Chapter 135 Detective and Agent

Before sunset, police successfully defused five bombs planted between the Circle Line's tracks.

"Thanks to Kudo this time." Officer Megure had just returned from the Toto Loop Line, with beads of sweat still hanging on his forehead. "There is probably less than half an hour left before the sun sets. It's really thrilling."

"But we can't relax yet." Shiratori Rensaburo is still holding the police manual, "because nearly three-quarters of the bombs have not been found."

Mouri Kogoro's expression immediately became serious: "The prisoners have so many bombs in their hands, it's really a headache..."

"We must find these bombs before he harms people! By the way, what are the results of Okamoto Kohei's investigation?" Officer Megure asked.

Shiratori Rensaburo immediately replied: "We have grasped his movements. What is certain is that Okamoto Kohei left Tokyo for Izu this morning. He did not have time to commit the crime."

"Well..." Conan originally wanted to ask the police officer something, but when he saw Nobushige present, he couldn't help but be tempted to trouble the tool man, "Mr. Asano, don't you want to..."

Nobushige knew what he was thinking, so he asked directly: "Officer Megure, is there any pattern in the bomb installation locations on the Toto Ring Line?"

"Um?"

"According to the prisoner's way of thinking, he should have some meaning in installing the bomb. We may not be able to understand his thoughts, but we can always find some patterns from the clues in the installation method or location, and we can infer that he The next crime location of choice.”

"Hmm..." Officer Megure thought for a while, and finally Shiratori Rensaburo gave the result, "The other four bombs were all installed near residential areas, there is nothing special about them. But one bomb was installed by a prisoner in the Sumida Canal On the bridge.”

"Sumida Canal Bridge." Conan recalled the exhibition he saw at the last tea party. "Isn't that the work that Teiji Moritani won the Newcomer Award for?"

Rensaburo Shiratori nodded and said, "Yes, it's strange to say that the buildings that were burned down in the serial arson cases some time ago were also the early works of Mr. Moritani Teiji."

"Why haven't I heard you talk about this?" Officer Megure complained depressedly, "If they are all buildings designed by Teiji Moritani, then the arsonist and the bomber this time may be the same person, and he may be related to Moritani and Emperor have a grudge."

"Sorry." Shiratori Rensaburo bowed, "Because the results were only found out today, I haven't had time to report to you yet."

"Okay, now that it's confirmed," Officer Megure high-fived, "Let's go to Moritani Teiji's house now and ask!"

"yes!"

Since Nobuhiro and Conan accepted Moritani Teiji's invitation last time, they also followed the police to Moritani's house to inquire about the situation.

Moritani Teiji received them very warmly.

"You're right." Teiji Moritani lit a cigarette with a match and leaned on the sofa with a headache. "These things are indeed an absurd coincidence."

Seeing that the adults were starting to greet and ask questions during the procedure, Conan looked around a little bored.

After all, he doesn't trust Moritani Teiji very much now. In addition to the possibility that these things were done by Moritani Teiji's enemies, the possibility of him committing the crime himself cannot be ruled out.

"Kudo." Nobushige called Conan's name in a low voice, "Have you found a good excuse to refuse Miss Mori's date?"

Conan froze, put down the photo of Moritani Teiji in his hand, and looked back: "Oops, I forgot about this..." He hurriedly looked at the time, and suddenly felt even more uncomfortable, "It's already nine o'clock It’s time…”

"Where did you meet up?" Nobuhiro suddenly asked.

Although he had specifically warned not to choose the location near the building designed by Teiji Moritani, looking at Conan's attitude at the time, it was probably just a perfunctory move.

Conan thought about it for a moment before saying: "Didn't you tell me not to choose Moritani Teiji at that time... Wait, did you know that Moritani Teiji had a problem so early? Could he be planning to blow up the city hall?!"

Xinfan raised his eyebrows and had a bad premonition: "You have an appointment at the city hall?"

"That's not the case." Conan said with a sigh of relief, "It's just that the city hall was indeed the one Xiaolan and I originally decided on. Fortunately, I remembered your instructions and changed the place without threatening Xiaolan."

Nobuhiro didn't speak, just nodded. But his inherent impression of Kudo Shinichi changed slightly.

This kid actually dares to threaten Mao Lilan. Isn't he afraid of being greeted by Mao Lilan with karate?

"You haven't answered my question yet." Conan said seriously, "Did you know that Moritani Teiji had a problem so early?"

"That's not true. It's just that he suddenly invited Kudo Shinichi to a tea party and said he had questions to ask. It's really hard not to be suspicious. My suggestion at the time was just in case. If he didn't plan to ask Kudo Shinichi Of course it’s good what he does, but if he has evil intentions, at least we’ve taken precautions.”

After listening to Nobushige's words, Conan couldn't help but admire him sincerely: "You really taught me a lot. I have never considered these things before."

Nobushige laughed: "After all, you and Mr. Mori are both detectives, and I am the agent. The detective's job is to help the police and the client solve problems, while the agent's job is to ensure the detective's safety and rights."

"Hey, that's really troublesome for you, Mr. Asano."

Nobushige's eyes fell on the photo in Conan's hand: "What's wrong with this photo?"

"Well..." Conan put the photo back to its original position, "I just think this place is very beautiful. It should be London, right?"

"You are very discerning, kid." Moritani Teiji noticed their movements and looked over. "That's a photo of me when I was ten years old. The background is London."

"Speaking of which, Professor Moritani's father was also a master active in the British architectural community. I admire his design style very much." Shiratori Rensaburo said fondly, "I just heard that he died due to a fire fifteen years ago. passed away. It was only after that that Professor Moritani’s designs began to come to prominence.”

Hearing this, Sen Gu Dier's expression was a little unnatural: "Yes, yes."

This abnormality made Conan look at him twice, but other than that, he couldn't see anything else.

Speaking of which, those burned buildings and the bridge that was almost blown up seemed to be the early works of Moritani Teiji. What is the connection between this incident and the bomb case?

"Kudo." Nobuhiro lowered his head and said, "Do you want to go to the exhibition hall and take a look? Maybe you will find something."