Chapter 752: Sherlock Holmes Apocalypse: Tennis
Kogoro Mouri leaned over to look at the map in confusion and found that Yu had connected the several places mentioned in the notice letter in order on the map.
"The criminal wouldn't scatter the answers to the code in these places for no reason, so I guess there might be some clues if we connect these places in a certain order. Plus, the hint of the bell ringing twice should mean that we should connect these places in order with a line."
The result confirmed Yuya's guess, and a pattern appeared on the map.
"Is this a hot air balloon?" Maori Kogoro muttered as he looked at the pattern. "Could it be that the criminal wanted to tie a bomb to the hot air balloon, then let it fly into the air and blow someone up in the sky?"
Everyone was speechless for a while.
Yu also admires Kogoro Mori's imagination very much. Sometimes it is really outrageous.
“No, no, no,” Youya shook his head, “This shape is more like… than a hot air balloon…”
"This is a tennis racket!" Apollo shouted, "This is exactly the same racket my sister uses when she plays tennis!"
"What?" Maori Kogoro looked at Apollo in surprise, "You said this is a tennis racket?"
Maori Kogoro turned his head to look at the map, a drop of sweat dripping down his forehead: "Indeed, although the shape is a little distorted, it is indeed the shape of a racket."
"Wait, when we talk about tennis in London, isn't it Wimbledon?!"
"Hey, isn't this bad?" Apollo's face suddenly turned pale. "The criminal's target is indeed my sister! Oh no, my sister's match is at 2 pm!"
"Wait, you're not sure it's your sister, right?" Maori Kogoro asked, "Didn't Yuya deny the tennis match before?"
"That's right, but," Yuya groaned, and he looked at Apollo, "I remember the criminal told you at the time that someone would be killed in front of you, right Apollo?"
Apollo nodded vigorously.
Yuya stroked his chin and said, "In this case, it can be basically confirmed that the criminal's target is Apollo's sister, Minerva."
"Why?" Kogoro Mouri was puzzled.
Yuya analyzed, “If the criminal said this to every child who received a notice, then the Wimbledon tennis match can basically be ruled out.
However, since the police did not conduct a large-scale alert or terminate the tennis match, it is very likely that the criminal only said such words to Apollo.
He also gave the notice to other children, probably to confuse the police investigation."
Maori Kogoro's face suddenly changed, and he was deeply confused: "If someone dies in front of Apollo, then the women's singles final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament would be his target, right? But why would he target the tennis tournament?"
Mao Lilan guessed, "Maybe it has something to do with tennis? When the criminal gave Apollo the notice, it was also during a tennis match."
At this time, Miyano Shiho suddenly said: "Maybe it's because of the game?"
"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Miyano Shiho in surprise and confusion.
Miyano Shiho turned the phone screen to everyone and said, "I just did some research online. The police have found out the identity of the criminal based on the fingerprints on the notice letter. His name is Hades Sabara."
"In order to raise money for his mother's surgery, he borrowed a lot of money from acquaintances and friends, and then invested the money in stocks and gambling. In the end, he lost everything. This also caused his mother to die in July last year because she had no money for surgery."
"After that, he continued to commit crimes, killing creditors who urged him to pay back their debts and friends who encouraged him to invest in stocks and gamble. He also blew up a hospital that refused to perform surgery on his mother, causing a large number of casualties."
"Blowing up a hospital?! Serial murders?" Maori Kogoro leaned forward to look at the phone screen, his face suddenly changed, "Hey, this isn't just an ordinary murderer, this is definitely a terrorist, right?"
"Also," Miyano Shiho flipped a few pages and pointed at a few lines of text, "It also says that Hades seemed to have bought a lottery ticket for a competition in June last year, but he didn't win."
"Um, this isn't my sister's competition, is it?" Apollo raised his hand tentatively.
"What's going on?" Everyone looked at Apollo.
Apollo shrank his neck and said carefully, "Last year's French Tennis Tournament was also held in June. My sister missed that tournament due to injury... But, my sister won all the championships except that one!"
Everyone looked at each other, and the result was self-evident.
In order to raise enough money for his mother's surgery, Hades spent a large sum of money to buy Minerba - Minerba, who had won consecutive championships and would be the champion this time if nothing unexpected happened, won the championship. However, he did not expect that the latter missed the game due to injury and was defeated without a fight, which caused all his money to be wasted.
This further led to his mother's death due to lack of money for surgery.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Apollo guessed something even though he was a child. He lowered his head in a depressed mood: "Is that really the case? Because my sister..."
"What are you talking about?" Youya rubbed his head. "This matter has nothing to do with your sister. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame those who pin their hopes on nothing."
"You know, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. We can only blame these gamblers. Gamblers are the least sympathetic people."
"I understand." Apollo nodded vigorously.
Yuya exhaled, "Anyway, the important thing now is to get to the competition venue and stop it before the game starts."
“According to the intelligence released by the police, the accomplice who previously provided Hades with the bomb has not been confirmed to be dead, so he is very likely to plant the bomb at the competition site.
If the bomb explodes, I don’t know how many people will be affected.”
Everyone's expression suddenly became serious and they immediately set off for the competition venue.
But today is the women's singles final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, and there was a traffic jam. By the time everyone arrived outside the stadium, the game had already begun.
Yuya has been following the game through the online broadcast.
What worried him was that the queen of grass, who had always been invincible on the court, was in surprisingly bad shape today for some reason and even scored 0-3.
When several people were about to enter the competition venue, they were stopped by security personnel at the door - they did not have tickets.
Fortunately, Ms. Diana suddenly appeared and rescued them.
Although there was no way to enter the center court to watch the game directly, people were arranged to sit on the periphery and watch it on the big screen.
"What should we do? Should we call the police?" Mao Lilan asked anxiously.
“No,” Youye stopped him immediately, “Calling the police now is likely to attract the criminal’s attention. There are so many spectators here. If something unexpected happens, more than one or two people will be hurt.”
Moreover, Yuu also noticed that Minerva's condition was a little strange, which was completely inconsistent with her title of Queen of the Grassland.