Chapter 149 Crimson Star, Lie and Matsuda Formation

Matsuda Jinpei’s words soon came true——

At noon that day, small fires broke out in two places... Fortunately, there were no casualties, only half of the building was burned down.

Looking at the scene of the fire, the laziness on Matsuda Jinpei's face quickly turned into seriousness.

"Forensic personnel, check to see if there are any traces of bombs here."

"yes!"

After calling the people from the inspection section over, he continued to investigate around the villa.

Officer Megure and another detective Shiratori went to another scene. Because Matsuda Jinpei's experience in handling fires and explosions far exceeded the average person's experience, both of them were reassured, so they sent a small team to take charge of this place.

The successive bombings during this period made Matsuda Jinpei very vigilant.

His intuition told him that there must be some unknown connection between these events...

"The murderer must be found as soon as possible!"

Matsuda Jinpei took off his sunglasses and looked coldly at the half intact villa.

The bomber who killed his friend has not yet been caught, and the person who helped him defuse the bomb last time is also missing...

But because these two people are related to "bombs", Matsuda Jinpei will almost always go to the scene whenever there is a fire case - who knows whether the fire was caused by explosives?

Matsuda Jinpei tried to find some clues about the prisoners near the villa.

"Judging from the footprints on the lawn, someone should have climbed down from the fence..."

"Shoe size is about 47. He should be a strong middle-aged man, about 1.8 meters tall."

The footprints left in the garden next to Kurokawa's villa allowed Matsuda Jinpei to deduce some information.

But it is of no real use - because there are no suspects and no witnesses.

Matsuda Jinpei scratched his hair, his eyes a little irritated.

Just when he was helpless, a clod of soil on the ground on the side of the villa attracted his attention:

"This is……"

Matsuda Jinpei bent down and picked up the 'clod' and sniffed it gently.

The pungent smell made his pupils shrink: "Is this gunpowder powder?!"

But why are you here?

Matsuda Jinpei squinted his eyes and looked around quickly, only to find that there were these 'clumps of soil' scattered all the way from the side of the villa to the backyard!

'Could it be that those gunpowder...'

Matsuda followed the scattered gunpowder to the backyard and found that a window behind the villa was open.

"..."

Didn’t anyone who checked just now go around the villa?

Matsuda Jinpei has deep doubts about the professional level of his teammates.

‘Kacha~’

Originally, he wanted to turn in through the back door to see what was going on inside the room, but the sound coming from the window stopped him. He no longer hesitated and quickly climbed in through the window——

‘Click click~’

"Next door!"

Matsuda Jinpei quickly opened the door to the next door.

I thought I would see a countdown bomb or something, but...

He just looked at a white-haired man sitting on the bed with sunglasses on his head.

Moreover, what this white-haired man was tinkering with was a bomb in pieces.

Matsuda Jinpei really didn't expect there was anyone in the room, so he opened his mouth:

"...Who are you?"

…

"I?"

Lie pointed at himself, blinked, looked at this familiar police officer and smiled: "My name is Chi Yanlin, an enthusiastic... current Tokyo citizen?"

"...Huh?" Matsuda Jinpei's eyelids twitched twice, "Do you know what this is in your hand?"

"I know, it's a bomb~"

Lie smiled and played with the tools in his hand, his tone was frivolous.

However, it was this high-pitched ending that stimulated Matsuda Jinpei. Pictures from many years ago suddenly appeared in his mind, and he looked at Lie in disbelief:

"You, you are the one three years ago, that..."

It took Matsuda Jinpei a long time to hold back an adjective: "That helmeted man who rushed to defuse the bomb with me?"

‘Click!’

Lie used a little force to completely dismantle the explosive bag containing gunpowder into parts. He scratched his hair with some distress, "Well, it's me, police officer... But why did you find it so quickly? You can't wait for me to dismantle this thing.

Finished?"

Matsuda Jinpei was stunned, looking at the shapeless bomb, the corner of his mouth twitched:

"You're not going to follow the bomber again and defuse all the bombs, are you?"

Last time, this guy followed someone behind and defused the biggest bomb first.

Lie put the tools back into his small sack, spread out his hands, and looked helpless: "One exploded just as I started to dismantle it... The other party arranged a lot, and I didn't have time to dismantle it."

"A lot?! How much is it approximately?" Matsuda Jinpei was surprised and asked hurriedly.

The way he looks, he doesn't treat Lie as an outsider at all.

Lie blinked his eyes and held his chin with both hands: "It's only as much as a gunpowder magazine..."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

It was indeed the thief who stole the gunpowder magazine!

That being said...

Matsuda Jinpei looked at Lie speechlessly: "You just watch the prisoners empty the powder magazine? Can't you stop them?"

Lie sighed heavily and answered the question incorrectly: "I also wanted to move, but when I went there it was already empty..."

Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes: "...No, I asked you to stop it, not to move it."

Can we communicate well?

"Yes~" Lie looked at him with a half-smile, "Mr. Police Officer, you are very special...are you not afraid that I am a prisoner?"

"How can any prisoner stay at the scene to defuse the bomb after setting off the explosives?" Matsuda Jinpei originally wanted to go over and take away the fragmented bomb, but seeing Lie's protective expression, he still didn't do it, "I just didn't expect it.

I will meet you under such circumstances."

Matsuda Jinpei's expression was complicated.

He has been looking for this guy for 3 years... and it turned out to be in Tokyo!

And it’s still right under his nose!

"I never expected that you are actually the detective who Detective Megu said every day was responsible for solving his cases."

When Lie reported his name, Matsuda Jinpei realized something.

Lie put the complete plastic materials into the linen bag and corrected: "I am not a detective, I am a reasoning enthusiast. Mr. Maoli is the detective."

"It's not important."

Matsuda Jinpei looked at him seriously, "Tell me, where are the remaining bombs? We must defuse them before they explode!"

"Okay~"

Lie stood up with the linen bag and came to Matsuda Jinpei. He smiled and stretched out a finger: "But since you have discovered me, you must agree to a condition, otherwise..."

"Kill you~"

Looking at the bright smile in the sun, Matsuda Jinpei was sure that if he refused, the other person's hand on his neck would strangle him mercilessly.

——

Back to May 3rd.

Sawada Hiroki looked at Lie who was hurriedly going out and didn't know what expression to put on...

Noah definitely knew something, but he hesitated to say it.

After struggling for a long time, Hiroki decided to go out and have a look, otherwise he would really not be worried about Conan... even if he knew that the other person was actually a high school student.

"Dr. Chengshi, I'm going to Greenland Park to have a look. Please take care of me!"

"Hey?! Hiroki, be careful!"
Chapter completed!