Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 1163 1163 [Reference answer is not everything]

"..." Zhu Jiaoming's complexion became ugly.

The two sides looked at each other quietly for a moment, and he struggled countless times in his heart.

In the end, Zhu Jiaoming suddenly sighed, raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, gritted his teeth and said:

"Actually, alas... Although the patient's information should be kept absolutely confidential. But my wife died in this fire, I... I really can't forgive the guy who set the fire!"

"Huh?" Jiang Xia politely motioned him to elaborate.

"Actually, I saw the iconic 'red horse' in Xuantian's antique shop. The size is different from the one at the scene of the fire. The one he placed in the shop is much larger, but the movement and shape are exactly the same .” Zhu Jiaoming pressed his forehead:
"Xuantian had sleepwalking before, and it seemed to relapse recently, so he went to see me for treatment—I'm a psychiatrist.

"I checked the news about the serial arson cases just now, and found out that the time he came to see me for treatment was actually 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 a few minutes before the incident, someone saw him haunting my house... I prescribed some tranquilizers for him, I also asked him to return to the doctor regularly. I thought his condition should have improved, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. If I, I hadn't gone drinking at that time, I would have stayed at home."

He raised his hand to wipe away tears.

Jiang Xia looked at him thoughtfully: "...So that's the case."

……

the other side.

Hattori Heiji and Conan, in order to be ahead of Jiang Xia, save the innocent... well, save the not-innocent criminals from the sea of ​​suffering, the two rushed to the place where several suspects were, rubbing against the car of the Yumachi Police Department.

It is said that the husband of the deceased is still in the Metropolitan Police Department, so it should not be a big problem.

So they went to the others first.

Originally, Conan and Hattori Heiji were still on the set of Life and Death Speed.But as they asked, the attention of the two detectives couldn't help being attracted by the case, and they investigated the case seriously.

Then it turns out that, at first glance, the case seems surprisingly simple.

——The time of arson was 7:7 p.m., Mr. Feng Shui and the husband of the deceased were still on their way to drink at that time.The elder sister of the deceased, the fortune-teller, started work at exactly [-]:[-], as everyone in the stalls around her could attest.

"Four suspects, three 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 also has an alibi, go to his shop and ask first. I remember He distributed a store directory near the deceased's house, and someone should have accepted it. There must be the address of his store on it."

"Don't be so troublesome." Gongchang Police Department sighed, turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle drove straight in a certain direction, "I know where his shop is."

……

"The store manager? He has gone home."

When I went to the antique shop, Xuantian Longde was not here, and there were only two shop assistants on duty in the room: "For the itinerary, the shop manager usually goes out early in the morning to distribute promotional catalogs and small gifts, and will not come back until after get off work."

"Small gift?" The two detectives were suddenly alert, "The gift you mentioned must be a red horse."

"Red horse?" The clerk was startled, and then recovered his senses, "Oh, you mean the store manager's favorite work, the Guan Yu statue keychain—no. In fact, we did send that one at the beginning, but Few people understand the meaning of the statue. Some customers think it is scary, and some think it is ugly... In short, it is not very popular.

"So not long after it was posted, the store changed to another style, and now they are all giving Lucky Cat keychains—the ones sent by the store manager today should also be Lucky Cats... Well, what happened to the store manager? ?"

"It's nothing." Hattori Heiji paused, and tapped on the counter lightly, "Do you still have that Guan Yu keychain in stock? Show me."

……

Receiving the statue, the two detectives were stunned.

This is exactly the same shape as the "red horse" found at the scene of the fire.

——The statue left at the scene should be this one, but the statue of Guan Yu on it was burned.

Leaving the antique shop, the two detectives looked at Gong Zhang's police department in surprise: "...you have such an important clue, why don't you guys follow along and investigate?!"

"I actually investigated him." The Gongchang police department sighed, "The first arson case happened next door to his house. At that time, he was standing among the crowd, looking at the fire in panic, and kept yelling. 'dad'."

"..." Hattori Heiji and Conan were taken aback, and a man in his 40s and [-]s appeared in the street afraid of calling him dad, and shivered.

Seeing their expressions, the Gongchang police department waved their hands helplessly: "It does sound a bit strange, but there is a reason for it—his father was a firefighter. People unfortunately died."

"I see." The two detectives sighed in understanding.

Immediately, he remembered something and frowned: "However, thinking in a bad direction, it may be that he subconsciously felt that after the fire, his father would show up to fight the fire, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji's cell phone rang suddenly.

He picked it up casually, and Yuan Shan and Ye's urging voices came from inside:

"Dinner has been cold for a long time, when are you coming back?"

"Now is not the time to eat!" Hearing this in the middle of the night, Hattori Heiji's stomach groaned.He couldn't help regretting that he didn't order portable food like Jiang Xia did...but it's too late to regret now.

So I had to try to replace the desire to eat with the enthusiasm of investigating the case: "We are busy investigating the matter of the red horse, and we will eat by ourselves after the investigation, you don't need to worry about it."

"Red horse?" Yuan Shan and Ye caught a glimpse of Guan Yu's small ornament on the table and laughed, "Speaking of which, we received a small gift today. Guess what it is?"

"...?"

Hattori Heiji didn't have time to answer, but he suddenly remembered that the Mori Detective Agency happened to be in the "Five" chome, and Mori Kogoro was going out to drink tonight and was not at home, so he was shocked: "...don't tell me it is A keychain for the statue of Guan Yu."

"Eh?" Yuan Shan and Ye were surprised, "How do you know? Did you secretly refer to the answer?... But even Jiang Xia couldn't have guessed so accurately. Could it be that you have actually returned and are hiding in the Peeking at us nearby?"

"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 the Gongchang Police Department: "The serial arsonist's next target may be the Maori Detective Agency in the [-]-chome of Mihuacho-Hurry up, right now!"

(End of this chapter)