Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 10: The Correct Use of the Search Lesson
"I see. So, Ms. Yutian, since you are so sure that your husband is in trouble, and you came to the library first,

Can I assume you already have some guesses in mind?" Tachibana Shizuka followed up on Ms. Tamada's words.

Ms. Yutian nodded with difficulty: "I know my husband, he would never do such messy things.

So if something happened to him, the most likely place would be at work. I went to Director Jinchuan's office today to ask, but he told me and me that he left work on time last night.

Director Jinchuan's words were the biggest flaw in Mrs. Yutian's eyes. Jinchuan might not know that Yutian Kazuo would contact his family and his wife on time every time he got off work.

If Yutian Kazuo had really gotten off work on time last night, Mrs. Yutian should have received a call from her husband a long time ago.

"I see. So you plan to wait until most people have left and then go to the library to investigate?"

Tachibana Shizuka gradually understood the train of thought of these five people, one big and four small, but he still couldn't help asking:
"Excuse me, Mrs. Tamada, why didn't you think of calling the police? Aren't the Metropolitan Police Department detectives more reliable than a bunch of kids, anyway?"

Tachibana Shizuka's question was neither subtle nor reserved. The reason was simple: these brats were truly unreliable.

Mrs. Yutian seemed a little excited when she heard this: "I wanted to call the police immediately, and I also went to the police station near my home.

But the police officer told me that if the missing person has not been missing for more than 48 hours, it is impossible to file a case. I also told the police officer about the situation, but...

Mrs. Tamada seemed a little helpless when she said this. After all, she lived in Beika Town and knew everything about public security.

Whether it is a patrol officer or a criminal police officer in the police station, they have endless work to do every day. Although they are not on duty 365 days a year, high-intensity work on weekdays is inevitable.

If only an adult man were missing, it might not attract much attention.

Hearing this, Tachibana Shizuka's eyes gradually became strange. "Well, this may be a bit presumptuous, Mrs. Tamada, have you ever thought about finding a different way to call the police?"

"What method?" Mrs. Yutian seemed a little confused. She was just an ordinary, honest housewife, and she had never heard that there were various ways to call the police.

"This is what happened, Mrs. Yutian. Since you are certain that your husband's accident happened in the library, you want to come to the library to look for some clues about your husband.

So why not choose some more flexible words to communicate with the police officers at the police station?
If you are more flexible, the police officers will take your words more seriously, but if they return empty-handed, you may also receive some education and punishment.

You don't mind this, right?"

Tachibana Shizuka's implication is already very clear. There is nothing wrong with the patrol officers of the police station acting in accordance with the laws and regulations.

Mrs. Yutian, since you want to break the laws and regulations, you must be prepared to bear the consequences.

It's not possible that someone helps you out of kindness and then has to bear the consequences in the end. That doesn't make sense.

Tachibana Shizuka's words made Mrs. Tamada's expression change from doubt and confusion to thoughtfulness, while the three elementary school students had puzzled expressions on their faces. They simply couldn't understand what Tachibana Shizuka was saying.

But Conan understood that it seemed that Tachibana Shizuka was asking Mrs. Tamada to be more flexible throughout his words, but what flexibility could there be when it came to calling the police?
If you tell a lie when calling the police, wouldn't that be considered a false alarm?
Conan realized that Tachibana Shizuka might not be a very rule-abiding person. In addition, Conan couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

From the moment they met, Tachibana Shizuka has been praising the police and seemingly looking down on them. Remember, when he was still Kudo Shinichi, he helped solve many murders in the Investigation Division!

Somehow, Conan suddenly had the urge to prove himself in front of Tachibana Shizuka.

Fortunately, Conan is still rational now and is not stupid enough to reveal his identity in front of Tachibana Shizuka.

Mrs. Tamada was determined to call the police again, but was stopped by Tachibana Shizuka before she could do so.

"By the way, Mrs. Yutian, where does your husband work?"

"Kazuo's work area is in the children's area on the third floor of the library." Although Mrs. Tamada didn't understand why Tachibana Shizuka asked this, she answered immediately.

"Then when you call the police, emphasize the children's area on the third floor and mention the elevator shaft as well. That way, the police will at least have a direction to investigate."

"Okay, I understand!" Mrs. Tamada nodded vigorously. Although she didn't understand why Tachibana Shizuka added the elevator shaft, she already regarded the high school student in front of her as her backbone, so there was no need for her to think too much about it.

Ran, who was standing by, suddenly changed her expression when she heard what Tachibana Shizuka said. She approached Tachibana Shizuka and whispered, "Tachibana-san? Could the elevator shaft you're talking about be..."

"It's like what you were thinking about, Mr. Yutian's disappearance yesterday, and the faint 'strange smell' in the elevator today. It's hard to say there's no connection between them."

"By the way, Maori-san." Tachibana Shizuka said, and then leaned his head towards Xiaolan under Conan's angry gaze, and said in a lower voice:
"When the police come to investigate, please stay with Mrs. Yutian. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle what's going to happen next."

There is no doubt that Kazuo Tamada is a good husband, but it's a pity that he was born in this shitty Beika Town. For this, Tachibana Seiji can only sigh that things are impermanent.

If you want to blame someone, just blame Conan, the plague god in Beika Town.

Mrs. Tamada followed Tachibana Shizuka's advice and used a more flexible method to call the police. Sure enough, after hearing that an injury case had occurred, the Metropolitan Police Department immediately dispatched hardworking Officer Megure to the scene.

Although Mrs. Tamada was vague in her description of the case, she still remembered biting the children's book area where her husband worked and the elevator shaft that Tachibana Shizuka specifically mentioned.

Inspector Megure, who is well versed in the ways of the world, naturally noticed that Mrs. Tamada was abnormal, but he tacitly did not expose it.

Just as the detectives from the First Investigation Division arrived at the scene, the library was closing time, which made the investigation more convenient for the detectives from the First Investigation Division.

At the door of the library, they met Director Jinchuan who was about to get off work.

"Officer, what are you doing?" Curator Tsukawa looked at Officer Megure standing at the door in confusion, wondering why the police would come to his door for no reason?
Then he noticed Mrs. Yutian standing behind the policeman, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

This damn woman!
"Director Jinchuan, we received a report that an injury occurred in your museum, so we came here to investigate."

Officer Megure didn't waste any time and went straight to negotiate. For a public place like a library, the criminal police investigation did not need the permission of the director, and as the director, Jinchuan also needed to cooperate with the police's actions.

With the belief that less trouble is worse than more, Jinchuan immediately smiled and said that the Beihua Library welcomes the investigation of the police officers.

(End of this chapter)