Chapter 1288 1296 [Remember, you are not here to kill people]
Some rainwater accumulated on the ground, and the rain from the sky gradually became heavier. With the fire being extinguished quickly from both sides.
The charred man's lips moved, as if he was trying hard to say something, but the burns on his face made it difficult for him to utter a single sentence. He muttered for a while, then suddenly raised his hand tremblingly, stretched it out to Jiang Xia who was squatting beside him, and suddenly grasped the umbrella handle in his hand, staring at him with bloodshot eyes.
After leaving a stubborn death message, the man dropped his hands and died.
Conan and Hattori Heiji followed the man's unwilling gaze and looked at Jiang Xia: "..."
...Haha, that person couldn't possibly be trying to say that the murderer was Jiang Xia.
The two then looked away and looked at the umbrella in Jiang Xia's hand: "He was desperately holding on to the umbrella before he died... Was the person who killed him related to the umbrella?"
Jiang Xia looked at the extra black oil stain on the umbrella, then looked at the person on the ground, and finally looked at the crowd of onlookers nearby. His thoughts could not help but wander: If Vodka was present, he could make a reading comprehension out of nothing, and maybe he could get some extra ice cream...
He sighed regretfully and looked down at the person on the ground, as if he was regretting the loss of a life: "Call the police."
After saying that, the three detectives subconsciously turned their heads and looked to the side.
Then they all fell silent for a moment, and suddenly remembered: the three people who were best at calling the police happened not to be there - they went to look for Toyama Heye's wallet.
…
In a camera shop near Osaka Castle.
After listening to the three high school girls' explanation, the old lady said "Oh!" and turned around to look for something on the shelf, as if she remembered something.
After a while, she took out a small wallet from a pile of sundries and handed it to Yuanshan Heye with a smile:
"I knew that people who lost their wallets would come back to look for them, so I didn't send it to the police station right away - it must be something very important, I saw a lot of amulets inside."
Yuanshan Heye happily took the wallet: "Thank you, Auntie!"
Mao Lilan thought of something and looked at her hand in surprise: "... a lot of amulets?"
She knew that Yuanshan Heye had a favorite amulet. She heard that it contained fragments of handcuffs from her childhood and was very effective.
But why are there so many amulets since I haven’t seen them for a while?
Yuanshan Heye laughed secretly, looking a little proud: "Because I bought a lot of amulets to ward off evil spirits! I asked for them from various famous shrines, and I heard they are very useful."
As she spoke, Yuanshan Heye couldn't help feeling sad again as she thought of the cases she had encountered today, the deaths of several people, and her shattered travel plans.
She sighed quietly, "I made so many preparations, but I didn't expect to lose the amulet at the critical moment... If only I hadn't forgotten my wallet here. It's because I didn't bring it that I encountered so many problems today."
Suzuki Sonoko patted her shoulder and comforted her: "It's okay! We're not leaving today, let's go shopping together tomorrow."
"Yes!" Yuanshan Heye was indeed comforted. She hugged the amulet tightly and said, "Tomorrow I will wear it close to my body and never give it a chance to be lost again!"
The three of them walked out the door, talking and laughing.
As soon as they arrived at the street, they found that the area was in chaos: some people were standing still, discussing something in panic, some were running towards the castle tower, and some were running away in the opposite direction. One of them happened to pass by the store door and almost bumped into them, causing them to stumble.
Mao Lilan helped the passerby up and asked, "Are you okay?"
Suzuki Sonoko also came over and asked him curiously: "What's wrong? You're in such a hurry. Is there any free event nearby?"
"Activity? There's no activity. Someone died in the castle tower!" The passerby was obviously frightened by the charred corpse. "Just now, a burning person fell from the castle tower!"
Yuanshan and Ye were stunned, unwilling to believe: "Is this true? You must have seen it wrong. It's raining now, how could someone catch fire for no reason?"
"Who would joke about something like this? The police have been there, how could it be fake?" The passerby was very excited. "If you don't believe me, just ask anyone nearby. Everyone saw it!"
Yuanshan Heye could only believe it. She looked down at the amulet in her hand: "..." Liar! These shrines are useless!
Mao Lilan loosened her grip. The passerby regained his freedom and ran away in a hurry.
Suzuki Sonoko remembered something and looked around for Jiang Xia and the others to confirm their situation, but she couldn't find them.
After a moment, she came to her senses and slapped her forehead: "They must have gone to the castle tower - when something like this happens, the detective runs the fastest."
The three female high school students who longed for peace looked at each other, sighed tiredly, and could only walk towards the castle tower together, intending to meet up with their classmates and take a look at the situation.
When we arrived, we saw a lot of people gathered in three layers inside and outside the castle tower.
——The person who was on fire just now was too conspicuous, and attracted most of the tourists around.
Suzuki Sonoko wanted to get through the crowd to the crime scene, but was pushed out by a group of middle-aged men who were watching the fun.
"..." She rolled up her sleeves unyieldingly, showing off the muscles on her forearms that were not noticeable at all. Then she grabbed Mao Lilan with one hand and Toyama Kazuha with the other, "Let's go!"
At the same time, she raised her chin proudly: Although she couldn't squeeze through the crowd, Suzuki Sonoko was not alone!
…
At this time, some time had passed since the initial riots.
Two streets away.
Gin was sitting in the car, which was parked in a secluded place.
He looked out the car window and saw a van from the Osaka branch driving up to the alley. The driver looked around furtively, then several people got out of the car and dragged the two scammers away.
This completes the handover.
Gin ignored the bunch of rubbish. After the van left, he also started slowly after a while.
After walking a distance, Gin stopped and took Vodka into the car: "How is it?"
Vodka just got close to the castle tower and got some information.
His expression was a little complicated at this moment. Hearing Gin's question, Vodka whispered, "The one who got into trouble was the five-member tour group we were watching before. One of the members climbed onto the eaves of the castle tower for some reason, suddenly caught fire, and then fell down. Uzo and the police were at the scene, and I... cough, I didn't get close because I was worried about interfering with his work. But judging from the situation at the scene, that person should be dead."
Gin: “…” Uzo’s way of solving tasks really hasn’t changed at all: start with the people and get rid of them.
There is not much problem in doing this for ordinary assassination missions.
But now, their purpose is not only to silence the witnesses, but also to obtain Qiancheng Piao Basket... Can they really find it if they keep killing like this?
(End of this chapter)
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