Chapter 353 Speed ​​up!
Chapter 359: Speed ​​up!
"Ah, flowers again."

While they were talking, Ayumi noticed four elderly people walking slowly not far away, and one of them was holding a bouquet of white flowers for memorial service.

Looking back, Sato saw the person coming and immediately ran up to greet him. "Hello, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Oh, isn't this Miwako?" One of the four elderly women seemed to recognize Sato.

"Is he someone you know? Officer Sato." When Takagi saw the four old men coming, he hurriedly walked forward and asked.

"Yes, they are all my father's friends from his high school baseball team." Sato responded, and then began to introduce the two sides. "This is the ace pitcher who partnered with my father, Mr. Saruwatari Hideaki." Sato introduced the middle-aged man with glasses to everyone.

"Hello." The man greeted.

"This one is Mr. Shuji Kano, who has extremely fast arms and speed." As he spoke, Sato walked to a thin old man.

"Hello."

"This is the reliable main force of the baseball team, Morota Mitsuo."

"Haha, hello to you."

"And here is the beautiful team manager, Miss Shenniao Diezi."

"Haha, you are no longer a young lady, you are already an old lady over 50 years old."

(ps: Introducing characters is really tiring...)
"By the way, why are you all gathered together today?"

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, so we thought we'd have a drink together. But before that, we have to say hello to Captain Sato, otherwise he will definitely get angry." As he said that, the man named Shikano placed the bouquet of flowers at the intersection and put his hands together. Then, they said hello to Officer Sato and left.

"Tsk, someone who has passed away for ten years is still missed by his friends. Officer Sato's father must be a very good person." I couldn't help but shake my head as I watched the four old men leave. "How many people will remember me after I die?"

"You have a bad mouth." Shiho raised her head and glanced at me, then pinched my leg implicitly.

"Hehe, just kidding." I squatted down next to Shiho and smiled foolishly.

Beep, beep, beep... As they were talking, the sound of a cell phone ringing reached everyone's ears. It was Officer Shiratori's phone ringing.

"This is Shiratori, Officer Megure. What? Did you find someone who might be the arsonist? Where is he?" As Officer Shiratori spoke, everyone focused their attention on him. Then, Shiratori passed on Officer Megure's orders to everyone. It turned out that just now, after the police distributed my drawings to the patrolmen, a patrolman found a similar person, and while they were still investigating, the person suddenly started to run away, so the police quickly gathered people to capture him, and we happened to be nearby. So, Shiratori and Takagi took action immediately, and the children and I were entrusted to Sato, and we went to the place where Ayumi saw the criminal.

"Shiho, I feel like the time for me to transform is almost up. Is there any way I can get rid of Sato quickly?" While Sato and Takagi were explaining things, I bent down and asked Shiho.

"Parking capacity." Shiho said softly. "There's not enough space for all these kids plus you in one car."

"Hmm... that makes sense." I squatted down and put my chin in my hand and thought. "Then I'll tell Sato..."

"Get in the car, kids." Sato interrupted me, then pointed at my face and said, "You, hold two and sit in the back seat."

"..."

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

"Although I know this is a police car, is it really okay for you to overload it like this?" On the way, Shiho and Ayumi were sitting on my laps, and although I should be very happy holding two little girls, at this time, this place, and with the two pairs of eyes beside me that seemed to want to eat me up, I really felt that it was not very appropriate.

"I'm doing my job." Sato smiled back at me, though that smile was full of triumph. "Get the job done quickly so we can go back soon."

"Officer Sato, I remember your department belongs to the Injury Investigation Division, right?" Conan ignored our topic and asked his own question after thinking for a while. "Did the police find out that someone was stabbed to death?"

"Hmm..." Sato's expression turned serious when he heard Conan's question. "According to my colleagues, a body was found at the fourth arson site."

"The fourth..." Maybe I heard the question from a different angle. I'm not interested in corpses, but the number of arson attacks is... a bit too much.

"Yes, so when we collect evidence at the scene later, you must not leave my side." After saying that, Sato looked at me deliberately, as if to signal me not to run away, which made me roll my eyes.

After a while, we came to the place where Ayumi found the arson last time. It was an alley with a two-person wide intersection between the buildings. You can pass through it and enter another street. The arson point was in a warehouse behind this alley. When we got here, Sato began to ask Ayumi again about the relevant pictures and memories she saw, and the children began to look around for suspicious traces. Conan had entered the thinking mode. At the end of the crowd, only Shiho and I were still idle.

"Shiho, why don't you pretend to have a stomachache? I'll take you to the hospital." I squatted down again and whispered in Shiho's ear.

"Don't give me that..." Shiho glanced at me with disdain. "Officer Sato is definitely not the kind of person who would just ignore a child with a stomachache. If you feel that the symptoms of shrinking are coming, you might as well solve the current problem quickly. With your ability, you should be able to do it quickly, right?"

"Please... How can I possibly know where the arsonist is? He's obviously a lunatic. Which premeditated criminal would set fire five or six times in a short period of time? He's obviously not afraid of being caught, and is basically no different from a fanatic. Unless we can figure out the pattern of his arson."

"Or, you can help Sato solve the case that has troubled her for ten years." Shiho continued to suggest. "Maybe she will let you go."

"Hmm... That's a good suggestion." After thinking about it, I nodded thoughtfully. "I originally didn't intend to get involved in that case, but today I suddenly thought of the answer."

"That's great." Shiho shrugged. "Then go tell her quickly. I'll think about the arsonist and maybe find some pattern." After that, Shiho walked towards the car, as if to get the map in the car. "Ding ding ding..." As soon as we raised our feet, we heard Sato's phone ring. It was Takagi who called.

"Ah, Takagi, it's me. Um... um. What? You know who the robber was eighteen years ago!?" Sato, who was talking on the phone, suddenly raised his voice by eight degrees.

"Hey? It seems Gao Mu's brain is not that bad." I raised my lip. It took him only a short time to solve the mystery. It seems the police are not completely useless.

"Hmm... Hmm... Hmm? Hello? Officer Takagi?! Hello!" Before the smile on my face faded, something seemed to go wrong with Satouchi.

"What's wrong?" I put away my smile and walked forward to ask.

"Officer Takagi said he knew who the culprit in the Choshiro case was, but it seemed that he suddenly disconnected the call because of something." Sato frowned. "It seems that... the culprit is among the four people we met today."

"Is that so..." I nodded thoughtfully. "Then...if I can also tell you who the criminal is, will you be willing to let me go?"

"What?! You know that too?!" Sato was surprised.

"Yeah." I chuckled. "I wasn't sure at first, but Officer Takagi just helped me identify the criminal."

"Who is it! Tell me quickly!" Sato lost his composure because of what I said and reached out to grab my collar.

"Um...you have to promise that if I tell you, you'll let me go."

"You!" Sato's eyes widened with anger. "...Okay, I promise you." Finally, Sato compromised. "But you have to leave me your contact information!"

"Why?" I was puzzled.

"I... will pay you back for the repairs to the car."

"..." Sato's words made me sigh helplessly. "I'll contact you when the time comes. Anyway, you can't make that much money in a short time."

"But..." Sato's face was uncertain, but she finally gave in. "Okay. Here's my number." Sato tore off a page from her police manual, wrote down her own number, and handed it to me.

"Hmm... That's right." I put away the note Sato handed me. "So, the name of the criminal is... Hmm!" Before I finished speaking, a strong palpitation came over me. It was a sign of shrinking.

"What's wrong with you?" Sato's heart trembled when he saw my face suddenly turn pale and my expression become ferocious.

"It's okay." I gasped heavily. The violent shock of my heart had taken away all my strength. "Huh... The criminal is... Shikano. Shikano Shuji. The key clue is... KA, N, O. If you spell it in Romanization..."

"KA, N, O...Ka, no?" Sato seemed to understand this text trap.

"Chou Si Lang is just the intermittent words you heard.. If you spell a few more words, huh.. don't you think it's similar to turning yourself in?"

"Chou Si Lang... turn yourself in, turn yourself in..."

"Well, that's all I can offer you. I'm leaving now."

"Wait a minute!" Sato grabbed my arm again and stopped me.

"You are annoying, woman. Time and time again, I haven't broken any law! Why do you always stop me!" The severe pain in my heart forced me to leave the scene quickly. I didn't have much time to waste here. In order to get rid of it as soon as possible, I had to put on a cold and sarcastic attitude.

"No..." Sato shook his head stubbornly, but there was a hint of pity in his eyes. "You look very wrong now, are you sick? I'll take you to the hospital."

"No, I can go by myself. You should go arrest the criminal. Time is running out. Today is your father's death anniversary. If you calculate the time, the statute of limitations is almost over. This is your last chance!"

"But you..."

"Enough! I'm fine, just go!" After saying that, I roughly shook off Sato's arm and staggered away.

"...That big brother has a really bad temper." Yuantai put his hands behind his head and complained with his eyes narrowed.

"That's right, it's too much." Mitsuhiko said.

"But is he really not feeling well?" Ayumi finally said with concern.

"Officer Sato." Seeing me walking away, Shiho raised her head and spoke to Sato, who looked embarrassed. "You take the kids to catch the criminal. I'll take that big brother to the hospital."

"But Ai-chan..." Sato was a little at a loss.

"Okay, you are a policeman, just do what you should do." After saying that, Shiho winked at Conan, and then chased after the man in front who was staggering even when walking.

Ps: Am I the only one who finds the original plot tiring? If it weren't for this meeting, I would have just skipped it. I've already tried my best to speed it up.

(End of this chapter)