Stay away from Conan.

Because the gang's target is the white hair of the Buddha statue held in Hattori Heiji's hand, so if they knew that Hattori Heiji was in a coma after a car accident, they would probably not play their cards as usual -

After all, normally the purpose of kidnapping a hostage is to threaten the target, but now that the target is unconscious, the other party may directly threaten the safety of Hattori Heiji who is in the hospital.

Or, it is possible to simply do nothing and just procrastinate.

Neither of these is what Kudo Shinichi wants to happen. Now that the suspect has been basically identified, Kudo Shinichi still hopes that the other party can act like a normal kidnapper, so that with the police keeping an eye on them, they will be discovered once they take action.

Therefore, in order to cover up the fact that Hattori Heiji has fallen into a coma, Kudo Shinichi proposed the idea of ​​having him work overtime for Hattori Heiji -

This is not only to facilitate the further development of the incident, but also to disguise one's external identity and prevent Kudo Shinichi's identity from being exposed. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In this regard, everyone present looked at each other after listening to Kudo Shinichi's words, especially the fact that Kudo Shinichi was wearing a hat, but in terms of appearance, it seemed...

It's not impossible to do.

……

As night fell, Tokyo, Metropolitan Police Department——

Because of an emergency notice that the Metropolitan Police Department will hold a press conference related to a certain case, many media are now gathered in the press conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department, quietly waiting for the press conference to be held, and many TV stations are also broadcasting it live.

Here, sitting on the main podium in the press conference room, the main seats were Officer Megure and Officer Shiratori of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and on both sides were Officer Otaki, representative of the Osaka Prefectural Police, and Officer Ayanokouji, representative of the Kyoto Prefectural Police.

With such a lineup of police officers, after seeing the name tags in front of the police officers, which included police chiefs from three locations, the reporters present could not help but realize the importance of this emergency press conference.

From then on, as the press conference began, Inspector Megure looked at the prepared speech in his hand, and after a formal opening speech, he entered the main content of this press conference, namely the murders that occurred in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

"Regarding the recent serial murders that occurred in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, according to the current investigation results, the five people who were killed have now been proven to be members of the thief gang 'Genji Hotaru'. Therefore, in this incident, the Metropolitan Police Department, Osaka Prefecture, and Kyoto Prefecture will jointly take action to investigate this case..."

So, in front of the camera, when Officer Megure said this, Officers Takagi and Sato, who were standing outside the camera and on duty at the corner of the venue, saw that among the inspectors sitting there, there was Fumimaro Ayanokouji from Kyoto Prefecture. Officer Takagi couldn't help but ask Sato Miwako:

"Officer Sato, I heard that Officer Ayanokouji from Kyoto Prefecture seemed to be a colleague of Inspector Shiratori."

It seemed that because the person sent by Kyoto Prefecture this time was Ayanokouji Fumimaro, some news about the relationship between Ayanokouji Fumimaro and Shiratori Jinsaburo soon spread among the police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Takagi Shitsugu began to ask out of curiosity.

In this regard, Sato Miwako also heard about it and said:
"Yes, I know him. He is a descendant of a noble family from a public family, and his nickname is the Noble Inspector. And, look at his pocket..."

At this point, Takagi Shige couldn't help but notice Ayanokouji Fumimaro's shirt pocket, and saw a squirrel moving around in his pocket.

Seeing this, Gao Mushi was shocked:
"Eh? Squirrel!"

"That's right, his pet squirrel. It was rumored before that he would take it out often, but I didn't expect that he would bring it even to this kind of occasion. It looks even weirder than Officer Shiratori, doesn't it?" Sato Miwako further said.

"Uh...yes..."

Somewhat helplessly, Takagi Shizuo did think so. After all, most of the time, Officer Shiratori still treated him...

So, just as Takagi Wataru was thinking this, as the press conference progressed, Officer Megure, Officer Shiratori, Officer Ōtaki, Officer Ayanokouji and others expressed their opinions and expressed some of the information they had obtained from their investigation of the incident, including that the murderer was a person who was proficient in kendo and archery.

Finally, at the end of the press conference, Inspector Megure stated that the purpose of the cooperation between the three police forces is not only to catch the criminal this time, but more importantly to completely destroy the "Genji Hotaru" organization, and to arrest the criminals and the remnants of the thieves gang as soon as possible.

After saying all this, Inspector Megure and the others answered questions from a few reporters, and the press conference ended...

As the news of this press conference was reported simultaneously in mainstream media across Japan, especially in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, it seemed to have also affected Kyoto...

……

At night, in a teahouse called "Sakura-ya" in Pontocho, after Ryuen followed Saijo Taiga, Sakura Masao, and Mizuo Harutarou to the teahouse, in the teahouse's private room, there were geishas playing the shamisen, and the corresponding dancers, seemingly enjoying the cozy atmosphere here. As several people were talking and laughing, a voice of "excuse me" was heard from outside the door of the private room, and the door of the private room was opened——

Xiaolan and Yuanzi appeared outside the door of the private room. After slightly sticking their heads in, Xiaolan couldn't help but politely said after seeing Longyuan:

"I heard it right, it was Master Ryuen's voice. I didn't expect to meet you here."

Therefore, when Long Yuan and others saw Xiaolan and others appearing here, they were a little surprised. After all, it seemed that Xiaolan and others were not familiar with the people other than Long Yuan.

"Xiaolan, Sonoko, I'll go over first."

At this moment, outside the door, a young man wearing Hattori Heiji's hat and coat spoke to Xiaolan and Sonoko in Kansai dialect, then walked along the corridor outside the door to the private room behind -

Such a figure immediately attracted the attention of several people in the private room where Long Yuan and others were.

Then, Xiaolan said to the other party:
"Okay, Hattori."

Afterwards, Xiaolan came in and said to Longyuan:

"Master Ryuen, I want to apologize to you for something... My father... He is too busy to come, so I am afraid your request may..."

"Eh? Commission? What commission?"

Sakura Shozo seemed a little puzzled about this, and looked at Ryuen and asked. Then, regarding Xiaolan's identity, Sakura Shozo glanced at her meaningfully and also asked Ryuen about her identity. (End of this chapter)