Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Based on the results of the on-site investigation and the spread of the explosion, the perpetrator must have planted the bomb on the gas hub of that apartment building."

Otaki reported his thoughts to Kudo Yuji, who showed him his identification, while inwardly worrying about the impact of this incident on Osaka.

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Government should have required all cities to clean up impoverished areas like the West Ward long ago. Even considering that Osaka's current economic situation is not optimistic, why hasn't even the gas hub been transformed into a district-type development?"

Yuji Kudo confronted Otaki, increasing the legitimacy of his intervention in the Osaka Police Headquarters.

Judging from the extent of the explosion, the residents of Xicheng District must still be using gas pipelines from twenty years ago, otherwise it wouldn't have caused such a violent chain reaction.

"The center of the explosion site was that apartment building. I now want to find out who entered the apartment with the bomb that day, and who the original tenants of the apartment were."

It's absolutely impossible for Kiyose Sasaki to be a tenant in that apartment building. As one of the few high-end apartments in the West District, every resident must be registered with the local community bureau. A dead person cannot produce legal documents.

"Our preliminary investigation revealed that the room was rented by Hideko Ono five years ago."

"You rented the house five years ago?"

Kudo Yuji glanced at Nakahira, casually took out his phone as if to reply to a message, then turned and walked up to Maki, reaching out to ask her for the keys.

"Inform Chief Hattori that we will be holding a case meeting at headquarters in Osaka in half an hour."

The extremely rapid transfer actually only left Hattori and the other young people from Osaka in the only hospital in the West Ward. If Okita and the young people were still alive, they would always come this way or send a message of safety to everyone from a place with a signal.

In the Osaka Police Headquarters conference room, Kudo Yuji, or rather Nohara Hiroo, sat in the front row as his representative, flanked by Ms. Ooka and the other Kudo ladies who had come along because they were uninterested in the West Ward. "Regarding the current situation in Osaka, the Prime Minister believes that under your leadership, there has been a serious dereliction of duty."

The entire meeting room was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. On one side were those who were moved by the sight of Hiroo Nohara, and on the other side were those who were determined to protect the Hattori family. They were subtly divided into two factions.

"We have conducted a detailed investigation into the bombing in the West Ward and have found many clues. So please rest assured, Prime Minister, and the reporters standing at the back of the conference room representing the people of Osaka, we will soon find out the truth, and the treatment of the injured is also proceeding smoothly."

Ginjiro Toyama, who was standing next to Hattori, spoke up to explain, and then asked the reporters who had come to act as mouthpieces to leave, leaving the meeting entirely to the police who were preparing to solve the case.

“From the location of the incident, we have discovered something very important: Sasaki Kiyose is not dead. The previous fake death was all orchestrated by him. Therefore, the Criminal Investigation Department must immediately investigate and find out the true identity of the deceased.”

Hattori Heiji looked at the Osaka detectives sitting on his right: "Let's investigate the Koshigami and Sasaki families first. This is a serious matter, and it's not time for them to be uncooperative."

"clear."

After the detectives left, the conversation immediately turned to the police. The leader, Otaki, took out some photos from behind his back, and then, after Nakahira dragged over a whiteboard, he haphazardly pasted the photos onto the whiteboard and drew lines connecting them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our police investigation has revealed that the apartment building in Osaka's Nishi-ku district where Sasaki Kiyose is hiding is occupied by Ono Hideko, who was murdered in Sasaki's residence. And there's something even more shocking..."

Otaki pulled a photo of a boy from his pocket, turned around and slapped it between Sasaki Kiyose and Ono Hideko.

"This high school boy named Ono Takuya, who attends Kaifang Academy, is closely related to Sasaki Kiyose by blood." (End of Chapter)