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

"Now, Mr. Genda, what else troubles you?"

As the saying goes, one should strike while the iron is hot, but the momentum will wane with each attempt and be exhausted with each attempt.

Genda Takatoku clearly had a high degree of resistance at the beginning.

However, during the second inquiry, that resistance gradually waned in the face of Chen En's demonstrated financial power.

By the time he was asked for the third time, Genda Takatoku no longer had much resistance.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.

"Gentlemen, I have some doubts..."

"I might be the red horse in the flames that set three houses on fire, that infamous arsonist."

Zhu Fugaoming and Chen En exchanged a glance.

He immediately realized that Genda Takatoku probably had some mental problems.

Both of them are quite experienced in solving cases.

If a criminal truly wanted to turn himself in, he wouldn't speak in such a hesitant tone.

It's even less likely that I'll say anything; I have a slight suspicion that I might be.

Crime is either true or false; there's no such thing as a possible crime.

Could you please elaborate?

Zhu Fugaoming then asked.

“I don’t think you’re the kind of person who would set a house on fire.”

"Is it possible that there's some kind of misunderstanding?"

In response to Morofushi Takamichi's question.

Genda Takatoku said earnestly.

"To be honest, I have some mental health issues."

"Because I witnessed my father perish in a fire when I was a child."

"So I'm extremely sensitive to anything that might catch fire, so I went to a mental hospital for a checkup, and Dr. Morozumi, who examined me, told me... I might have dissociative identity disorder."

"I would unconsciously set fires, thus creating these arson incidents."

"The most obvious evidence is the red horse found at the crime scene."

"That wasn't actually the so-called Red Horse, but Red Hare, the mount of Guan Yu, the God of War and Wealth of the mysterious Eastern Great Country. What was found at the crime scene was actually Guan Yu's keychain, the kind of keychain I'm giving away right now."

"It was just that the flames burned away the statue of Guan Yu on top."

"Besides, no one lived in those three houses, so even if I were to hand out keychains, it would be impossible for me to deliver them to those three houses. But my keychains were definitely found in those three houses..."

"I think there's no other possibility than that I put it in myself."

...Doctor of the Horizons?

It seems this Dr. Morozumi has a problem.

Zhu Fugaoming nodded slightly.

Chapter 874 Using Kongming to deal with Kongming

When Genda Takatoku uttered the specific term "Doctor Morozumi".

Chen En then pointed to his earphones.

Noah's Ark, as a super artificial intelligence, immediately understood Chen En's meaning and began searching the database for the so-called Dr. Morozumi, focusing on Dr. Morozumi Akira from the Department of Psychiatry.

However, the name Zhujiaoming surprised Chen En somewhat.

This name, like the one next to it, is derived from Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang's courtesy name, Kongming.

...Although I don't know why, in this country, they seem to be used to pronouncing the ancient figures of the mysterious Eastern superpower by their full names and courtesy names.

For example, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Zhao Yun.

I don't know where I learned these bad habits.

Chen En immediately said.

"That Dr. Morozumi's full name is Akira Morozumi, a psychiatrist at Beika Community Hospital."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this is probably an imitation of a heinous murder in a novel. However, Akira Morozumi knows that Mr. Genda is essentially a kind person."

"That's why the three houses in front, which were used as a decoy, were chosen to be uninhabited."

"If Mr. Genda knew that he might have burned others to death because of his split personality, he would have turned himself in immediately. There would have been no time for him to kill his real target."

"He can't let his scapegoat slip away like this."

Zhu Fugaoming was somewhat surprised to hear Chen En's words.

However, he was already used to Chen En's ability to inexplicably obtain case information from unknown sources. After all, the Woodpecker Class incident was much harder to ascertain than this one.

Chen Enlian knew everything about the Woodpecker Class, so it's normal for him to know this.

However, what about Morozumi Akira?

Morofushi Takaaki instinctively felt a certain aversion to this name.

Perhaps it's because like repels like.

Although both men's names are based on Zhuge Liang, they did completely opposite things.

One is an arsonist who uses innocent people to commit murder, while the other is a career police officer in Nagano Prefecture who helps local police solve countless heinous murder cases.

Furthermore, they also found a key person named Genda Takatoku.

Perhaps this is the work of fate.

Furthermore, if the crime was committed in imitation of a heinous murder in a novel...

That is Agatha Christie's "The ABC Murders".

The real killer was trying to hide his true target.

So he deliberately created the illusion of random killings based on the first letter of the name, while simultaneously misleading an innocent person into believing that he was the murderer, thereby exonerating himself.

If we know what the original model was, then solving this case would be much easier.

Because Akira Morozuki's scheme was truly clumsy.

It's just that the initial letter killings have been replaced with burning houses down according to numbers.

"How could you say that?"

Genda Ryūtoku found Chen En's words somewhat hard to believe.

"If you say that Dr. Morozumi used me to kill people..."

"So, who is Dr. Morozumi using me to kill? In my memory, Dr. Morozumi is a good doctor who has no enemies at all. Why would he want to kill someone?"

That's a very easy question to answer.

Chen En said it bluntly.

"His next target is Beikacho 4-chome."

Even if Chen En hadn't actually targeted Morozumi Akira, he could still deduce that Morozumi Akira's next target was Beito-cho 4-chome.

This has nothing to do with deduction; it's simply because Conan and Heiji Hattori both appeared near Beikacho 4-chome.

With the likes of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang from both the east and west of the pass gathered together, someone is bound to die.

However, now that he has learned the favorable information that Morozumi Akira is most likely the murderer, it may be possible to prevent this heinous murder from happening, but he doesn't need to do it himself.

He could have simply sent Ai Haibara a message and asked her to relay the information to Conan and Heiji Hattori.

Then he instructed Morofushi Takaaki, who was standing nearby, to take Genda Takatoku and handle the matter properly.

He has already provided the assist in this incident.

Once the security mission is triggered, he just needs to wait to collect the points.

It would be better to go and take a look at the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall first.

After all, there's a high probability that we'll be facing off against the mysterious organization at the Longma Exhibition tomorrow. If the setup isn't meticulous enough, there could be more unexpected events.

What Chen En hates most is when his carefully laid plans are disrupted by unexpected changes.

His gaze fell on Genda Takatoku, who was completely shocked.

Because Genda Takatoku and Morozumi Akira had a good relationship.

He trusted Morozumi Akira so much that Morozumi Akira was able to use this as an excuse to trick Genda Takatoku into becoming the scapegoat.

Therefore, Genda Takatoku actually knew about Morozumi Akira's family situation and home address.

Beika-cho 4-chome is where Akira Morozumi lived.

In other words, Akira Morozumi's target is his wife, Ryoko Morozumi.

However, Genda Ryūnō could not understand why Morozumi Akira would kill his own family.

Although Liu Bei once said, "Brothers are like hands and feet, women are like clothes."

But Morozumi Akira has no brothers, so why would he burn his clothes?

"It seems that Beitocho 4-chome is quite an interesting place name."

Although Morofushi Takaaki was unaware of this relationship.

However, seeing Genda Ryūnō's behavior, he immediately realized that Beito-chō 4-chome was a place that Morozumi Akira would never have burned down under normal circumstances, and it might even have been Morozumi Akira's own house.

He said the place name was interesting.

The reason is not just the conversation we are having now at the Genda Ryūtoku toy store.

Earlier at the hotel, Chen En stated that Kogoro Mouri was driving towards Beikacho 4-chome because Kogoro Mouri believed that Beikacho 4-chome was likely the arsonist's next target.