Chapter 541: The Killer of Danyuan Mountain

Monday, January 19, afternoon, Mihua Hospital, Maori Ward.

After Maori came back, he found that Mr. Sekiguchi had woken up, so he told the story that the bank robber had been arrested. Of course, Mr. Akabane, who was in the same room, also knew about it. ...

Tuesday, January 20, afternoon, Maori Detective Agency.

Yamazaki read Conan's homework and the report of yesterday's incident, and couldn't help saying: "I have to admit, your luck is too good to say anything."

"It's normal." Conan said with a smile, "Football is my friend."

"This is one of them," Yamazaki said, "Haven't you thought about it? What if there is more than one robber on the roof of the shopping mall? The three detectives are the three hostages sent to the door."

"No, they should only have five people, otherwise they would choose a car with five people. Of course, when they act, one more person will have more power." Conan said, "Of course, a large group is another matter."

Yamazaki shook his head, said nothing more, and went to put away the report. ...

Later, Mr. Akabane became the first tainted witness and received a commutation of his sentence. He was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 300,000 yen for the crime of conspiracy and joint robbery. The woman became the second tainted witness and received a reduced sentence. She was sentenced to eight years for conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to kidnap and was fined 800,000 yen. The three bald men were sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 1 million yen for conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to kidnap, and coercion.

The 100 million yen that was stolen was all recovered, and the gross profit was a bonus of 1 million yen, tax-free. ...

January 22, Thursday, morning, good mood, Miko Miyamoto's office.

Ji Ji reported, "Ma'am, Mr. Machida Yasushi of Tsurugahara in Hokkaido passed away yesterday afternoon. Our people said that place is not very auspicious, so we suggest giving up the acquisition."

"What's going on?" Miko Miyamoto asked, "How did you die so well?"

"Yesterday morning, the three members of the Machida family negotiated the purchase price with us. In the afternoon, Mr. Machida Bao drowned in the open-air hot spring of his home. According to Machida Noriko and Machida Hiroshi, Mr. Machida Bao went to his open-air hot spring in the afternoon. Drinking in the hot spring, they went to the city to shop and buy something, and when they came back, he had drowned in the open-air hot spring when they found him." Ji Ji said, "The police preliminarily concluded that Mr. Machida Bao slipped ashore while drunk Fell into the open-air hot spring and lost consciousness."

"That's true," Miko Miyamoto said, "Okay, let's give it up, and don't forget to give the contract break fee to others." Then he asked, "Where are those red-crowned cranes?"

Ji Ji said: "There is a wetland in the Tomato base that can temporarily house those red-crowned cranes. I plan to expand the area of ​​​​the Hokkaido headquarters and create a wetland for them to inhabit and reproduce."

"Okay, get their ID cards as soon as possible." Miyamoto Miko said, and then looked at the time, "Okay, let's go to work."

"Yes, ma'am." Ji Ji smiled. ...

Saturday, February 7, at noon, Dr. Ali's home.

Seeing Conan coming, Dr. Ali asked suspiciously: "What are you doing here at this time, isn't it for lunch?"

"Guess right." Conan smiled, "Uncle has been discharged from the hospital, and Auntie prepared a big meal for him."

"Then you are lucky." Dr. Ali said with a smile.

"Stop joking." Conan asked, "What do we have for lunch?"

"I mean it.

"Dr. Li laughed, "I have a big meal at noon today. "

"Really?" Conan asked, "Isn't it your big meal?"

Dr. Ali stretched out five fingers, and said proudly: "I received a notice in the morning that the electronic map has merits in folding and displaying. It sold for 5 million yen. I ordered a big meal to reward myself."

"So, the phone bill problem can also be solved." Conan said with a smile, "Doctor, you are really amazing."

"Of course, I'm a genius." Dr. Ali laughed proudly. ...

In the afternoon, Maori Detective Agency.

Mao Li, who was struggling to eat at noon, lay weakly on the desk, watching the rebroadcast news on TV that the police officially wanted a killer code-named "Fox".

On the morning of Wednesday, January 23, he rode on a motorcycle and killed the president of a financial company who was driving with a throwing knife. After the car lost control, a passing nursery bus overturned, causing a Nursery children died.

The police arrested the mastermind of the murder on February 1. According to the investigation, the cause of the incident was related to the loan of both parties. According to the mastermind, he met the killer by chance when he was traveling abroad. He only knew his code name was "Fox" and didn't know anything else. By telephone, the money was transferred to the foreign bank account he gave.

Yamazaki said: "The police believe that the killer is still in the country and have issued a wanted warrant. Our office has also received one, but it is only about 175 centimeters tall and weighs about 70 kilograms. I don’t even know if it’s a man or a woman about the information about the knife thrown in the left hand.” He said and motioned Mao Li to look at the wall.

Maori cheered up, "How much bonus?"

"Grab five hundred thousand yen." Yamazaki said with a smile.

Looking at the pictorial on the wall, which showed a person wearing a motorcycle helmet and motorcycle uniform, Mao Li sighed: "This is too little, even if it is a knife, it is still a killer anyway. "

Lan asked, "What does this have to do with using a knife?"

"Generally speaking, guns are more dangerous, so they are more expensive." Yamazaki laughed.

A middle-aged man opened the door and came in, "So, Detective Maori, I'll offer three million yen, how about you help me catch him?"

"Three million yen!" Maori said in surprise, "No problem, there is no problem at all, please sit down." Then he said to Lan, "Hurry up and serve tea to the guests."

Lan said: "I'll go right away." Then he went to the kitchen.

After sitting separately, the man said: "My name is Chao Wenzo, the president of the Tokyo branch of Kansai Housing Agency. The reason why this fox stays in China may be because of me."

Maori was taken aback, "So someone bought him to kill you?" Then he said, "I think it's better for you to call the police immediately."

"No, you can't call the police. It's a bit shameful to talk about this matter." Chao Wenzao said, "Because the one who bought the crime was myself, in order to defraud the insurance company of money."

"You yourself?" Maori asked suspiciously, "Why is that?"

"Because I was not feeling well during the Chinese New Year, I vomited once after the party after the year, so I went for a physical examination and was found to have stomach cancer." Chao Wenzao said, "It was really shocking to find out that I had cancer. A big jump..."

Maori asked, "Could it be that you just bought high insurance and then hired a killer to kill yourself?"

"That's right, it's the fox that is being wanted by the police now." Chao Wenzao said, "Here in Tokyo, it's big or small. I know both the guy who was arrested and the dead president of the financial club." , that fox was introduced to me by the guy who was caught, just a few days before he was caught."

Maori asked, "So, you now?"

"I checked some information a while ago, and felt that I didn't seem to have stomach cancer, so I went to another hospital for an examination, and the doctor told me that what I had was just a gastric ulcer." Chao Wenzao said , "I have a one-way contact with this fox. Only he contacted me, and there was no response through newspaper correspondence. I thought that this fox had gone abroad due to the pressure of the police, but yesterday the police issued a formal arrest warrant. , I just found out that he hasn't left yet."

Mao Li said: "I understand, I will follow you and protect you until I catch this fox."

"No, I told him that I had stomach cancer and bought him to kill myself," Chao Wenzao said, "I made an agreement with him that tomorrow I will go to Tanbara Mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture, starting from the left side where there are few people. There are two roads to climb the mountain. The right side is the climbing road. You can go up and down the mountain in a few hours. Where my wife first met twenty years ago, he would come and kill me on the way."

Lan said, "Then you just don't go."

"No, I'm afraid he will kill me later because of his reputation as a killer." Chao Wenzao said, "I don't want to be targeted by a killer, so I can only act first."

Mao Li said: "Okay, I see, Mr. Chao, I will go to Danyuan Mountain with you."

Chao Wenzao said, "Then let's go."

"Now?" Molly asked.

Chao Wenzao said: "We will stay at the foot of the mountain for one night, and we will go to the mountain tomorrow morning. We will buy the supplies tonight. Mr. Mao Li, as long as you go, I will cover all the expenses."

"Well, I'm not going to be polite." Maori said.

"Dad, let me go too," Lan said, "I can help too."

"Can I go too?" Conan asked.

"No!" Maori said, "I'm going to deal with the killer, not going on an outing, you stay at home." Then he asked, "Yamazaki, what do you say?" Then he introduced to Chao Wenzao, " This is my assistant, Yamazaki."

"Hello, Mr. Ushio." Yamazaki said, and then said to Maori, "I'll go to see you at night or tomorrow morning, or I'll be in the dark."

"In the dark?" Maori said, "That's fine."

Chao Wenzao said, "Then let's go, Maori Detective."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Molly said.

After Mao Li and Chao Wenzao left, Lan said to Yamazaki: "Yamazaki, can you take me there, I'm worried about Dad."

"Uncle is more worried about your safety." Yamazaki said, "You should wait at home." Then he looked at the time, "I'll go back first." Then he left.

"Really." Lan complained.

"Hey, Sister Lan," Conan asked, "Danyuan Mountain shouldn't be very remote, right?"

"Hey?" Lan laughed, "If you say that, well, let's call and check."...

On the morning of Sunday, February 8, at the mountaineering management office on the left side of Danwon Mountain.

Mao Li had just registered and found someone standing behind him. He immediately looked back and was stunned.

Lan smiled and said, "Morning, Dad." She picked up a pen and registered behind the Maori registration.

Conan smiled and said, "Good morning, Uncle."

Maori looked at the two people in mountaineering suits, one big and one small, and blinked vigorously, "You, how did you two get here?"

"It's very simple," Lan said with a smile, "Take the earliest tram this morning, and then take the earliest Danyuan mountain sightseeing bus. It's just the two of us. We've been here for a while."

"No," Molly yelled under his breath, "I mean, what are you two doing here!"

"Of course I'm here to climb the mountain." Lan held Mao Li's arm and smiled, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, Dad, if people see it as bad, we are now a family who came to climb the mountain."

"Yes, yes." Conan smiled.

"Damn it." Mao Li was so angry that his teeth ached.

"By the way, where is Mr. Chao?" Lan asked.

"Be quiet." Mao Li hurriedly called out in a low voice, then looked at the other climbers in front of the office, saw that no one had noticed this place, pulled Lan to a place where no one was there, and whispered, "Mr. know."

"I see." Lan smiled, and then asked, "What about Yamazaki? I think he came here in a taxi early in the morning."

Mao Li whispered: "Yamazaki will not take the main road, and now he has gone up first with the communicator."

Ten minutes later, Chao Wenzao came over. After registering, he got acquainted with Mao Li, and then asked in a low voice, "This is your wife?"

Mao Li smiled wryly and said, "They came by themselves, and we can't drive them away now, so we can only bring them along."...

At 8:30 in the morning, the list of climbers from the left side was sent by the staff of the mountaineering management office to the mountain hut, Shanyue Zhuang by fax machine.

There are nine people on the list, a dark-skinned college student Hirai Kenichi who often comes to climb mountains. There are three office workers in the Maolishan family, Maoli, Ran and Conan. Novelist Noshi Shingo. Gao Ligen, an office worker in his fifties. Chao Wenzao, a real estate agent. There is also a young man and woman, Akira Kawabe and Kyoko Mieda.

On the way, when a group of people passed a passage close to the mountain wall and only for one person to walk, the rope used as a handrail broke, and Fumizo Chao almost fell down the mountain. Fortunately, Kenichi Hirai, who was walking in front, came to his rescue.

After inspection, the rope was naturally corroded and broken, but Fumzo Chao still suspected that Kenichi Hirai had fallen on him.

At noon, the mountain rest place.

Ran discussed with Conan, everyone looked like a killer, Kawabe Akira and Saneda Kyoko kept away from everyone, Takanashi looked at Chao Bunzo as if he was an enemy, Hirai Kenichi and Nose Shingo Although nothing has been discovered, it is also a suspicious point. ...

On the other side, Shanyuezhuang.

After Yamazaki, who took the path, came here, he looked out of the window. There was an old man about 60 years old who found no other problems. While watching the surroundings with a telescope, I ate bento.

Not long after the meal, Yamazaki found a young man coming from the road out of the mountain to the mountain village through the binoculars. Seeing that he stopped and looked around because of his sight, he probably was the killer.

Yamazaki estimated his course of action, ran down the tree to the place where the young man must pass, climbed up the tree again and hid, and soon after, he cast out the prepared large net that could only pass through his hands, and used it as a hood On the young man passing by the tree.

The young man didn't move. He held up the net with his right hand and took out a dagger with his left hand to break free from the net. He said, "Who is it? What do you want to do? There must be a limit to joking."

Yamazaki jumped off the tree and went around behind the young man, and knocked him down with a knife in his hand, "I'm sorry for your captors."

When the young man fell to the ground, Yamazaki reached into the net, found a few daggers from him, and then let him wrap the net and rolled it a few times. After confirming that it was difficult to untie it for a while, he called through the intercom. gross profit. ...

On the other side, in the mountains.

Maori heard the sound of the communicator, walked aside and took it out, and then asked, "Is it Yamazaki? What's the matter?"

Yamazaki said: "I caught one person, maybe it was that guy."

Maori asked in surprise: "What, you said you caught the killer?"

"I'm not sure about this," Yamazaki said, "but he carried a few daggers of the same style with him, and we only need to compare them with the murder weapon dagger in the hands of the police." At the same time, I thought to myself, I can only be sure When he was caught in the net, he burst out with a murderous aura that had killed many people.

Maori said, "Okay, let me ask Mr. Chao what to do next."

The voice was heard by other people in front, and they stopped together.

Nose Shingo asked Lan: "At noon, I saw you were mysterious, killer, what's going on?"

"This has nothing to do with you." Chao Wenzao said, and then asked Mao Li who came over, "Mr. Mao Li, did you really catch the fox?"

"Mr. Mori?" Nose Shingo smiled, "By the way, I see you are familiar. You are the sleeping Kogoro, the famous detective Mori Kogoro. The alias Mori-san, what kind of case are you working on?"

Conan noticed that the faces of Akira Kawabe and Kyoko Saneda changed.

Mao Li said to Chao Wenzao: "We can't be sure, because no one knows his true face."

Nose Shingo asked: "The fox you are talking about is not the killer fox who is wanted now?"

Chao Wenzao asked, "Where is he now?"

Mori asked Yamazaki, and then said, "It's near Sanyuezhuang."

"Okay, I'll rush over right away." Chao Wenzao said, "By the way, don't call the police yet."

"Okay." Mori told Yamazaki.

Nose Shingo said: "I said, can you make your words clear."

Gao Ligen asked: "Yes, what's going on?"

Kenichi Hirai said, "Everyone, I think it's going to rain heavily, let's wait until we get to Sanyuezhuang."...