"Kamihara, self-denial."

After seeing who was the person who was stuck in his escape route, Shuji Shikano's already gloomy face turned black as the bottom of a pot in an instant.

At this moment, he still didn't understand that he was still fooled after all.

"No matter how cautious you are, as long as you have enough evidence to convict yourself, you will definitely destroy it as much as possible when I appear."

Facing Shuji Shikano's face full of murderous intent like the birth of a tengu, Katsumi Uehara, who did not have the slightest fear, tilted his head comfortably, and the corners of his mouth rose happily: "It's just that in my expectation, you may start to act in three or five days."

"I didn't expect you to be so breathless, is it because you have been on the run for so long, and you are anxious when you see that the prosecution period is about to pass but you may be caught?"

“…… Are you spying on me? You don't get any permission to spy on me? ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Shuji Shikano accentuated his tone, and immediately turned his head to look at the daughter of an old friend who was approaching him step by step: "Miwako, your boyfriend broke the law, do you know?"

"If I were to sue him, he wouldn't be able to please him."

"I think you may have misunderstood something, uncle."

Miwako Sato hadn't spoken yet, and Conan, who was in a triangle with Uehara and Sato on the other side, spoke confidently: "The Uehara Police Department and Sato Criminal came here after receiving my call to the police, and there is no surveillance at all."

"And the reason why I called the police is because I bumped into you on the way home and didn't look like a good person, so I followed you all the way. Then, I saw that you were going to burn the money. ”

"What a joke! You're just a kid with a big ass! How is it possible to do this! ”

Shuji Shikano, who was about to split, roared in a low voice, and pointed to Katsumi Uehara who was standing in a position: "He ordered all this!" He's spying on me in violation of the law! And now you want to slander me! ”

"This kid is the right-hand man of Detective Mori Kogoro, and together with Detective Maori, he has helped the police solve many cases, and he is a veritable little detective, and it is not surprising that he can detect your anomaly and do it, and the entire three departments know about his intelligence."

Miwako Sato, who had a cold face, stood still not far from Shuji Shikano, slowly lifted the corner of his suit, pulled out the police revolver and held it in his hand, raised the muzzle of the gun and aimed it at Shuji Shikano, whose face suddenly turned pale: "Uncle Shikano, I never thought that you would be the murderer of my father." Why? ”

Facing the swarthy muzzle of the gun, the expression on Shuji Kano's face changed, and he glanced at the money bag that he hadn't had time to burn at all and the small barrel of gasoline on the side, and was silent not knowing what to say.

"You speak, Shuji Shikano! Why?! Why kill my father! Aren't you guys friends you've been playing with since high school?! ”

The enemy who killed his father was actually the uncle he had always respected, and Miwako Sato, who couldn't accept the impact for a while, was vaguely out of control, the muzzle of the gun was trembling, and the sharp question floated around the empty area.

Conan, who was stepping on the rocks, lowered his head slightly, turned off the tracking function, and the lens glowed with silver and white, and he didn't say a word.

Katsumi Uehara, leaning on the ruins, didn't know what he had in mind, and while his hands were in his pockets, he was silent.

“…… Yes, Justice and I have been friends since we were in high school. Even the day he caught me, we were still close friends. ”

After being caught and blocking all the escape routes, Shuji Kano, whose expression changed for a long time, finally spoke: "However, the bad thing is that we are the best friends." I was fully armed and well disguised to rob the bank, but he still judged my identity through a habitual gesture of my swing and arrested me.

"At that time, I was so desperate that I wanted to die, so when I saw a truck passing by at an intersection, I subconsciously wanted to go over and be killed.

"But, righteous he, your father, pushed me away and pulled me back from the brink of death, and I fell in a pool of blood.

"After that, I didn't dare to do anything because I was afraid, and I didn't worry anymore until I was sure that the police didn't find me......"

Seeing that there was a chance, Shuji Kano just wanted to get the gasoline barrel, but he didn't think that a stone would directly knock the oil barrel away-

Conan, who had taken the shooting pose, slowly raised his head, and his gaze under the lenses stabbed directly into the eyes of Shuji Shikano in disbelief: "[Chou Silang], Choo Silang, no wonder. If you are a sworn friend, then this sentence is very likely to be a similar pronunciation of [go and turn yourself in], and it is the trust that Officer Sato Righteous Police placed in you before he died.

"Shuji Kano, eighteen years on the run, you are ashamed of Officer Sato's father."

“……”

Seeing the gasoline drum tumbling to Katsumi Uehara's feet, Shuji Shikano, who knew that his last hope of escape had been shattered, closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, and then slowly opened his eyes, his face returned to calm, and he turned his head to look at the daughter of his old friend: "I'm sorry, Miwako."

I know this sentence is eighteen years late, but ...... I'm sorry. ”

Miwako Sato, who was clenching her teeth, also took several deep breaths in a row, and then put down the gun and took out her father's relics from her arms, a pair of rusty handcuffs.

She carried her father's relics for 18 years, and at this moment she finally completed the end of the crime 18 years ago.

Katsumi Uehara paced to his girlfriend's side, and Miwako Sato, who had arrested the murderer at this moment, sat on a wide rock, quietly distracted, not knowing what she was thinking.

Conan, who was on the side, saw that the two of them didn't seem to have any intention of calling the police, and after sighing, he called Officer Twilight again.

"Thank you, Katsumi."

"You're welcome, that's what I'm supposed to do as a police officer."

Sitting on the rocks, Katsumi Uehara, who put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder, looked at the sunset that stained the skyline red, and smiled freely.

"I don't understand why the truth of the matter is the way it is...... Obviously, Uncle Lu Ye and my dad used to be such good friends, but in the end, it was he who caused my dad's death. ”

With her head resting on her boyfriend's shoulder, Miwako Sato, who was muttering to herself, looked a little sad.

"People change, and a dead party is just a dead friend after all. For the sake of interests or their own purposes, even the best friends may turn against each other, and even fight for their lives. ”

Katsumi Uehara, who is an outsider, can only be relieved at the moment, and with his girlfriend, sitting on this stone, the background is gradually dyed red by the setting sun.

They were silent until the police, led by Officer Twilight, arrived in a car.

"Uehara! Sato! Conan! ”

"The prisoner is here, the Dusk Police Department."

The moment she heard her boss's voice, Miwako Sato, who had been snuggling on her boyfriend's shoulder for a long time, suddenly stood up, collected her emotions, and pointed out Shuji Kano, who was handcuffed, and the evidence to him one by one.

This unsolved case, which lasted for 18 years, has been solved.

Before Shuji Kano was escorted into the car by Twilight Thirteen, the former also glanced back at Katsumi Uehara and Miwako Sato, who were standing outside the police car encirclement.

"Thanks to your Fu Keji, I can also comfort my father's spirit in heaven."

Miwako Sato, who watched the police car leave in a hurry, recovered her mood and turned her head to look at her boyfriend who was close at hand: "So, what is your wish?" ”

"Wishes? What wishes? ”

"As we said when we were making cookies, don't worry, I've always done what I said. Whatever you want, I will grant it. ”

Blinking, Miwako stood motionless, the setting sun hitting her side face with the evening breeze, and the wind ruffled the ends of her hair.

"Well, let's be honest, my wish has been granted."

Katsumi Uehara smiled and put one hand in his pocket, and walked to his magenta EVO with his feet: "And I'm not in the habit of taking advantage of people's danger." ”

“……”

watched her boyfriend leave him step by step and walk to the car parked outside the rubble.

Miwako Sato was stunned for a moment, but after coming back to her senses, a bright smile appeared on her face, and she ran between her arms and chased after her-

Thank you, Katsumi.

Set the bowl~

(End of chapter)