Chapter 174 Osaka Serial Murder Case

Chapter 175 Osaka Serial Murder Case

After getting out of the car and ensuring their own safety, the three detectives immediately surrounded the body.

"Who is this..." Dad frowned subconsciously at the body in the car and asked.

"I don't know. He suddenly fell from above and landed on our car." As the host of this trip, Hattori took the initiative to answer. "From this building..." Halfway through his words, Hattori suddenly widened his eyes. It was not that another body fell from above, but that on the top of the building where the body just fell, there was a person looking down.

"Officer Sakata, please contact the police immediately!" Hattori ran towards the building, followed by Conan. After all, my father was a policeman and detective, so he didn't rush upstairs like the two young men, but immediately protected the scene and began to comfort the witnesses. On the other side, Sakata listened to Hattori's words and started to call the police, while I was holding hands with Xiaolan and watching from the side.

He Ye and Xiao Lan are both daughters of policemen, so they must have seen a lot of dead bodies before. However, for the person lying on the hood of the car, dead and stiff, the expressions in their eyes were not so much fear, but more of sympathy and sadness. Yes, for two kind-hearted girls, it was impossible for them to remain expressionless like me when facing the death of a person.

"Eh? Xiaoxun. Aren't you afraid?" After recovering from the shock, He Ye looked down at me who looked calm, then squatted down and asked me.

"Hmm? I'm not afraid." I answered calmly. Of course I'm not afraid. If I were afraid of this kind of situation, then my ten years of career as a killer would have been wasted.

"Hey, Xiaoxun is so brave." Heye had a relieved smile on his face. "Alas... It was supposed to be a good trip, but it was ruined by something like this..." After the smile, Heye's face was filled with frustration.

"It's okay, Sister Heye." I smiled to comfort her. I didn't care. After all, I just wanted to accompany Xiaolan and my dad to relax. Although this happened, I saw that Kudo was having a lot of fun, so I let him go.

Not long after, Hattori and Conan came down from the building, followed by a bald uncle in a bathrobe. However, this man was not the criminal who pushed the body down, but the owner of a cafe in the building. He went to the roof because someone called him and told him that there was a strange person upstairs and asked him to go up and take a look.

"In other words, the owner of this cafe was just a figure used by the real murderer to push the body down?" Dad frowned after hearing this.

"That's right," Hattori replied. "Just tie the body with a rope, then tie it to the railing on the roof, and wrap the body in a plastic bag. Then use the rope to secure it to the door at the top of the building. Then when the door is opened, the rope will fall off and the body will fall down. Judging from the stiffness of the body, the deceased should have been killed a day ago and then hung there."

"But this criminal is really bold." I said silently beside Hattori. "He actually threw the body directly at the police car. Do you think this is a coincidence or intentional?"

"It must be a coincidence." Conan replied.

"Yeah, I think so too." Hattori agreed. "But, this seems to be a warning from the murderer to someone."

"warn?"

"Warning?" Two children's voices sounded at the same time.
"The knife pierced the wallet and then went straight into the chest. This is exactly the same as the previous murder case."

"Before?"

"Before?" It was the voices of two children again.

"Ah, that's... eh?" Hattori was about to answer our questions when he heard an auntie's terrified cry from the back of the crowd. Turning around, he saw the auntie running towards her car in a panic. Hattori wanted to give chase, but the car started moving. No one here could catch up in such a short time just by running on foot, unless it was me. And even if it was me, I would probably be thrown away after more than half a minute because of the car's speed increase. Of course, I wouldn't chase after her. Anyway, I can find the person by writing down the license plate number. Why do I have to show off my strength? But it's okay this way, at least we have a target for our next stop - Osaka Police Station, Higashijiri Police Station.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Serial murder case?!" Dad asked seriously in the police station, "Are you saying that the deceased is the third victim?!"

"Yes." Hattori also frowned. "All three victims were killed by stabbing their wallets with knives and then stabbing their chests, but before that, the murderer strangled them to death. It is obvious that the latter action was intentional."

"Could he have been killed because of money?" He Ye expressed his opinion with his hands on his chin.

"No, that doesn't make sense." Hattori denied Kazuha's words. "The first person killed, Nagao Hidetoshi, was the manager of a supermarket. The second person killed, Nishiguchi Tayo, was the proprietress of a hotel, and the one who just died, Noyasu Kazuto, was a taxi driver. These three people couldn't have been involved with each other because of money. Apart from the method of committing the crime, these three people have nothing in common.

"Kaoru, do you have any ideas?" Conan asked me in a low voice, and even Hattori looked at me.

"...no idea."

"Hey, hey..." Conan narrowed his eyes. "Please help me. You don't want our trip to end like this, do you?" Conan put his hands together and said.

I held my forehead slightly. "You didn't check the records of the phone calls to the coffee shop owner, and you didn't check the backgrounds of the three dead people. Yet you're here asking me what I think. If I were you, I'd just sit here quietly and wait for news from the police. Once all this is clarified, you'll have your own ideas."

"That's... okay, but why do I feel like you're so listless today?" Conan wondered. "I remember you listened carefully to the case analysis during the previous cases."

"I don't know if it's the aftereffects of the last injury, but I've been feeling sleepy lately." I yawned in a very cooperative way. "Maybe it's because I got up too early today, I'm so sleepy now."

"Uh... It's really rare to hear you say you're sleepy." Conan twitched his lips.

Time passed by as we chatted, and soon Sakata came running towards us with a videotape, shouting, "Got it, Heiji. We found the commonality of the victims."

After we got the news of the common point, we all gathered in front of the video recorder to watch the video. The image played from the projector was a picture of a township councilor being watched by the media.

"What is this?" Hattori was puzzled. "Isn't this the news about Shitaro Aigo, who was a county councillor six years ago, being corrupt and malfeasant in the job?"

"Later, his secretary took the responsibility and resigned. The matter was dropped." Dad recalled. "I remember his secretary's last name seemed to be Nagao... Could it be the same person?!
"Yes, this person is Nagao Hidetoshi who was killed in the first place." Hattori nodded. "But what does this have to do with this case?"

"...So you, the famous detective of Kansai, really relied on your good looks to get to the top." I squinted my eyes and complained while pointing my finger at the driver on the screen. "This guy just left right under your nose. You forgot about it in a blink of an eye?"

"Driver? Huh?! Isn't this the third person who was killed, Noyasu Kazuto?" Hattori asked in surprise. "But you are really rude, kid." Gritting his teeth in hatred, Hattori still focused on the case. "Former secretary and former driver, it seems that this case is related to Goji Sotaro."

"Hey, Kaoru." Conan said quietly.

"Go ahead, don't try to pull me in, I want to go back to sleep. Haah~" I waved at Conan.

"...Okay, I'll leave this to you." Conan said and walked towards Hattori.

"Officer Sakata, let's go take a look together!" Hattori said as he pulled up his coat. After putting Conan inside, I was wondering, with so many people present, is it true that no one else could see it except me?

"I say, let's leave this kind of thing to the police. We don't need to..." The father, looking unsatisfied, tried to stop Hattori, but unfortunately failed.

"Please, this criminal has ruined your trip to Osaka. How can I let him go so easily?" Hattori straightened his baseball cap, and he seemed to have changed his soul. "He Ye knows how to get to our house, you should go back and rest first." Hattori waved at us.

"Wait a minute, Heiji!" Kazuha stopped Hattori, "Do you have the amulet with you?"

"Yes, I have it with me. Don't worry. See you later." After giving Kazuha a confident smile, Hattori turned and left.

"Amulet?" Xiaolan was slightly puzzled.

"It's the amulet I gave to Heiji. It can keep Heiji safe every time." Turning around, Kazuha looked proud.

"Is it really that effective?" Dad was somewhat disdainful of this kind of childish love game.

"I really didn't lie to you." Kazuha puffed up her cheeks in displeasure. "Once, Heiji forgot to bring that amulet with him, and he was seriously injured during the kendo tournament. That is his most important amulet, of which there are only two in the world."

"two?"

"Yes, it's the key that was used when Hattori and I were handcuffed together when we were kids. I secretly put the spare key into the amulet.

"Hey..." A gossipy smile appeared on Xiaolan's face.

"Ah, that." Kazuha suddenly blushed and hurriedly changed the subject. "By the way, I'll take you to Heiji's house. Xiaoxun looks very tired, let him go to Heiji's house to rest."

"Heh~ That's true." Seeing that Kazuha changed the subject, Xiaolan didn't ask any more questions, "Then let's go, Xiaoxun, Conan...eh? Where's Conan?"

"He just went out with Hattori." I said weakly.

"What?!" Dad was surprised. "Why does this brat always like to run around?" "Well, well, just let them go, uncle." He Ye waved his hands. "Anyway, let's settle this little guy first." He Ye pointed at me who was still yawning and looked listless.

"That won't do. We must find that brat and teach him a lesson this time." Dad insisted.

"Well, let me take you to the police headquarters to find Officer Otaki. He will take you to find Hattori. As for the kid, let him rest in the lounge in my dad's office." He Ye said generously.

"Eh? Is this okay?" Xiaolan blushed slightly. After all, it was the office of the chief of the criminal section.

"Okay, okay." With that, He Ye called Officer Otaki from the General Administration. In less than half an hour, a burly officer with a scar on his brow appeared in front of us.

"Hey, Miss Heye, long time no see." Officer Otaki greeted.

"Hello, Officer Otaki." He Ye also greeted. "I'm sorry to trouble you to come all the way here."

"No, no." Otaki smiled innocently. "So, where are we going next?"

"Well, let me introduce you. This is the famous detective Mr. Maori Kogoro."

"Ahem." Dad coughed softly, then stretched out his hand and said to Officer Otaki in a slightly serious tone. "Hello, I'm Maori Kogoro."

"Oh, you are the famous detective from Kanto, known as the Sleeping Maori Kogoro." Officer Otaki said in surprise. "Nice to meet you."

"Hello, I'm Mao Lilan." Xiaolan also bowed and greeted.

"And this sleeping child is called Mingya Xun." Kazuha finished speaking, and pointed at me who was already sleeping in Xiaolan's arms. "I'm sorry, Officer Otaki, we are now going to find Hattori and another child, Conan, so we want to put this child in Chief Toyama's lounge to rest first."

"Is that so? Well, no problem. Let's get in the car right away."

"Xiaoxun, Xiaoxun? We are about to leave. Wake up for a while and go back to sleep in the car later." Before leaving, Xiaolan gently shook me in her arms.

"Eh? Um..." Hearing Xiaolan's words, I opened my eyes in a daze, rubbed them, responded, and lay on Xiaolan's shoulder again.

"Really? He's really just a little kid." Xiaolan smiled gently, then walked out with her father and Kazuha.

The journey took less than half an hour and we arrived at the Osaka Police Headquarters.

"Then Xiaoxun, let's sleep here for a while. We'll go find Hattori and the others." He Ye took me, who was sleeping soundly, from Xiaolan's hands, and gently placed me on the sofa in the lounge, covered me with a blanket, and then said to Xiaolan and my dad.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you, Miss Yuanshan." Xiaolan bowed slightly.

"Well... don't be so formal." Okay, let's go. Kazuha said generously, and then Xiaolan, her father, Kazuha and Officer Otaki left. I was the only one left in the room, sleeping soundly.

. . . About two minutes later, there were some rustling sounds in the quiet room. I calmly opened my lavender eyes while still sleeping. Gently pulling away the blanket, I walked to the window and looked down. I saw my dad and his friends walking towards the police car they had just been in. Soon, the car started moving again and left the police station.

Seeing the car going further and further away, I put on a wicked smile. I turned my palm and a purple cell phone appeared in my hand. I quickly dialed a number.

"Moshi Moshi. Who is this?" A gentle voice sounded in my ears.

"Huh? Sister Hinata?" I was slightly surprised.

"Eh? Xiaoxun?" Hinata on the other end of the phone was also stunned for a moment, and then reacted. "Long time no see, Xiaoxun." Yes, the person who answered the phone was Hinata Xing, who regained her freedom with my help some time ago. Originally, this call was made to Shoulang. But it was Hinata who answered the phone. But when I think about it, Hinata is now Shoulang's official secretary. It is normal for her to answer the phone.

"Well, it's been a while since I last saw you, Sister Hinata." I said playfully. "How are you doing lately?"

"Well, thanks to you, I'm doing fine here. Thank you, Xiaoxun." Hinata said gratefully.

"Hey, it's okay. You're too polite, Sister Hinata." I replied. "Where's the skinny wolf?"

"Mr. Koga is playing with Sakura."

"This old guy seems to be living a comfortable life." I couldn't help but smile. "Well, Sister Hinata, please help me call him."

"Okay, wait a moment. Xiaoxun." Hinata quickly walked towards where the skinny wolf was with the phone. After a while, a sweet female voice came from the phone.

"Brother Mingya~"

"Hey~ Sakura, we haven't contacted each other for a long time." When I heard Sakura's sweet laughter, I couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"That's right... The last time I saw Brother Mingya was a long, long time ago." I could imagine Sakura pouting and looking angry on the other end of the phone.

"Sakura, be good. I'll come play with you after a while."

"Really?" Sakura asked excitedly.

"Of course. When I'm not busy these few days, I'll come to see you."

"Well, it's a deal then."

"Yes, it's a deal." I smiled. "Okay, give your dad the phone. I have something to tell him."

"Oh, okay~" Sakura handed the phone to Skinny Wolf obediently.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Mr. Liufeng." Skinny Wolf felt a little embarrassed.

"Pfft...it's rare that you have such a happy day." I couldn't help but laugh.

"No, no, it's all thanks to you." The thin wolf blushed and said, "Is there anything I can do for you this time?"

"Ah, do you have an informant in the Osaka Police Headquarters? Um... someone with a high position."

"Osaka Police Headquarters?" Skinny Wolf raised an eyebrow. "Yes, there is, but the position is not too high. Probably just a captain or something like that. What's wrong? Do you need help with follow-up issues?"

"How is that possible... When did I ever need that kind of thing?" I narrowed my eyes. "That's enough for the captain. Ask him to come to Toyama Ginjiro's office and find a way to get me out."

"Huh?" The thin wolf was startled.

"Well... I can't explain this kind of thing in a short time. Anyway, hurry up. Then I want all the people in Osaka Naniwa Bar to evacuate within six hours."

"Well! You mean, you are going to..."

"Ah, hurry up, I don't have much time."

"Okay! I'll order someone to do it right away!"

Beep... Beep... Beep...

"Hoo..." After a busy tone, I put down the phone and let out a long breath. "The detectives are all busy, and I'm finally the only one left." After saying this, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of my mouth again.

"さ... ゲームを开start めよう!"

(Then... the game begins!)

(End of this chapter)