Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

"If you're looking for the reason, I'm afraid I already have the answer."

As soon as the sound rang out, everyone turned their heads.

Then I saw Heiji Hattori and Conan walking slowly towards me, each holding an umbrella.

Hattori Heiji held up the bag in his hand, which contained something: "I found this lighter on the roof of the castle tower just now."

Katagiri Maho said, "This should belong to Mr. Kato. We saw him using this lighter to light cigarettes several times this morning."

Kogoro Mouri exclaimed excitedly, "Now we can confirm that he committed suicide!"

Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes: "No, that's hard to say. The lighter cap was closed. Would someone who's about to commit suicide care about closing the cap?"

"But Heiji, it's also possible that the lighter was turned off when it fell!"

Oarai shared his thoughts.

Moreover, this is quite possible, since a lighter is so small that no one can be sure where it will fall.

Chapter 0274: Treasure

Heiji Hattori smiled at Inspector Daiko's words and replied:

"If that's the case, it should have rolled to a lower part of the roof. But... there seems to be something that's often been left in front of where this lighter fell."

"What do you mean by that?"

Kogoro Mouri found it strange and pursed his lips in annoyance at the boy's rebuttal.

Hattori Heiji glanced at the ceiling and smiled:

"There's an area below where the lighter fell, an area that wasn't wet by the rain. But it's not the rectangle the lighter was in; it's a complete fan shape. I'm guessing there must have been something in that shape on the roof before it rained. It was removed after the rain and then the lighter was put back on. Kid, tell me?"

"Ah."

Conan nodded obediently.

He actually hated being called out in front of a lot of people, but he endured it for the sake of the case and gave Hattori Heiji a deadpan look.

Officer Oarai asked, "Heiji, do you know what that cylindrical object is?"

Hattori Heiji shook his head: "I'm not too sure about that either. I think it's probably related to the small fragments scattered around." Shiraishi Osamu listened silently.

Combining the previous loopholes, the current weather, and the lighter, it's roughly clear what happened.

Moreover, he was certain that his speculation was correct, since it wasn't a very complicated answer.

First point: It is nighttime, and it is raining.

Second point: Why did the deceased take out the lighter and place it next to the roof?

Third point: As Hattori Heiji just said, there was something originally placed there. The deceased should have seen it after taking out the lighter, and then chose to put the lighter down and take that other thing away.

Considering all the current circumstances, guessing what it is shouldn't be too difficult, since the environment influences the deceased.

At this moment, Inspector Oko's subordinates finally finished tidying up the scene.

"Officer, all of Mr. Kato's belongings have been collected. Please come and take a look!"

This statement drew the attention of everyone present who were curious about the case.

Even Shiraishi Osamu couldn't help but come over to examine the things left behind by the deceased.

Shiraishi Osamu murmured, "Wallet, watch, cell phone, keys, cigarettes, and an unidentified fragment. And a strange scroll."

Just as he was pondering, he suddenly felt someone tug at his clothes.

Looking back, I saw it was Yukiko, who was curious about my face.

"what?"

Shiraishi Osamu watched the woman warily.

She looked like she had something on her mind, and considering this woman's usual habit of only showing up when she needed something, she must have something she wanted from me.

"hey-hey."

Yukiko immediately burst into laughter, a fawning smile filling her eyes, and whispered:

"Let me ask you, judging from your calm expression, do you know something?"

"A little bit."

Tell me.

What do you want to know?

As Shiraishi asked the question, he glanced to the side and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Because the three maids, Xiaolan, Heye, and Yuanzi, had somehow gathered around him, forming a circle around him, and each of them was pricking up their ears, ready to eavesdrop.

Shiraishi Osamu: ...

He was speechless, not knowing what to say. He couldn't tell them, because if the murderer overheard, it would alert them.

Yukiko urged, "Tell me quickly, what exactly happened!"

Shiraishi Xiu glanced sideways and curled his lip: "I don't know, I was just teasing you. And you guys too."

After saying that, he gave each of the three girls a flick on the forehead.

“Hmm…” x3

The three girls couldn't help but facepalm, their eyes filled with resentment as they looked at Shiraishi Xiu.

They were also curious, but they knew they couldn't interfere, so they just grumbled in their hearts and were still very understanding.

Yuanzi muttered, "It's definitely an act; we don't really know what they're repairing."

Shiraishi Xiu smiled and said, "Even if you try to provoke me, it won't work. I just won't tell you."

"You just don't know."

"I'm not telling you anyway."

"Humph!"

Sonoko scoffed and turned her head away.

Shiraishi Osamu found it amusing. That's how young girls are; they're so easy to deal with. This kind of provocation is practically like something a primary school student would do.

Over here...

Officer Oarai picked up the strangest scroll, opened it, and saw that some parts of it had been burned, with only a clear "dragon" character visible in the corner.

Why is there only one character for "dragon"?

The members of the tour groups who heard his words all changed their expressions drastically, but quickly calmed down.

But now, their eyes were all dimming, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Inspector Daiko put the scroll down, picked up a fragment, and frowned, saying, "What's this thing on?"

Hattori Heiji said, "It looks like a fragment of pottery."

"Fragments?"

Kazuha was surprised and couldn't help but say:

"Could this fragment be the same one found on the charred corpse in the previous murder case?"

"Huh? You know Kazuha?"

Xiao Lan and the others looked at He Ye with great surprise. They didn't expect that she would know about this situation. She was really amazing.

Kazuha said embarrassedly:

"I overheard my dad and Heiji's dad talking in the car last night about this. They said that a fragment was found on the charred body found in the inner dredging channel thirteen years ago, and on the charred body found in the outer dredging channel before. And it seems that the number 848 was faintly written on the previous fragment."

Hattori Heiji frowned: "Eight hundred and forty-eight, what the hell does that mean?"

Kazuha shook her head: "Actually, I don't understand either. It seems like that fragment is part of a treasure."

"What kind of treasure is it?"

"I don't know, but that's what I heard them say. They even said it's a huge treasure left behind by the people of the world."

"This is getting more and more absurd. You didn't just embellish what they said, did you?"

Chapter 0275: Dragon Tiger Stone

Just as Kazuha was about to retort.

Conan then spoke up:

“Heiji-nii, look, this is a shard of pottery.”

"Ok?"

"There was something shiny stuck to its inside."

Upon hearing Conan's words, Heiji Hattori quickly came closer, examined the fragments, sniffed them, and finding no odor, said uncertainly:

"Could this be... gold?!"

"I think so too, but you can't tell what kind of amazing treasure it is just from this."

"What's going on? It's really baffling."

Hattori Heiji scratched his head in frustration, unable to come up with a solution.

Conan said in a low voice:

"Besides the mystery of Mr. Kato leaving the other members and climbing onto the roof of the castle tower, which is also a mystery, the sudden fire makes no sense. Furthermore, the biggest problem is…"

"It was the gesture Kato made towards my hand before he died."

Hattori Heiji spoke up, glancing at his right wrist, which looked as if he were holding something.

They had also considered this issue; it was raining at the time, and Kato Yuji's gesture clearly indicated that he was holding up an umbrella.

Although they didn't have umbrellas at the time, they knew that was indeed the meaning.

However, what puzzled them was the significance of these 507 umbrellas; they couldn't quite recall it.

And the last two words left by Yuji Kato were "Nobunaga".

This "Nobunaga" is very likely Oda Nobunaga, and the actor playing Oda Nobunaga is none other than Kyosaka Shigehiko.