While Megumi Aiko was suspicious, she could not voice it out loud. After all, it was nothing more than a suspicion and she wouldn't be able to explain how she knew that this man was part of a large criminal gang without involving knowledge that didn't exist in this world.
And her colleague might think that she's crazy.
So they came over and checked the house he barged into. Upon seeing the corpse on the floor, the investigation quickly started with Megumi Aiko looking like she couldn't understand the world.
Conan also suddenly inserted himself into the investigation and began to look for clues everywhere.
It was naturally pointed out that the man who sneaked in was the murderer and he forgot to keep the evidence away.
Megumi Aiko: ???
And then they managed to find the crushed pills and a large amount of cash among his belongings, which made them suspect that someone else used his face because they had known about this trade before. This made the case even more suspicious.
But the greatest headache is the fact that he didn't have any customer records or anything like that.
So they would have to investigate the traces one by one and people from the drugs section had to come over and help them.
There were two directions for the investigation.
One was to figure out the man who faked this appearance and the second one was to determine who among the two disciples who conducted the trade.
The answer became clear very soon, though.
Because the surveillance recorded him and one of the disciples meeting together. Even though the trade happened outside of the surveillance camera, the other disciple had never met with him, so they immediately went to catch the man.
Megumi Aiko was following the others and felt that she was daydreaming for most of the day.
How did the investigation reach this point?
…
[Megumi Aiko [4]: In just one day, the murder happened and we have already locked onto the person who traded with that man. The only question left is the person who faked his appearance and we're currently picking up the disciple.
Public Security Officer [5]: Did you bring Kami Shita with you?
Megumi Aiko [4]: Yes, I brought her just in case by saying to Inspector Megure that Kami Shita's skills in identifying people with disguises are superb. Only by having her along would it be possible for us to identify the person who might have pretended to be that man.
Public Security Officer [5]: Alright, you can continue and don't forget to bring Conan together.
Megumi Aiko [4]: He's right here beside me.]
Megumi Aiko looked at Conan, who was very eager to participate in this mission with a complicated look. To be honest, Conan is much smarter than her and more suitable for investigation. It seemed that there was a reason why Conan is the main protagonist of this story.
She sighed deeply when she thought about it.
"Officer Megumi, can we go faster?" Conan asked with worry.
"...I'm sorry, my driving skill is not that good." Megumi Aiko's lips twitched. It was not that easy for her to earn skill points, so Megumi Aiko had to prioritize everything related to her work and martial arts to protect herself.
Because if she didn't know any skill, her strong strength would be utterly useless.
"But…"
"Be patient. The other officers' cars are also nearby. Also, did you know that the one who sold the medicine is Yuga Hano even without watching the surveillance camera?" Megumi Aiko asked as she continued to drive.
The others in the chat group naturally didn't tell her the answer, saying that it wouldn't be fun for her to have the answer spoiled for her in advance. Even though Megumi Aiko herself felt that it would be fine if the answer was given to her, the others refused.
So she could only use her small brain to try to solve the case.
In the end, it was Conan who figured out that it should be Yuga Hano, but the others were unconvinced.
Well, the reason why Conan was in a hurry was because he was afraid that Yuga Hano would have been silenced if they were too late.
"Because Yuga Hano's time when using the laboratory is daytime. It's easier to trade at night, so I suspected him at the beginning," Conan replied and then quickly added, "This is what Shinichi Brother said!"
Megumi Aiko glanced at Conan and nodded.
'Conan is really cute when he's using his baby voice… no wonder the others are willing to let him participate in the investigation when he's using such a cute voice.'
Even though Megumi Aiko knew Conan's real identity, she always acted as if she didn't know anything and let the child mess around. Anyway, the target for Conan to fool was usually Takagi.
That kind man was willing to let Conan play around and Megumi Aiko felt that it was quite amusing to watch.
"We're here."
"Let's go!"
They all quickly rushed to the laboratory. The safe containing the medicine was still there and hadn't been touched, but those people from the drug countermeasure team had been working on it. They had to check the drugs and so on in order to deal with it.
"Aiko, come here!"
Yuga Hano and Kano Senja were both there. Due to their suspicion, they were temporarily restrained from leaving and chose to stay in the laboratory instead of the detention. The main reason is that there was no evidence.
"Yuga Hano, you're under arrest for illegally selling unsafe drugs!" Inspector Megure led the people inside and Yuga Hano wanted to quibble.
But faced with the evidence, he admitted that he sold the drugs because he lacked funds for his research. Because his research direction was not approved because it was said to be useless, but he needed enough money to complete the research.
When he opened his teacher's safe through his teacher's fingerprint that he secretly kept, he found that there were many experimental medicines there.
He knew that some people were willing to buy these medicines at a high price.
So he decided to sell them slowly.
"I usually sell 10 pieces a month to two people but this month, one of them suddenly contacted me and said that he wanted more urgently… moreover, he also said that he's willing to buy it at premium price, so I agreed. Who would have thought that you would find my trace at that time." Yuga Hano regretted his impulsiveness very much.
Had he been more careful, they wouldn't be able to catch him.
"How did you do the trade?" Conan asked, frowning. He was unwilling to have his only clue cut off like this.
"Their contact numbers are in my phone," Yuga Hano replied weakly.
Megumi Aiko's lips twitched when she heard that. She had heard from no. 7 and no. 1 that their phones were extremely clean because they were afraid that other people would be able to figure out something from their phones.
If they ever got caught, they would not want to implicate other people.
So they would always keep their phones extremely clean.
But this man actually dared to keep the phone number of his illegal contact in his phone as if he was afraid that he would forget it.
'He's already studying to be a professor, but he's not as good as those agents.'
At this moment, Megumi Aiko felt that her friends in the chat group were much better than these people.
If they were to know what she's thinking, they would be speechless.
Of course they were all better than him!
If they couldn't even protect themselves, their identity would have been exposed a long time ago.
"Try to contact him?" Megumi Aiko asked.
"I'll have to ask the drug countermeasure team to work together." Inspector Megure motioned for Megumi Aiko to wait. Even if they wanted to contact this person, they needed to work with the other department, so they couldn't do it directly.
"Alright."
"Bring this man back first."
"Yes!"
Conan looked at Yuga Hano with trepidation. Since this case involved the Black Organization, will they make a move?
He didn't dare to bring Haibara Ai here in case she would be recognized by the other party, but he was worried that someone would make a move. Just as he was wondering whether to make a move or not, the glass shattered and Yuga Hano fell down with a thud.
Bang!
"It's a sniper!"
"What?"