Chapter 411 Kill by touching the head
Chapter 411: Kill by Patting the Head
To kill, or not to kill? That is the question.

After passing by Shuichi Akai's box, this was the only question in my mind.

Killing her would definitely alert Vermouth who was not far away. Before we figured out the specific purpose of Sister Bei appearing at Xiaolan's school, if we alerted her, it would be extremely dangerous for me and Shiho. God knows how much Shiho and I have exposed in front of Vermouth.

But I won't kill him. My biggest enemy is right in front of me, and I have to pretend to be an ignorant child. This feeling is really uncomfortable. But fortunately, he doesn't know my identity now. And from the perspective of Akai Shuichi now, it is absolutely impossible for an adult to become a child. There is no need to worry about being exposed at the first time.

"Xiao Xun, what's wrong?" Conan turned around and asked when he saw that I was absent-minded.

"Ah? Oh, nothing." I shook my head. "I was just wondering, if Officer Gao Mu can't come, what will Hu Niu do?"

"Don't worry, with my help, we can solve the case right away!" Conan grinned, and it was obvious that he was already excited about solving the case.

"Tsk tsk, your eyes light up when the case is mentioned. But are you sure you can do it? You plan to take the suspect's head thousands of miles away just by making a phone call."

"There's no such thing as taking the head. I'm just sending the criminals to prison, not taking their lives." Conan said helplessly. "Anyway, call Officer Takagi first, using Kudo Shinichi's identity."

As Conan said this, he took out his cell phone from his pocket and started adjusting his voice with the bow tie voice changer.

"Moshimoshi, is this Officer Takagi? This is Kudo Shinichi." Conan quickly dialed the number, and I made a gesture on the side. Conan understood and turned on the speaker of his phone.

"Well... Conan actually asked me to call."

"Conan? Is there anything I can help you with?" Takagi was actually quite confused when he was suddenly called by the famous detective.

"Well, but before I say anything, I suggest you open your phone and read the messages inside. Then consider your next choice."

"Message?" Takagi's voice suddenly stopped, but soon Takagi's voice was heard from the other end of the phone.

"Miwako is in trouble...you just...eh eh eh? Officer Sato went on a blind date?!"

"As expected... you didn't see the message." Conan was a little disappointed. "But don't worry, calm down. There's still a little time before the sun sets. The blind date is in the next town, Beihu."

"Tai, the sun sets? What will happen when the sun sets?" Takagi's voice was now completely panicked.

"According to Conan, Officer Sato has just agreed to a condition of his blind date. He said that if you can't solve the case before sunset and pick her up at the Water City Building, she will accept the other party's proposal."

"Nani?!"

"Anyway, please tell me the details of the incident first. Maybe I can be of some help."

"..."

"Officer Takagi?"

"..."

"Officer Takagi, are you still listening?"

"..."

"That guy must have been petrified." I whispered to Conan on the other end of the phone. Indeed, what else could petrify Takagi more than Sato's blind date?

"This is really... Alas..."

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

There was silence for about three minutes, and Gao Mu recovered from his daze.

"Sorry, Kudo-kun, I just seemed..."

"Well... it's okay. Just tell me the situation as soon as possible. That way you can get to Officer Sato as soon as possible."

"Oh, that's right." Takagi was stunned for a moment, then began to organize his thoughts. "At present, we have confirmed that the robber is one of the three suspects who fled to the public toilet in the park. Among these three people, two are men. One of them is called Zama Hiroshi, 21 years old, unemployed. He is about 180 cm tall, wearing a blue sweater, and has earrings on his ears. The other one is called Kamie Yasuo, 32 years old, a lecturer in a cram school. He is about 170 cm tall. He is wearing a green sweater and a pair of glasses. The only female is Miss Koshimizu Eiko. She is about 160 cm tall, a 28-year-old office worker, wearing a black suit, and wearing two watches on her hands."

"When the robber robbed the supermarket, he wore a helmet, a jacket that could cover his body, and gloves." After introducing the suspect, Gao Mu continued. "After showing the knife, he held a piece of white paper with money attached to it and began to threaten the clerk, whose identity is unknown. After that, he threw away the jacket and ran into the public toilet in the park. But the troublesome thing is that the testimony of the witnesses is completely different. The old man who was knocked down by the robber in front of the park said that he saw a woman in blue. The girl who saw the robber in the clothing store said that in a group of people, only the robber was a head taller than everyone else, so he should be a man over 180 cm tall. She also saw that the clothes under the jacket should be green. Finally, the owner of the coffee shop said that he had passed by the robber in front of his store. He was about 170 cm tall and wore a black shirt under his jacket."

"I see. It seems that the three witnesses saw the same characteristics of the robber. This is quite interesting."

"Eh? What's so interesting, Kudo brother?" Seeing Kudo's excited look, Takagi became even more panicked. After all, his beloved Sato was about to be proposed to by someone else, so he had no mood to take care of the case now.

"In that case... you can go to that coffee shop and ask..."

"Hello! Officer Takagi!" Before Conan finished his words, my voice suddenly came into the microphone, scaring Conan so much that he almost threw away the bow voice changer in his hand.

"Eh? That voice is...Xiaoxun? You...why are you with Kudo?"

"No, no, I was just talking to Conan on another phone and Shinichi's other phone, just to help you solve the case. Please don't pay attention to the details. Your matter is more important." I made up a lie. Although this lie had a lot of loopholes, Takagi, whose IQ is almost zero, would not think so much.

"Oh, so that's it." Takagi grinned awkwardly.

"Ah, I mean... Officer Takagi, you're having trouble solving the case right now, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's why I asked Kudo-kun to help me analyze it."

"Ah, so you are the only police officer now?"

"Also, there's Officer Chiba. There are two of us."

"How long would it take to transfer other police officers to help you?"

"This... maybe about ten minutes."

"So...how long will it take you to solve the case?"

"this.."

"So... is it difficult to find two people to replace you to solve the case? Don't you already have the suspects?"

"But, I'm a police officer, this case can't just be..."

"Then why are you asking Gong... and Shinichi-san to help you solve the case? Why don't you just do it yourself? You're just a messenger anyway, what difference does it make if you change to another police officer?" "Uh..." Takagi's eyes suddenly turned into dots. "Although this is a bit rude, but... it makes sense."

"So, you should first ask for help from your friends who are relatively busy in the police station, and ask them to replace you, and you can drive the police car all the way to Shuidu Building by yourself. It will only take more than ten minutes, and it will only take half an hour to get here. Otherwise, by the time you run around to solve the case, Sister Sato will be getting married, and you will regret it by then." I covered Conan's mouth as he struggled to speak, and said to Takagi.

"I..." For a moment, Takagi was unable to react to what I said.

"Should you spread Shinichi's words here, or come over first? It's your choice. That's it." After saying that, I took my hand away from Conan's mouth.

"Huh... Although I don't want to say it, what Xiaoxun said seems to make some sense." Conan gritted his teeth in hatred and continued to speak in Kudo's voice.

And the fact is indeed like this. Conan is involved in solving the case, and the police are actually just responsible for running around. It doesn't matter who runs, why do they have to let Takagi run? Huh? You mean responsibility? No one stipulates that responsibility and flexibility are in conflict, right? The criminal has been locked in three people, and the rest is just interrogation and investigation. It doesn't matter who goes up?

"I wanted to help Officer Takagi, but I didn't expect you to solve the problem in less than two minutes." After hanging up the phone temporarily, Conan's mouth twitched a few times.

"Come on, you just want to experience the fun of solving a case, so who can you cooperate with?" I rolled my eyes at Conan. "You are the one who solves the case, and it doesn't matter who the messenger is. Let Takagi come and take Sato away quickly, and this game will be over."

"You seem a little anxious?" Conan was slightly stunned. "Why?"

"Maybe they don't want to see Hu Niu'er get away with it like that." I scratched my head and made up a lie that came out of nowhere. "If I were Shiratori, I would have many ways to prevent Takagi from showing up tomorrow. Similarly, I also have many ways to make Takagi stand here within an hour. But these few people are all police officers. Their so-called sense of justice and integrity... In this case, it's just boring stubbornness. I'm not Sonoko, and I'm not interested in this kind of thing."

I said this, but my real thought is just to keep Xiaolan away from Vermouth and Akai Shuichi. Just because these two people don't get angry now doesn't mean that they won't have a fight for some unknown reason. If Xiaolan is involved, I, as her brother, will definitely intervene. In this way, my identity as a third party will be exposed. I won't please either side.

"Is that so?" Conan thought for a while, but was soon interrupted by Takagi who called again. Compared to the strange behavior on my side, Conan now hoped to solve the case at hand more.

Seeing Conan getting into the state of solving the case, I left the bathroom early after telling Takagi to keep it a secret. It's been a while since we left, and if Xiaolan gets worried about us and comes looking for us, we won't be able to say anything.

"How is it? What's the current progress?" Back in our private room, Xiaolan and Sonoko were still listening to Sato and the others' conversation through the door, while Tomoaki Aida next to them was pressing his mobile phone, as if he was sending some message.

"Ah, Xiaoxun, you're back. Eh? Where's Conan?"

"He's constipated."

"..Eh?"

"Don't worry about him, let him squat for a while. He'll come back when his legs get numb." I waved my hand to signal Xiaolan not to worry. "How's it going here?"

"The two sides are still in a state of awkward silence." Xiaolan frowned. She must be worried about Sato. "I don't know if Officer Takagi can make it."

"If nothing goes wrong, maybe another half an hour."

"Huh? How did you know that, little brat?" Yuanzi turned around and asked after hearing what I said.

"If he had any brains."

"what?"

Although Sonoko was still confused, I didn't say much because about half an hour later, Takagi's panting voice was heard in the corridor of our restaurant.

"Officer Sato, Officer Sato!"

"Officer Takagi?" Hearing Takagi's voice, Sato subconsciously rushed out of the door and ran towards the direction of Takagi's voice.

"This, so fast?" Shiratori was also marveling at Takagi's speed in handling the case, or in other words, had he really left the crime scene again?
"Huh...everyone is happy." Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tsk, you bad guy." Yuanzi pouted, very dissatisfied. The second daughter of this wealthy family really had no idea about feelings. She just treated this matter as gossip and ate it by herself.

"Interesting." A new voice sounded behind us.

"Eh? Mr. Shinde?" Ran turned around and looked at Shinde after hearing this. "What do you mean by interesting?"

"Ah, no. Nothing." Shinde waved his hand. "By the way, you're amazing, Kaoru. It really only took half an hour for Officer Takagi to arrive."

"Ah? Ahaha, I just guessed." I waved my hand. "Since there are no melons to eat here, Sister Yuanzi, can we go now? I'm so hungry."

"You little brat..." Yuanzi rolled her eyes at me. "Okay, okay, sister will treat you to a meal. Just this restaurant, don't go anywhere else. As for Uncle Maori, pack some food and bring it back to him in the evening." Yuanzi seemed reluctant to leave, as if she wanted to stay and see if there were any more melons to eat.

"This gossip..." I raised my eyebrows.

"In that case, there shouldn't be anything for me to do here. I'll take my leave first." Shinichi scratched his head and said.

"Eh? Teacher, please stay and have dinner with us." Sonoko hurriedly grabbed Shinichi, after all, she was bothering him to give her a ride here.

"Haha, I'd like to, too, but I have some things to deal with tonight. So I'm sorry I can't keep you company."

"Eh? Is that so?" Sonoko felt a little guilty. After all, she was taking up other people's time, so she bowed slightly and said, "I'm really sorry."

"Haha, it's okay. I had a lot of fun playing with you guys today, especially getting to know Xiaoxun." Shinichi patted my head and walked out of the room. "You guys can have fun by yourselves from now on. I'll go back first."

"Well, Mr. Xinchu, please take care." The two girls stood up and escorted Xinchu out of the private room.

"Huh...everyone's gone, let's eat." After seeing off Shinde and walking back to the table, Sonoko's gossipy spirit ignited again. "Really, I thought it was going to be a good show, but it was ruined by Officer Takagi. I didn't get to eat any melon at all, I'm so unwilling!!"

"Sonoko~" Xiaolan patted her friend in a stern voice. Just as she was about to get the menu to distract Sonoko, she saw me sitting opposite her, who hadn't said a word since the beginning.

"Xiaoxun, what's wrong with you? Why are you stunned?"

"..."

"Hey? What's wrong with this kid..." Seeing that I didn't respond, Sonoko also noticed that the cheerful child in front of her suddenly became a little abnormal.

"Xiaoxun, are you okay?" Yuanzi came forward and patted my shoulder.

"He just... touched my head."

"..Eh?"

　A bit rushed. Let's make a transition now, I'm going to get into the main story. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the Angel movie recently, and I'm not in good shape. Let me adjust.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)