Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1356 The Twisted Fate Between Three Wanted Criminals

Conan was taken aback; he hadn't actually thought about this question at first.

He turned around and just then, Kazuha Toyama noticed that Yuya was looking over. Seeing that Conan was also looking at her, she asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?"

Conan's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out, "Ah, I was wondering what Heiji-nii is doing at this time."

Kazuha Toyama smiled slightly: "That idiot reasoning fanatic is probably drooling and taking a nap right now!"

Conan chuckled dryly: "Ahaha, is that so?"

Yu also twitched the corner of her mouth. Okay, now we can be sure, she has definitely recognized him.

But why didn't she expose her...?

Forget it, whatever the reason, it's best to pretend we don't know anything here.

Meanwhile, Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako also began interrogating the three wanted criminals.

The female fugitive, Tsurumi Shamoto, did not leave the shrine because she had been caught by Hyogo Soji and handcuffed to a lamppost in the bicycle parking lot.

However, considering that directly handcuffing her there might not be a good impression if others saw it, Binggao Chuangzhi added a bicycle anti-theft cable to the handcuffs. This way, to unsuspecting people, it would look like she was leaning against a lamppost waiting for someone.

The police station was right across from the parking lot, so Tsurumi Shamoto had no intention of escaping.

Next up is Kawano Ken, who committed a hit-and-run.

When he discovered that the shrine's founder, Tsurumi, was a police officer, he realized that he was a police officer and wanted to leave the shrine as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, they were walking too fast and ended up bumping into a group of thugs at the entrance of the shrine. A fight broke out, and then the police officers from the local station arrived at the scene.

Miwako Sato questioned his actions: "I remember you used to be a boxer, right? Why didn't you just teach those thugs a lesson and then run away?"

Unexpectedly, Kawano Kenji proudly said that he couldn't help but show off his strength because he saw that those thugs were too arrogant, which delayed his escape.

At that moment, Hattori Heiji suddenly spoke up: "You wouldn't be thinking of using the blood of those thugs to cover up the blood splattered on you when you beat up the policeman, would you?"

"What did you say?!" Kawano Yanyan shouted angrily, "How could I possibly use that flagpole? I beat people up with my fists!"

Hattori Heiji scoffed, "Is it possible that your boxing skills have declined, and you can't hit that police officer with your fists anymore?"

"What?!" Kawano Kenji roared in fury, striking a pose as he shouted, "You brat, I'm going to smash your mask to pieces!"

Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Toyama and Kazuha quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Mitsumoto, don't provoke him!"

Sato Miwako also reached out and grabbed Kawano Genken by the ear, scolding, "I said, don't you understand the current situation?"

With his ear being grabbed, Kawano Kenji immediately cowered like a mouse encountering a cat.

Takagi Wataru looked at Hattori Heiji, who was wearing a mask, and asked with some confusion, "Who is this guy? Why does he always wear a mask?"

Kazuha Toyama quickly made up an excuse to get away with it, and Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato didn't pay much attention to it.

Next up is the third wanted criminal, marriage fraudster, Kyoma Kanouchi.

He lost his wallet and searched for it everywhere in the shrine until Takagi Wataru found him, unaware that he had already been discovered by the police.

However, Conan, taking advantage of his height, noticed that his trouser legs were covered in mud, making him look less like someone leisurely searching for his wallet and more like someone who had run through the snow.

Hattori Heiji looked up and suddenly said, "Ah, it looks like there's something under your right eye!"

"Huh?" Kyouma Shinouchi subconsciously raised his left hand and touched it.

Hattori Heiji immediately changed his tune: "Oh! So it's the mole on your face."

Kōma Kōma's face stiffened, and he helplessly lowered his hand, his expression looking utterly guilty.

Sato Miwako asked the three of them what their purpose was in coming here.

Kyouma Kamui spoke first, explaining that he had come to buy some amulets for future use in defrauding women.

When I was about to go back, I discovered that my wallet was missing; it contained about 100,000 yuan.

To everyone's surprise, Tsurumi Shamoto scoffed, "Stop bragging, there's clearly only three thousand yen in there, hahaha!"

This is practically self-incrimination. She stole Kyouma's wallet, and not only that, but seeing that there wasn't much money in it, she also planned to steal from his car, so she took the car keys as well.

Kyouma Kannagi was furious: "So it was you! It's all your fault! You made it impossible for me to escape!"

Sato Miwako's face turned cold: "So you were thinking of escaping but couldn't." It wasn't that she only realized she'd been discovered by the police at first.

Miwako Sato looked at Tsurumi Shamoto: "I checked the records, and you haven't stolen for a while. Why have you started again?"

Tsurumi snorted. She hadn't stolen anything for a while because she had hooked up with a rich man, but that man had been in a traffic accident and couldn't go to work anymore.

So she thought she could come to a crowded shrine and steal something to make some money.

Sato Miwako inquired about the location of the traffic accident and regretfully revealed that the driver responsible was Kawano Genken.

Enraged, Tsurumi Shamoto immediately kicked Kawano Kenji, yelling that her capture was all his fault.

Kawano Yanyan suppressed a laugh: "Then I'm really sorry!" His tone was not a bit guilty, but rather a bit gloating.

Takagi Wataru stepped forward to stop her, but was kicked several times by the woman.

Then there's Kawano Genken. His sister spent a lot of money on a man, but was dumped and is extremely depressed, so he came here to ask for a goshuin (a type of scepter) for her.

Coincidentally, the man who abandoned his sister was none other than Kyoma Kannai.

The three immediately started arguing. One demanded the return of the keys, another demanded that the person take responsibility for their sister, and the third demanded that the person take responsibility for the traffic accident.

Everyone stared with beady eyes, unsure of what to say.

Finally, Ran Mouri voiced everyone's thoughts: "It's like rock-paper-scissors, we're completely deadlocked."

Yuya's lips twitched slightly. Although it was a coincidence, it was also true that they had tricked each other and ended up being arrested at the same time.

Did these three wanted criminals have some kind of karmic entanglement in their past lives?

At that moment, a police officer came over to report that no flagpole suspected to be the murder weapon had been found in the shrine.

There was a box near the stairs containing many flagpoles and flags, but no blood was detected inside.

So, where exactly was the murder weapon hidden? And ultimately, was the flagpole really the murder weapon?

Just then, the voice of Toyama Kazuha came from the side.

Yuya turned her head and saw her squatting in front of the snowmen on both sides of the stairs, with a nostalgic expression on her face: "Did the children in the neighborhood build them? There are pairs of little snowmen everywhere here."

Pairs of snowmen? Yuya glanced around and indeed there were quite a few snowmen, all appearing in pairs.

Huh? Yuya's eyes flickered slightly. He suddenly noticed that one of the snowmen had a bucket overturned on its head as a hat.

This wouldn't normally be strange, but this snowman is the only one wearing a hat, while none of the other snowmen do.

Isn't that a bit suspicious?