Since Ai didn't say anything, Kousuke didn't ask any further.
Turning his head to look at the Guan Yu keychain, Guangyou stroked his chin thoughtfully.
A red horse...
He would always think of the red horse statue left at the scene by the arsonist.
However, the police only mentioned a red horse statue and did not mention Guan Yu, so perhaps he was overthinking it.
Coming to his senses, Kōyū turned to Ai, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Ai, why don't you go wash up too? It's getting late."
"Okay." Ai nodded, stood up from her chair, and said softly to Kouyu, "You should go and get some rest too."
"Don't worry, I'll be right there."
After receiving a response from Kousuke, Ai nodded again before leaving the room and heading towards the bathroom.
After Ai left, Kousuke said goodbye to Ran and went back to his room, lying down on his bed.
He took out his phone and glanced at the text messages Conan had sent; he had sent two in total.
The first message was sent by Kwang-woo before he went to take a bath. His reply was very simple: "I will keep an eye on it."
The second message was sent a few minutes ago; it was a bit longer.
“You said the most suspicious person is Akira Morozumi, but based on our current investigation, the most suspicious person is Takatoku Genda, the door-to-door salesman.”
“Ryoko Morozumi’s older sister, Itsuko Gondo, is a suspect. Her father passed away not long ago, and his inheritance was to be left to his second daughter, Ryoko Morozumi, who was looking for a husband to marry into the family.”
“She might have deliberately set the fire because of the inheritance, but at the time of the incident, she was telling fortunes for others in a building in front of Beika Station.”
“Akira Morozumi is indeed a suspect. He originally wanted to rebuild that house and build a hospital of his own, but he was troubled by Ryoko Morozumi’s strong opposition.”
"Furthermore, he may have known about the relationship between Ryoko Morozumi and that feng shui master. While setting fire to retaliate, he could also rebuild that house and build a hospital that belongs to him."
"However, he and the feng shui master went out drinking together before the incident and only returned after it happened. I heard that someone living nearby called to inform him."
“All three of them have solid alibis, except for Genda Takatoku, who has no alibi. In fact, we saw him near the Morozumi family's residence while we were waiting at the door.”
"We also found that the red horse statue left at the arson site was incomplete."
Upon seeing this, Guangyou concluded that the red horse statue left at the arson scene was the Guan Yu keychain.
However, Conan was unaware that he also had the same keychain.
So Conan explained it to him.
"The complete statue should be Guan Yu riding Red Hare, but only the horse part remains at the site."
"The box containing the keychain that Genda Takatoku gave to Morozumi Ryoko is about the same size as the statue, so it's very likely that he gave her this statue."
"No matter how you look at it, the most suspicious person right now is Genda Takatoku, but I still need to investigate further before I can draw a conclusion."
After reading the text message, Guangyou was about to edit it into a message and send it to Conan, knowing that he also had a Guan Yu keychain.
Before he could type more than a few words, Guangyou heard a knock on the door.
"Knock knock knock~"
Then, Xiaolan's voice rang out from outside the door.
"Kuangyou, are you asleep?"
Putting the reply aside for now, Guangyou responded, "I'm not asleep yet, I'm reading a book. Sister Xiaolan, is there anything I can help you with?"
"I just wanted you to call them and ask how much longer it will take them to get back," Xiaolan said.
"If they can come back soon, then Kazuha and I will go and prepare dinner for them after we finish washing up."
"If they're not coming back for a long time, then they'll have to eat the leftover instant noodles from home."
"Okay, I'll call Uncle now." Guangyou didn't refuse; he could also mention the Guan Yu keychain while on the call.
Upon hearing that Kousuke had agreed, Ran said with a smile, "Then I'll leave it to Kousuke."
"It's fine."
After responding, Guangyou picked up his phone and made a call to Uncle Mori.
...
Outside the room, Ai, who had just finished washing up, came out of the bathroom and happened to hear Kazuha complaining to Ran.
"Heiji is really something..."
Looking at the time, Kazuha sighed, "We agreed to go to the theme park together tomorrow. How are we going to go if they don't come back?"
We finally got a long weekend, so we were thinking of going to the theme park together.
But now that a case has come up, Hattori Heiji and the others still haven't returned.
If this continues, tomorrow's plans will definitely fall through.
However, Kazuha also knew that this was not Hattori Heiji and the others' fault, but rather the arsonist who deliberately provoked the police.
"Yeah, he's with Conan and still not back this late." Ran nodded in agreement, then sighed, "But when there's a case, there's nothing you can do about it."
"Hopefully, they can catch that arsonist as soon as possible." Kazuha understood this as well, and quickly composed herself.
"Okay." Xiaolan patted He Ye's shoulder and comforted her, "Let's go wash up first, and then wait a while after we're done. If they still aren't back, then we'll go to bed early."
"Let's go."
The two talked as they walked toward the bathroom.
As they passed by Ai, the two greeted her, and Ai responded in kind.
Ai withdrew her gaze from the two of them and strode towards Ran's room.
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