Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

Shiratori crossed her arms and watched Takagi depart, a wave of thoughts rising in her mind…

Could this guy have already cracked the code?

No way?

Shiratori shook his head, realizing he was overthinking things.

With Takagi's deductive reasoning skills, it's no wonder he couldn't find the code.

Meanwhile, inside a nearby phone booth, a small black figure silently watched the direction Takagi ran off in.

……

The warehouse area behind Shinagawa Station.

Takagi ran quickly down the street, taking out his phone from his pocket and dialing Sato Miwako's number.

He did not tell Shiratori the truth about the matter.

Sato said that the person who deciphers the code first will be able to grant the other person one wish.

If he were to tell Shiratori about this, it would be highly likely that Shiratori would beat him to it...

Sato might even grant the other party's wish, and if that happens, he'll regret it to death!

"Hey, Takagi, how's it going on your end?"

The call was quickly answered, and hearing Sato Miwako's voice on the other end, Takagi swallowed hard, forcing himself to calm down: "Actually, I already..."

However, just as he was focusing his attention on his phone, intending to tell Sato Miwako about it, he didn't notice a small black figure slowly approaching from behind.

Xiao Hei is none other than Shuji Kano, the bank robber from eighteen years ago, with short, graying hair and wearing a blue shirt and t-shirt.

At this moment, he held a large rock high in his hand, staring directly at the back of Takagi's head, a fierce look on his face.

It was purely accidental that Kano discovered Takagi's plan to tip off Sato.

Originally, he wanted to go to the phone booth to inquire about the plane tickets for tomorrow morning.

But little did they expect that they would overhear the criminal they had just met on the way, who had actually identified the suspect...

As a suspect, he quickly took the matter personally and felt a sense of crisis.

His crime was committed eighteen years ago. Normally, the statute of limitations for such a case should be fifteen years. However, in the past eighteen years, he took a three-year trip abroad, meaning that the statute of limitations for his current case has not yet expired...

According to his meticulous calculations, only by getting through tonight safely can he completely cover up the matter and then take a plane to escape Japan first thing tomorrow morning.

In that case, even if the police wanted to bring him to justice, they wouldn't be able to easily arrest him.

But if his crimes were discovered now, it would mean he would be wanted by the police...

Once he's wanted, he won't even be able to escape from Japan.

He seriously doubted whether his old bones would die in prison.

Now the only option is to kill him to silence him!

This wasn't the first time he had killed someone, but the fact that he had intentionally killed someone himself still makes one feel conflicted.

But then he thought again, since he had already killed people, he might as well just give up and do whatever he wants.

However, he is not a demon.

If the other party is lucky enough not to be killed, then just lock him up; after all, his crime will not stand until tomorrow.

After tomorrow, he can take a large sum of embezzled money and leave the country!

Thinking of this, a fierce glint appeared in his eyes, and a strange smile crept onto his lips.

He then gripped the large rock in his hand even tighter and slammed it down hard on the back of Takagi's head.

"Peng!"

There was a huge muffled sound.

The source of this loud, muffled sound was not Takagi's brain, but rather Kano's.

Just as Kano was about to smash the large rock hard on Takagi's head, Lin Xiaofeng, who had been lying in ambush on a nearby rooftop, couldn't sit still any longer.

If he wasn't mistaken, the old man named Kano easily picked up a solid rock, which was quite large and almost bigger than a large bowling ball, and slammed it hard into the back of Takagi's head.

He was once again given a small surprise by the world of Detective Conan, and witnessed the so-called fighting power of Detective Conan once again.

Even from this sudden appearance, one can tell that this old man named Liu Qiye is definitely a bad guy.

Hitting someone on the back of the head with such a big rock, aren't you afraid of killing them?

Although the bones of a tall tree are very strong, they can't withstand a collision with a stone.

It's obvious that Kano wanted Takagi to die.

Lin Xiaofeng leaped forward and delivered a powerful whip kick, sending Lu Ye flying to the side.

Under the powerful force of acceleration, the old man was kicked several meters away, and with a thud, he immediately lost consciousness.

"what?"

"what!"

At that moment, Takagi Wataru was also drawn by the strange noise behind him. Then, he turned around and roughly understood what had happened: he had been rescued.

"Advisor Lin! Thank you so much."

Lin Xiaofeng didn't reply, but silently walked towards Lu Ye and slowly dragged him up.

"Takagi, what just happened?!"

At that moment, the person on the other end of the phone suddenly asked Takagi a question.

"It's nothing... I was just stopped by Lin Xiaofeng, otherwise I would have... never mind, I'll stop here."

"Then I won't say anything... beep beep beep..."

Takagi quickly tried to get back to the main point: "Actually, I already..."

Miwako Sato's call had already ended.

Just as Takagi was about to make another call, he saw that Lin Xiaofeng had already taken control of Kano.

Just then, Sato Miwako and Shiratori arrived, along with Conan and the three kids.

"What happened?" Sato Miwako asked.

Takagi quickly said, "Officer Sato, please listen to me, I've already..."

"Advisor Lin, who is this guy?" Sato Miwako ignored Takagi. She noticed that Lin Xiaofeng was controlling someone, someone she knew.

"See for yourself." Lin Xiaofeng straightened Lu Ye's head.

"Uncle Luye? What happened to him just now?"

"He just attacked Takagi, and I caught him red-handed."

"But why did he attack Takagi?"

　340 At this moment, Takagi hurriedly wanted to say that he had found the murderer who killed Sato Masayoshi, but was interrupted by Lin Xiaofeng.

"Takagi discovered that the murderer of your father, Sato Masayoshi, was Kano, and Kano discovered this and wanted to kill Takagi to silence him. But he was saved."

"Yes, yes, that's it!" Takagi exclaimed excitedly, wanting to ask Sato Miwako to marry him.

Unexpectedly... Kano denied it.

"I'm not the murderer! It's all a misunderstanding. I was just trying to play a joke on Takagi."

"I have solved the mystery of Sorrowful Lang..."

Takagi began to reason.

However, Kano still refused to admit it.

"Where's the evidence? I'm asking you for evidence, don't just spout off, you stupid detective."

Takagi was confused; he had no evidence!

At this moment, Lin Xiaofeng said, "The evidence is... the stolen money hidden under the shrine in your house."

"what!"

Kano was utterly shocked.

"really?"

"I can't believe it!" Sato Miwako asked excitedly.

"Why don't you just look it up and find out?"

"But...we still need to catch the arsonist."

"Leave the arsonist to me."

Lin Xiao instructed Sato Miwako to find evidence of Kano's crimes, as the statute of limitations was about to expire, and it would be too late if they didn't act quickly. With that, he handed the restrained Kano over to Sato Miwako, who then rewarded him with a pair of silver handcuffs.

"Officer Sato, I'm with you, I'll help you."

What should we do about the arsonist?

"With Shiratori and Lin advisors around, the arsonist can't escape."

"Ok."

Sato Miwako and Officer Takagi escorted Kano into the police car, and then split up with Lin Xiao and Shiratori.

488. Takagi: Officer Sato, I want to propose to you!

Shiratori looked at Lin Xiaofeng, his face hesitant. He suddenly remembered what Sato Miwako had said earlier that day: whoever found the murderer would have one wish granted...

"Would Takagi really do something so childish?"

But thinking about it, if it were Takagi, it might actually be possible...

"Officer Shiratori, what are you thinking about?" Lin Xiaofeng asked.

Shiratori was speechless for a moment, then pondered, "The most urgent thing is to find the arsonist... After all, if he commits a crime every day, then he will definitely take action today."

Lin Xiaofeng glanced around: "It should be around here."

"Right around here?"

Bai Niao was surprised. "Advisor Lin Xiaofeng, have you figured out his modus operandi?"

"I think I've figured it out..."

Lin Xiaofeng recalled for a moment, and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, the culprit's motive should be to draw a pattern on the map. The first stop is Ikebukuro, the second stop is Asakusa Bridge... In other words, that person probably wanted to draw a big fire character on the map of Tokyo."

“A huge fire character…”

Conan thought for a moment and said, "I have a map here." Conan took out a map from his pocket and handed it to Lin Xiaofeng.

Lin Xiaofeng took the map, picked up a pen, and marked the places where the arson had occurred to form the character "fire": "Connect the locations of each place, the only one missing is Shinagawa, where we are now."

“Piecing together the locations on the map... then the last stop should indeed be here.”

Shiratori glanced at the map, then hesitated, saying, "But if it's just drawn as the character for 'fire,' that's a bit..."

"That's what mental illness is like."

Lin Xiaofeng put the map away and looked around: "Although it's a bit incomprehensible, that's really how it is."

"Yes, I think Lin Xiaofeng's idea is correct."

Conan chimed in, "If the culprit's next arson site is here, then it's worth a try. Anyway, we haven't found out who the culprit is yet. If it's really like what Brother Lin Xiaofeng said, and if a fire breaks out just because we don't believe this theory... then it will be too late to regret it."

……

Around 8 PM.

A strange middle-aged man wearing a long trench coat and a hat drove up to the vicinity of Shinagawa Station.

With Lin Xiaofeng's spoiler, the moment the strange uncle appeared, the police's internal radio channel crackled with a report from plainclothes officers already deployed near Shinagawa: "Suspected target spotted, just passed through Shinagawa's 7-chome!"

"Okay, continue tracking the target, we're heading that way..."

Bai Niao replied, "As expected, the arsonist's target today is right here, just as you said, Advisor Lin Xiaofeng."

Seeing no reply, he turned around and saw the empty seat behind him.

"..."