Natsume's Little Mister

"Oh, then it won't be an amusement park." Kudo Shinichi responded slowly.

People on the side: ...

The question is whether to go to an amusement park?

The problem is that the amusement park was actually bombed!

The sheriff couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up hastily and was about to go outside.

Random steps stopped him.

"Don't worry, I've notified the amusement park about the bomb, and it's probably resolved by now. It's just——Kudou-san, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to the amusement park today, they will be temporarily closed for renovation."

Edogawa ranpo said, and bit off half of the mango with a "owwow".

The sweetness of mango blooms on the tip of the tongue, mixed with a little bit of slightly sour yogurt, which neutralizes the sweetness just right, and I squinted my eyes in enjoyment.

The sheriff paused, took a long breath, and wiped the sweat from his brow.

Except for Natsume, the others were also startled, showing different reactions.

Only Natsume looked normal, without any worries, writing and drawing in the notebook with lowered eyes.

As the third member of Buteisha after its founding, he has been with Ranpo day and night for four years. It can be said that Natsume knows the existence of Ranpo best except for the president Fukuzawa Yukichi (Dazai Osamu is not counted as a monster) .

Although Luanpo usually looks like a child who can't grow up, but in business, he never loses the chain, but is extremely reliable.

Since he already knew about the bomb incident in the amusement park, he must have dealt with it properly and there would be no danger left.

Natsume was relieved.

And looking at Natsume and Ranbu, who were particularly calm and calm, the momentary anxiety in everyone's hearts was poured with cold water, and they calmed down.

Deputy Sheriff Baicun made a phone call, confirmed the facts as Ranpo said, and nodded to Sheriff Fujii.

"Okay, let's talk about this serial murder case. I don't know what the two famous detectives have to say, let's discuss it together?" The sheriff was sandwiched between the two people, feeling his ass was hot.

"You tell me to add." Ranpo said to Kudo Shinichi as a matter of course, biting the fruit.

And Kudo Shinichi didn't show any objection, he straightened his bow tie, coughed lightly and began to talk about his opinions.

"I have read all the reports of the crime scene. It is obvious that the burglary and the homicide are two groups. The burglary comes first, and the homicide comes second. According to the Eastern saying, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows."

Kudo Shinichi said while walking with his hands behind his back.

"In the case of burglary, you can find clues from inside the police station. There must be an insider."

As Kudo Shinichi was talking, he found that everyone's eyes fell on the person lying next to him.

Everyone gave Xinyi winks at the same time.

"Uh, it seems that Mr. Ranpo has found the ghost..."

Kudo Shinichi said something in embarrassment, and then quickly moved on to the next topic.

Mao Lilan smiled quietly behind him, it was really rare for Xinyi to look deflated.

"Hmm..." Kudo Shinichi suddenly froze. He originally wanted to find the ghost in his own way, and then use the ghost to find the group of burglars, follow the clues, lure the snake out of the hole, and finally catch the murderer.

It's just that the most difficult step (it's very difficult to mobilize the people inside the police station) has been solved by Luanbu. This method can be thought of by a person with a brain, and he doesn't seem to be skilled at all.

Kudo Shinichi was a little overwhelmed, feeling as if he had already been pretended.

"You came from Mihua Town?" Ranbu asked suddenly.

"Oh, yes, I'm here because of the serial murder case in Mihua Town.

Some time ago, two families in Mihua Town were murdered, but after I got involved, everything calmed down.I guessed that the murderer had already left Mihua Town, so after reviewing the surrounding cases, I found similarities between this theft murder case and the Mihua Town murder case.

These cases should be done by one person. "

Under the hint of Ranpo, Kudo Shinichi quickly said another piece of information he had.

"Can you tell me more about it?" Director Fujii asked. He attached great importance to such cross-regional cases.

"En." Kudo Shinichi nodded happily, then took out the USB flash drive from his backpack, and opened an encrypted copy of the file inside.

Several people silently gathered in front of the computer, and their faces were covered by the bloody photo.

Natsume pursed her lips and sighed a little depressed.

He has fought many curses, and the evils done by those curses are much crueler than this murderer, but none of them makes him feel as cold as the current case.

Cursing to be evil is completely different from doing evil to people. One is a devil in itself, and the other is a devil in human skin. Devils born from people's hearts are more chilling than real devils.

There are stumps everywhere in the photos, and the whole crime scene is as brutal as if it was attacked by wild animals.

"Look here, everyone." Kudo Shinichi pointed to the screen. On the screen was a set of comparison pictures, which were of Mikacho and Kagutsu Meteor Crater.

What was dragged out were contrasting photos of the young children in the family.

"If you observe carefully, you will find that the murderer's feelings for the children are particularly complicated. The children were the last to be killed, and while he killed them, he also groomed them after death, and the knife was very happy. , basically did not make the child suffer more pain."

"The murderer must not have the heart to kill them, right?" Many people have sympathy for the elderly and the young, and the sheriff thinks this is not a similarity.

"No, and on the contrary. From the murderer's point of view, he was saving the children by killing them."

It's not sympathy, it's anticipation and hope.

"We're going to find the murderer, a butcher who genuinely thinks he's saving children."

"And his final goal..."

Kudo Shinichi raised his head suddenly, and collided with Ranbu who was looking up from behind the crowd.

Luanbu nodded slightly.

"The target was him and his own children."

In the crowd, looking at the two well-known detectives who cherish each other, Natsume clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and the warm brown in his eyes sank.

Sure enough, the devil is in the world.