Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 13 Xiaolan, the Listener
As soon as he entered the children's area, Tachibana Shizuka noticed Takagi sitting crookedly on a pile of books in a sleeping position.

Takagi lowered his head slightly and faced everyone, while the other detectives in the children's area had spontaneously surrounded Takagi, ready to appreciate Takagi's reasoning.

They have seen many detectives performing on-the-spot reasoning these days, but they have never seen this colleague perform on-the-spot reasoning before.

When Inspector Megure saw this scene, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Do these bastards still have any sense of organization and discipline?

Look at what this looks like?
Before Inspector Megure could react, Tachibana Seiji walked over to Takagi, saying, "Yeah? This must be Inspector Takagi, right? I feel like I've seen him in this pose somewhere before."

Tachibana Shizuka is best at awakening people with just one word. After hearing what he said, the detectives watching around also found that Takagi's posture looked a little familiar to them.

"Isn't this the same pose that the sleeping Kogoro uses when he's reasoning?" Some police officers suddenly realized and couldn't help but start joking: "Why did Takagi become the sleeping Takagi?"

"I don't think so." Tachibana Shizuka didn't give Conan a chance to speak and went straight to Takagi.

Generally speaking, Conan will not be too far away from the "Jinchūriki" when he is reasoning, otherwise other people will know that the sound is coming from two places and it will be exposed.

But being too close is not good either. Since Tachibana Shizuka is so close now, wouldn't it be weird if Conan could just open his mouth and two noises came out?
Conan could only remain silent for now and wait until Tachibana Shizuka was away from Takagi before starting his reasoning.

But Tachibana Shizuka did not give Officer Takagi this opportunity.

"Officer Takagi, Officer Takagi?" After leaning over for a while and finding that Takagi didn't say anything, Tachibana Seiji showed a puzzled expression at the right moment, and then began to call Takagi.

But Takagi obviously had no way to respond to Tachibana Shizuka, so Tachibana Shizuka reached out and pushed Takagi who was sitting on the pile of books, and when he found that he didn't respond, he shook him again.

"What's going on? Go and take a look!" Officer Megure noticed something unusual about Tachibana Shizuka's actions, and he immediately asked his men to check on Takagi's condition.

The other detectives immediately worked together to lay Takagi flat, and then relevant professional police officers came forward to check.

After the inspection was complete, the professional police officer raised his head and said to Officer Megure in a very tense tone, "Officer Megure, Officer Takagi... just fell asleep."

"Falling asleep. Falling asleep?!" Inspector Megure felt it was ridiculous.

The sleeping Kogoro is using the sleeping method to make inferences. To be frank, it is just a gimmick. But when it comes to you, Takagi, is he really sleeping?

Is it so difficult?

After all, Takagi was quite popular in the Investigation Division, so someone had woken him up from his sleep early on.

"Takagi, Takagi! Officer Megure is coming!"

Gao Mu woke up from his sleep with a start, and then saw that he was surrounded by his colleagues who seemed to be watching him.

"What happened?" Gao Mu was confused. What was he doing just now? Was he investigating the scene?

After discovering some clues, his eyes went dark and he had no idea what was going to happen next.

"Officer Takagi, do you remember what happened just now? You asked someone to call Officer Megure up and said that you knew the truth of the whole incident." Tachibana Shizuka squatted in front of Takagi and kindly reminded him.

This reminder was not a big deal, it shocked Gao Mu so much that he stood up and said, "What? I know the truth of the incident?!

"How come I don't know?!" Gao Mu was panicking. They were investigating a case, not a deduction game where they could start over if they were wrong. Now, let alone the truth of the incident, Gao Mu couldn't even remember when he had said such a thing.

He didn't say he wanted to go upstairs to find Inspector Megure! He just remembered that he was thinking about going downstairs to report to Inspector Megure, and then what happened?

It seems like Conan called me?

When faced with Inspector Megure's questioning, Takagi flatly denied that he had ever said such words. He is a good person, but that doesn't mean he is a sucker.

Gao Mu didn't want to take the blame for this inexplicable thing.

In the end, it was Tachibana Shizuka who rescued Takagi. Maybe Takagi was not asleep but just fainted accidentally?

When Inspector Megure heard this, he felt that what Tachibana Shizuka said made sense. The workload of the Investigation Division was indeed quite heavy recently.

Due to the shortage of staff, it is impossible to arrange vacations, but this incident has made the Investigation Section proud, and Inspector Megure can afford to arrange vacations for his subordinates one after another.

Officer Takagi was lucky in disguise as he became one of the first detectives to take leave.

For the detectives present, this was just a small episode. The murderer had been apprehended, and they also got some unexpected gains (anesthetics).

But for Conan, that was like a thorn in his throat. A hearty reasoning was interrupted by Tachibana Shizuka. Why did you go to Officer Takagi for no reason?
Although Conan later realized that it didn't matter whether he performed his reasoning or not, since the murderer had already been arrested, he was still very upset that his reasoning show was interrupted by Tachibana Shizuka.

This feeling is like a person who likes to teach others being interrupted by the person concerned while preaching to others.

Is the truth important to Conan? It is quite important, but using reasoning to force the criminal into a corner and then receiving the cheers of the crowd is equally important to Conan.

Unfortunately, there is no room for Conan to perform in this incident.

Since there were no elementary school students involved in the incident and Inspector Megure was in a good mood today, he simply asked his men to send the children home.

Mrs. Yutian gradually wiped away the tears on her face with Xiaolan's comfort. Mr. Yutian had passed away, and as a widow, she had to arrange her late husband's funeral and continue her life.

Since Shizuka Tachibana was not involved in the case, he did not need to make a statement. After being gently encouraged by Inspector Megure, he packed his schoolbag and met Xiaolan on the first floor.

As soon as they met, Tachibana Shizuka noticed Conan, who looked unhappy, standing next to Xiaolan.

"By the way, Mori-san. I remember that the sleeping Kogoro is your father, right?" Seeing that Conan was giving him a cold look, Tachibana Seiji didn't tolerate it and asked Xiaolan beside him.

"Yes, it is my father."

"Speaking of which, something quite interesting happened just now in the children's area on the third floor. Officer Takagi from the First Investigation Division fainted from apparent overwork.

Then other detectives took his actions at the time as a precursor to Mr. Maori's deduction, and one even ran to the first floor to find Inspector Megure and told him that Inspector Takagi already knew the truth.

Xiaolan couldn't help laughing when she heard Tachibana Shizuka describing the scene just now: "What? Dad was just imitating the sleeping posture when he was reasoning. In fact, Dad didn't have any..."

At this point, Xiaolan suddenly got stuck. Was it true that her father didn't fall asleep at the crime scene?
Xiaolan suddenly fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)