A Sorcerer in the Detective World

It’s around nine o’clock in the evening, Aipado Town 4-chome.

With the efforts of the fire brigade, the fire in Zhukaku's house was finally put out, but the entire house was burned into ruins.

The fire brigade was ready to call it a day and retreat, while the police took over the scene and sealed it off. Some people entered first and started investigating. Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Uncle Mori surrounded Uncle Tiaozi who was guarding the gate and kept talking. Saying things like "Let's go in and have a look" and "I promise not to cause trouble", the uniformed policeman could only smile and wave his hands without even saying anything.

Conan and the others continued to wait shamelessly at the door, but they couldn't get in (no imagining). Shu Yunwen was sitting in the car of the office on the side of the road looking around. Suddenly, a male voice came from beside him:

"Okay, don't embarrass him here. This is a fire scene, not your investigation business..."

Listening to this familiar voice, Shu Yunwen turned around and looked over, only to see Officer Gong Chang walking from the side. At the same time, Uncle Maoli also recognized Officer Gong Chang. He said "Ah!" and said in surprise: "Are you... the fire dad from the First Search Section?!"

"Huh? Fire Daddy?"

What the hell kind of name is this?

Hattori Heiji had a question mark on his forehead, bumped Conan with his elbow, and asked in a low voice: "Conan, do you know that police officer?"

"Uh... we know each other." Conan had met Officer Gongzhang before. He nodded and replied in a low voice, "He is Officer Gongchang, from the Fire and Crime Section 1 of the Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department..."

After Conan finished speaking, Officer Gongchang also responded to Uncle Maoli with a look of displeasure: "Hey, hey, hey! Maori, how can you call your former boss Fire Daddy?"

Listening to Officer Gongchang's words, Conan couldn't help but let out an "ahh" and asked: "Previous boss? Wasn't Uncle Maoli responsible for investigating current criminals before?"

After hearing this, Uncle Maoli replied: "Well...that's because I once spent some time in the Crime Branch..."

Before Uncle Maoli finished speaking, Officer Gongzhang couldn't help but complained: "Yeah! You guys have caused me a lot of trouble before! When you see a fire, you just say yes, regardless of whether there is evidence or not. An arson case, rushing into the scene and making a mess of the evidence inside..."

When Officer Gongzhang said this, he moved his face directly to Uncle Maori and said: "...Do you know how many times I have been warned by people from the fire department?"

Officer Gongzhang finished speaking.

Uncle Maoli said "uh" and recalled his previous experience in the Fire and Crime Branch. He couldn't help but muttered: "Are you still talking about me? You are obviously the same, and you let me take the blame..."

"Huh? What are you talking about, Mauli?"

Officer Gongzhang frowned, and Uncle Maori immediately put on a flattering smile and said: "Hahaha...it's nothing! By the way, Officer Gongzhang, can you let us go in and take a look today? I won't hide it from you. Said, we have been at Zhujiao's house this afternoon, and now that something like this happened at Zhujiao's house, we need to investigate clearly..."

"Well... I don't think it's necessary." Officer Gong Chang shook his head, "My subordinates have just conducted a preliminary investigation and found the specific red horse statue at the crime scene. After investigation by the forensic department, The conditions are very consistent with the three previous fires in Tokyo, so it can be determined that the arsonist committed the case..."

After Officer Yunaga finished speaking, Hattori Heiji immediately asked: "Officer Yunaga, was the place where you found the red horse at the window on the right side of the house?"

"Ah? How did you know?"

Officer Yunaga was a little surprised, while Hattori Heiji narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said: "...We have only seen Officer Yunaga from our neighbor's house before. Even if we find a red horse statue in the phenomenon, we can't conclude that this is That serial arsonist did it, right? It’s possible that someone imitated the crime after reading the newspaper report!~”

After Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Officer Yumaga curled his lips and said: "Really, just looking at the photos in the newspaper, you can't make the same horse at all! Forensic personnel have already identified it, and the statue found here is the same as that found in previous cases. The statues found at the discovery site were made from the same mold! In addition, we have not found statues of the same horse for sale on the market, so we speculate that the prisoner thought the red horse looked good, so he produced it himself. The purpose is probably to provoke us..."

"...However, this guy is quite good at playing, and the more he plays, the better he gets. Now that a life has been caused, it is no small matter..."

After Officer Yunaga finished speaking, Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Uncle Mori were silent for a moment, and then Conan asked again: "Officer Yunaga, where is the origin of this fire?"

"Well... the fire started in the small room on the right side of the room. The red horse statue was also found in the window of that room. Judging from the traces of lamp oil spilled on the floor, the prisoner should have poured the lamp oil from outside the window. He entered the room and then set the house on fire..."

Officer Yunaga answered Conan's question, and then asked: "...By the way, Mouri, you said you were at Morokaku's house all the time in the afternoon, right? Did you find any suspicious people? We The police found many suspicious footprints outside the window of that room..."

"Uh...footprints?"

etc! The footprints at that location...seem to be the ones left behind when they investigated the yard in the afternoon? !

When they thought of those footprints, Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Uncle Mouri all said "Huh" with embarrassed looks on their faces, and were about to explain. At the same time, Shu Yunwen walked over from the side and said: "What...Officer Yun Naga" , I’ll report it! I think someone is very suspicious!~”

Hearing Shu Yunwen's words, Conan and Hattori Heiji all said "ha" and turned their heads to look over, with p-faces on their faces.

Damn it! Shu Yunwen, you guy... When we asked you if you had discovered anything before, you clearly said no, why did you find it again now?

Are you kidding us? ~

Conan and Hattori Heiji were depressed and wanted to vomit blood. Officer Yumaga's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "Shu-kun, who are you talking about?"

"Uh... well... this person is here now..." Shu Yunwen glanced at Soga Kaofu and Zhu Jiaoming who were surrounding the body of Ryoko Morokaku, and pointed with his hand:

"...He is Mr. Soga Fufu!~"