The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"…The names of the victims you gave me do match the survivors on the sixth floor of the fire. The maximum number of people allowed in the elevator is indeed seven."

"As expected. I guess the last two residents on the sixth floor are Nanako Motogami and Kousuke Mizutani, right?"

"Good, it looks like you already have an idea, Kudo."

"If I hadn't, I wouldn't have asked you to skip class to help me investigate these things..."

Having said this, Conan slowly exhaled.

Some heavy shadows that were weighing on this matter seemed to have popped their heads out again at this moment.

"Among these dead, one person is a hidden member of an organization. I sent you the information. What do you think?"

Closing the notebook in his hand, Hattori Heiji heard the obvious lowness in his voice. After thinking about it, he did not take the initiative to respond.

He knew that Kudo's words meant that he had already figured out something, and now he was not seeking answers or approval, but more of wanting to find someone to talk to.

"University professor, restaurant chef, congressman's secretary, IT staff... To be honest, it was not until this moment that I realized that the members of the Black Organization I have come into contact with are from so many professions." Conan closed his eyes gently, "When I saw this information and knew it was related to the organization, my first reaction was, could they all be members?"

After investigating the organization for such a long time, it turned out that except for Gin, Vodka and other operatives who seemed to always be working for the organization, the occupations of other people were really spread across all walks of life.

From ordinary programmers to wealthy businessmen, even those who are temporarily unrelated to the organization, when they have some value, there will naturally be people who will tempt them with fame, wealth and power and make them realize this value.

These guys who suddenly jumped out of the shadows would always intensify his doubts time and time again, making him involuntarily become suspicious.

"Of course, my mind quickly told me that this was not realistic. What's more, if he was really a member of the organization, how could he keep sending flowers to Nanako Motogami just because of her death? He doesn't seem like the kind of person who can seek illegal benefits with a clear conscience." Conan raised his head and looked at the sky above him.

It was cloudy in Chiba Prefecture at the moment. Thin clouds blocked the sunlight, and a faint gray-blue color floated in his entire field of vision.

But if it weren't for this serial murder case, the person who sneaked in among them might have continued to be promoted and get a raise, and moved to a higher position, a more critical position, and then...

And then also become part of that organization's huge root system.

Just like Goro Akechi.

If it weren't for Tang Ze's relationship, this person probably would never have had the chance to step forward and become a detective, but when he really stepped out, his identity was completely different from the ordinary detective when he first arrived in Japan.

With his intelligence and wisdom, and taking advantage of his father's death and Pisco's death, he climbed to the top step by step, gradually becoming a frequent guest on TV and a darling of social media...

Hattori Heiji blinked, interrupting his subsequent rambling at the right time.

"There's no need to think too much now. Compared to this, I found a good store in Kyoto this time. Next time, you and Karasawa can come and try it together, Kudo."

Whether it's Adachi Toru or Akechi Goro, there's the shadow that's coming again, the pressure of the impending crisis...

Kudo, this guy, has been a little too tense lately.

The truth is likely to remain buried in darkness forever; there are always some things that are destined to never be fully understood.

That is why those who pursue the truth must not easily extinguish their own lights.

"Okay, I'll try." Conan came back to his senses from his wandering thoughts and smiled.

"It's a word."

After hanging up the phone, Conan lowered his head.

At this moment, he had just finished talking with Motokami Kazuki and was sitting by the railing in front of Motokami's house.

Today is the anniversary of Nanako Motogami's death, the day the youngest child of the family died. The entire house and the guests coming in and out can only see black and white, with a heavy and gloomy feeling.

He immediately saw the bouquet of flowers at his feet.

A lonely bunch of white chrysanthemums, wrapped in plastic paper, lay quietly against the door.

This was undoubtedly left by Mizutani Kosuke, and according to Motokami Kazuki's records, if the murderer had not killed the other survivors of the fire one by one, this place might have been filled with flowers and souvenirs sent by them and their families.

Hattori Heiji mentioned that it might be because the escape ladder was damaged during the escape and the elevator had a limit on the number of people on board. When the eighth passenger got on the elevator, the skinny Nanako Motogami was pushed out as a victim. This person was most likely Shuhei Jinno, who was shot with a gun next to him.

He doesn't think so.

Although saying this may be a bit of an underestimation of human nature, the fact is that guilt is also a negative emotion, and all negative emotions are things that a person instinctively does not want to face or confront.

If the victims have done something wrong, they may feel sad or blame themselves for the girls they killed in the first few months. Over time, the brain, trying to escape from such emotions, will try to make them forget this matter involving human lives, and it may even deepen into disgust and fear. This precedent is not uncommon in previous cases.

Perhaps the emotions that are beautified and deepened step by step with the passage of time must be positive.

This emotion is more likely to be one of gratitude than guilt.

Nanako Motogami, since her brother describes her as such a lovely, kind and worthy of all praise, in such an occasion where someone is destined to be left behind, will she be the sacrifice who takes the initiative to stand up?

Conan thinks the answer is yes.

If it were him or Xiaolan, they would probably make a similar decision and then find a way to escape.

If we infer this, then the biggest problem is...

Conan looked intently at Motokami Kazuki, who had seen off the guests and was standing at the door bowing meticulously, and narrowed his eyes.

I hope everything is not what he thinks.

It is actually a very sad thing that a brother who loves his sister deeply deprives the life of the person his sister saved with her own life, and also wipes out the kindness and possibilities that exist in the world.

Picking up his schoolbag, Conan was about to leave, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of something that Mizutani Kousuke had sandwiched in the bouquet.

A white envelope and a silver metal pendant.

Pendants of the Big Dipper and the Morning Star...

Conan slowly opened his eyes, and some similar patterns automatically overlapped and compared in his mind.

Immediately, he took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Hey, Huiyuan! Are you able to use the computer right now? Please help me compare the connections between these addresses on the map..."

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"What? On the Tanabata Festival three years ago, all the victims were in Kyoto?!" Maori Kogoro almost choked, "Didn't the previous investigation reveal something so important?"

"It's mainly because the travel and tourism records from three years ago are a bit troublesome to investigate. We also failed to find any results in interpersonal relationships, so we chose to start tracking this itinerary." Shiratori Renzaburo answered calmly.

In fact, it was because the previous unlucky fugitive suspect provided the tip about Dorobiga Park that reminded them to investigate the consumption records of the deceased.

As for other records, it is difficult to find any overlap after such a long time, but credit card consumption is much easier to check.

"Not only did they appear in Kyoto at the same time, but more accurately, they all stayed in the same hotel called Vega around the Tanabata Festival three years ago." Takagi Wataru, who was distributing the materials, took over and said, "We are contacting the Kyoto police to ask them if anything happened in this hotel. I think something must have happened three years ago that connected these people."

"Three years ago, in Kyoto." Ireland leaned back in his chair and answered weakly, "I know, there was a fire."

"Fire?! Vega Hotel?" Everyone looked at him.

"Oh, I almost forgot, you used to work in Kyoto." Sato Miwako glanced at him and said coldly.

Yes, if I wasn’t working in Kyoto, how would I have had the chance to hurt Tang Zejun?

Ireland wanted to roll his eyes at the policewoman who had been targeting him for the entire time, but he no longer had the energy to deal with her. He just continued, "This was a big deal. There was a problem with the firefighting, and two people were burned to death."

After a whole day of searching for Motogami Kazuki and Mizutani Kousuke, who might have killed Shindo Sumire, he still had no results. He was in no mood to argue with these policemen.

In this regard, Karasawa, who used his own name to make an appointment for Mizutani Kosuke and used Noah to block the tracking of certain phone calls, could only say that he had hidden his achievements and fame.

"Do you know the name of the deceased?" Megure Jusan stood up immediately.

"I don't remember. Just check the news. There must be reports about it."

Soon, the newspaper news investigated by Conan was placed on the projector and displayed in front of everyone.

"Nanako Motokami, a nurse, was very young when she died..." The police looked at the cute girl with a smile on her face in the black and white newspaper photo, and most of them became sensitive.

She is younger than all the victims in this case and seems to be gentle and easy to talk to. Such a person can easily become a victim in a scenario of escape and survival.

Soon, a call back from Kyoto confirmed this.

"The boyfriend of Nanako Motokami, the girl who died in the fire, had inquired about the details of this case two years ago. In addition, Hattori Heiji, a high school detective in Osaka, also inquired about the same information two hours ago." After answering the phone, Sato Miwako came back to report, but her eyes involuntarily drifted towards the direction of Ireland.

The person who called was Inspector Ayanokouji Fumimaro of the First Investigation Division in Kyoto.

Of course, his call was not just to report the situation.

"This kid Hattori has caused us a lot of trouble recently. For a wounding case, he and his father almost searched every police station in Kyoto. This guy is really..."

Just by hearing the key words "Kyoto" and "assault case", Sato Miwako had already guessed what Hattori Heiji was investigating without Ayanokouji saying anything more.

Just like the investigation they had done privately, it is very likely that Hattori Heiji felt that there was something wrong with Karasawa's case after contacting him, so he is using his own abilities and his father's power to try to investigate and collect evidence in order to create a possibility for Karasawa to have his case overturned.

"Speaking of this, Inspector Ayanokouji, do you know a policeman named Adachi Toru?" Sato Miwako remembered Adachi Toru's listless and lazy work style in the conference room, which was called investigation but regarded as surveillance, and couldn't help asking, "I heard that he is an expert in solving cases?"

"Hmm? Adachi? I don't know him." Ayanokouji Fumimaro raised his eyebrows and answered in a very subtle and somewhat literary tone, "If you know from where that there are police officers transferred from Kyoto recently, I advise you to be careful and cautious in what you say and do."

For some reason, the public security department has been paying special attention to the situation at the Kyoto Prefecture Headquarters in the past few months, conducting investigations and assessments, which has made them miserable.

It is also said that someone from the confidentiality department transferred the files and information of many Kyoto police officers for unknown reasons, saying that they were used for investigation and evidence collection. But privately, everyone felt that it was very likely that something big shot had happened, or that something had gone wrong within the Kyoto department, and that it was being urgently inspected by people from the central government.

If someone he has never heard of but claims to be a Kyoto police officer appeared recently, it is very likely that he was deliberately arranged by the confidentiality department.

The Special Higher Police are not like ordinary police. You have to be careful and cautious.

His tone was very subtle, with that hint of wanting to say something but stopping himself, so it naturally filled Sato Miwako's ears with room for imagination, making her feel a little frightened.

Could it be that there really is some big problem with Adachi Toru's identity, so much so that even Inspector Ayanokouji can only pretend that he doesn't know him and says that some things cannot be said directly?

"Hattori Heiji? Is he also paying attention to this case? I'll call and ask." Megure Jusan muttered softly, and after getting Matsumoto Kiyonaga's consent, he also made the call.

The answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"You said that Mahjong means elevator, and you inferred that the Mahjong tiles represent the positions of the other people in the elevator with Nanako Motogami at that time?"

The people in the conference room exchanged glances.

This actually corroborates their current investigation conclusions and is sufficient to explain the murderer's motive.

If the murderer was actually her boyfriend Mizutani Kosuke, who was seeking revenge on them because his girlfriend was abandoned by others and died in the fire, then the following situation would be logical.

"Then according to what you said, the murderer's revenge has actually been completed." Megure Jusan turned around and looked at the whiteboard covered with photos behind him, "After all, everyone who 'killed' this girl on Tanabata is already dead."

There were nine residents on the sixth floor at the time. Except for Nanako Motogami who died in the fire and Kousuke Mizutani who temporarily left the hotel and escaped the disaster, the other seven people were all staying here, neatly arranged.

"No, there may be one last one." Hattori Heiji looked at the photo of three people sent by Conan and shook his head, "And there is Mizutani Kousuke himself. If he hadn't left the hotel, maybe he could have escaped with his girlfriend."

He understood the meaning of Kudo sending this photo, but no matter whether the murderer was him or Motogami Kazuki...

Today is Chinese Valentine's Day.

Even if it was as a sacrifice to her death, the murderer certainly did not want Mizutani Kosuke to survive this night.

No matter which one it is.