The chat has always been so lively and even if someone has to be offline temporarily, they were still very cheerful.
But Conan was not in a good mood.
He went back to Professor Agasa's house and asked Haibara Ai about what happened. Haibara Ai concealed Hikari Yuki's appearance and told Conan the rest about Gin appearing in Beika Cho and he seemed to be talking about a mission.
Conan gritted his teeth when he heard that.
As he had expected, the death of the man this time should be the work of Gin.
How about Kami Shita?
But considering that Gin always shot his target to death, it didn't seem to be the case.
"How did you manage to get away from Gin?"
"I didn't." Haibara Ai sneered. "I was hiding behind the bush, not daring to do anything but wait until he passed and then ran away. I didn't dare to confront him directly."
Conan nodded absentmindedly.
Sounds reasonable, but why did he feel that something was wrong?
He thought about it and finally gave up.
Anyway, Ai will never side with Gin.
So he started to think about this case. The first case didn't leave any trace and the second case has some traces but not much. Aside from the fact that the killer is likely taller than Kami Shita and more powerful, they didn't have any other clue.
He or she never spoke and from what Conan had observed, the other party should have left almost immediately after killing.
He or she barely left any trace in the first place.
Why did Kami Shita got targeted was also still a mystery.
He suspected it was related to her ability, but there was no evidence.
Conan felt frustrated.
The next day, he still thought about this matter as he dragged his small body to the school. But he failed to focus on the lesson and kept on thinking about it.
When he called Takagi after school to ask about the investigation's progress, Takagi said that the case has been transferred away again.
"The public security take the case again?" Conan asked solemnly.
"Yes. We can't really do anything about this kind of thing." Takagi sounded embarrassed. After all, this was not his decision but everyone in the investigation section 1 looked like they had eaten explosives.
Two respective cases were handed over to the public security.
They all felt that their hard work was taken over and this made them feel very uncomfortable.
Only Megumi Aiko was calm. She knew very well that the culprit of this incident is no. 7. Since he himself is an undercover agent from public security, it was only right for him to let his superior be the one to handle the aftermath.
How they did it, though, she didn't know.
"Megumi, there's a battle between gangs and many police officers are transferred over to help. You're the most violent policewomen… I mean, the strongest policewomen, so they ask for your help." a colleague said.
Megumi Aiko: "..." you're about to say the most violent one, aren't you?
She sneered, but she still listened and stood up without hesitation to follow the order. "Where is it, Senior?"
"Come with me."
Thinking about the plan that no. 5 had made, Megumi Aiko knew that this was the battle between the subordinates under no. 3 and the subordinates of no. 5.
The two sides should have fought for a long time before they could finally reach this point. It was quite something if Megumi Aiko had to say, though. When she arrived, there were already many injured people and she had to help maintain the order to make sure that they didn't have to work so hard.
It was really tiring.
Bang!
"Officer Megumi, please don't beat them up anymore."
The police officers who saw Megumi Aiko's action felt that asking for her help didn't seem to be that different from asking for help from a thug.
Megumi Aiko is really cruel.
As expected from the most violent policewoman.
"Aiko, if you continued, they will die." A hand stopped Megumi Aiko from beating up these injured gangsters.
"Hmm?" Megumi Aiko was stunned and then called out, "Matsuda Jinpei? What are you doing here?"
"Work." Matsuda Jinpei pointed at the distance. "I just finished defusing a bomb over there and they're doing the cleaning work now. These people are fighting with each other and killing many people, but you should not make their injuries worse."
"Tsk, I know." Megumi Aiko pursed her lips.
"If you want to beat them up, pick someone who's not injured yet so you won't accidentally kill them."
"Good idea!"
"Matsuda Jinpei! Megumi Aiko! If you two continue to mess around, you will have to write 10,000 words of self criticism!" Inspector Megure was the one in charge and he almost exploded in anger when he heard these two people's words.
He felt extremely glad that Matsuda Jinpei had been transferred back to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department. Otherwise, he had no doubt that these two people would definitely be the most violent pair of policeman and policewoman.
Seriously, how did these two people always make others angry so much all the time?
"I know, I know."
"Yes, Inspector Megure."
The two of them agreed on the surface, but who knows what they were actually thinking.
Inspector Megure had long given up on correcting them.
"By the way, Inspector Megure, I think they head over there." Megumi Aiko pointed in one direction. "There are traces of blood drops along the way and there might be other people who are injured."
"Go and check them." Inspector Megure frowned. "You're allowed to shoot this time and be careful. The other policemen are also looking around for their traces."
"Yes!"
"I'll come with you."
"Huh? I don't need you to help me, Matsuda Jinpei."
"Tsk, you're noisy. I just want to take a look at it myself."
…
While no. 4 was slowly getting closer, the battle had indeed moved to a certain distance. Considering that the two groups were indeed not well intentioned, their battles were extremely cruel.
And at the end of the day, no. 3 had to flee first.
[Drug Dealer [3]: I swore that these people are all useless. I'm on the losing end… Do something no. 5.
Public Security Officer [5]: Didn't you say before that you can handle it even if the people from the organization came to look for you?
Drug Dealer [3]: But I never thought that the difference in our fighting prowess would be so big!
Member of the Organization [10]: Many of the organization members are desperate criminals who couldn't find normal work. And you have heard no. 7 and no. 1 before… There are a lot of crazy people there, so what do you expect?
You said that you can deal with them! Anyway, don't die before no. 2 arrived.
Drug Dealer [3]: …I'll try.
Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: I'm already on the scene, but I can't find no. 3. He has a lot of small fries subordinates who are blocking the way.
Drug Dealer [3]: Most of them are drug dealers. Well, if you want to, you can let the public security catch them.
Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: If they're still alive after this incident, I will.
Public Security Officer [5]: Anyway, be prepared to perform. No. 2, it's time for you to appear!
High School Student [2]: Wait! The high school students finish classes later than the elementary school. I will have to run to get there in time.
Public Security Officer [5]: If you dare to be late, I swore that I'll not help you make the script again.
High School Student [2]: QAQ]
…
No. 2, Kayama Ichiro, nearly cursed out loud while he was running. He had already come out of the classroom at the fastest speed and quickly headed over to the store that they had agreed to before.
Today is the release date for a new game.
Kayama Ichiro spent the days before this mission getting familiarized with several game franchises with new game release dates happening either yesterday, today, tomorrow, or the next few days. No matter whether he liked it or not, he had to remember it by heart and make others believe that he liked it.
This made no. 2 felt like he was suffering so much.
He had sacrificed a lot for this performance!
If it was not because of the script, he would not have suffered so much.
"I'm here." Kayama Ichiro looked at the long line of people and felt despair. Now, he had to act as if he really wanted the game and lined up too?
"Oh, it's Brother Ichiro."
Kayama Ichiro saw Conan and arched his eyebrows. "It's Conan, what are you doing here, Little Brat?"
"I'm not a brat!" Conan was furious when he heard Kayama Ichiro's words. He had always treated him as a little brat, making Conan annoyed.
If it was not because he couldn't act up in front of Ran and Sonoko, Conan would have long taught this annoying Kayama Ichiro a lesson. Oh, he had made a lot of trouble secretly for the other party, though.
"Why are you here? Don't tell me that you also like this Kamen Rider Game." Kayama Ichiro's eyes turned a bit strange. Even though Conan is a 7 year old kid, he had seen that Conan didn't seem to like it.
"...You're already a high school student, but you still like Kamen Rider so much." Conan rolled his eyes in response.
Kayama Ichiro only smiled and didn't explain.
There was nothing to explain, anyway.
He personally thinks the games are average, but there are a lot of people who liked it and the release date of the new game coincides with his task. Thankfully, this game still looked normal, but it was indeed a bit childish because most people who lined up were children under high school students.
"I like it and there are also many people who like it. I heard that there will be new characters introduced in this game and I'm excited for it," Kayama Ichiro replied smugly.
Conan had a pair of dead fish eyes when he heard that.
He didn't understand how Ran and Sonoko could befriend this annoying man in the first place.
"I have something to do, so…"
Bang!
The gunshot sounds could be heard from a distance and Kayama Ichiro knew that it should be no. 3 or no. 7 who gave him the signal. Anyway, his task was to go over and check the situation.