Chapter 731 - Serial Arson
Just as they were talking, Officer Shiratori's cell phone suddenly rang.
"I'm Shiratori, Officer Twilight—" Officer Shiratori suddenly showed a surprised expression as he said this. "We are in 4-chome of Kakutocho...... What, suspected arsonist? Okay, may I ask about the features...... Okay, got it, we're going to help! ”
Although Officer Shiratori didn't tell everyone what he heard, there was no secret to Chiba about phone conversations.
Shinagawa-cho 6-chome, found a person suspected of being an arsonist, who fled voluntarily when the patrol came forward to investigate, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
While Conan seemed to have thought of something that puzzled him and frowned slightly, Officer Shiratori was already sitting in the car, looking at Officer Takagi who seemed to be looking for something with dissatisfaction. "What are you doing, still grinding like this?"
"I, I think I forgot to be handcuffed," Officer Takagi said, looking up and in an embarrassed tone. "But I guess it's okay, you're still handcuffed anyway, and ...... Yesterday's divination in the magazine said that I was lucky today, and it should be no problem, so let's go! ”
Just as he was saying this, Chiba suddenly saw that Sato seemed to be stunned, and just looked in the direction of Officer Takagi blankly.
"Takagi, wait a minute!" Just as Officer Shiratori and the others were about to drive away, Officer Sato stopped them and took out a pair of handcuffs from his pocket. "This, my handcuffs, you take it first."
"Huh?" Officer Takagi's face turned red in an instant, and he grabbed the handcuffs handed over by Officer Sato with both hands, not knowing what to say. However, there was no need to think about it anymore, because without any warning, Officer Shiratori suddenly started the car and took Officer Takagi away with an engine roar that surprised everyone—Chiba could see very clearly that Officer Shiratori's face was extremely bad just now.
"Officer Sato, why are they in charge of hunting down arsonists?" Conan suddenly asked Officer Sato, who was standing on the road with a rather subtle expression. "Isn't this kind of thing usually handled by the people of the Seventh Department who are searching for fire criminals, how can it be that the murderers are searched by Officer Takagi and they are dispatched?"
"It's because it's dead," Officer Sato shrugged. "There were three arson cases yesterday, one of which found a murdered body near the scene, and according to the judgment, it may have been at the arson scene and the gangsters met in a narrow way, and finally killed and extinguished; On the other hand, because the body was also burned next to the car that was set on fire, there is not much information available at the moment, but we think that there is a strong possibility that this arson case is related to the other two. ”
While they were discussing this, Ayumi suddenly looked at Sato's place before. "Look, someone seems to have come to offer flowers again?"
"Huh?" Officer Sato was taken aback, and immediately looked in the direction that Ayumi was pointing - four middle-aged people, three men and one woman, were next to the bouquet of flowers placed by Officer Sato, and one of the middle-aged people was also holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand and was bending down, preparing to place the bouquet next to Sato's bouquet.
"They seem to be ......," Officer Sato said, with a rather nostalgic expression. My father's classmates in high school went to work or study in different places, but they all played baseball together until ...... Eighteen years ago. Wait for me here now, I'll go say hello to them. ”
With that, she walked in the direction of the men and began to talk to them.
"Anyway, if it was the arson last night, and the body was still burned next to the car that was set on fire," Chiba said suddenly to Conan. "Did you think of anything that was so coincidental that you could not have thought of?"
"I might have thought of something," Conan nodded. "So when Officer Sato comes back, let's ask her."
……
"So, that case is not going to end with suicide due to a mental breakdown after learning about rabies?" Sitting in the car, Qian Yu said this angrily. "I don't understand why that Gregorian guy had to throw me home, when he invited me to that party."
"But in that case, doesn't it matter what the ingredients were prepared for Xiao Ai?" Ayumi said to Chiba with some concern. "Won't it break?"
"It's not a big problem, they will have dry ice in the bag to cool down, compared to accompanying you to the scene to see it will be a more tactical option, and after all, there is an extra pair of eyes."
"But if I bring you along, it's a little more dangerous if the prisoner is over there," Officer Sato glanced at Chiba in the rearview mirror. "Come with me later, don't move."
"Although it is true that the other party may kill someone, it ...... I don't think he'll continue to haunt the spot where he lit a fire before, right? Chiba shrugged. So at least the place he had just been to the day before, he shouldn't have to worry about meeting him on a narrow road. ”
……
About an hour and a half later, in a tavern called "Nanako" near Shinagawa Station.
"Really, this guy ......" Officer Takagi walked into a tavern with his head down. The escaped suspect had been caught, but sadly, he wasn't an arsonist, but a thief who had broken through the door. In such a situation, everything has to start all over again.
"Boss, have a pot of sake." He greeted him and sat down in front of a seat.
"I've suffered a lot in Italy for the past three years," he said, as he waited, a voice from the table next to him caught his attention. "But fortunately, it's all worth it, my store was on TV a few days ago, and business has been booming in the last few days!"
"Yes, Luye, isn't it because the four of us have good news that we are here to have a drink to celebrate?" The middle-aged woman smiled and nodded, but her expression darkened again. "It's a pity that today happens to be the death day of Captain Sato...... How can I say it, this is a ......."
"But fortunately, his daughter Miwako is a daughter who inherits her father's business, I believe that the captain should also feel pleased, right?" The expression of Shikano, who spoke just now, was also quite complicated. "No, I thought about it, maybe he's going to be angry, right? After all, you should all remember that he didn't often complain about the heavy workload......"
Listening to the sound of their voices, the expression on Officer Takagi's face gradually became subtle, and he took out the police manual from his arms, wrote and drew something on it, and finally suddenly stood up and hurriedly walked out with the police manual.
Mr. Kano unconsciously glanced at the departing Takagi, but his gaze finally stopped on the police manual that he had not had time to put away.