Chapter 973 Prelude to the Outbreak

"Hey, Sato, do you want to go, umm--!"

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!" Sato Miwako grabbed the popcorn bucket that was about to fall over, made a gesture of silence, then quickly pressed her sunglasses on her face, pointed to the area behind her, and asked Takagi Wataru to look back.

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

Megure Jusan, Shiratori Rensaburo, and Kanagawa's Yokomizo police chief and others were standing near the crowd still queuing in front of the roller coaster, talking in a low voice and looking around, as if looking for something.

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

Strictly speaking, Yokohama also belongs to the radiation range of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but unless there is a major vicious incident, police 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 criminals, etc. It is difficult to implement without determining the main unit in advance, but determining the main unit is also troublesome enough.

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

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

She was thinking about how to end this leisurely play activity with Takagi and ask if there is anything she can help with, and she saw a few children rushing against the crowd.

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

"Yes, I just poured Coke on him on purpose. There's no mistaking that shoe surface!"

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

"This is, ah, the elementary school students from the 'Junior Detective Team'...hiss..." Takagi Shigeru looked at them rushing forward like wild...cough, Chihuahuas, and couldn't help sighing, "General adults can't outrun them at all. These kids are running faster and faster."

Even the quiet little girl named Huiyuan Ai is the same.

How did they train themselves? Did they get enough training because they were involved in too many incidents?

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

"Puff——You, you just... "

"It's obviously more urgent here! Let's go!"

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Looking at 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, after all, Ito Suehiko was...

Before he could continue thinking, Maori Kogoro behind him grabbed his collar and lifted him up.

"What are you doing, kid? Why are you leaning forward? I'm the detective hired by him, you're not thinking of making a splash at this time..." Maori Kogoro looked at his watch, which had already reached evening, and frowned, "What are you going to tell him?"

Hakuba Tan didn't follow up under the persuasion of Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and only he took Conan to call Ito Suehiko's secretary to complete their commission.

Xiaolan and the children were not threatened with death because of Conan's protection, and now the only one who was threatened with death was actually Conan himself.

The more such moments, the more he couldn't let this reckless kid take risks.

"What to tell him? Of course the truth." Conan blinked and asked, "Didn't he hire you to know this?"

The question about Reiko Shimizu, especially the question that Suehiko Ito's disability is most likely caused by Reiko Shimizu's attempted murder.

This is important information that can easily cause infighting among the originally united prisoners.

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

And, Reiko Shimizu is likely to be alive.

"She said that she committed suicide by jumping into the sea after committing suicide out of fear of crime, 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 are 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 relics, and no reason for her suicide...

She has been officially registered as missing, not dead, because there is no key evidence to confirm her death.

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

"Humph, I knew you would 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."

"What...?"

"Don't get excited yet." Glancing at the elevator display, Maori Kogoro spoke faster, "The most urgent task is not to investigate the truth, but to solve the trouble you have. It is most important to stabilize his emotions first."

"Are you worried that he will be stimulated? But, if he is wrongly accused, isn't it more...?"

"How do you know it is 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 are pursuing has always been Shimizu Reiko. Ito Suehiko knew it clearly, but still spent money to find a detective... That means that the answer he wants is not this."

"Huh?" Conan was stunned when he heard such a logical and insightful statement.

"Only when he is satisfied will he solve this deadly thing. You have to distinguish the priorities." Maori Kogoro shook his head slowly, "I am a hired private detective. The task of a private detective is to let the employer get the answer he wants. As for the truth... that is something the police need to take care of."

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

Conan, who was not very good at dealing with people, fully understood the meaning of this look at this moment.

This place was still Ito Suehiko's territory, so some things were hard to say too clearly.

But this guy was a disabled person, so if we got the chance, would we be afraid of not being able to catch him?

First stabilize the person, unload the things, and then there would be many ways.

Some tact, some sophistication, but definitely smart, so Conan was particularly surprised...

He opened his mouth, wanting to confess that the watch on his hand was also processed, but he looked at the direction of the camera and finally held back.

You're right, this is Ito Suehiko's territory. Don't irritate him too much...

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

The restaurant and executive corridor of the Red Castle Hotel were both in the middle, and there were still more than ten floors away from the meeting room at the top. To go up to find Ito Suehiko, of course, you still have to take the elevator.

Tang Ze aimed at the one on the right, pretended to lower his head to adjust his gloves, slowed down his pace, and when the two walked to the elevator, the elevator on the right had passed their floor and just missed them.

Tang Ze pressed the button as if nothing had happened, stood in front of the other elevator door and waited, silently calculating the action steps in his mind.

Ito Suehiko has no combat power, he is a pendant, not to be feared.

Shimizu Reiko is much more lethal than him, but her main skill is in shooting, and her physical skills can only be said to be so-so.

Standing next to him at such a close distance, it is not difficult to subdue her...

"Here. Take it."

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

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

No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one bar!

This is the way that Reiko Shimizu came up with to "deal with" this not-so-honest detective - to force him to become an accomplice or an assistant to the crime.

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

Tang Ze curved his eyes, the golden light flickered slightly, but his face showed a very sweet and gentle smile.

"Give me such a dangerous thing... You trust me very much, young lady."

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

Is that so...?

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

At the same time, he put the plan that he didn't intend to use on the agenda again.

Smart evil is certainly dangerous, and not-so-smart evil is equally dangerous.

He can't let some people go because of the problem of IQ contempt chain.

He raised his head and watched the number approach the top little by little.

"Ding Dong——"

"What's that noise?" Akemi Miyano, who had already adapted to the inexplicable gravity and wind, gathered her messy long hair, turned her head, and looked in the direction of the sound.

"It seems that the police who were awakened by Detective Maori's contact have rushed to the park." Matsuda Jinpei, who lowered his head to contact Noah, responded promptly.

"Police...? Will he also warn about these?" Zhu Fushimi looked up sharply, "Could it be that there are relevant data from the police in his database?"

Although Ito Suehiko is not completely blind in the medical sense, his eyes have some light perception, but in fact, he is no different from a blind person.

His method of identifying others is mainly to use his money ability to build a fingerprint detection system.

Other children, including Mao Lilan, were not brought into the meeting room because of the early warning and Conan's alertness, so he did not have a comprehensive grasp of the specific identities of these Schrodinger hostages. On the phone, he only vaguely called them 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 of smell should know that the forces behind Ito Suehiko have big problems. After all, the biggest problem with fingerprint identification is never the collection, but the database.

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

And now, his system can accurately identify the presence of a policeman. This incident almost instantly ignited the hidden vigilance of Zhu Fu Jingguang, and his eyes behind the goggles became cold.

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

He is a criminal.

Facing such a guy who doesn't take other people's lives seriously, it is not too much to show any hostility.

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

"Police from Kanagawa Prefecture?" Hagiwara Kenji, who had gradually become familiar with this system, suddenly turned his head, "Who? Who?"

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

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

So, all the police officers involved in tonight's operation, whether from Tokyo or Yokohama, did not wear police uniforms, but chose plain clothes that would not be so eye-catching when entering the amusement park as much as possible.

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

Chitose Hagiwara retracted her gaze from the roller coaster and glanced at him: "Why do you care? Just think that I want to come to the amusement park to play, and it's not okay?"

"You are a traffic policeman, why do you get involved in such things?" Yokomizo Shigeo rubbed his forehead and was speechless for a moment.

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

Chitose Hagiwara blinked quickly, and did not speak out that subtle premonition, but chose to put his hands on his waist and raised his chin.

"What? Accompanying me to visit the amusement park, did you feel wronged?"

"You...!"

"Just consider it as a reasonable excuse for you to be a plainclothes officer. Let's go, hurry up, if you don't hurry up, you will be thrown off by those people in Tokyo."