Sato Miwako's question directly made Takasugi Toshihiko, who was filled with hatred just now, speechless.
To be honest, this was the reason why he gradually felt uneasy after hearing the contents of this recording.
Because of the filter of hatred for Matsumoto Kiyonaga, he originally thought that this woman was with him because she was greedy for the Takasugi family's property, but now it seems that his idea is completely wrong——
Sayuri Matsumoto was actually willing to be killed by him? !
Conan, who was inconspicuous among the crowd, lowered his head slightly, an inexplicable light reflected on his lenses, and for a moment he didn't know what to say:
Maybe Teacher Sayuri knew Takasugi Toshihiko's hatred for his father from the beginning, but she wanted to use her love to melt the hostility in his heart...
"Ahem, Mr. Takasugi Toshihiko, now we suspect you and Matsumoto Sayuri——"
"No need to say these high-sounding words, I will cooperate with you to find Sayuri."
After scolding, Takasugi Toshihiko waved his hand with a complicated expression: "I want to ask her why."
"Then let's take notes."
Megure Thirteen and Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who straightened their hats and took action in person, followed Toshihiko Takasugi into the interrogation room.
"Okay, okay, let's all disperse. Go investigate the case quickly and do what you were told to do. Tadokoro, I asked you to check those shady rats that Mrs. Miyazawa told you about. Have you checked them? Go quickly. "
After Megure 13 left, Miwako Sato, one of his right-hand men, immediately began to ask the onlookers to work quickly. For a time, there were only two or three kittens left in the area that had just been crowded.
"Mrs. Miyazawa, as a client, you conceal relevant facts from me as a detective. This will make me very troubled." It was also only then that I learned that Miyazawa Yuka still had recordings and that she had met with several drug dealers last night. Mouri Kogoro said seriously about this fact.
"I'm really sorry, because this recording is too important, so I dare not... I'm sorry." Miyazawa Yuka bit her lips and bowed deeply to Mouri Kogoro: "Please believe me again, I really Nothing is hidden from you."
Before she fully trusted Mao Li, she really didn't dare to put the recorder out. Today, she was forced by the police to prove her innocence before she took it out.
"..."
Mouri Kogoro, who had intended to refuse, couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the woman running around in front of him to investigate the truth behind her husband's death.
"I still can't figure out why Sayuri Matsumoto is willing to die for a man who wants to kill him. Do you believe this Uehara?"
Staring at the back of Kogoro Moori leaving with Conan and Yuka Miyazawa, Miwako Sato leaned on the desk and asked with her hands crossed on her chest.
"It's hard to say, maybe Takasugi Toshihiko just got lucky and met a wonderful woman."
Uehara Katsumi shrugged and threw the notebook and pen in his hand on the desk: "Takasugi Toshihiko is now in charge of the Megure Police Department. Let's go meet Natsukawa Shiya first."
After reaching out and adjusting Takasugi Toshihiko's photo on the blackboard to the most suspicious circle, Sato Miwako turned around and walked out the door with her partner——
Thirty minutes later, the two of them received news that was not exactly good news.
"I'm sorry, both of you. Dr. Xia Muchuan has an operation tonight and doesn't have time to see you two. Please forgive me."
"Then when does he get off work?"
"tomorrow morning."
"..."
After witnessing the busy life of the high-altitude emergency center of Mihua Central Hospital, Katsumi Uehara and Miwako Sato were obviously frustrated.
"I got the contact information of Xia Muchuan Zhiye from the director of the emergency department. Let's talk to this busy man tomorrow morning."
Inside the Mihua Central Hospital shrouded in darkness, Uehara Katsumi took several sips of purified water to quench his thirst.
"Drink slowly, be careful not to choke." Sato Miwako, who was replying to the message via email, glanced at him.
"If something really happened, the emergency room is right next door." Katsuki Uehara pursed his moist lips and pointed to the building a few meters next door: "Are there any new clues? Are you typing so fast?"
"No, it's just that our people confirmed that Miyazawa Yuka was indeed not lying. The drug dealers she found all admitted that she really wanted to use money to trade with them and let them buy hydroxide for Toshihiko Takasugi. Evidence of sodium capsules, that was the poison Takasugi Toshihiko bought to kill his fiancée."
"She has a lot of connections. She can even find poison dealers?" Katsuki Uehara screwed on the lid and smacked his mouth several times, his eyebrows raised in surprise.
"You can use money to open a road, too."
Sato Miwako, who handed her cell phone to Uehara Katsuki, raised her eyebrows, and Uehara Katsumi, who was doubtful, lowered his eyes -
Every consumption record of Miyazawa Yuka in the past month is particularly clear.
"It seems her suspicion is also diminishing."
"We are checking whether she and her husband have other bank accounts. The results are expected to be available tomorrow afternoon."
"Not tonight?"
"Don't think too much. Recharge your batteries and have a good sleep tonight. We might have to stay up all night."
Miwako Sato took back her phone and sighed: "I'm going home, good night."
"Well, see you tomorrow."
Katsuki Uehara, who was leaning against the stone pillar, chuckled and waved to her.
Late at night at the intersection of Mihua Town, two cars parted ways.
Maori Detective Agency, bedroom.
Holding back the deafening snoring of Mouri Kogoro, Conan hid in bed and used the miniature flashlight of his watch to illuminate the case in front of him, which he had reproduced with his pen, and Conan fell into deep thought.
Regarding the serial murder case and the two subsequent cases, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it for a while.
The strangest thing among them is that the prisoner deceived the policeman Shiratori Rensaburo into the restaurant called Asahiju and then detonated the bomb.
If it was just to kill Shiratori Rensaburo, there would be no need to go to such trouble.
And this notice letter...what exactly does it say?
Conan's brows furrowed as he picked up another handwritten notice letter with his little hand.
Ancient Rome…
Colosseum…
Conan, who couldn't figure it out, fell asleep with deep thoughts until he was woken up by Mao Lilan the next morning.
"Conan, get up quickly, you have to go to school today, don't stay in bed."
"Aha...Okay, I understand, Sister Xiaolan."
The yawning Conan rubbed his sleepy eyes. He looked sleep deprived, which made Mao Lilan a little worried: "Conan, did you not sleep last night?"
She knew that Kogoro Mori snores when he sleeps.
"How about you sleep in the same room with me, Conan?"
——? !
Sleep in the same room as Xiaolan? !
Conan, who was still sleepy-eyed, was shocked: "This, this is not good, sister Xiaolan..."
"Why? Don't you want to share a room with me?" Mao Lilan didn't quite understand.
This child's sleep is so bad.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to wash up first, Sister Xiaolan." Conan, who didn't know what he was thinking, rushed out of the room and ran to the bathroom. When passing by the living room, he saw Maori, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. Kogoro glanced at the brat and shook the ashes from his cigarette——
"Really, you troublesome brat, if that doesn't work, I'll clean up the third floor so you can live in it."
"Dad, Conan is still so young, how can you let him live on the third floor alone." An angry Mao Lilan put down the breakfast brought from the kitchen and said with his hands on his hips.
In the bathroom, Conan was brushing his teeth while stepping on a bench to reach the sink. When he heard the sound of fatherly daughter Xiao Xiao coming to his ears along with the sound of TV news outside the door, he shook his head helplessly:
Really, it starts again.
"The latest news is that all the injured in the restaurant explosion that occurred in Cupido Town two days ago have been treated and transferred to the corresponding wards..."
In the living room, the news anchor was elegantly delivering a press release. In the bathroom, Conan, who was brushing his teeth, listened and listened, but the speed of brushing his teeth became slower and slower——
? !
Wait a moment! I remember what it said in the notice letter? !
Conan, who had no time to wash off the foam, hurriedly got off the bench and ran back to the bedroom under the gaze of Maori Kogoro and Maori Lan.
"Conan?"
Under Mao Lilan's gaze, Conan, who had completely forgotten the habits of a child, was squatting in front of his quilt, holding his mobile phone and seemed to be typing and searching for something.
I see……
That’s why prisoners do this!
……………………………………………………
"However, it is a pity that in the list announced by Director Onoda of the High-Emergency Emergency Center of Miwa Central Hospital, 34 of the 136 injured who were sent to the hospital still died due to excessive injuries and failed rescue efforts..."
Tokyo, Chiyoda District, in a high-rise apartment.
Katsuki Uehara, who was having breakfast, was still playing the morning news as background music. While eating, he didn't forget to look through the emails in his mailbox. But when he heard the sound of the news, his brows suddenly furrowed. ——
Um?
Biting the buns he made, he raised his eyes and looked at the host who was broadcasting the details on the TV news. Uehara Katsumi chewed more and more slowly...
Could it be that? !
Suddenly a possibility came to Katsuki Uehara's mind, and a flash of lightning flashed through his mind——
Biting the bun, he quickly searched for relevant information on his mobile phone, stood up suddenly, and immediately dialed the number of his boss, Memu Shisan——
"Hello? Uehara-kun?"
"Police Department! Take people to Mihua Central Hospital immediately! Hurry!"
Katsuki Uehara, who hurriedly put on his suit jacket, said sternly: "Both the bomb and Sayuri Matsumoto are in the hospital!"
"What did you say?! Are you sure, Uehara-kun?!"
Megure Shisan, who had arrived at the office early, slammed the table and his loud voice immediately attracted the attention of Miwako Sato and others who had just arrived outside the office: "Have you opened the notice letter yet?! "
"Ah, I just thought of it too."
He stuffed the unfinished bun into his suit pocket, turned the key and started the engine, and the magenta EVO rushed out of the parking space——
"So far, we have not been able to find out who the eighth person was who the criminal wanted to kill by detonating the specialty restaurant. White Bird? Or the owner of the restaurant? Or a certain waiter?
"We have checked all of these, but there is no result at all. On the contrary, we have wasted a lot of time and a lot of police force on this."
Megure Thirteen, who has gone through two generations of Kudo brothers, relied on his years of praise experience and subconsciously answered: "Uehara-kun, do you already know who the prisoner's eighth target is?"
"The reason why we couldn't find the eighth target is simple, because the eighth target was not a single person, but someone who was in the entire restaurant at the time!"
Uehara Katsumi, who stepped on the accelerator without braking, controlled the steering wheel with one hand and made a call on his mobile phone with the other hand. He was caught by the intersection surveillance camera.
"Do you still remember the notice letter that the prisoner left behind after kidnapping Sayuri Matsumoto? The police department, the content on it is the reason why the prisoner did what he did."
Katsuki Uehara turned the steering wheel and pressed the horn from time to time: "I said before that the location stated in the notice should symbolize the Colosseum. And in the history of the Colosseum , some blood and sin are unavoidable."
Turning on the hands-free device, Mu Shisan's eyes widened: "The history of the Colosseum in ancient Rome?"
"Yes, the Sicilian Slave Revolt. To be precise, it was the Second Sicilian Slave Revolt."
Katsuki Uehara recalled what he had searched not long ago, and said in a deep voice: "In 104 BC, the second Sicilian slave uprising broke out. The slave Xavius was elected as the leader, and after establishing a team, he met with the western slave leader Athenion. The troops he led united and began a three-year war with the Roman rulers.
Three years later, in 101 BC, the slave rebel army fought a decisive battle with the Roman army and ultimately failed. Countless captured slaves were crucified, and 1,000 slaves were sent to Rome to serve as gladiators.
"And these rebel warriors refused to be entertained and hacked each other to death on the practice range."
Hearing this, Miwako Sato's eyes suddenly widened and she exclaimed: "Those people who were affected by the bomb in the restaurant are the slave warriors in this allusion, the police who sent them to the hospital are the Roman army, and the hospital that takes over the wounded is the Doujin Army." Animal farm?!”
"That's right.
"[The ferocious beasts' eyes were red with hunger in the cheers, the sad fighters waved their deadly spears at their companions in despair; the bright fireworks cheered the victors, and the lives in the cage shrank in a corner and shivered] The focus of these two sentences is the ancient Roman Colosseum and the two places where you wave your gun at your companions."
"But, why? Why can you tell it's a hospital?" Memu Shisan, who had already started calling the explosive ordnance disposal team, frowned.
This time, before Katsumi Uehara on the other end of the phone could answer, Sato Miwako already understood: "In the second half of the notice letter, the messenger, God, and the cross are the symbols of Christianity."
"Not only that, Sato, you also forgot the most important point."
"The most important thing?"
"That's right."
Katsuki Uehara, who was driving on a shortcut, stepped on the accelerator and flew up. Then he drifted around a corner. He raised his eyes and saw the sign of Mihua Central Hospital. He focused his eyes and said loudly: "Mihua Central Hospital is now overcrowded. If the police take the car at this time, The police rushed in and said there was a bomb in the hospital and hoped that everyone would evacuate in an orderly manner under the guidance of the police. How do you think the crowd would react?"
Sato Miwako paused: "The crowd's...reaction?"
"Most people are blindly obedient. Once they encounter something that threatens the lives of themselves and their families, their mentality will definitely be unbalanced, not to mention that it is a place like a hospital where most people care about their lives.
"At that time, all it takes is a slight push from someone, and the police will definitely clash with people who want to escape the hospital quickly. At that time, the police and the people who clash will be no different from gladiators;
"And this hospital will also become a colosseum for the police and the public, providing a visual feast for the murderer hiding in the dark."
squeak! ! !
Under the sudden braking, the tires made a screeching sound against the ground.
Uehara Katsumi, who had swerved and illegally parked his car on the side of the road, opened the door and got out of the car. He stared at the front entrance of Miwa Central Hospital with people coming and going in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "That's it -" The sad fighter said in despair. The companion swung his deadly spear.】"
