Chapter 1086 1094 [Outlaw "Okiya Subaru"]
Although she did not doubt Jiang Xia's judgment, Miwako Sato still felt a little complicated when she heard the reason for the murder: "...Just for this?"
"Artists are usually very persistent and a little obsessive. When someone uses money and power to paint a heavy line through the center of their perfect composition, they will inevitably go to extremes."
Jiang Xia was not too surprised by this, as if he had seen many similar artists:
“Also, I heard that although the deceased Miss Tokiwa nominally took Kisaragi Minemizu as her teacher, she actually never seriously studied painting. She just took advantage of the relationship between teacher and student to get a lot of paintings, and then resold them after driving up the price, making a lot of money.
"It's hard to explain Kisaragi Fengshui's motive. You should try your best to investigate. Anyway, at the time of the crime, the necklace worn by Chairman Tokiwa might have been given by Kisaragi Fengshui. Then, he took advantage of the darkness and came behind Chairman Tokiwa, secretly took off the necklace she was wearing, and then pretended to help her dress, and put another necklace with a wire tied to it that he had prepared in advance around her neck. After that, as long as he waited for the heavy painting to fall, the chairman would be strangled and hung up, and soon die."
"The evidence may not be complete. You will have to work harder and investigate slowly based on your speculation." Jiang Xia finished the information he wanted to reveal and sighed, "I don't feel well today. We can talk next time if you have anything to say."
Then he hung up the phone neatly.
Under the Twin Towers.
Miwako Sato looked at the darkened phone screen, and when she heard Jiang Xia say that he was not feeling well, a hint of worry and suspicion appeared in her eyes.
——When I was on the phone just now, I felt like there was the sound of a motorcycle engine in Jiangxia. Was it an illusion?
“…” Never mind. Things are a mess right now. This is not the time to catch a high school detective for speeding.
Sato Miwako sighed, shook her head, and quickly prepared to handle this murder case as Jiang Xia said. She looked up at Building A, which was still lit - what a pity, the evidence was probably still in the building.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the main door of Building B suddenly opened and a group of people rushed out.
"Huh?" Sato Miwako was startled. Seeing her boss was among them, she hurried over and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
"Nothing, but Mr. Amuro said that Building B might have been planted with a bomb... Anyway, there's no one in Building A anymore, so we plan to evacuate and check the situation."
Inspector Megure raised his hand to adjust his hat which had tilted askew, and he was still a little dazed.
——I don’t know what happened just now, but when Toru Amuro gave the order, he subconsciously followed and asked others to run with him. It’s really strange…
But if you think about it carefully, what the detective boss said makes some sense. The bomber tonight was so cruel that he actually caused an explosion of this scale. We should indeed be careful.
At first, when Inspector Megure heard that the explosion occurred in the computer room, he thought it was another group of annoying financial tycoons fighting a business war.
Who would have thought that now, the banquet hall would also explode... The purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes suddenly became confusing again.
…
Inspector Megure felt a headache after thinking about it for a moment.
He sighed and handed the wet cane in his hand to the forensic officer who had arrived nearby at some point:
"Take it for examination. It may be an important piece of evidence in the serial murder case. There may be something hidden in the cavity of the cane."
The police officer was startled, took the cane and carefully carried it away.
Next to them, other people were also evacuating from Building B one after another.
Toru Amuro came to the flat ground outside the Nishitama City Twin Towers and looked in the direction of Building A.
When his eyes fell on the observation elevator, he was suddenly startled.
——The outer shell of the sightseeing elevator is transparent, and the location of the elevator is extremely conspicuous when viewed from the outside.
Now, it was discovered that the elevator had not stopped at the first floor, but was stuck in the sea of fire. The elevator was full of flames and smoke, and it looked like it had been burning for quite some time.
——The second elevator, which was fully loaded with passengers, failed to reach the first floor.
“…”
When Toru Amuro was planning his retreat just now, he didn't even think about taking the elevator, so he forgot to pay attention to the movements of the observation elevator - he felt that he was "the target of Uzo", and of course he would not choose the "observation elevator" as an evacuation method that was very convenient for assassination.
But Toru Amuro didn't expect that even if he didn't touch the elevator, it was still attacked midway... Could it be that Uzo deliberately forced the elevator to stop above the 40th floor in order to block his escape route and prevent him from slipping down the elevator shaft?
“……”That’s nine living people. Wuzo is a demon who disregards human life!
When Toru Amuro thought of the person in the elevator, his face changed slightly.
At the same time, he suddenly realized one thing.
——No wonder just now in the banquet hall, when the passengers were getting on the elevator, Okiya Subaru was actually so "kind" that he pushed Jiang Xia into the elevator with him.
At that time, Toru Amuro thought that this guy might still have a conscience, or he simply wanted to clear the area... But now it seems that he simply wanted to burn Jiang Xia and the innocent people to death in the elevator.
Thinking of Uzo and his squinty-eyed subordinate who exuded a disgusting aura, Toru Amuro became filled with murderous intent.
He was just about to steal a firefighter's suit and rush to Building A to see if that group of people could be saved.
But at this time, Sato Miwako followed his gaze towards the elevator, realized something, and explained:
"No one was trapped in the elevator - Jiang Xia and his classmates opened the elevator cover and then evacuated to Building B from the communication bridge on the 45th floor. They have just gone downstairs safely."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko happened to pass by, and Conan followed them and joined them.
The three people turned their heads and looked around in the messy crowd, holding their cell phones in their hands, as if they were looking for someone.
Amuro Toru saw Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko passing by, so he raised his hand and stopped them to ask:
"What happened over there? Why did the elevator stop?"
...Although the possibility is not high, by collecting more relevant information, we may be able to find some clues about Uzo.
"Hmm? Mr. Amuro? Why are you soaked?"
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko were suddenly called. They were startled and stopped. After seeing who stopped them, there was a bit of surprise in their eyes. They looked at Amuro Toru with curiosity, who looked like a drowned rat.
After asking the question without thinking, they found that Toru Amuro looked a little confused. Then they thought: the enthusiastic Mr. Amuro might have rushed into the fire to save people in order to get himself wet, and was stopped by Officer Sato on the way, so he looked like this... So they considerately didn't ask any more questions.
(End of this chapter)
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