The fire truck arrived about 20 minutes later, and then it took about 10 minutes to put out the fire.
After the fire was put out, Aizen walked into the villa. Because Aizen suspected that the fire was set by someone among the crowd, everyone followed him in to see what was going on inside.
Coming to the living room, looking at the living room that had been burned to pieces by the fire, Aizen said: "Look, are there any signs of furniture being moved here?"
Hayasaka Tomoko looked around and could vaguely see where the furniture was placed. She couldn't help but say in surprise: "Yes, there are indeed signs of being moved."
"Yeah, that's right." Morimoto Yoshinobu nodded in agreement.
Chika Miyazaki said: "In that case, it really was someone among us who did it?" As she said that, she turned her head to look at the others, wondering who it could be.
Because they had already made arrangements with the firefighters before entering, the firefighters did not call out to chase them away when they entered the villa.
Aizen turned to the firefighter captain and said, "Excuse me, when you were putting out the fire, did you find anything else, such as an automatic ignition device or something like that?"
"No such thing."
The firefighter captain shook his head, then put his hand into his pocket and said, "But we did find this. This should be a birthday greeting from someone." He took out two pieces of paper that were only partially burned and handed them to Aizen.
At the bottom of one of the papers was the words "Professor Takamura". Seeing this, Chika Miyazaki said, "This is a fax from Professor Takamura at twelve o'clock. He was going to tell Asami, but Asami was asleep at that time."
"This is not the same piece of paper." Asami Uchida suddenly said. Tomoko
Hayasaka said puzzledly, "What do you mean?"
Aizen said, "These two pieces of debris are not the same, which means they come from two pieces of paper, but when we went out, there was only one fax, and later someone sent another fax."
Chika Miyazaki asked curiously, "Could it be that Teacher Takamura sent another fax later?"
Noguchi Shibahisa said, "Why did Teacher Takamura do this?"
Aizen walked to the fax machine, looked at the burnt chair, and asked, "I want to ask, why is this chair burnt so black?"
The firefighter captain replied, "Because the cake was placed on this chair at the time, and the fire was caused by the candles on the cake. The candles burned to the bottom, and the place where the chair was sitting was burnt black."
Hayasaka Tomoko exclaimed, "How could it be, I put out the candles when I went out."
Aizen said: "This means that someone lit the candles later."
Morimoto Yoshinobu said puzzledly, "But we left at twelve o'clock. We were all in the karaoke before three o'clock. At most, we went to the bathroom and the store next door. No one left for too long."
The fire captain said, "The fire should have started at 2:50. I asked people in the nearby villas, and they said they saw fireworks at this time, but they thought someone was camping at the time."
Sawai Manabu heard this and said, "If the fire started at that time, it couldn't have been us, because we were all in the karaoke at that time. No one left for too long, and then we discovered the fire and rushed back here."
Sawai Manabu said, "If the fire started at that time, it couldn't have been us, because we were all at the karaoke bar at that time, and no one left for too long. Then we found the fire and rushed back here."
Asami Uchida said to Aizen, "Aizen, let's just forget about it. This should just be an accident. Let's stop here."
Aizen refused immediately, saying, "No, that person almost killed you, Asami. I absolutely don't agree to just forget about it."
"Aizen!"
Asami Uchida was moved by what she heard, hesitated for a moment, and finally said nothing.
Aizen looked at everyone and said, "Actually, I already have an idea. If I'm not mistaken, the criminal should have used a fax machine to light the fire."
"Fax machine?"
Everyone looked at Aizen in confusion, but Conan suddenly had an idea and thought of how to use a fax machine to light the fire.
"Aizen is really amazing. Did he really not think of anything in those previous cases?"
Conan admired Aizen's reasoning ability, because before Aizen said it, he had never thought of it. In this way, he began to doubt the cases he had solved before, suspecting that Aizen was not completely ignorant at that time. As for why Aizen did not say it, he did not know.
Aizen said: "." Light the cake and put it on the chair, then go to the store next to the karaoke and send a fax, so that the fax paper will light up because it touches the candle. "
Chika Miyazaki was a little unconvinced and asked, "Can this really be done?"
Noguchi Shibahisa said: "And this method is too simple, who would use such a simple method to kill people."
"I don't agree with this."
Aizen shook his head and said: "The simpler the method, the fewer steps are required, so there will be fewer traces left at the scene. Therefore, the simpler the killing method is, the more effective it is. The more sophisticated the killing method is, once there is a slight mistake in one step, it will be discovered by a shrewd detective, resulting in the failure of the plan."
Ran heard this and said: "If this is the case, we go to the store owner next to the karaoke and ask, then we will know who sent the fax at that time."
Sawai Manabu's face changed immediately, because he knew that he could not hide it anymore. He originally thought that the plan would not have any problems, but he did not expect it to be solved so easily.
Uchida Asami said at this time: "Let's go out and talk, don't interfere with other people's work here."
Aizen looked at Uchida Asami deeply when he heard this, and did not refuse, and walked out with others.
The group left the villa and came to the outside of the villa.
At this point, Uchida Asami knew who the arsonist was. She could guess why the other party did it, and she also knew how much impact it would have on the other party if the case was solved. She didn't want to ruin the other party's life because of this incident. She couldn't bear it.
The group stood outside the villa.
Uchida Asami said to Aizen: "Aizen, this matter is over. No one wanted to deliberately set the fire. Everything was just an accident."
"Asami!"
Everyone sighed when they heard it. You know, it was Uchida Asami who was almost burned to death by the fire. Now the criminal will be caught soon, but Uchida Asami is not going to pursue the responsibility. She is really too kind-hearted.
"Asami, how can this be, he almost killed you!"
Aizen said with his neck stiff, looking indignant. In fact, for him, it doesn't matter whether he solves the case or not at this time. All the reasoning before was just to let Uchida Asami know his talent in reasoning and win the favor of the beauty.
Uchida Asami does not hold Sawai Manabu responsible. Even if he lets Sawai Manabu go today, Aizen will have plenty of opportunities to kill him. Because if Uchida Asami lets Sawai Manabu go today, she will be more perfect in Sawai Manabu's heart. Sawai Manabu will definitely pursue Uchida Asami in the future.
If one day he has something on his mind again and Aizen is not with Uchida Asami, once something regrettable happens, it will be meaningless to kill Sawai Manabu afterwards, so Aizen will not let Sawai Manabu live too long. He will find an opportunity to kill this person and eliminate possible threats.
Uchida Asami knew that Aizen was doing this for her own good, so she was not angry at all. Instead, she felt sweet in her heart and said in a gentle voice: "Aizen, let's just forget about this, okay? I don't want to hold anyone responsible. After all, I'm fine."
"But..."
Aizen was about to say something, but Sawai Manabu suddenly said: "Asami, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"President!"
Morimoto Yoshinobu, Hayasaka Tomoko, Chika Miyazaki, and Noguchi Shibahisa looked at Sawai Manabu in shock. Sawai Manabu's sudden apology at this time couldn't be more obvious.
"Huh? This kid is good. He actually has the courage to admit that he is the criminal."
Aizen was secretly surprised when he heard this, but it had no effect on him, nor did it change his mind to kill the other party.
Manabu Sawai said in a low voice: "Just like what Mr. Aizen deduced, I used the fax machine to ignite the fire in the villa."
Chika Miyazaki asked in disbelief: "But...but why did you do this?"
Now, there is nothing to hide. Manabu Sawai looked at Asami Uchida and said: "A month ago, I confessed to Asami and was rejected by her. This is the first time I was rejected by a girl, so I think if I rescued her from the fire, she should look at me with new eyes."
Tomoko Hayasaka said angrily: "President, how could you do this!"
"I'm sorry, Asami!"
Manabu Sawai apologized to Asami Uchida again.
Asami Uchida shook her head slightly and said: "Let's forget about this matter. Feelings are something that cannot be forced". While speaking, she raised her head slightly, but she thought of Shinichi Kudo. She also gave up on him, knowing Shinichi didn't like her.
Aizen said unwillingly: "Asami, are we done with it?"
"No, of course not."
Asami Uchida calmed down and looked at Manabu Sawai and said: "No matter what, the villa was burned down by us. Even if it was an accident, we have to pay for it. I think you should pay for it, President." "
No problem, it was my fault in the first place." Manabu Sawai agreed without thinking. If he could do this, he would feel better.
Aizen wanted to say something, but Ran Mouri pulled Aizen's collar and shook her head at him. Aizen had to give up and said nothing more. Anyway, he was just pretending, so it was enough.