Chapter 190 The shooting incident that year
Chapter 191: The Shooting Incident That Year
"What?! Dr. Agasa was also attacked!?" I didn't stay at my mother's place for too long, mainly because the atmosphere there was too heavy. Just after my mother burst into tears, Xiaolan walked into the room. Seeing my mother crying, she hurried forward to comfort and ask questions, but my mother evaded the question by saying that she missed her brother. So, the already awkward atmosphere became even more intense because of Xiaolan's gradually dimming eyes. So, after my mother ate the porridge cooked by Xiaolan, Xiaolan and I left. But before we got home, Xiaolan received a call from Conan. Only then did we learn that just one day later, Dr. Agasa was also killed by the criminal.

"Dad, we're here." More than ten minutes later, Xiaolan and I appeared in Dr. Agasa's ward together, and Dad, Conan, and Officer Shiratori had already arrived here. Dr. Agasa was wearing his pajamas, lying on the hospital bed, but his mental state seemed to be good, and he should not have suffered any vital injuries.

"Oh, thank you for your hard work." When my dad saw Xiaolan and I coming over, he nodded.

"Dr. Agasa, are you okay?" I walked up to Dr. Agasa and asked.

"Ah, fortunately, I was shot in the butt by the prisoner with a crossbow. It's just a flesh wound, nothing serious." The doctor lay on the bed and smiled bitterly.

"What? If I hadn't called you, that crossbow arrow would have shot through your stomach." Conan couldn't help but complain.

"What's the specific situation?" I frowned slightly and turned to Conan.

"Well, Conan has just told us about his sudden inspiration. Now let him say it again." Dad thought for a while and then said to us. After all, the victims of this incident are all acquaintances of Xiaolan and me, so we should also have the right to know.

"Yeah." Conan nodded, and then took out a paper prop that looked like a Mobius strip from his pocket. "I found this in the doctor's yard after he was attacked. I think this was done by the same person who attacked Officer Megure and Aunt Eri."

I looked closely at what Conan was holding in his hand, frowned, and seemed to have caught something. Seeing that I was confused, Conan didn't keep me in suspense and continued.

"These three props remind me of playing poker. Poker with the spade suit." Conan took out a few photos. "The first person attacked, Officer Megure's name is Megure Jusan. Jusan means King, and the sword in the King's hand looks very similar to the paper sword left at the scene, doesn't it?"

Looking at the photos in Conan's hand, my mind instantly grasped the key point. It turns out that the order of attack is based on the playing cards.

"Similarly, Aunt Eri's last name is Princess, which means Queen. That means Queen of Spades, which means Twelve. And the paper flower left in the chocolate packaging is the same as the flower on Queen of Spades. As for Professor Agasa, if you take apart the '士' in his name, it is Eleven, which means the Knight in Jack of Spades. The sword-like thing he holds is exactly the same as the one I picked up at the doctor's house, so I think the criminal committed the crimes in the order from King of Spades to Ace of Spades."

"But why is it spades?" Xiaolan was puzzled.

"Spades represent death," Officer Shiratori explained. "Similarly, hearts represent love, diamonds represent money, and clubs represent happiness."

"But the most important thing..." I frowned, "All these victims are people we know."

"To be precise, they are all people my uncle knows." Conan said seriously.

"Hmm?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Well, although the victims nowadays are all people we know, the ones who have the most connections should be uncle." Conan analyzed. "Sister Xiaolan is kind-hearted and has never entered society, so no one would choose her for revenge. And you and I are both elementary school students, not to mention. Although Aunt Eri is a lawyer and will inevitably offend people because of the lawsuit, compared to uncle, the victimization of Inspector Megure should be more directly related to uncle."

"Hmm... Dad, is it five?" I looked at my dad who was still thinking, and my expression couldn't help but become a little colder.

———————————Detective Conan The Movie: The Fourteenth Target—————————————

"Brother Mori." Just as everyone was thinking, Inspector Megure had already arrived.

"Inspector Megure? Why are you here? Is the wound okay?" Dad asked in surprise.

"Ah, it's already been stitched, so it's nothing serious." Officer Megure smiled. Facing this series of crimes, Officer Megure was in no mood to rest in the hospital. "I have a general understanding of the case. The criminal is most likely Murakami Jō." "Murakami Jō?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Ah, Murakami Takeshi is a dealer in a casino. He was arrested for murder ten years ago and was just released on parole last week. This photo shows what he looked like ten years ago." As he spoke, Officer Megure took out a slightly old photo from his pocket. In the photo, a man with a middle-parted hair was silently dealing cards at the table with a professional smile on his face. That smile seemed to see through everything on the table.

"Murakami?" Dad's face froze. "If it's him, he does have reason to hate me."

"Why?" Conan asked.

"Because I was the one who arrested him ten years ago."

"Now that you mention it, I do have some impression of this incident." Shiratori said after thinking about it. "I remember that after the man was taken to the police station..."

"Shiratori! Don't mention that again!" Inspector Megure sternly stopped Shiratori from speaking before she finished speaking, leaving everyone confused.

"But, if it was Murakami Jō, why didn't he come and kill me directly? If he wanted revenge, he should have come directly to me!" Dad was a little emotional. After all, this time his lover almost lost his life.

"I think he did this because he wanted to torture you and make you feel great pain," Inspector Megure analyzed.

"No." I said silently in my heart. If it was really that Murakami-jo who was targeting my father, he who had just been released from prison could not have known what my mother's favorite chocolate was. And he had only contact with my father for a crime ten years ago. How could he have found out who my father's acquaintances were within a week? Even if Inspector Megure was there at the time, even if the relationship between my mother and my father was easy to investigate, then what about Dr. Agasa? Moreover, if it was targeting my father, why did they follow the order of playing cards? Where did they find so many people who were familiar with my father and whose names had numbers? My father's name is Maori Kogoro. If we follow the order, it will end at my father's five, so what about the first four? Is it just to make up the number to avenge my father? Wait... Make up the number? What if my father's five is just to make up the number! What if the criminal only wants to kill a few of the thirteen people! Using my father as a cover, then Inspector Megure's thirteen, my mother's twelve, and Dr. Agasa's eleven, are all to cover himself?

I suddenly realized. Indeed, this case involves too many things. If the criminal is Murakami Jaku, how did he get so much information in such a short time? If the criminal is not Murakami Jaku, then investigating the people and things my father has encountered recently should explain it. Or it may be my guess just now that among these thirteen targets, only one or a few are the main targets, and the others are burial objects! At the same time, I also thought of this incident in my mind. It should be possible to investigate from three different starting points. One is Murakami Jaku. As the first suspect, he needs to be investigated no matter what. The second is the people and things that my parents have encountered recently. I need a lot of information for this. The third is to wait for clues with my father and Conan, but in this way, it is equivalent to synchronizing with Conan's investigation. After thinking about it, I decided to investigate this matter myself, so, while everyone was not paying attention, I flipped my phone and sent a text message quickly.

"By the way, uncle, is there anyone you know whose name contains the number 10? Maybe the next person to be attacked will be that person!" Conan asked his dad right after I sent a text message.

"Hmm..." Dad thought with his chin in his hand, and then said in surprise. "Ten, ten... Miss Towako?!"

After confirming the target, we hurried to the bar in Ginza where Miss Towako was. After entering, my father saw Miss Towako and rushed over without saying a word, leaving us all staring at Hanyueyan with contempt. However, it was my father and Officer Megure's job next. Seeing that Miss Towako was fine, Officer Shiratori drove to take us home first.

"Hey, Officer Shiratori." In the car, Xiaolan spoke uneasily. "What did you want to talk about in the hospital today? It was about Murakami."

"Eh? Oh..." Shiratori looked at us through the rearview mirror, and then said slowly. "As for that incident, you will know it even if you investigate it. I will just tell you straight. This is what my senior told me." Shiratori's face became a little solemn. "About ten years ago. When Mr. Maori was still a junior police officer, he and Inspector Megure of the headquarters, oh, at that time Inspector Megure was still a candidate for the position of inspector general. Anyway, it was the two of them who arrested the murderer Murakami. Just when they took Murakami back to the police station to take a statement, Murakami suddenly said he wanted to go to the toilet. So Mr. Maori and the inspector asked other police officers to take him there, and the two of them smoked at the door of the interrogation room. At that time, Miss Xiaolan, your mother happened to bring you some clean clothes for Mr. Maori. However, at that time, an accident happened. When Murakami was in the toilet, he took the police officer's gun away and injured him when he was not paying attention, and then..."

"They held my mother hostage!" Before Shiratori finished speaking, Xiaolan's body suddenly trembled. "I remember that incident."

"Xiaolan..." Looking at Xiaolan's slightly trembling eyes, I couldn't help but feel Xiaolan's trembling emotions at this moment.

"That was ten years ago, not long after my brother disappeared." Xiaolan fell into memory. "That day, my mother and I went to look for my father, and at that moment, the man named Murakami held my mother hostage with a police gun. In order not to affect the investigation, my father handed me over to Officer Megure, but when I was taken away by Officer Megure, gunshots rang out behind us. When I looked back, I saw that the gun in my father's hand was smoking, and my mother fell down. Then, my father shot again and subdued Murakami. I actually forgot about this matter. But why, why did my father shoot?"

Dad shot Mom? After listening to Xiaolan's words, I frowned slightly. As a policeman, Dad would never shoot if there was no special reason. And the purpose of his shooting... After I thought about it, I smiled slightly. Well, it must be to save Mom. However, if Dad really shot Mom, the wound should be on the leg. However, people here should not know, right?
"Maybe Mr. Maori was confident in his shooting skills. He thought he could avoid the hostages and hit the murderer, but the bullet hit your mother." Officer Shiratori said seriously. "That incident caused an uproar in the police station at the time. Not long after that, Mr. Maori also announced his resignation.

"Dad..." After hearing what Shiratori said, Xiaolan's eyes fluctuated even more. Beside her, Conan and I were looking at her quietly, each with our own thoughts in our hearts.

(End of this chapter)