Chapter 175 On-site Investigation
Chapter 176 On-site Investigation

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A knock on the door came into my ears. I opened the door and saw a capable woman in a dark purple OL outfit standing in front of me. Her long dark brown hair was tied up behind her head. A revolver was installed on her waist to prove that she was a police officer with a gun. A work ID card on her chest showed her identity. Ito Qingming (thanks to Gin for the introduction), is the name of the female police officer in front of me.

"Mr. Mingya." Ito Qingming greeted me as soon as she saw me. After all, she was directly assigned by Shoulang. This female police officer named Ito Qingming was very respectful when she saw me, and she also fully understood her position.

"Yeah." I looked at the female police officer in front of me and nodded. "Thank you for your hard work."

"That's not the case, Mr. Mingya." Ito Qingming said politely. "So, what do you need me to do?"

"Well, take me out of here, and don't let any surveillance equipment capture me. And make sure no one comes in here within three hours. Of course, there's nothing we can do if the chief of the criminal department comes back. Then follow me, and quietly bring me back to this room in a few hours." I didn't make it too difficult for Ito. After all, she was just a captain now.

"Yes, I understand. Please wait a moment, Mr. Mingya, I will arrange it right away." After greeting again, Ito Qingming left here. About ten minutes later, Ito Qingming came to me pulling a cleaning car.

"Mr. Mingya, I'm sorry for putting you through this." Ito Qingming smiled at me with a hint of apology.

"Well... although it's a bit ugly, it's still a useful method." I raised my lips and got into the cleaning car. Ito pushed me to the underground garage, and then drove me out of the garage. At the same time, a sign saying "Do Not Enter" was put up in the lounge.

"Mr. Mingya, where are we going?" Ito asked me in the police car.

"Go for a drive around the Waves Bar." I took out a stack of information from my necklace and muttered. "Give me another map, and drive a little slower."

"Okay." As she said this, Ito took out a map from the sun visor on the roof and handed me the pen she had pinned to her chest.

"Hmm..." I took the map and analyzed it. Just like I said in Tsutenkaku. From the map, the farthest direction to escape is north. The two-way street extends to the fourth street and then becomes a single street. Considering the speed of the police, the escape time is about ten minutes. If the police are nearby by chance, there are still about three minutes. If I were an adult, I could just drive away, but now I am a child, and I have a bag to carry, so I can't drive. Thinking of this, I gently tapped my forehead with a pen.

Let's take a taxi. I will definitely not be discovered, but it is too dangerous to find a taxi at the crime scene. What if there is no car nearby? I will not be able to escape, not to mention I have a bag with me.

Ask Ito Qingming to take me? That's not reliable either. After the incident, most of the police force in the police station will be transferred away, especially Conan's side is also using police force because of the serial killings. At that time, it will definitely be very tense, and the chance of escape will be greatly reduced. And Ito has other uses, so he can't be wasted on escaping.

Ask Shoulang to transfer more people? No. Guanxi is someone else's territory after all. The reason Shoulang was asked to withdraw his men today was to avoid unnecessary contact. If any suspicious traces were accidentally discovered and Shoulang was implicated, it would attract another wave of hatred, and he would also owe the government a favor.

"Mr. Mingya, we're here." Just as I was still worrying about how to escape, Ito interrupted me softly and signaled me to issue the next instruction.

"Hmm? Oh. You've worked hard." I sat up a little and looked out the window. The huge blue sign was standing in front of me. Looking around the bar. On the four sides of the street corner, except for the Wave Bar, the other three are shops that mainly sell food and drinks. There will be no shortage of customers at night. If there is a little more noise here, it will attract a crowd of people, and it may be easier to escape.

"Let's take a look around." I said to Ito after watching for a while.

"Yes." After receiving the order, Ito slowly started the car. I also kept looking around and observed the movements of the surveillance cameras near the surrounding buildings.

The car circled the street near the bar twice, and I finally put down the pen in my hand. Seeing that I relaxed, Ito also started to talk to me, and reported some information she knew about the bar. "Naniwa Bar has been established for fifteen years. About six years ago, it was swallowed up by Akano Yuichi and became his private territory. Due to the existence of Soul Sorrow, this bar has always been very stable. The reason why the other three restaurants can keep pace with him here is not because they are competitive enough, but because Akano Yuichi allowed them to develop to cover up their tracks."

"After all this time, hasn't anyone noticed that there's something wrong with this bar?" I asked as I folded up the map.

"It's useless even if they find out. Their darkroom is on the third floor underground. The first and second floors are regular bars and restaurants. The first floor underground is a disco. The second floor below is a special professional place. The third floor underground is where they trade." Ito frowned slightly. "So far, the police have only found out the contents of the second floor. Because the Red Snake is too powerful in Japan and has not caused any major trouble, the benefits from above are not few. Even if Director Hattori wants to remove this nail himself, it will be difficult to do it."

"Oh? You know a lot?" I smiled inadvertently.

"No, Mr. Mingya, you are joking." Ito Qingming knew that what he said was a little inappropriate, and hurriedly smiled apologetically. "Since I followed the boss's order and came here to work, I have been desperately collecting all kinds of information. As for the director's desire to pull out the fang of the red-banded king snake, I also heard about it by chance at a celebration party."

"Hmm..." I pulled my chin and thought about it. Soon, a plan was formed in my mind. "Ito, can you get the electronic eyes of all the buildings around here?"

"Yes, I can get it. But if I take it without the order from my superiors..." Ito Qingming was a little embarrassed.

"Then create the command conditions." The corners of my mouth slightly raised. "The survey is over, let's go back. I will tell you in detail about the next work after we go back."

"Yes."————The smell of orchids, the smell of lavender, the smell of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

In the evening, with the help of Ito, I returned to the police station early and lay in the lounge of Toyama Ginjiro. In fact, I have been here for more than two hours. It was just a rare rest. I didn't want to call Conan too early, so I really lay here and took a short nap to prepare for the action in the evening. At about 6:30, I received a call from Xiaolan.

"Moses Moses."

"Xiaoxun, are you awake?"

"Yeah. I'm already up, Xiaolan-sister. I was just wondering why I was here. And then you called."

"Sorry, we just went out to do something, so we left you to sleep in the police station. Wait a moment, we'll be there soon."

"Hi~~"

After hanging up the phone, I called Jingliu and Mary to say hello, and soon I heard Xiaolan knocking on the door.

"Xiaoxun, we are here." Xiaolan opened the door and smiled at me. Of course, Xiaolan was the only one who came.

"Yeah." I responded. "Where did you go, Sister Xiaolan?"

"We followed Dad and Hattori to investigate the case. But there hasn't been much progress so far. However, Hattori said that he would take care of the rest, so he asked Kazuha to take us to his home first. So we came to pick you up first, and we will go to Hattori's home soon. I heard that Hattori's mother cooks delicious fish hot pot."

"Oh, okay, let's go." Sitting up from the sofa, I let Xiaolan hold my hand and walked out of the police station.

We arrived at the parking lot downstairs. I saw Officer Otaki and my father smoking outside the car, Kazuha sitting in the passenger seat, and Conan leaning against the car window in the back watching us go by. After I got in the car, Conan came over to me before I could say anything.

"Xun, let me ask you something."

"I won't listen." I narrowed my eyes.

"...Aren't you awake? Are you still in a bad mood after waking up?" Conan was speechless.

"Didn't Hattori go and take care of it? Just sit and wait." I said unhappily.

"Well... okay." Conan was at a loss for words. After that, Conan looked out the window again. The brief silence lasted less than thirty seconds. . . . "Oh, no, I must ask clearly. Otherwise, I will be worried."

"...I'm really impressed by you. Can't you just sit quietly for a while?" I held my forehead helplessly. "Go ahead."

"Do you know Numabuchi Kiichiro?"

"Who?!" I was suddenly startled.

"Hush... keep your voice down." Conan quickly made a gesture to me to keep quiet. Then he and I looked at Xiaolan next to us. Xiaolan was still happily talking to Kazuha, and my father was taking a nap leaning against the car. He didn't notice my conversation with Conan at all.

"Huh... Not bad." Conan breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at me as if he had discovered a new world. "It seems you've heard of this person."

"Yeah, I've heard of it." I frowned. "Isn't he on the run?"

"Well, he is wanted now. And we analyzed that Numabuchi Kiichiro is related to this case and is very likely the culprit of this serial murder case."

"Tsk..." I said disdainfully. I have actually seen Kiichiro Numabuchi, and it was in Shiho's laboratory back then. That's right, Kiichiro Numabuchi was once a member of the organization, but he was cruel enough but lacked the ability, so he was handed over to the scientific research department to be a guinea pig for human experiments. And when I went to the research institute to look for Shiho once, I saw this person. He was trying to escape, but was stunned by my murderous aura, and then he tripped and was pinned to the ground by me. In other words, this person has seen me and Shiho before, of course, this refers to us as adults. I just didn't expect that he would escape now.

"I've seen him on a wanted poster before." Of course I couldn't tell Conan that Numabuchi Kiichiro was related to the organization. Anyway, he was also wanted now and would not pose a threat to me or Shiho. What's more, I'm smaller now, and I believe Numabuchi Kiichiro won't recognize me. Of course, if he really recognizes me, then I'll find a chance to kill him.

(End of this chapter)