Chapter 2173

When I came to the client's house again, as expected, something serious happened. The flames soaring into the sky can be seen from a distance, and thick black smoke also covers the sky. Several fire engines around are desperately putting out the fire, but because the fire is really very large, even the open flames have not been suppressed yet.

"It really is the house you went to?" Conan asked looking at the burning house in the distance.

"Yeah." Hattori Heiji nodded, he really didn't expect that he left for such a short time, and when he came back, he was already in such an exaggerated situation.

"Ryoko! Ryoko!" At this moment, a square-faced man with eyes in front of the room was yelling into the room. It looked like he wanted to rush into the room directly, but it was obvious that the fire was so big now, don't It is said to go in, but it is impossible to get close. Naturally, his act of sending to death was stopped by the surrounding firefighters and police.

Yes, the police had already arrived at this time, and they were not in charge of fighting the fire, unless the firefighters found out that it might be man-made after the fire was over, they would not be notified. But the situation is different now. The police have been following up on the Chima case, and here is 4-chome, so they also arrived at the scene as soon as such a situation occurred. Of course, they are mainly maintaining order at the scene now, and of course they should wait until the fire is extinguished before investigating.

"That's the client's husband." Hattori Heiji looked at the yelling man and said, "So, the client is still inside..."

"This time...are there any casualties?" Conan also frowned. Yes, although this prisoner named Chima has committed three crimes and burned down three houses. But before that, the three houses were burned without anyone. That is to say, although it was arson, there were no casualties. At most, a few firefighters were injured. But this time the situation seems to be different. .

Sure enough, no one was there, there was movement from inside, a team of firefighters entered the house through the window, and then carried out...a dead body. Yes, they chose a very dangerous risk to save people when they heard that there were still people in the house, but it was obviously too late. When they were carried out, they had already been covered with a white cloth, which was obviously too late.

"Liangzi!" When the husband saw the corpse being carried out, he screamed and threw himself on the corpse, looking like he was heartbroken. At this time, another man walked beside him and began to comfort her husband, who looked like a good friend of her husband.

"Something's wrong..." Hattori Heiji said, "Those two...why did they come back so soon?"

"The deceased's husband and his friends? Have you met them before?" Conan asked.

"Yes, when I met with the client before, I happened to meet his husband coming home. The other person was at the client's house from the beginning. After the two met, they decided to go out for a drink. At that time, it was about fifteen minutes before I left, so I shouldn't be back so soon." Hattori Heiji said.

"Unless there is a plan." Conan here said following Hattori Heiji's words.

"Yeah, that is to say, in a general murder case, the spouse is the most suspected. I went out here just to get an alibi. The husband's friend is used as a time witness, right?" Linton said in the interview. The side concluded, "It's really a very traditional reasoning."

"No... that husband's friend is also very suspicious." Hattori Heiji said suddenly, "Actually, that guy had an improper relationship with the client..."

"Huh?" Several people looked at Hattori Heiji strangely. How did Hattori Heiji know this? If it was reasoning, Conan didn't see it either.

"Ahem, in fact, I didn't communicate with the client for a long time, and then I stayed with her for a while. I originally wanted to investigate privately, but I saw a lot of things..." Hattori Heiji explained a bit. It turned out that not long after he came here to meet the client, he was rejected by the client, and naturally he didn't talk about anything after that.

But Hattori Heiji still wanted to investigate the situation, so he wanted to ask around. But before he could ask, he saw several people visiting the client one after another. Among them, after his husband's friend went in, Hattori Heiji just sneaked into the other's yard to check if there were any strangers left behind. As a result, I saw the client and this friend having an affair outside the window.

However, the relationship between the two seems to be not that simple, because the friend had sent away the client and wanted to steal something from the house, but the hostess who returned found it. While the two were arguing, the husband came back and they went out drinking together.

Now that everything has been said here, Hattori Heiji also talked about his visit to the client by the way. First of all, when he came here, the client was also the hostess of the house, Ryoko Morokaku was dealing with an uncle who looked like a salesman. When Hattori Heiji went in to find her, he heard the salesman say that he was not a salesman, but a patient of the client's husband. up.

The next person to receive was Hattori Heiji, who was also driven away by Zhujiao Ryoko. When Hattori Heiji went out, he met a strange woman in a long robe. She was very strange with heavy makeup on. She came to find Ryoko Mokaku.

It's not clear what the two said, but Hattori Heiji didn't leave after that, so he investigated nearby, and saw that the woman left quickly and stayed for a few minutes. After that, the husband's friend, the man named Soga fucker came to the door, and after entering, there was a scene of stealing the sun, and then the husband Zhujiaoming went home, and Soga fucker went out to drink, and Hattori Heiji also searched for a while. Leave, and then there's the current situation.

"That's not right..." After Hattori Heiji said what he knew, Conan didn't say what he thought, but Linton said first: "There is obviously a problem here."

"What do you think is the problem?" Conan asked here.

"Look, the salesman, the woman in heavy makeup, the husband's friend and the husband... Isn't that obviously wrong?" Linton said.

"Uh... so who exactly is wrong?" Hattori Heiji also asked.

"Haven't you noticed it yet? Of course what's wrong is the number of people. You see, there are four suspects. How is this possible? I've said that it is absolutely impossible for such a case to have so many suspects. There are not so many readers." With so many people in mind, three suspects are the most appropriate amount, which is obviously not right," Linton said.

"So I've said it all, this is not a mystery novel, it's reality!" Hui Yuanai next to him couldn't help but say.

"There is no such reality at all. There must be something wrong with it." Linton said, "Oh, I probably thought of it."

"Think about it?" Although Conan didn't know what Linton thought of, he always felt that his train of thought was wrong at the beginning, "Then tell me what's going on?"

"Do you know Kindaichi? The audience couldn't remember the situation where you were given a dozen or so suspects, so what should you do? In fact, you don't need to remember it at all. The number of people who die will be less, and the detectives and suspects who are unlikely to commit crimes will be deducted." For the role of his assistant, the remaining people can choose one of the three." Linton said, "The situation is the same this time, it is obviously not that there are more suspects, but that there is still one person who is not dead."

"Huh?" I have to say that at first I thought Linton must be talking nonsense, but Conan and Hattori Heiji were suddenly shocked when they heard this. Regardless of whether Linton's logic is weird or not, this is a serial arson incident, and it seems that another victim is not impossible.

"This matter...although it sounds a little strange, but we have to guard against it. Let the police check in a while to see if any of these people live in 5-chome..." Hattori Heiji thought for a while and said.

"Yeah." Conan also nodded, these people are related to the case, maybe the next dead will really appear. Although they felt that Linton's reasoning logic was wrong, it reminded them to take precautions.

"What... what is Jin Tianichi?" Yuan Shanhe Ye asked proactively.

"It's probably a mystery novel he's read." Hui Yuanai next to him said.

"Is there such a mystery novel?" Conan has read almost all the mystery novels. Although he said that his favorite is the Sherlock Holmes series, he has also studied other mystery novels. He has never heard of an author or protagonist named Jin Tianyi. .

"Yes...it's a red horse!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from within the burning wall. Hattori Heiji and Conan, who heard the shout, looked at each other, then rushed towards the direction of the shout, and while the others were attracted by the shout, they rushed directly into the courtyard inside the wall, Came to the location where the shout was.

The one who shouted was a firefighter who was putting out the fire, and the position he was pointing at this time was a window. Looking in through the still burning window, what Hattori Heiji and Conan saw was a blood-red sculptural horse placed by the window. At this time, the horse's head was facing them, as if looking at them.

"Is it really... a red horse?" The two who were looking at the sculpture murmured at the same time.

"Hey, you two, don't move!" However, at this moment, a few people in suits followed behind the two of them, obviously they were police officers. Only then did the two realize that there was indeed something wrong with rushing in like this, but just as they were about to explain, a few police officers suddenly rushed up, threw Hattori Heiji to the ground, and pressed him to the ground.