Conan's other self

The young detective team returned to the Metropolitan Police Department this time because of a series of arson cases.

There have been five arson incidents in Tokyo in recent days. The culprit is suspected to be the same person. The police have not yet obtained any clues about the culprit.

Coincidentally, Ayumi happened to meet a suspected arsonist yesterday, and a fire did break out there that night, so she told her friends in the Junior Detective Corps when she went to school the next day.

After hearing this, the young detective team, at the suggestion of Maplehara and Conan, accompanied Ayumi to the Metropolitan Police Department to provide clues to the police.

The person who received them was Officer Miwako Sato whom they had met before.

Ayumi sat on a chair and described the appearance of the suspicious person to Officer Sato. Officer Sato listened and sketched the character.

Because he had heard Ayumi say it before, Fengyuan didn't pay attention there, but glanced at Haibara Ai beside him. Haihara Ai happened to yawn again.

"What's the matter?"

"You yawn a lot these days."

"Because I am obedient and reduce my coffee intake." Haiyuan Ai replied casually.

"...Don't stay up all night like this."

Although like Dr. Agasa, Maplehara felt that he was not good at persuading, he still had to try the first few times he needed to try.

But Haihara Ai refused simply:

"That won't work. I have to play detective games with you during the day."

During the day, she had to look like a normal elementary school student. In addition to going to school, she also had the Doctor's seemingly never-ending camping trips.

Usually she only has time to develop antidotes at night.

Over there, Ayumi had just finished describing it, and Officer Sato showed the portrait he drew to everyone:

"Does it look like this? Does it look like what I painted?"

Fengyuan also looked over, and then couldn't help but look away.

"Not at all like..." Ayumi said.

"Ah? Really?"

"Your drawing is so ugly!" Genta and Mitsuhiko each said something that touched Officer Sato's heart. "It's just like a child's graffiti!"

Officer Sato looked a little embarrassed when a child said that his drawing looked like a child's graffiti.

"Isn't there anyone else who can draw better?"

"There's nothing we can do! Mr. Tomokawa, who specializes in portrait painting, is on vacation today due to a cold." Officer Sato blushed slightly and defended.

At this time, Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori, who were also in charge of the case, also came to admire Officer Sato's paintings.

"But Sato," Officer Takagi took the painting and took a look at it, "You can't hand over a painting like this to the investigators!"

"Although the lines are neat and the painting style is intriguing,..."

"But what?" Officer Sato said dissatisfied, "Otherwise, you two can draw it."

"No! I'm not good at painting."

"What I'm good at is impression painting."

Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori quickly refused.

"Having said that," Officer Shiratori looked at Ayumi, "the man this child saw may not actually be the arsonist."

"What! Are you saying that Ayumi lied?"

"But she didn't see the man setting the fire with her own eyes..."

"It can't be wrong. The weather is so hot. He was wearing a long coat and gloves, and his pants still smell of gasoline." Conan explained to Shiratori and Takagi at the side, "And he appeared with a weird smile. In the alleyway near the fire scene, wouldn't it be unreasonable if he was not an arsonist?"

"Right, Ayumi?" After saying that, Conan looked at Ayumi.

"Um!"

"Then... let's go to that alley to collect evidence!" Officer Sato suggested.

"Then, I'll go too..."

"I'll drive you there!"

Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori each echoed.

"No need, I'm going to go somewhere else because I'm just on the way..."

"Going somewhere else?"

"Because today is a special day for me." Officer Sato said, showing a nostalgic look.

…

Although Officer Sato told Takagi and Shiratori that there was no need to follow, the two still followed.

What's more, the Young Detective Team has a large number of people. If Officer Sato drives alone, it will be overloaded. This gives Officer Shiratori and Officer Takagi a reason to follow them.

Soon, Officer Sato drove to a streetlight at an intersection. She made a simple vase out of ordinary cans and placed it on the ground with a flower in it. Then she put her hands together and worshiped.

It was obviously not the time for gags, as the two police officers and the Junior Detective Team were watching the scene from the side of the car.

"Oh...I remembered," Officer Shiratori thought for a moment, and then said, "Today is the death anniversary of her father Masayoshi Sato, and it is also the day he was martyred in the line of duty."

"Oh? Really?" Officer Takagi was a little surprised.

"Well, eighteen years ago today, he was hit by a truck at this intersection while chasing a robber. Unfortunately, it rained heavily that day and the ambulance arrived too late. I heard from the Megu Police Department that he was rescuing I passed away in the car surrounded by my family..."

"That case is called..." Officer Shiratori then thought about it.

"Chou Si Lang." Conan gave the answer.

Conan remembers this case, and Maplehara naturally remembers it too.

This was a well-planned case, and the only clue was less than ten seconds of footage captured by bank surveillance cameras. No one knows how the police officer who died on duty identified the suspicious person. He was also hit by a truck while chasing the robber.

At that time, he kept calling the mysterious name "Chou Si Lang" to the escaped prisoner, and the case was named the "Chou Si Lang" incident.

However, because the detective who grasped the core of the incident had passed away, the investigation operation came to a halt. Just three years ago, the statute of limitations for prosecution had expired.

When Maplehara was recalling the case, Conan told everyone about it.

"I didn't expect that the police officer was Sato's father." After listening to Conan's story, Officer Takagi said.

"It was destined by God!" Officer Sato came back after finishing his memorial service. "Although the name of the incident and the name of the main suspect will remain in everyone's memory, people who are not related to the police will not remember it. The name of the police officer who died in the incident..."

"Sato..."

"But we don't work just to make everyone remember us." The atmosphere was a little low, and Officer Sato quickly added.

"Didn't the truck driver see the murderer's face at that time?" Yuantai asked aloud.

"Because the murderer was wearing a long raincoat, it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Moreover, the person captured on the surveillance camera was wearing a hat, sunglasses, a mask, and a coat..."

"Didn't you know that the murderer's name is Chou Silang?"

"But no one with this name is suspected of being involved in the case!" Officer Sato said to Mitsuhiko who raised the question.

"No wonder the case seems to be in a fog," Officer Shiratori mused. "The only clues are the footage captured by the surveillance camera, the figure of the gangster wearing a raincoat, and [Chou Silang]..."

"Actually, there are four." Officer Sato said. "The fourth clue is the three strange katakana [カソオ] written by my father in the police manual."

"Kara?"

"First time I heard..."

"The police didn't seem to disclose this incident. Since my father's account of the incident showed that it was closely related to the incident, I still remember that my mother and I were questioned several times at that time."

"Then what?"

"I have never heard it once, and I don't understand its meaning at all. When I was a child, I stared at these three words and thought very hard," Officer Sato once again showed a nostalgic look, "If someone solves this mystery, Arrest Chou Si Lang, I am willing to do anything for him and fulfill all his wishes!"

"Huh?" Takagi and Shiratori were stunned for a moment.

The primary school students responded very quickly.

"Then I want a thousand eel rice, is that okay?"

"sure!"

"I'm going to live in the castle at Dorobica's amusement park!"

“I want tickets to the International Space Station!”

"Can I have a ticket to this World Cup?"

“I want the latest Prada bag.”

Although I already bought it last time, Prada just released a new product yesterday.

"But, it's okay..." Officer Sato had a headache, and then looked at the other child who didn't speak next to him, "What about you?"

"Me?" Fengyuan thought for a moment, "I don't have anything in particular that I want at the moment. Can I keep it for now?"

This kid seems to be more difficult to deal with... Officer Sato thought to himself.

But they were just kids, so Officer Sato agreed.

On the other side, Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori were obviously already thinking about what name they should give to their child with Officer Sato.

Just at this moment, four middle-aged men in their fifties walked over together. One of them had a bouquet in his hand, and he was obviously here to pay homage to Masayoshi Sato.

Officer Sato knew them all as friends from her father's high school baseball team: Hidero Saruwatari, Shuji Kano, Mitsuru Inamata and the only female Kaminori Chouko.

These names all contained animal names. Fengyuan thought about it for a moment, and then noticed that Haiyuan Ai was getting closer.

"What exactly do you want?"

"There's really nothing you want," Maplehara replied, "And those dreams you mentioned don't require Officer Sato at all. I can realize them myself."

"Really?" Haiyuan Ai Ruo pointed out, "I thought you and those two people had the same idea..."

"..."

"What!" Officer Shiratori, who answered the call from the Memu Police Department, suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention, "Has anyone found a suspicious person who looks like an arsonist?"

…

After a while.

"I asked, why did these two kids follow you?"

Officer Shiratori said to Officer Takagi in the passenger seat while driving. He and Officer Takagi were about to participate in the operation to capture the prisoner.

"Because Officer Sato's car can't fit in," Maplehara replied.

The Young Detective Team took advantage of Officer Takagi's search for handcuffs to discuss and decided to split up to solve the case.

Takagi was just arresting people, and Conan was not interested, so he followed Sato to see the scene, and Maplehara chose to follow him.

"Okay, that seems to be right..."

Takagi felt that what Feng Yuan said made sense. When he came here before, the two children also sat here because there was no room for one car.

"...Forget it." Shiratori sighed. There was a dangerous arsonist outside, and it was not safe to leave the children on the roadside. They were in a hurry to hunt down the culprit, so they had no choice but to do this.

"However," Haiyuan Ai was a little curious, "You are the Criminal Investigation Division, you shouldn't be responsible for the arson case, right?"

"Ah, this is because a stabbed body was found near the scene of the fourth arson case," Officer Takagi explained. "We think that the deceased may have been killed because he witnessed the gangsters setting fire or to stop him..."

"So you two should stick close together and don't run around."

"Yeah." Fengyuan responded honestly.

But he had something else in mind.

The anesthesia needle gun that Dr. Ali promised to make has been completed and he is carrying it with him. The appearance of the gun is similar to that of an ordinary police pistol, and the needle box can be equipped with up to eight anesthetic needles.

However, it is not only strange for a child to carry this, but also too conspicuous, so in fact, Fengyuan does not intend to carry it with him at all times, let alone take it out to show off.

The distance was not very far, and Officer Shiratori quickly drove to the target location, Shinagawa Station.

There were also police officers cooperating there. Officer Shiratori and Officer Takagi successfully brought the prisoner back after a chase.

However, the prisoner claimed that he was not an arsonist, but just a thief who broke into the house.

Over there, Officer Shiratori reported the situation to the Megure Police Department, and over here, Maplehara also spoke to the other members of the Young Detective Team. Conan and others are following Officer Sato to the alleyway mentioned before to check for clues.

Officer Takagi on the other side planned to take a rest.

He sat on a chair on the platform, pulled off his collar to cool himself down, raised his head and gasped, and then looked up at the station sign.

As if a bullet had penetrated his brain, Officer Takagi suddenly had an idea and suddenly thought of who the katakana left by Officer Sato's father referred to.

Feeling excited, he immediately took out his phone and prepared to call Officer Sato to make a wish. Then he found Officer Shiratori approaching.

"Who are you going to call?"

"No one!" Officer Takagi said perfunctorily, and then he slipped out on the pretext of going to the bathroom and came to the phone booth.

He has discovered that Bai Niao seems to be his love rival, and he doesn't want Bai Niao to know about it. Soon, Officer Takagi dialed Officer Sato’s phone number.

"What!" Officer Sato was a little surprised on the other side of the phone, "Do you know who the murderer was eighteen years ago?"

"Yes! If my inference is correct, maybe...don't be surprised...it may be one of the people we met today..."

Just as he was talking, Takagi suddenly found a face on the glass of the phone booth looking at him, which startled him so much that he subconsciously hung up the phone.

"What's going on, Officer Shiratori?"

"Your actions are suspicious..."

"What are you talking about? Really..."

While covering up, Officer Takagi ran a Japanese drama, and at the same time took out his mobile phone and called Sato back.

"I understand everything, the true meanings of [Shou Sirou] and [Kuya], and I also know why your father can target specific people..."

Officer Takagi said as he ran, and then couldn't help but stop and take a breath.

At this moment, he seemed to see his wonderful future life, and he was also imagining how many children he and Officer Sato should have, and what the children should be called...

He is like a dying person in a bloody TV drama, he just doesn’t talk about the key points and doesn’t directly say the name of the prisoner...

And he didn't even notice that he was in danger.

Behind him, a sneaky figure had quietly approached. The man was holding a stone in his hand, ready to hit Officer Takagi's head...

Click.

The sound of taking pictures, and then the childish voice.

"Hi, long time no see. Do you miss me?"

Some sudden sounds came from behind, and the attacker and Officer Takagi subconsciously turned around at the same time.

At the same moment, a dark object struck at high speed and hit the attacker hard in the face.

"I'm sorry, I forgot," Fengyuan retracted his right foot with the foot-strengthening shoe on and apologized humbly, "We just met for the first time."

What flew out was the trial version of the anesthesia needle gun.

The first time the anesthesia needle gun was put into use was for physical anesthesia.

The scene in front of him was somewhat beyond Officer Takagi's expectation. He looked at his phone for a while, then at the two people opposite him, and then at the unconscious man on the ground. He was stunned for a while before he reacted.

"Why are you two here?"

"Because I noticed that this person is targeting you, Officer Takagi, I came here to have a look." Maplehara explained, "Doesn't the phone call matter?"

"Phone? Oh no!" Officer Takagi looked at the phone in his hand and realized that he had just hung up the phone subconsciously.

Thinking that he had hung up the phone twice in a row when he was about to tell Sato the answer to the riddle, Officer Takagi had a bad feeling in his heart.

Sato, shouldn't she feel that he is teasing her...

But it was clear that there were other things to do at this time.

Officer Takagi took a closer look at the unconscious man on the ground, and found that he was wearing a hat and a coat, and had fox eyes, which was almost exactly the same as what Ayumi had said before.

It even looks a bit like Sato’s paintings…

"this is…"

"It should be the arsonist," Haihara Ai, who had been watching the show, said, "I think he called the police officer because he thought you saw his crime of arson and planned to call the police."

"ah?"

"So... congratulations," Fengyuan said, "for solving two cases at once."

"No way? It's just good luck." Officer Takagi was a little embarrassed, "I have to thank you, otherwise I would have been attacked——"

"——Two cases?" Officer Takagi suddenly reacted and was a little surprised, "You, how do you know..."

"Because you looked up at the Shinagawa Station sign on the platform," Fengyuan explained, "and then you hurriedly made a phone call. I thought you should know."

Officer Takagi was a little dumbfounded.

Maplehara planned to experience the fun of Conan, so he continued.

"Officer Sato's father is considered a high-ranking officer, but he went to catch the criminal alone without any of his subordinates. It's strange."

"So I think the prisoner is probably someone he knows, and he got the clue because he knew the prisoner."

"He probably wanted to persuade the man to surrender."

"[Chousilang] is not the name of the prisoner. In fact, what he said was [surrender]. It's just that he was injured and it was raining heavily, so passers-by misheard him."

"The katakana is even simpler. Based on the above, this is probably the nickname he gave that person, referring to Kano Shuji."

"That's right, right? Officer Takagi?"

Maplehara ended his reasoning.

Officer Takagi was a little dejected, "That's right. Alas, I thought I was the first to know, but it turns out you guys have already seen it."

His happy life was about to become a child's toy, and Officer Takagi felt depressed.

However, although there was no psychological burden on him to compete with Officer Shiratori, it would be too weird to compete with a child.

Feng Yuan was a little surprised.

No wonder Officer Takagi was so disappointed...it turned out to be this.

This also gave him a deeper understanding of Officer Takagi.

I have to say that although he feels a little dull, Officer Takagi is indeed a very good person.

"I just thought of it, Officer Takagi." Kaedehara lied without changing his face, "Call Officer Sato quickly. She must be very anxious."

…

Maplehara persuaded Officer Takagi for a while, and Officer Takagi promised to take their young detective team to the amusement park, and then he reluctantly decided to call again.

He first notified Officer Shiratori to come over, controlled the suspected arsonist who wanted to attack him, and then ran away again to make a phone call...

I just don’t know if I will be interrupted by something strange again this time.

"You are quite generous."

Haihara Ai watched Officer Takagi run away and said softly.

She didn't believe that Kudo had just thought of it. In her opinion, Kudo should have thought of it when he heard Officer Sato mention that katakana.

"I really don't want anything," Maplehara replied, "from Officer Sato."

"Then you can give your wish to me."

"If you just want to buy a bag, I can help you realize it," Feng Yuan said softly, "No conditions are required."

"Oh... Mr. Detective is so considerate. Is this a reward for my hard work?"

"...Speaking of this, Haiyuan," Fengyuan's tone was a little more serious, "it's better not to stay up late, right?"

"The antidote is not urgent." Fengyuan continued, "Until the organization is resolved, we cannot restore our previous identity even with the antidote."

Hui Yuan Ai was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Liar."

"Eh?"

Why did he suddenly become a liar?

"You said before that you really wanted to see me as I am, but now you say you're not in a hurry," Haiyuan Ai snorted and turned his head away, "So... you're a liar."

"But, I know. It's rare for Mr. Detective to care about people, so I'll reluctantly consider it."

"Let's go," Haiyuan Ai said, turning his head and calling Fengyuan who seemed to be distracted, "If we don't go back, those children will be worried."

"good."