Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1425 Game

"Tropical Paradise..."

"Could it be!"

Sato looked at Takagi next to him, was stunned for a moment and asked: "Takagi, have you thought of anything?"

Gao Mu ran to pick up the information on the table, flipped through it and said, "If I'm not mistaken, maybe all the victims were lined up in the same team?"

Manager Matsumoto, who was planning the arrest operation, immediately looked up and asked, "What? Can you explain it in more detail?"

Gao Mu walked to the whiteboard, drew the "seven tubes" of mahjong tiles on it, and analyzed: "There are two types of mahjong tiles left with the victims. There is Jinno's one tube, and the seven tubes of the other five victims."

"If we put each person in the red circled position on the mahjong tile, perhaps the victims were once lined up in this order?"

As he spoke, Takagi used a magnet to stick the photos of several victims to the points on the seven cylinders.

Since the first victim is a one-pipe, it is placed in the upper left corner of the seven-pipe.

Everyone just formed a slightly crooked team.

"That makes sense..."

Megure stared at the contents on the whiteboard and gave an affirmative answer.

Sato stared at the content on the whiteboard and thought about the reasoning Qin Zhibo told her yesterday, and realized that Takagi's reasoning was wrong.

Because mahjong tiles actually represent the Big Dipper and the North Star.

However, Qin Zhibo did not explain the reason why each person has different dot marks on the mahjong tiles.

Although the idea proposed by Takagi at this time sounded reasonable, it was not of much practical help in handling the case.

So, everyone continued with the original plan to capture Minoru Fukase.

Sato followed everyone to the parking lot. Just as he was about to push the door and get in the car, he touched his pocket and said in surprise: "Oh no, I forgot to bring my handcuffs!"

"Handcuffs?" Takagi, his partner, was stunned.

"Yes, that was my father's legacy. I always carried it with me when I went on a mission. I remember putting it in the drawer of my desk..."

When Gao Mu heard this, he immediately became excited and volunteered, "Officer Sato, I'll get the handcuffs back for you!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, Officer Takagi. I'll be waiting for you in the car."

"Yes!"

Looking at Takagi's back as he ran away, Sato got into the car and called Qin Zhibo.

……

On the other side, Zhibo Detective Agency.

Qin Zhibo, who was reading a newspaper, suddenly received a call from Sato and immediately rushed to the Mika Shopping Mall.

Sato not only revealed the police's arrest operation to Qin Zhibo, but also Takagi Shigeru's reasoning about the queue.

After Qin Zhibo heard it, he also found it quite interesting.

In fact, even the [Secret Investigation] did not explain why the murderer drew red circles on the core points of the mahjong tiles, and the positions of each person were different.

But if it's just a simple queue, it seems a bit far-fetched.

Even if a quarrel occurs in a normal queue, it should not be necessary to kill all the people in the queue.

Moreover, the pattern of seven tubes and one tube combined does not look like a normal queue.

So what the murderer wanted to express should be a scene where extreme situations are more likely to occur...

15 minutes later, Qin Zhibo arrived at the square in front of the Mihua Shopping Center.

Since several previous cases occurred in the Mihua Shopping Center, the owner of the Mihua Shopping Center thought that there was something wrong with the feng shui, so he carried out a complete renovation of the center.

Today's Mihua Shopping Center has transformed from its original department store style into a more modern integrated shopping mall.

Qin Zhibo parked the car and quickened his pace to the shopping mall lobby on the first floor.

In order to avoid being discovered by the police that he was here and thus arousing Ireland's suspicion, he put on a human skin mask.

There is no sign of instability in the bustling crowd.

Qin Zhibo looked up and scanned the field of vision with the telescope. He soon found Megure and others standing by the guardrail on the glass building.

Police officers including Megure, Shiratori, Takagi, Sato, Yamato Gansuke, and Uehara Yui were all quietly watching the woman standing at the escalator entrance.

The woman was dressed very fashionably. She leaned her elbows on the guardrail and looked at the shopping square below with a melancholy face.

Name: Risa Yoshii, age 21 years old...

Qin Zhibo confirmed through his vision that this person was the police's surveillance target.

So, Qin Zhibo also found a place where it was convenient to observe the overall situation and stood still, quietly observing the situation.

If Ireland also knew about the police's actions, it would definitely send someone to find a way to contact the person named "Fakase Minoru" in advance.

But how could he contact this person alone in this place under strict police control? This is a question worth thinking about.

You can't just plant a bomb and let it attract the police's attention, right?

...It seems that it is hard to say...

Qin Zhibo sat at a round table near the guardrail, ordered a cup of coffee, and took a look at the situation on the field.

Ten minutes later, Qin Zhibo suddenly noticed that there was a woman standing not far from Yoshii Risa.

The woman was wearing a dark green suit, had a straight figure, short hair, and wore glasses. She looked a bit like Hondou Eisuke.

But what was a little strange was that he could neither see her identity information nor did he see any signs that she had any plans to move.

Although she frequently checked the watch on the inside of her wrist, as if she was waiting for someone, her eyes kept glancing at various places.

Generally, identity information cannot be seen, which most likely means that the person has no public identity information.

Of course, from a practical point of view, it is more likely that this is a person with a completely fake identity, one who doesn’t even have a made-up name.

  It's the organization!

Qin Zhibo adjusted the telescope's view and further observed the woman's body. Sure enough, he saw that her calf was bulging.

There should be a pocket pistol hidden in there...

This person should be Vermouth.

Because only Vermouth can come out and cause trouble alone when Ireland has to maintain her police identity.

As for why she followed the police and wandered around the suspect's girlfriend, she probably wanted to wait until the suspect showed up.

At that time, the police will definitely come out to arrest. If the suspect resists arrest, he will subconsciously grab the people around him as hostages.

Moreover, there is a high probability that the suspect will resist arrest because he is already a fugitive due to a previous stabbing and has been on the run for a year.

As long as the suspect takes her to a deserted place, she can easily kill the suspect and find the organization's memory card.

Of course, the premise is that this "Fakase Minoru" is really the murderer of the serial murders.

Qin Zhibo is not optimistic about this.

Because the person who committed this serial crime was an extremely meticulous person.

At this critical moment, he must have known that he could not contact anyone at will at this time, which would increase the probability of his arrest.

But since we are fighting for that memory card, we must seize any chance, no matter how slim.

At this moment, the expression of the surveillance target Risa Yoshii suddenly changed, and she excitedly raised her hands downwards.

"Amin!"

The police officers immediately became alert and looked towards the mall entrance below, only to see a man in a white jacket and blue jeans waving in response.

The man had a blue cloth bag on his left shoulder. "Fakase has appeared, all units, please be alert."

"Stay at your respective locations and wait for orders. Don't get discovered..."

Megure conveyed the command through the wireless headset, and everyone looked serious.

At the same time, Qin Zhibo saw the disguised Vermouth and glanced down without leaving a trace.

Minoru Fukase in the mall lobby was unaware of the police ambush around him and continued to take the escalator upstairs.

Originally, at this time, the person was trapped on the escalator and could not move forward or backward, which was the best time to arrest him.

But it happened that two children got on the escalator first and stood in front of Fukase Minoru.

In order to prevent him from taking hostages, we had to let him go upstairs first.

It was not until they reached the corner of the 6th floor that the child finally ran away and Minoru Fukase officially met his girlfriend.

"Arrest him now..."

As soon as Megure finished speaking, Yamamura So from Gunma Prefecture immediately dropped his collar and ran towards the suspect.

That exaggerated pace would alert not only the bad guys, but also the good guys.

Qianye wanted to reach out to stop it, but it was too late.

Before Shancuncao ran to the suspect, he was about to show his police officer ID from a few meters away.

As a result, at the critical moment, he fell flat on his face and threw the ID card in his hand directly in front of the suspect.

Minoru Fukase, who was chatting and laughing with his girlfriend, took a look at the police officer's ID that suddenly flew to his feet, then looked at Yamamura Sou who fell to the ground, and immediately understood what was going on.

Yamato Gansuke, who was about to approach quietly from behind, saw this scene and could only grit his teeth and curse angrily, "That idiot."

But now that things have come to this, he can only show his police officer ID.

"Fakase, don't move!"

Qianye, who followed behind Shancuncao, also showed his ID, "You can't escape now!"

Minoru Fukase glanced at the policemen on both sides, gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, "Damn it."

But at this moment, a short-haired woman in green clothes passed by and just came within the reach of Minoru Fukase.

So he immediately took out a switchblade, pulled the woman over, and hooked his arms around her neck.

"Don't even move!"

"do not come!"

"If you dare to move, I will stab you immediately!"

As he said this, Fukase Minoru raised his knife and prepared to stab.

Yamato Gansuke stopped in his tracks and shouted, "You can't escape even if you do this! Just surrender!"

"Stop talking so much! You are not allowed to follow me!"

Minoru Fukase had no intention of giving up resistance, and his emotions were extremely intense, and he might harm the hostages at any time.

Seeing this, Yamato Gansuke could only watch him retreat to the escalator and slowly get off the elevator.

Where the elevator landed, Takagi and Sato were already waiting.

However, due to the hostages in Fukase Minoru's hands, the two of them did not dare to move forward rashly and could only keep retreating.

In this way, Minoru Fukase held the hostages while keeping a safe distance from the police and retreated to the underground garage.

During this period, the police tried to catch up several times, but were driven away by him with knives.

So, Megure instructed everyone through the headset to change their thinking and not to continue to appear in Fukase Minoru's field of vision. He should let him relax his vigilance first and then arrest him outside.

All the police officers who received the order immediately turned around and ran towards the exit of the parking lot.

When he entered the underground garage, Minoru Fukase saw that the police were no longer following him, and he thought that his intimidation had worked.

But he also knew that if he wanted to completely get rid of the police, he still needed the hostages in his hands.

"Lisa, my car is parked over there, go drive it over here!"

During the confrontation with the police just now, Minoru Fukase's girlfriend never left his side and stayed by his side the entire time.

My girlfriend took the car keys thrown to her and ran towards the depths of the parking lot with a twisting step.

Minoru Fukase glanced at the short-haired woman in his arms and said coldly, "Before I get rid of those cops, you will have to join us..."

In his eyes, the woman in front of him was just a weak girl who was powerless.

He just swung the knife twice, and the woman moved along with him without any resistance.

"Also, I'm sorry for accidentally scratching your face."

There was a scratch on the woman's face, which was caused by Minoru Fukase's random gestures with his hands in order to intimidate the police.

But at this moment, the scar on the woman's face did not ooze a single drop of blood, and her delicate skin was still white.

"Ok?"

Minoru Fukase was stunned, not understanding what was going on.

At this moment, the woman suddenly raised her left foot and kicked Minoru Fukase in the forehead with a 180-degree high kick.

The sudden force caught Fukase Minoru off guard. He fell to the ground and fainted.

The woman turned around and looked at Minoru Fukase who was lying on the ground. Just as she was about to bend down to feel for the bag that Minoru Fukase was carrying, she suddenly heard footsteps behind the support column next to her.

The woman's ears twitched and she immediately looked in the direction of the sound alertly.

I saw a figure standing in the darkness, seemingly holding a pistol in his hand.

Vermouth's face suddenly turned grim, and she subconsciously did a tactical roll and hid in the corner of the stairs in the underground garage.

However, the man did not fire the gun.

He just quietly walked out from behind the pillar and picked up the shoulder bag that fell from Fukase Minoru.

At this time, Vermouth also took out the small pistol from the ankle holster, ready to deal with the gun-wielding stranger.

  Is it the police?

still is……

Suddenly, Vermouth realized something was wrong and quickly took out a makeup mirror from her arms, using the reflected vision to check the situation outside.

Minoru Fukase was still lying unconscious on the ground, but the bag beside him was gone.

not good!

Only then did Vermouth realize that the other party came specifically to steal the bag, so she quickly stood up, raised her gun and scanned the entire environment.

But there was no one in the silent garage.

Vermouth scanned the entire environment, trying to find the figure, but she knew that the police must be waiting at the exit of the parking lot, and she couldn't stay here for long.

Fortunately, she had already felt that Fukase Minoru's right shoulder was injured and he could not use any strength when she was held hostage by Fukase Minoru just now.

That's why he apologized and said he didn't scratch his face on purpose.

Internal police information provided by Ireland said that the murderer was probably right-handed and stabbed people with a knife in his right hand many times.

In other words, it is highly likely that Minoru Fukase is not the murderer.

(End of this chapter)