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Chapter 237 Why are you in such a hurry? Why are you dragging this out for so long? Do you think you're ascending the throne?
Teraoka Katsutoshi gave Chen En a few words of advice, warning him to be careful of the Steel Society's yakuza members, before changing the subject again. At this point, Mouri Kogoro asked, somewhat puzzled,...

"Terioka-senpai, why aren't you drinking? Didn't you used to love drinking the most?"

In response, Katsutoshi Teraoka simply glanced at the time and then replied with a smile.
"I don't drink because the situation is special right now; there might be communications from headquarters at any time."

"It won't be convenient for me to drive after drinking. Although I'm not on duty today and don't have my pistol with me, if headquarters issues me an investigation order, I'll still rush over there without stopping. So I won't drink this; you can drink it."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri immediately showed a hint of amazement.
"As expected of Teraoka-senpai, he is truly a model for the police force."

If he were not on duty, would he drink this wine if it were offered to him?

He'd rather die than not drink; alcohol is his lifeblood, and the more he drinks, the more energetic he becomes!

However, he found it a bit strange.
Since they might be called out to duty at any time, why wasn't Teraoka-senpai equipped with a handgun? Was it because he didn't want to?
Just a few minutes later, Teraoka Katsutoshi's phone rang.

Chen En glanced down at the time on his wristwatch.

Noon, not a second off, as if the person on the other end of the phone was deliberately waiting for this exact moment.

The next moment, Katsutoshi Teraoka picked up his phone, walked to the side with a serious expression, and...
They started speaking softly, but then suddenly started speaking loudly.
"What? You killed someone? I'm coming right now!"

Teraoka Katsutoshi hurriedly hung up the phone and walked towards the entrance of his own mansion.
He glanced at Kogoro Mouri out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri finally spoke up and asked a question, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Terioka-senpai, who made that phone call just now? What did they say?"

Kogoro Mouri asked,

Upon hearing this, Teraoka Katsutoshi immediately replied,

"You asked about that? Well, I'll tell you."

"The person who just called me is a member of a criminal organization. I have tried to persuade him to leave the organization many times, but he won't listen. Now he has even committed murder, and his first thought is to ask me what to do."

"Then I definitely have to persuade him to turn himself in! I'm grabbing my coat and heading over now; I can't let him down!"

Maori Kogoro:?

Encouraging someone to turn themselves in? If you don't report this to the police, isn't that a violation of regulations?

Furthermore, if the other party has already killed someone, is it right for you not to bring any weapons?

Kogoro Mouri hesitated for a moment, then said,

"Senior Teraoka, I'll go with you! With two people together, at least we can ensure your safety!"

Where should we meet?

Upon hearing this, Teraoka Katsutoshi immediately replied.

"Warehouse No. 13 at Harbour Wharf".

He then repeatedly declined, almost to the point of refusing three times, before finally agreeing to Kogoro Mouri's request to go with him. He then rushed to the house to get his coat.

Teraoka Katsutoshi's wife wanted to offer to help him carry it, but Teraoka Katsutoshi immediately scolded her back.

Furthermore, Teraoka Katsutoshi lingered for quite a while while getting a coat from inside the house.

This made Conan feel increasingly uneasy.

This must be very urgent, right?

Even Katsutoshi Teraoka said it was urgent, but he struggled with Uncle Mori for a while, and now he's dawdling over his coat. What is this guy trying to do?

Why are you in such a hurry? Why are you dragging this out for so long? Are you trying to ascend the throne?
"Okay, let's go!"

Teraoka Katsutoshi said loudly,

He opened the car door and got in, his ankle hitting the edge of the door with a strange sound, which made Conan even more suspicious.

Although Katsutoshi Teraoka said he didn't carry any guns, how could a normal person's ankle make such a sound?

Could this guy have strapped a pistol to his ankle to try and get away with it?
Kogoro Mouri got into the car too, and the two drove straight towards Warehouse 13 at the harbor pier without saying a word, looking extremely urgent. Conan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he subconsciously said to the person next to him,

"Chen En, it's time for us to set off!"

No one responded.

Conan:?
He turned to look behind him, only to find that Chen En had vanished without a trace. Conan was speechless for a moment, until Ran Mouri asked worriedly...

"Dad, will you encounter any danger this time you're going out with Inspector Teraoka?"

Hearing this, Conan perked up and shouted,

"Just in case, Sister Xiaolan, let's go too!"

"I'll go hail a taxi, I'll be right there!"

As soon as the Grim Reaper Elementary School student finished speaking, he couldn't wait and ran away in a flash.

Seeing this, Ran Mouri blinked.
Did I mean that?

Mrs. Teraoka, who was standing nearby, also spoke with some concern.
“I’m worried about you too. If you and that child are going, I’ll go with you.”

"Miss Mori, could you please do me a favor?"

Ran Mouri: ?

what? What?
Is there anything I can help you with?

Ran Mouri turned her head to look at Mrs. Teraoka next to her, and then her gaze fell on the burnt meat.

"Ah this..."

This definitely needs to be addressed.

You can't just put the meat on the grill, turn it on, and go outside, can you?
This could cause a fire, right?

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"Warehouse No. 13 at Harbour Wharf".

Chen En mentally repeated the address that Teraoka Katsutoshi had just given him.

He is now on his way to Warehouse 13 at Harbour Wharf.

Since Katsutoshi Teraoka said that the person who called him this time was a member of the yakuza,
So you should now have some understanding of the current state of the yakuza in Tokyo.

Asking this gangster should yield some results.

The main point is that he can use the Great Memory Restoration Technique without any psychological burden when dealing with gangsters.
There's no need to use the same subtle questioning techniques as before.

Furthermore, the gangsters at Warehouse No. 13 at the harbor pier were involved in this security operation.
Either the murderer or the deceased.

Chen En leaned towards the latter.

He had previously noticed that Mrs. Teraoka had shown some concern when Teraoka Katsutoshi told him he didn't have a pistol before he received the call, and that change in expression became even more pronounced after the call.

If nothing unexpected happens, Katsutoshi Teraoka should have hidden a handgun in the room.

The so-called "going into the room to get a coat," and the fact that Mrs. Teraoka wasn't allowed in, was actually a pretext to retrieve the gun he had hidden, so he could easily take down the murderer in the warehouse later.

The relationship between these two must be special.

If Chen En were to guess,
He believed that Teraoka Katsutoshi was most likely a corrupt cop who did things for money, but this time the yakuza members committed murder, and he couldn't cover it up anymore, so the matter was exposed and he had to kill the yakuza members to prevent future troubles.

As for what it is specifically like...

You'll know when you get there.

(End of this chapter)