Conan: When I Be Gin's Brother

Neither of the two people present expected that such an inside story was hidden behind these murders.

Looking at the instructor in the photo, Conan suddenly felt strange. The person in front of him looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere...

But the strange thing is that I have never seen this person before, at least in my memory.

He tried hard to search for relevant information in his memories, and finally he seemed to realize something. Officer Sakata, who had just died, suddenly appeared in his mind, and his face slowly overlapped with that of the instructor.

The two are very similar.

"Wait a minute... Could it be!" He guessed a certain possibility, and Conan's eyes widened.

In an instant, like a flash of inspiration, all the previously disconnected clues in the brain were connected.

The prisoner's motive, Officer Sakata's reason for not entering the restaurant, and his ultimate goal... all possibilities point to one point: Officer Sakata is the man behind these serial murders that shocked the Osaka police!

And his purpose should be because of the car accident that year, because the man in the photo looks very similar to him...

Conan sighed, and after thinking everything through, he raised his head and looked at Okazaki Sumie in front of him. This frightened woman was still holding her head and regretfully asked him and Hattori to take her away.

But even if they have this intention, now that the retrospective period of criminal cases has passed, these people who have committed crimes are destined to not get the punishment they deserve.

This is undoubtedly the tragedy of the law.

Conan thought and sighed in his heart. Perhaps Officer Sakata realized this and finally chose to become a murderer.

But now, all this has disappeared with the murder of Officer Sakata.

"Let's go, Hattori."

Jumping off the sofa, Conan walked towards the door and said calmly: "This serial murder case is over."

"No one will be killed anymore."

"Ah, yes, after all, the prisoner has..." Hattori nodded. Like Conan, he had also figured out the whole story of this serial murder, and his expression was slightly complicated.

Only Sumie Okazaki was confused. He quickly stopped the two of them, "Wait, wait a minute!"

"What do you mean it won't happen again? Does it mean that the prisoner has been caught?!" Her tone was a little excited, as if she was particularly expecting to get a positive answer from the two of them.

Looking at Sumie Okazaki's expectant face, for some reason, Conan suddenly felt a little worthless for what Officer Sakata did. He had experienced this emotion once before on Moon Shadow Island, when a man named Narumi

I still can't forget about the serial murderer.

"If the prisoner had been caught, would you still go to the police station to surrender and confess everything about that year?" Conan looked at her steadily.

Okazaki Sumie paused, "...eh?"

Then the surprise on her face suddenly became hesitant and complicated, and she subconsciously took a step back, as if she was afraid that Conan and Hattori would take her to surrender.

This was her answer, and Conan had understood what she really thought.

He smiled, feeling relieved for some reason, "Sure enough, the confession just now was just a casual talk..."

As long as there are such people in the world, people like Dr. Narumi and Officer Sakata will never disappear.

The tragedy that occurred as a result will never end.

"Let's go, Hattori, we still need to investigate the murder of Officer Sakata." Conan turned his head without any expression on his face.

Hattori was stunned, looking at Conan's back, and probably understood his mood at this time.

He must be feeling unworthy of Officer Sakata, right?

Ruining your own life and future is just to let these scumbags who don't know how to repent get their due price.

He clearly should have a brighter future, but he is stuck in the quagmire because of past hatred.

Even if he hadn't been shot by that mysterious man and committed three murders, his life would have been ruined long ago.

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Why do people kill people?

Some are because of selfish desires, and some are because of madness.

But most of them are forced out by people.

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Before leaving, Hattori looked at the woman who was stunned and said:

"What he just said is impossible. To be honest, you don't have to worry about being arrested and jailed. After all, the accident happened 20 years ago and is out of the retrospective period."

Okazaki Sumie paused, her expression a little surprised, as if she didn't expect Hattori to go out of his way to explain this matter to her.

The question asked by the little boy just now made her a little overwhelmed, but Hattori's words at this time also calmed her down a little. She was stunned for a few seconds, raised her head to look at Hattori, and it took her a long time to say:

"I understand, thank you..."

Hearing this thank you, Hattori suddenly stopped and looked back at Sumie Okazaki, "Ah, but as for the murderer... the police haven't caught him yet."

He didn't lie. Sakata had been killed and it was impossible for the police to catch him.

"It doesn't seem to be Kiichiro Numabuchi, and he doesn't seem to have much clue about his identity."

He didn't lie. After all, the prisoner's true identity is indeed not Numagachi Kiichiro. Currently, he and Conan are the only people who have deduced that Sakata is the prisoner.

...Although the police investigate everything, it is only a matter of time.

"!"

After listening to Hattori's words, Okazaki Sumie's face turned pale again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Wait, wait a minute!" She shouted quickly, as if she wanted to stop Hattori to ask more. But this time Hattori ignored Sumie Okazaki, just closed the door to himself, and left without looking back.

.

Even Hattori himself didn't understand why he just told Sumie Okazaki about the fact that the prisoner had not been caught yet.

Maybe he feels the same way as Kudo.

He just wanted this person who had done something wrong to pay a little price, even if it was a negligible price, so that Mr. Sakata, who had been struggling with this, could feel a little better.

Thinking of this, Hattori smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly. He didn't expect that a detective like him would have such emotions because of a serial murderer.

Perhaps Sumie Okazaki will not receive the jail sentence she deserves, but in the days to come, she will be trapped in an inner cage unable to escape, and will live a life of guilt and uneasiness every day.

...At least until the police station investigates clearly and makes the matter public, she will suffer for a while.

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Hattori left the apartment with a complicated look in his eyes.

In front of him, Conan had already walked far away. He put on his safety helmet and sat obediently on the back seat of his motorcycle, waiting for Hattori. When he saw Hattori still standing in front of the apartment door, he shouted impatiently:

"Hey, Hattori! Let's go quickly. It's already very late. If you don't go back, Xiaolan and Uncle Mouri will be worried again!"

"Oh!" Hattori responded and ran over quickly, "Then shall I take you back to the hotel directly now?"

Conan glanced sideways at Hattori, as if asking what nonsense you were asking, "Of course we're going back to the hotel! But before that, we should stop by the place where Officer Sakata was killed!"

"We must find the murderer who killed Officer Sakata!"

Hattori breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head. He thought that Kudo wasn't going to continue the investigation today. Was he overthinking it?

"Why do we still need to investigate so late?" Hattori's voice was a little helpless, but the next second he put on his helmet and immediately became full of energy.

"What a coincidence, that's exactly what I had in mind!" Hattori looked at Conan. The big one and the small one wearing helmets looked at each other and smiled, and there was a tacit understanding.

"Hold on!" Hattori tightened his grip on the accelerator, and the roar of the motorcycle rang out in the night sky.

"Um!"

Conan responded. He straightened his helmet and hugged Hattori's back tightly. Amidst the roar of the motor, the two of them disappeared under the building. Two figures, one large and one small, were driving towards the crime scene where Officer Sakata was killed.

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Although their investigation is destined to be fruitless.

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