Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 104
The people sitting in the police car were taken aback by this sudden scene, but based on the detective's professional instincts, Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro got out of the car immediately, and came to the front of the car with Conan who was running from the opposite side.

They found that the man lying on the hood had a knife stuck in his chest, and he was already a corpse. They looked up quickly, and happened to see a figure with his back to the sun leaning out from the roof and looking down.

Hattori Heiji hurriedly asked Sakata Yusuke to notify the police, and he and Conan rushed into the building in front of them decisively, ran along the stairs all the way to the roof, and finally found the man who was looking around on the roof.

It was just different from what they expected, this man was not the murderer they were looking for, but the owner of the coffee shop on the second floor who was called to the top of the building by someone on the phone.

From the plastic bags and hemp rope that fell on the side of the scene, Hattori Heiji speculated that the prisoner had designed a mechanism on the roof in advance, and then asked anyone to open the door of the roof by phone, so that the corpse could fall from above.

Judging from the stiffness of the body, it should have been killed a day ago, and the knife piercing the wallet in the chest was obviously committed by the same person as the two previous murders.

Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly found a middle-aged woman fleeing in the crowd. They felt that the other party's reaction was abnormal, and hurriedly chased after her, but they were still a step late and were driven away by the other party.

Fortunately, Conan wrote down the other party's license plate number and asked Hattori Heiji to tell him what happened before.

Hattori Heiji knew that Conan definitely wanted to participate in the case, and he himself planned to use the strength of the other party to solve the case as soon as possible, so he said that it was a long story, and he would explain it in detail when he arrived at the police station.

Half an hour later, the police car from the Higashijiri Department finally arrived at the scene of the crime and took over the work of investigating and collecting evidence.

Since Maori and others decided to go to the police station with Hattori Heiji to participate in the investigation, Ishino resolutely bid farewell and planned to take his daughters to other attractions by himself.

Hattori Heiji expressed deep apology for causing the two little girls to have bad memories, and said that he would do something better next time as an apology.

After saying goodbye to Hattori Heiji and the Mori family, Ishino took Ai and Saki into the car and asked them where they would like to go next.

Xiaosaki said that she didn't know where to go, so she looked at Xiao Ai who was smiling beside her, and asked curiously, "Xiao Ai, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at that Kudou guy. He was obviously invited to come to Osaka for a relaxing trip, but in the end he got involved in an incident and became a helper to solve the case. This is completely like a monkey swimming in water and a fish climbing a tree. It's the opposite, hahaha..." Saying that, Xiao Ai couldn't help it, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Maybe for him, solving crimes is more interesting than traveling." Hearing Xiao Ai's words, Shi Ye turned around and said with a smile, "Isn't it the same reason that Zi Feiyu knows the joy of fish?"

Listening to the two people talking about difficult proverbs, Xiaosaki suddenly thought of something, and suggested: "When I heard you talking about monkeys and fish, I thought of a place where there are mountains, water, monkeys and fish. Fish, why don't we go there!"

In fact, Ishino and Xiao Ai didn't know much about the interesting places in Osaka. After hearing what Xiaosaki said, they agreed directly, opened the map, and headed all the way north in the direction of the destination Meiji no Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park.

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After visiting several historic sites and parks along the way, including Osaka Castle, the father and daughter finally arrived at Meiji no Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park in the evening.

After parking the car at the foot of the mountain, the three of them walked towards the park along the path, and soon saw the Minoh Waterfall, and there were many monkeys around the waterfall.

Seeing the wild monkeys that are different from the monkeys in the laboratory, Xiao Ai also became interested, and walked quickly towards the waterfall with her sister. Ishino reminded the two not to get too close to the monkeys, and then followed them , pay attention to the wild monkeys that may attack at any time.

However, before the daughters got close to the monkeys, it rained heavily from the sky, and the monkeys immediately hid in the mountains and forests. The father and daughter hurried to a wooden house not far away, planning to take shelter there temporarily. Take shelter from the rain.

On the path leading to the wooden house, even though there was interference from the torrential rain, Shi Ye still keenly noticed the car in the bushes beside him, and remembered where the wooden house was in front of him.

But at this time, he didn't care about other things, he pushed open the door of the wooden house first, quickly scanned around, and after making sure that no one was there, he let his two daughters rush in to shelter from the rain.

Because Ishino covered his daughters with his coat along the way, the two of them didn't get much wet, but after stepping into the door, Xiao Ai suddenly felt a chill, so she took the initiative to move closer to Ishino.

Seeing Xiao Ai's movements, Ishino guessed that the other party should have sensed Kiichiro Numabuchi who was being locked up in the attic at the moment, so he put his hand of the sun on Xiao Ai's head, and there was obviously dust on the roof. Look where it fell off.

Xiao Ai knew that she was not cold because of the rain, but felt the breath of a similar organization, but whenever she felt this way, Ishino's palm could bring her warmth and courage, which made her slowly Slow is no longer afraid of that feeling, but can already face it positively.

Seeing that Ishino seemed to be aware of the strangeness of the roof, Xiao Ai knew that her induction was correct, so she pointed to a certain position on the roof and said: "I feel that there is someone on the roof, and it is probably related to that organization."

Xiaosaki was terrified by her sister's sudden words, but seeing the two people in front of her still calm, she also felt that it was not as serious as she thought, so she calmed down and waited for Ishino's response.

Shi Ye nodded to Xiao Ai and said: "There are indeed traces of someone's recent activities here, I'll go up and have a look first, you wait for me below."

After finishing speaking, Ishino jumped up to the beam of the house, found the loose plank, and waited for a few seconds after unloading it, before he got in after making sure he heard the sound of the metal handcuffs.

It was pitch black in the attic, but Ishino found Kiichiro Numabuchi who was handcuffed to the pillar by virtue of his night vision ability which was different from ordinary people.

At this time, Numabuchi Kiichiro only knew that someone was coming up, but he didn't know who the other party was, whether it was an enemy or a friend, so he had to hold his breath and try not to make a sound.

However, as a flash of light that made him dizzy suddenly stimulated his eyes, his thoughts of hiding himself were suddenly shattered, but before he had time to ask, the wooden boards of the attic were closed again.

At this moment, Kiichiro Numabuchi only had a bunch of question marks left in his heart. He felt as if he was being photographed as a rare animal, but what does it mean that the other party just closed the door like this?
But soon he realized that the other party didn't seem to be coming to catch him. With a strong desire to survive, he hit the floor with his feet vigorously, trying to get that person back to rescue him.

(End of this chapter)