Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Huh? Kudo, isn't that Detective Kudo?"

Why is Detective Kudo here?

"Could it be like that time I was traveling in Tokyo, where Detective Kudo ended up revealing his own deduction, completely overturning our findings..."

We don't want the Osaka police to become like the incompetent Tokyo police.

The police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department all looked towards the door. In fact, they had smelled alcohol before the sound even came out. Everyone was speculating about why the great detective was here, while Otaki took out his phone and waited for the chief's orders.

[Should we let him continue?]
The situation is actually quite good now; both the school case and the bombing case have been resolved. However, if Detective Kudo reveals something shocking, it might not be a good thing for Osaka. If the chief wants to stop the case at this point, Otaki will simply take Detective Kudo away on the grounds that he's drunk.

As for whether Shinichi Kudo will make no other discoveries, no one believes that, after all, he is a famous detective.

Ignore him.
Upon receiving the message, Otaki fell silent, watching as Kudo was helped to a chair by Ran Mouri, and then exhaled a long breath reeking of alcohol.

"It stinks... Mom, what are you doing here?"

As soon as she saw her mother, Sayoko ran over from Rize's side, covering her nose and waving her hand vigorously in front of her.

"Third Generation called us and said your father sent him to investigate something. He's made a discovery and is meeting up with us at police headquarters." Ran Mouri blinked.

"Hey, Dad's ordering the kids around again, even though Osaka's in such a mess right now."

Sayoko stood with her hands on her hips, ready to give her father a good scolding, but then she saw him pause.

"There's more to this case than meets the eye." Here comes the legendary, engrossed detective! Just like the sleeping detectives of the past, the truly world-renowned detective of this era has arrived.

Conan, leaning against the wall and watching this scene, put himself in the shoes of the person in question and subconsciously looked towards what he thought was the easiest place to hide. Sure enough, he saw a little kid squatting on the ground with his back to everyone in the shadows next to the fire extinguisher box at the entrance of the criminal investigation department.

[How could this guy think he wouldn't get caught?]

Looking up, he saw Koizumi Akako standing on the other side, curiously observing everything. He realized that once Higashino III finished his mystery, he would probably have to go home.

"Third Prince, quickly project the shockwave distribution map related to this explosion that I asked you to collect!"

"Hi!"

The elementary school student next to the fire extinguisher box immediately jumped up, raised his phone and ran to Otaki's side, watching him connect to the Criminal Investigation Department's collective computer.

"Please take a look, everyone. This oscillation chart was collected by a friend in Dongdu. This scientist once attracted investment and launched a small satellite based on his own interests."

The image clearly zoomed in gradually from the sky over Tokyo to the sky over Osaka. Although the original image was not centered on Osaka, it was still roughly visible.

"It's clear from here that the explosion at Sasaki Kiyose's apartment and the massive explosion that destroyed the West District were not actually linked. It just so happened that they happened to be within ten minutes of each other, which gave us that illusion."

As the projection switched pages again, a jumbled message with pseudonyms appeared.

"This is... a code?" (End of Chapter)