The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"Hey! Tell me quickly, what happened?!" Hattori Heiji asked anxiously.

"Nobunaga..."

The man's eyes were wide open, his mouth agape as if he were saying something, and at the same time he reached out and grabbed the umbrella from Aragaki Yu, who had walked over to him and squatted down to check on the situation.

Unfortunately, he only managed a mumbled incoherent utterance before his head lolled to the side and he breathed his last.

"!!!"

Seeing this, Conan and Heiji Hattori's expressions also froze, and they looked at the umbrella in Aragaki Yu's hand with serious expressions.

Are you too cold?

Aragaki Yu, however, remained unfazed and moved the umbrella in his hand in front of the man, helping to shield him from the heavy rain.

They seemed genuinely worried that the man would get soaked in the rain.

"Forehead……"

Heiji Hattori and Conan, however, looked at Yuu Aragaki's actions with somewhat strange expressions.

……

The police arrived at the scene quickly, and the officer in charge of the case was none other than the familiar Officer Otaki.

Fortunately, this acquaintance is not quite the same as the acquaintance who is still lying on the ground.

"Speaking of which, Inspector Otaki is really working hard, handling cases for two days in a row." Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but remark as he watched Inspector Otaki busy at the scene.

He didn't understand why the security situation in Osaka was so bad.

I've only been here for two days, and I've already encountered two cases.

Inspector Otaki turned his head and smiled: "That's alright, it's just my job. But to be honest, I really admire you, Mr. Mori. How did you know his name was Kato Yuji?"

The moment Inspector Otaki and his team arrived at the crime scene, Kogoro Mouri explained the general situation to him.

“I was looking at his badge.”

"What badge?" Officer Otaki tilted his head in confusion.

Kogoro Mouri pointed to the badge on the corpse's chest. Seeing that Inspector Otaki was somewhat puzzled, he explained to Inspector Otaki in detail what he knew about the tour group and the badge.

"That's the family crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi! Actually, it was someone from the same tour group who determined that he was the one playing Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

Then, Kogoro Mouri turned his gaze to the tour group member who had been quietly standing to the side.

“That’s right. To make the trip more fun, our group members all drew lots to decide which Sengoku period character they would play.” The tall, thin man hurriedly explained when he saw the police looking in his direction. “Today I’m playing Akechi Mitsuhide, Mr. Kasaya is playing Tokugawa Ieyasu, Mr. Kyosaka is playing Oda Nobunaga, Ms. Katagiri is playing the wet nurse, and Mr. Kato is playing Toyotomi Hideyoshi.”

After his introduction, everyone present finally understood their identities.

Next, the members of the tour group explained why they recognized the deceased.

"However, do you know his motive for committing suicide?" Kogoro Mouri suddenly looked at the group of tourists and changed the subject.

"Huh?" The members of the tour group were slightly taken aback.

Inspector Otaki also seemed a little puzzled by Kogoro Mouri's words, "Mr. Mouri, how do you know this person committed suicide?"

Kogoro Mouri turned around and explained confidently, "The rain was so heavy this evening, no ordinary person would be so stupid as to climb up there. Besides, he was wearing a wool coat that is very easy to catch fire. I think that's evidence that he set himself on fire."

"..."

Conan and Heiji Hattori rolled their eyes at Kogoro Mouri's statement.

Aragaki Yu nodded naturally.

Very good, Kogoro Mouri has once again eliminated a wrong answer.

Chapter 568 The Real and Fake Grim Reaper

Officer Otaki did not offer much comment on Kogoro Mouri's deduction.

Instead, the topic suddenly shifted, and looking at Kogoro Mouri, she said in a low voice, "But how come people always die wherever you go? Are you possessed by some kind of ghost?"

"!!!"

At the same time, the snow woman who had just floated onto Kogoro Mouri's head trembled. Thinking she had been discovered, she was so frightened that she almost fell off Kogoro Mouri.

"Ahem." Kogoro Mouri coughed awkwardly, looked around and, finding that Heiji Hattori hadn't noticed him, quietly leaned close to Inspector Otaki's ear and whispered, "It's not me, it should actually be the chief's son."

"what?"

Officer Otaki blinked, somewhat bewildered.

The fake Grim Reaper is shirking responsibility, while the real Grim Reaper has already made his way to the scene of the crime.

Thinking of this, Aragaki Yu also looked up at the area above Osaka Castle.

Just now, Conan and Heiji Hattori had already slipped away unnoticed and headed towards that place.

Sure enough, not long after, Conan and Heiji Hattori appeared above Osaka Castle.

Hattori Heiji leaned against the railing, holding a rope, with the other end of the rope firmly tied around Conan's waist. He then slowly lowered Conan onto the roof of Osaka Castle.

It's the rooftop from which Kato Yuji fell from Osaka Castle.

Perhaps because the roof was slippery on a rainy day, Conan's movements appeared somewhat awkward and hesitant, even with the protection of the rope.

Although he couldn't hear the conversation between Conan and Heiji Hattori, Yuu Aragaki could guess from Conan's sudden excitement that he must have found some useful clues on the roof.

……

"I really can't believe Mr. Kato would commit suicide."

"To be honest, I feel the same way. He was really looking forward to this trip."

"Therefore, it is very difficult for others to understand what is going on in a person's mind."

"Yes, maybe he had already made up his mind to do this a long time ago."

Beside Yuu Aragaki, the other members of the tour group were whispering about Yuuji Kato's death.

Perhaps because they were just online friends with similar interests, there wasn't much sadness on their faces.

“We must first find out why he committed suicide,” Kogoro Mouri suggested, standing next to Inspector Otaki.

Inspector Otaki nodded. "Yes, if that's the case, then we can close it."

"We found it!"

Just as the two of them were discussing, Hattori Heiji's voice suddenly came from afar.

The two looked up and saw Heiji Hattori and Conan walking towards them under an umbrella borrowed from a police officer.

"We found this lighter on the roof of Osaka Castle."

As Hattori Heiji spoke, he handed a lighter, which was in an evidence bag, to Inspector Otaki.

This evidence bag was also something I casually asked for when I borrowed an umbrella from a police officer.

"Hey, isn't that the lighter that Mr. Kato was carrying?"

The moment Hattori Heiji took out the lighter, the people in the tour group recognized it as Kato Yuji's lighter.

Because Kato Yuji had smoked cigarettes in front of them more than once, they had seen this lighter quite a few times.

"Then we can be sure he committed suicide, right?" Kogoro Mouri said confidently after glancing at the lighter.

"No, that's hard to say."

No sooner had Kogoro Mouri finished speaking than Heiji Hattori immediately offered a different perspective: "The lighter cap was just closed. Would someone about to commit suicide even bother to close the cap?"

“But Heiji, it’s also possible that the cover was closed when the lighter fell down!” Officer Otaki looked at Hattori Heiji and offered his opinion.

Heiji Hattori shook his head. "If that's the case, it should have rolled to a lower part of the roof. Also, I noticed a complete fan-shaped area on the roof of the castle tower that wasn't wet. That doesn't look like the mark of a lighter being placed there. I think there should have been a round object on it originally, and someone took that object before putting this lighter on it."

“Officer Otaki, all of Mr. Kato’s belongings are here.”

Just then, the police officer in charge of examining the body also gathered all of Kato Yuji's belongings.

"Here's a wallet, a cell phone, a watch, keys, cigarettes, and an unidentified piece of debris."

The crowd quickly gathered around the square cloth where the evidence was displayed.

Even Aragaki Yu followed with great interest, and his gaze soon fell on a rolled-up scroll.

"Huh, is this a painting?"

At the same time, Officer Otaki also quickly noticed the scroll.

Driven by curiosity, Officer Otaki immediately picked up the scroll and unfolded it, only to find that it was just a tattered scroll, and the remaining part was blank with only the character "dragon" visible.

"Why is there only one character for 'dragon' written on this?" Officer Otaki muttered in confusion.

However, when the people in the tour group not far away heard this, their expressions changed, revealing a look of shock and greed.

Of course, these people's expressions did not escape Aragaki Yu's eyes.

Then, Inspector Otaki picked up the fragment next to the scroll, frowned, and said, "What is this?"

"It looks like a shard of ceramic," Hattori Heiji analyzed, staring at the shard in Inspector Otaki's hand.

"Really?"

Just as the group was wondering about this, Kazuha's voice suddenly appeared in their ears.