Conan: Another Famous Detective

"Suicide..." [Matsumoto Kiyonaga] pondered for a while, and then said: "In that case, Megure! First conduct a secret investigation of Mizutani Kosuke's whereabouts, and immediately monitor his whereabouts once discovered!"

"Yes!" Officer Megure agreed, and immediately arranged for Takagi Sato and several other subordinates to start work.

[Matsumoto Kiyonaga] stood up and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone! Although the case has made significant progress, we still cannot relax until the dust settles! I hope you can continue to work together and fight until the last minute!"

"Understood!" Everyone stood up and responded with enthusiasm.

The meeting ended and everyone left the conference room.

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Two police officers, Sato Takagi, got into the police car and prepared to drive to the apartment where Mizutani Kosuke lived to investigate.

When he was about to start the car, Officer Takagi suddenly looked at Officer Sato: "Officer Sato, are you worried about anything? I see that your face has not looked good since the meeting."

Officer Sato was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to look at Takagi: "I just think it's a little weird."

"Weird?" Officer Takagi was confused.

"Well! Takagi, don't you think what happened to us in the past two days is a bit too coincidental?" Officer Sato said solemnly:

"Yesterday we just received the news and went to Ms. Shindo's house in Hachioji City. On the way, both rear tires of the car were punctured. I looked around at that time and saw that there were no sharp objects such as nails nearby, and I vaguely remembered that we were After the car had a flat tire, a car nearby suddenly drove away."

"Also, when we arrived at Miss Shindo's house, there was no one there, and there were obvious signs of fighting in the house. Miss Shindo seemed to have been forcibly taken away, and her whereabouts are still missing."

"However, today, Officer Megure received a call from the missing Miss Shindo, and she even revealed extremely important clues to solve the case."

She stared at Officer Takagi, her eyes gradually becoming sharper: "Do you think all this is just a coincidence?"

When Officer Takagi heard this, he gradually showed a thoughtful look: "After you said it like that, it seems a little weird!"

Officer Sato said solemnly: "I always feel that the entire case investigation seems to be controlled by an invisible hand. Besides us and the murderer, there are other people involved in this case."

"Others?" Officer Takagi was surprised.

Officer Sato nodded: "Yes! The flat tire at that time must not be a coincidence. I even suspect that someone sniped our car from a distance!"

Officer Takagi's expression changed completely: "Sniper? Officer Sato, please don't make this joke!"

"I'm not joking!" Officer Sato emphasized: "I suspect that the third-party force may have got into the search process, so they were able to intercept us halfway as soon as we received the news, and He arrived at the apartment before us and took Miss Shindo away.”

"But if that's the case, why did they ask Miss Shindo to tell us the clues to the case? Aren't they trying to hinder our investigation?" Officer Takagi asked doubtfully.

"No, their purpose will never be that simple!" Officer Sato said with absolute certainty: "What they want is that the progress of our investigation, and even the direction of the investigation, are completely under their control!"

Officer Takagi's eyes widened: "This...if this is really the case, then they are too scary, right?"

"Yes! That's why I'm a little uneasy. What do those guys want to do?" Officer Sato's expression became more solemn.

"Could it be that...they are also looking for the murderer?" Officer Takagi guessed.

"It's possible!" Officer Sato's eyes lit up: "Although they found Shindo Sumire, who has important clues, they did not find Mizutani, so they wanted to use the power of our police to investigate."

"Once we make any progress, they can immediately grasp it through the undercover agent who sneaked into the meeting, and take action in advance like yesterday!"

"What are we doing now?" Officer Takagi asked.

Officer Sato pondered for a while and said: "Let's go to Mizutani's apartment first, but if we find any clues, don't report it yet."

"Can't even Officer Megure tell you?" Officer Takagi asked in surprise.

"Yeah! Although I don't think Officer Megure will be the undercover, but the less people know about this kind of thing," Officer Sato said.

"Okay! I listen to you!" Officer Takagi replied.

"Then let's go!" Officer Sato said as he started the car.

At this time, her cell phone suddenly rang.

"Huh? Is it Officer Megure?" Officer Sato looked at the caller number in slight surprise.

Since it was this number, there was no reason to refuse the call, so she answered the call.

"Hey! What's wrong, officer?"

"Sato! Where are you now?" Officer Megure's voice came.

Officer Sato's expression moved slightly.

Officer Megure seemed to have deliberately lowered his voice.

She replied: "We are now ready to leave for Mizutani's apartment."

"Don't go there for now. I'll let Shiratori go there for you. I have another task for you." Officer Megure said solemnly.

"Mission? What is it?" Officer Sato looked serious.

Officer Memu still lowered his voice and said, "You guys rush to the Rice Flower Forest immediately and find the warehouse in the forest. There are important clues there!"

"Important clue? What clue?" Officer Sato asked doubtfully.

"Someone will tell you the details when you arrive. Okay, act quickly!" Officer Memu said and hung up the phone.

Officer Sato put down the phone and was confused for a moment: "Officer Megure, what's going on? Why did you suddenly arrange such an inexplicable task for us?"

"What's the mission?" Officer Takagi asked.

Officer Sato briefly recounted the contents of the call.

Officer Takagi heard this, although he was also a little confused, but he didn't think too much, and said: "Since the officer asked us to go, there must be his reason. If we have any questions, we may know them when we get there."

"That's right." Seeing this, Officer Sato no longer hesitated, then started the car and drove towards the Rice Flower Forest.

About half an hour later, with a screeching sound of brakes, the two police officers' cars stopped at the outskirts of the forest.

The two officers got out of the car and looked around.

"Didn't you say someone would come and tell us the situation? Is there anyone around here?" Officer Takagi asked doubtfully.

"Maybe it's over there in the warehouse? Let's go there first," Officer Sato said.

Officer Takagi had no objection.

The two officers made their way deeper into the forest until they came to an open clearing.

The warehouse standing on the side of the open space is particularly conspicuous in the open space.

"It should be... right here?" Officer Takagi said with some uncertainty.

"There is only this old abandoned warehouse around here." Officer Sato said calmly.

"But... there's still no one?" Officer Takagi asked doubtfully.

At this time, Officer Sato's ears moved: "Wait! There seems to be some sound?"