Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 80 Conversation in the Evidence Room and the Bar

"Eh? After such a dangerous incident yesterday, did you still come to school, Shizuka?"

Sonoko was very surprised to see Tachibana Shizuka slowly walking into the classroom as the bell rang.

After arriving at school early in the morning, Sonoko heard from Xiaolan about the thrilling experience of Tachibana Shizuka last night.

Xiaolan knew this thanks to Conan's late return. When a police car dropped Conan off at the office building, Xiaolan knew that Conan was likely to have encountered something else today.

The person who sent Conan home was Officer Takagi, an old acquaintance of the Mori family. He briefly explained to Conan what happened today.

It was more thrilling and exciting than the events he encountered in his daily life. Fortunately, Conan met Tachibana Shizuka at that time, otherwise he would have been shot or stabbed by the murderer.

"What can I do? I don't feel safe staying at home. I think the safest place in all of Beika Town is Teitan High School where Ran is."

Tachibana Shizuka had originally planned to take this opportunity to sleep in at home, but the "desensitization" treatment given by the system yesterday was so powerful that he woke up this morning as if nothing had happened.

His biological clock woke him up on time in the morning. Tachibana Seiji lay in bed for a long time but couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up and went to school.

Xiaolan felt a little embarrassed when she heard what Tachibana Shizuka said. After experiencing the struggle of friendship deteriorating, Xiaolan always felt that Tachibana Shizuka seemed to be much more "aggressive" today.

But when she turned around, she saw Yuanzi nodding repeatedly in agreement.

"Jingsi, you're right! Of course, the place where Lan is is the safest. Don't worry, if there's a gangster trying to attack you at school, Lan's karate will definitely teach him a lesson!"

Ah this
Xiaolan blinked her small eyes and was silent for a while. Although she was very grateful for her best friend's trust in her, why did she feel like that female Tyrannosaurus Rex after hearing these two people's description?
You might as well just be describing a sense of security!
Xiaolan realized that her thinking about Tachibana Shizuka's "aggressiveness" was correct, but there was something wrong with the direction.

But it doesn't matter. Xiaolan has already decided to give Tachibana Shizuka some more fighting training in the karate club after school.

This will also prevent Tachibana Shizuka from encountering such a situation again next time and having to flee like this time.

Dagger and pistol. After listening to Conan's description of the incident, Xiaolan is still in shock.

Although she had seen many murder scenes with Kogoro Mouri and Shinichi Kudo, at least none of her friends had died because of the local specialty of rice karaoke.

Tachibana Seiji, who was making up a little story about the forest for Sonoko, suddenly felt a chill, but he didn't know where this "malice" came from.
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Metropolitan Police Department, Investigation Division 1, Evidence Room

Inside the evidence room, two police officers were sorting through the ever-growing pile of evidence. They'd been doing this for a while. It wasn't that they were slacking off, but rather that the sheer volume of evidence generated each day during the search was simply too much.

One of the police officers was sorting through the evidence sent back from the attack on Shizuka Tachibana last night, and a pistol with the bullet detached from it caught his attention.

"Was there a shooting yesterday?" Officer Takizawa, who was sorting out the guns when he saw the pistol, asked another officer, Ozawa.

Officer Ozawa nodded and replied, "Yes, a madman first killed an office worker who had nothing to do with him at the bus stop, and then started hunting down a high school student who was just watching.

I don't know why he didn't use his gun during the chase, but only remembered to pull it out after he got into the woods."

Officer Ozawa obviously didn't finish his words, and Officer Takizawa acted as an excellent supporting actor: "Doesn't that mean that high school student is dead?"

"No, this is what makes this case so outrageous. The high school student saw the murderer pull the gun, and he didn't know what he did, but he killed the murderer anyway.

What good luck, and what a feat. Later, according to the forensics reconstruction of the scene, the killer likely fired two shots at the high school student, but missed. Then, the gun was wrested from his hand, and he fired at close range, hitting all the victims in the vital areas.

"Tsk tsk"

Ozawa's job is to deal with these evidences all the time, and he knows a lot about the inside story of various cases. To be honest, he has not encountered many cases like Tachibana Shizuka's counter-killing in his career.

Especially when the criminals use guns.

This is also the main reason why Ozawa said that Tachibana Shizuka was lucky and that he was very powerful.

"Really? That's really impressive. By the way, Ozawa-senpai, who is that psychopath?"

"I think his name is something like Numabuchi Kiichirō? Who knows his exact background? By the way, Takizawa, write down the serial number of this gun and pass it on to the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department - Section 5. See if they can find the source of the gun."

"Okay, senior, I got it!"

After hearing the instructions from his senior, Takizawa took out his camera, took pictures of every detail of the gun, wrote down the serial number on the pistol, and finally stored this batch of evidence in different categories.

When he got off work in the evening, Takizawa declined his senior's invitation to dinner, saying that his elder had some health problems and he needed to visit him, and then hurriedly left the Metropolitan Police Department building.

After returning to his residence and changing his clothes, Takizawa took a taxi to a bar in the city center.

In the corner of the bar, Takizawa asked the bartender for a sake martini and started drinking it by himself.

Not long after, the bartender finished his work and came to Takizawa while wiping the glasses.

"How have you been lately? It seems like you haven't been here for a while."

"Not bad. You know I'm busy with work. Speaking of which, I encountered some interesting situations today."

"is it?"

"Yeah. By the way, do you know Numabuchi?"

Hearing Numabuchi's last name, the bartender paused for a moment, then continued wiping the glass, his voice growing deeper. "Are you talking about Kiichiro?"

"Yes, it's him." Takizawa drank the rest of the cocktail in the glass, and then said word by word: "Speaking of which, I heard about him from a colleague today.

By the way, I've also gotten some clues about the thing you asked me to help you find a while ago."

"Really? That's great." The bartender smiled happily and suddenly said, "By the way, I noticed your friend seems to be here today too. Do you want to go over and say hello?"

"Of course. Where do they sit?"

"In the box, I'll take you there."

"Okay, thank you." Takizawa bowed slightly in his seat to express his gratitude, then stood up and followed the bartender into the back of the bar.

(End of this chapter)