"Okay, confess quickly, you were the one who pushed that man down just now, right?"
Hattori Heiji asked in a deep voice, looking at the middle-aged man with a mustache in front of him. There was only one person on the rooftop.
"No! No!"
The middle-aged man waved his hands and explained hurriedly: "I'm just... just a coffee shop owner. I run a coffee shop on the second floor of this building."
Aizen asked: "Why are you here?"
The middle-aged man replied: "I received a call. The person on the phone said that there was a strange man here, so I came up to take a look."
Conan asked: "Did you see anything after you came up?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "I didn't see anything, but when I walked to the edge, I found some commotion below. I didn't know what happened, so I looked down."
Aizen said: "Someone just fell down. No matter what, this matter has something to do with you, so please come down with us. We have called the police."
"I... I didn't kill anyone!"
The middle-aged man was startled and hurriedly explained.
Hattori Heiji said: "Don't worry, we didn't say you killed anyone, just come down with us."
The middle-aged man was relieved after hearing this and left with Aizen and others.
After Aizen and his companions went downstairs to the second floor, they went to the middle-aged man's coffee shop and confirmed that the middle-aged man was indeed the owner of the coffee shop and left after receiving a phone call. Then they took the middle-aged man to the first floor.
When they arrived on the first floor, Hattori Heiji told Sakata Yusuke about the situation.
Yusuke Sakata listened and said, "If it has nothing to do with him, then how did this person fall down?"
"This is simple."
Hattori Heiji said, "Just tie one end of the rope to the door handle, tie the body and cover it with a plastic bag, then when the door is opened, the body will naturally fall down."
Aizen, who was on the hood, said, "The estimated time of death of the body is more than one day."
Hattori Heiji heard this and said, "In that case, someone killed this man before this time yesterday, and then put the body there using the method I just mentioned."
Yusuke Sakata said puzzledly, "But why did the body fall on the patrol car?"
"I think falling on the patrol car was just a coincidence. After all, we suddenly wanted to come here."
Hattori Heiji explained, then held his chin and said, "But I think this should be a punishment for someone."
"Punishment for what?"
Conan asked puzzledly.
Hattori Heiji said: "The victim died because the knife pierced through the wallet and then stabbed into the chest, which is the same as the previous murder case."
"Shhhh..."
A middle-aged woman among the pedestrians suddenly screamed and turned and ran.
Hattori Heiji chased after her without thinking, but he didn't catch her. After the other party got into the car, she drove away directly. However, Hattori Heiji did not gain nothing. He wrote down the license plate number of the car.
Not long after, the police arrived and handed the scene over to the police for maintenance and handling. Aizen and others followed Sakata Yusuke to the area where he worked.
Sakata Yusuke took Aizen and others to a place to rest, and then investigated according to the license plate number provided by Hattori Heiji.
Conan asked, "Brother Heiji, you said before that it was the same as the previous murder case. Has such a case happened before?"
Hattori Heiji was going to conceal it, but now that everyone has witnessed the case, he naturally can't hide it anymore, so he nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, this is the third similar case. The victims were stabbed in the heart by the murder knife after the wallet, but before that, the victims were strangled to death first."
Kazuha asked, "Could they be killed because of money and hatred?"
Hattori Heiji shook his head and said, "Impossible, because it doesn't make sense. The first person killed, Hidetoshi Nagao, was a super store manager, and the second person killed, Tayo Nishiguchi, was the proprietress of a small hotel. As for Kazuto Noyasu who just fell, he was just a taxi driver. .....It is impossible for these three people to have any connection with people because of money. Apart from the same method of committing crimes, there is nothing in common between the three of them. "
Aizen asked: "Nothing in common?"
Hattori Heiji nodded and said: "Not at all. Although they were born and went to school in Osaka, the areas are completely different."
"Brother Heiji, we found it. We found the common point of the victims."
Sakata Yusuke ran in with a box in his hand.
"Really?"
Hattori Heiji's face was full of surprise.
Sakata Yusuke brought a videotape. The group left under the leadership of Sakata Yusuke and came to an office, where they put the videotape in to play.
The videotape played a group of reporters interviewing a congressman named Sotaro Goji. At that time, it was because of rumors that Sotaro Goji was corrupt.
Sakata Yusuke said: "Sotaro Goji's secretary was the first one to be killed, Nagao Hidetoshi, but it's not just that. Look at the driver, that's Noyasu Kazuto who fell before."
"Really!"
Hattori Heiji looked carefully and nodded, "The former secretary and the driver were both killed. So, this case is related to Goji Sotaro."
Sakata Yusuke nodded and said, "The seniors in the bureau have gone to Goji Sotaro."
Hattori Heiji said, "If I remember correctly, this person seems to hate the police."
Then, Hattori Heiji said, "Okay, Sakata, let's go together."
Toyama Kazuha was surprised and said, "Heiji, are you going too?"
Hattori Heiji turned his hat straight and walked outside and said, "Of course I'm going. This criminal messed up Aizen's trip this time. How can I just ignore it? Kazuha, take them directly to my house."
Aizen had already discovered that Conan was missing. He knew that Conan must have gone out with him, but he didn't say anything. It was just right that Conan was not there. He was alone with two beautiful women, which was better than having Conan alone.