Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"Anyway, let's go to the scene of the two incidents! This time, the Osaka Prefectural Police and the Kyoto Prefectural Police jointly searched for the serial killings. I followed Officer Otaki to Kyoto to see the scene the day before yesterday. I was supposed to go there yesterday. I came to take a look, but it was delayed because of what happened on the Aegis ship." Hattori Heiji put away all the printing paper and photos, turned to look behind him, "Kazuha, you..."

There was no one behind Hattori Heiji.

Mao Lilan, Toyama and Ye, who were standing aside, were nowhere to be seen, so Hattori Heiji started looking around to find someone.

"Where are He and He Ye?"

"Xiaolan is also missing..."

"Hey, they didn't go into Kitano Tenmangu Shrine to watch the game, right?"

"Sister Xiaolan should remember to say hello to us before she leaves, right?"

"there."

Chi Feichi stretched out his right hand, pointing in the same direction as Feichi's stretched out tail tip.

Others looked in the direction of Chi Feichi's finger, and finally saw the figures of Mao Lilan and Yuanshan Kazuye on the side of the road where the motorcycles were parked.

Two girls stood together, talking to a man carrying a shoulder bag and wearing a white fisherman hat on his head.

The man's hat is held low on his head. Looking from a distance, he can only see some strong chin, lips, and nose lines. The length of the hair on the back of his head is below the shoulders, which is a relatively feminine personal characteristic, but You can still tell the gender from the skeleton and physique.

"Who is that guy..." Hattori Heiji thought that he was worried about Toyama and Ye just now. He looked at Toyama and Ye talking to the man with a smile. He felt a little uncomfortable and walked over with a dark face.

When a group of people came forward, the man wearing a white fisherman's hat handed a piece of paper 40 to 50 centimeters in length and width to Toyama and Ye, said something to the two girls, and quickly turned around and left.

"Kazuha, we are going to see the eucalyptus discovery site. What are you doing here all of a sudden?" Hattori Heiji complained, looking at the back of the man as he left, and noticed that there was black carbon on the man's right hand holding the shoulder bag. Fan looked at the zipper of the satchel that could not be completely closed. Sure enough, he saw the corner of the painting pad there, and looked back thoughtfully.

Are you a painter...

"You just mentioned the legend of resentful spirits. Xiaolan was a little scared when she heard it. I also felt that it was not good to stand in front of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and talk about real resentful spirits, so I wanted to go farther away from Xiaolan, but I met the money-collecting gang. Because he said that sketching can quickly complete our portraits and the charge is not expensive, so Xiaolan and I asked him to draw a portrait for us respectively..." Yuanshan and Ye looked back. As the man walked away, he smiled and raised the paper in his hand, sharing the portrait on the paper with Hattori Heiji like a treasure, "Heiji, look, he draws really well!"

"Also, this painting of mine is also very good..." Mao Lilan raised the drawing paper in his hand and showed it to Kogoro Mouri, Chi Feichi, and Nanatsuki Koshizui, and even squatted down to let Conan see it. , asked Conan with a smile, "Although it has a head and upper body with only simple lines, it feels very similar to us, right? Conan?"

Conan also felt that the portrait was vivid. Seeing Mao Lilan happy, he smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yeah! The painting is very good!"

Looking at the two portraits, Chi Feichi felt like he was seeing sketches of characters drawn by Aoyama Gangmasa himself. Suddenly, he felt a sense of being separated from reality. He quickly recovered and had to admit that the two portraits The portrait is really well done.

"Although the lines are simple, the proportions of the human body are restored very well, and the completely different temperaments of the two of you are fully drawn. The facial features in the portrait of He Ye look energetic, and the face in the portrait of Xiaolan looks gentle," Koshimizu Nanatsuki commented with emotion, "The key is that it hasn't been long since you left the gate of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. It should take him less than five minutes to paint a portrait. He can paint such a beautiful painting so quickly." After the portrait was drawn, there seemed to be no modifications at the beginning of the painting. The artist’s painting skills are amazing!”

Hattori Heiji looked at Toyama and Ye looking forward to looking at him, and then agreed, "The painting is indeed very good..."

Yuan Shan and Ye smiled happily and rolled their eyes, but also felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that he has left, otherwise each of us can ask him to draw a portrait."

"Yes," Mao Lilan also felt regretful, "It's rare to meet such a powerful portrait painter, and the fee is cheap..."

"Is this pattern his signature?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki pointed to the flower branch pattern in the lower right corner of Maori Ran's painting, reminding others to pay attention, and then looked at the portrait in Toyama Kazuha's hand, "The one with Kazuha There is also the same flower branch in the lower right corner of the portrait. The number of flower bundles on the flower branch and the appearance of the blooming flowers are exactly the same. This should be the pattern that the painter used as a signature, right? His painting skills are superb, and someone will definitely hear about it. If you pass him, and he also has this kind of personal mark as a signature, just go to an art gallery and other places to inquire, and you should be able to get his information soon."

Mao Lilan turned the painting in front of her, looked down at the flower branches on the painting, and smiled in surprise, "Really, what a special flower branch, so we can find him!"

Toyama Kazuye also looked down at the flower branches on his portrait, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, "His flower branch signature is also very good, but what kind of flower is this? It looks so beautiful when it blooms, but I feel like Never seen..."

Chi Feichi recognized the flower branch at a glance, "Realgar orchid, known as Narcissus japonica in Japan, is an herbaceous plant of the Iris family. It can be used to detoxify, reduce swelling and pain, and relieve muscle and bone pain all over the body."

Koshizui Nanatsuki's mouth curved, and he quickly turned his head to look at the motorcycles placed aside, trying to suppress the smile on his face.

She finally discovered that in Mr. Chi's eyes, the most noteworthy aspect of plants is 'what diseases they can be used to treat'.

She is indeed the family patron saint of the herbal witch Montgomery.

"Huh? It turns out they are flowers that can cure diseases." The more Toyama Kazuha looked at it, the more the flowers on the painting were pleasing to the eye. He turned to Hattori Heiji and said, "Heiji, please take everyone to the eucalyptus discovery site. I want to go nearby. Take a look at the art gallery and ask someone to find out the identity of the painter. Next time we come to Kyoto, we can ask him to paint a portrait for you!"

"Then I'll go with you, He Ye," Mao Lilan said to Yuan Shan and Ye with a smile, "Wait while I go say hello to Yuanzi and the doctor and see if they want to go to the art gallery with us. If they don't If you plan to go, then just the two of us will go!”

"Okay," Yuan Shan and Ye Xinran nodded, took Mao Lilan's arms, and happily walked to the gate of Kitano Tenmangu Palace, "I will accompany you and say hello to everyone. The children should still be there. Inside..."

When Hattori Heiji saw Toyama Kazuha just leaving, he quickly shouted, "Kazuha, don't run to too remote places, remember to call if anything happens!"

"I know," Yuan Shan and Ye turned around with a smile and waved their hands, "You guys have to work harder in the investigation. We'll find a place to have a big dinner tonight!"

Hattori Heiji was encouraged, and his mood suddenly improved, and a smile appeared on his face instantly. He soon found that Mouri Kogoro, Ike Feichi, Koshizui Nanatsuki, and Conan were all looking at him intently, and he quickly put his face away. With a smile, "Ahem, let's go to the murder scene now. It's true that Heye only focuses on things like painting that have nothing to do with the murder..."

Koshizui Nanatsuki sighed with emotion, "Hattori, you are really awkward."

"Hmph..." Mouri Kogoro said with some disgust, assuming the posture of a senior, "A brat is a brat."

Conan looked up at Hattori Heiji and teased with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be the kind of person who is awkward at hitting curveballs..."

Hattori Heiji clenched his fists for a second and stared at Conan with dangerous eyes.

He is not in a position to be violent with the other two, but Kudo is still a brat, so he still can't deal with it?

"Hattori, please show me the letter with the number on it again."

Next to him, Chi Feichi, who was distracted and thinking about the matter, suddenly spoke up and saved Conan who was about to be beaten.

Seeing Chi Feichi's serious expression, Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment. He also stopped playing around, took out the photo and letter from his pocket, and handed the letter to Chi Feichi, "Brother Feichi, what are you thinking of?" Yet?"

"The letter in your hand is a copy, right?" Chi Feichi took the letter and looked at the edge of the letter paper, "The right and lower sides of the paper have been cut, indicating that the copy paper was originally larger than this , it was deliberately cut into smaller sizes. Was it cut into smaller sizes according to the original size after the copy was completed?"

"This is what Officer Otaki gave me..." Hattori Heiji recalled, "But I have seen the original, and it is about the same size as the copy. The copy was sent to the Osaka Prefectural Police after the Kyoto Prefectural Police copied the original. It should be the Kyoto Prefectural Police. The police officers must have specially cut it to the same size as the original. After all, this is probably something sent by the murderer and contains important information. The Kyoto Prefectural Police will provide a copy of this kind of thing to the joint search partners and will definitely try to restore it. The condition of the original.”

When Koshizui Nanatsuki saw Chi Feichi handing the letter to him, he stretched out his hand to catch it in confusion, lowered his head and looked at the letter paper, "The size of this paper is indeed... different from the size of common printing paper. It is smaller than large printing paper. And it’s bigger than small printer paper…”

"Printing paper on the market usually comes in the sizes of international A, B, and C types of paper. Which model to use depends on what paper specifications the printer allows or is suitable for. Printers and printing paper have fixed specifications, and you can borrow common templates. Printing will save a lot of things, so people will use regular printing paper by default when printing content." Hattori Heiji touched his chin with his right hand and looked at the letter in Koshimizu Nanatsuki's hand, "If the paper used by the murderer is the same size The printing paper on the market is different and uncut, which may be an important clue."

Chi Feichi had already taken out a soft ruler from his coat pocket and used it to measure the length and width of the letter paper in Koshizu Nanatsuki's hand. "The same goes for drawing paper. If you don't buy drawing paper according to the specifications, it will be inconvenient to buy a suitable drawing board. , stretch canvas and other tools, the frame also needs to be customized when installing the watch, so for convenience, painters usually choose drawing paper and canvas with uniform specifications..."

Conan didn't expect that Chi Feichi actually had a soft ruler on him. After feeling in his heart, "It's Doraemon indeed," he also looked at the letter paper carefully.

After Chi Feichi said this, he also felt that the size of this letter paper was very similar to drawing paper...

It's the kind of drawing paper that kids used to draw crayon drawings in their elementary school art classes.