Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 147: The Dark Pursuer (Part 5)

In the middle of the night, at Dr. Agasa's house, Conan and Dr. Agasa talked about this matter.

"What did you say? Sneak into the search meeting?" Dr. Agasa raised his voice slightly in surprise.

Conan quickly reminded him to lower his voice: "Shh! That's too loud."

Dr. Agasa immediately covered his mouth and glanced at Haibara's room.

"I think Huiyuan didn't hear it."

"She should be in the underground laboratory."

"I guess the person disguised as a criminal is Vermouth. While waiting for the elevator, she will pass the results of the meeting to the boss."

"I see. And then Officer Yamamura happened to hear it. The keystrokes when typing into the boss's email address sounded like the seven crows."

As the two were thinking, Huiyuan walked out from the side: "Really, what are you doing secretly? Why did you think it was Vermouth just by the sound of the keys?"

"I also saw Gin's Porsche."

Huibara was shocked.

"If they want to sneak into the police station in their true colors, the risk is too high. If they are disguised, Vermouth is the most likely one."

"In short, the series of events that have occurred this time, in my opinion, must have some connection with the Black Organization, so I also want to investigate this incident. Are you willing to help?"

Dr. Agasa was the first to speak out: "I have no problem."

Then he looked at Huibara.

Huiyuan smiled faintly: "Even if I ask you not to interfere, I don't think you will listen. But you must be careful. I think you should know that if your true identity is discovered by them..."

"I know. I know that very well."

Then Conan talked about the nightmare he had a few days ago, and Dr. Agasa was shocked: "You said you dreamed about the Black Organization and Oritis one after another? And there was also a shrill female voice laughing in your ear?"

Instead, Huiyuan laughed at Conan: "Haha, it seems that you are not as calm as you seem recently. You even have such a nightmare."

Conan: "But this kind of dream is really weird. I hope I'm just too stressed."

The next day, Dr. Agasa drove Conan to several previous crime scenes for investigation, but found little.

At the police station, Officer Shiratori also found out that none of the six victims had the habit of playing mahjong, so Maori Kogoro's reasoning was overturned. During the discussion among the police, Ireland, disguised as Matsumoto Kiyonaga, noticed the connection between Kudo Shinichi and Edogawa Conan.

At Teitan Elementary School, in the handicraft class, Haibara complained that Conan's investigation had not made any progress.

"Have you figured out the meaning of the mahjong tiles and the letters? And those special objects left at the scene?"

"I can't think of those either." Conan sighed, silently kneading the clay in his hands. "The meaning of 'Tanabe, Kyo' is also the same."

Ayumi exclaimed, "Wow, Alice, you did a great job. Is this a white dove?"

The little girl showed her work to the others and said, "It's actually a crow."

Mitsuhiko: "Huh? But crows are black?"

Yuanta: "Because the clay is white. If it were black it would look like a crow."

The little girl didn't care about their complaints: "Hehe, let me tell you a story. A long time ago, crows were white, okay?"

The three little ones: "Eh? You must be kidding."

The little girl began to tell the story: "The story takes place in the Greek mythological era. Apollo, the god of light, created a group of messengers for himself to spread his good name on earth. They were crows. At that time, they still had white feathers and beautiful singing voices."

"However, during one of the messages, the crow, greedy for the wine in the golden cup, forgot to remind Apollo to attend the banquet of the gods, causing Apollo to be late for the banquet and making a fool of himself."

"So, this god of light, medicine, and music became furious and burned the crow's feathers black with flames, depriving it of its singing voice. From then on, the crow could only wear black feathers and make hoarse cries."

Ayumi: "That's too much! Crow just made a small mistake and got punished like this."

The little girl quickly comforted Ayumi: "This is just a legend. In fact, crows are very smart animals..."

Listening to the story told by the little girl, Conan suddenly realized that among the items left by several previous victims, there was a book called "Theogony", which tells stories about Greek mythology. So, could these dead people correspond to a certain mythological story?

Thinking of this, Conan asked the little girl if she knew more Greek myths, and the little girl nodded in agreement.

"I didn't expect you to be interested in Greek mythology, Conan. Then I'll tell you the stories of some of the goddesses I'm most familiar with."

"When you came to my house before, you must have seen the statues on the Muses' Gallery."

The three little ones and Conan nodded. Mitsuhiko raised his hand and said, "I remember those statues were called Muse statues."

The little girl said, "That's right, but 'Muse' refers to a total of nine goddesses. They are the nine daughters of Zeus, the god of the sky, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. They are subordinates of Apollo. Most of them are in charge of the arts. We can distinguish these goddesses by the symbols they hold in their hands."

"For example, Calliope, who governs epic poetry, holds a stylus and a wax tablet; Clio, who governs history, holds a scroll; and Euterpe, who governs lyric poetry and music, carries a basket of flowers..."

Conan was shocked. He matched the objects held by the nine Muses with the items scattered around the victims, and found that they all matched. So, was the murderer killing according to the number of Muses? But there are nine Muses, and the sum of the first and seventh bamboos on a mahjong tile is only eight?

[Little girl: I gave Conan a hint, almost an explicit one, but he seems to have lost his mind.]

[Novelist: Even without any reminder, this kid should be able to associate the "Theogony" with mythological stories.]

[Blind Woman: Now, if I count, there are only three Muses that haven't been used yet.]

[Sculptors: The three are Terpsichore, Polynya, and Urania.]

[Reporter: The three Muses represent chorus and dance, carols and geometry, and astronomy and astrology.]

At the police station, Officer Yamato received a call: "Good news, the male suspect in the serial murder case may appear in Beihua City."

Officer Yamato pushed the photo in front of Inspector Megure: "Fakase Minoru, 27 years old. He was wanted for stabbing a person a year ago. I have sent officers to monitor his girlfriend. I just received news that his girlfriend rushed to Tokyo from Nagano and got off at Beika Station. Her name is Yoshii Risa, 21 years old."

Manager Matsumoto: "Okay, Megure, you will go with your subordinates and Officer Yamato."

So, a group of police officers immediately drove to the destination, and this scene happened to be seen by Conan who was passing by.