"...Ten plagues?"
Megure Thirteen, who did not know much about these religious things, was at a loss. However, Toshiro Odagiri, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, moved as if he thought of related memories: ""Exodus", the blood disaster, the frog disaster, The plague of lice, the plague of flies, the plague of boils, the plague of livestock, the plague of hail, the plague of locusts, the plague of darkness, the plague of the firstborn.”
"Yes, the killing rules used by the prisoners evolved from the most famous core content in "Exodus".
"The Ten Plagues of Egypt are the passages in the Bible where God showed his power and brought disasters to ancient Egypt, and used his terrifying power to make the Pharaoh agree to return the freedom of the people of Israel."
Conan, who was hiding under Katsuki Uehara's desk, pulled up the bow-tie voice changer, sat down on the cold ground, and said in a deep voice:
"The first plague: blood and floods. According to legend, God tapped the Nile River through the hand of Aaron with his scepter, and then the fish and dead things in the Nile River were empty, and the river water turned into blood. It was not until seven days later that the river water returned to clarity.
"The seven deceased persons in the serial murder case used this allusion - a fish tank without fish, and their corpses stained the water in the tank red with blood for seven days until they were discovered."
——? !
In the conference room, Mu Mu Shisan's eyes widened in shock, and his breathing gradually became heavier: "What about the restaurant?"
"The second plague: the plague of frogs. God cast a spell with a scepter, causing frogs to spread all over Egypt, which made the Egyptians very distressed. The Asahiju restaurant that was detonated happened to be a specialty store specializing in frog meat.
"According to the information and photos investigated by Uehara Criminal Investigation Department, the location where the explosion of the restaurant named Asahiju happened to be the cold storage of ingredients. That's why there were ruins of frog meat ingredients on the ground photographed by Uehara Criminal Investigation Department. , that photo is still hanging on the blackboard where the case was sorted out.”
Conan, who was sitting on the ground, subconsciously turned his head, his eyes fell on the blackboard he was holding up and said.
"wrong."
Odagiri Toshiro, who was in the first place, frowned: "Even if you two can get in touch, what about the third plague of lice, the fourth plague of flies, the fifth plague of boils, and the sixth plague of livestock?"
"Racecourse! Red Corner Shoji Racecourse!"
Before he finished speaking, Sato Miwako, who was sitting next to Megure Thirteen, suddenly thought of the situation she and Uehara Katsumi encountered in the racecourse that night.
Searching the office area of the third department, Conan looked at the blackboard and raised his lips: "Yes, it's the racecourse.
"Judging from the case analysis records, Takagi Criminal first discovered the body of an old horse that died in a stable, and then found the bodies of Kirino's wife and daughter who claimed to be kidnapped in the horse farm.
"If I'm not wrong, the stables at that time must have had a very bad smell, right? It's not just the smell of formalin."
Miwako Sato, who was named, faced the stares of all the police bosses and nodded with certainty: "Uehara even cursed him for this, and I remember that there were sores on the body, and there were also a lot of flies. I was there. Almost every now and then I have to wave them away.”
“The description of animal plagues in the Ten Plagues of Egypt is that God cast a spell to kill the cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock raised by the Egyptians, and thus produced a plague. Only the livestock of the Israelites were unharmed.
"Back to reality, the murderer replaced the dead livestock with the corpses of old horses from the racecourse. The same is true for plagues of lice, flies and even boils."
Conan recalled what he had read in the Bible and said loudly:
"The third plague: lice plague. As a horse farm, it is very necessary to remove lice from the horses regularly. I learned about this knowledge when I bought a horse before, and I want to see the number of lice on the horse. The Horse Breeding Manual makes it clear;
"The fourth disaster: fly disaster. Needless to say, Sato Criminal's answer just now must be clear enough.
"The fifth disaster: sores. Sato Criminal also said that the Kirino mother and daughter found in the racecourse had sores on their bodies. According to the newly added autopsy information on the blackboard, these were lesions caused by their drug overdose.
"As for the sixth plague of livestock, as I said before. The prisoners can't cause the plague, so naturally they can only refer to the dead livestock-that is, the horses in the racecourse."
"If you say so..."
Miwako Sato, one of Megure Thirteen's right-hand men, followed this line of thinking and her eyes lit up: "Water stains! The seventh hail disaster is the water stains left behind after the ice melted and shattered the glass in three sites. !The eighth plague locust——"
Speaking of this, Sato Miwako suddenly got stuck.
"Masked Superman."
Conan, who was not interested in special photography, thought of the narration he heard not long ago: "The masked Superman left by the prisoner at the scene refers to the locusts that brought disaster.
"According to the setting of this tokusatsu drama, Masked Superman's body has been modified. As the protagonist, Masked Superman is the first modified person in the evil organization that has been modified by incorporating locust genes. It can also be called For the locust people.”
"I see!"
Megure Thirteen slapped his forehead with an extremely heavy expression: "So the ninth dark disaster refers to the villa that lost power due to damaged electrical boxes! The tenth eldest son disaster refers to Takasugi Toshihiko, the eldest son of the Takasugi Consortium, and the Suzuki Consortium's eldest son. The eldest daughter, Suzuki Ayako!”
"That's right."
Conan lowered his head slightly and looked down from the blackboard: "According to the Bible, God patrolled the land of Egypt until midnight. From the Pharaoh to the ordinary people in Egypt, no family did not die without the eldest son. No one in the firstborn escaped death. Even the eldest son in prison.”
Sato Miwako's face darkened: "The last bomb, the prisoner still has the last bomb in his hand, he locked Takasugi Toshihiko and Suzuki Ayako together, like the eldest son in the mythical prison.
"Wait a minute, Detective Maori. If this is the case, the murderer's pattern of action has been cracked, but when will they take action?"
Sato Miwako was puzzled.
This is just-
"Nobu Miyazawa."
"Eh?"
"Sato Criminal, do you remember what Nobu Miyazawa does?" In the light, Conan's lenses hidden under the table glowed.
"For what?"
Sato Miwako frowned and recalled his occupation: "The financial manager of the Takasugi Consortium, whose main job is to deal with the Suzuki Consortium, because the two of them jointly launched a large-scale undersea sightseeing tunnel project, and he has always been following it."
As soon as Sato finished speaking, Toshiro Odagiri, who was sitting in the first seat, had already answered: "The content of Exodus is the plague of killing the firstborn, and the parting of the sea by Moses."
"The chief of police is right. This is the most important node in the Old Testament. It is the beginning of the Israelites gathering together and uniting to escape Egypt. The record of this section in the Bible ends with the killing of the eldest son in the last plague of the ten plagues. Finally, Pharaoh released the Israelites headed by Moses.
"After being released, Moses used the power of God to create a classic allusion that is still used in major film, television and literary works - Moses parted the sea.
"My friend Kudo Yusaku wrote a mystery novel based on "Moses Parted the Sea" in his early years."
Conan, who almost said he was bald, grinned in surprise and hurriedly made up his mind: "In other words, the prisoner is most likely waiting for their companion to come back in the undersea sightseeing tunnel that separates the ocean and makes people walk on the ground. That is the one who has already Doctor Xia Muchuan is about to be detained."
"According to previous news reports, the undersea sightseeing tunnel has been cleared and is waiting to be opened. However, as one of the former project leaders, Nobu Miyazawa, I think he should have the key to enter and exit it."
Megure Thirteen's face darkened: "His wife, Miyazawa Yuka. So as long as we catch them preparing to escape, we can find out the whereabouts of the kidnapped Takasugi Toshihiko and Suzuki Ayako."
"That's right." After saying the last sentence, Conan slowly put down the bow tie.
"These three bastards! What do you think the police are?!"
With his temples twitching, Megure Thirteen couldn't care less about the presence of his boss, and punched the desk angrily: "Sato! Let me lock that Natsuki Kawa Shiya to death!
"Lead a team to arrest people immediately! We must let them reveal the whereabouts of Toshihiko Takasugi and Ayako Suzuki before the bomb explodes!"
"clear!"
"Chief Inspector, I'm sorry, I'm rude."
Megure Thirteen apologized to Toshiro Odagiri, who looked calm.
"I'll leave it to you to capture the dead ones alive."
"Yes! Chief of Police!"
Megure Thirteen saluted, turned around and was about to run out of the conference room with Sato. The next second, a slightly disordered breathing sound came from the microphone——
"Wait a minute, the police department, Detective Mori's reasoning is wrong."
"Uehara?!"
"Uehara-kun?!"
Katsumi Uehara? !
Almost at the same time, everyone in the conference room and Conan, who was under Katsuki Uehara's desk in the third-series office area, looked shocked.
After coming out of the elevator, Katsuki Uehara, who had obviously been running all the way, pushed open the door of the office area, glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting on a chair with his head lowered as if he was sleeping, and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In other words, in front of you Right, but that last part is wrong.”
That last part wrong?
Conan, who was hiding under the table, shrank and frowned.
“The prisoner was not waiting in the undersea sightseeing tunnel for his companions to return and escape to heaven, but was waiting there for a large number of police officers to come and die!
"The last remaining bomb is not somewhere else, but in the undersea sightseeing tunnel!
"Takasugi Toshihiko and Suzuki Ayako are not their ultimate targets, their ultimate targets are the police! They are the chasing police!"
Katsuki Uehara shrugged his tie and calmed his breathing and said sternly: "Takasugi Toshihiko and Suzuki Ayako are just their tools, because in their view, this is the fastest way to instantly gather a large number of police officers for pursuit.
“The purpose of all this they did was not to kill a few people, but to replicate the tragic death of the Egyptian army who pursued after Moses parted the sea and was swallowed by the sea in the biblical myth.
"This is also the reason why Xia Muchuanzhi also chose to enter the Metropolitan Police Department. He is not waiting for the detention time to end and making faces. He is here to fulfill his NPC obligations.
"When the police are at their wits' end, as time goes by the people in the consortium will definitely force him to go and torture him to extract a confession. As long as he pretends to spit out information at this time, the consortium will definitely notify the police to mobilize a large number of manpower to enter the sightseeing tunnel to conduct a search. .”
Katsuki Uehara slapped the table and said in a serious voice: "Police department, their target is us. Their goal is to kill a large number of police officers at once! The last target of their revenge is the police!"
