"Huh?!"

The moment the anesthetic needle sank into his neck, the sleepiness that surged up like a sea suddenly swept every nerve in Maori Kogoro's body-

"Really...... Again, this feeling ......"

Twisted like a dissonance of hands and feet, Maori Kogoro's extremely abnormal behavior suddenly attracted the attention of Twilight Thirteen, who was still in the conference room: "Brother Maori, are you okay?" ”

Thump!

Sitting on the ground like a god, leaning against the door frame at the door of the conference room, Mori Kogoro "spoke": "I'm fine, the police department, I just suddenly figured out one thing." ”

Outside the door, because the hospital staff had already evacuated, Conan, who had pulled up the bow, stood directly at the door, and the moment he lowered his head to speak, an inexplicable light was reflected on the lenses.

"Got one thing?" Twilight Thirteen's face flickered with doubt, and then her eyes widened, "Brother Maori, do you know Sayuri Matsumoto-"

"Police Department! Please prepare a few more air cushions for me and put them downstairs in Building 1 at the entrance of the hospital! ”

Suddenly, Katsumi Uehara's slightly panting voice suddenly came from the silent walkie-talkie, interrupting Twilight Thirteen's words.

"Downstairs in Building 1?"

Hearing this, Twilight quickly turned her head and leaned out of the window, and the towering and upright Building 1 immediately came into view. Conan's face outside the door was also stunned, and then he let go of his hands that were clenching the bow voice changer.

Pulling open the door to the conference room, he quietly walked in with the help of Twilight Thirteen's turn, standing next to Mori Kogoro.

Did he react too?

"Uehara-kun, do you mean?!"

"That's right, Sayuri Matsumoto should be in Building 1. To be exact, she was in the cross on the roof of Building 1! ”

At the other end of the walkie-talkie, Katsumi Uehara, who ran into Building 1 at the entrance of the hospital, looked at the elevator with a maintenance sign and decisively chose the stairs.

"The cross on the roof of Building 1?"

All the policemen who heard Katsumi Uehara's words on the walkie-talkie looked up in the direction of Building 1, and what caught their eyes was a huge cross that shone in the warm sun-

That's an architectural element that all hospitals have, representing the cross of the hospital.

"I've only read half of the letter written by the prisoner. That is, the first half of the sentence "The chosen messenger of God listened to the pious prayer and witnessed the absurd epic once again unfolding in this sad and sinful world". ”

Katsumi Uehara, who was striding up the stairs and running to the top of the building step by step, was already breathing rapidly, and he could even hear the sound of his own heart beating faster in the hustle and bustle of retrograde.

"Half?"

With a calm face, Twilight Thirteen motioned to several police officers in the conference room to hurry up and prepare the air mattress as required, and then asked, "Uehara-kun, do you mean that the prisoner divided the notice letter into two parts, half symbolizing the location of the bomb, and half symbolizing the location of Sayuri Matsumoto?" ”

"That's right."

Katsumi Uehara nodded, and after gradually walking backwards down the stairs to the 9th floor, the crowds began to decrease, and after a few seconds of pause, he gritted his teeth and rushed upwards again.

"In fact, [when the blood is accompanied by a salute to awaken the dead gods, the punishment has begun; I am a messenger of God, may God have mercy on the world, Amen] These two sentences, which I thought were the most important information about Sayuri's hideout, were the words that I thought were about the hospital.

"Blood refers to the dead, salute refers to bomb explosions, I have considered all these before, but I have ignored one of the most important messages - [Awakening the Dead Gods]."

"Wake up the dead ...... God? ”

On the balcony of the ambulance center, Miwako Sato, who was holding the walkie-talkie, frowned: "Jesus? ”

As an ordinary person who does not believe in Christianity, the first thing she can think of after being reminded is the most famous one in the resurrection legends of Christianity - Jesus, who came back from the dead.

"That's right, it's Jesus."

Katsumi Uehara's wheezing voice became more and more rapid and obvious on the intercom: "The Bible records that Jesus was crucified, but he was resurrected on the third day after his death, and for this reason there was a special holiday to commemorate this day - Easter.

This is one of the oldest and most significant holidays in the history of Christianity, because it celebrates the resurrection of God Jesus. And on this day of Easter, in addition to all kinds of activities, there is a type of flower that is indispensable - lilies. ”

——？！

"Sayuri Matsumoto's name?!" Twilight Thirteen slammed the table, his eyes wide as brass bells!

"That's right, it's Sayuri Matsumoto's name. And, of course, her identity and character. ”

Katsumi Uehara, who stopped to rest for a few seconds again, raised his head and looked at the 19th floor, which was already empty, and grinned with his teeth: "The lily has always been regarded as a symbol of sacredness and purity, so it has always been regarded as the [flower of resurrection] by Christians.

And Sayuri Matsumoto, in addition to her name, happens to be a bride-to-be who is about to enter the temple of sacred marriage.

"The prisoner intended to use her as the flower of resurrection to complete the homage and reference to the resurrection of Jesus in his prophetic letter, which should be why the prisoner kidnapped instead of killing Sayuri Matsumoto."

"But in that case, why did he leave that card and that notice after kidnapping Sayuri Matsumoto?" Wataru Takagi didn't quite understand.

If it's so complicated, why bother?

"Takagi, according to the Bible, the resurrection of Jesus was reported to the authorities by the soldiers who guarded the tomb."

"Official soldiers...... You mean, we cops?! ”

"That's right, as the teaser said, this guy really seems to be thinking of himself as an oracle."

Katsumi Uehara, who finally stepped onto the 21st floor of the top floor, wiped the sweat that had already flowed down to his jaw, and his eyes fell on the stairs leading to the rooftop -

At the door, there is a big signboard: rooftop construction, please do not enter.

"So that means?!"

In other words, Sayuri Matsumoto was on the crucifix of Jesus, and she was crushed into a bomb as a symbol of the resurrection of the gods, and she was a sacrificial lily.

"In the entire Mihua Central Hospital, the only cross sign that can hold one person is the giant sign on the roof of Building 1, which is facing the entrance of the hospital."

Ignoring the construction sign and ignoring the cordon, Katsumi Uehara pushed open the door of the stairwell and walked up step by step.

The sound of leather shoes on the steps was crisp to the point of tapping.

Soon, a locked iron door appeared in front of Katsumi Uehara.

"In other words, Sayuri Matsumoto should be right here."

Katsumi Uehara, who took out his gun and aimed it at the lock, calmed his disordered breathing and decisively pulled the trigger!

Bang!

The sound of a bullet coming out of the chamber instantly passed through the walkie-talkie to the cochlea of every policeman—

Immediately after, at the moment when the lock exploded, Katsumi Uehara raised his foot and kicked it!

The rusty iron door collapsed in response!

"Uehara?!"

The contents of the rooftop came into the man's eyes as the iron door fell, and the figure of a woman clearly fell into his pupils.

Katsumi Uehara, who slowly lowered his feet, raised the corners of his mouth slightly:

"Found you."