Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 122: Caught three jewel thieves

The turn signal turned into a windshield wiper...

Is it because you just bought the car and are not familiar with the structure inside it?

Xia He thought to himself.

However, on the rest of the journey, the man in the woolen hat kept crossing the line and driving to the right side of the road, almost colliding with an oncoming truck.

"Are you not used to driving a left-hand drive car?" Xia He frowned and asked in Itakura Taku's voice.

Most cars in Japan are right-hand drive, but the car driven by the man in the woolen hat is left-hand drive.

Combined with what he just said, he had just returned from abroad, and there was nothing wrong with driving a left-hand drive car, but the way it was now...

This guy is obviously lying.

"No...no, it's just because the snow is too slippery, so this situation happened." The man in the woolen hat tried his best to defend himself.

Then, as if to cover up his guilty conscience, he quickly lit a cigarette and put it between his lips.
But when he took two deep breaths and subconsciously opened the ashtray under the steering wheel, ready to shake the ashes in, his hand holding the cigarette suddenly froze in the air.

Just because the box was full of change.

Xia He: "."

Conan: "."

As expected, before Xia He could make any move, Conan asked the man in the woolen hat with an innocent expression: "Nene, uncle, this car is not yours, right?"

"How can it be!"

The man in the woolen hat became a little anxious, and his voice tone rose several degrees.

But Conan didn't even have the slightest intention of bringing up this topic.

Anyway, Xia He is here, so what does he have to be afraid of?

"Then why didn't you even know there was change in the box? I saw you were planning to use it as an ashtray just now."

Man in woolen hat: “.”

Damn little devil, he's so annoying!

A hint of murderous intent emerged from his heart.

Fortunately, the woman sitting in the back seat suddenly came up with an idea: "It was filled with cigarette butts before, but I cleaned it out when I passed the toll booth just now, and put my change in it."

"Is that so?"

Conan pouted, but still insisted, "Nene, uncle, this car should be inspected in the factory soon, right?"

"Ah? Uh... maybe, yeah..."

"Eh? Don't you remember? But there was an inspection sign on your car's windshield with the Arabic numeral 2 on it. Combined with the color of the sign, it should mean that you should have your car inspected in February this year, right?"

"Oh, yes, yes, I remember now. I did receive a postcard from the inspection yard this month." The man in the woolen hat wiped the sweat from his forehead and answered calmly.

However, Conan's next words made everyone in the car fall into silence: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that this sign is posted on the outside, so if you look through the glass, it should be the opposite! I thought it was 2 just now, but it should be 5... But this is not right, uncle, didn't you just say that you have received the postcard sent by the inspection station?"

Man in woolen hat: “.”

Being...fished?

He looked up at the numbers reflected in the car window.

It turns out to be “5”.

This means that this car should have been taken to the factory for inspection in May.

This kid's observation skills are really sharp.

“Hiss~~Hoo!”

After taking the last puff of his cigarette, the man in the woolen hat flicked the cigarette butt out of the window.

But just as he stepped on the brakes and was about to attack Conan and the others, Xia He, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately hit the woolen hat man's neck with a knife. The whole process took less than a second.

The man in the woolen hat fainted instantly. Seeing this, the woman in the back seat immediately took out a pistol and put it to Conan's forehead.

Dr. Agasa was terrified and quickly raised his hands and said, "You... don't mess around!"

But looking at Xia He and Conan, both had indifferent expressions.

"Forget it. Who are you trying to scare with this model gun?"

Conan slapped away the gun pointed at his head, then picked up his watch and shot a needle of anesthetic directly into the woman's neck.

"Tsk, this is a lot easier than I thought." He raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

Xia He, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but complain at this moment: "It's easy? With you, I can encounter cases just by taking a ride. I think you really need to find a wizard to help you exorcise the evil spirits, right?"

Conan: "."

……

Near the foot of the mountain.

Shancuncao, who was in charge of setting up the checkpoint, yawned and looked towards the end of the road with a sleepy look on his face.

Just a few hours ago, three criminals broke into a jewelry store and stole jewelry worth approximately 10 million yen using a model gun. They are still on the run.

Likewise, four hours had passed since the evening news station reported the incident, but no witnesses had called the police to report the incident.

"Could they really have escaped?" Shancuncao muttered to himself, then rubbed his almost frozen hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a light-colored foreign car drove down the mountain road and caught the police's eyes.

Seeing this, Shancuncao immediately stepped forward and stopped the car.

However, before he could ask the other party to show his driver's license, he saw Xia He, Conan, and Professor Agasa got out of the car first and threw the unconscious man in the woolen hat and the young woman to the side of the road.

Shancun Cao: ???

"These two are the criminals who robbed the jewelry store five hours ago. In addition, they have an accomplice who should be in the trunk now." Xia He said bluntly.

When he got into the car just now, he heard some noise coming from the trunk. He originally thought it was a pet or something, but he didn't expect it to be the other party's injured accomplice.

"Uh..." Yamamura Cao blinked dully.

This achievement just came to me like that?
"Excuse me, who are you?"

"Me? Itakura Taku, an ordinary software engineer." Xia He replied.

"Itakura Taku... I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before."

He muttered, and at this moment, he caught a glimpse of Conan standing next to Xia He.

"Why are you here again?" Shancun Cao blurted out.

"Hey...hey, Officer Yamamura, good evening."

Conan smiled when he heard that and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

……

This little episode ended with the arrest of the three jewel thieves.

As an eyewitness, Dr. Agasa went to the police station to take a statement as per the usual practice.

Xia He and Conan returned to the hotel and the Maori Detective Agency respectively and continued to communicate using the text messaging function on their mobile phones.

The next day.

After waking up and dealing with Itakura Taku's social engagements, it was not until around ten o'clock in the evening that Xia He took out the software perfected by Dr. Agasa and drove to the agreed location.

(End of this chapter)