Chapter 1155 1163 [The reference answer is not omnipotent]
"..." Zhu Jiaoming's face turned ugly.
The two sides looked at each other quietly for a moment, and he struggled countless times in his heart.
Finally, Zhu Jiaoming suddenly sighed, raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, gritted his teeth and said:
"Actually, ah... Although the patient's information should be kept absolutely confidential. But my wife died in this fire, I... I really can't forgive the arsonist!"
"Hmm?" Jiang Xia politely gestured for him to elaborate.
"In fact, I have seen that iconic 'red horse' in Xuantian's antique shop. The size is different from the one at the fire scene. The one he displayed in the store is much larger, but the movement and shape are exactly the same." Zhu Jiaoming pressed his forehead:
"Xuan Tian had sleepwalking before, and it seems to have relapsed recently, so he came to me for treatment - I'm a psychiatrist.
“I just checked the relevant information about the serial arson cases, and found out that he came to me for treatment the day after the first arson case!
"Although there is no evidence, this is such a coincidence that it is hard for me not to suspect him. And I heard that someone saw him hanging around near my house a few minutes before the incident... I prescribed some tranquilizers for him and asked him to have regular follow-up visits. I thought his condition should have improved, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. I, I wish I hadn't gone out to drink and stayed at home."
He raised his hand and wiped away his tears.
Jiang Xia looked at him thoughtfully: "...So that's how it is."
…
The other side.
In order to save the innocent... well, save the not-so-innocent criminals from suffering before Jiang Xia, Hattori Heiji and Conan took Inspector Yuminaga's car and rushed to the place where several suspects were.
The deceased's husband is said to still be in the Metropolitan Police Department, so there shouldn't be any major problems.
So they went to the others first.
Originally, Conan and Hattori Heiji were still on the set of Speed. But as they asked questions, the two detectives' attention was drawn to the case and they began to investigate it seriously.
Then it turns out that, at first glance, the case seems surprisingly simple.
——The arson happened at 7:30 p.m., when the Feng Shui master and the deceased’s husband were on their way to drink. The deceased’s sister, the fortune teller, started work at 7:30 p.m., and the people at the stalls around her could attest to that.
"Three of the four suspects have solid alibis."
Hattori Heiji turned the baseball cap on his head. "Then the only one left is the manager of the antique shop. - Well, maybe he has an alibi, let's go to his shop and ask him. I remember he distributed store catalogs near the deceased's home, and someone should have received them. The address of his shop must be on it."
"No need to go to so much trouble." Inspector Gongchang sighed, turned the steering wheel, and drove the car straight in a certain direction. "I know where his store is."
…
"The manager? He has gone home."
When we went to the antique shop, Genda Ryutoku was not there. There were only two shop assistants on duty in the room: "As for the itinerary, the store manager usually goes out early in the morning to distribute promotional catalogs and small gifts, and will not come back until the end of the get off work day."
"A small gift?" The two detectives suddenly became alert. "The gift you are talking about, could it be a red horse?"
"A red horse?" The clerk was startled, then recovered. "Oh, you mean the store manager's masterpiece, the Guan Yu statue keychain - No. In fact, we did give that out at the beginning, but few people understood the meaning of the statue. Some customers thought it was scary, and some thought it was ugly... In short, it was not very popular.
"So not long after they gave it out, the store changed to other styles. Now they give out lucky cat key chains. The one the store manager gave out today should also be a lucky cat... Um, is there something wrong with the store manager?"
"Nothing." Hattori Heiji paused and tapped the counter lightly, "Do you still have that Guan Yu keychain in stock? Let me see it."
…
After receiving the statue, the two detectives were stunned.
This has the same shape as the "red horse" found at the fire scene.
——The statue left at the scene should be this one, but the statue of Guan Yu on it was burned.
After leaving the antique shop, the two detectives looked at Inspector Yumio in surprise: "...With such an important clue, why didn't you follow up on it?!"
"I actually investigated him." Inspector Yumio sighed, "The first arson case happened next door to his house. He was standing in the crowd, looking at the fire in panic, and kept shouting 'Dad'."
"..." Hattori Heiji and Conan were stunned. The image of a man in his thirties or forties being afraid to call out "Dad" in the street appeared in their minds, and they shuddered.
Seeing their expressions, Inspector Yumio waved his hands helplessly: "It does sound a bit strange, but there is a reason for it - his father was a firefighter, and when he was in elementary school, he unfortunately died while trying to save people trapped in a fire."
"I see." The two detectives sighed in understanding.
Then he remembered something and frowned: "However, if we think about it in a bad way, it may be that he subconsciously thinks that his father will appear to put out the fire after the fire, so..."
Before he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji's cell phone suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and heard Yuanshan Heye's urging voice:
"Dinner is already cold. When will you be back?"
"Now is not the time to eat!" Hearing this late at night, Hattori Heiji's stomach suddenly grumbled. He couldn't help but regret not ordering some portable food like Jiang Xia did before... But it was too late to regret it now.
So he tried to replace his desire to eat with his passion for investigating the case: "We are busy investigating the Red Horse incident. We will go eat after we finish investigating. Don't worry about it."
"Red horse?" Yuanshan Heye glanced at the Guan Yu figurine on the table and laughed. "Speaking of which, we received a small gift today. Guess what it is?"
"……?"
Hattori Heiji had no time to deal with it, but he suddenly remembered that the Mori Detective Agency was located at Five-chome, and that Mori Kogoro was going out for a drink tonight and would not be at home. He was suddenly shocked: "...Don't tell me it's the keychain of the Guan Yu statue."
"Eh?" Yuanshan Heye was surprised. "How did you know? Did you secretly look up the reference answers? ... But even if it was Jiang Xia, it would be impossible to guess so accurately. Could it be that you have actually returned and are hiding nearby to spy on us?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Hattori Heiji was shocked, "Leave the house immediately! Wait in a crowded place nearby!"
As he said that, he hung up the phone and looked at Inspector Yuminaga: "The next target of the serial arsonist may be the Mori Detective Agency in Beika-cho 5-chome - hurry over, right now!"
(End of this chapter)
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