"I'm really sorry that you have to write a letter of repentance to report the cause of the damage to the vehicle......"

After sitting in the car, seeing that Yusuke Sakata was adjusting the rearview mirror, Heiji Hattori said apologetically, and at the same time, Conan didn't know when he got into the back seat of Yusuke Sakata's car-

"It's okay! However, this kid ......"

Listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Yusuke Sakata had an indifferent attitude, but after noticing Conan, he still seemed a little surprised-

"This little imp is very useful!"

In this regard, Hattori Heiji just explained with a smile.

"But Mr. Mori is worried, right?"

Yusuke Sakata worried.

"It's okay, I'll call back later!"

And so, Conan replied.

So, hearing this, he didn't say anything, Yusuke Sakata also started the car and started driving-

"That councilor's office has to go through Midosuji...... By the way, I found out the address and phone number of the suspicious woman you mentioned through the license plate number, her name is Okazaki Chengjiang, 39 years old, divorced last year. At the moment, I seem to be living alone in a nearby Nishito apartment......"

As the car drove through an area, as if remembering something, Yusuke Sakata suddenly said......

……

And at the same time, near the Xidu apartment, Takato and Otaki Goro have come here at this moment-

"Mr. Wise, why don't we go up and have a look?"

However, for the practice of just waiting here, Otaki Goro asked very strangely.

"The other party is now the bird that frightens the bow, instead of going to the grass and scaring the snake now, it is better to wait for the rabbit ......"

However, Gao Yuan said with some confidence in this......

(End of chapter)