Conan: When I Be Gin's Brother

When Sakata came back, Conan and Hattori had been waiting for a long time. They had already reached an agreement and were ready to go to Sotaro Goji's house to investigate.

"Are you finally back? Officer Sakata, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Hattori glanced at the time, as if he couldn't wait for the investigation that was about to begin.

Officer Sakata looked around and was stunned. There were originally many people in the office, but in a blink of an eye, only he and Hattori were left.

"That brother Heiji, everyone...? "

"Ah, are you talking about other people? Uncle Maori and Xiaolan have already taken Cheng Shi's car to my house to play, while Kurosawa Rin and Conan plan to follow us to investigate the case."

"It shouldn't be a problem to take them with us to investigate, right?"

"Ah..." Sakata thought of Conan, who looked a bit like a naughty kid. Is it really okay to take him with him...

He looked hesitant and couldn't help but said to Hattori: "Conan-kun's family will be worried, right?"

Hattori was very calm, "No problem, Uncle Mori and others have agreed to Conan to follow us to investigate."

Of course this was a lie. That boy Conan obviously sneaked out of the car while everyone was not paying attention.

I don’t know if Xiaolan and the others have noticed that a child is missing in the car...

In this way, the two walked while talking, and soon, Officer Hattori and Sakata arrived outside the police station.

In the police car parked outside, Conan and Rin Kurosawa were already sitting in the back seat, waiting for the two of them to arrive.

Noticing that the two of them were riding in the police patrol car just now, Sakata's expression suddenly felt unnatural.

He scratched his head apologetically at Kurosawa Rin and Conan, took out a car key from his pocket, and started an ordinary car on the right side of the police car with a click.

Although he didn't say anything, judging from his actions, he no longer planned to drive the police car. Before Conan and Hattori could ask, Officer Sakata began to explain:

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long, but if you go out to investigate a case, driving a police car is a bit too eye-catching, so you'd better take my car."

This statement did not arouse Conan's suspicion. He nodded and jumped out of the police car, obediently getting into Officer Sakata's private car.

Kurosawa Rin stayed in the police car for a while and looked at Sakata intently for a while before getting out of the police car silently.

To be honest, he was already a little tired of this case.

If it weren't for the license plate number he asked Sakata to investigate, and the information hadn't been obtained yet, he would have already revealed the correct answer - that the murderer was Officer Sakata - to Conan and Hattori.

Someone may ask.

‘Obviously Hattori can help investigate the license plate number, so why not ask him to investigate, but instead ask a little-known policeman?

Kurosawa Rin slowly got into the car and sat next to Conan, looking at Officer Sakata who was driving with a meaningful smile on his lips.

This is of course because Officer Sakata is just a little "minion".

A little guy who can consider silencing him when necessary.

After all, Kurosawa Rin doesn't know if any secrets will be revealed in this investigation. If the secrets revealed in the investigation are related to Gin or the organization, then he will have to consider silencing him.

Just being known by such a small character as Police Officer Sakata is not a big deal.

If Conan Hattori in the protagonist group accidentally finds out...

If you can't silence them, you're probably going to die.

Therefore, there are some things that absolutely cannot be investigated by people from the protagonist group!

Sakata and Hattori were still chatting about Sotaro Goji. Halfway through, Hattori suddenly remembered the incident of the aunt who had just escaped, and turned to ask Sakata.

"Speaking of which, it seems that the license plate number of the aunt just now has been investigated, right?"

"It has been found out." Officer Sakata nodded, and then took out one of the three documents in his hand and handed it to Hattori.

"Based on the license plate number Conan just provided, we have investigated the person's phone number and address."

"The suspicious woman who just escaped is named Sumie Okazaki. She is 39 years old. She has been living alone in a nearby Saito apartment since her divorce last year."

After talking about the information obtained through the investigation, Officer Sakata paused and said, "If we go to the mayor's house now, we can stop by Okazaki Sumie's house on the way. Do we want to go to her house first to investigate?"

Before Hattori could answer, Kurosawa Rin answered first, "Shall we go take a look? Maybe that aunt will know some useful information."

He squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Sakata through the rearview mirror.

He knew that not long after, Sakata would use the excuse of missing the intersection to lure Conan and Hattori in the car, and he would take advantage of the time lag to kill Sumie Okazaki.

If you don't want Conan and Hattori to know about your investigation, this is the best time to ask for information from Officer Sakata.

As for after getting the information, whether to reveal the identity of his murderer or ignore him and continue killing...

It depends on his mood.

In short, getting the information you want to know is the most important thing.

"Then I'll call her first."

After receiving the consent of everyone in the car, Sakata breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly, turned on the speakerphone, and dialed Okazaki Sumie's phone number.

Within a few seconds, the call was picked up. It seemed that the other party had been waiting in front of the phone, so he picked up the call within a second or two after the call was dialed.

"Hello, is this Ms. Okazaki's home?"

"Let me introduce myself. I am a police officer from Osaka Prefecture's Higashijiri Police Station, and my surname is Sakata."

Just after hearing the word "police officer," Okazaki Sumie's frightened and trembling screams came over the phone.

"Mr. Police! Come here quickly to protect me. I will tell you everything about the past!"

"Please come to me quickly and protect me!!! If this continues, I will definitely be killed!"

Is it really related to the serial murders?

Hattori and Conan immediately pricked up their ears, and Conan even took out his little detective manual, preparing to write down Ms. Okazaki's next words word for word.

But how could Sakata, as the real murderer, let her tell the past?

He immediately interrupted what Okazaki wanted to say with a shout, "Please calm down! Miss Okazaki!"

"If you are at home alone now, please lock the doors and windows of your home immediately and find a safe place to wait for us! Before we arrive, no matter who knocks on the door, please do not open it!"

"Ah...! Okay, okay!" Okazaki's voice was very panicked. She immediately put down the phone and followed the police's instructions to lock the doors and windows.

The voice on the phone disappeared for a moment as the person on the other end left.

Just when everyone was relaxing, Hattori suddenly looked at the street around him and shouted.

"No! We passed!"

“We have surpassed West City Apartments!”