Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

On the new bridge washed by the pattering rain, a figure in a coat suddenly turned on a lighter and set his clothes on fire. Then, under Xiaolan's horrified gaze, he struggled and fell off the bridge with flames.

"what?"

Xiaolan and the other person hurriedly ran to the bridge, but they only saw a raging fire on the water.

"Someone come quickly!"

"It's the voices of Xiaolan and the others!" The castle tower, Mori, and Hattori looked towards the direction of Shinbashi together. Without bothering to continue chatting with Okita, they quickly followed Officer Toyama and his group to run towards Shinbashi.

"What happened?"

"There, there!" Xiaolan and Lan grabbed each other in fear and pointed under the bridge.

Looking in the direction he was headed, he saw a burning figure floating on the water, and it looked as if he could be saved.

"That is……"

Several police officers went into the river to fish out the body, and laid it flat on the shore. Katagiri's face could be seen with his eyes wide open, as if he had died.

"The deceased's name is Katagiri Maho, and she was also a member of the tour group just now," Officer Otaki explained. "According to Kazuha and the others' description, she suddenly set her coat on fire, and then her body tilted and fell down... However, the main cause of her death was a heavy blow to the back of her head. I think she hit the stone bridge pier when she fell..."

"Does that mean suicide?"

Maori's eyes flickered.

It's 'playing tricks on oneself' again...

……

"Were there other people at that time?" Hattori asked repeatedly by the Shinbashi River.

"It seems like there's someone standing at the end of the bridge, but that person came behind us..."

He Ye explained with Xiaolan.

"We saw a lighter. She must have lit the fire herself..."

"The lighter again?"

Hattori frowned, looked at Mao Li who was examining the body next to him and asked, "Uncle, I remember you found a burnt dry cell battery, right?"

"Yes," Maori stood up from the corpse, "It looks like it fell from the roof of the castle tower, but the details still need to wait for the forensic personnel to investigate... The question now is what happened to Miss Katagiri? If you say she got herself into trouble, that's too..."

"Could it be a curse?" He Ye held Xiaolan's arm in fear, "It's like a voice telling them to commit suicide..."

"Idiot! How could this happen?!"

Hattori rushed to Katagiri's body unwillingly, gritted his teeth and grabbed his coat to look through it.

"I don't believe that we can't find it. There must be evidence to prove that the deceased was murdered!"

"Hey! Heiji!"

Otaki was sweating profusely and wanted to stop Hattori from doing what he did, but suddenly a tall figure came over, grabbed Hattori and punched him hard in the face.

"Bu-Bull?!"

"Dad?"

Hattori fell heavily to the ground, covering his injured face and looking at the tall Hattori Heizo in disbelief.

"Heiji," Hattori Heizo said seriously with narrowed eyes, "Even if you are too excited, you still have to choose a place! Do you understand how much trouble it will cause to our police if you destroy the scene? At least learn from Detective Mori..."

"Mr. Hattori,"

Mao Li kindly advised, "Heiji just wants to solve the case as quickly as possible in his own way..."

"Mr. Maori,"

Hattori Heizo turned around seriously, and when he saw that it was Mori, his expression softened a little and he said, "It may be so for you, but in my opinion, this kid is not investigating the case at all, but making trouble. He is given the title of a famous high school detective, but he is so ignorant and self-righteous. This chaotic way of collecting evidence will only disrupt the police's investigation. Apart from destroying the scene, it will not help the case at all!"

Hattori lowered his head, and although he did not refute, he clenched his teeth tightly.

"Alright," Hattori Heizo finally said coldly, "We don't need outsiders like you here, get out of here right now!"

"Commander," Officer Otaki looked at Hattori who had been sitting on the ground in silence and swallowed, "That's too much. Heiji..."

"Otaki!" Yuanshan grabbed his subordinate, shook his head, and whispered, "Have you forgotten? Didn't I just ask you to follow that man?"

"what?"

"Otaki," Hattori Heizou stopped paying attention to his son and approached the body to examine it, "Are these two incidents murders?"

"Well," Otaki felt the atmosphere was a little awkward, but he still explained carefully, "In the case where Mr. Kato fell from the roof of the castle tower with his whole body on fire, we have already found his fingerprints on the lighter on the roof. In addition, there are dry batteries found nearby by Detective Mori, but the source is still unknown..."

"What about the second case?" Hattori Heizo interrupted and asked.

"In the case of Ms. Katagiri, Kazuha and the others saw Ms. Katagiri set herself on fire and then fell from the bridge into the river," Otaki analyzed. "Although there are still some doubts that have not been clarified, it seems that both of the deceased may have committed suicide..."

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heizo ordered: "In this case, it is enough to leave two or three detectives here. Yuanshan, we can go now. The police are not idle enough to waste so much manpower on such a small case..."

Maori looked at Hattori Heizo in surprise.

No matter what, you can't be so careless, right? After all, two people died, and it was related to the previous charred corpse case. How can you so hastily conclude that it was suicide?

Hattori Heizo doesn't seem like that kind of confused policeman...

"Mr. Hattori, regarding these two cases..."

"Detective Mori," Hattori Heizo stopped and looked at Mori with his eyes slightly opened, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"..."

Maori frowned and watched Hattori Heizo leave. Suddenly, he vaguely felt a cold gaze from the crowd. A figure disappeared as Hattori Heizo left.

The conversation in the old man's house echoed in Maori's mind again...

So that's how it is. Only when the police force is reduced will the guys hiding in the dark show their true colors.

The police's target is Zaowu and the people behind it. From this point of view, Zaowu is most likely the robber who was on the run thirteen years ago.

Maori's brows tightened slightly.

The charred corpse case involving Toyotomi Hideyoshi's treasure reappeared thirteen years later seemed to be more complicated than he had imagined. Even the police were so cautious...

Officer Otaki stayed at the crime scene and comforted Hattori who was sitting in the rain, "You don't have to be sad, Heiji. I think the director must be angry because two people died in front of the headquarters."

Xiaolan didn't understand and said, "No matter what, there's no need to hit anyone..."

"Maybe it's because of something else," Maori said as he approached with an umbrella. "After the charred corpse case thirteen years ago, there have been a series of robbery and murder cases. Those robbers may have appeared again this time."

"robber?"

"That's right," Officer Otaki said solemnly, "A total of seven people were killed, and the murderer is still on the run."

"So, Mr. Hattori believes that the murderer is that ruthless robber, and he doesn't allow Hattori to interfere in this case because he is worried about him?"

"Humph!" Hattori wiped the corner of his mouth and stood up. "I'm not afraid. If I get punched by someone, I will definitely fight back with both hands! I must find out the real culprit in front of him!"

Maori looked at Hattori who was getting excited, but his brows were still furrowed.

Chapter 126: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind

There was more than one robber, and it was very likely that such a vicious guy was carrying a gun. He was not someone that could be dealt with by a guy like Hattori who acted rashly.

In Maori's opinion, Hattori and Conan are both weird reasoning geeks who forget about danger in order to solve the case...

"Haven't the three people from the tour group returned yet?" Maori asked, "If we want to find the real murderer, we must first find them and ask them clearly. The murderer may be among them..."

"But is there really a murderer?" Officer Otaki asked doubtfully, "No matter how I think about it, it seems like suicide. Kazuha and the others also saw that Miss Katagiri lit the fire herself."

"That's right," He Ye and Xiao Lan confirmed, "We saw her struggling in pain when the fire started, there's no doubt about it!"

Mao Li smiled and said, "Sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true. It may also be that the murderer wants others to see it. First of all, we need to make sure, is what you see really Miss Katagiri?"

"This one……"

He Ye looked at each other, somewhat uncertain.

"It was so dark at the time that you couldn't see clearly," Maori said, looking at the bridge. "And you didn't see the whole process of Miss Katagiri falling from the bridge into the water, did you?"

"I didn't see her, but after she fell, we ran to the bridge immediately..."

He Ye carefully simulated the location where the crime occurred, and then pulled Xiaolan to the place where the body was found in the middle of the bridge.

"Right here, I saw Miss Katagiri on fire on the water!"

"That means you don't see the middle part."

Maori's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Do you remember Kidd who often used magic tricks? In magic, there are often blind spots like this. Because you can't see, you subconsciously use your brain to fill in the blanks. But... is it really the same person before and after?"

"magic?"

Xiaolan and others were stunned by what they said.

"I see," Hattori also thought of the special tricks in magic and looked at Maori in surprise, "Uncle, are you saying that what Kazuha and the others saw was the murderer pretending to be Ms. Katagiri?"

"It's just a possibility..."

Maori smiled and said, "You should have noticed it, right? There are several identical marks on Miss Katagiri's coat under her right armpit. If that is blood, then is Miss Katagiri's cause of death really that she hit the bridge pier?"

Hattori's face lit up, "Yes, if Miss Katagiri was beaten to death, then the bloodstains must have been left by the murderer who got them accidentally."

"Officer Otaki!" a police officer suddenly shouted, "We found a similar piece of pottery on Miss Katagiri!"

"What?" Otaki was shocked, "Another fragment?!"

"And this." The police officer handed a photo to Otaki.

Mao Li looked at the photo and his eyebrows twitched.

The murderer will kill again, and it must be tonight...

……

At the scene of the incident at Gokuraku Bridge in Osaka, only the long-faced young man Fukushima came back alone with an umbrella, and there has been no news of the other two.

"What? Miss Katagiri fell into the river and died on fire?"

Fukushima learned the news from the police and looked at the covered body next to him in disbelief.

"Why did Miss Katagiri want to bring trouble upon herself?"

"How do you know that Miss Katagiri is asking for trouble?" Mao Li interrupted Fukushima with the photo in hand, "No one said that just now, right?"

"Well," Fukushima said with a cold sweat, "Because, because Mr. Jia Teng brought trouble upon himself, so I thought..."

Mao Li did not ask any further questions. He handed the photo to Fukushima and said, "Do you know all the people here?"

It was a group photo. In the middle, a bald old man wearing glasses was holding a complete Dragon Scroll in his hand. Behind him were three young people and a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"This is..." Fukushima looked at the photo in surprise, "Aren't the two on the right Mr. Kato and Ms. Katagiri? They are both very young, but the one next to him seems to be Mr. Hirano. I'm not sure about the other two..."

"Mr. Hirano?"

"He is the initiator of this tour group. All of us met on Mr. Hirano's website, and then we decided to travel together. He was also the one who came up with the game, but he had something urgent to do before the trip..."

"I see."

Mao Li returned the photo to Officer Otaki, and all the details in his mind seemed to be connected into one line.

Just as he thought, this case was not that simple. It did not seem like a dispute over treasure, but more like revenge for the charred corpse case thirteen years ago.

This means that the charred corpse found a while ago is most likely Hirano in the photo.

In the past murder cases involving magic enthusiasts, the group of people also contacted each other through the Internet, and the organizer had been killed at home before the incident. This time, it is not impossible that the murderer killed Hirano and then used Hirano's identity to organize activities...

Of course, conjecture is one thing, and it still needs careful verification.

Maori turned around and found that Hattori and Conan, who had been standing by his side, had disappeared at some point.

"Heiji just ran away with Conan," Kazuha said blankly with a slightly red face, "I think he must have known who the murderer is..."

"what?"

"Because, Heiji's face is full of joy again."

He Ye smiled sweetly.