By then, it was already evening.
The sun sets.
The clouds, dyed crimson by the setting sun, were floating slowly in the sky.
It seems to be autumn now.
"Fortunately, Mom is fine..."
"Well, on the one hand, we have to thank Ms. Kuriyama for sending her to the hospital in time, and on the other hand, it was also because Aunt Eri noticed something was wrong in time and didn't eat all of the chocolate."
"When I received the call this morning, I felt really scared... What if something really happened to my mom--"
"That won't happen."
Hayashi Yoshiki interrupted Ran Mouri's next words.
On the street in the evening, the girl looked worried... Her mood was a little low, and the worry and vulnerability she showed at this moment were what she had been holding back and not daring to show in front of her mother in the afternoon.
"Ran Mouri has always had good luck, so there is no way this will happen."
"...There's no basis for that, Yoshiki-nii."
"And the murderer may not have really intended to kill Inspector Megure and Aunt Eri."
"ah?"
"Inspector Megure was shot in the waist by a crossbow while jogging in the morning. According to him, there were many people jogging at the same time, so he was sent to the hospital for treatment immediately. The same thing happened to the chocolate that Aunt Eri ate. The murderer used a highly irritating pesticide instead of a deadly poison... In addition, if you work backwards from the K of the poker card, you need to kill too many people. It seems more like the murderer wants to hide his real target."
"So, Dad and Officer Shiratori are going to look for Murakami Jo?"
"Maybe he's the murderer or maybe not, but it's definitely a direction."
Hayashi Yoshiki smiled when he said this.
He looked at Ran Mouri's worried expression and his tone became relaxed: "Okay, it's Uncle Maori and I's job to find the criminal, Ran Mouri, you don't need to worry so much."
".....Yeah." "Also, your outfit today looks great."
"...Yeah?"
"I noticed that Aunt Eri's eyes lit up when she saw you this morning."
The gentle voice intentionally creates a more relaxed atmosphere.
Facing the gentle smile on Hayashi Yoshiki's face, Ran Mouri's mood gradually calmed down and relaxed a little... Although she knew that Hayashi Yoshiki said it on purpose, she still smiled lightly with her lips pursed: "Thank you, Hayashi Yoshiki."
"As expected, Ran Mouri is more suitable for smiling faces. Well, since there is a chance, how about treating you to an ice cream?"
"Now?"
"Didn't we agree on this last time on the Sally Beth?"
"It seems so."
When Ran Mouri heard him mention the agreement at that time, she couldn't help but laugh.
However, before eating ice cream, you have to eat something else first. This is also the reason why Hayashi Yoshiki and Ran Mouri came out - at noon, Ran Mouri was taking care of Kisaki Eri in the ward and she was not in the mood to eat. It was not until Kisaki Eri rested that Ran Mouri realized that she was hungry.
Therefore, Hayashi Yoshiki came out with Ran Mouri. Now that Kuriyama Midori was staying in the ward to take care of her, there was no need to worry too much.
In the end, the two of them just ate some convenient food like oden.
On the way back to the hospital, Hayashi Yoshiki bought two ice creams and handed one to Ran Mouri with a smile: "Eating something sweet is very helpful to change your mood."
"Thank you, Jiashu--"
Ran Mouri didn't get to finish her smiling words before Hayashi Yoshiki's face changed and he suddenly jumped up and pushed her to the ground.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a steel arrow grazed Hayashi Yoshiki's arm, tearing his clothes and leaving a tiny trace of blood.
Ran Mouri widened her eyes--
Hayashi Yoshiki turned his head to look at the place where the steel arrow came from, and saw a man wearing a red cycling suit and a helmet covering his face tightly, riding a motorcycle and parked there, holding a handheld crossbow in his hand.
"Is the target me?"
Seeing that this attack failed to hurt Hayashi Yoshiki, the other party did not attack again. He just threw down a sword made of cards and turned the accelerator on his motorcycle and drove away.
Hayashi Yoshiki did not chase after her, after all, it was impossible to catch up.
"Hayashi Yoshiki, are you okay?!"
Ran Mouri, who had fallen to the ground, came to her senses and became extremely anxious.
Her mood, which had just improved, turned into worry again, and she hurriedly helped Hayashi Yoshiki look at the wound caused by the steel arrow.
"It's nothing, and judging by the wound, the arrow didn't carry any poison."
Hayashi Yoshiki responded calmly.
He just glanced at the wound and ignored it, leaving Ran Mouri at a loss for words. He even had the mood to laugh back and said, "The ice cream fell off. Do you want to buy a new one?"
"Hayashi Yoshiki, what are you still talking about at this time? Let's go to the hospital and disinfect the wound!"
Ran Mouri ignored what he said and quickly pulled Hayashi Yoshiki's other hand and rushed to the hospital.
On the way, Hayashi Yoshiki did not forget to pick up the evidence left by the murderer--
When Ran Mouri arrived at the hospital, she quickly called a doctor and a nurse. After a preliminary examination and confirmation that there was no danger, the nurse helped him with simple disinfection.
When Maori Kogoro and others who had originally gone to capture Murakami Takeshi heard that Hayashi Yoshiki had been attacked, they hurried back.
"Damn it! Why would that guy's target be you, Ashu this time!?" Kogoro Mouri was so angry that he punched the wall. He had been running around with the police all day, but hadn't found the whereabouts of Murakami Jo at all.
"Because Yoshiki's name can be easily separated into eleven, right? That means Murakami Jo really wants to take action against the people around my uncle, so he targeted Yoshiki." Conan said.
"No, the other party might not be Murakami Jo."
"What?"
"... Normally, it is Murakami who has this motive, and the code on the playing cards is consistent with his identity. But in the final analysis, whether it is Inspector Megure, Aunt Eri or me, he simply took action and left a code, and did not intend to take our lives. He is probably using this as an excuse to hide his true purpose."
"Who on earth could it be?"
Who is it...
Hayashi Yoshiki could only remember that the other person was a wine taster and the reason for the murder, but he could not remember the other person's name or face - of course, he could probably remember it just by taking a look at him.
But now he has lost that patience.
"If the other party really committed the crime according to the order of the playing cards, Uncle Maori, among the numbers from ten to one, is there anyone around you whose name can match the order?"
"That's right! If the murderer really targeted the people around Mr. Maori, maybe we can just sit back and wait for him!"
Inspector Shiratori's eyes lit up.
Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mori began to think carefully.
He listed the names of his relatives and friends who met this pattern one by one, and also told them their occupations.
When Hayashi Yoshiki heard that the bartender and sommelier Zemu Kohei was ranked "eighth", he took out a notebook from his arms.
"It's more convenient to write down the specific name on paper... Uncle Maori, what are the four characters for Zemu Kouhei? Could you please write them down on this piece of paper?"
"Oh, okay..."
Kogoro Mori did not suspect anything and directly wrote Sawaki Kohei's name on the page that Hayashi Yoshiki had specially opened.
Those are pages from the Death Note.
-- Hayashi Yoshiki does not recognize Sawaki Kohei's face, so simply writing down his name would have no effect. But if it were Mori Kogoro who knew Sawaki Kohei, the Death Note would work.
After Hayashi Yoshiki took it, he pretended to add content and directly added a few extra words after Zemu Gongping's name.
"At 23:31 on the evening of September 27, after being tortured, he was sunk into the sea and suffocated to death."
In order to prevent the name of Sawaki Kouhei from being too conspicuous when recorded alone, Hayashi Yoshiki later asked Maori Kogoro to write the names of other people on other normal pages.
"...It's a bit of a waste to only write one name on a piece of paper."
Kogoro Mouri complained without realizing it.
"This is Yoshiki's habit." Conan laughed, "After he memorizes these names, he will make up other names next to the original names for creative purposes."
When Conan thought of the Edogawa Koto, Kosei, and Kobei characters created by Hayashi Yoshiki using his own name... he didn't know how to complain.