and I can not imagine anyone who would avenge him. "he replied.

Kogoro then rose and eyed the mayor.

"In any case, we have to assume that you are the next victim of this madman.", He said.

Yamato agreed with him.

"Except for you, all members of this group are dead. We don't know the perpetrator's motive, but if he comes to get you too, we'll catch him," he decided.

Then he phoned his supervisor to request reinforcements.

Conan looked at Takahashi Atsushi, his son. There was something in his eyes that he couldn't place.
Shirokyou - Takahashi Hisamichi's property, kitchen.
"Yummy!", Kazuha said while wearing Toshino-san.

He thanked him and started to wash the dishes.

"For the fact that we are not in Nagano, these monchis taste excellent", praised Ran.

Conan and Heiji, on the other hand, spurned the food for the most part. They were busy with their train of thought.

What was the perpetrator's motive? Another person who had stolen money from Hisamichi and his cronies? If so, why didn't he mention her? But Yoshie-san hadn't noticed anyone else either. Hisamichi had asked to be allowed to rest in his room, Yamato had given him Amano for protection, who was now on guard in front of his room.

While Sutetsu was keeping the inspector company in the living room, who was still calling in more people, Kogoro and Co had started to dine in the kitchen. Toshino-san was an excellent cook. Only Atsushi-san and Yuuka-san were absent. And then he was there.

The Scream.

Conan and Heji jumped up first and ran out of the kitchen. Yamato and Sutetsu had also been startled.

Amano stumbled down the stairs as if hypnotized and his face was deathly white.

"Hi ... Hisamichi-san! The mayor!", He pattered and the two detective climbed the stairs together with Yamato and Kogoro.

Hisamichi's room was found quickly, the door was open.

"I unlocked it and then ..." Amano stammered.

The group entered and combed the room with their eyes. They didn't have to look long.

Takahashi Hisamichi was lying on his bed, his upper body was covered in blood, like the others.

"Damn it, how did that happen?" Heiji growled and ran to an open window. He looked down, but it was several meters.

"Haven't you heard anything?" Yamato snapped at Amano.

The latter shook his head ruefully.

"Just the scream. I unlocked it and found it like that," he reported hesitantly.

"Hattori!", Conan called and Heiji hurried to him.

The little detective stared at something in front of him and Heiji saw what he meant. An object that was in Hisamichi's hand."That ... I don't understand. That's no ace," he muttered.

Conan agreed with him. The card in the mayor's hand wasn't what she expected. Ace of spades, ace of diamonds and ace of clubs. The group consisted of four members, normally you should have found the ace of hearts in the last one. But it was not like that.

Before Conan and Heiji lay a blood-red king of hearts. "
Shinjuku - unknown hiding place
Again he stroked the photo slowly. It showed the young Shiho Miyano with her sister Akemi and her parents. All three were dead, only the girl was still alive. And he had to find out where she was. No, in principle he already knew, but he still had to verify his information. How did it all start?

With Akemi Miyano's death. Sherry had been horrified and had fled the organization. But how? She should never have escaped from her prison, there was a crack in the building, but a grown-up would never have passed through there. A short time later, Gin thought he had found her, in a company building, but it was just someone who looked like her. A little later, Gin Pisco was supposed to eliminate a senior member of the organization. He and Vodka faced sherry on the roof of the Haido City Hotel. But the girl was saved by a stranger. Gin had been annoyed that she had gotten away from him again. But that wasn't the only problem. Another person fled the organization, a boy named Generic, a computer expert who had always got on well with sherry. He had been the lesser problem, but the betrayal could not be left alone. Arrack, another agent has been sent to look for him. But this mission also failed, as Arrack was found dead by the police a little later. Allegedly suicide, but what reason did he have? Was someone on his heels? The last sentences he had stammered and which were in an audio file on Bourbon's computer allowed contradicting statements. Gerneric… found… Honda… No more memories… Sherry…. Rye.

Had Arrack seen anyone? Was he also persecuted like Generic? With the police he could probably have talked his way out of it somehow, but what if the person behind him was someone completely different?

Rye ...

That name haunted Bourbon's nightmares too much.

No matter how you looked at it, from then on Gin had only made a mistake. Especially when it came to Itakura's computer program. Bourbon had hoped that at least vermouth could find sherry, which it did, but not without losses. Calvados died and she was shot. From then on they knew that the FBI was back in the game and this Sherry was protecting. It was difficult to get hold of, especially since you had to assume that she had already told the FBI everything she knew.No matter if that was a lot or not. Another proof of this was the bug that gin had found on Kir's clothes. It was of the same construction as hers and the FBI also showed up on the scene. They lost another agent, Kir, but managed to get her back. Shuichi Akai was also killed during this operation. But was that really the case? Bourbon doubted it. There was still one person smart enough to disrupt the organization's operations. Like the person on the Toto Tower who, according to Gin, must have worked with Irish. He remembered that private investigator in the mall. What was his name again? Kogoro Mori?

The last person Kir had contact with before luring Yasuteru Domon into a trap. Did he cooperate with the FBI? And with sherry? Could he and Shuichi Akai be connected? No, Bourbon had found a different, far better explanation.

On his screen was a newspaper clipping, it showed a group of children who called themselves 'The Detective Boys'.

The girl with the brunette hair was also in the picture. And a very intelligent looking boy with glasses. What was his name again? Bourbon read it and smiled.

Conan Edogawa.
Part 4

The collapsing house of cards
Shirokyou - property of Takahashi Hisamichi
Kansuke Yamato still couldn't believe what was going on. A murder and that in his presence? How would he stand in front of his colleagues, how would he even be able to justify it? Koumei would make fun of him. As if on command, his cell phone rang and the inspector answered it.

"Kansuke-kun, I heard you called for reinforcements? Just say you can't handle your case."

If you talked about the devil. Morofushi Takaaki sounded arrogant, but Yamato knew he wasn't a bad guy.

"The perpetrator is more dangerous than I expected. At the moment we are dealing with four murders," he revealed.

A low chuckle from Koumeis.

"Then it was probably not an idea to want to investigate all by yourself," he said.

Yamato just growled.

"Surprisingly, I met our friend with the mustache here. Kogoro Mori is also working on the case," he informed him.

That seemed to get Koumei's attention.

"Oh really? Is the little boy with him too?"

Yamato wondered what his colleagues were interested in, but it made him happy.

"Yes, the kid with glasses and the high school student from Osaka."

"Then there shouldn't be any problems. You seem to have enough help.", Koumei replied.

Yamato grunted offended. As if he needed the help of a private detective and a student.

"But to be honest ... I'm already looking forward to seeing Conan-kun again.", Koumei said now.

Yamato swallowed.

"Hey, you're not planning on coming, are you?"Koumei just laughed.

"No, I meant that completely differently. How exactly doesn’t have to interest you any further. I wish you all the best for your case.", He whispered, then he hung up.

Yamato sullenly put his cell phone away.
Shirokyou - room of Takahashi Hisamichi
"I don't understand Kudo," came from Hattori.

Conan agreed. Something was wrong with the crime scene. First the attack itself. The window was open, but they were on the second floor. There was neither a ladder nor a rope that the perpetrator could have used. And then the scream. Amano must have locked the door immediately afterwards, which meant that the perpetrator only had 20 seconds to escape. Well, the police sergeant was no longer the youngest, but he couldn't plan that. After he rammed the knife into Hisamichi-san's chest, he had a maximum of 30 seconds to hand him the card, a king of hearts and flee through the window. But how? Amano should have seen him, and if he had just jumped, all you could have seen was a man hobbling away. Was he using a mattress or something? No, too much work, and that didn't explain how it got out.

"A trampoline!" Came Kogoro, who was still standing at the window.

Conan and Heiji looked puzzled.

"Well, it's very simple. The perpetrator put a trampoline under the window. Then he jumped up to the wide stick and shimmy in. He killed Hisamichi and jumped out of the window. The trampoline slowed his fall and he was able to escape unscathed!"

Conan and Heiji sighed.

"And where is that ominous trampoline now?", Heiji asked, even if he didn't know why he was doing it to himself.

It seemed obvious to Kogoro.

"He came here in a truck, of course! While the sergeant was still frightened by the corpse, he pulled the trampoline in and sped away!"

Conan got the idea to mention whether it was possible that someone might have missed a large truck, but then left it.

"Oh dear!", Ran stumbled back.

Conan stepped up to