Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 1019
"The corpse was caught by a rope, hung on the handrail of the roof, and covered with plastic sheeting, and then the end of the rope was fixed with the door of the roof. When the door was opened, the rope would be loosened, and the corpse would fall!"

His gaze turned back to Conan's side.

After they encountered a situation where a corpse was smashed on the hood of the police car they were riding in, Hattori Heiji and Conan hurried to the roof of the building where the corpse was suspected to have fallen, and met a man on the roof. After learning something from him, Hattori Heiji analyzed the situation——

"This uncle was called to the top floor by phone just now. As soon as he opened the door of the roof, the mechanism that was set up was activated, causing the corpse to fall."

Pointing at the man who had just been brought downstairs by Hattori Heiji, Hattori Heiji explained.

"It's suspicious, isn't he the murderer?"

However, listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Mori Kogoro looked at the other party with a suspicious expression, and asked so.

"It's very unlikely."

Hattori Heiji flatly denied:
"The deceased is presumed to have died at least 24 hours ago. In other words, he was called out and killed at this time yesterday, and then hanged on the handrail on the top floor. If he is the murderer, he will personally do the impossible to activate the mechanism."

"But, how did it fall on the police car?"

As for this, Sakata Yusuke, who was on the side, was surprised and puzzled by the fact that the body fell onto the police car.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence..."

Hattori Heiji thought about it, walked to the corpse to observe and said:

"However, if a corpse appears in the city, it will be reported quickly, so it may be intentional to warn someone..."

"warn?"

Hearing what Hattori Heiji said, Conan couldn't help asking curiously.

"Correct."

In this regard, Hattori Heiji noticed the short knife on the body that pierced through the wallet and then pierced the heart, and said with certainty:

"The knife that pierced through the wallet and stabbed into the chest looks the same as the previous murder case, it is the same person..."

Just as he was talking, at this moment, in the crowd of onlookers, a middle-aged woman with long hair looked at the death of the deceased in front of her, showing a frightened expression, and couldn't help making a sound of panic, and turned around to run——

"Hello, ma'am! Wait a minute!"

Noticing that the lady in the crowd was reacting abnormally, Hattori Heiji and Conan immediately wanted to catch up and ask for clarification, but after squeezed out of the crowd of onlookers, the other party had already got into the car and drove off——

"Damn it, run away!"

Seeing the other party running away without looking back, it was obvious that he seemed to know something, and Hattori Heiji, who did not catch up with the other party, couldn't help but shouted angrily.

"It's okay, I wrote down the license plate number."

And Conan who followed beside him couldn't help but look very serious and said:

"But first tell me, what's the 'same as the previous murder'?"

……

Osaka Prefecture, inside the Higashijiri Police Station——

Due to the murder that happened right in front of them, the trip to visit Osaka had to be temporarily suspended, and everyone followed Sakata Yusuke and the police officers from the Higashijiri Police Station who arrived at the scene first to the Higashijiri Police Station.

And here, Conan, Mori Kogoro and others finally learned from Hattori Heiji about the two murders that happened in Osaka before.

Moreover, after knowing that the deceased was killed by first piercing the wallet with a short knife, and then stabbing the knife into the heart, and the incident that happened in front of him this time, it is obvious that this is a serial murder case.

However, according to Hattori Heiji, although it is a serial killing incident, so far, the relationship between the several deceased is still unclear.

Judging from the current clues, although the places of birth, school and work of the three deceased were all in Osaka, there was no intersection between them.

But soon, this situation was broken by Sakata Yusuke——

According to the latest investigation results by Yusuke Sakata, two of the three dead have appeared in the news video of Goji Sotaro, a member of the prefecture assembly, who was interviewed and reported by the TV station six years ago when he was suspected of corruption.

Among them, Hidetoshi Nagao, the first deceased, was the secretary of Koji Soutaro back then, but was dismissed after the suspicion of corruption fell on the Secretary-General Hidetoshi O.

The third deceased, Kazuto Noyasu, was the driver of Sotaro Koji.

Although based on the current clues, it is still impossible to determine whether the second female deceased and Tadayo Nishiguchi are related to the other two, but at least for now, the two deceased are related to Koji Soutaro, which is obviously a breakthrough in the case——

"I remember, Koji Soutaro is the member of the Osaka prefecture who passed the responsibility to the secretary and got away from the corruption incident six years ago, right?"

But at this moment, hearing Goji Soutaro's name, even Mori Kogoro had heard about the incident back then, so he couldn't help saying that he didn't have a good impression of this person.

"Yes."

In this regard, Sakata Yusuke followed up and said:

"His secretary was fired six years ago on suspicion of corruption, and his driver also resigned four years ago. Now, these two people related to the Xiangsi councilor have been involved in serial murders. This may indicate that the Xiangsi councilor is related to this incident!"

"However, I've heard he's notoriously loathing the police. I suppose it's useless to look for him."

Mori Kogoro said that he was not very optimistic about the result.

"But in that case, I think we'd better go and see him."

However, regarding such a situation, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but seriously said to Sakata Yusuke:
"As for Mr. Maori... let He Ye lead the way and go to my house first!"

"Huh? 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 saying:
"Do you have your amulet with you?"

"Yes, don't worry."

To this, Hattori Heiji replied with a smile, and went out with Sakata Yusuke...

……

"I guessed that you were planning to meet the township councilor, so just now, I asked someone to rent a car. At this time, there is really no way to drive that police car again."

Walking out of the Higashijiri Office and coming to the place where the car was parked outside, Sakata Yusuke brought Hattori Heiji to a small car and said with a smile.

"I'm really sorry that you have to write a letter of repentance to report the cause of the damage to the vehicle..."

After getting into the car, seeing Sakata Yusuke adjusting the rearview mirror, Hattori Heiji said apologetically, and at the same time, Conan got into the back seat of Sakata Yusuke at some point——

"That's all right! But, the boy..."

Listening to Hattori Heiji's words, Sakata Yusuke had an indifferent attitude, but after noticing Conan, he still seemed a little surprised——

"This kid is very useful!"

In this regard, Hattori Heiji just explained with a smile.

"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, Yusuke Sakata started the car and started driving——

"The congressman's office goes 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. She is 39 years old and divorced last year. She seems to be living alone in a nearby apartment in Saito..."

As the vehicle drove through an area, as if remembering something, Sakata Yusuke suddenly said...

……

At the same time, near Xidu Apartment, Gao Yuan and Otaki Goro have arrived here at this moment——

"Mr. Wise, why don't we go up and have a look?"

However, Otaki Goro asked strangely about the practice of just waiting here.

"The other party is now a bird of fright. Instead of going to scare the snake now, it is better to wait for the rabbit..."

However, Gao Yuan said confidently about this...

(End of this chapter)