The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"What about the river? Is it possible that the murderer threw it out through the very tall glass window in the basement?" Conan raised his head and asked innocently with his big eyes open in a silly tone.

Lin Chiyu was silent for a while.

All I can say is that in order to guide them to think "naturally", Conan has had a very difficult life.

Suzuki Sonoko, on the other hand, was a little excited: "Right? I thought so too!"

Conan looked at her in surprise.

Mao Lilan explained: "Sonoko said that she heard the sound of something falling into the water in the river."

"Really?" Hattori Heiji was keenly aware that if there really was a witness, the difficulty of the case would undoubtedly be reduced by three levels, so he asked for confirmation.

"It's definitely not wrong!" Suzuki Sonoko was very sure.

"But..." She looked embarrassed again, "Although the police followed the advice and searched the river, they found nothing."

"There must be an accomplice!" Hearing this, Hattori Heiji said firmly: "It must be the accomplice who was waiting outside who took the opportunity to take the murder weapon away!"

"Isn't it possible?" Conan denied his speculation. "Today is a full moon, and the weather is very good. It's very bright outside. In addition, the angle of the location of the river, if there is really an accomplice who came to take away the murder weapon, Xiaolan and the others should have found it."

"That's right." Hattori Heiji discovered the negligence in his reasoning and felt a little discouraged. He cursed himself in his heart for being so reckless all of a sudden and even losing the most basic calmness of a famous detective.

Kyoto seemed to have a strange effect on him...

"I understand!" Uncle Maori's eyes became sharp.

"The murderer must be an outsider. Before Xiaolan and the others reached the terrace, he climbed in through the basement window and hid in the bathroom. He waited for Mr. Sakura to come to the warehouse and then appeared and killed him. Finally, he climbed out of the window and fled the scene!"

"So we didn't see anyone suspicious, Dad." Mao Lilan was a little embarrassed.

"The murderer was just lucky. He happened to escape from a tricky angle!" Uncle Maori said seriously.

From the looks of it, it's hard to tell whether he's drunk or not.

Anyway, the reasoning in both situations is equally outrageous.

Lin Chiyu thought about it, took out his cell phone, edited a text message and sent it out.

Conan, who was standing by, took advantage of his field of vision to notice his hand movements and looked over curiously, his eyes full of questions.

"Since there is no accomplice and the murder weapon was not found in the river, let's consider the possibility that the murder weapon was 'washed away' by the river. I will ask the people at the Kyoto Prefecture Water Conservancy Sorting System to pay attention. There may be a surprise."

"Wash away?" Suzuki Sonoko looked thoughtful, as if considering how to let the not-so-violent river wash away a knife.

"...I see!" Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly realized, "If the knife is short enough, as long as it is sealed in a plastic bottle with enough space, it will float on the water and be washed away by the river, and the murder weapon will naturally be lost at the spot!"

Lin Chiyu also poured cold water on him at the right time: "But don't hold out too much hope. You never know if it got caught on a reef somewhere, or got picked up by a homeless person or something. In that case, even if you pay special attention to it, it will be difficult to find any results."

"By the way," he suddenly asked Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, "What are your plans tonight? The Shinkansen back to Osaka has stopped running, so it will be difficult for you to get on the highway if you ride a motorcycle."

Hattori Heiji touched his head awkwardly: "I originally planned to return to Osaka early tonight, but too many things happened along the way, so I stayed until this point..."

"It's okay, we can just find a hotel nearby and stay for one night." Yuanshan Heye didn't care much. Although she didn't bring any spare clothes, she was not the kind of pretentious girl, so she could handle it for one night without any problem.

"That suspicious man has targeted you today, and I'm worried something might happen tonight." Rinshakiha shook his head, looked at Hattori Heiji, and expressed his concerns.

"What?" Toyama Kazuha finally realized the seriousness of the situation, "Heiji, you are being targeted by a suspicious person?!"

Hattori Heiji was ashamed and looked at Rin Shakuha with some resentment in his eyes.

He just didn't want this woman to worry like this, so he deliberately didn't tell her about this when they met up in the afternoon. But then Brother Lin revealed it to him directly...

"My idea is that you can stay at Fujiwara's residence for one night. I will arrange for someone to get you two new sets of clothes so that you can change them easily." Rin Chiyu suggested.

Toyama Kazuha agreed without hesitation. It was not for her comfort, but because she was worried that something might happen to Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji also considered it seriously. He was not such a pedantic person, so it would be better if it could be more convenient.

The main reason was that the sudden attack in the afternoon was so strange that it made him feel like he was really being targeted.

In the end, he chose to agree.

"Mr. and Miss Mori, would you like to come with us? There are still many empty rooms over there, and the hot spring bath was renovated not long ago." Rin Shakuha looked at Mori and his group again, but he ignored Suzuki Sonoko and Conan.

"Ah..." Kogoro Mori looked a little excited, as if he was imagining the comfort of soaking in the hot spring.

"We won't bother Brother Shakuba. We'll ask our father's Sannoji to arrange accommodation for us." Maori Ran pinched Maori Kogoro's hand and smiled sweetly.

If you ignore Uncle Maori's ferocious expression.

Suzuki Sonoko protested: "Why don't you ask me? Why don't you ask me?"

She came closer to Rin Chiyu and asked repeatedly, making her presence felt.

"...Come if you want, I'm not stopping you." Lin Chiyu pushed her aside helplessly.

Suzuki Sonoko jumped up happily: "Great!"

"Xiao Lan, you can come too. It's okay. Chi Yu said there are a lot of empty rooms, so they are empty enough for ghosts to live in. If we move in, it will bring some popularity to the house."

Mao Lilan hesitated for a while, but seeing that her best friend was in high spirits and Mao Li Kogoro was looking at her quietly, she nodded in agreement.

"That's troublesome, Shakuha-nii."

Kyoto does not have police officers like Inspector Megure who are used to relying on detectives. The Metropolitan Police Department is more accustomed to the rhythm of doing things on their own, so the departure of Mori and others has no impact.

If it were in Tokyo, Inspector Megure would have used an aggrieved yet hopeful look, trying to use his sense of morality to get them to stay and find the murderer.

However, even if Inspector Megure is really useful here, he is not very helpful. After all, many cases cannot be solved just by saying so, let alone a major serial murder case like this one.

It is normal to conduct an investigation for several days in a row.

It was obvious that only one car could not accommodate so many people, so Lin Chiyu called the old butler and asked someone to pick them up.

So the few of them had the opportunity to see the convoy of stretched commercial vehicles.

You know, during the last Osaka "Egg Protection Operation", the Suzuki Group only dispatched one car, which was quite low-key.

The visual impact of one car and a team of cars is obviously different.

After more than half an hour's drive with excitement, the group saw a "mansion" that was very much in the style of the local nobles of Kyoto.

Or--

Buildings.