Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 273 The Gradually Darkening Sky

As soon as Makino finished speaking, Ebina Minoru slammed the table and stood up with a pale face, his face full of fear.

The next second, Makino shifted his gaze to the last three people in the restaurant again: "As for the three of you, I don't think I need to introduce you, right?

But having said that, Kujirai, Kanie, and Kameda-san, you three are indeed good companions. Even the names you gave to hide your identities are so 'special', which is very suitable for this cruise trip~"

Twenty years ago, in order to escape the police, the three of them not only changed their names, but also underwent major plastic surgery, which could be said to be a complete change of face.

Coincidentally, the new names they gave themselves each contained an aquatic creature - "turtle, crab, whale".

This might be the curse of the deceased "Dark Shadow Planner Dacai San", or the normal power of a certain "Big Head Death God"...

At this moment, the leader Kujirai Sadao looked at Makino and gave a stiff smile: "Officer Makino, what are you talking about?"

Makino slowly walked up to Kujirai Sadao, chuckled and patted his shoulder. "Alright, stop pretending. Although I want to say that your meeting here is actually some kind of fate, after all, it sounds better~ But in fact, everyone here has their own reasons for participating in this trip."

Xiaolan asked in confusion: "What are your reasons?"

Samezaki Shimaji sighed, looked seriously at the people named by Makino, and slowly explained: "Except for you, everyone else was attracted by the information in the newspaper. Xiaolan, do you still remember the name of the travel planner?"

Xiaolan nodded and said, "Well, Uncle Samezaki, you are talking about Mr. Furukawa, right?"

Samezaki Shimaji closed his eyes and said, "That's right, Xiaolan. Put this name sideways and read it."

"Horizontal?"

"That's right. If you put the name Furukawa Dai horizontally and adjust the order slightly, it will become 'Tatsusai San'."

Upon hearing this, not only Xiaolan and the other two showed surprised expressions of sudden enlightenment, but even Kujirai Sadao in front of Makino widened his eyes and looked at Makino in a trance.

After noticing Kujirai Sadao's expression, Makino chuckled and said, "Oh? Kujirai-san, looking at you like this... you didn't realize it in all these years, did you?"

Kujirai Sadao reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his head, his face looking very ugly.

At this moment, Kujirai Sadao was extremely panicked.

"No wonder everyone here is related to that case, Da Cai San..."

At this moment, Miss Isogai Nagisa, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Officer Makino, you are right, I am indeed the daughter of Tatsuzaiza. But I am a little curious...

Let's not talk about Mr. Kujirai who looks very suspicious. How did you determine that the other two gentlemen were the criminals in that case? According to what you said just now, they have changed their names, right? "

Makino glanced at Kujirai Sadao and the other two and nodded, saying, "Today is the last day of the '20-year statute of limitations' for that case. Once it's past midnight tonight, all the charges against them will be wiped clean.

They chose this time to meet, both to celebrate the arrival of this moment and to use this gathering to get back the 400 million yen that was stolen that year.

If I'm not mistaken, they must have taken some precautions to ensure that no one could embezzle the money. For example... each of them had an 'important token' that could be used to withdraw the money."

Hearing what Makino said, Samezaki Shimaji immediately stood up and said, “I see, they probably deposited the money in a vault somewhere!
If you want to withdraw that money, you need not only the seal used to open the account, but also the key and signature, exactly three things!"

Hearing this, one of the bald prisoners, Terukichi Kameda, stood up tremblingly and said, "Can you let me go? The vault is in Ogasawara! As long as you let me go, I will take you directly to the vault to get the money after we get off the ship tomorrow!"

Hearing that his accomplice was so cowardly and brainless, another burly prisoner, Kanie Korehisa, walked directly to Kameda Terukichi and grabbed him by the collar: "What the hell are you talking about, you idiot?! It will be 12 o'clock in a few hours. As long as it's 12 o'clock tonight, we will be completely free!"

Terukichi Kameda looked terrified: "But, but this police officer already knows..."

Hearing this, Kanie Kojima pushed Kameda Terukichi aside, turned around and walked in front of Makino, sneering, "Officer, I admit that your guess is correct. The three of us are indeed the criminals from that year... But please don't forget, we are now on the sea!"

"Oh? What happened at sea?" Makino blinked and looked calmly at Kanie Kokuhisa in front of him.

At this moment, Samezaki Shimaji suddenly thought of something and quickly warned: "Be careful of Makino! I remember that among the three prisoners, there was one who had good marksmanship and skills. It is said that he had been a mercenary abroad! I suspect..."

"I didn't expect you would find out even this, but..." Kanie Shiku quietly picked up the knife on the table, his expression instantly becoming extremely ferocious.

Long before his accomplice begged for mercy from the police officer in front of him, he had already thought of a way to escape.

Now that the other two accomplices have been completely targeted, it is useless even if he denies to death that he is one of the criminals back then.

More importantly, once the other two were arrested, he would not be able to take the money out of the vault even if he managed to escape.

Therefore, although he did not care whether the other two companions would be arrested, in order to successfully obtain the money, he had to think of a way to temporarily protect the three of them.

Judging from what Samezaki Shimaji said before, the status of Officer Makino in the Metropolitan Police Department seems to be not low.

As long as he could take her hostage and work with his two accomplices to survive until tomorrow...

Although this plan was too hasty and full of loopholes, it is one of the few ways out of the current predicament.

The next second, in the astonished eyes of everyone, Kanie Shiku rushed towards Makino not far away with the dinner knife in his hand.

--"careful!!"

Seeing this scene, Samezaki Shimaharu and Isogai Nagisa hurriedly spoke up to remind Makino.

However, Xiaolan and the others seemed to have seen nothing, and there was no emotion in their eyes.

Conan spread his hands and shook his head, silently mourning in his heart for this courageous criminal.

--"Bang!!"

The next moment, under the shocked gazes of Samezaki Shimaharu and Isogai Nagisa, Kanie Shikyu suddenly flew backwards for no apparent reason, hit the wall behind him, and fainted completely.

Under everyone's dull gaze, Makino slowly placed the dinner knife that appeared in his hand on the table, turned his head to look at Kujirai Sadao who was about to put one hand into the inner pocket of his suit, and chuckled: "Mr. Kujirai, I know you have a gun on you, and I have roughly guessed the purpose of your boarding the ship, but I suggest you don't do anything unnecessary~"

Kujirai Sadao: “…”

After hearing these words, Kujirai Sadao was stunned for a moment, and his hands froze in mid-air.

Makino nodded in satisfaction, and then took out a pistol from Kujirai Sadao's suit. The next second, Makino turned his head again and looked at Ebina Minoru not far away, and continued: "Mr. Ebina, I know that your purpose of boarding the ship is to help your girlfriend... Samezaki Miha to avenge.

But bombs are still a bit too dangerous, so I've taken the initiative to put them away for you. Do you have any objections?"

After hearing what Makino said, Samezaki Shimaharu and the others, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt their hearts rise to their throats again.

bomb? !
Let's not talk about how he brought the bomb on board. He brought the bomb on board to avenge his girlfriend Samezaki Miha who died in that case? !

For a moment, everyone looked at Ebina Minoru with complicated expressions.

Kujirai Sadao and Kameda Terukichi, who were still conscious, had their pupils slightly shrunken, with expressions as if they had survived a disaster.

Samezaki Shimaji sighed silently, looking depressed.

After noticing everyone's gaze, Ebina Minoru trembled slightly: "No, no..."

Hearing this, Makino chuckled and said, "That's good. Although no damage was caused, you still have to go to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation. And... Miss Isogai, if possible, can you also go back to the Metropolitan Police Department with us?"
We want to talk to you about your father, Tatsuzo, and maybe we can get more information about your father and the specific circumstances of that year from Mr. Kujirai and the others."

Isogai Nagisa nodded and said, "Okay, of course no problem."

After saying this, Makino looked down at the time on his phone and said, "I called the Metropolitan Police Department's helicopter an hour ago, and it should be arriving soon.

If you are not full yet, you can continue to eat. Or I will treat you all to a midnight snack after we return to the Metropolitan Police Department to complete the investigation~"

Except for Kogoro Mori and the other two, everyone else has some connection with the case that year, so they all need to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to be investigated and questioned.

Before Samezaki Shimaharu and the others could speak, Maori Kogoro suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Ah, I see! So that's what you mean. Their last names are all related to marine animals, so Makino, you said before that they are a good match for this cruise trip!"

Makino: "..."

Xiaolan and others: "..."

……

Two hours later, the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division.

Makino and his group all returned to the Metropolitan Police Department by helicopter.

Since the charter fee has already been paid, Maori, Kogoro and the other two can actually choose to continue taking the cruise to their destination, Ogasawara.

However, both Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro rejected this proposal and took a helicopter to the Metropolitan Police Department with everyone else.

Although this case is very old and happened 20 years ago, it was naturally taken seriously because it was extremely complicated and even involved Makino and the retired Inspector Samezaki.

Even Samezaki Shimaji's former colleague, Section Chief Matsumoto, came to the scene and took charge of it personally.

After a brief chat with Section Chief Matsumoto, Samezaki Shimaji walked out of the office of the Investigation Section 1 and went to the lounge.

After seeing Makino, he immediately walked up to him and bowed deeply: "Makino, thank you so much this time! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would never...never be able to catch them!"

Seeing this, Makino quickly helped Samezaki Shimaharu up and shook his head, saying, "Superintendent Samezaki, you are too polite. This is our job. Compared to this, after you retired, Minister Odagiri often mentioned you to me and said that he wanted to practice kendo with you again~"

Samezaki Shimaji looked at Makino seriously and nodded, saying, "After this matter is completely over... I will settle down in Mika for a long time. If possible, I would like to invite you and Minister Odagiri to dinner, and discuss kendo with you!
Of course, I mean the exchange of kendo with Minister Odagiri, forget about you...your kendo level has long surpassed an old man like me~"

"..."

Seeing that Makino and Samezaki Shimaharu had almost finished their conversation, Maori Kogoro and the other two came over from a distance.

Maori Kogoro looked at Makino seriously, frowned and said, "By the way, Makino, did Mr. Kujirai carry a pistol just to rob others?"

Makino nodded and said, "Yes, he is different from the other two prisoners. Although he does not have actual items such as keys and seals, the 'signature' is obviously more practical than those two things.

He only needs to kill the other two accomplices and take the keys and seals from them, then he can go to the vault alone to sign and take out the money. He is the only one among the three who can do this."

Maori Kogoro nodded silently and thought: "I see... I didn't expect this matter to be so complicated."

Makino looked down at the time and nodded, "It's getting late, I'll drive you back. Of course, if you're still hungry, we can go get a midnight snack~"

Hearing this, Kogoro Mori seemed to have thought of something and his eyes lit up.

But before he could say anything, Xiaolan interrupted with narrowed eyes: "Dad, you don't want to take Officer Makino out for a drink?"

Maori Kogoro quickly touched the back of his head and looked up at the ceiling: "How, how could this be! Hahahaha..."

Xiaolan: “(ー.ー)”

……

The next morning, at Makino's house.

After watching Finney's demonstration of the "disguise technique", Makino nodded and said, "As expected of you, in less than two weeks, you have already mastered this level of disguise technique."

Finney shook his head embarrassedly: "A few years ago, I saw Vermouth disguise another member of the organization during a mission, and I remembered a lot of the steps."

Makino chuckled and said, "Since you have mastered your disguise skills to this extent, you don't have to worry about being exposed for the time being."

Hearing this, Finney hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Mr. Makino, what will I do next..."

Makino looked at Finney in front of him and frowned slightly.

At first, he wanted to place Finny next to Ayako and the others as a bodyguard, but after obtaining the black technology [Swarm Drone Capsule], the safety of Ayako and the others was guaranteed.

"Well, Finney, I'll give you two choices..."

(End of this chapter)