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Inspector Megure tried hard to forget what Aragaki Yu had just said, and his face returned to a serious expression: "But it's too early for us to be happy."
"Huh?" Everyone snapped out of their daze.
Inspector Megure explained, "The amount of explosives seized is only a quarter of the total amount stolen a few days ago."
Kogoro Mouri stroked his chin, his expression also turning serious: "So, the culprit still has nearly three-quarters of the explosives."
Meanwhile, Conan and Professor Agasa in the room also turned grim.
Only Yuu Aragaki didn't show any surprise, because he knew that in the original series, Teiji Moriya used the last bomb to blow up the Miura Building.
That's right, it's the place where Ran and Kudo made a promise to watch the midnight movie "The Legend of the Red Thread" together.
However, Yuu Aragaki could not tell the police this directly because he had no way of explaining how he knew all of this.
Just then, Officer Shiratori returned to the ward with his investigation results and reported to Inspector Megure: "Inspector Megure, I have investigated Chief Okamoto's son, Kohei Okamoto, and I can confirm that he left Tokyo early this morning and headed to Izu."
Inspector Megure's face darkened as he analyzed, "So, it has nothing to do with him then."
While this cleared Okamoto Kohei of suspicion, it also meant that the police had lost all leads regarding the murderer.
"Also, officer, regarding this bomb incident..." Officer Shiratori was about to ask about the bomb on the Loop Line train.
Before the question could be finished, Inspector Megure preemptively answered, "It's already resolved. This time, it's all thanks to Aragaki-kun."
However, when Inspector Megure mentioned this, Inspector Shiratori noticed that everyone in the ward except for Yu Aragaki had a strange expression.
"What... is going on?" Officer Shiratori wondered.
Before Inspector Shiratori could think further, Inspector Megure continued, "The next problem is the remaining explosives and the criminals!"
"Based on the current data, we know that the prisoner's residence is definitely not around the five bomb sites on the ring road. I believe everyone will agree with that," Kogoro Mouri suddenly declared confidently.
"Hmm?" Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori looked at Kogoro Mouri with a puzzled expression.
Conan, Yuu Aragaki, and Professor Agasa all looked puzzled.
"Isn't that how it is?" Seeing that no one understood what he meant, Kogoro Mori couldn't help but gesture excitedly with his hands. "Think about it, if those bombs exploded, the train would be blown to pieces, and the affected area would definitely not be small. How could he possibly have planned to place them near his own house!"
After hearing what Kogoro Mouri said, Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori both rested their chins on their hands, feeling that there was some truth to what Kogoro Mouri said.
Only Aragaki Yu felt somewhat speechless. Although Kogoro Mouri's analysis was logically correct, what was the point of eliminating those five places?
"Oh, right!" Kogoro Mouri suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became even more excited. "The reason why the culprit stopped the pet carrier's timer today must be for the same reason!"
"Hmm?" Conan suddenly paused, recalling the scene at the time. "If we really have to say it, the closest places to there at the time were the children's park and the apartment building next to it."
“That’s right! I think that prisoner lives in that apartment!” Kogoro Mouri analyzed confidently.
Noticing Kogoro Mouri's confident demeanor, Inspector Megure said to Inspector Shiratori without hesitation, "Alright! Let's head to that apartment now!"
Aragaki Yu: "..."
……
More than half an hour later.
"Couldn't find it?" Kogoro Mouri asked, somewhat surprised.
Inspector Megure, who had returned to the ward, sighed and replied, "Yes, we checked not only that apartment, but also the houses in the neighborhood."
Officer Shiratori, who was standing nearby, concluded, "None of them could be the criminals."
Full of anticipation, only to find that his reasoning had been proven wrong, Kogoro Mouri lowered his head in frustration: "Ah, I see..."
"By the way, Inspector Megure," Conan, lying in his hospital bed, suddenly asked, "where exactly did the culprit plant the ring-shaped bomb?"
"Hmm, what kind of place?" Inspector Megure scratched his head and thought for a moment. "It's just an ordinary residential area... Oh, right, there was a bomb planted on the bridge, the Sumida Canal Bridge."
"Installed on a bridge? Sumida Canal Bridge?" Conan looked puzzled, feeling a little unfamiliar with the name of this type of bridge.
“Conan, isn’t that the bridge we saw in the photos in the exhibition room of the Moriya Teiji family?” Aragaki Yu suddenly spoke up, breaking Conan’s reverie.
"Huh?" Conan looked at Yuu Aragaki in surprise, only to see him pointing to the television screen in the ward that was playing the news.
The television screen was showing a picture of the Sumida Canal Bridge.
"!!!"
After confirming the appearance of the Sumida Canal Bridge on the television screen, Conan sat up in shock from his hospital bed and said to Kogoro Mouri, "Uncle, is this bridge designed by Master Moriya?"
"Huh?" Kogoro Mouri glanced at the TV screen, scratched his head, and replied somewhat embarrassedly, "I don't know either."
“That’s right, it was designed by him.” Officer Shiratori, who had been standing behind the group, suddenly spoke up. “It was indeed designed by Teiji Moriya. This bridge was completed in 1983. It’s not an iron bridge, but a bridge built of British-style stone blocks. It caused quite a stir at the time, and Teiji Moriya won the Japan Architecture Best Newcomer Award for his design of this bridge.”
"Shiratori, I never expected you to be so amazing, to know so much about architecture!" Inspector Megure said to Inspector Shiratori with some surprise. He didn't know that Inspector Shiratori had such a skill, being able to explain such detailed information so fluently.
However, Officer Shiratori showed no arrogance, simply smiled and replied, "Because I have always had a strong interest in architecture."
The people in the ward were all somewhat surprised to see Officer Shiratori remain unfazed.
I never expected someone like him to become a policeman. Shouldn't he have become an architect like Teiji Moriya?
Chapter 242 Art is explosion
[Following this report on a series of arson attacks—the National Police Agency is currently...]
The sound of the news on television drew everyone's attention.
Just then, Kogoro Mouri abruptly turned off the television and said, "Stop watching, you can't concentrate anymore."
"Okay." Conan nodded, but his mind involuntarily drifted to the news he had seen that morning about Mr. Kurokawa's house, which had been set on fire not long ago.
That also seems to have been designed and built by Master Moriya!
Conan's heart skipped a beat at this thought, and he quickly looked up at Kogoro Mouri and asked, "Uncle, who designed those houses that were burned down in the series of arson cases?"
"Huh?" This time, not only Kogoro Mouri, who was being questioned, but also Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori looked at Conan in surprise.
"Why don't we investigate? Maybe we'll discover some interesting coincidences!" Conan forced a smile and suggested to the group in front of him.
"An interesting coincidence, isn't it?" Inspector Shiratori stared at Conan on the hospital bed, a thoughtful expression on his face.
……
Meanwhile, at the intersection in front of the Mihana Building, Sonoko waved to Ran and Akemi and said, "I'll leave you here then, I'm going home now!"
"Yes, Sonoko." Ran nodded in response, "Thank you for accompanying me shopping all day."
Akemi Miyano also waved to Sonoko and said, "Be careful on your way, Sonoko."
"Okay! I wish you both a good date tonight!" Sonoko said goodbye and was about to run away when she seemed to suddenly remember something and excitedly ran to Ran's side.
She winked at Xiaolan, then leaned close to her best friend's ear and whispered, "Xiaolan, you'd better give me a good report tomorrow, and you'd better try to steal his first kiss!"
"Hey, Sonoko, what nonsense are you talking about!"
When Xiaolan heard Sonoko's bold words, her face turned bright red. She raised her hand as if to teach Sonoko a lesson, but the headmaster dodged her with a smile.
After making that mischievous move, Sonoko immediately ran towards home, turning back to wave at Ran and saying, "Ran, good luck!"
"Hehehe~" With nowhere to vent her embarrassment, Ran could only shrug her shoulders and laugh awkwardly under the teasing gaze of Akemi Miyano.
To ease the awkwardness, Xiaolan glanced at her watch and quickly changed the subject to Miyano Akemi, saying, "Ms. Yami, it's already nine o'clock. Let's go to the movie theater and wait for them!"
“Okay, Ran.” Miyano Akemi glanced at the time as well, then nodded and walked into the Beika Building with Ran.
……
"What did you say!?"
In Conan's hospital room, Inspector Megure stared at Inspector Shiratori with wide eyes after receiving his investigation report and exclaimed, "You're saying that all those houses were designed by Teiji Moriya!?"
“That’s right.” After nodding to confirm this, Officer Shiratori continued to report, “Starting with Mr. Kurokawa’s house, Mr. Mizushima’s house, Mr. Yasuda’s house, and Mr. Akutsu’s house, all these houses that were set on fire were designed and built by Teiji Moriya before he turned 30.”
Inspector Megure began intently reviewing the documents that Inspector Shiratori had brought.
At that moment, Kogoro Mouri leaned close to Inspector Megure's ear and whispered, "So, all of this isn't a coincidence after all!"
Meanwhile, Conan, lying in his hospital bed, was now certain of part of his suspicions. So, with his arms as a pillow, he casually reminded Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri, "Maybe the guy who planted the bomb on the loop line is actually trying to destroy that bridge designed by Master Moriya!"
"!!!"
Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri, Inspector Megure, and even Inspector Shiratori all suddenly froze.
Inspector Megure, his face grim, analyzed, "It is indeed very possible! If the perpetrator of this bombing and the series of arson attacks is the same person, and their target is the building designed and constructed by Teiji Moriya..."
Before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, Kogoro Mouri suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed in realization, "That's right! I understand! Inspector Megure, we can conclude that the person who committed these crimes must have a deep hatred for Master Moriya! And the criminal's claim of challenging Shinichi Kudo is just a smokescreen!"
"I see, that's certainly very possible!" Inspector Megure nodded thoughtfully.
“Yes, yes, Mr. Mori and I think so too!” Officer Shiratori quickly chimed in. “In the previous arson cases, we always thought the perpetrators used handmade incendiary devices, but now that we think about it carefully, they do have similar characteristics to this bombing!”
"Were all the damaged buildings constructed before he turned 30?" Conan, lying in bed, suddenly felt a little puzzled about this.
"Or perhaps, it could be him himself."
"!!!"
Upon hearing this, those who were either engaged in heated discussions or deep in thought with their eyes closed were suddenly stunned.
They all looked in the direction from which the words came, only to see Aragaki Yu standing by the window, gazing up at the starry sky outside, when he suddenly uttered those words.
When everyone's eyes turned to him, Yuu Aragaki turned his head slightly and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's nothing, I just said it casually. After all, I suddenly remembered a great man's words: 'Art is an explosion!' I think since Master Moriya is a design artist, he might know this saying too."
"..."