Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Of course, it is also possible that Ishizawa directed and acted out this self-torture drama, but the police's joint investigation of the Kyoto case and the Yonekura case only happened yesterday, and that is why they were able to track down Ishizawa through the relationship between Onda and Yonekura.

Let’s not talk about whether Ishizawa knew about the joint investigation. Even if he knew, he didn’t have enough time to prepare.

It is not easy to fake the state of imprisonment without food or water for several days.

Moreover, the newspaper at the entrance clearly reported the cause of Yonekura's death, and Ishizawa had obviously seen it...

"Ding dong!"

Mao Li suddenly received a new email on his mobile phone.

These are the investigation materials sent by Xiaoai.

"What's wrong?" Conan looked at Maori in confusion.

"There is a new clue," Maori checked the email and said, "Except for Ishizawa, who is still unsure, the other three victims, including Mikura, have a common feature in the past. Those three people once owed a large sum of money, and they happened to pay off their debts at the same time 3 years ago. During that time, a gang of four people committed a crime and robbed a total of 3 million yen in cash."

"You mean that gang is the Yonekura team?" Conan asked in surprise, "But it's impossible that they would have internal strife 10 years later? Besides, the money has already been used to pay off the debt."

"It's not completely impossible," Maori reminded, "What if someone uses what happened back then as a threat? Except for Yonekura, the others don't seem to be doing well. It's said that the rich second-generation guy named Onda is going bankrupt soon."

After combining Ishizawa's situation and the information collected by Ai, he finally confirmed his inference that the criminal was Yonekura himself who was accidentally killed, and Ishizawa was just a scapegoat pushed by Yonekura.

"Damn it," Conan grabbed his hair in annoyance, "Even if we know this, it only means that Yonekura is highly suspicious. It's also possible that other people who know about this are deliberately misleading. It would be great if there was evidence."

Maori smiled and said lightly as he passed by Conan: "You should have thought about it, right? Why did the criminal deliberately install a bomb in Onda's red sports car..."

"Yeah," Conan said in surprise, "If you want to ensure that Onda is killed, you should at least tamper with the other sports car."

"There is only one reason, that is, because Onda has the habit of changing the car he drives every day, the criminal hoped that Onda would die on the same day while driving the red sports car, but he did not expect that the time would be unexpectedly advanced by one day."

Maori paused slightly when he passed by the newspaper on the ground at the entrance.

"If you want to see the truth of this case, ask yourself a question first. The murderer made three bombing plans, but only the third one was successful. The first one happened on a different date than planned, and the second one killed an unrelated person. Obviously, they had failed twice, so the third one should have been canceled. The murderer was either very confident or he was unable to cancel the plan for some reason."

"Cannot cancel..."

Conan murmured as he watched Maori's leaving.

Uncle, did you understand it from the beginning?

The murderer who designed the serial murders was killed as a victim of other cases, but he was cleared of suspicion because of the death of the murderer in that case...

It was this coincidence that caused him to fall into a dead end in his thinking.

The man named Gao Nei was killed in the explosion while driving Mi Cang's car, which made everyone think that Mi Cang was also one of the targets of the serial bombings.

But Maori obviously suspected Yonekura from the beginning.

It would be more accurate to say that Mao Li is conducting a verification rather than an investigation.

The day after the Ishizawa incident was the fourth day of Mori's trip to Osaka.

Ishizawa, who has regained consciousness, has remained silent and is unwilling to cooperate with the police investigation. At the same time, a video CD found in Onda's mansion in Kyoto shows that in addition to the three people from Yonekura, there was also a fifth person of unknown identity in the robbery gang 10 years ago.

the other side.

After several days of filming, the crew of "Godzilla vs. Ultraman" will hold a special fan event at the Abeno Harukas in Osaka. In addition to Ultraman's stage performance, one of the five candidate girls will be selected to participate in the next plot.

He Ye is the fifth candidate.

"The fifth member of the robbery gang?"

Mao Li, who was still watching the Kamen Ultraman or Godzilla balloon in the sky garden on the 16th floor of the Haiku Sky Building, suddenly received a call from Hattori.

"I see. Since Ishizawa refuses to say anything, the other party must be someone very close to him. We can just check his social relationships."

This case isn't over yet.

Mao Li ended the call with a frown on his face.

The most troublesome thing is that the death of Mikura has caused things to get out of control. If the existence of the fourth explosion cannot be confirmed, there may be serious consequences.

After all, not every explosion will be as successful as the third one.

If you think about it carefully, the plans that Yonekura might have made before his death...

According to Yonekura's original arrangement, on the day of the press conference where he had an alibi, Onda in Kyoto would die first. Then Yonekura would arrange the explosives in the trunk of his car and detonate them after boarding the plane, creating the illusion that he had survived because of a business trip.

Or maybe it was used to kill Ishizawa, so that the police would think that Ishizawa made a mistake when assembling the bomb...

The next day, Ryohei Suemura went to the abandoned warehouse to take pictures as arranged by Yonekura. He opened the box on the table and was killed by the explosion.

The third day, which was yesterday, might have been the date of death that Yonekura had originally prepared for Ishizawa.

And today...

What plans will Mi Cang make?

"How come there is one security guard missing?" A security captain in the Sky Garden said angrily, "At this critical moment...how come the person recommended by Mr. Yonekura is so unreliable?"

"Yome warehouse?"

A bright idea flashed through Maori's mind, and he looked with a grim expression at the sky courtyard filled with puppet balloons. There were security guards arranged between every two balloons.

There is also a numbered fixed bag under the balloon to prevent the balloon from flying away.

"Are the security guards' positions fixed?" Mao Li asked the security team leader.

"Ah?" The security captain was stunned when he saw that it was Mao Li, "Yes, yes..."

"Where was the security guard recommended by Yonekura supposed to stand?"

"It should be between the 26th and the 27th..."

"It's really troublesome."

Maori slapped his forehead and found balloon number 26 and balloon number 27.

These balloons have been placed here for publicity since the day of the press conference, and it was obviously arranged by Mi Cang.

If nothing unexpected happens, the final bomb should be here...

tear.

Unzipping the fixed bag and opening the lid, Maori saw the time bomb that replaced the heavy object inside, and the time was ticking.

"Um," two staff members came over, "Detective Maori, we need to bring a group of Godzilla and Kamen Rider balloons to the stage on the 58th floor..."

"Pick other balloons," Maori said, waving his hand. "There's something wrong with these two balloons."

Both balloons have bombs in their fixed pockets, which makes it a little tricky.

However, the structure of the bomb is not complicated, it is just not stable enough and can easily explode when hit.

It just so happens that there are many naughty kids coming to this sky garden...

"Wait," Mao Li stopped the staff and said, "Find a few security guards to help. Also, don't make this matter public for the time being."

Time was running out, and in order to avoid any complications, he was too lazy to contact the police to ask for bomb disposal personnel.

As a former police academy elite, he has also received a considerable degree of bomb disposal training.

……

Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

"Director!" Otaki led a forensic officer into Hattori Heizo's office. "The robbery gang was indeed composed of five people. Although the surveillance camera at the victim's door was covered with spray paint, there were still gaps in the footage. After zooming in, we found that one of them was adjusting the time on his watch."

The forensic personnel turned on the computer to enlarge the surveillance footage.

The picture taken through the gap was very small, and only captured the hands of a person wearing white gloves, using his left hand to compare the time.

"He's wearing a watch on his right wrist," Minister Yuanshan said, understandingly. "It seems that the criminal photographed is left-handed. I remember that none of the four people including Yonekura are left-handed, right?"

"Yes, the guy in the surveillance video should be the fifth person."

"Regarding this," Ayanokouji reported, "we found out that Ishizawa has an older brother. Ishizawa lost his parents when he was very young, and grew up in an orphanage in Kyoto with his brother, Ishizawa Koichi, who was two years older than him. Ishizawa Koichi left the orphanage when he was 16, and his whereabouts are unknown. Ishizawa also left after his brother left. According to the information provided by the orphanage, Ishizawa Koichi had a fight with someone when he was 15, and his right foot was seriously injured, so he limped when he walked. It may be because of this that he did not appear in front of the victim during the robbery, but was keeping watch outside. In addition, Ishizawa Koichi is left-handed!"

"What?" Hattori Heizo said in surprise, "Hold a search meeting immediately and find Ishizawa's brother, Ishizawa Koichi!"

"Yes!"

When the detectives who were hastily assembled at the investigation headquarters of the serial bombing and murder cases were preparing to investigate Koichi Ishizawa, Officer Otaki suddenly received a call from Hattori.

"We have found Ishizawa's brother, Ishizawa Koichi, who is at the overpass of Xitian City," Hattori said solemnly, "He has admitted that he is the fifth person, but now there is a more troublesome problem. Yonekura originally arranged for Ishizawa Koichi to work at the Haikuotiankong Building today, which is also the place where the press conference was held. I'm afraid there are bombs there too!"

"What did you say?!" Otaki's expression changed drastically.

"The bomb is probably in the bag that holds balloons No. 26 and No. 27! Hurry up, Uncle Otaki, Kazuha and the others are there now!" Hattori said anxiously, "I'm going over there right now too!"

The event of "Godzilla vs. Kamen Rider" was held on the 58th floor of the Haruka Sky Building. After Maori dealt with the bomb, Kamen Rider's stage performance had not yet begun, and the host was speaking on the stage.

"Thank you very much for coming. Before the event starts, please turn off your mobile phones. In addition, I hope everyone will not take photos on site..."

Maori wiped the sweat off his forehead, walked to Ai, and took out his cell phone and turned it off like everyone else.

"Huh, luckily I caught up."

"Uncle Maori," Mitsuhiko asked in confusion, "Where did you go just now? I couldn't find you and you didn't answer the phone."

"It's a little thing..."

Maori smiled slightly.

There shouldn't be any surprises now, right? I can finally participate in the filming activities properly.

"Uncle, that idiot," Hattori rode on a motorcycle in Xitiancheng, holding a cell phone with a busy tone in one hand, "Why can't I get in touch with him at this time!"

"Um, Hattori," a new call came in, and Officer Otaki's dull voice was heard by Hattori mixed with the sound of the wind, "It seems that everything is fine. The security guard at the event site just called the police and said that there were two defused bombs that needed to be disposed of..."

"Huh?" Hattori was in a mess, "What's going on?"

……

"Then please welcome the last candidate, our No. 5 candidate, Ms. Toyama Kazuha from Osaka..."

On the stage, after the Kamen Rider stage play ended, there was an audition program for the lucky girls to participate. Xiaolan gave up her qualification to participate, and only Kazuha participated in the audition wearing a pink dress.

Hattori appeared beside Maori with a dark face like a ghost: "Uncle, you, while others are running errands, you solve the case by yourself and then turn off your phone..."

"Is there anything else?" Maori asked puzzledly.

"No more." Hattori twitched his face and his teeth itched.

Damn it, if I couldn't defeat him...

……

A week later, Gunma Prefecture.

Maori had no idea how many times he had visited, but unlike before, this time he brought a group of kids to the ski resort.

On the snow slope behind the ski hotel, Maori and Ai, who was wearing warm clothes, stood together, quietly watching Ayumi and the others making a snowman on the snow.

"Uncle," Conan showed off his skiing skills, and then skidded to a stop in front of Maori, "Would you like to compete?"

"Uh," Maori was speechless about Conan's competitive spirit, "No, I'm not interested..."

"childish……"

Xiao Ai glanced at Maori and the others indifferently, then with her woolen hat drooped, she looked at Ayumi and the others who were concentrating on making a snowman.

Two round snowballs of different sizes were stacked together, with a bucket on top, and some fruits used as noses and eyes. It looked stinky, just like a crying clown.

"But I'll come back to that later," Maori noticed another half-finished snowman next to Ayumi and the others, "Who made this?"

"what?"

Behind the unfinished snowman appeared a young man with long hair, a hat and a short face.

“This is our graduation project…”

"But it's still a test subject..."

Three young men and women just happened to walk over. They were not very old and seemed to be college students.

"We are students in the sculpture department of the Fine Arts University," a brown-haired girl wearing a hat bent down to look at the half-finished snowman, "the four of us love snow very much, so we specially asked the teacher to choose this..."

The snowman is shaped like a tumbler, with the face of the monster snow man carved on it, with loose hair and a bloody mouth, and it looks quite realistic.

"Graduation project?" Yuan Tai pointed at the young man with a stubby face and asked suspiciously, "But isn't this the only one making the snowman?"

The shoe-horn-faced man smiled helplessly and said, "I just roughly made a shape first, and then we discussed it together and processed it. When everyone is satisfied, we took photos and used them as reference for the official work. If everyone did their own thing at the beginning, we might not be able to make a decent work..."