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Poor Murakami Takeshi, after serving ten years in prison (as Wang's son), turned over a new leaf and the first thing he wanted to do upon his release was to thank Uncle Mori, only to be killed by the murderer. What a tragedy!
[By the way, what was the ending of the movie again?]
[It looks like Ran is giving Conan mouth-to-mouth resuscitation underwater. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me angry. Next time I see Conan, I'll punch him a couple of times first!]
As everyone looked at the logbook, they came across the section on CPR. Except for Ran, everyone else wore teasing smiles, even Eri. They were about to make a joke at Ran when—
【etc! 】
I remember the killer planted a lot of explosives on that artificial island called Water Crystal. The explosions in the movie were really exciting, but in reality, how many people would die from such an explosion!
Xia Ye closed the journal and stood up.
"I'm going to the Metropolitan Police Department!"
"Well, go ahead!"
Eri looked at him with a radiant smile.
"Quickly catch that murderer and avenge Eri!"
Yukiko actually thought the same thing as Natsume: let's just kill the murderer. Otherwise, even if he killed someone, he would only be sentenced to ten years or so, which wouldn't be satisfying enough!
Ai Akemi and Ran both smiled and told Natsume to hurry up and not delay the investigation.
"Good~"
Xia Ye bid farewell to the women and left the ward.
But he was muttering in his heart.
Aren't these guys even a little bit curious about why I suddenly went to the Metropolitan Police Department? They didn't even ask me a question.
Chapter 159 The Case Has Been Clarified
The Green Field Police Hospital is not far from the Metropolitan Police Department.
They are both in the same 1-chome.
Xia Ye arrived at headquarters quickly.
After going upstairs to the First Division's office, Inspector Megure, although his injuries were not serious, still needed to be hospitalized for observation, so this case was being handled personally by Superintendent Matsumoto.
After all, it is a suspected serial murder case involving more than a dozen people. Although the three victims are not in any life-threatening danger, the Metropolitan Police Department is still taking it very seriously.
"sit!"
Manager Matsumoto nodded in greeting as Natsume entered.
Xia Ye sat down next to Sato Miwako and asked in a low voice, "Have you contacted Kogoro Mouri's side? Have you confirmed who those people are whose names contain the kanji characters 'ten' to 'one'?"
"No, Mr. Mori's cell phone has been constantly busy and we haven't been able to get through yet. Manager Matsumoto can only send people to look for Murakami Takeshi while also trying to find the satellite phone number on the cruise ship where Mr. Mori is."
As Sato Miwako answered Natsume's question, a hint of worry flashed across her beautiful eyes.
Xia Ye said that the murderer planted a large amount of explosives in the Water Crystal Island, intending to destroy it. That was an entire artificial island, and if it were blown up, who knows how many people would die!
The information gleaned from the log was something I couldn't share with anyone else; in the end, I had to rely on Xia Ye.
"Can't get through?"
Xia Ye frowned.
It's actually quite normal to have poor signal at sea.
However, the investigation into the Kogoro Mouri case will reach a stalemate if they can't contact him. After all, although the target of this case isn't 607, everyone the murderer wants to kill is connected to him in some way.
Xia Ye thought to himself:
Why don't we just go find that bartender and kill him? Following the case's progress is too troublesome!
"We've found Mr. Mori!"
At Inspector Megure's desk.
Officer Shimoda from the Third Division shouted loudly.
“On speakerphone!”
Manager Matsumoto walked over, his voice low:
"gross profit!"
"Manager Matsumoto?!"
Kogoro Mouri's voice came through, clearly filled with deep doubt. The fact that Manager Matsumoto went to the trouble of calling him via satellite phone meant that something very important must have happened!
"gross profit--"
Manager Matsumoto quickly explained the incident to Kogoro Mouri, and then asked:
"Tell me quickly, which of your friends has a name containing the Chinese characters one through ten, especially the character ten, because according to the order of the murderers, the next victim might be someone whose name contains the character ten!"
"Chinese characters from one to ten?"
Kogoro Mouri was clearly taken aback.
Then Conan's voice came through the phone.
"Uncle, didn't the guy who called you this morning, Tsuji Hiroki, have the kanji character 'ten' in his name?"
"Hiroki?"
Kogoro Mouri suddenly realized:
“Yes, Manager Matsumoto, my friend Tsuji Hiroki’s name has the kanji character 'ten' in it. He’s a good friend I met on the golf course. He’s a professional baseball player, and we get along very well!”
"Tsuji Hiroki..."
Matsumoto, the manager, pondered for a moment and said:
"Give me his number in a bit, now think of any other friends whose names contain—"
"and many more!"
Kogoro Mouri suddenly raised his voice, interrupting Manager Matsumoto, and then said with a hint of shock in his voice:
"Manager Matsumoto, this is serious!"
"what happened?"
Manager Matsumoto was taken aback and pressed for an answer.
“Hiroki called me this morning and said that a mysterious person invited him to a banquet at the Crystal Sea Banquet Hall at 2 pm today. He also said that the mysterious person invited me as well, and the invitation was sent to him and asked him to pass it on.”
"In addition, there are several other people who were invited. Asahi Masayoshi's name contains the kanji 'nine', Sawaki Kohei's name contains the kanji 'eight', Koyama Nana's name is pronounced 'seven', Shishido Eimei's name contains the kanji 'six', and my name contains the kanji 'five'. Mr. Ford's name is pronounced roughly 'four', and Nishina Minoru's name contains the kanji 'two'. As for 'one' and 'three', I don't know!"
Kogoro Mouri, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, instantly analyzed everything, and then his voice became very heavy:
"Manager Matsumoto, the fact that these people are gathered together means that the murderer is no longer impatient with killing them one by one. He is probably planning to wipe out all the people in his plan at once!"
"That mysterious person..."
The already fierce-looking manager of the Matsumon Gate darkened as he thought of the mysterious person Kogoro Mouri had mentioned. That person must be the culprit who orchestrated everything, right?
At this moment, Xia Ye suddenly spoke up:
"That so-called mysterious person must be one of the people who attended the banquet. He should also be Uncle Mori's friend, otherwise he wouldn't know so much about the relationships around him!"
"Xia Ye?"
Kogoro Mouri was somewhat surprised.
However, he agreed with Xia Ye's statement:
"When Hiroki called me, he laughed and said that this banquet was definitely a prank by some friend who wanted to surprise everyone, so he decided to go without hesitation."
"The Crystal Sea Banquet Hall isn't cheap—"
Xia Ye thought for a moment and said (acac):
"Manager Matsumoto, could you check the bank card transaction records of those who attended the banquet? I remember that's easy to check, right?"
"Very easy to find!"
The administrator, Matsumoto, nodded.
He instructed his subordinates:
"Remember the names of those people? Go get authorization from Department Head Odagiri, then check their bank card transaction records!"
"understand!"
The officer picked up his police handbook, which he used for taking notes, and ran out of the office.
"Go and notify Departments One, Two, and Three to prepare to depart for the Crystal Cave!" Manager Matsumoto commanded sternly. "First, take those people under control, and then investigate slowly!"
"and many more!"
Xia Ye stopped the police officer who was about to go out to issue the announcement, and spoke into the phone on the table:
"Since that murderer gathered so many people at the Water Crystal, he must have been absolutely confident that he could kill the person he wanted to kill. Uncle Mori, are there any experts among those people who can take down all the others by themselves?"
"impossible!"
Kogoro Mouri simply denied it:
"Even Hiroki, who has the best physical attributes among them, is just a strong baseball player. How could he possibly have that kind of skill?"
“So, the killer doesn’t really have many options left.” Xia Ye started reasoning backward from the result: “Gun, poison, bomb, what else?”
"Brother Xia Ye, why do you think the murderer chose the underwater banquet hall in the crystal sea as the location for the murder?"
Conan's voice suddenly came through the phone. A smile appeared in Xia Ye's eyes. "I've been waiting for you to speak!"
"Because the banquet hall is located underwater, as long as the passage to the surface is blocked, the banquet hall becomes a closed space, and the murderer can do whatever he wants!"
“That’s right, Brother Xia Ye, I suspect the culprit wanted to—” Conan’s voice also became serious, clearly having considered the worst possible outcome!
"You want to destroy the water crystal, let seawater flood the banquet hall in the sea, and kill everyone, right?"
Xia Ye stated the result directly.
"What!?"
The Matsumoto manager looked shocked.
Wasn't it said that the murderer only wanted to kill one or a few of those people? How did it turn into wanting to blow up the entire artificial island?
Xia Ye looked at his naive and unworldly appearance and thought to herself: Isn't that how movies are? They blow up so many innocent buildings over such trivial matters. It's perfectly normal!
"We must stop him immediately!"
Manager Matsumoto glanced at the time; it was 2:10. The banquet inside the crystal should have already begun. However, the culprit probably wouldn't make a move just ten minutes into the banquet. Regardless of whether he intended to blow up the entire crystal, it was still not too late to stop him!
.....
On the way to Dongdu Bay.
More than a dozen Metropolitan Police Department vehicles of various colors merged into the traffic and headed towards Shuijing.
Because they were afraid of alerting the enemy.
The Metropolitan Police Department did not dispatch any police cars.
In the Toyota minivan in the center of the convoy, Miwako Sato, holding a laptop, reported to Manager Matsumoto:
"Officer Shimoda has contacted all the banks. The spending records of everyone else match their usual spending habits. Only that sommelier named Sawaki Kohei has had two large credit card transactions recently. One of them was deposited into the account of the company that owns the crystal, and the other—"
Miwako Sato frowned and said:
"Another remittance was sent to an unknown account, and this money was almost all of Ze Muping's remaining savings!"
"All your savings?"
Manager Matsumoto sighed, "He's risking everything, prepared to perish with everyone. What deep-seated hatred does he have for those people?"
"That's insane!"
Chapter 160 Suzuki Tomoko: Do you want Impart?
What deep hatred?
That's why Xia Ye said that the culprit in this case, Sawaki Kohei, was a lunatic.