"Is this the scene? Wait, why are we here to ......"

Katayama stood in the doorway of a household, looking inside, and realized that he had unknowingly followed Mori to the scene of the murder.

In fact, Conan wanted to pull him over, and he didn't have a clue about this case at the moment, so he still wanted to pull a reliable person over to communicate.

As soon as I walked into the room, a putrid smell came to my face, and although the body had been taken away by the police, the stench had not diminished.

Katayama endured his nausea and walked inside and looked at the householder......

It's a very ordinary three-bedroom living room, a big kitchen, and there are all kinds of bottles and jars in the kitchen, which should be seasonings and other things.

"Now if I'm suspicious, it's that the kitchen seems to be too tidy......"

Conan said to Katayama, who carefully compared the surroundings, the room was cluttered, and some clothes were even scattered on the ground...... But the kitchen was well organized, and everything was neatly arranged.

"You don't want to say that the murderer cooks in front of the dead, do you?"

Katayama said uncertainly, but he didn't expect to get Conan's affirmative answer.

"The refrigerator has always been used, and it has even been used recently."

Conan bowed his head slightly, his glasses reflecting a blue glow, and he returned to normal.

"That is, this murderer is starving the deceased while eating in front of her......"

"Livestock ......"

Katayama clenched his fists, even if he killed someone, he still had to use such a cruel and inhumane method...... Is it simply for the pleasure of torturing the dead? Or is there some special meaning.

"Okay, okay, if you have nothing to do, let's leave here first, and the police will continue to discuss the case with me!"

Maori saw that he was being left aside, and he suddenly became unhappy, who is the detective! You two have solved the case!

"Katayama, you take this little ghost back by the way!"

Mori brutally throws Conan to Katayama and then pushes them out of the murder scene.

………

"Well, do you have a clue?"

Katayama and Conan and Yukiko walk on their way home...... Conan asked Katayama.

"You don't have a clue, how can I have."

He didn't pretend, if Conan hadn't figured it out, then he would have rested, without Zorro's prompt, he would just be an ordinary person.

Why don't you go back and talk to Zorro about the case?

"It's broken!"

Katayama, who was halfway there, patted his head as if he had thought of something.

"How...... Did we miss some clues?! ”

Looking at Katayama's solemn expression, Conan also became serious...... Did Katayama notice something he hadn't noticed?

"Forgot to buy lunch for Zorro!"

Katayama left this sentence and ran to the convenience store next to him......... Leaving Conan and Yukiko messy in the wind.

………

Zorro has been very angry these days, first, this squirrel has always grabbed the sofa and TV with it, and second, Katayama has not brought it at all to solve the case these times.

The third is ...... This girl goes out for a big meal, and when she comes back, she takes a convenience store bento and perfunctory them!

"Don't pick it, it's good to be able to eat......"

Katayama said this, he sighed after hearing the case in the morning, and when he encountered this kind of thing, he estimated that he would have to take it more seriously when he ate in the future.

"But Maori can really solve the case without Conan this time?"

As expected, the case has not been solved, and the investigation continues.

There are too few clues, and this situation is obviously not an accident, and it can only be treated as a homicide for the time being.

………

A few days later, Conan reappeared at the café, but instead of coffee, he came to discuss the case with Katayama.

Masahiro Matsudaira, a 43-year-old male who lives alone, was found hungry...... But the suspicion is the same, there is clearly food in the refrigerator......"

Conan's expression was already a little unsightly, and the previous case had not yet ended, and another one had happened......

Serial homicides? But what about motivation? What about the method? Also, what about the common characteristics of the victims?

The body was found exactly a week after the last case, which means that the interval between the murderer's crimes was about a week.

But the question is, why did he kill people in this way......

"At present, the common characteristic of the victims is that they live alone, but it is also clear that if they are not living alone, it is really difficult to kill people by starvation."

Conan said, apparently the case had aroused Zorro's interest, and he had already scurried up from the couch at this point, looking at Katayama expectantly.

“…… Go, go, go! ”

Katayama was helpless and stood up with Zorro in his arms.

"Let's go, I'm going to see the scene too......"

Conan also immediately stood up and walked with Katayama to the scene of the murder.........

………

This house is much more luxurious than before, but it also smells of rancidity...... The difference this time is that the other rooms are as well organized as the kitchen, but it should just be that the owner prefers to be clean.

……

"The sauce is placed the same as before, it should be done by one person, but there are still no other clues."

"The murderer should hate them a lot......"

Katayama also bent his cheeks and thought, but he didn't think of anything, and his brain still wasn't enough.

Zorro walked around the room, and then, it seemed to find something.........

"That's ...... If you investigate the background of these two deceased, you may be able to find common ground........."

Conan said silently, he really couldn't think of anything else in common other than living alone.

"No need ......"

Katayama said, taking a picture from Zoro's mouth.

In the photo, there are several people standing...... He guessed that it should be an important clue, so he handed it to Conan.

“！”

Conan picked up the photo and looked at it...... Excitedly stood up.

"This is it! What they all have in common is this! ”

………

"The murderer should have hated both of them, so he would use this murderous way to kill."

Katayama and Conan walked on their way away again, communicating with Conan.

"There are several people in this picture, among whom are the victims of these two cases."

Conan took out his flip phone and said to Katayama, he didn't take the photo away, he just took the photo with his phone.

"Let's go to the police station first and find out who the people in this photo are."

"How can you check, the official authority is so big?"

This made Conan a little stunned......... That's right...... He's an elementary school student now, not that high school student detective Shinichi Kudo, why should the police listen to him.

"Or ...... Looking for your dad? ”

Katayama thought for a moment and said to Conan, who nodded silently...... Luckily, I have a good father......