“…… Ten plagues? ”

Twilight Thirteen, who didn't know much about these religious things, was confused, but Oda Kiritoshiro, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, looked moved, as if he thought of related memories: "Exodus, blood plague, frog plague, lice plague, fly plague, sores plague, animal plague, hail plague, locust plague, dark plague, firstborn plague. ”

"Yes, the law of murder used by the prisoners is an evolution of the most famous core of the book of Exodus.

"The Ten Plagues of Egypt are the passages in the Bible in which God showed his power to give calamities to ancient Egypt and made Pharaoh agree to return freedom to the people of Israel with the power of terror."

Conan, who was hiding under Katsumi Uehara's desk, pulled the bow voice changer up, sat down on the cold ground, and said in a condensed voice:

"The first plague: the bloody flood. Legend has it that God tapped the Nile with a scepter with Aaron's hand, and then the Nile was empty, and the water turned into blood, and it was not until seven days later that the river was clear.

"The seven deceased in the serial murder case used this allusion - a fish tank without fish, and the corpses were found to have dyed the water in the tank red into blood for seven days."

——？！

Twilight Thirteen's eyes widened in horror in the conference room, and his breathing gradually became heavy: "What about the restaurant?" ”

"The second plague: the frog plague. The god cast a spell with a scepter, causing frogs to spread all over Egypt, much to the distress of the Egyptians. The Asahi restaurant that was detonated is precisely a specialty store that specializes in frog meat.

"According to the information and photos investigated by the Uehara Criminal Institute, the location where the restaurant called Asahi was detonated was precisely the cold storage of the ingredients, so there is the ruins of the frog meat ingredients taken by the Uehara Criminal Office, and the photo is still hanging on the blackboard of the case."

Conan, who was sitting on the ground, subconsciously turned his head, and his eyes fell on the blackboard that he was holding up.

"That's not right."

Oda Kiritoro in the first place frowned: "Even if you two can be connected, what about the third plague lice plague, the fourth plague fly plague, the fifth plague sores plague, and the sixth plague animal plague?" ”

"Horse farm! Red Corner Commercial Racecourse! ”

Before the words fell, Miwako Sato, who was on the edge of Twilight Thirteen, suddenly thought of the situation she had encountered with Katsumi Uehara in the racecourse that night.

Searching the office area of the third department, the corners of Conan's mouth rose when he looked at the blackboard: "That's right, it's the horse farm."

"Judging from the case analysis records, Takagi Criminal first found the body of an old horse dead in the stable, and then found the body of Kirino's wife and daughter, who claimed to have been kidnapped, in the horse farm.

"If I'm not mistaken, the stables at that time must have had a terrible smell, Sato Criminal, not just formalin."

Miwako Sato, who was named, nodded with great certainty in the face of the stares of the police bosses: "Uehara also exploded for this, and I remember that there were rotten sores on the corpse, and there were also a lot of flies, and I had to wave them away almost every now and then." ”

"The description of the plague of animals in the Ten Plagues of Egypt is that God cast a spell to kill the cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock raised by the Egyptians, and the plague was produced, leaving only the Israelites unscathed.

Returning to reality, the murderer replaced the dead livestock with the carcasses of old horses on the horse farm. The same is true for lice plagues, fly plagues, and even sores plagues. ”

Conan thought back to what he had read in the Bible, and said aloud:

"The third plague: the plague of lice. As a horse farm, it is very necessary to regularly remove lice for horses. I learned about this when I bought a racehorse before, and I wanted to read the horse manual to see the number of lice parasitic on the horse;

"The Fourth Calamity: Needless to say, the answer of Sato Criminal just now must be clear enough.

"The fifth plague: the plague of sores. Sato Criminal also said that the mother and daughter of Kirino found in the racecourse had rotten sores on their bodies. According to the new autopsy information on the blackboard, it was a lesion caused by their overdose.

"As for the sixth plague, it's like I said before. The prisoners could not make the plague, so they could only refer to the dead livestock, that is, the horses in the horse farm. ”

"If that's ......"

Miwako Sato, one of Twilight Thirteen's right-hand men, walked along this line of thought, and her eyes lit up: "Water stains! The seventh hail disaster is the water stains left behind by the melting of the ice in the three sites after the ice smashed the glass! The eighth plague locust—"

Speaking of this, Miwako Sato suddenly stuck.

"Kamen Superman."

Conan, who wasn't interested in tokusatsu issues, thought of a narration he had heard not long ago: "The masked superman who left behind by the prisoner is referring to the locusts that brought disaster."

"According to the setting of this special effects drama, Kamen Superman's body has been transformed. Kamen Superman, as the main character, is the first modified human in the evil organization to fuse the locust genetically modified, which can also be called the Locust Man. ”

"I see!"

Twilight Thirteen slapped his head, his face extremely heavy: "So the Ninth Calamity Dark Calamity refers to the villa that lost power because of the damage to the electrical box!" The eldest son of the tenth disaster refers to Toshihiko Takasugi, the eldest son of the Takasugi Foundation, and Ayako Suzuki, the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Foundation! ”

"That's right."

Conan lowered his head slightly, his gaze falling from the blackboard: "According to the Bible, God traveled all over Egypt in the middle of the night. From Pharaoh to the common people of Egypt, there was no family that did not die of the firstborn. None of the firstborn escaped death, not even the eldest son, who was in prison. ”

Miwako Sato's face sank: "The last bomb, the prisoner still has the last bomb in his hand, he locked Takasugi Toshihiko and Suzuki Ayako together, like the eldest son in the prison in mythology."

"Wait a minute, Māori detectives. If that's the case, the killer's rule is cracked, but when will they do it? ”

Miwako Sato was puzzled.

It's just-

"Shin Miyazawa."

"Huh?"

"Sato Criminal, do you remember what Shin Miyazawa did?" In the light, the lenses of Conan, who was hiding under the table, glowed.

"What for?"

Miwako Sato frowned, recalling his profession: "The manager of the finance department of the Takasugi Foundation, the main job is to be responsible for docking with the Suzuki Foundation, because the two of them have jointly engaged in a large-scale undersea sightseeing tunnel project, and he has always been with him. ”

As soon as Sato's words fell, Toshiro Oda on the first seat had already answered: "The content of the book of Exodus, the disaster of killing the firstborn, Moses divides the sea." ”

"The inspector is right. This is one of the most important points in the Old Testament, the beginning of the gathering of the Israelites to flee Egypt. The Bible accounts of this passage that after the killing of the firstborn son in the last of the ten plagues, Pharaoh released the Israelites led by Moses.

And after being released, Moses used the power of God to open up a classic allusion that is still used in major films, television, and literary works - Moses divides the sea.

"My friend Yusaku Kudo wrote a mystery novel based on Moses Divide the Sea in his early years."

Conan, who almost pouted, grinned in surprise and hurriedly remedied: "In other words, the prisoners are now waiting for their companion to come back in the underwater sightseeing tunnel that divides the ocean and makes it like walking on the ground, it is the Dr. Natsukikawa who is almost detained." ”

"According to previous news reports, the undersea sightseeing tunnel has been cleared and is waiting to be opened. However, as one of the former project leaders, I think Miyazawa had the key to get in and out of it. ”

Twilight Thirteen's face sank: "His wife, Yuka Miyazawa." So as long as you catch them who are about to escape, you can ask about the whereabouts of the kidnapped Toshihiko Takasugi and Ayako Suzuki. ”

"That's right." Conan, who had finished his last sentence, slowly lowered his bow.

"These three bastards! What do you think of the police?! ”

Twilight Thirteen, whose temples were pounding, couldn't care less about the presence of his boss and punched the desk: "Sato! Let someone lock me up that Natsukigawa Shitsuya!

"Lead the team to arrest people immediately! Be sure to get them to confess the whereabouts of Toshihiko Takasugi and Ayako Suzuki before the bomb explodes! ”

"Understood!"

"Inspector of Police, sorry, rude."

Twilight Thirteen apologized to Toshiro Oda, who had a calm face.

"I'll leave it to you, Twilight, catch it alive."

"Yes! Inspector General! ”

Twilight Thirteen saluted, turned around and was about to run out of the conference room with Sato. In the next second, a slightly disordered breathing voice came from the microphone-

"Wait a minute, the police department, the Maori detective's reasoning, wrong."

"Uehara?!"

"Uehara-kun?!"

Katsumi Uehara?!

Almost at the same time, everyone in the conference room and Conan under Katsumi Uehara's desk in the three-department office area were shocked.

After coming out of the elevator, Katsumi Uehara, who was obviously trotting all the way, pushed open the door of the office area, glanced at Mori Kogoro, who was sitting on a chair with his head bowed as if he was sleeping, and said with a sigh of relief: "Or, the front, but the last part is wrong." ”

The last part is wrong?

Conan, who was hiding under the table, shrank and frowned.

"The prisoner was not waiting for the return of his companions to escape from heaven in that undersea sightseeing tunnel, but waiting for a large number of police officers to come to his death!

"The last remaining bomb is nowhere else, it's in that underwater tunnel!

"Toshihiko Takasugi and Ayako Suzuki are not their ultimate goal, their ultimate goal is the police! It's the police who are pursuing! ”

Shrugging his tie and calming his breath, Katsumi Uehara said sharply, "Toshihiko Takasugi and Ayako Suzuki are just their tools, because in their opinion, this is the fastest way to gather a large number of police officers in an instant to carry out the pursuit."

"The purpose of all this was not to kill a few people, but to reproduce the tragic death of the Egyptian army that Moses pursued after the division of the sea.

"This is also the reason why Natsuki Kawaji also chose to enter the Metropolitan Police Department, he is not waiting for the detention time to end and jump face, he is here to fulfill the NPC obligation.

"When the police are at a loss, over time, the people of the consortium will definitely forcibly take him away and torture him to extract a confession. As long as he pretends to spit out information at this time, then the consortium will definitely notify the police to mobilize a large amount of manpower to enter the sightseeing tunnel to search for him. ”

Katsumi Uehara slapped the table and said in a condensed voice: "Police Department, their target is us, and their goal is to kill a large number of police officers at once!" The last person they want to take revenge on is the police! ”