Chapter 11441152 [Rest in peace, my friend]
Toyama Kazuha and Hattori Heiji briefly reported the situation to their fathers in Osaka, and then were urged by the Tokyo police to go to the police station to give their statements.
After all the busy work, it was already dark.
…
"Oh, I'm so busy."
In a cafe in Beika Town, several high school students sat around a table, discussing what had happened over the past two days.
Yuanshan Heye leaned against the bench and stretched out his body tiredly. He couldn't help but show a little doubt on his face: "Am I really here for a trip? Normally, going to school doesn't seem to be this tiring."
"Indeed, I encountered all kinds of things as soon as I arrived." Mao Lilan looked at her friend from Osaka who came from afar with sympathy. Although the cases she encountered yesterday were more than those encountered by Toyama Kazuha and the others, Mao Lilan thought about it and always felt that compared to her own relaxed audience seats, Kazuha and the others' experiences were more exhausting.
"However, fortunately, it's all over now." Mao Lilan sighed with a bit of fear. "I heard from Officer Sato that they found several barrels of fuel oil in the home of Lawyer Ito. Those people might be planning to disguise it as a house fire after finding out the answer to the mystery, and burn those who knew too much to death inside."
"Humph, it's no surprise that the vicious girl did anything. She even said she wanted to chop off my fingers before." Yuanshan Heye looked at Jiang Xia next to him and felt that he didn't hit her lightly, so he suggested, "Next time you encounter this kind of thing, remember to untie me first and let me do it!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but roll up her sleeves and clench her fists.
When a waiter passing by the store heard the word "beat someone", he was slightly startled and secretly pricked up his ears, wanting to listen to gossip.
Conan saw this with his sharp eyes and quickly changed the subject:
"It seems like yesterday was really dangerous. She almost got away with it. There are indeed serial arsonists on the scene recently. If Lawyer Ito's house caught fire, it might be included in this case."
As he was speaking, he felt that his words were not very rigorous and could not help but correct them: "...But, if things really turn out like that, Jiang Xia and I will definitely find the truth and let you rest in peace."
Yuanshan Kazuha: “…” This kid’s words are so unlucky.
Hattori Heiji was originally sitting nearby, quietly reducing his presence.
But at this moment, when he suddenly heard the keyword "criminal", he instinctively interrupted and asked, "Serial arsonist? Why is it confirmed to be serial? Is the method consistent, or are there people with similar characteristics killed?"
"The method has not been made public. However, since there is no mention of similarity, the consistency of the cases should not be very obvious." Jiang Xia thought of this incident, "It was classified as a serial arson case mainly because there was a 'red horse' left at several crime scenes - of course, it was not a real horse, but just a finger-sized ornament."
There is also some so-called "jargon" within the police force.
Among them, "red horse" refers to "arsonist" - the appearance of red horse ornaments at the arson scene makes it look like the arsonist is deliberately showing off his identity and provoking the police.
Hattori Heiji suddenly became interested in this arrogant guy.
But soon, he realized something and turned to look at Jiang Xia and Conan: "Wait, since you... ahem, since you know about this case, but it hasn't been solved yet, is there no one injured or killed so far?"
Jiang Xia: "..." Why does he sound like he only deals with murders... Well, he is indeed only interested in murders or murders that are about to happen. Not only him, but this group of high school detectives are probably the same.
But a righteous detective should not discriminate against cases.
"It's true that no one was injured. But that's not why I didn't solve the case. It's just that I didn't have enough clues. I seldom interact with the people in the fire investigation department, so I can't get any information from them."
Jiang Xia picked up the juice seriously and took a sip: "There are many related reports in the newspapers, but most of them are groundless rumors. At present, the more reliable clues, besides the 'Red Horse', are only the locations where three fires occurred - the first one was in 'Nishin-cho 1-chome', the second one was in 'Toriya-cho 2-chome', and the third one was in 'Okuho-cho 3-chome'..."
"So, which '4-chome' will be the next one?" Toyama Kazuha shuddered as she remembered something. "Wait, that lawyer Ito was at 'Kenbashi-cho 4-chome' yesterday!"
"This just happened, and the security in Kenbashi Town is tight. The arsonist shouldn't do it there." Hattori Heiji remembered something and suddenly smiled, "I do know a 4th chome - when I went to see Mr. Kusukawa today, he said he had a commission, which is in..."
“…”
Halfway through his speech, Hattori Heiji realized it belatedly and cut off the conversation and shut his mouth.
——I really need to change this habit of getting excited whenever I encounter a mystery. I even forgot that Jiang Xia was right beside me.
Hattori Heiji: “…” However, if Jiang Xia is here, the client might be safer?
...But I don't know why, I always feel that things may develop in another bad direction.
Hattori Heiji was extremely conflicted.
But soon, he found that he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
——Because of what he said, Yuanshan Heye also remembered it at this time.
…
Yuanshan Heye has no interest in solving puzzles, and of course he is not afraid of spoilers from Jiang Xia.
Moreover, in stark contrast to Hattori Heiji, she feels that the faster the commissions are completed, the more time she will have to play.
So he happily invited outside help and revealed all the requests that Hattori Heiji tried to hide: "When we went to see Mr. Kusukawa this morning, he was still lying in bed and couldn't get up, so he asked us to do him a favor.
"He said he received a commission a few days ago. The client found that there were always suspicious people walking around the house in the middle of the night, so he asked Mr. Kusukawa to go and investigate. But before Mr. Kusukawa could go, he was caught by Lawyer Ito. So he had to ask Hattori to check for him - the client happened to be at 4-chome, Haido-cho!"
"Well, let's go together tomorrow." Jiang Xia naturally applied to join the team. "More people means faster resolution. This way you will have more time to wander around Tokyo."
"Okay." Toyama Kazuha thought of the reliable Jiang Xia and agreed on behalf of Hattori Heiji.
Hattori Heiji: "..."
He was silent for a moment, then pulled Conan to him and said, "You go too."
...He can't be the only one who continues to be polluted by Jiang Xia's spoilers!
Conan: “…”
Mao Lilan shook her head: "Conan is going on a picnic with some children tomorrow."
"Outing?!" Hattori Heiji slapped the table, stared at Conan, and said in a condemning tone, "It's already this time, and you're still planning to go on an outing at this critical moment when you can catch the arsonist by the tail?!"
(End of this chapter)
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