In this way, after answering Conan's words seemingly helplessly, Hattori Heiji calmly continued to walk forward, but at this time, his mind felt very shocked——

"This guy... asked this just now, did he already think that the murderer might attack Miss Omu? Moreover, it is impossible for him to have communicated with anyone before I gave those hints. Is it possible that he really

It will be..."

Frowning tightly, Hattori Heiji still had doubts about his conjecture, and then came to the restaurant downstairs where everyone was gathered at this time.

At the same time, looking at Hattori Heiji's indifferent expression, Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes at Hattori Heiji, who had his back turned to him——

"Damn it. This guy should have known the truth before he said what he just said! What is he trying to do?"

Helplessly, Conan followed in the footsteps of Hattori Heiji and came to the restaurant——

"Huh? Where is Miss Omu?"

However, when the two came to the restaurant, they saw that there was no sign of Omu Ayako among the people present. So they were surprised, and Conan asked everyone.

"She went for a walk outside."

To this, Kogoro replied speechlessly.

"ah?"

Hearing this result, both Conan and Hattori Heiji were shocked——

"We stopped her..."

In this regard, Xiaolan and the astrologer Maria Toda on the side explained helplessly:

"But she said, 'There will be no more murders,' so..."

"Ah, don't worry, there's nothing to worry about."

At this time, Toba Kento explained with a faint smile:

"After all, the suspects are all in this room."

"Just stay here and nothing will happen."

Fujisawa Toshiaki also agreed with this statement and said at the same time, Kawazu Ikuo was also very relieved about the current situation and said:

"As long as the rest of us stay here, no matter how powerful the suspect is, he will never have another chance to kill someone. Just wait until dawn and then send someone to the station to report the crime."

However, seeing everyone's reassuring attitude, Conan's expression suddenly changed——

"At this time..."

His brain was thinking rapidly. Seeing that someone present had such an attitude, Conan began to analyze the other party's possible methods of attacking Miss Oki Ayako. Then without any hesitation, Conan turned around and ran out of the house——

"Conan!"

Seeing the sudden change in Conan's expression, Xiaolan called Conan's name in surprise:

"Where are you going!"

However, Conan, who didn't look back, had no time to pay attention to Xiaolan's shouts at this time. He didn't even have time to change his shoes, so he rushed out of the house and ran towards the parking garage next to the hotel.

Compared to him, Hattori Heiji's reaction was much calmer. After seeing Conan's reaction when facing such a scene, his suspicions deepened, and then Hattori Heiji ran quickly.

Then, he ran towards the direction Conan left——

At the same time, in the garage next to the main house of the hotel, because the lights were not turned on in the garage, a slender figure was looking for something in the darkness next to another car left in the garage.

I saw that this figure finally found the door handle in the back of the vehicle through groping. The figure couldn't help but feel happy. Feeling very proud, he stretched out his hand to open the door in the back, and then the figure pulled the entire upper body

He reached into the car and started groping around in the back seat of the vehicle.

However, after searching carefully for a long time, the figure could not find what he was looking for in the back seat. Therefore, due to the darkness of the garage at this time, he could not see the situation inside the car at all, so he could only

Feeling around based on the feel of his hand, he was a little anxious, and finally took out something from his pocket——

"No! You can't ignite it! Can't you smell the strong smell of gasoline in the garage?"

However, at this moment, the panting Conan finally arrived here and shouted to the figure in the garage——

"If you light a fire now, the whole garage will explode! So, never light a lighter!"

After saying that, the figure in the garage who had already put his hand on the lighter couldn't help but be stunned after hearing Conan's words. Then he noticed with fear and horror the smell of gasoline in the garage that he had become accustomed to.

, and started to tremble in panic.

"In short...Miss Ogi Ayako, you really know who the murderer is, right?"

However, just as Conan said this, another voice came from behind Conan——

It's Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji, who had his hands in his pants pockets, slowly came behind Conan and said calmly to the figure who had already arrived in the garage.

And as expected, the figure who was looking for something in the garage without turning on the lights finally gave up searching after hearing the words of the two people outside the garage, and the figure slowly walked out of the garage, and it turned out to be...

Oki Ayako, who just said she wanted to go out for a walk——

"You...how..."

Dazedly, looking at Conan and Hattori Heiji who appeared here and persuaded themselves without lighting a lighter, Oki Ayako asked at a loss -

"Ah...because..."

In this regard, Conan paid attention to Hattori Heiji next to him, thinking about how to organize his words with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and then said slowly:

"Because the cars in the garage have all drained of gasoline, so the garage is full of volatile gasoline. And Sister Ayako, you brought a lighter for smoking, so I'm worried that Sister Ayako will accidentally light a fire in the garage.

...Because I have seen similar situations on TV. If you light a fire in a room full of volatile gasoline, it will cause an explosion."

Helpless, he could only say this. Conan rubbed the back of his head, and then rolled his eyes at Hattori Heiji beside him. He felt that he had clearly figured out the cause and effect of the matter, but he did not rush here as soon as possible, leaving him with no choice but to first

Come over to stop it, and in this case, you will have to give an explanation.

At the same time, seeing that the matter had come to this, Conan thought that since Hattori Heiji had also followed, it meant that he had indeed understood the truth of the whole matter. So now, as long as he gives an explanation and lets Oki Ayako correct the murderer

, everything will be revealed.

So, Conan turned to look at Hattori Heiji and asked with an innocent expression:

"By the way, Brother Heiji, why do you say Sister Ayako already knows who the murderer is?"

——Hmph! Let’s see how long you can keep pretending!

Conan thought so in his heart.

Regarding this, Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan's statement, then naturally looked at Ayako Oki, and said slowly:

"After all, Miss Omu said she already knew who the murderer was, but she suddenly changed her story after a while. I thought there was something wrong with it. I thought maybe the murderer had threatened Miss Omu, so that's why she was like this

Well... As for why I followed you, little brother, I just came after watching you run out in a panic? Otherwise, how dangerous it would be for you to come out alone!"

As he said that, Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan's expression at the moment.

I saw that Conan couldn't help but become very depressed after hearing that Hattori Heiji did not directly explain the truth of the incident.

Then, Hattori Heiji continued to face Omu Ayako:

"So, Miss Omu, have you really communicated with the murderer?"

In this regard, although Hattori Heiji did not directly explain the details of the incident he had, but since Oki Ayako was caught abnormally looking for something in the garage at this time, Oki Ayako could only give an answer.

However, after just being stunned for a moment, Oki Ayako's expression looked a little panicked, and then she waved her hand helplessly, took out a note from her pocket and handed it to Hattori Heiji, and said with emotion:

"Actually... I just found this note in the toilet, so I thought I could come over and look for it to see if I could get the first edition. But I didn't expect that this was the murderer's trick..."

After saying that, Omu Ayako showed a scared expression.

Regarding this, Conan and Hattori Heiji were both shocked when they heard what Ohgi Ayako said, and then they both looked at the note handed over by Ohki Ayako.

I saw a sentence written on the note in printed font——

"If you want that book, come to the garage at five in the morning. The book is under the back seat of the car."

——"So, you didn't change your story because you were threatened by the murderer. You just came to this garage because you found this note and wanted to monopolize the first edition of the book?"

With his brows furrowed, Hattori Heiji was surprised by the reason given by Oki Ayako and asked back. At the same time, Conan also showed a solemn expression——

In this regard, Omu Ayako said frankly:

"Indeed... I selfishly want the first edition, but as for who the murderer is... I'm sorry, I really don't know. What I said before about knowing who the murderer is is just my misunderstanding."

After finishing speaking, it seemed that he really felt that his unauthorized actions had brought trouble to Hattori Heiji and others. He looked slightly apologetic and continued to face everyone:

"Sorry, I will confess my selfishness to everyone, and the note I picked up in the toilet... I have caused you trouble."

With that said, Omu Ayako turned and walked towards the main room of the hotel.

Upon seeing this, neither Hattori Heiji nor Conan continued to ask about Ayako Oki's statement. They just watched her leave, and both of them couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts——

It was my own thinking that was wrong...

Or even though Omu Ayako knew that the other party wanted her life, she still chose to protect the other party...

These two possibilities were analyzed back and forth in the minds of the two, but due to the lack of the most critical evidence that could name the murderer, the two could only suppress the matter for the time being——

"But at least... I still saved her..."

Faced with the current situation, although he has great doubts about Ayako Oki's statement, since the murderer's plan has not succeeded, Conan feels that his actions just now are still meaningful——
To be continued...