Chapter 228 First Encounter with Sato
Chapter 229: First Encounter with Sato

Near the halftime break, Conan called me and let me know that the criminals had placed the money bag at the door of No. 18 during the halftime break. Conan was forced not to keep up with the police, but stayed in the monitoring room and watched every move on the screen. When I was still thinking about how to deal with the criminals' movements this time, Conan gave me a great convenience and made me think of a very interesting thing. So, when the halftime whistle blew, I had already come to the vicinity of the door No. and hid, and at the same time took out the phone and dialed out.

"Moshimoshi, what's wrong?" Shiho's soft voice came into my ears from the other end of the phone.

"How's the situation over there?" I asked Shiho.

"I'm fine, let me ask the kids." Shiho asked the kids beside her softly. The kids also said that there was nothing unusual about the person they were staring at.

"Well, wait a moment. I'm outside another gangster now, and there are policemen inside, preparing to surround him." I waited quietly outside the door of number 18.

"...Oh? The person I'm watching has made a move." Shiho whispered to me. "The person in Unit 13 seemed to be saying something like, [Prepare billion yen. What, you don't want to pay me? Leave it here after the show is over.]" Shiho easily understood what the person said through lip reading. "It looks like it's him."

"One billion? Are you kidding me? This is not a number that Nichimei TV can come up with in a short period of time." I chuckled, "It seems that their goal is the 50 million."

"Hey~ Haibara-san, have you found anything over there?" I heard Ayumi asking Shiho on the phone.

"No, there's no movement here either. Maybe Kaoru is mistaken." Shiho said calmly. "Anyway, let's keep watching. Kaoru has already found the police. It's just that the police haven't had time to deal with him yet."

"Hey..." Ayumi understood.

"Well, let's continue to keep an eye on those people." Shiho whispered to Ayumi.

"Well, that's the only way." After saying that, Ayumi gave up asking and looked at the target she was targeting again.

"..I've got the kids stable for now. You can go do it."

"Hey, the one who knows me best is Shiho." I chuckled. "Will we split it in half later?"

"No need. I've been spending your money anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you take it or I take it." Shiho said calmly on the other end of the phone. "Go ahead, but be careful not to get caught."

"Well, you can tell the children about it when it's done."

"I understand. Be careful." After that, Shiho hung up the phone. Yes, Shiho understood my thoughts. Although 50 million is not a lot, it is a considerable income for us. Although it is a bit unfair to Nichimi TV to do this, but... Do I care? Shiho naturally knew that I didn't care about the source of the money. Although she would object in her heart. However, she understood better what kind of environment I had survived in the past ten years. Killing people is like drinking water in my eyes, not to mention stealing things. So, since she knew that her own rebuttal would be invalid, it would be better to follow my approach.

After hanging up the phone, I walked to an empty corner and swiped my car from the necklace. I drove to the street near the entrance of No. 18, waiting for the opportunity. Sure enough, within ten minutes, a man wearing a gray coat, sunglasses and a mask, holding a large bag in his hand appeared in my sight, and the police who followed them were forced to stand outside the gate of the arena, not daring to follow any further. I think the criminals must have ordered the police not to follow them on the phone, otherwise they would shoot. But it’s good that way, my chances are greater. Soon, the criminals got on an SUV and drove away, and the police also notified the headquarters by radio and requested to follow them. However, it would take at least ten minutes to dispatch a car from the headquarters and then track down the criminals. In ten minutes, there are so many things I can do. Without hesitation, I started the car and followed the criminals. The National Stadium is located in Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku. There are many sports fields here, so there are few buildings around. In addition, today is New Year's Day, and everyone is either on vacation at home or out for fun. On this road, I can't see a single person except the criminal's car not far ahead of me.

"50 million from God." I licked my lips with an evil smile, and sped up my pace. I caught up with the gangster in front of me, took out the pistol from the necklace, installed the muffler, and fired at the tire of the gangster's car. I heard the tire burst, and the gangster's car lost balance and crashed into the electric pole on the roadside.

boom! ! !
With a loud bang, the entire front of the car sank into the pole, and the gangster inside fell down due to the violent collision, with blood flowing from his forehead. I didn't know whether he was dead or alive. I parked the car next to him and looked around before getting out. I got out of the car only after I made sure there were no electronic eyes. I came to the gangster and sniffed his breath, and confirmed that he was still alive, but just fainted. So I dragged him out of the car and pretended that he fainted after getting out of the car. Then I transferred 50 million from the bag in his trunk into my necklace. I took out some papers from the necklace and stuffed them into the bag, and finally opened a stack of money and threw it in. Finally, I set the whole car on fire, quickly returned to my car, turned around and drove towards the arena. At the same time, I called Shiho.

"So fast?" Shiho asked me when I picked up the phone.

"Every second counts." I said jokingly, "I will tell the police about this in ten minutes. You should be prepared to prevent the criminals from making any unusual moves."

"Okay." Shiho responded.

"By the way, we have another 50 million in cash. Is there anything you want to buy?" Shiho and I were chatting.

"Well... let's treat the kids to a meal." Shiho thought for a moment. "I saw how serious they were without blinking an eye. I just lied to them and I feel a little guilty."

"Haha, okay. That's easy. You can tell them. I'll be there soon."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

A few minutes later, I returned to the arena again. Because I needed to be behind the criminals when I was driving faster, but now I didn't need to do that at all, so I came back faster. I parked the car at the corner where no one was, and ran towards the arena. I entered Gate 18 and found Officer Megure. I told him my opinion on the whole incident, and then informed him that we found the abnormality of the person in Unit 13. Although Officer Megure was confused after hearing it, he held the idea of ​​not letting go even if he was killed by mistake. Under the guidance of the children, he secretly touched the side of the photographer of Unit 13. He took him down in one fell swoop. And found a gun on him. This made the photographer confess his crime on the spot. The children were also praised by the police. However, except Conan. Although he had found the clues of Unit 13 in the monitoring room, it was a pity that when he arrived at the scene, the police had already pressed the criminal to the ground. Conan was dumbfounded. In the next few minutes, the children told Conan the whole story. Only then did Conan understand the whole story. He sighed helplessly and gave me a thumbs-up with a twitching mouth. Of course, he was very upset. He knew the whole story, but someone else stole the limelight. How could the great detective be in a good mood? But when he thought about it, I would have more insights than him on this kind of thing. In addition, I also shared the credit with the children, so he felt balanced. On the other hand, after the police caught the photographer, they learned from him the location of the person who took the money and ran away first. So they tracked him down all the way and finally found the criminal who fell on the roadside due to a car accident. Unfortunately, his car had been burned black by fire. The money was naturally gone. Only some burnt paper scraps and some money fragments could be vaguely seen. This set of disguise can basically deceive the eyes of the police.

"What a coincidence?" Conan seemed to be puzzled by the car accident. He just got into an accident when he left home? This is too much of a coincidence, right?

"What a coincidence." I shrugged. "For people with poor mental quality, isn't it normal to rush to run after taking the money? But they ended up getting into a car accident because they were driving too fast. It's normal." I retorted.

"Hmm... But I think something is wrong." Conan thought. "I want to go to the accident site and take a look."

"You really are... You're so upset just because you didn't solve the case this time?" I hurriedly diverted Conan's attention, fearing that he would see something at the scene. However, provoking him is the best way. "Please, can you please restrain your desire to show off? Sooner or later, it will kill you."

"I just want to pursue the truth." Conan said seriously. "After eliminating all the impossible, the one that is left, no matter how unreasonable it is, must be the answer."

"... Kudo. Do you believe that I can kill you in a minute because of this sentence?" I said unhappily.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Conan looked at me with a puzzled look. "I... Never mind. As long as you're happy."

"Xun, you're acting weird today." Conan frowned. "You didn't do this, did you?"

"Bah. I'm saying that one day I'll let you know that your motto is wrong." I argued hastily.

"Impossible, I believe this must be the case." Conan said unconvinced.

"...Are you challenging me?" I smiled wickedly. "Okay, I accept your challenge."

"Hey, hey, I haven't said anything yet." Conan panicked.

"Well, that's it. At any time, any place, any opportunity or situation, I will make you realize your mistake one day in the future."

"Hey... are you serious?" Conan's expression became serious.

"Yes. I will make you fully aware of the seriousness of your mistake." My face was extremely serious.

"...Okay, I accept this challenge." Conan also became serious. "I will also use my actions to show you that my motto must be correct!"

"You two, if you don't hurry up we'll have to leave first." Shiho called out to us as we spoke.

"Hi~~ I'll be right there." After hearing Shiho's call, I jumped over like a rainbow sheep, leaving Conan with a confused look on his face.

"Why are you two arguing?" Shiho asked me in a low voice.

"Nothing. On the one hand, I'll distract him from the 50 million, and on the other hand, I'll teach him a lesson. It'll save him from causing me trouble in the future." I breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems like it's time to trip him up a bit."

"Be careful not to overturn the car." Shiho smiled at me with her hands behind her back.

"Don't worry, I can do all kinds of five-in-a-row hairpin turns." I gave Shiho a reassuring look.

"Okay, kids, I'll take you back." A young police officer named Takagi said to us not far away.

"But there are six of us. Can the police car fit?" I looked up and said to Officer Takagi. Although I don't like policemen, after following the Godson of Death for so long, I have gradually gotten used to having policemen around me. And this will be good for my disguise in the future, at least I won't have any resistance.

"It's okay, I'll take you back too." The person who spoke was a young female police officer in a pink coat. With her neat short hair, curvy figure, and professional attire, she looked like a policewoman.

"Hey? Is this police officer new? I haven't seen him before." I looked up at her.

"Do you remember I told you there was a pretty female police officer in the Beihua Police Station? That's her." Conan walked up to me and raised his chin to me. "How is it? Not bad, right?"

"Hmm... very fierce." I stared at Sato.

"Vicious? I don't think so. Although he is quite cruel to prisoners, he is very warm to children and civilians."

"Um... okay." I shrugged and ignored Conan's words. Let's get in the car. We went back. So, Genta and his three children were assigned to Takagi's car, while I, Shiho and Conan sat in Officer Sato's car.

"Oh, you're the kid who told Officer Megure the clues to the criminal." Officer Sato saw me and bent down to smile at me. "You're really a smart kid. You can think of so many things."

"Hmm... Really fierce." I stared at Sato who was bending over and muttered, and this sentence happened to fall into Shiho's ears. Then, the soft flesh on my waist changed its angle again.

"Eh? You kid. How is your sister so fierce?" Sato said, hugging me in her arms and rubbing my pale golden hair hard.

"How come you are not fierce..." I said to myself. Fortunately, I have practiced many times with Sister Jingliu, otherwise I really can't handle such a situation now.

"Come on, kids. I'll take you home. By the way, tell me how you came up with those clues. Oh, and what's your name, little friend with blond hair?"

"Xun, Mingya Xun."

"Where's the tea-haired girl over there?"

"Ai, Huibara Ai."

"Souga, then, I'm Sato Miwako, and from today on, I'll be looking forward to your guidance."

(End of this chapter)