Stay away from Conan

Chapter 666 Him! it's him

In this way, after answering Conan's words seemingly helplessly, Hattori Heiji calmly continued to walk forward, but at this time, his mind felt very shocked——

"This guy... asked this just now, did he already think that the murderer might attack Miss Omu? Moreover, it is impossible for him to have communicated with anyone before I gave those hints. Is it possible that he really It will be..."

Frowning tightly, Hattori Heiji still had doubts about his conjecture, and then came to the downstairs restaurant where everyone was gathering at this time.

At the same time, looking at Hattori Heiji's indifferent expression, Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes at Hattori Heiji, who had his back turned to him——

"Damn it. This guy should have known the truth before he said what he just said! What is he trying to do?"

Helplessly, Conan followed in the footsteps of Hattori Heiji and came to the restaurant——

"Eh? Where is Miss Omu?"

However, when the two came to the restaurant, they saw that there was no figure of Omu Ayako among the people present. So they were surprised and Conan asked everyone.

"She went for a walk outside."

To this, Kogoro replied speechlessly.

"ah?"

Hearing this result, both Conan and Hattori Heiji were shocked——

"We stopped her..."

In this regard, Xiaolan and the astrologer Maria Toda on the side explained helplessly:

"But she said, 'There will be no more murders,' so..."

"Ah, don't worry, there's nothing to worry about."

At this time, Toba Kento explained with a faint smile:

"After all, the suspects are all in this room."

"Just stay here and nothing will happen."

Fujisawa Toshiaki also agreed with this statement and said at the same time, Kawazu Ikuo was also very relieved about the current situation and said:

"As long as the rest of us stay here, no matter how powerful the suspect is, he will never have another chance to kill someone. Just wait until dawn and then send someone to the station to report the crime."

However, seeing everyone's reassuring attitude, Conan's expression suddenly changed——

"At this time..."

His brain was thinking rapidly. Seeing that someone present had such an attitude, Conan began to analyze the other party's possible methods of attacking Miss Oki Ayako. Then without any hesitation, Conan turned around and ran towards the outside of the house——

"Conan!"

Seeing Conan's sudden change in expression, Xiaolan called Conan's name in surprise:

"Where are you going!"

However, Conan, who didn't even look back, had no time to pay attention to Xiaolan's shouts. He didn't even have time to change his shoes, so he rushed out of the house and ran towards the parking garage next to the hotel.

Compared to him, Hattori Heiji's reaction was much calmer. After seeing Conan's reaction when facing such a scene, his suspicions deepened. Then, Hattori Heiji ran quickly. Then, he ran towards the direction Conan left——

At the same time, in the garage next to the main house of the hotel, because the lights were not turned on in the garage, a slender figure was looking for something in the darkness next to another car left in the garage.

I saw that after this figure finally found the door handle in the back of the vehicle through groping, the figure couldn't help but feel happy. Feeling very proud, he stretched out his hand to open the door in the back, and then the figure pulled the entire upper body He reached into the car and started groping around in the back seat of the vehicle.

However, after searching carefully for a long time, the figure could not find what he was looking for in the back seat. Therefore, due to the darkness of the garage at this time, he could not see the situation inside the car at all, so he could only Feeling around based on the feel of his hand, he was a little anxious, and finally took out something from his pocket——

"No! You can't ignite it! Can't you smell the strong smell of gasoline in the garage?"

However, at this moment, the panting Conan finally arrived here and shouted to the figure in the garage——

"If you light a fire now, the whole garage will explode! So, never light a lighter!"

After saying that, the figure in the garage who had already put his hand on the lighter couldn't help but be startled after hearing Conan's words. Then he noticed with fear and horror the smell of gasoline in the garage that he had become accustomed to. , and started to tremble in panic.

"In short...Miss Ogi Ayako, you really know who the murderer is, right?"

However, just as Conan said this, another voice came from behind Conan——

It's Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji, who had his hands in his pants pockets, slowly came behind Conan and said calmly to the figure who had already arrived in the garage.

And as expected, the figure who was looking for something in the garage without turning on the lights finally gave up searching after hearing the words of the two people outside the garage, and the figure slowly walked out of the garage, and it turned out to be him. Oki Ayako, who just said she wanted to go out for a walk——

"You...how..."

Dazedly, looking at Conan and Hattori Heiji who appeared here and persuaded themselves without lighting a lighter, Oki Ayako asked at a loss -

"Ah...because..."

In this regard, Conan paid attention to Hattori Heiji next to him, looking a little embarrassed as he thought about how to organize his words, and then said slowly:

"Because the cars in the garage have all drained of gasoline, so the garage is full of volatile gasoline. And Sister Ayako, you brought a lighter for smoking, so I'm worried that Sister Ayako will accidentally light a fire in the garage. ... Because I have seen similar situations on TV. If you light a fire in a room full of volatile gasoline, it will cause an explosion. "

Helpless, he could only say this. Conan rubbed the back of his head, and then rolled his eyes at Hattori Heiji beside him. He felt that he had clearly figured out the cause and effect of the matter, but he did not rush here as soon as possible, leaving him with no choice but to do it first. Come over and stop it, and in this case, you will have to give an explanation.

At the same time, seeing that the matter had come to this, Conan thought that since Hattori Heiji had also followed, it meant that he had indeed understood the truth of the whole matter. So now, as long as he gives an explanation and lets Ooki Ayako correct the murderer , everything will be revealed.

So, Conan turned to look at Hattori Heiji and asked with an innocent expression:

"By the way, Brother Heiji, why do you say Sister Ayako already knows who the murderer is?"

--snort! Let’s see how long you can keep pretending!

Conan thought so in his heart.

Regarding this, Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan's statement, then naturally looked at Ayako Oki, and said slowly:

"After all, Miss Omu said she already knew who the murderer was, but she suddenly changed her story after a while. I felt there was something wrong with it. I thought maybe the murderer had threatened Miss Omu, so that's why she was like this Well... As for why I came here, little brother, I just came because I saw you running out in a panic, otherwise it would be very dangerous for you to come out alone!"

As he said that, Hattori Heiji glanced at Conan's expression at the moment.

I saw that Conan couldn't help but become very depressed after hearing that Hattori Heiji did not directly explain the truth of the incident.

Then, Hattori Heiji continued to face Omu Ayako:

"So, Miss Omu, have you really communicated with the murderer?"

In this regard, although Hattori Heiji did not directly explain the details of the incident he had, but since Oki Ayako was caught abnormally looking for something in the garage at this time, Oki Ayako could only give an answer.

However, after just being stunned for a moment, Oki Ayako's expression looked a little panicked. Then she waved her hand helplessly, took out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to Hattori Heiji, sighing:

"Actually... I just found this note in the toilet, so I thought I could come over and look for it to see if I could get the first edition. But I didn't expect that this was the murderer's trick..."

After saying that, Omu Ayako showed a scared expression.

In this regard, Conan and Hattori Heiji were shocked when they heard what Oki Ayako said, and then they both looked at the note handed over by Oki Ayako.

I saw a sentence written on the note in printed font——

"If you want that book, come to the garage at five in the morning. It's under the back seat of the car."

——"So, you didn't change your story because you were threatened by the murderer. You just came to this garage because you found this note and wanted to keep the first edition of the book for yourself?"

With his brows furrowed, Hattori Heiji was surprised by the reason given by Ogi Ayako and asked in reply. At the same time, Conan also showed a solemn expression——

In this regard, Oki Ayako said calmly:

"Indeed... I selfishly want the first version, but as for who the murderer is... I'm sorry, I really don't know. What I said before about knowing who the murderer is is just my misunderstanding."

After finishing speaking, it seemed that he really felt that his unauthorized actions had brought trouble to Hattori Heiji and others. He looked a little apologetic and continued to everyone:

"Sorry, I will confess my selfishness to everyone, and the note I picked up in the toilet... I have caused you trouble."

With that said, Omu Ayako turned and walked towards the main room of the hotel.

Upon seeing this, neither Hattori Heiji nor Conan continued to ask about Ayako Oki's statement. They just watched her leave. Doubts arose in their hearts——

It was my own thinking that was wrong...

Or even though Omu Ayako knew that the other party wanted her life, she still chose to protect the other party...

These two possibilities were analyzed back and forth in the minds of the two, but due to the lack of the most critical evidence that could name the murderer, the two could only suppress the matter for the time being——

"But at least... I still saved her..."

Faced with the current situation, although he had great doubts about Ayako Oki's statement, since the murderer's plan had not succeeded, Conan felt that his actions just now were still meaningful——

"Hey... Indeed, the murderer took advantage of Miss Omu's habit of smoking and carrying a lighter with her, and used the first edition as bait to guide her to the garage to find books, and then killed her. This method itself is not bad..."

At this time, listening to Conan's statement, Hattori Heiji said slightly calmly:

"However, when investigating the condition of the only remaining car, there was such an obvious smell of gasoline in the garage... To ensure safety, I had already ventilated it. And the murderer has been with us since then, It is impossible to pour gasoline again. Although the smell of gasoline is still difficult to completely dissipate, the concentration of volatile gasoline should not be enough to cause an explosion, so even if we don't rush over, nothing will happen to Miss Ayako."

As he said that, Hattori Heiji looked at Conan with a slightly satisfied look.

--"What!"

In this regard, after listening to Hattori Heiji's statement, Conan couldn't help but feel horrified. He didn't notice that Hattori Heiji had already taken precautions against the second incident arranged by the murderer, which inevitably made him so anxious just now. The behavior of running away became extremely ridiculous——

"This guy! He didn't say anything like this earlier!"

Feeling displeased, Conan secretly glanced at Hattori Heiji again.

"Oh, it's mainly because I just heard from the detective brother about a secret room fire incident not long ago. The murderer used the body of the deceased to undergo changes due to muscle atrophy after being burned to create a secret room... So, regarding fires and other things, It’s hard to avoid being overly cautious.”

Seemingly feeling a little emotional, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but said——

"If the detective brother hadn't mentioned that case to me before coming here, so that I could think of a lot of things when facing this incident, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to do this... I had to. "If I hadn't paid too much attention to whether Kudo Shinichi would come and remembered what the detective said at that time, maybe even the hotel owner wouldn't have been in trouble. I was just careless!"

In response to this, Hattori Heiji slowly walked towards the main room of the hotel with sharp eyes, determined to find the murderer of this incident. At the same time, he had to find a way to confirm the matter about Kudo Shinichi——

"This child... is really too weird!"

…

"What! This note..."

Soon, when Conan and Hattori Heiji also returned to the main room of the hotel from the garage, they heard Toshiaki Fujisawa slapped the table with a look of horror in the restaurant where everyone was gathered and said:

"Look... I also got this note! If I go first, I will be the one who dies!"

At this time, Toshiaki Fujisawa, who seemed to be frightened because Ayako Ogi had returned and confessed to everyone about the note and the fact that the garage was filled with volatile gasoline, immediately informed the others of the clue that he had also received the note. attracted everyone, which made the atmosphere present more solemn——

"Indeed...this is the same note as Miss Ayako's..."

Looking at the note that Fujisawa Toshiaki took out, Kogoro looked at the two notes and made this judgment. Then he looked around everyone and asked:

"So...has anyone else received this kind of note?"

In this regard, after hearing this, the rest of the people who came to participate in this tour group looked at each other nervously, but in the end the rest of them shook their heads and denied that they had ever received such a note.

"Perhaps only Mr. Fujisawa and Ms. Oki, who carried lighters with them, received this kind of note."

After roughly understanding what happened in the house, Hattori Heiji analyzed it this way:

"After all, if the murderer wants to use gasoline in the garage to blow up people, the other party must create a source of fire!"

"Oh, it does make sense..."

After listening to Hattori Heiji's analysis, everyone nodded in affirmation.

"But if that's the case, who would want to kill you?"

Astrologer Maria Toda wondered.

"Well, there are many possibilities."

Kogoro analyzed this casually:

"It's possible that all this was designed by the shop owner... By faking his death, he wanted to kill those of you here who wanted to steal his first edition, so that he could keep that precious copy. Book!”

"What the hell are you talking about! We saw with our own eyes that the shopkeeper fell off a cliff while sitting in his car. How could the shopkeeper survive in that situation? A detective like you will only make things worse. It’s just getting worse!”

After listening to Kogoro's analysis, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but retorted loudly——

"How rude!"

But in this regard, Xiaolan couldn't help but angrily retorted after hearing Hattori Heiji say this about her father:

"My dad solves the case successfully every time! He always looks like he's asleep when he solves the case, so everyone calls him 'Sleeping Kogoro'! Right, Dad!"

"kindness……"

Seeing Xiaolan defending herself so forcefully, Kogoro couldn't help but responded with a hint of embarrassment.

But hearing this, Hattori Heiji was suddenly startled, and then pulled Xiaolan aside——

"Come here!"

"what?"

Xiaolan, who was being pulled by the arm, felt a little strange and asked, but she was still forcefully pulled aside by Hattori Heiji.

Such a thrilling situation surprised Conan who saw this scene. He couldn't help but move forward to hear what Hattori Heiji wanted to do——

"Where was that guy when your dad solved the case?"

In a low voice, Hattori Heiji was a little nervous. He seemed to be surprised by his guess, but he still asked.

"What?"

Puzzled, Xiaolan asked.

"He's just sneaking around you every time..."

As Hattori Heiji spoke, he suddenly noticed Conan who was eavesdropping on his conversation with Xiaolan at his feet, so he pulled him up, held Conan's back collar, and lifted Conan in front of Xiaolan. ——

"He! It's him!"

Carrying Conan who looked panicked, Hattori Heiji asked urgently...

I didn’t expect that it took me nearly 5,000 words to write this…