Something big happened in a small town near Tokyo recently.
This incident had attracted the attention of the higher-ups of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Even Kuroda Norihito, the manager of the Criminal Investigation Department, was dispatched.
"Monsters running amok?" Satsuki Itō also received a request.
She thought about it for a moment and accepted it.
The person who entrusted her with this task was called Yoshima Shihiro.
Fifty-six years old.
He was a native of this small town.
Their ancestors had been living here since an unknown generation.
After such a long period of development, they did not want to move away from this place no matter what.
Satsuki Itō circled around the town.
She was not in a hurry.
It was still early to meet the client.
This area indeed contained a very different kind of fluctuation.
The corners of Satsuki Itō's mouth curled up slightly. This mission seems interesting.
She didn't do anything else and walked towards the house.
The Hengdao Family lived in the center of this small town.
On the way, Satsuki Itō came across several crime scenes protected by the police.
She didn't go in to check. She didn't even deliberately stop.
However, she couldn't help but think about it.
When Satsuki Itō arrived at her destination, she found that she had met an acquaintance.
Shibuya and his two assistants were there, and the house had been fitted with expensive machinery from the inside out.
Not only that.
DDS, Tuan Shouyan's detective school. The students from Class Q were also there.
It was still Heavenly Grass Sect and Mei Nanhui.
It was said that they had taken the initiative to investigate this case.
They thought it might be a man-made illusion.
Tuan Shouyan and all the students of Class Q were very busy during this period of time.
Recently, they had encountered more and more traces of Pluto's crimes.
This time, they suspected that Pluto was the culprit.
This was because they had seen Pluto's unique mark.
The successive murders in this small town were very unusual.
Many people claimed to have seen the murderous monster.
But when the police asked them to describe what the monster looked like, they couldn't remember.
It was as if he had been hypnotized.
Hypnosis was Pluto's forte and most commonly used method.
Such a murder case had already made the people in this small town feel a sense of danger.
Some of them didn't have much attachment to this place, or they had followed the juniors who had left long ago to other places.
Or tightly closed the door.
Just after Ito Shuyuki's arrival, before she could even stop, another familiar face arrived.
This time, it was Conan and his Juvenile Detective Corps. Dr. Agi happened to pass by in his Beetle.
This time, it was really a big case.
Satsuki Itō thought silently.
However, she looked at the boy who had just come in.
He secretly complained that a certain little detective was really everywhere.
As long as there were dead people, he would appear most of the time.
These people … Conan's eyes involuntarily became serious.
They came from another direction.
He hadn't had the chance to see so many police cars and cordons.
He only felt that this was unusual.
He quietly pulled Satsuki Itō to the side.
Satsuki Itō was surprised for a moment. Then, she smiled mischievously. "Great detective.
Shouldn't you investigate this yourself? "Conan snorted. Then, he said confidently," I will find out. "
"A serial murder case." Satsuki Itō still told him the answer.
"In this small town alone, fourteen or fifteen people have died this week.
All the victims' heads were chopped off by axes.
There were no exceptions.
It was said that they were chopped off by monsters. "
"Monsters?" Conan was used to this kind of thing.
It didn't matter if the murderer was a human or a monster. It was the same to him.
"Who knows?" Satsuki Itō revealed a mysterious expression.
Then, she stood up.
Just as she was about to leave, she only said one sentence, "Even if I ask you to give up the investigation, you won't give up, right?!"
That's for sure!
Conan smiled.
It was a very confident, mature, and matter-of-fact smile.
Conan hadn't started the investigation yet.
Another murder case happened.
The location of the murder was in the small forest in front of the house. The victim was the last daughter of the owner of the house where they were staying, Yoshihiro Yoshima.
It was the police who called to inform them.
Yoshihiro Yoshima's hand was trembling when he put down the phone.
He threw himself on the sofa.
He said, "I shouldn't have let her leave the house.
She had an appointment with a friend. At this time, she could have avoided it. "
"I've invited a spiritualist and the most powerful Onmyoji in Japan.
If … if she didn't go out … "
It was too late to talk about all this now.
Yoshihiro Yoshima couldn't sit still at home.
His wife, Shizuko Yoshima, and his eldest son, Takeshi Yoshima.
So, except for Shigaya and his group, the rest of the people went to the scene of Yoshima Yoshima's murder.
The murder scene was still in the state when it was first discovered.
The police had taken photos of all angles.
They allowed Yoshihiro Yoshima and his group to enter the scene.
Under the lead of the police officers, he saw his daughter's head alone in a corner.
The police officer in charge here was Kuroda.
When he saw Conan, he agreed to let him in.
Along with him were the excited Juvenile Detective Corps and Dr. Agi.
The two DDS detectives took out the detective manual of the delegation.
The police in Japan knew this.
Naturally, they were let in.
When everyone went in, Conan found that Satsuki Itō was gone.
He wanted to bring her in.
Conan silently complained.
But who could stop that guy if he wanted to go anywhere?
After confirming that Satsuki Itō wasn't there, he quietly looked back at Kuroda.
Kuroda helped him enter the scene this time.
But, was he rum or not?
Conan's heart was very uncertain.
The three rum suspects.
Kuroda, Sawada Ai, and Fuuma Nobunaga.
Of the three, he was the most suspicious.
Yoshima Yoshima held Yoshima Yoshima's head.
Her severed neck did not bleed too much. Her eyes were still open, and it looked as if she was still alive. She looked at him quietly. Yokojima Shihiro sank into sorrow.
The detectives came to his side at this moment. They had no way to comfort him.
The DDS detectives, Amakusa Ryu and Satomi Nami, left to look for other clues.
They left this space for the grieving father.
The Juvenile Detective Corps didn't leave.
Bu Mei wanted to comfort the old man in front of her.
She said: "Yuhari-nee-san is still smiling."
Yes.
The victim's face still had a warm and happy smile.
Conan also noticed this.
The victim's death should be quick.
And she didn't feel fear before she died.
Yoshima Yoshima froze for a moment. He looked down at the children and then looked at Yoshima Yoshima in his arms.
His face finally showed a little color of relief.
"Does this mean that Yuhari-nee-san didn't suffer too much when she died?!" He asked.
The answer was yes.
But Conan's eyes couldn't help but become serious.
Finally, it was replaced with a confident smile.
"Are you okay?" Amakusa Ryu asked Satomi Nami.
His expression was indifferent. Even this kind of caring words were the same.
Satomi Nami had the ability to instantly remember.
This was a very convenient thing, but for such a tragic murder scene, it was very painful to not be able to forget it no matter what.
Satomi Nami shook her head.
"I'm okay."
Not only was she okay, but she also wanted to remember everything clearly.
Satomi Nami had made up her mind. Only in this way could she possibly find useful clues; only in this way could she find the truth for the victims.
To be honest, this was a decision she made recently.
If she didn't enter the Detective Academy, if she didn't enter the Q class, she might not be able to bear this.
But now she will make full use of her special ability.
The two of them quickly came to the location of Satomi Yoshima's body.
Except for the broken neck, there were no other injuries on her body. There wasn't much blood spilled.
There was only a small but somewhat long bloodstain.
There was also a large footprint next to this bloodstain.
It was about the height of a first grade elementary school student.
Amakusa Ryu looked here, then went back to look at the cut on the body.
Satomi Nami felt that something was strange, but she didn't see it. She only saw Amakusa Ryu's eyes show that he understood, so she asked him for his opinion.
Amakusa Ryu only stretched out two fingers.
"Two hints."
"Hint one, a thin bloodstain.
Hint two, the shape of the cut on the neck. "
Such a thin bloodstain could only be formed at an extremely fast speed.
And the shape of the cut on the body, from the bottom left to the top, the murderer must have been near Satomi Yoshima before killing her.
This was impossible for the monsters in the legends.
If it was really Grandpa this time.
Amakusa Ryu tried to guess what kind of commission they received.
Who was the person who commissioned them?
He looked at the periphery.
He needed to see the other victims to find clues.
Yes, was this done by Pluto?
Amakusa Ryu didn't have any doubts.
Pluto's unique symbol, other than the people in the organization and the teachers in the group, no one else knew about it.
It was impossible for someone to impersonate them to commit the crime.
Satomi Nami didn't immediately understand his hint.
However, she kept this in mind and thought about it at all times.
When they and Conan walked to the police cordon outside, Kuroda was already waiting there.
Without waiting for them to speak, Kuroda asked the police car to take them to the scene of the previous murder.
Then, he got into the other car as well.