The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Takagi was a little depressed, with his hand holding the wig hanging by his legs.

Miwako Sato's face was hidden by her short bangs, so her expression could not be seen. She was silent for a while, and her tone became calmer: "Once you understand, go back to your post. Do you understand?"

"I see......"

Officer Sato put on his camouflage wig again and walked away down the street.

Officer Takagi looked at her back and asked softly, "Did I do anything inappropriate?"

Officers Yumi and Shiratori, who saw the situation from a distance, came over and vaguely guessed the truth behind it.

"You looked just now really like that person..." Officer Yumei sat in the car, supporting her face with one hand, her tone somewhat helpless.

"That person?" Gao Mu looked at her puzzledly.

"It was the officer who worked in the Investigation Division for a week before you were transferred to this department," Shiratori explained with a sigh.

"Is that so...Does Officer Sato have any conflict with that officer?" Takagi touched the redness and swelling on his face and asked again.

However, Officer Yumi shook her head and pretended to reminisce: "Although I am not very familiar with him, I have heard from Miwako before that he is a mature and experienced policeman. Although he is often a little careless, he is very capable."

"Then why did he only work in the Investigation Division 1 for a week? Was he promoted quickly?" Takagi became curious.

"Do not......"

Shiratori paused with regret, then continued, "Just one week later, he was killed in a terrible explosion."

Gao Mu opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He suddenly looked a little anxious: "In this case, I have to apologize to Officer Sato. I didn't mean to dress up as that officer to make her sad!"

After saying this, he pretended to turn around and chase after her.

But Conan stopped him.

"Officer Takagi, Officer Sato is very emotional right now. Chasing after him will only have the opposite effect. Besides, it's not good to be absent from duty, right? It would be better to wait until the work is over and give Officer Sato some space to calm down."

Gao Mu was stunned for a moment, and felt that what he said was right, and was a little disappointed: "That's true..."

Then he walked dejectedly to the car that had just arrived.

He felt his pocket and was about to take out the car keys, but his hand suddenly became unsteady and he lost control of the key. The key slipped out of his hand, fell to the ground, bounced a little and fell under the car.

He couldn't help feeling a little depressed, as if nothing was going his way.

Just as he was about to squat down to pick it up, a hand suddenly covered his shoulder and pulled him back. He lost his balance and took a few steps back. When he turned around, he saw a strange man wearing sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt.

The man said in a low voice: "Stand back."

Before Gao Mu could react, he was pushed a few steps forward. Just as he was still confused, the car in front of him suddenly made a strange "beep" sound.

There was a huge explosion afterwards, which set off a wave of red-orange flames, and a scorching breath followed. Engulfed by the violent impact, it quickly spread out. In just a moment, the intact car was engulfed in flames. The outer layer of iron sheet broke under the impact of the explosion and flew in all directions like a bomb, leaving deep marks on the exterior wall of the building.

Fortunately, Gao Mu retreated to a safe distance and the aftermath of the explosion did not affect him. However, the man who had just pulled him away was much more unfortunate. Although he was not very close, several pieces of debris were flying towards him.

Fortunately, the man shrank his body and took a defensive posture as soon as the explosion occurred, and the fragments passed by him, causing only minor scratches.

He quickly jumped out of the way to prevent the fuel tank from catching fire and causing a secondary explosion.

"Officer Takagi!!"

Conan shouted, startled by the sudden explosion here. Shiratori also reacted quickly, briefly reported the situation through the walkie-talkie, and then immediately began to evacuate the crowd.

"I'm fine." Gao Mu said dryly, swallowing his saliva. He hadn't fully reacted to what had just happened. Now he was a little scared. If he hadn't been saved by that person...

Eh?

He looked back, only to find that the man in the white sweatshirt had disappeared.

Sato, who had walked far away earlier, seemed to have heard the sound of the explosion and ran back in a hurry. Seeing Takagi standing there unharmed, she was visibly relieved at first, then her legs went weak and she leaned against the wall and gasped for breath.

"Officer Sato..." Takagi looked at her hesitantly. He vaguely felt that he saw a tear in the corner of her eye, but he doubted whether it was his illusion.

Officer Yumi said quietly behind him, "Maybe it reminded her of Matsuda."

Soon, Inspector Megure came over with a serious face and directed his officers to cordon off the area.

"The criminal used a plastic bomb, and the detonation method was not timed, but wireless remote control!"

Officer Shiratori came over and added, "The criminal was probably nearby and saw Takagi walking towards the car, so he chose this moment to detonate the bomb."

"This is different from the previous frequent bombings that have inexplicably disappeared recently. The criminal's primary purpose is to hurt people!"

Inspector Megure pinched the brim of his hat, his expression solemn: "Although the type of bomb is different, I have a hunch that this case is the same as the one three years ago, and the criminal is targeting the police!"

Outside the cordon, Chiyoko listened to Inspector Megure's speculation and asked Conan beside her: "What do you think?"

Conan stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.

"I asked Officer Sato why she was standing guard here in disguise. She said it was because the Metropolitan Police Department received an anonymous email saying that something interesting would happen during the fan parade during this period. They suspected it was some kind of criminal declaration, so they arranged for someone to stand guard here."

"At first glance, it looks like a way for the arrogant criminal to attract the police, but if that's the case, why did he place the bomb on Officer Takagi's car? In other words, if he could place the bomb on the police's car, why would he specifically lure the police to this area?"

After Huiyuan Ai calmed Ayumi down, she came over and joined the fake child's whispering, and asked in a unique cold voice: "So, great detective, you already have an idea?"

"It's not certain yet, but if we look at it from the perspective of motivation, this abnormal behavior often hides deeper information, such as the criminal may have been active in this area for a long time and chose a familiar crime scene, or the criminal's method must meet certain environmental conditions to be successful. These assumptions can be used to screen clues."

Soon they got an important clue from the casual chat of the three kids nearby: Mitsuhiko was tripped by a black hand in the team, and then his camera was snatched away. Not long after, he found it back in a trash can on the side of the road, and discovered that neither the film nor the memory card had been taken out.

After further questioning, based on Mitsuhiko's description, Conan suspected that the person who stole his camera was the culprit of the bombing.

But why did the criminal take Mitsuhiko's camera? Was he worried that he might be photographed?

If so, why was the film and memory card intact when the camera was recovered?

After Chiyoko discovered the mail truck duty schedule on a roadside mailbox, Conan suddenly had an epiphany.

The criminal was not trying to confirm what Mitsuhiko had photographed, but was worried about what he had not photographed!

According to the duty roster on the mailbox, a postal truck would come to collect the letters in the mailbox during the time they were watching the parade, but neither Mitsuhiko's camera nor their naked eyes noticed any postal truck coming.

You have to know that Yuantai climbed directly onto the mailbox in order to stand higher. They had been near the mailbox and it was impossible for them to miss the arrival of the mail truck. In other words, the mail truck never came at all.

Combining the anonymous letter received by the Metropolitan Police Department, Conan quickly deduced the truth: a group of robbers who specialized in robbing post offices targeted the nearby post office, stole the mail vehicle by scouting the area, disguised themselves as postmen to deliver the anonymous letters to the Metropolitan Police Department, and at the same time imitated the explosion three years ago to place bombs in various crowded commercial streets in Beihu, in order to divert the police's attention and create conditions for them to rob the post office.

Finally, with Conan's hint, Inspector Megure quickly led his men to the post office and caught the group on the spot.

Chiyoko's expression was shattered after she knew the truth.

What are these robbers thinking? ! !

Going to so much trouble to steal a postal vehicle just to deliver letters to the Metropolitan Police Department?

The purpose of sending a letter to the Metropolitan Police Department is to let them discover the explosion?

A bunch of bombs on the commercial street looked like a terrorist attack, but it turned out to be a cover-up for the post office robbery?

Damn, you guys have gone to this extent, just to rob a post office? ! !

seriously?

Besides, how much money can the post office get?

You are so bold and you have a bomb. Why don’t you just blow up the safe and rob a bank or jewelry store?

Inspector Megure took the unlucky robbers back to the Metropolitan Police Department, while Officer Sato stayed to return the camera as evidence to Mitsuhiko and to look after the children.

Sitting on the side of the road, looking at the wreckage of the exploded car through the cordon, Officer Sato's eyes were dazed for a while, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and seemed to be lost in memories.

"Officer Sato is like a sculpture..." Mitsuhiko said quietly, covering his mouth with one hand.

Ayumi leaned over to take a look: "She seems to be staring at a text message."

Not far away, Shiratori looked at Sato's absent-minded look and sighed.

"How can a living person compete with memory?"

Gao Mu was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips and looked at Shiratori: "Officer Shiratori, can you tell me about Officer Matsuda?"

The three fake kids crept up behind them, pricked up their ears, and watched the show silently.

"As for Matsuda, when he was first transferred here, no one really liked him." Shiratori looked up at the sky, his tone somewhat emotional.

"Why? Don't you all think highly of him?"

"He was a veteran who was demoted from the Mobile Team. He was a bit lazy and of course he was not popular when we first met. At that time, Inspector Megure wanted to find someone to take care of him, but he was troubled because no one was willing to do so."

Shiratori's eyes fell on Sato Miwako and he chuckled, "In the end, the one who was conscripted was Sato, and she was very reluctant."

"At first, everyone didn't like this kind of junior who was disrespectful to his seniors, but gradually, everyone found that Matsuda just spoke casually, was relatively easy to get along with, and was a person with real skills, so they gradually stopped caring."

"The beginning of the bombing was also the first time he showed his amazing nose for events. During those three years, an anonymous email was sent every November 11th. At first, the content on it was 7, then 3 and 2. When everyone thought it was a prank, Matsuda keenly realized that it was a countdown, and it was very likely the countdown of a time bomb."

"Sure enough, on November 11 of that year, the criminal finally sent his crime book. He had placed a bomb on the large Ferris wheel in Dorobiga Park. If the bomb was detonated, the Ferris wheel would be blown up, which would be a disaster."

"Matsuda was a member of the explosive ordnance disposal team of the mobile unit before he was transferred to our Investigation Division 1, so he was the one who handled the bomb on the Ferris wheel, while we stayed below to evacuate the crowd and prevent any accidents. However, the real accident was that when the car Matsuda was in was at the highest point, the Ferris wheel was stopped by the criminal."

"The criminal gave Matsuda a choice. It was a mercury column bomb, which was easy for Matsuda to handle. But the criminal placed a display screen on the bomb and left a line of words on it. He placed a second bomb in another crowded place in the city center. If one of the two bombs was dismantled, the other would explode immediately. Correspondingly, if one bomb was detonated normally, the other bomb would be silent."

"And the criminal will show the exact location of another bomb three seconds before the Ferris wheel bomb explodes. That is to say, if Matsuda dismantles this bomb, then another unknown bomb will explode directly in the crowd. If Matsuda wants to know the location of that bomb and prevent it from exploding, then he can only let the bomb on the Ferris wheel explode."

"Sato contacted Matsuda by phone, but Matsuda only asked one question and then hung up, asking her to wait for his text message."

“‘Has the crowd been evacuated?’ That was the last thing he said to us.”

Takagi was silent.

The three fake kids didn't expect the story to be so heavy, and their pleasure in watching the show was reduced a lot for a moment.

Chiyoko seemed to sense something and looked back at the pedestrian bridge at the intersection, but did not see any suspicious people.

On the overpass, Jinpei Matsuda walked down the stairs and gently pulled down the hood of his sweatshirt.

He also thought of the case three years ago, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.

To that prisoner, he only wanted to say...

Times have changed!

Eavesdropping devices, cameras... Although I hadn't officially joined Group Zero at that time, I had all the necessary equipment. It's just a display screen, right? Who says there must be a real person watching there?

After setting up the props, he climbed out of the window and escaped through the employee maintenance passage. He looked at the information three seconds before the explosion, sent the location of another bomb to Sato, and faked his death to escape.

What era is this? Are you still a traditional criminal? Do you think this is Gotham?

Even the Joker knows to ban Batman’s equipment first!

As he was reminiscing, Matsuda Jinpei was about to laugh out loud, when suddenly a gust of wind blew and hit the wound on his body. He gasped, and hurried to an alley to pick up the ingredients he had placed there earlier, and rushed home.

The wound hurts so much, Jingguang mom, please save me!