Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

——[Marutani Police Department]

Whether in terms of position or police rank, this person is considered a senior to Nakayashiro Shizuka, a newcomer to the Metropolitan Police Department, but the conversation between them is pitifully clean.

In contrast, the other few people who were marked with the words "Inspector" or "Senior" all left some traces of communication.

Especially on special and important holidays, out of courtesy to seniors, Zhongya Daisi always sends blessing text messages to these leaders and seniors.

But the only person who was missed was Inspector Marutani.

This is absolutely not right for Zhong Yadaisi, who has simple interpersonal relationships.

There can only be one explanation—

Under normal circumstances, Naka Yadaisi and the other party cannot communicate casually.

Baichuan Qiu looked at the phone number and casually threw the phone back to Nakayashiro.

A police car drove past the alley again, sirens blaring. The flash of red and blue lights illuminated the place for a moment, then quickly left, leaving everything in the alley in darkness again.

Baichuan Qiu looked down at the corpse on the ground and clicked his tongue in impatience.

System: "Host, there are people everywhere around here, and police cars are constantly patrolling back and forth. How are we going to dispose of the bodies?"

Bai Chuanqiu shrugged: "I didn't kill him, why should I help him deal with the body?"

Someone shot himself, what does it have to do with him?

Don't come to try to scam me.

The system choked.

Although the system panel now seems to be stuck and the system title still remains at the [Newbie Xiao Hei] stage, the current system will not think that the deaths of these people have nothing to do with the host.

It is clear that all of this is under the host's control!

Shirakawa Qiu squatted down, barely put Nakayashiro in a death posture, then turned and left.

In the blink of an eye, only a cold corpse remained in the dark alley...

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"Shirakawa-kun!"

When Kogoro Mouri saw Shirakawa Akane, he was helping to pass water to the firefighters who came out.

"Mr. Mori?"

Baichuan Qiu put down the whole box of mineral water in his arms and looked at him with some confusion.

"So you're here!" Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief. "How come you're gone in the blink of an eye? We wanted to ask you some questions!"

Megure Jusan and others also slowly walked over.

"Ask me?" Bai Chuanqiu said apologetically, "Sorry, I just saw the firefighters needed help moving two boxes of water, so I took the initiative to go over and help. I saw that you were talking seriously, so I didn't disturb you."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. We are mainly worried that something might have happened to Shirakawa-kun." Kogoro Mouri waved his hand to explain, then turned to look at Megure Juzo.

Shirakawa Qiu also looked at Megure Jusan: "Inspector Megure and Mr. Maori came to see me, what do you want to ask?"

Megure Jusan: "Well, regarding the fire scene, did Shirakawa-kun find anything special or any clues?"

Bai Chuanqiu recalled carefully, "It seems not... It's just that the explosions at the fire scene didn't seem to coincide at the same time. First, there was an explosion inside near one end of the building, and then there were explosions at the upper and lower exits of the entire floor. It was as if they were deliberately trapping people to death at the fire scene... Of course, this is just my guess. I don't have any detailed clues."

Listening to Shirakawa Akane's words, Takagi Wataru suddenly had an idea: "That...could the murderer's target be the woman that Matsuda and the others rescued?"

"Huh?" The others looked over.

Takagi explained seriously, "I remember that when the first explosion happened, there was a complete power outage at the scene. It took about three minutes before everyone confirmed that the fire was upstairs and prepared to evacuate the scene."

"Although the explosion contained accelerants, the initial fire shouldn't have spread so rapidly. The woman trapped at the scene should have been able to escape, but she remained trapped there. It seems a bit abnormal."

Shiratori Jinsaburo thought about what Takagi Wataru said, and a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes: "Takagi means that perhaps the first explosion had already trapped the woman in the fire, and the subsequent explosions were just to ensure that she had no chance of survival?"

Takagi Shigeru nodded: "Yes, perhaps the murderer did not intend to hurt so many people from the beginning. This can be seen from the explosion in the mall."

He looked at Gong Chang who was standing beside him and said, "Inspector Gong Chang, were there any casualties from the explosion at the mall?"

The archer shook his head. "Only one gentleman was injured while fighting the fire. Apart from that, there were no other casualties."

The explosion in the mall was very small in scope and had almost no lethality. The subsequent fire caused by the explosion mainly attracted people's attention and was extinguished in time.

From this point of view, it does fit the murderer's psychology speculated by Takagi Shigeru.

Shiratori Renzaburo closed his eyes and roughly formed a framework in his mind: "This lady should be staying at the end of the corridor - no, maybe it's because her room is at the end."

That is the deepest part of the building.

"The killer placed the first bomb between this room at the end and the room in front. In this way, when it exploded, people in the other rooms would have a chance to escape, and only the victims who were caught by the flames would be trapped at the scene of the fire."

"The reason the killer blew up the entrance to this floor was probably because everyone else on this floor had already fled and the firefighters would soon arrive to rescue them. So his last bomb was actually to cut off the possibility of the firefighters entering the fire scene and ensure that the victims died completely in the fire."

Everyone couldn't help but nod.

They felt that this speculation was very likely.

Takagi Wataru scratched his head and continued, "It's just that the murderer probably didn't expect that our police celebration banquet was downstairs. And as soon as the fire broke out, Conan discovered the woman at the fire scene. Officers Matsuda and Hagiwara rushed to the scene before the murderer completely blocked the way."

Because under normal circumstances, ordinary people would definitely run away when encountering a fire, and would wait until the firefighters arrived at the scene before rescuing people. No one would be so desperate as to rush into the fire to save people.

Therefore, the murderer may not have expected that the two young men, Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara, rushed to the fire scene at the first time and even successfully rescued the people alive.

This was indeed beyond the murderer's expectations.

Megure Jusan's expression immediately turned serious: "Then the victim may still be in danger! We must send someone to protect her immediately."

Now that the murderer's plan has failed, he may not give up and will continue to kill victims.

The victim has now been transferred to the hospital because of severe burns on his back. If the murderer causes any noise there, it will be troublesome!

The archer also nodded seriously.

Megure Jusan looked at the distribution of people at the scene, thought for a moment, and then asked Yumioka with a questioning look: "In that case, I will take some people to the hospital, and then I will leave the matters here to Inspector Yumioka. What do you think, Inspector Yumioka?"

Gongchang's expression was cold and stern, and he had no objection to Megure Jusan's arrangement. "Okay, leave this to us. I will confirm the situation at the scene as soon as the fire is extinguished to confirm whether everyone's speculation is correct."

"And the lady's identity and housing information..." Gong Chang pondered for a moment, then turned to look at the officer in charge of the inquiry. The officer shook his head with a bitter face, "Inspector Gong Chang, we haven't found anyone who knows that lady yet. The person in charge of that floor also suffered some minor injuries, and many people are currently in the hospital."

Although there are no clear casualties at present, some of those who escaped were injured or inhaled some toxic fumes.

Moreover, the fire has not yet been extinguished and the scene is very chaotic. It is indeed complicated for the police to confirm the situation.

Megure Jusan nodded: "Then let's go to the hospital to take a preliminary statement."