Conan: Start with three choices, but sequence potion

Chapter 230 Hattori Heiji: Kudo Shinichiro
"What is this?" Yuanshan Heye trotted over and saw the masked man's appearance clearly, and couldn't help but get goose bumps.

Hattori Heiji had no answer either. He put on white gloves and searched the masked doll all over. He also found a short knife on it that exuded a strong bloody smell.

"Take this thing back and let the police test it." He picked up the short knife, "But I guess this knife should be the murder weapon in the 'Genji Hotaru' serial murder case."

"The murderer we have been tracking is actually a puppet?" Yuanshan Heye was a little confused.

"Maybe it's just because the murderer borrowed some magical item." Hattori Heiji shook his head.

"Do you remember what Sequence 7 of the Moon Pathway is?"

"'Alchemist'?" Yuanshan Heye had a vague impression.

"That's right." Hattori Heiji nodded, "'Alchemist' has the ability to refine alchemical dolls, which is very similar to the situation in front of us."

Toyama Kazuha looked worried: "But what if the murderer is Sequence 7?"

"I don't think the murderer is a Sequence 7." Hattori Heiji denied this conjecture. "Like I just said, I am more inclined to believe that the murderer has a magical item that contains the Beyonder characteristics of the Alchemist."

Only in this way can we explain why Xiaolan could not get any results when she was fortune-telling. That was the error caused by facing someone with a higher sequence than herself.

In Hattori Heiji's conjecture, the murderer himself might not even be a Beyonder, so no traces of spiritual fluctuations were detected in the basement.

Because he was in the same private room with them, the murderer was able to know Sakura Masazō's movements. Also because he was with them, the murderer was unable to use that magical item to kill people and could only find an opportunity to do it himself.

This also became the only case in which he might have left a fatal flaw.

Hattori Heiji touched the metal talisman in his pocket, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, he put away the bloody dagger.

"Go back first."

Although the "Genji Hotaru" series of cases were ultimately handled by the Kyoto Prefectural Police, two of the cases occurred in the Tokyo and Osaka areas respectively, so the Metropolitan Police Departments of the two areas also sent people to assist in the investigation.

The team was led by Officer Otaki from the Osaka Police Station and Officer Shiratori from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

These two were also acquaintances of Hattori Heiji and Uncle Mori, so these two detectives who had a very high reputation in the police naturally had the opportunity to take charge of the case, not to mention that they were one of the eyewitnesses of the last case.

So the next day, everyone was invited to the Mizuo residence to follow up on the police investigation.

The group had originally planned to invite An and the other two to join them, but they declined with the reason that they "wanted to travel more in Kyoto."

"This kind of thing happened last night." Conan listened to Hattori Heiji's narration of his thrilling duel with the masked man last night. He held the wooden mask that Hattori brought back with the dagger and looked at it over and over again.

"However, with the current divination capabilities of the police, a Sequence 7 magical item may not reveal any clues."

Hattori Heiji murmured softly: "If only today were Sunday."

Conan's mouth twitched.

Even if it's Sunday, you can't get any useful clues from the poker meeting
After all, I, the "Great Mr. Red Joker", am just a Sequence 9 with limited knowledge.

"But I guess this must have had some impact on the murderer." Conan guessed, "From what I know, magical items generally have side effects that are either strong or weak. Losing control of the puppet in such a violent way must have some price that we don't know about."

"It seems that we still have to start with the murder of Mr. Sakura Masazo at the izakaya last night. Judging from the current situation, that is the most likely incident for the murderer to leave traces."

Hattori Heiji also regrouped. After all, it was nothing more than returning to the most traditional case-solving process for them. They had solved more bizarre and difficult cases before.

The two walked towards the teahouse.

The suspects Harutaro Mizuo, Taiga Nishijo, monk Ryuen, as well as the madam Ms. Yamakura and Ms. Shiramen Chiga Suzu who were also in the izakaya at the time, received notification from the police early on and came to be questioned about their alibis and the timeline of the incident.

According to their answers, regarding the first few cases, since it happened so long ago, they couldn't remember them clearly, and most people couldn't give very clear alibis, but the last case of Sakura Masazo's murder in the izakaya was much clearer.

According to the police's identification results, Sakura Masao died between 10:00 and 10:45 that evening, with the error not too large.

And these people all left the private room during this process.

However, their respective statements all had clear purposes and motives for leaving, most of which could not be proven true or false, greatly increasing the difficulty of obtaining evidence.

The only people who could testify for each other were Mizuo Harutaro and Miss Chiga Suzu. The explanation they gave was that Miss Chiga Suzu was accompanying Mizuo Harutaro to the bathroom at that time.

However, because it is impossible to determine whether the murderer has an accomplice in this case, the two remain suspects.

Hattori Heiji was listening to the police questioning several suspects, and suddenly remembered that when he was first assassinated, the attacker used a bow and arrow, and his archery skills seemed extremely superb.

Then an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he suggested to the police that they should ask a few people whether they had any experience in archery.

"Bow and arrow?"

Nishijo Taiga thought about it, then shook his head and denied it: "I don't have such experience."

"I have played the bow when I played a role on the Noh stage." Mizuo Harutaro's answer attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing the atmosphere getting weird, he quickly added, "But it's just pulling the bow. It's impossible to hit the target."

Monk Longyuan also replied: "I also used the bow for performance when I was performing exorcism, but like Mr. Shuiwei, I didn't learn it professionally and systematically, so I couldn't hit the target at all."

Officer Shiratori carefully recorded everyone's answers in the police manual.

Conan asked, "Among the other people in the pub at that time, do you know anyone who can use a bow and arrow?"

"Now that you mention it, it seems that Yamakura..." Nishijo Taiga stroked his chin and thought for a while.

"Mama-san actually has time to practice archery?" Monk Long Yuan looked over in surprise.

"Ah, no." Saijo Taiga touched his wrist awkwardly, "I was just saying it casually."

Hattori Heiji's eyes suddenly froze slightly, then slowly relaxed.

Unable to get any more key information out of them and without sufficient clues, the police could not keep these people for too long, so they let them go back for the time being.

Mori and others took the police car to Sannoji Temple, but Conan and Hattori Heiji had their own ideas and chose to send Miss Chiga Ling home on foot.

"Are you really not coming with us?" Mao Lilan rolled down the car window and asked the two people.

"Oh, don't worry about them, Xiaolan, I think they are enjoying it!" Yuanshan and Ye Suan snorted.

"You guys take the car first. We have something to talk to Miss Chiga Ling about. We'll go over later." Hattori Heiji waved his hand.

After seeing off the others, Hattori Heiji and Conan found Miss Chiga Suzu.

Miss Chiga Ling at this moment was completely different from the one she had yesterday with her heavy white makeup on. She changed into an orange kimono with a scarlet flower print. She looked much more elegant, not like a dancer in a pub, but more like a young lady who was ignorant of the world.

"I wonder what you want to ask me?" Miss Qian Heling looked at the two of them with a gentle smile.

"What is the relationship between Ms. Chiga Suzu and Mr. Mizuo?" Conan was the first to speak. The root of the "Genji Hotaru" series of cases is the internal strife of the theft gang. All the motives should be related to the theft of the Yakushi Tathagata statue eight years ago. Given Ms. Chiga Suzu's age, she can't be the main culprit anyway. The only possible suspicion is that she is an accomplice of Mizuo Harutarou.

Conan asked directly. He didn't need to beat around the bush, nor was he afraid of others lying. The insight given to him by Sequence 9 "Monitoring" allowed him to tell whether she was lying or not.

"Speaking of Mr. Mizuo," Miss Chiga Ling thought for a moment, "he is a relatively polite person."

"But I don't know much about Mr. Mizuo. After all, this is the first time I saw him in the store. Mr. Mizuo has rarely been to Sakura-ya before."

Conan nodded.

Miss Chiga Ling doesn't seem to be lying, and this kind of thing is easy to verify.

In this way, the suspicion of these two people can be relatively reduced.

Should the final murderer be chosen from Saijo Taiga, Ryuen Monk, or Mama-san?
Thinking of this, Conan was suddenly stunned. He felt that the card of blasphemy in his pocket moved, but when he reached out to touch it, he found that it seemed to be his illusion.

"Actually, Sannoji Temple is on Rokkaku Road." Seeing that they were silent, Miss Chiga Ling's geisha instinct came out, and she smiled and introduced the distribution of Kyoto's roads to the two of them, "We are passing through Ebi River Road now."

It can be seen that although she is not from a wealthy family, Miss Chiga Ling loves life very much and also loves Kyoto, the land where she was born and raised.

As she spoke, she stretched out her fingers and counted them, singing: "Marutake Iji, Oshiomiike, sister Rokkaku, so she should be on the sixth road."

When Hattori Heiji heard the song, he was suddenly startled, and there was a complex emotion of disbelief in his eyes when he looked at Miss Chiga Ling.

"Sister, what was that song just now?" Conan saw that something was wrong with his good brother, so he pretended to be innocent and asked Miss Chigawa Ling curiously.

"This?" Miss Chika Ling said with a smile, "We call it the Ball Song here."

"It's a song that compiles the names of Kyoto's streets in order from north to south."

She sang the song in its entirety.

"Maruzhu Yiji, Oshiomiike——"

"Sister Rokukaku, Octopus Nishiki——"

"Shiling Buddha, Takamatsu, Mangojo——"

"Snowshoes, jingle-dongs, fish racks—"

"After six or seven of them——"

"After Hachijo, it's Toji-dori—"

"Finally, there are nine avenues—"

After she finished singing, she looked at Conan and smiled: "Children in Kyoto actually use this song to remember the names of these roads."

Conan seemed to be inspired by something and lowered his head to think.

"So, you are also a native of Kyoto?" Hattori Heiji, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"Yes."

"Excuse me, how old are you this year?"

Ms. Chika Ling did not feel offended by being asked about her age, and answered naturally, "I am 19 years old this year."

Hattori Heiji fell silent again.

Miss Chiga Ling looked at Conan, then at Hattori Heiji. For some reason, she felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.

Even she didn't know how to continue speaking.

Not long after, they reached the traffic light at Yuchi Road. Ms. Qianhe Ling bowed slightly to the two and said thank you: "Then I will take my leave first. Thank you for seeing me off."

After saying that, he walked along the intersection.

Looking at her back, Hattori Heiji's eyes were very complicated.

"Hey, you don't think..." Conan squeezed his dead eyes, pushed up his glasses and whispered.

"It must be her!" Hattori Heiji's eyes were firm.

"I see you just like her because she's pretty. If it was Sonoko singing this song..." Conan imagined a certain scene and shuddered, "I'm afraid you would say 'all the children in Kyoto will sing this song'?"

Hattori Heiji: “.”

It does make sense, but it doesn't make sense.

"But the more important thing is..."

Conan's face turned serious: "Didn't you notice? There are two versions of this song."

Hattori Heiji looked at him in confusion.

"In the memory you mentioned earlier, the second line of the song was 'Bride Rokkaku', but in Ms. Chika Ling's mouth, it was 'Sister Rokkaku'."

"Maybe I remembered it wrong." Hattori Heiji didn't care much.

"There are so many places that are easy to remember wrong, but you have to make a mistake in this simplest place?" Conan shook his head. "There are obviously two versions of this song."

He opened his phone and briefly searched through it.

"You see, ten years ago, Sister Road was renamed Bride Road. That should be when the new version of the Ball Song was derived."

Conan quickly found the relevant information.

"Ms. Chiga Ling is a local born and raised here, so she is used to the old version, but the version you remember is the revised 'Bride Rokkaku'. My reasoning is that the girl you met at that time was probably not a local of Kyoto, but a tourist from outside Kyoto, so she was influenced by the renamed Bride Road and sang a different version."

Hattori Heiji also calmed down a little.

Putting aside the hazy filter of first love, the feeling that Miss Chiga Ling gave him was indeed different from that of that girl back then.

Kudo's reasoning is not unreasonable.

"But rather than helping you find your first love, I discovered a very crucial clue from these two versions of the nursery rhyme."

Conan suddenly chuckled, called up the photo of the drawing paper, and then opened the map.

“I may have solved the puzzle of this painting.”

(End of this chapter)