The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Chapter 973 Prelude to the Outbreak

"Hey, Sato, do you want to go, wuwuwu——!"

Takagi Wataru came back with the popcorn he bought and was about to hand it over, but was immediately covered by Sato Miwako, who was staring at something in front of him, and pushed back out of the passage.

"Shh!" Miwako Sato grabbed the popcorn bucket that was about to fall over, made a gesture to keep quiet, then quickly put her sunglasses on her face and pointed to the area behind her, motioning Takagi Wataru to look back.

Takagi Wataru glanced in that direction and his eyes suddenly widened.

Megure Juzo, Shiratori Jinsaburo, and Inspector Yokomizo of Kanagawa were standing near the crowd still queuing in front of the roller coaster, talking in low voices and looking around as if they were looking for something.

"…Is there a case?" After understanding what Sato Miwako meant, Takagi Wataru first breathed a sigh of relief, but soon his heart began to tighten again, "Why did Inspector Megure come all the way here…"

Strictly speaking, Yokohama also falls within the coverage area of ​​the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but unless a major vicious incident occurs, officers from different police stations rarely work together to enforce the law.

This is not only a question of jurisdiction, but also involves the handling and collection of a lot of physical evidence, the interrogation of prisoners, etc. It is difficult to implement without first determining the main unit. However, determining the main unit is troublesome enough in itself.

In short, when you see police from different police stations in many locations acting together, it is better to take a breath and prepare yourself for something big to happen.

"It's hard to say. Maybe it's Miss Mori's side..." Sato Miwako's mind was obviously not on the date, and her face under the sunglasses was quite serious.

She was thinking about how to end this sneaky play activity with Takagi and to find out if there was anything she could do to help, when she saw a few children rushing against the crowd.

"It must be that guy! Look at his feet!"

"Yes, I just poured Coke on it on purpose. There is no mistake about that shoe upper!"

"Don't run! People in front, stop that guy!"

"These are, ah, the elementary school students from the 'Young Detectives'...hiss..." Takagi Wataru looked at them rushing forward like wild...cough, Chihuahuas, and couldn't help but sigh, "Ordinary adults can't outrun them. These kids are running faster and faster."

Even that quiet little girl named Huibara Ai is like that.

How did you develop these skills? Have you been sufficiently trained since you were involved in so many events?

"What are you sighing about!" Sato Miwako elbowed him and grabbed his tie before he bent over and cried out in pain, "They are chasing thieves or criminals! Go and help!"

"Pfft - you, you didn't return it just now..."

"Obviously this side is more urgent! Let's go!"

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Watching the elevator getting closer and closer to the top floor, Conan took a deep breath and took a step closer to the elevator door.

Although Maori Kogoro already knew the truth very well, and the problem could be solved without him adding anything, Ito Suehiko was, after all, a...

Before he could think further, he was rudely grabbed by the collar and lifted up by Kogoro Mouri behind him.

"What are you doing, kid? Why are you moving closer? I'm the detective he hired. You're not trying to show off at this time..." Maori Kogoro looked at his watch, which had already reached evening time, and frowned, "What are you going to tell him?"

Under the persuasion of Koshimizu Nanatsuki, Hakuba Tan did not follow. Only he took Conan to call the secretary of Ito Suehiko to complete their commission.

Thanks to Conan's protection, Xiaolan and the children were not put in fatal threats. Now the only one who is threatened with death is Conan himself.

Especially at this moment, he couldn't let this reckless little brat take risks.

"Tell him what? Of course the truth." Conan blinked and asked, "He hired you because he wanted to know this, didn't he?"

Regarding the issue of Reiko Shimizu, in particular, there is a high probability that Ito Suehiko's disability was caused by Reiko Shimizu's attempted murder.

This is important information that could easily cause infighting among the prisoners who were originally united.

Although the situation is different, as long as Reiko Shimizu and Suehiko Ito do not meet each other, this scene can barely be regarded as an alternative prisoner's dilemma.

And, Reiko Shimizu is likely still alive.

"She said she jumped into the sea to commit suicide out of fear of punishment, but, Uncle Maori, this possibility is actually not high." Conan gave a reasonable analysis, "One of the other two accomplices was killed and the other was arrested. All the money and treasures stolen from the robbery were in her hands. She is indeed the real murderer. She has no reason to give up at this time. Her suicide is too coincidental."

There is no body, no belongings, and no reason for her suicide...

She has been officially registered as missing rather than dead because there is no key evidence to prove her death.

As long as Ito Suehiko can be made to bite back, the possibility of forcing Shimizu Reiko out is very high...

"Huh, I knew you were going to say that." Maori Kogoro shook his head and said seriously, "I will tell him that my investigation results show that the real murderer is Ito Suehiko, and Ito Suehiko is not only alive, but is the client himself."

"Varied……?"

"Don't get excited yet." Glancing at the elevator display, Maori Kogoro quickened his speech, "The most urgent task is not to investigate the truth, but to solve the problem on your hands. The most important thing is to stabilize his emotions first."

"Are you worried that he will be upset? But if you accuse him wrongly, wouldn't it be more...?"

"How do you know it's a false accusation?" Maori Kogoro narrowed his eyes. "In my opinion, this is the result he wants. The police didn't wrongly accuse him at all. The person they were chasing has always been Shimizu Reiko. Ito Suehiko knew it clearly, but still spent money to hire a detective... That means this is not the answer he wants."

"Eh?" Conan was stunned when he heard such logical and insightful words about human nature.

"Only if he is satisfied will he unlock this deadly thing. He has to prioritize." Maori Kogoro shook his head slowly, "I am a hired private detective. The task of a private detective is to help the employer get the answer they 'want'. As for the truth... that is something the police need to take care of."

As he said this, he glanced at the camera above his head and winked at Conan.

Although Conan was not well versed in the ways of the world, he fully understood the meaning of this look at this moment.

This is still Ito Suehiko's territory, so some things cannot be said in detail.

But this guy is a disabled person. As long as we get the chance, are we afraid that we won’t be able to catch him?

First stabilize the people and unload the things, there will be many solutions later.

Somewhat smooth, some worldly-wise, but definitely smart, so Conan was particularly surprised...

He opened his mouth and wanted to confess that the watch on his hand had also been treated badly, but he glanced in the direction of the camera and finally held back.

You're right, this is Ito Suehiko's territory. It's better not to irritate him too much...

The two detectives fell into silence, and while they were discussing this, Tang Ze, who was held by Reiko Shimizu, had been pulled to the front of the elevator.

The restaurant and executive corridor of the Red Castle Hotel are both in the middle, more than ten floors away from the conference room at the top. To go up to find Ito Suehiko, one must of course take the elevator.

Tang Ze glanced at the one on the right, pretended to lower his head to adjust his gloves, slowed down his pace a little, and by the time the two of them walked to the elevator, the elevator on the right had passed their floor and they just missed it.

Tang Ze pressed the button as if nothing had happened, stood in front of another elevator door and waited, silently thinking about the next course of action in his mind.

Ito Suehiko has no fighting ability and is just a pendant, so he is not to be feared.

Reiko Shimizu is much more lethal than him, but her main skills are in marksmanship, and her physical skills are only mediocre.

Standing so close to me, it would not be difficult to subdue her...

"Here. Take it."

Before he could finish his thoughts, he suddenly felt his palm sink. He turned around and saw Shimizu Reiko stuffing something wrapped in black cloth into his hand.

Tang Ze, who has handled countless firearms, knew that this was probably a pistol equipped with a silencer.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

This was the method that Reiko Shimizu came up with to "deal with" this not-so-honorable detective - to force him to become an accomplice or an assistant in the crime.

Then, apart from accompanying her to send Ito Suehiko to prison and destroy the evidence, there seemed to be no better choice...

Tang Ze narrowed his eyes, golden light flickered slightly, and a very sweet and gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Giving me something so dangerous... You trust me a lot, young lady."

Shimizu Reiko played with her curly hair and smiled: "I just always trust interests more."

Yeah……?

Tang Ze didn't say anything, just nodded, and grabbed the handle of the gun as she asked.

At the same time, he put the plan that he had not originally intended to use back on the agenda.

Smart evil is dangerous, but not-so-smart evil is just as dangerous.

He can't let some people off just because of their IQ contempt chain.

He looked up and watched the numbers approach the top.

"Ding-dong-"

"What's that noise?" Miyano Akemi, who had already gotten used to the inexplicable gravity and strong wind, gathered up her messy long hair, turned her head and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"It seems that the police officers who were awakened by Detective Mori's contact have rushed to the park." Jinpei Matsuda responded promptly after lowering his head to contact Noah.

"The police...? Will he also warn about these?" Zhu Fu Jingguang looked up sharply, "Could it be that he has relevant data about the police in his database?"

Although Ito Suehiko is not completely blind in the medical sense and his eyes can still sense light to some extent, he is actually no different from a blind person.

His method of identifying other people's identities was mainly to use his own money-making ability to build a fingerprint detection system.

The other children, as well as Mao Lilan, were not brought into the meeting room because of the advance warning and Conan's alertness, so he did not have a full grasp of the specific identities of these Schrodinger hostages. On the phone, he only vaguely referred to them as your daughter and those children.

As for Kogoro Mouri and other detectives who had entered the conference room, except Karasawa who had been wearing gloves, he identified all the others by fingerprints.

At this point, anyone with a little sense should know that the forces behind Ito Suehiko have serious problems. After all, when relying on fingerprints to identify identity, the biggest problem has never been in collection, but in the database.

Even the police themselves, without sufficient data support, sometimes cannot find the owner of the fingerprints at the crime scene, let alone relying on a system built by individuals? It is still a question where the fingerprints of the detectives in his database came from.

And now, his system could actually accurately identify the presence of a policeman. This incident almost instantly ignited Zhu Fu Jingguang's hidden vigilance, making the look in his eyes behind his goggles turn cold.

No matter how you mock the other person's actions, Ito Suehiko is not a fun person.

But a criminal.

Facing a guy who doesn't take other people's lives seriously, no amount of hostility is too much.

"Only from Kanagawa Prefecture." Matsuda Jinpei knew his friend's thoughts and pressed his tense shoulders. "He's not that powerful. Hagiwara also saw it. Sato and Takagi Wataru were also in the amusement park, but he didn't react. This time it was the police from Kanagawa Prefecture who came along, so he was able to discover it..."

"Police from Kanagawa Prefecture?" Hagiwara Kenji, who had gradually become familiar with the system, suddenly turned his head and asked, "Who? Who are they?"

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"I've told you that you don't have to follow me...this is something that even Detective Mori finds troublesome." Yokomizo Shigeo took a few steps and felt uncomfortable. He turned his head to look at the person behind him and couldn't help but speak to persuade him again.

Kogoro Mori did not clarify the situation, but only hinted that there might be dangerous items.

Therefore, all the police officers participating in tonight's operation, whether from Tokyo or Yokohama, did not wear police uniforms, but chose casual clothes that would not be too conspicuous when entering the amusement park.

So at this moment, the bright woman standing behind him, wearing a windbreaker over her sweater and skirt, was of course also a police officer, Chisu Hagiwara.

Hagiwara Chisuki withdrew his gaze from the roller coaster and glanced at him: "What do you care? Just treat me as if I want to come to the amusement park to play on my own?"

"As a traffic policeman, why are you getting involved in such things?" Yokomizo Shigeo rubbed his forehead, speechless for a moment.

Because I always have a vague and uneasy feeling, as if if I don’t come here tonight, I will regret it for the rest of my life...

Hagiwara Chisuku blinked quickly and did not express his subtle premonition. Instead, he chose to put his hands on his hips and raised his chin.

"Why? Did I wrong you by accompanying me to the amusement park?"

"you……!"

"Just consider it as an excuse to be in plain clothes. Let's go, hurry up, or you'll be left behind by those people in Tokyo."

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