I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 32 Batman always has a backup plan

“Miss Hyuga, Mr. Kou just said that you conspired with him to assassinate Chairman Nagato.”

"Although I think it's impossible, but..."

Kogoro Mouri looked at Yuki Hyuga standing by the bed, and after thinking about what he had overheard downstairs, hesitated for a moment before asking, "I still want to ask, is this true?"

Upon hearing this, Hyuga Yuki remained silent.

A moment later, Hinata Yuki smiled bitterly, about to explain the reason according to the confession procedure for citizens of Beika Town.

But in that instant, Chen En pulled his hand out of his pocket.

The black wallet seemed to slip by unintentionally, then fell precisely in front of Conan.

Just before the black wallet hit the ground, Conan kicked it hard.

Electricity crackled around his red sneakers, making his strength and speed far exceed Hinata Yuki's reaction limits at that moment. So much so that Hinata Yuki only realized he was being attacked when his black wallet was kicked like lightning and hit the water bottle in his hand!

A sneak attack! Young man, you have no sportsmanship!
The water bottle in Hyuga Yuki's hand was hit by the black wallet flying at high speed, and it immediately flew out of his hand. The outer shell of the water bottle was also shattered into pieces by Conan's kick!

The distinctive-smelling gasoline inside immediately spilled out.

Everyone present witnessed this astonishing scene.

However, to their even greater surprise, Hinata Yuki hesitated only slightly before approaching the spilled gasoline on the balcony and even took out a lighter.

At this point, everyone finally realized what Hinata Yuki was trying to do.

This is a case of trying to set oneself on fire!

"Damn it, Hyuga-san..."

Hattori Heiji suddenly rushed towards Hyuga Yuki, intending to pin him down before he could ignite the fire.

However, Hyuga Yuki had a lighter in his hand, and no matter how fast Hattori Heiji was, he couldn't possibly light it faster than Hyuga Yuki, unless...

She couldn't start the fire.

At that moment, a fifty-yen coin suddenly flew out of Chen En's hand.

The lighter struck Hinata Yuki precisely on the fingers that were gripping it, forcing her to instinctively let go. Just before the lighter fell to the ground, Hattori Heiji finally arrived.

He immediately kicked the lighter away, pulled Hinata Yuki back to prevent her from getting any closer to the spilled gasoline, and asked in a low voice,
"What is it all for? Hinata-san, why did you do this?"

"You have the courage to die, so why are you afraid to tell everyone the truth? The situation is far from the worst it can get! Everything can still be salvaged, can't it?!"

Hattori Heiji's voice was serious and earnest for the first time.

At that moment, Hinata Yuki seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground.

She sobbed softly, distraught.
"Why can they start a fire so easily... but I can't..."

fire.

Hinata Yuki had previously mentioned the bond of fire, along with the story told by Nagato Dozo, and the nickname "them".

Given the current situation, even Kogoro Mouri realized that the truth behind the arson and rescue incident was probably not what they knew—

"The ones who started the fire were Nagato Mitsuaki and Nagato Hideomi, right?"

Chen En took a sip of coffee and said calmly,
"I already know."

Did you already know?

Standing next to Chen En, Kogoro Mouri turned his head and looked at the mysterious coffee shop man next to him in shock.

At first, he thought this guy was just a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) person who was freeloading, then he thought he was a chuunibyou with off-the-charts fighting skills, and now... he seems to actually have a bit of the Batman style and image that Chen En claims to have!
Upon hearing this, the two Osaka police officers behind him exchanged a glance and asked,
So, what exactly happened?

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Twenty years ago, Hinata Yuki's parents ran a hotel.
They lived a peaceful life, and although their days were ordinary and mundane, they were happy and content.

Until the arrival of two uninvited guests.

Nagato Mitsuaki and Nagato Hideomi started a fire inside the Hyuga family's inn simply out of amusement. However, they did not expect the fire to develop in a way that far exceeded their expectations.

Within a short time, the flames had completely engulfed the hotel, and everyone, including the Hyuga family and other guests, was trapped in the flames and unable to escape.

Nagato Mitsuaki was terrified and prepared to flee as if nothing had happened.

However, Nagato Hideomi rushed into the fire to try his best to make up for his mistake, but he only managed to save Hyuga Yuki and suffered extensive and severe burns, which completely disfigured him.

After that, Nagato Hideomi regretted his actions every single day.

Especially when she discovered that Hinata Sachi had fallen in love with him and wanted to marry him...

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"Nagato Hideomi died because of this."

"His remorse and moral condemnation overwhelmed his desire to live."

Chen En's gaze fell on Nagato Mitsuaki, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Like a sharp blade, it plunged Nagato Hikaru's heart into an icy abyss.

“But you, Nagato Mitsuaki, show no remorse whatsoever.”

"So, Hinata Yuki pretended to cooperate with you, but actually wanted to use this opportunity to kill you and avenge her parents. This is the real whole story of the case."

"As for evidence? What I have is the evidence."

Hinata Yuki, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly raised her head and looked incredulously at the crumpled piece of paper in Chen En's hand.

That was Nagato Hideomi's suicide note!

But why did it end up in Chen En's hands...?

Hattori Heiji, who was pinning down Hyuga Yuki, was even more surprised.

He recalled that when Nagato Mitsuaki had just gone to see Nagato Hideomi under the pretext of doing so, Chen En had jokingly told him, "Perhaps Nagato Hideomi is already dead," and "He will go and break into Nagato Hideomi's house tonight to check on things."

Now it seems that this was probably not a joke!

Batman always has a backup plan, and he never tells anyone about it before it's implemented.

Just like Chen En now.

"It turned out to be like this..."

Nagato Dosan said, somewhat dejectedly,
"Now that things have come to this... I have no choice but to confess..."

"The reason I want to match Hideomi and Hinata is because... Hinata is the daughter of my first love. From the moment I saw the pen on her, I knew it..."

The chairman, who was only sixty years old but looked like a seventy or eighty-year-old man nearing the end of his life, sighed deeply.

At that moment, he seemed to have aged ten years.

[Medium-difficulty security mission completed!]

[Your 50 points reward has been credited to your account, please check!]

[You've been awarded 25 points for helping Sheriff Gordon solve a tricky problem!]

The system light curtain popped up at just the right moment.

However, Chen En merely took a sip of coffee, casually dispelled the system's light screen, and calmly said,
“Mr. Nagato, now is not the time for sentimentality.”

"Your most urgent task is to find a good lawyer for Miss Hinata. Anyway, your son-in-law has more than a dozen murder cases on his hands, and he's definitely going to be hanged. But Miss Hinata is different. Why don't you try to protect your daughter?"

Hinata Yuki had the idea of ​​killing someone, but he hadn't had a chance to put it into action yet.

Her life can absolutely start over.

(End of this chapter)