Mr. Arsonist, who cosplayed with Gin without realizing it and was still immersed in his perfect eve festival, exploded when he heard someone else's voice coming from behind.
He immediately turned around and looked at the figure behind him with a horrified expression. Behind him was the firelight, which just reflected on Kuroki Jin's face, showing his young, innocent and harmless expression.
Kuroki Jin looks really young, but in fact he is not that old. He is still a college student at the age of twenty, and he still has not escaped the scope of a child.
Seeing that childish face, the panic that the arsonist originally felt disappeared. He smiled evilly, revealing the knife hidden in his arms, and slowly walked towards Kuroki Ren from the firelight.
Kuroki Ren took this opportunity to look him up and down, his hat, long hair, and windbreaker. Because of the backlight, he couldn't see his hanging eyes clearly, but no matter how similar the clothes were, the momentum of his walking was enough. It cannot be compared with gin.
Gin's killings were always calm, but this man showed a ferocious expression. No wonder children would suspect him even when he walked on the street.
(Gin: I have also been doubted by children!)
"Your idea is very interesting." Ignoring the dagger in his hand, Kuroki Ren said calmly, "Can I learn from it?"
"Okay." The arsonist came closer and closer, and Kuroki could already see the expression on his face clearly, "You can use it in the next life!"
"Indeed, it also saves patent fees." Hearing this, Kuroki Ren was happy, his eyes reflected a cold light, and he stepped back to avoid his attack.
"You're very nimble, kid." The arsonist missed a single hit but didn't panic at all. He readjusted his center of gravity and trotted towards Kuroki Ren.
Full of flaws!
Kuroki Jin stared at his right hand. The moment he raised the dagger, he avoided its next move. He took a step to the side, raised his knee and hit his opponent in the abdomen.
The arsonist wailed at the knee attack, dropped the knife in his hand, knelt on the ground with his stomach in his hands, and kept retching.
Kuroki kicked the knife away, then squatted in front of him, "Um, are you okay?"
"The police will come later, you won't sue me, right?"
"You...you..." The arsonist wanted to say something, but he couldn't bear the pain and kept sucking in air.
"Where is Officer Takagi?" Kuroki Jin stopped dawdling. He saw the fire getting bigger and bigger and wanted to go in and take a look.
"Officer Takagi." The arsonist replied consciously, but suddenly laughed, "He is dead. I slit his throat with a knife. You should give up and stop looking for him."
The corner of Kuroki Ren's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at the warehouse that was almost burning red.
"I'm sorry for you." He said.
Before the arsonist could understand what this meant, he felt a pain in the back of his neck and completely lost consciousness.
Firefighters are usually fully armed when entering a fire scene, but Kuroki Jin does not have such complete equipment, and he does not even have any water around him, so he has to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeves and go straight inside.
The abandoned warehouse has two floors. The arsonist only covered one floor roughly with gasoline and ignited it. However, the greater danger than being burned or smoked to death is that the warehouse has been abandoned for a long time and its structure is already unstable. All may collapse.
The moment Kuroki Ren entered, he hesitated whether it was worth it, but it was only for a moment. The kindness in his heart prevented him from watching people die in front of his eyes.
The arsonist's reaction just now was very interesting. When asked by Jin Kuroki, he first subconsciously repeated the question, and then said that Takagi had been killed by him. This behavior showed obvious signs of lying. In a situation where it was difficult to concentrate and think at that time, the first reaction was the most authentic reaction.
In other words, the arsonist did not know Officer Takagi.
Of course, it does not rule out that he does not know Takagi’s name but has met him. At this time, if the person wants to communicate, the second sentence will usually ask about his characteristics, or emphasize that he has met this person, for example 'Oh, that guy' or something like that.
But the arsonist directly said that the person had been killed. Either the name Takagi matched the name of Takagi in his mind with the person he just attacked, or he was just making nonsense and deliberately disgusting people.
Jin Kuroki prefers the second one.
As for why he still entered this dangerous warehouse when he was convinced that the arsonist had not seen Takagi? The answer in Kuroki Ren's mind is:
What if?
If his reasoning is wrong, Takagi is here, and he happens to be alive now. If he gives up and goes in, wouldn't it be equivalent to watching him die?
The first floor of the abandoned warehouse was very clean, and you could see it almost as soon as you entered, so Kuroki Jin went straight to the stairs after scanning around.
Fortunately, although the stairs were shaking, they had not completely collapsed. Kuroki Jin rushed up to the second floor in twos and twos, maintaining speed and controlling his strength.
As soon as he climbed the stairs, his eyes immediately locked on the place near the window. A figure was trying hard to shake the window on the wall that looked like an iron grate.
As if hearing a noise behind him, the figure turned around, revealing a familiar face covered in bloodstains and dust.
"Huh? Mr. Kuroki?"
"..."
When Shiratiao walked into the alley with the five children, the dust rising in the sky had already made their hearts drop to the bottom.
He actually got hit by Kuroki Jin? What a coincidence!
White Bird was running quickly in front. Fortunately, he had many experiences of catching up and being caught up. The five children were all in good physical condition and could barely keep up with White Bird.
Of course Conan is the one with the strongest physical strength. As he ran, he was still in the mood to whisper to Haibara Ai beside him: "Do you think it's possible that he directed and acted it himself?"
How else could I have searched for someone for so long and couldn't find them, then dropped them and found them in an alley?
Hui Yuan Ai pursed her lips and did not answer.
"Hello? Haiyuan?"
Conan waited and saw no reply, and turned back to look at Haihara Ai with some confusion, "Why...are you worried about him?"
"..." Hui Yuan Ai pursed her lips subconsciously and said, "No."
"You don't have that expression on your face." Conan was still in the mood to complain, "A little arsonist should be able to deal with the people who came out of that place."
"Do you know what kind of people drown at the beach every year?"
Conan: "..."
"The situation you are talking about is a person who has a high self-esteem. Look at Kuroki Jin's appearance. There is no trace of the temperament of a gangster."
"So, it's impossible for a fool to direct and act on his own."
Conan: "..."
"I'm not telling you. You seem to be particularly willing to refute some of my views on Kuroki Jin recently."
Conan suddenly started gossiping, "No, no, no, maybe you heard the other day that someone might like you, so you had some thoughts."
Huihara Ai did not say that thought again, but what she was sure of was that at this moment she had the intention to kill the great detective.
If there is a knife in front of you...
"There seems to be a knife on the ground in front of you!"
The white bird in front roared lowly.
