Conan and Gin are both my brothers, what's wrong with meeting them once?

"Officer Sato," Kazuma Kudo asked, "Didn't Takagi and the others go to Shinagawa Ward?"

Sato nodded: "Yes, Shinagawa 6th Ward, near Shinagawa Station."

Kudo Kazuma immediately placed his Yin clone in the direction of Shinagawa Ward, a kilometer away from them, and then controlled the Yin clone dressed in black to fly towards Shinagawa using the [Sword Control Technique].

If he remembered correctly, the place the arsonist burned down in this part of the story was exactly where Takagi was being held. Finding Takagi was practically the same as finding the arsonist.

Conan had no idea what his younger brother had done this time, and only frowned slightly before asking, "Shinagawa Ward, what's wrong?"

Kazuma Kudo raised his hand to his chin, raised an eyebrow and said, "Nothing much, I was just looking for a pattern in the arsonist's arson locations..."

"Oh right!" Conan's eyes lit up, and he turned and got into Kazuma Kudo's car. He remembered that there was a map of the entire Tokyo in the car.

Ai Haibara asked curiously, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​finding patterns?"

Kudo Kazuma shrugged and casually made up a story: "If I had to say, it's because of the laws of science, right? People from Mikasa have their own qualities, you wouldn't understand."

Each of them in Mihua is a genius; they can come up with any code, riddle, or murder trap with ease. With a series of cases like this, what else can you look for but a pattern?

Ai Haibara: "?"

She really didn't understand; what kind of nonsense was this?

At that moment, Sato received another call from Takagi. After learning that Takagi was not in danger, Sato breathed a sigh of relief and began to listen to his discovery.

But as he listened, Sato somehow heard something that instantly changed his expression.

"What happened? Say something, Officer Takagi? Answer me! Officer Takagi! Officer Takagi—"

"Takagi..."

The call had obviously been disconnected. Sato gripped his phone tightly, frowned, and then called Shiratori again.

At that moment, Conan got out of the car, took out a map, and pointed it at the others: "Look!"

On the map, Ikebukuro, where the first fire broke out, and Asakusabashi, where the second fire broke out, were circled. Tabata, where the third fire broke out, and Shimokitazawa, where the fourth fire broke out, were connected by a line. Yotsuya, where the fifth fire broke out last night, was connected by a line with Shinagawa, where the suspected arsonist has now been caught.

The two small circles, representing two points, together with the two lines, form the character "火" (fire).

Conan pointed to Shinagawa: "Aside from the fire at Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko's house last night, the fires have all been near the station. This time will probably be the same, near Shinagawa Station."

"The arsonist clearly wanted to leave the character 'fire' in sequence on the map of Tokyo." He glanced at Kazuma Kudo as he spoke. "This also basically proves that the fire at Ayumi and the other two's house last night was not caused by this arsonist."

Kazuma Kudo smirked: "This arsonist is kind of a chuunibyou..."

Damn it, how could he have imagined that this guy could be so childish?

No matter how perfectly the tequila fire looks like an accident or how flawless it is, it's useless against such a delusional criminal.

When Conan saw his younger brother's reaction, he knew that he was probably right about this, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

He really didn't understand what Yizhen had gone through all these years since she left home, and why she was increasingly heading in the direction of criminals.

“Takagi was near Shinagawa Station when the incident happened!” Sato said with a deep frown. “He might have witnessed the arsonist’s arson and was attacked by that guy.”

“That’s hard to say.” Kudo Kazuma shrugged. “Officer Takagi was attacked when he was trying to tell you who the robber who killed your father 18 years ago was. The one who attacked him was most likely that person.”

"Also, those four people I saw this evening said they were going somewhere to drink, right? Could they be in Shinagawa?"

Sato's expression changed slightly: "That tavern is called Nanakura Tavern, it's on the street in front of Shinagawa Station..."

Conan immediately said, "I've been curious from the beginning about how Inspector Sato confirmed the robber's identity. If it was a method that no one knew, the only explanation is that the robber was someone he knew."

"If the robber from 18 years ago that Officer Takagi mentioned on the phone is one of the four people we met today, and if this robber happened to be with Officer Takagi at Shinagawa Station and overheard what he said on the phone, it's not impossible that the robber would attack Officer Takagi and kill him to silence him, right?"

Sato's expression grew increasingly grim: "We're going to Shinagawa Station right now!"

Seeing this, Conan gave his top disciple another hint: "Yes, it's Shinagawa Station. I think Officer Takagi must have seen the Romanized spelling on the Shinagawa Station sign and that's when he figured out what the Romanized letters in Chief Sato's notebook meant, right?"

On the way to Shinagawa, Sato drove much faster.

Kudo Kazuma, driving behind Sato's car, though falling further and further behind, still spoke calmly: "With your reminder, I think Officer Sato should already have guessed who the culprit is..."

As for him, he had already seen who the murderer was.

What the Yin clone saw.

After the Yin clone used the [Sword Control Technique] to reach the vicinity of Shinagawa Station, it immediately opened the map of the [Spirit Awakening Technique], set the radius to 100 meters, and then moved only twenty meters or so before spotting the red dot. This red dot was still targeting someone and slowly faded away.

Kudo Kazuma's shadow clone quickly arrived at the location of the light spot using the [Sword Control Technique]. There, he saw the big-nosed Kano handcuff the unconscious Takagi to the security window of an abandoned warehouse before turning and leaving.

After watching the other party leave, Kudo Kazuma's shadow clone took a few steps forward, used his gloved hand to forcefully break the handcuffed railing, pushed it back into place, and then left the warehouse.

A moment later, a second red dot appeared on the [Awakening Technique] map. Kudo Kazuma went to find it and, judging from the person's clothes and appearance, it was the arsonist that Ayumi had described.

As he walked through a deserted alley, Kudo Kazuma leaned forward, covered his mouth, and asked in [Sound Bewitchment], "Are you the serial arsonist who tried to burn the character 'fire' onto a map of Tokyo?"

The man panicked for a moment, and blurted out, "Yes...yes..."

Kudo Kazuma gave three addresses: "These are the addresses of the little girl and her friend's house that you met last night. If anyone asks, just say that you set fire to her and her friend's house to get revenge on the little girl."

"Also, if you see three children together, don't kill them, but you can beat them up a bit."

Seeing the man nodding repeatedly under the influence of the [sound charm], Kudo Kazuma finally left with the words, "You've never seen me before tonight," and then completely disappeared from his sight.

The man paused for a moment, then shook his head before continuing to walk forward.

As for Kudo Kazuma's true form, he was driving not far from the tavern called Nanakura.