Detective Conan's Scarlet Miracle

Chapter 317 Splash Swordsman and Taiko City ([-])

Osaka, under Taiko Castle.

Mori Kogoro, who was unable to drink but did not complain, supported his back and sighed: "Officer Otaki really worked hard. He has to investigate the case for two consecutive days."

The chubby Osaka police officer said helplessly: "This is my job. Speaking of which, I admire Mr. Mori very much. How did you know his identity?"

"Because of his badge..." Mori Kogoro finished, and re-described what happened today with Conan and Hattori.

"He said, Nobunaga, and then grabbed my umbrella, but I'm not sure what it means," Hattori recalled everything just now, and then looked up at the height of Taiko Castle.

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A roof somewhere in Taiko City.

I don't know if Hattori has seen Chinese juggling. There is a special monkey juggler in it, and his movements at this time are not much different from that monkey juggler. Note that the monkey is Conan who is tied around his waist with a nylon rope.

Regardless of whether Hattori Heiji knows about the profession of monkey juggling, anyway, he always feels very funny when he sees Conan now.

"Kudou, the road is slippery in rainy days, you have to be careful." Hattori shouted.

"I'm fine." Conan rolled his eyes, and then said, "It's just why did you feel that Fei Linai looked at me so strangely just now?"

Hattori Heiji didn't pay attention to the movements of Kirina, but thinking of Kirina's character, he probably thought of the reason for her gaze.

Suddenly Conan's questioning voice came.

"Why, did you find anything?" Hattori immediately asked loudly.

"I found a lot of tiny tiles here!" Conan replied loudly, turned around to look for nearby clues, and suddenly found a lighter placed not far away.

"Is this thing used to light the fire?" He subconsciously glanced at the place where the lighter was placed, and a dry place close to a quarter circle caught his attention.

Conan's discovery made Hattori a little interested. He was about to go up to the roof, but he was stopped by Kirina who appeared at an unknown time.

"Kudou, it's raining heavily, come up first." Fei Linai shouted to Conan.

"Why do you think it's so strange that you call your adoptive brother Kudo?" Hattori raised his eyebrows and slowly pulled Conan up.

"Did you think I would call him brother in person?" Fei Linai responded.

"Your relationship is not that unfamiliar." Hattori reminded, "Do you think calling Shinichi directly will cause goosebumps?"

Conan, who slowly climbed up, glared at the two of them and said, "Why did you get goosebumps? Didn't I call you brother Heiji hundreds of times?"

Hattori smiled awkwardly, then asked again: "How is it?"

"I found a strange mark," Conan said, describing the shape.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them walked down the roof at the same time, came to Mori Kogoro, held up the evidence and said, "We found the evidence! We found this lighter on the roof of the castle tower just now,"

Hattori said, holding up an evidence bag with a lighter in it.

"That? Isn't that the lighter Mr. Kato is wearing?"

I don't know who recognized this lighter.

"Then it can be confirmed that he committed suicide!"

Mori Kogoro looked at Hattori proudly.

"It's hard to say. The lid of the lighter was closed when we found it. Would a person who was about to commit suicide bother to close the lid?" Hattori asked.

"But, maybe it happened when it fell?" Officer Otaki explained with a gesture of falling objects.

"No! This lighter was placed flat on the roof when we saw it, and there were no obvious fresh scratches on the surface." Hattori stroked his chin, thinking carefully.

"That is to say, it is not a fall from a high altitude, but the possibility of being placed there is very high. Therefore, it is reasonable to infer that the deceased Mr. Kato probably did not throw the lighter after lighting it, but Put down the lighter first, and then set yourself on fire."

Fei Lina also rarely answered, repeating what Hattori wanted to express.

In this way, it is obvious that a person who puts down the ignition device and starts the fire is very suspicious in any way.

(End of this chapter)