Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

A stool was placed in front of the model, and I guess because I wasn't tall enough to reach it, I had to stand on it.

Damn!

Just as he was gritting his teeth in anger, Kudo Shinichi called again.

"Yes, I'm already in the exhibition room now."

"Officer Megure, please press the speaker button so that everyone can hear."

"it is good."

Megure pressed the speaker button.

"I asked you all to come here because I already know who the suspects of the arson and bombing are."

"Is it true? Who do you think this suspect is?!"

Megure asked excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro thought to himself that he must not let this kid Kudo Shinichi steal the limelight again!

"Wait a moment, I also know who the criminal is!"

Kogoro stretched out his right palm, full of confidence.

Conan, who was eavesdropping outside the exhibition room at this time, was shocked.

Could it be that his uncle Kogoro finally came to his senses?

Although it seems incredible at first glance, this has happened before. At a reunion of Uncle Kogoro's classmates, he solved the case by himself.

Even though he gave a small reminder that time, it still shows that Uncle Kogoro does look a bit like a famous detective when he gets serious.

however--

"The real criminal is you, Officer Shiratori!"

Conan, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, was so shocked that he almost fell down.

Megure and Shiratori: Shocked me for the whole year.

"what!"

Megure's voice twisted into a weird cry.

"You said that you had always respected Professor Moriya's father, so you had doubts about his death. After that, Professor Moriya became famous, so you shifted your focus of suspicion to his son."

"You even suspected that he was the one who caused the fire in the villa. After you were convinced of this, you burned down all the works designed by Professor Moritani one by one."

"Your admiration for his father has turned into revenge against his son, and you know very well that every time the suspect makes a call, you are not at the scene!"

The excited Kogoro walked up to Shiratori with an intimidating aura.

"Wait...Mr. Maori, please stop talking nonsense, okay?"

Shiratori was confused and collapsed.

How come he suddenly became a criminal?

"Hey, Shinichi. You mean the same thing as me, right?"

Kogoro spoke with certainty and asked into the phone in Megure's hand.

"totally different."

"What!?"

Kogoro almost fell down on the spot.

"In fact, this series of events was not committed because someone hated Professor Moritani..."

"This suspect is the one who has set fire to several houses recently and also designed that bridge - Professor Moritani! It's definitely him!"

Upon hearing this, Moriya Teiji's eyes widened.

Megure, Kogoro and Shiratori opened their eyes wide and screamed in surprise at the same time.

"What!?"

Kogoro, who was originally feeling embarrassed because he thought his reasoning was wrong, immediately yelled into the phone in dissatisfaction.

"Nonsense! How could an architect in the world destroy his own work?!"

Since both of them were detectives that their police force relied on, Megure, who was caught between them, could only smile awkwardly.

"I think Professor Moritani was recognized by his father as a talented architect since he was a child, and he did emerge as a young architect in his early 30s..."

"He later received the Best Newcomer Award from the Japan Architectural Association for his design of the Ring Line Bridge. After that, Professor Moriya continued to create many new architectural styles."

"I don't know since when... No, I should say he thought about this a long time ago. He began to hope to destroy some of his works when he was young. This can be seen from what the professor said at the afternoon tea party held a few days ago-"

“Many young architects today simply lack an awareness of beauty. It is only right that they should have a stronger sense of responsibility for their work.”

“And he really lived up to that.”

Although he was dissatisfied with Kudo Shinichi at first, Kogoro thought about it seriously after hearing his reasoning and found that there were indeed no loopholes in his logic.

and many more!

"That's not right! You weren't there that day! How did you know about this?"

Conan, standing outside the door, thought that he could use Conan or Xiaolan as an excuse to fool people, so he continued his reasoning.

"Next, everyone, take a close look at the photos on the wall. First, let's look at the Kurokawa, Mizushima, Yasuda, and Akutsu families where the arson occurred. Next, please take a close look at the bridge. Although it is also a building mainly in the British classical style, but... did you notice one thing?"

Megure and the other two walked towards the wall and carefully observed the design on the painting.

"I think every building here is an excellent building..." Megure sighed subconsciously.

The white bird opened its mouth wide as it watched.

"This bridge is not a completely symmetrical building!"

"Yes, the bridge is not completely symmetrical. In my opinion, it may be the requirements of the builder or the building standards law that forced Professor Moritani to compromise. However, this is something that Professor Moritani, who advocates perfectionism, cannot tolerate."

"It was at that moment that the smooth sailing life of an architect finally began to be overshadowed."

"The plan to build a new town in Nishitama City, which took him a long time to complete, was suddenly put on hold because of the mayor's arrest."

After hearing Conan's explanation, the three of them suddenly remembered the designer that Winnet mentioned.

Shiratori immediately pounced in front of the new town model of Nishitama City in front of Moriya Teiji and checked again.

"So it was really designed by Professor Moritani..."

"So the professor declared war on me in order to damage the reputation of a high school detective like me and to get revenge on me... This was one of his goals, but he also achieved another goal at the same time."

"That is, the five cases, including the arson case of the four families of the Kurokawa family and the explosion of the ring line bridge, acted as a cover for them. Am I right, professor?"

As expected of high school detective Kudo Shinichi, his reasoning is very correct.

but--

"Haha."

Moriya Teiji chuckled twice. Even though Kudo Shinichi was not a man of undeserved reputation, there was still no way to arrest him.

"This is indeed an interesting line of reasoning, but unfortunately, there is no evidence for it."

Conan's eyes narrowed.

coming!

As he expected, Moritani was very proud and believed that he had left nothing out.

"You want evidence? Of course I have it! It's right next to that model box."

Megure couldn't remember how many times he had been scared today, but fortunately Shiratori reacted quickly and immediately found the black glasses and beard hidden on the stool under the glass cabinet model.

"This is!" Shiratori broke out in a cold sweat, "The bombing suspect's disguise tool!"

Holding them in his hands, Shiratori was still surprised. If the murderer was really Moriya Teiji, how could he leave such important evidence in a place like this?

Could it be that Kudo Shinichi sneaked into this house?

At the same time, Moriya Teiji, who saw them through the model, could not help but his eyes were bloodshot.

From the moment the tablecloth of the model was lifted and then Kudo Shinichi's accurate description of the situation here, he was completely certain that Kudo Shinichi or his helpers had sneaked into his mansion.

"Impossible! I clearly put it in the safe in the study!"

He simply couldn't understand how Kudo Shinichi did it. Could it be that his real identity was Kaito Kid?

Conan, who heard Moriya Teiji's words in person, felt relieved. His plan had a lot of gambling involved, and now he could say that he had won a great victory.

He walked out from behind the study door in broad daylight, attracting everyone's attention with his childish voice.

"I see! The tools used by the bombing suspect to disguise himself were hidden in the safe in the study!"

Watching Conan swaggering past him and saying incomprehensible words, Moriya Teiji's eyes followed Conan with both astonishment and confusion.

"What!?"

Conan came to Shiratori's side and snatched the evidence from his hand while Shiratori was also stunned.

"This is actually my glasses!" Conan said as he wiped them with a handkerchief, "I painted them black with a water-based marker."

Moriya Teiji's mouth grew even bigger.

He actually fell for the trick of this kid with glasses. Wasn't it...Kudo Shinichi who directed him to do it? He didn't even show his face. He just relayed the story. Did he handle everything behind the scenes and play him in the palm of his hand?

He's just like Sherlock Holmes... no, he's just like Moriarty!

"As for the beard and wig, I cut off the decorative hair from the armor in the study and glued them together with tape."

Finally, Conan did not forget to add——

"These are all ideas that Shinichi-nii came up with!"

Since I get scolded by Haibara all the time about this, I might as well just put the blame on "Kudo Shinichi".

The whole process was so ironic that Moriya Teiji almost bit his teeth off.

After experiencing the self-destruction of Moriya Teiji just now, Shiratori, who was originally skeptical, also agreed with Kudo Shinichi's reasoning, and came to Moriya Teiji and said:

"Professor Moritani, please come with us to the bureau."

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Moriya Teiji was glad that he had been prepared. He stepped back, took out the lighter detonator he had prepared earlier from his trouser leg, and pressed his thumb on the switch.

"Don't move! If anyone dares to move, the bomb I planted in this room will explode!"

The three people who already knew that the bomber was Moritani Teiji were terrified when they heard it.

Conan stood up leisurely and said, "It's impossible for it to explode!"

His words caused the three of them to turn around.

"Because the detonator is not in it..." Conan took a deep breath and took out two cylindrical batteries from his pocket, "There are no batteries!"

Moriya Teiji thought Conan was bluffing, so he unscrewed the battery cover of the remote control to confirm.

"What! When did you do that!?"

Moriya Teiji was so shocked that he was incoherent, but he still asked the question that concerned him most:

"How do you know this is the detonator?"

"Of course I know that, because you don't use a lighter. When you light your pipe, you use those long matches."

Conan's glasses began to reflect light.

"That sweet smell that Ayumi told us about, I guess that's the smell of your pipe?"

At this point, everything became clear.

Megure no longer hesitated and pointed directly at Moriya Teiji. He ordered Shiratori:

"Arrest him!"

Shiratori shouted twice to dispel the fear in his heart and handcuffed Moriya Teiji.

When Kogoro saw the criminal being arrested, he let go of all his frustrations: "Great, this matter has finally been resolved. Congratulations!"

When Shiratori heard this, he was furious. Just a few minutes ago, he was treated as a murderer by this confused detective.

"There's nothing to celebrate about this, Mr. Maori. Aren't you going too far? You actually called me a suspect!"

Not vomiting, not happy.