Chapter 63

Riding in Sato's red Mazda sedan, we quickly followed Sato to the side of the road in front of a café on the fourth street of Kakutomachi. The brand of the coffee shop is very old and looks very old. Sato placed the bouquet he bought at the flower shop on the road under a telephone pole, then crouched down, folded his hands, his eyes slightly closed, and looked like he was silently praying, as if he was commemorating someone.

"That's right! I remember!" Just when everyone didn't understand Sato's movements, Officer Shiratori, who had been pondering, suddenly seemed to remember something, and suddenly appeared.

"What's wrong?" everyone looked at Shiratori.

"Today is the death day of Sato's father, Officer Sato's righteous police, which is ......"

"The day of his death. "I said with a heavy face.

"Eh, that's the case......" Hearing this, Takagi's expression became a little darker.

"Eighteen years ago today, while chasing bank robbers, I was hit by a big truck here at this coffee shop, in front of this coffee shop, unfortunately it was raining heavily, the ambulance came too late, and Officer Sato was lying in the ambulance in the company of his family and died, all of which I heard from Officer Twilight. As he spoke, Shiratori's voice became deeper and deeper, perhaps because he thought that he might end up like this in the future, and when he became a policeman, he really didn't know when he would die in the line of duty.

"I remember the name of the case, it seems to be called ......," Shiratori searched for his memories as he struggled.

"Sorrowful. Conan and I said in unison. Hearing each other's voices, Conan and I were stunned at the same time and looked at each other. When I was teaching my brother the basic reasoning methods, I used this case as an example to warn my brother that no matter when, the search for a prisoner should be the first priority to protect yourself, and it is extremely stupid to put yourself in it for the sake of the prisoner. However, on that occasion, my brother, who had always been obedient to me, rarely refuted my point of view, arguing that in order for the prisoner to receive the punishment due to the law, in order for the victim to get the compensation he deserved, and in order to uphold the justice of the world, he must deal with the prisoner to the end at any cost. My brother and I had a fight over this matter, and we didn't speak for three days. When I think about it now, it feels like it was just yesterday.

"Yes, Chou Silang! It's Chou Silang!" After our reminder, Shiratori suddenly remembered.

"Because the police officer who was hit by the truck kept calling this enigmatic name to the escaped prisoner, it was named the Chosilang incident. "Probably because of the quarrel back then, Conan's memory of this incident seems very deep, so I listened to everyone and stopped interjecting.

"At that time, the police also launched a large-scale search network, but because the officer who knew the core of the incident had died, the investigation was halted, and the statute ......of limitations had expired three years ago."

A deep voice, a dull eye, and a back of vicissitudes...... Are you the tragic male protagonist of a certain movie? Looking at Conan's "speechless stuck" appearance, I sighed deeply in my heart, and I really wanted to go up and kick him hard! This guy always begins to get carried away unconsciously, don't you know what a child should behave? It has to be said that it is a miracle that he has been able to conceal his identity until now.

The gazes that everyone looked at Conan had gradually become strange with Conan's age-appropriate tone.

I sighed, and when I stepped forward and raised my hand, I smashed a knife on Conan's head!

"Wow! What are you doing?!" Conan glared at me with his head in his hands.

"The little fart hasn't grown any hair, so what's the matter with pretending to be deep?" I snorted at Conan with feigned disdain.

"Ah," after my reminder, Conan also suddenly reacted, and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't extricate myself from being immersed in Officer Sato's great deeds unconsciously." ”

After my deliberate confusion, everyone's eyes really shifted, but the strange eyes seemed to be focused on me. Think about it, a little kid educates another kid in an old-fashioned tone, but the educated kid still looks teachable, which is weird for everyone. But doubt is doubt, anyway, it's just limited to doubt, my body they don't know, and there is no danger that no one will see through it, at most I will be seen as an overly precocious child.

"I know about this incident, and I've seen it on TV several times. This is a well-planned crime, the only clue is the less than ten seconds of footage captured by the bank monitor, and I don't know how the police officer who has died in the line of duty locked up the suspect, this incident is in the fog......" Takagi recalled his understanding of this matter with a stern face, and then looked at Sato with some sympathy: "I didn't expect that the police officer to be Sato's father." ”

"That's no way," Sato, who had been praying silently, stood up, turned to look at us, and a faint sadness flashed in his eyes: "People often only remember the life of the criminal and the history of the crime, and who will remember the police who died in the line of duty in the case, unless it is the police or other relevant people." At this moment, Sato actually showed a trace of weakness, and his pitiful demeanor, which was completely different from the strength in his usual days, made people feel excited, and a strong desire to protect from the depths of his heart.

"Sa...... Officer Sato. Both Shiratori and Takagi had distressed expressions.

"But it's not our job to make people remember us. The weak expression flashed away, and Sato's words changed, and the posture of a strong woman came again: "As a policeman, it is our bounden duty to protect the safety of people's lives and property from being harmed! As for that incident, the prosecution period has passed anyway, so let it pass." ”

The topic is at an impasse again, in fact, Sato will say such a thing, it's really helpless, after all, this was nearly twenty years ago, and there were very few clues to this case, after twenty years of ups and downs, the eyewitnesses at that time could no longer be found, and the so-called evidence was basically useless.

"Isn't it reluctant?" I said softly.

"What?" Sato looked at me in surprise.

"Don't hide your feelings. Ignoring Takagi and Shiratori's surprised gazes, I raised my head and quietly looked into Sato's eyes: "Whether it's for the sake of the victimized people or for the sake of my father, I'm very unwilling to let the murderer go unpunished, right?"

Facing my calm gaze, Sato seemed very uncomfortable, but he couldn't avoid it, and after a long confrontation, Sato finally couldn't bear my pressing gaze step by step, as if he had put down his burden, and exhaled a long breath, his whole straight body shrank down as if he was deflated, and looked at me with a smile: "Yes, I'm very unwilling, I lied just now, no matter how long this matter has passed, and no matter whether the statute of limitations for this matter has expired, I must investigate it to the end!"

"Yes. I laughed too. Fortunately, Sato is a straightforward girl who will not hold back the depressed things in her heart, otherwise, I am afraid that I will have to see a psychiatrist.

"If anyone can help me solve this mystery and arrest Chou Silang, I am willing to do anything for him and fulfill all his wishes. Sato said as if he was joking.

"Huh?!any...... Request?" The two men at the scene who had bad intentions towards Sato obviously didn't take this incident as a joke, and they knew from the tangled expressions on their faces that they must have thought about something that some men understand, ahem, everyone understands.

This incident also fully illustrates that although the IQ of a woman in love has dropped to zero, the IQ of a man in love may not be higher than that of a woman.

"Can I ask for a thousand eel rice?" I don't need to say, you know who made this request......

"Absolutely. "Officer Sato's blank check is a pleasure. But is it really possible? Although one serving of eel rice is very cheap, 1,000 servings does not seem to be a small amount......

"I'm going to Dorobica Paradise!"

"I want a ticket to the International Space Station!" the children were excited.

"As for me, I'll ask for a Prada designer leather bag. "Hey, Xiao Ai, don't fall into the well, don't you see that Sato's face has changed a little......

"Can I get a ticket to this World Cup?" Conan, you're also bad at learning......

"Then I'll want a Stradivarius violin. "Since everyone is so interested, I can't be disappointed, right? Well, this violin probably costs at least tens of millions, am I a little ruthless? Lord, I'm guilty......

“...... Hmm~" Facing the burning gaze of a group of children staring at her, Sato responded stiffly.

And at this moment, three men and a woman came from the other side of the road, and these four people also walked in this direction with a bouquet of flowers, and seemed to come together with a purpose. I guess I'm here to pay tribute to Officer Justice Sato.

As I expected, Sato and they all knew each other, and after Sato's introduction, we learned that these people were all teammates of Sato's father's baseball team in high school. They are called Sarudo Hidero, Shikano Shuji, Inoho Mitsuo, and Butterfly, and after they became famous, they wanted to visit Masayoshi Sato, the captain of the baseball team back then, before the party.

While Sato was saying goodbye to the men, Shiratori suddenly received a call from Officer Twilight saying that someone was looking like a suspicious arsonist on the sixth street in Shinagawa.

"Let's go, Takagi!" Shiratori beckoned to Takagi, and as for Sato, of course, he was accompanying our group of children to continue collecting evidence. But while checking his personal documents, Takagi suddenly appeared in his handcuffs and forgot to bring them out.

"It's okay," Takagi looked rather heartless in the face of Sato's concern, "In case there's a situation, there's Officer Shiratori." And I've read the horoscope column in the magazine, and I'm lucky today!"

People who say they are lucky generally become unlucky. After listening to Takagi's words, I didn't know what Sato thought, his face suddenly became extremely pale, and there was a trace of horror in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

"It's okay if you're not handcuffed, it's just an arsonist anyway. Takagi, who had unusually thick nerves, did not notice the abnormality of Sato's demeanor at all, and continued to grin with a big grin.

"Wait a minute, Takagi," just as Takagi was about to get into the car and leave, Sato suddenly chased after him and placed an old rusty handcuff in Takagi's hand, and Takagi looked at Sato with some confusion.

"You don't have handcuffs with you, it's Daddy's relic. A hint of remembrance flashed across Sato's face, and then he returned to normal: "Didn't my handcuffs break in Mr. Higashida's incident?" Just to be a talisman for you. ”

Amulet...... Your father died in the line of duty, and besides, the last Mr. Higashida incident almost killed us, until now I think about it, and I still feel a little frightened.

Takagi got into Shiratori's police car and headed straight for Shinagawa with a lot of questions, while Sato took us children to the alley where Ayumi Yotsuya had said she had met the prisoner. As the sky gets darker, Yotsuya is already a bustling shopping street, and the colorful lights on the plaques of various storefronts reflect the faces of young men and women full of indulgent expressions, revealing an atmosphere full of erosive drunkenness. Tokyo, the cosmopolitan city, finally unfolded his materialistic face at night.

"What's wrong?" Sato, who had just finished recording Ayumi's narration, looked at me silently on the sidelines with some confusion.

"Ah, it's nothing," I said, looking at the red men and green women coming and going on the street, the corners of my mouth slightly curled up, showing a hint of mockery, "I was just thinking, sometimes, ignorance is really a kind of happiness, if you can live like this until death, it is really a luxury." ”

"You ......," Sato looked at me with a strange expression.

"How?"

"You...... Actually, I came with memories of my past life, right?" Sato's eyes twitched uncontrollably.

"Ha, ha, ha...... You guessed it. I avoided Sato's gaze and smiled dryly. This is no longer a joke......

Sato slapped me on the top of the head: "Don't always act like an adult! What kind of mess do you see when you have nothing to do? Why do you think so weirdly? Be a good child, those nonsense things are not what you should think." ”

"I said don't hit me on the head. I clutched my head and muttered, I had basically given up, this woman seemed to have an extraordinary attachment to something.

"Ah, I'm sorry," Sato covered his mouth with wide eyes as if he suddenly remembered, "I wanted to restrain myself, but before I knew it, it had become a conditioned reflex." Oh, well, don't worry about these little things. Sato touched my head as if he were comforting a child.

At this moment, Sato's mobile phone suddenly rang. The call was made by Takagi from Shinagawa, and Takagi excitedly told Sato on the phone that he already knew the murderer eighteen years ago, but as soon as he said so, the phone was suddenly cut off, and no matter how Sato shouted on this side of the phone, there was no response at all, and then, the phone was hung up.

The thought of a sneak attack flashed through the hearts of everyone present at the same time. Sato immediately dialed Shiratori's phone and asked Shiratori to go to the rescue immediately.

"Now, where did the guys I met during the day go to party?" I asked Sato suddenly.

"Huh?" Sato was stunned by my abrupt question: "It's a restaurant called Nanako, and the address is in ...... Shinagawa!" "Speaking of the restaurant's address, Sato suddenly understood what I meant. If the prisoner was among those four people, it was very likely that he would have met Takagi, and if he happened to hear Takagi say on the phone that he already knew who the murderer was......

"Conan, I'll go with Sato, you go and find out that arsonist, don't sue me that you can't do it. I whispered to Conan.

"Well, wrap it up on me, you have to be careful, the prisoner is likely to fight back on the verge of death, you don't capsize in the gutter. Conan said to me with a slight chin and a low voice.

I smiled slightly, walked up to Xiao Ai again, and stuffed my steel rod into Xiao Ai's hand: "You don't have enough strength, I transformed this steel rod into an electric baton, be careful." "I've wanted to give Xiao Ai this steel stick for a long time, compared to me, Xiao Ai needs something to defend himself more, with this thing, I can also feel at ease.

"Be careful, too. Xiao Ai clasped the small steel rod in the palm of his hand and whispered to me. Originally, this steel rod was made for me, so the size of the bar was also based on the shape of my hand, so Xiao Ai's little hand was a little difficult to hold.

"Let's go, Officer Sato. I said hello to Sato and walked towards her car.

"Hey, don't be pretentious!" Sato shouted as he chased after me.

"It's too much! I want to go too!"

"Me too!" the children shouted in discontent.

"Don't make any noise, we're going to do something more interesting!" Conan winked at the children with a mysterious expression.

"Could it be ......" the children's eyes lit up.

......

"Why do you have to come along, I'll be alone. In the car, Sato asked me as he drove the car.

"For the reward," I squinted comfortably as I leaned back on the back cushion of the saddle, "Stradivari's violin, it's my life's dream, but unfortunately I can't afford it, and how can I give up on this opportunity to get him." ”

"Well, shouldn't we take Ayumi with us? After all, it's possible that the one who attacked Takagi was an arsonist, right?" Sato drove the car, staring intently ahead, unusually attentive.

It's a change of subject...... Before I finished my work, I was already thinking about how to get paid. However, I didn't bother to bother with her.

"Rest assured, I've already considered the situation, you see," I took out a piece of paper from my pocket and unfolded it in front of her, looking at her proudly, "I've been prepared. ”

"But what if this picture is different from the real person?"

"Ah, well, I've never been prepared to look for a person in accordance with this picture," I shrugged irresponsibly, with a scowling smile on my face, "As long as you catch all the people who are involved in this picture, one of them will be true anyway, and this is called fishing in a big net." ”

Sato stared at me and didn't speak for a while.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm just thinking about what kind of family can teach a child like you. ”......

When we arrived at the restaurant called Nanako, there were only a few customers drinking small drinks, relieving the fatigue of the day's work, and there was no sign of those people during the day. It turned out that the four men had already left half an hour before we came, and forty minutes earlier, just when Takagi was attacked.

"You know those people well?" I asked the shopkeeper as he heard the familiar expression on his face when he talked about them.

"Well, they're all my old customers, and they often come to my shop for parties," the shopkeeper explained to me with a smile, and frowned again, "It's just that today is Captain Sato's death day, and the atmosphere is a little weird when those people are partying." Speaking of which, the prisoner in that case was too much, robbed 550 million, killed the security guard with a shotgun hidden in his coat, and killed the police very carelessly when he was presented. ”

"Kill the police?" I frowned, "Didn't the policeman die in an accident?"

"According to witnesses at the scene, it looks like he was pushed in front of the truck. Sato, who had been listening to the side, spoke at this time.

Killing a policeman? This is a challenge to the majesty of the Japanese police.

"But since the gun was fired, I should be able to find the gun based on the bullets, right?" I asked, turning to Sato. If the gun can be found, the problem will be much simpler.

"Shooting? The prisoner didn't shoot. Sato looked at me strangely, "When did I say that a prisoner had been shot?"

"But the uncle just said that the prisoner killed the security guard with a shotgun......" I said suspiciously, pointing to the shopkeeper.

"Ah, you mean that," the shopkeeper patted his forehead and smiled at me, "Sorry kid, I didn't make it clear just now, the prisoner didn't shoot the security guard!"

"How is that done?"

"The prisoner used the shotgun as a stick and hit the security guard on the head to death!" said the shopkeeper, making a gesture to me as if it were a baseball swing.

Looking at the shopkeeper's movements, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration in my mind, and asked the shopkeeper urgently, "Then do you remember whether that person used his left hand or right hand when he swung the stick?"

"This ......," the shopkeeper scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassed.

"It's the left hand. Sato said categorically: "I've watched that video more than a thousand times, it must be my left hand." ”

"Now, Sato, you know, when two people are very familiar, one can recognize the other person just by his movements, it's like I patted my head with my hand, no one would do that except you......" I looked at Sato.

"What do you mean......" Sato's eyes flashed, and his expression was already clear.

"Speaking of which, according to Japanese law, the prosecution period of the case should stop when the prisoner flees abroad, and the old man just said that the man went to Italy to study cooking for three years......," I said as if I had not intended it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sato said a word, and rushed out in a hurry without waiting for us to reply!

"Really, a woman with good conditions, can she learn to be reserved?" I muttered dissatisfiedly, turned to the boss who stayed where I was, and shouted: "Uncle, I'm hungry, please give me something to eat, and the money will be credited to Officer Sato's account......"

I have to say, those people are still quite tasteful, the taste of this shop is really good, because I look well-behaved and cute, and I am a child brought by an acquaintance, so the boss is very warm to entertain me, and I, also unceremoniously eat a meal, anyway, I don't have to spend my own money. It wasn't until now that I realized that it was such a cool thing to eat without having to pay for it yourself, and it was no wonder that people who ate overlord meals were repeatedly banned.

Twenty minutes later, I walked out of the shop with a full burp and a warm welcome from the owner. When I came out, the shopkeeper's face was smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he was still reluctant to give up, and my meal was probably expensive, as if it would cost tens of thousands at the very least. I thought about the mountains of empty bowls and estimated the price of the meal, and I couldn't bear to pay for it myself.

Well, I'll leave these things to Sato to have a headache, like she said, those nonsense things are not what I should think about......

I followed the instructions of the uncle of the small shop and came to the door of the Italian restaurant opened by Shuji Shikano, waiting for Sato to come out with a triumphant smile.

While waiting, Conan called, saying that he had caught the arsonist while he was setting fire, in Shinagawa Rokumachime, because it was early, no damage was caused, only an old warehouse was burned, but there were no residents in the area, and everyone was fine, so don't worry.

So, Sato was the only thing left, and I looked at the door of the restaurant.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and before I could react, it slammed into me, knocking me backwards and backwards.

"Painful pain......" I covered my head and looked up, only to see Sato sitting on the ground in front of me and covering his head, not relieving for a while.

"What's wrong, I'm overjoyed to get revenge on my father, but I'm delirious?" I teasedly looked at Sato.

"Quick! Go to the abandoned warehouse in Rokumachime! Takagi is trapped there!" Sato suddenly looked up and shouted at me.

"What?!" is burning there!

When I heard this, I didn't say a word, but immediately spread my feet and ran in the direction of Rokumachime! This is Shimachime, which is not very far from Rokumachime, so I should be in time.

By the time I arrived at the scene, the fire was already burning so hard that the warehouse was about to collapse! Outside the warehouse, the police and firefighters were trying to extinguish the fire, but judging by their progress, the fire could not be extinguished for a while, but the warehouse could no longer support it!

There's no way, this fire, people can't get over it at all. Wataru Takagi, it's a pity. Officer Justice Sato, who just talked about the death of police officer Sato today, is it Takagi's turn now......

"Takagi, Takagi, don't stop me, let me in!!," Sato, who came after me, cried hoarsely and tried to rush into the fire, but was stopped by the police officers who were present.

The warehouse finally collapsed with a sparse noise, and Sato suddenly collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his soul, looking at the raging fire, stunned.

I couldn't bear to see it, so I stepped forward and slashed at Sato's neck artery. Sato rolled his eyes, didn't even snort, and fainted.

"What are you doing?" Conan looked at me strangely.

"Let her have a good rest, maybe after a long time, it will be fine. I sighed.

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" Conan looked at me with some wonder in his eyes.

"Don't you know that Officer Takagi's death was a blow to Officer Sato?" I looked at Conan like an idiot, but to my bewilderment, Conan looked at me like an idiot.

"Who said Officer Takagi is dead?"

"Who said that, of course it......" I looked at the fire as a matter of course, and was suddenly stunned, and turned to look at Conan: "Is Officer Takagi not dead?!"

"That, thanks to everyone, I escaped by the way......" A silly voice came from behind me.

I stiffened my turn, only to see Takagi, whose face was covered in blood, standing behind me with an embarrassed smile, and a worn-out iron bars handcuffed in his hands......

"You...... Why are you still alive?" I said as I looked at the silly Takagi.

"Huh?" Takagi looked at me for a moment, and his mind couldn't turn around.

"You're not dead, when Sato wakes up, it's my turn to die!!"

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