Chapter 1163 1163 [The reference answer is not omnipotent]

“…” Zhu Jiaoming’s face turned ugly.

 The two sides looked at each other quietly for a moment, and he struggled countless times in his heart.

 Finally, Zhu Jiaoming suddenly sighed, raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, gritted his teeth and said:

"Actually, alas... although the patient's information should be kept absolutely confidential. But my wife died in this fire, and I... I really can't forgive the guy who set the fire!"

 “Huh?” Jiang Xia politely gestured for him to elaborate.

"Actually, I saw the iconic 'red horse' in Xuantian's antique store. The size is different from the one at the fire scene. The one he put in the store is much larger, but the movement and shape are exactly the same. ." Zhu Jiaoming pressed his forehead:

“Xuan Tian had sleepwalking before, and it seems to have relapsed recently, so he went to see me for treatment—I’m a psychiatrist.

“I just looked up the news about the serial arson cases, and found out that the time he came to me for treatment was actually the day after the first arson case!

"Although there is no evidence, it is such a coincidence that it is really difficult for me not to doubt him. And I heard that a few minutes before the incident, someone saw him wandering around my house... I prescribed him some sedatives and also I asked him to follow up regularly. I thought his condition should have improved, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. I, I wish I had not gone drinking and stayed at home."

 He raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

Jiang Xia looked at him thoughtfully: "...So that's how it is."

 …

the other side.

Hattori Heiji and Conan, in order to save the innocent...well, save the not-innocent prisoners from suffering before Jiang Xia, the two of them drove Yumaga Police Department's car and rushed to where several suspects were.

It is said that the husband of the deceased is still at the Metropolitan Police Department, so the problem should not be big.

 So they went to the others first.

 Originally, Conan and Hattori Heiji were still on the set of Life and Death. But as they kept asking, the two detectives' attention couldn't help but be attracted to the case, and they investigated the case seriously.

Then I discovered that, at first glance, the case seemed surprisingly simple.

—The time of arson was 7:30 in the evening. Mr. Feng Shui and the husband of the deceased were still on their way to drink at that time. The deceased's sister, the fortune teller, started work at exactly 7:30, as everyone in the stalls around her can prove.

“Four suspects, three of them have solid alibis.”

Hattori Heiji turned the baseball cap on his head: "Then the only one left is the manager of the antique store? - Well, maybe he also has an alibi. Let's go to his store and ask first. I remember him There was a store catalog distributed near the deceased's home, and someone must have taken it. There must be the address of his store on it."

“No need to go to such trouble.” Police Gongchang sighed, turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle drove straight in a certain direction, “I know where his store is.”

 …

 “Store manager? He has gone home.”

I went to the antique store, but Xuanda Longde was not there. There were only two clerks on duty in the house: "If it's a schedule, the store manager usually goes out early in the morning to distribute promotional catalogs and small gifts, and doesn't come back until after get off work hours."

"Small gift?" The two detectives suddenly became alert, "The gift you are talking about must be a red horse."

"Red horse?" The clerk was startled, then came back to his senses, "Oh, you mean the store manager's favorite work, the Guan Yu statue keychain - no. In fact, we did send that one at the beginning, but we understand There are relatively few people with the meaning of the statue. Some customers find it scary, and some find it ugly... in short, it is not very popular. So not long after it was released, the store changed to other styles, and now they all give away Lucky Cat keychains—Today The one given by the store manager must also be a Lucky Cat... Well, did something happen to the store manager? "

"Nothing." Hattori Heiji paused and knocked on the counter lightly, "Do you still have the Guan Yu keychain in stock? Let me see."

 …

 After getting the statue, the two detectives were stunned.

 This is exactly the same shape as the "red horse" found at the fire scene.

—The statue left at the scene should be this one, except that the statue of Guan Yu on it was burned.

Leaving the antique shop, the two detectives looked at the Gongchang Police Department in surprise: "...We have such an important clue, why don't you follow it to investigate?!"

"I actually investigated him." Gongchang Police Department sighed, "The first arson case happened right next door to his house. At that time, he was standing among the crowd of onlookers, looking at the fire in panic, and kept shouting 'dad'."

"…" Hattori Heiji and Conan were startled. The image of a man in his thirties or forties who was afraid to call daddy in the street appeared in their minds, and they shuddered.

Seeing their expressions, the Gongchang Police Department waved his hands helplessly: "It does sound a bit strange, but there is a reason - his father is a firefighter. When he was in elementary school, he tried to save people trapped in a fire. Unfortunately he died."

 “That’s it.” The two detectives sighed in understanding.

He then thought of something again and frowned: "However, if he thinks about it in a bad direction, it may be that he subconsciously feels that after a fire breaks out, his father will appear to put out the fire, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji's cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and heard the urging voices of Yuan Shan and Ye:

“Dinner has been cold for a long time. When will you come back?”

 “Now is not the time to eat!” Hearing this late at night, Hattori Heiji’s stomach suddenly growled. He couldn't help but regret not ordering portable food like Jiang Xia before... But now it was too late.

So I had to try to replace the desire to eat with the enthusiasm for investigating the case: "We are busy investigating the red horse matter. We will eat by ourselves after the investigation, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Red horse?" Yuan Shan and Ye caught a glimpse of Guan Yu's small ornaments on the table and laughed, "Speaking of which, we received a small gift today. What do you guess it is?"

　　　…?”

Hattori Heiji didn't have time to talk to him at first, but he suddenly remembered that the Mori Detective Agency happened to be in the "5" chome, and that Mori Kogoro was going out to drink tonight and was not at home. He was suddenly shocked: "...don't tell me it's Guan Yu. Statue keychain.”

"Eh?" Yuan Shan and Ye were surprised, "How do you know? Did you secretly read the reference answers? ... But even Jiang Xia couldn't have guessed so accurately. Could it be that you have actually come back and are hiding nearby? Peeping at us?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Hattori Heiji was shocked, "Leave the house immediately! Wait in a crowded place nearby!"

With that said, he turned off the phone and looked at the Yumaga Police Department: "The serial arsonist's next target may be the Mori Detective Office on the 5th-chome of Yoneka Town - hurry up and get there now!"

 (End of this chapter)