Detective Conan: Twelve Death Warlocks

"Mr. Maoli, my husband has not shown up for many days. We have been married for ten years, and he has never not returned home at night. Although he is not a very well-behaved person, I think something must have happened to him..." The man in front of me

The woman looked at Mouri Kogoro helplessly, her whole body trembling.

Conan was stunned for a moment, then felt a little uneasy.

Mouri Kogoro touched his chin and then asked: "Excuse me, young lady, who are you..."

The man was a little stunned, but then he took a breath and took out a business card: "My name is Tsuburaya Ichi, and I am a salesperson at Rice Flower Department Store. The person in the photo is my husband Tsuburaya Eiji, a businessman."

Taxi driver."

"Then have you contacted his friends or colleagues with whom you have a good relationship?"

"Yes, and the police also checked, but found nothing. Moreover, the connection disappeared with the taxi where my husband worked. Moreover, my husband usually has a normal schedule, but my husband did not return to the taxi company to change cars that day.

The registration person in charge of the taxi company also called to inquire. I thought he had a business that was not completed, so the handover was late, so..."

Mouri Kogoro nodded slightly, and then made a phone call. Moori Kogoro sighed slightly, looked at the other party, and explained the content of his call: "I called Officer Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Officer Mu told me that the person in charge of the taxi company reported to the police that Mr. Tsuburaya has never been late for a shift in so many years of employment."

Conan then frowned again, as if he thought this matter was a bit too strange. Kogoro Mori nodded: "The police are currently investigating this matter. In fact, Officer Megure just asked me to investigate the case together.

"

"Then please leave it to Mr. Mori."

…

Ten days later…

At the Metropolitan Police Department, Takagi Shita heard someone reporting the crime, and immediately said: "Yes, I understand."

Takagi Wataru went to Officer Megure to report: "Officer Megure, the body of Eiji Tsuburaya, the driver of the taxi company who was reported missing before, was found in an orchard in the suburbs. Because the orchard is relatively remote, he was in

I discovered it while working in the morning, and because we issued a joint investigation notice to local police, the local police reported the matter back."

Mumu Shisan nodded slightly: "Then let's go to the scene together and have a look! In addition, I also invite brother Maori to go to the scene together."

"yes."

…

"Officer Memu, what is certain is that the other party was murdered. Because the mouth and nose of the corpse were sealed with tape, and there was a nylon rope wrapped around the neck. It seemed that he died of suffocation. The death time had already passed a long time.

It's time." Everyone looked at a male corpse that exuded a foul smell and was highly decayed.

Mumu Shisan nodded slightly, and then looked at them: "Just in case, we still need to do an identification. As long as there is DNA identification, we can be sure."

Mouri Kogoro touched his chin, and then frowned: "The murderer probably kidnapped the taxi driver, injured him, and then dumped his body?"

"Teacher Mori's reasoning is indeed unique." Toru Amuro, who was next to him, cheered him up, but smiled helplessly.

Memu Shisan touched his chin, but shook his head helplessly, and then ordered all the police: "Investigate the scene as much as possible. Since it is the scene where the body was dumped, try to eliminate the impact as much as possible. Next, Takagi, I will trouble you to bring

People should check the used car market, especially the underground market, to see if they can find that car."

Toru Amuro sighed with emotion: "It seems like this is not the first time this person has committed a crime!"

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Mumu Shisan was a little surprised.

"Because of the killing method, don't you think that the other party's actions are well-organized, as if they have rehearsed in advance? So I think even if the police officers check all the second-hand car trading markets, there will be no results. Moreover,

With the current situation, it’s easy to send the car out of Tokyo, right? As long as you run far enough and take off the license plate, the police investigation will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.”

Mumu Shisan nodded slightly, but even so, he felt that things could only stay like this for now.

"Teacher Maori, I think we should call the old man from the fruit farmer over first and ask about the situation?"

Mu Mu Shisan ignored this, and then looked at the police there. The fruit farmer came over, with a somewhat depressed expression, and looked at them with an aggrieved look: "Officer, I am really innocent! This matter is really serious.

It has nothing to do with me. Today is the first time this month that I went into the orchard to deal with weeds, and I didn’t see it until then! ...Then I chose to call the police until these police officers came over.”

The fruit farmer was a little decadent and sighed softly.

Megure Thirteen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mouri Kogoro: "Moori brother, what do you think?"

Mouri Kogoro shook his head slightly, but it was Amuro Toru who spoke: "I think the same as the police officer thought, the car cannot disappear out of thin air. The only possibility is that the criminals have special channels to sell the stolen goods. Therefore, the gangsters are seeking financial harm.

It should be right to investigate the direction of fate."

…

At Café Poirot, Conan couldn’t help but frowned after listening to the description of the case, as if he was thinking about the hidden story behind the case.

"If this is the case, I think there should be similar cases happening in other places. In fact, the first thing to do is to remind Officer Memu to see if there are similar cases in other places. Although finding the vehicle is the only clue,

But it’s not necessarily that there won’t be other clues besides this.”

Conan only heard about this case after school, so he came here to inquire about news related to the case. Conan borrowed the cell phone in the cafe and called Takagi Wataru in the voice of Mouri Kogoro and asked him to check it out.

If similar things happen elsewhere, call Conan later.

Takagi Wataru didn't pay attention, but he called quickly, with a look of joy in his tone: "Mr. Mori, you are right, before Mr. Eiji Tsuburaya disappeared, there were incidents in Chiba Prefecture and Aipido Town.

There have been two very similar cases. The first missing taxi driver was a month ago, named Satoshi Tanaka. His body was found in a pond two days after his disappearance. The head of the body had been damaged many times.

After the second blow, multiple stab wounds were found on the torso, and the killing method was extremely brutal; the second driver, Haneda Akira, was strangled to death. Judging from the scene, the second crime method was obviously worse than the first.

More skilled..."