Time passed by, and Sato, who sat across from Kano Shuji, stared at the clock until the three hands of hour, minute and second aligned with midnight.
"Huh——" Luye Shuuji let out a long sigh of relief.
Sato stood up in disappointment. Kano could see that she was really disappointed, because Masayoshi Sato believed in him so much at the beginning, but he delayed it until the legal prosecution period expired.
"Miwako..." Luye stopped her. He really didn't want to go to jail. Now that time had passed, there was no point in telling her what happened back then.
Kano Shuuji was one of the criminals who participated in the bank robbery eighteen years ago, but killing the guard was an accident. It was this accident that exposed his habit of hitting, and made Masayoshi Sato, who was in the same team responsible for investigating the case, take a look. Just recognized him.
That rainy night, he was found by Masayoshi Sato, but out of escapism he ran to the middle of the road while passing the traffic light, hoping that the truck would hit him to death.
Masayoshi Sato pushed him away, and Luye ran away subconsciously. Only after that did he learn that Masayoshi Sato had died.
It was natural to feel guilty, but then came excitement - he was free.
He is free!
However, the death of his friend also made him deeply sad. Determined to start a new life, he did not use the money he robbed. Instead, he did business, went abroad and then returned to China.
Today is his birthday, and it is also the day when this case reaches the legal prosecution period. Because he went abroad for three years, it was postponed for three years. When he returned to China, he deliberately calculated this time before coming back.
so……
"Did you hear that?" Sato took out the headset hidden in his clothes. "Collect what he just said as soon as possible, and then send a team of people here to search for the stolen money. We must successfully prosecute him before today!"
After saying that, Sato smiled when he saw Luye looking at her in shock.
"You may not have noticed, but you encountered a typhoon on the day you returned from Italy, right?"
The cold sweat on Luye's forehead fell instantly.
"The plane that was originally expected to arrive at nine o'clock that night did not arrive at Narita Airport until three o'clock the next day."
"So," Sato looked at him with a smile, "the legal prosecution period for that case should end today."
Lu Ye was slumped. For a long time, he leaned back in his chair, covered his eyes and smiled softly.
"I should know." He murmured, "The moment you came in, I should have thought of that look in your eyes. It was exactly the same look in Captain Sato's eyes when he found me that day..."
"It can't be wrong."
Kano Shuji was detained by Chiba and others who arrived. Sato called Kuroki Jin and asked about Takagi's whereabouts.
Over there, Kuroki heard the phone ringing and picked it up without thinking. After a few words of um um, he suddenly rolled his eyes and said, "We caught the arsonist here. I didn't expect that his next location would be Choose Shinagawa Ward.”
"Hmm...huh?" Sato's voice was high. Shinagawa District, wasn't that the place where Takagi was slapped with a sap?
"Yes, the warehouse was on fire when I arrived, and I barely managed to capture the arsonist... What did you say?!"
Mu Mu looked at him hesitantly: You were the only one talking just now, okay?
"When you set the fire, there was someone inside who was handcuffed on the second floor? What kind of... young police officer?!"
"Takagi!" Sato shouted, and then heard the busy signal that the phone was hung up.
Kuroki Ren couldn't hide the smile on his lips, blinked and looked at the people who were close to him just now.
"Mr. Kuroki, this is too much of a joke." Shiratori said calmly, not knowing what he was feeling.
"Are you kidding? No." Kuroki Jin innocently spread his hands, "Isn't what I said the truth?"
Mumu: "..."
"Anyway, I..."
"Megure Police Department," Kuroki Jin interrupted, "Did Officer Takagi say who knocked him out?"
Megure was interrupted by this and forgot what he had just done. Instead, he continued what Kuroki Jin said: "No, Takagi-kun said that he was attacked from behind, and he fainted and didn't see anything. .”
Kuroki Ren frowned slightly, a list of suspicions flashed through his heart, but in the end, there was a big question mark.
"Has Officer Takagi solved any particularly offending cases recently?"
Megure shook his head, "Usually, I lead the team to solve crimes. In rare cases, Sato leads the team. I'm afraid it's not enough for Takagi to offend people."
"So it's really not like Luye heard Takagi say that he knew who the culprit in Chief Sato's case was before taking action?" Shiratori said.
"There's not enough time." But Conan lowered his head and thought, "When we received the call, we happened to be in front of Shikano Shuji's bar, and then Officer Sato went in. Officer Chiba also said that Shikano was there when Officer Sato went in. In the bar, he shouldn’t be able to do this since he doesn’t know how to clone himself.”
"If that phone call was a recording..." Shiratori denied it before he finished speaking. Kano Shuji didn't know that Sato would go to him at that time, so it was impossible to prepare such an alibi in advance.
Thinking of this, Shiratori began to complain about Takagi, "You said he solved a case and came so far to talk about it. He almost hurt himself."
Conan's mouth twitched. Isn't the reason why he did this because you were also there and were staring at him?
He just went over to listen to Takagi's explanation, because Shiratori looked at him too closely and couldn't make the call twice, so he ran into the alley to make the call.
Naturally, this approach will be scolded afterwards, and it will also arouse the vigilance of the white bird.
But fortunately, the first person to solve the case was Kuroki Jin, and Kuroki...
"Brother Ren, what wish do you want Officer Sato to fulfill?"
Well, Edogawa Conan wasn't the only one who remembered this, it was Ayumi who asked the question, her big eyes filled with the desire to live in the castle.
"Would you like to treat us to a big meal?" Yuantai's eyes sparkled with eel rice.
"Brother Ren said that he wanted to know about a case." Mitsuhiko felt that this could not be the case. Kuroki Jin also had his own wishes.
"But Mr. Kuroki didn't say he wanted Officer Miyamoto's dark history before." Haibara Ai watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal.
"Huh? Officer Miyamoto?" Megure looked at Kuroki Jin warily. The meaning was obvious: How come he even knows the person from the traffic department?
Kuroki Ren: "..."
Even Shiratori, who originally wanted to reject Kuroki Jin's feeble request for Sato, pricked up his ears and thought to himself: It turns out that his target is Miyamoto Yumi from the Traffic Division.
Kuroki Jin: No!
Seeing that the topic seemed to be going off the rails, Conan quickly interjected: "Does the Memu Police Department know what case happened seven years ago?"
"Brother Ren seems to be very concerned about this case."
