The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

Chapter 878 Forget it, boss, forget it.jpg

"The new curator's surname is Moriwaki..." Teru Hoshikawa moved closer to carefully observe the photos on the board in the hall. After looking at them for a while, he said uncertainly, "Why do I feel that this guy is related to the original curator? Seventy or eighty percent similar?”

"It's not your imagination." Miyano Akemi pushed up the glasses on her face and replied seriously, "I think this level is beyond an ordinary coincidence."

The original director, Hideharu Tsugawa, was 57 years old. He had been working at Mihua Library for many years and was gradually promoted to the position of director. It can be said that he knew the operation of the entire library very well.

It is far more reasonable to say that he took advantage of his modest position to cover illegal transactions than it was for the new curator to be involved in such a difficult case.

But when he was in office, everything was fine, but after Hideji Tsugawa left the library in a hurry, the new director who was recommended by him and transferred in parallel...

"Could they be relatives, brothers, relatives, etc.?" Xingchuan Hui tentatively guessed, "Is it a criminal organization? It is always more reliable to use relatives and friends than ordinary people with no connections... huh?"

After he finished speaking, he found that Miyano Akemi, who was originally discussing this issue with him, did not speak. He turned his head in confusion and found that Miyano Akemi was looking at him quietly with a look that was hard to explain.

After reacting for a few seconds, Xingchuan Hui realized that this sentence seemed to curse both of them.

Be it him, Miyano Akemi, or even Karasawa and Haibara Ai, who is not innocently implicated as a related party by the criminal organization because they are relatives and friends...

"Ahem," Xingchuan Hui, who was a little embarrassed, cleared his throat and pretended to be calm, "This proves that what I said is indeed correct, doesn't it?"

"Actually, there are even more cruel possibilities." Miyano Akemi opened her mouth, looked at Hoshikawa Teru again, and closed it again.

What she wanted to say was that she might not be able to wait for any relatives and friends to come here to replace her. If the original Tsugawa Hideharu was really as impoverished as they suspected, then the more likely option would be to have plastic surgery to look like him, or to have him look like him. Go out for a plastic surgery yourself, replace the easily recognizable facial features, and return to your original job as if nothing had happened.

This sentence seemed to involve Xingchuan Hui again, so she had to shut up silently.

"We don't need to be like this." Xingchuan Hui smiled bitterly, "How should I put it, it's not our fault..."

It is true that their family backgrounds are all unclear, but this is not what they want. They are all just victims cast by the huge shadow cast by the organization, and they can even be considered the lucky ones compared to those who died in vain without the power to resist.

Before he could continue, a loud siren suddenly broke the tranquility of the street.

Police cars came from far and near and stopped in the spacious front yard of Mihua Library. Some faces they were all familiar with filed out.

The two people who had just inquired about the library's personnel transfer issues on the first floor quickly found a chair to sit down and hid themselves among the other visitors who were looking curiously. Then they raised their heads and quietly looked at the serious expressions and hurried steps. The police officers: "Hey, it's the police officers from the Search Section 1. Why are they here?"

"It's not just people from the Search Section 1." Hoshikawa Hui, who instinctively covered his face with a newspaper and shrank further down, said vaguely, "The last two cars were police officers from other departments."

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Search Division is mainly responsible for various vicious and violent crimes related to personal safety. If more economic crimes are involved, or even...then it would be very difficult for people outside the Search Division to participate. normal.

"How did it come so fast?" Miyano Akemi was surprised at first, then frowned, "Suddenly so many police officers visited the Mihua Library, will it alert some people hiding in the dark in advance?"

In that case, as they slowly figure out Moriwaki Bunta's interpersonal relationships and cargo channel plans, they may be disconnected because of this sudden warning.

The two of them put down the magazines and newspapers in their hands, looked at each other, and soon reached a silent understanding.

Plans cannot keep up with changes, and you cannot give up on your goals just because the original plan was unexpectedly terminated.

Now that the police have arrived, use the fastest time to find as many clues and connections as possible...

According to their capabilities, what is the fastest way to find clues?

When the two of them waited for the footsteps of the police officers to pass through the hall and walked towards the elevator hall, they stood up and walked towards the restroom.

When the Phantom Thieves were heading towards the Impression Space and were about to violently kick the door, Miwako Sato, who was standing in front of the elevator, turned her head in confusion and glanced towards the hall.

Strangely, she always felt as if someone had been watching here.

However, when there was no major accident, dispatching so many police cars to the library with great fanfare was indeed a very eye-catching thing. After muttering for a while, she withdrew her gaze and silently stared at the pulse on the elevator LCD screen. number.

"I still don't think it's reliable." Takagi Wataru endured it again and again. Perhaps the presence of colleagues from other departments was too strong. Finally, he couldn't help but whispered, "After all, we are not in the task force now." Oh, why can that guy from Adachi still manipulate us like this?"

In the last serial murder case across multiple prefectures, at the end of the incident, detectives trusted by the police, including the murderer and the original suspect who was almost killed, Edogawa Conan and Akechi Goro testified about Toruichi Adachi's arrival in Tokyo He was attacked and came to the Metropolitan Police Department under his false name. It was finally accepted.

As a result, the problems during the task force were wiped out, and Toru Adachi was able to successfully join the Metropolitan Police Department as planned and become a non-staff crime consultant.

...The original job title is actually quite long, but in short, if I omit it, his job is pretty much the same thing, providing relevant consultation for certain special cases based on his personal experience.

This kind of position is very delicate, so his relationship with the Search Division is also very delicate.

His office is still very close to the Search Section 1, and the anger of the people in the Search Section 1 who were originally dissatisfied with him because of Tang Ze's case has been exhausted in the process of embarrassing the counterfeiters, and it is hard to clean up the case again. Wave.

After Toru Adachi officially joined the company, he changed from the impostor's behavior and acted very low-key without showing any annoying traits, so the matter was easily revealed.

Anyway, he doesn't come to work every day. When he does come, he usually just sits for an hour or two, looking at information and calling files, and then leaves quietly, without causing any impact on everyone's work, and everyone naturally gets along with each other in peace. .

Because of this, when they suddenly received a request for support from Toru Adachi, everyone seemed to suddenly remember that there was such a famous person, and they were a little uncomfortable for a while.

"It's not like he was giving orders." Shiratori Rensaburo said matter-of-factly, "Didn't he say that on the phone? He encountered a special situation and hoped that we could provide support. In addition, the clues he provided were clues to a vicious crime. Yue Zu takes over."

Hearing this, Gao Mushe couldn't help but look sideways: "When did you rebel, Shiratiao?"

"What is rebellion?" Shiratori Rensaburo looked back calmly, "Actually, he is not very annoying, right?"

Moreover, removing the filter of the past, carefully thinking back on the meaningful tone of Officer Ayanokouji, and then reconnecting with the idea that this person may be related to Karasawa's case, Adachi Tohru's true identity becomes meaningful. .

After all, right, having an unclear relationship with senior management may be negative, but it may also be positive?

For example, he is actually a police officer secretly sent by Kyoto to investigate the truth about Karasawa's case, or perhaps a higher-level person paid attention to this case and pretended that Toru Adachi was from Kyoto, allowing him to investigate Karasawa naturally. The truth of the case...

Shiratori's nerves in this regard are still more sensitive than those of his colleagues whose thinking does not extend to intrigues. He quickly got a glimpse of Adachi Tohru's identity, and now he has a peaceful mind.

"You're right, he does have a feeling that he can't be disliked." Miwako Sato suddenly answered.

His behavior is lazy, his work has nothing to do with being smart and capable, and he looks like he is just getting by. It stands to reason that Toru Adachi should be the type of policeman that Sato Miwako hates the most.

However, when the "real Toru Adachi" came to report to them, she instinctively felt that this guy's nature might not be bad.

Regarding this person, her intuition and rational conclusion were completely opposite. It was a very subtle feeling.

Unexpectedly, when she suddenly said this, the expressions of the two people who were originally discussing in a harmonious atmosphere suddenly changed.

When the elevator reached the third floor and stepped out of the elevator car, Shiratori Rensaburo and Takagi Wataru had tensed up their expressions, losing the calmness they had when they first arrived.

Matsuda Jinpei, who was sitting in the children's reading area and had illegally blocked the scene for a while, looked at the two of them strangely, but then he lowered his head and scanned the cardboard box at Tamada and Man's feet, and felt that it was quite reasonable.

Is it a drug-related case? It also involves some violations of the law by taking advantage of one's position and dereliction of duty. It may be necessary to thoroughly investigate the relevant cultural departments and customs, etc. It is considered a big case for the Metropolitan Police Department, so it is normal to be more serious.

So he didn't care about the serious faces of his former colleagues, and casually pointed at Conan, who was squatting by the bookshelf, looking down at the traces on the ground and meditating, and said casually in an attitude that was very consistent with his current personality: " It's this little detective. He didn't know what he found, but he suddenly grabbed this gentleman and started crying and asking him to take responsibility. I looked at it and felt that the situation was not good, so I called you here."

Compared with Conan, the chosen detective who can accurately hit the person involved in the case when reading a book, his information channel as a former police officer is not so easy to explain. Instead of speaking for himself, it is better to let the detective explain it for him.

Conan, who was still thinking about where the curator hid his things and imagining the floor plan of the room in his mind: "..."

This was indeed his intention when he committed the crime, but it would be too much for you to ask a primary school student to answer the police's questions for you.

Standing up from the ground speechlessly, Conan pointed to Tamada Kazuo, who was slumped in the chair: "I think the person who can really explain this problem is probably this uncle. Uncle, the police are here, you are safe now, after all You can just tell me what you find."

After experiencing a chaotic and confusing day, Tamada Kazuo, who thought he would really be held responsible for losing his job because he injured a child, suddenly raised his head.

He looked at Conan in disbelief as he began to ask the police for tissues to clean the "blood" on his face. He finally understood why this child, who had expressed concern for him in a friendly manner a second ago, suddenly rushed up to hinder his work and pulled him firmly to not let him go, as if he had fully demonstrated the nature of a naughty child.

This child was trying to help him.

He discovered his fear and situation. He knew that for Kazuo Tamada now, the police station was really the safest place.

Kazuo Tamada, who had figured it all out, pursed his lips and suddenly had the urge to cry.

"Thank you, Detective." After solemnly thanking Conan and the other members of the Junior Detective Team, Kazuo Tamada reached out to the cardboard box with trembling hands, ready to take out the plastic-wrapped books that might have problems. As soon as he bent down, he was grabbed by the handcuffs on his left hand.

Everyone's eyes first turned to his handcuffed hands on the back of the chair, and then silently looked at Jinpei Matsuda, who was standing by with his hands crossed as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot about it." Facing the silent gazes of the other police officers, Matsuda Jinpei calmly took out a toy key and poked the handcuffs on Tamada Kazuo's wrists twice like a child's play.

The handcuffs immediately fell off and hit the metal armrest of the chair, and a piece of skin was scratched, revealing the plastic material underneath.

"Why are you looking at me? Toy handcuffs." Matsuda Jinpei shook the light thing in his hand, "I'm no longer a policeman, how can I be equipped with handcuffs? That would be a real violation. Don't worry, I won't leave any handles for violating the rules and regulations again."

His words alluded to Adachi Toru's identity and background, but it was indeed what he should say as he used to work in the Investigation Division. Matsuda Jinpei finished speaking, and he was quite satisfied with his acting skills, but Shiratori Renzaburo and Takagi Wataru, who were originally on high alert, twitched their eyes for a while after hearing it.

So you used fake handcuffs, cooperated with the elementary school students, handcuffed a fake suspect, and then you called people over with great fanfare, right...

How should I put it, it's very unreasonable, but it seems very reasonable if it's his words...

"Ahem, um, Mr. Tamada, right?" Trying to ignore the embarrassing colleague, Sato Miwako got the topic back on track, "Can you tell me what happened from the beginning..."

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Moriraki Bunta looked at the police cars parked in a semicircle downstairs, and sweat gathered on his bald forehead and flowed down along the corners of his wrinkled eyes, like falling tears.

At this moment, when the situation finally developed to this point, he was completely panicked.

Once the problem was really exposed, even if he escaped by chance, the people behind him would not let him go. If he couldn't cover up this incident, he would be skinned alive.

No one knew better than Moriwaki Bunta, who had been in this business for so long, what kind of cruel means he would encounter.

He gritted his teeth and suddenly remembered the two ladies who came to the office to inquire about the kindergarten reading activities. An idea suddenly came to his mind.

If he could fool them, and use the excuse of investigating the activities, and sneak away before the police really blocked this place...

Oh, he remembered that the two women seemed to have followed him upstairs, why haven't they come in yet?

Outside the door, the two ladies who Moriwaki Fumita had been looking forward to were pulling Tang Ze's arms on the left and right, one patting his back, and the other patting his chest, as if they were afraid that Tang Ze would not be able to catch his breath, and they persuaded him earnestly: "Forget it, boss, forget it, calm down... There are so many police watching, it will be hard to explain if someone is killed..."