"The body was tied with a rope and hung from the handrail of the roof. The body was covered with a plastic sheet, and then one end of the rope was fixed with the rooftop door. Once the door was opened, the rope would loosen and the body would fall.
!”
His eyes turned back to Conan.
After they encountered a body being smashed on the hood of the police car they were riding in, Hattori Heiji and Conan hurriedly ran to the roof of the building where the body was suspected to have fallen, and met a man on the roof.
He learned some information from his mouth, so Hattori Heiji analyzed the situation like this——
"This uncle was called to the top floor just now by phone. As soon as he opened the rooftop door, the set mechanism was activated, causing the body to fall down."
Pointing to the man who had just been brought downstairs by Hattori Heiji, Hattori Heiji explained.
"It's very suspicious. Couldn't he be the murderer?"
However, after listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Mouri Kogoro looked at him with a suspicious expression and asked.
"The likelihood is low."
Hattori Heiji flatly denied:
"The deceased was presumed to have died at least twenty-four hours ago. In other words, he was called out and killed at this time yesterday, and then hung on the armrest of the top floor. If he was the murderer, it would be impossible to activate the mechanism himself.
Come and do it.”
"But why did it fall on the police car?"
In response to this, Sakata Yusuke on the side expressed surprise and doubts about the fact that the body fell into the police car.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence..."
Hattori Heiji thought about it, walked to the corpse and observed:
"But if a corpse appears in the city, it will be reported quickly, so it may be to warn someone deliberately..."
"warn?"
Hearing Hattori Heiji say this, Conan on the side couldn't help but asked curiously.
"right."
Regarding this, Hattori Heiji noticed the short knife on the body that penetrated the wallet and then pierced the heart, and said with some certainty:
"The knife that penetrated the wallet and stabbed the chest looks like the same person as in the previous murder case..."
Just as he was talking, at this moment, among the crowd of onlookers, a middle-aged woman with long hair looked at the death of the deceased in front of her and showed a horrified expression. She couldn't help making a sound in panic, and turned around to ask for help.
run--
"Hey! Madam! Wait a minute!"
Noticing the abnormal reaction of the lady in the crowd, Hattori Heiji and Conan immediately wanted to catch up and ask for details, but after squeezing out the crowd of onlookers, the lady had already got into the car and drove away——
"Damn it, he ran away!"
Seeing the opponent running away without looking back, obviously as if he knew something, Hattori Heiji, who didn't catch up with the opponent, couldn't help but shouted angrily.
"It's okay, I wrote down the license plate number."
Conan, who was following from the side, couldn't help but look very serious and said:
"But first, tell me, what's the meaning of 'the same as the previous murder case'?"
…
Osaka Prefecture, inside the Higashijiri Police Station——
Due to the murder that occurred in front of them, the planned tour of Osaka had to be temporarily suspended. Everyone followed Yusuke Sakata and the police officers from the Higashijiri Police Station who later arrived at the scene and arrived at the Higashijiri Police Station together.
And here, Conan, Mouri Kogoro and others finally learned from Hattori Heiji about the two previous murders in Osaka.
Moreover, after knowing the modus operandi of killing the deceased by first piercing their wallets with a short knife, and then stabbing the knife into their hearts, and the incident that happened before their eyes, it was obvious that this was a case of serial murder.
However, according to Hattori Heiji, although it was a serial killing incident, the relationship between the deceased persons is not clear so far.
Judging from the current clues, although the places where the three deceased were born, went to school and worked were all in Osaka, there was no overlap between them.
But soon, this situation was broken by Sakata Yusuke——
According to Yusuke Sakata's latest investigation results, two of the three deceased people appeared in news videos six years ago when Sotaro Goji, a member of the prefectural assembly, was interviewed and reported by a television station on suspicion of corruption.
Among them, the first deceased, Nagao Hidetoshi, was the secretary of Goji Sotaro, but he was fired after the suspicion of corruption fell on the secretary-general Hidetoshi O.
The third deceased, Kazuto Noyasu, was the driver of Goji Sotaro.
Although based on the current clues, it is still impossible to determine whether the second female deceased and Nishiguchi Tashiro are related to the other two, but at least for now, the two deceased are related to Goji Sotaro, which is obviously a breakthrough in the case——
"I remember that Sotaro Goji was the member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly who got away from the suspected corruption incident six years ago by passing the responsibility to his secretary, right?"
At this moment, when he heard the name of Goji Sotaro, even Mouri Kogoro had heard about the incident that year, and he couldn't help but say this without a favorable impression of this man.
"yes."
In response, Sakata Yusuke said:
"His secretary was fired six years ago on suspicion of corruption, and his driver resigned four years ago. Now, these two people related to the township councilman are involved in the serial killings.
This may indicate that the Township Secretary is related to this incident!"
"However, I heard that he is famous for hating the police. I think even looking for him is in vain."
Regarding this point, Mouri Kogoro said that he was not optimistic about the outcome.
"But in that case, I think we'd better go see him."
However, regarding this situation, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but said seriously to Sakata Yusuke:
"As for Mr. Maori...just let Heye lead the way and go to my house first!"
"Ah? Heiji!"
Seeing that Hattori Heiji was about to leave with Sakata Yusuke, Kazuha was a little worried and seemed to want to stop Hattori Heiji from leaving. But when Hattori Heiji really looked back, Kazuha couldn't help but said:
"Do you have your amulet with you?"
"Yes, don't worry."
In response, Hattori Heiji smiled slightly and followed Sakata Yusuke out...
…
"I guessed that you were going to see the township councilor, so just now, I asked someone to rent a car. At this time, there is really no way to drive the police car."
After walking out of the Higashijiri Office and coming to where the cars were parked outside, Sakata Yusuke took Hattori Heiji to a car and said with a smile.
"I'm really sorry for causing you to write a letter of repentance to report the cause of the damage to the vehicle..."
After getting into the car, looking at Yusuke Sakata adjusting the rearview mirror, Heiji Hattori said apologetically, and at the same time, Conan got into the back seat of Yusuke Sakata's car at some point -
"It doesn't matter! But, this child..."
Listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Sakata Yusuke had an indifferent attitude, but when he noticed Conan, he still looked a little surprised——
"This kid is very useful!"
In this regard, Hattori Heiji just smiled and explained.
"But, Mr. Mori will be worried, right?"
Sakata Yusuke said worriedly.
"It's okay, just call back later!"
So, Conan replied.
So, after hearing this, without saying anything, Sakata Yusuke started the vehicle and started driving——
"The congressman's office has to go through Midosuji... By the way, I found the address and phone number of the suspicious woman you mentioned through the license plate number. Her name is Okazaki Sumie, 39 years old, divorced last year. She seems to be living alone at the moment.
In the nearby Xidu Apartment…”
As the vehicle drove through an area, as if he was remembering something, Sakata Yusuke suddenly said...
…
At the same time, near Saito Apartment, Gao Yuan and Otaki Goro were already here——
"Mr. Mingzhi, why don't we go up and take a look?"
However, Otaki Goro seemed very strange about just waiting here.
"The other party is in a state of shock right now. Instead of trying to scare the enemy now, it's better to wait and see..."