Stay away from Conan

Chapter 376 Childhood Shadow? Gone!

"Are you the director here?"

Inspector Megure, who brought the police officers to the Beihua Library and wore a signature orange coat and hat, took out his ID and showed it to Tsukawa Hideji and asked.

"Yes, my name is Tsukawa."

Tsukawa Hideji replied, putting the box that had just been moved from the children's reading room aside.

In response, Officer Megure took out a photo from his pocket. The photo was a middle-aged man's ID photo. Without much greeting, Officer Megure directly stated his purpose:

"I came here today to ask you about the staff here, Mr. Tamada Kazuo."

"Tamadaya..."

Seeing the person in the photo and hearing Officer Megure's words, Tsukawa Hideji thought for a while, and then said with a little confusion:

"It's strange to say, he hasn't come to work since yesterday, and he hasn't asked for leave. This is not like his style at all."

"Ah! Officer, what happened to him?"

As he said, Tsukawa Hideji seemed to notice something and asked with a little surprise.

"The thing is, Tamada is missing." Officer Megure said with a serious expression. "What! Tamada is missing!" Tsukawa Hideji showed a surprised expression and said in disbelief. "Yes." Officer Megure said, "His wife came to report that he had not returned home since the night before yesterday." Hearing this, Tsukawa Hideji still maintained a surprised expression and said in disbelief: "How...how could it be..." "I heard that you and he stayed to work overtime together the night before yesterday." Looking at Tsukawa Hideji's reaction, Officer Megure stared at him with a serious face. However, although Tsukawa Hideji was very surprised, he still answered Officer Megure seriously: "Yes, but I went back first, and I don't know what happened afterwards..." "Officer Megure!" At this time, Conan couldn't help but come forward and asked Officer Megure: "In that case, why do you still need to search the library warehouse? Maybe he was kidnapped on his way home!" Pointing to the police officer who was searching in the warehouse, Conan asked in confusion. "To be cautious." Officer Megure said: "Because Tamada is a meticulous person, he would call his wife in the library every day after work. But he didn't call the night before yesterday. That is to say, he might have been taken away by someone while working overtime, or he is still in the library!" As he said, Officer Megure's expression became serious: "If he is still in the library, he is likely to have been killed!" "Inspector! We have searched all the less noticeable places such as the warehouse and the toilet, but there is no harvest." As he was speaking, the police officers sent out to search had all returned and reported to Officer Megure. "Mr. Tamada is tall and should be very eye-catching. If we can't find him..." In response, Officer Megure couldn't help but say: "He must have been kidnapped. Well, let's go back first!" As he said, Officer Megure prepared to collect the team and go back. As the police officer was about to leave, Tsukawa Hideji, who was originally surprised, couldn't help but relax his expression--"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Xiao Ai ran to Officer Megure with a mobile phone and stopped him: "Brother Akechi said he wanted to talk to Officer Megure." Seeing this, Officer Megure couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but when he heard that it was Gao Yuan who wanted to say something to him, he couldn't help but take the phone handed over by Xiao Ai--"Hello! Brother Akechi, is there something wrong..." In this regard, Conan, who had already noticed the abnormality of this disappearance, was thinking about what to do. When he saw that Officer Megure's expression became extremely serious after just saying one sentence after receiving Gao Yuan's call, Conan couldn't help but be very surprised. Before the call was hung up, Officer Megure suddenly whispered a few words to the two police officers beside him. The two police officers responded with a serious "yes" and came to Tsukawa Hideji, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Tsukawa Hideji in the middle - Seeing this, Conan was stunned - they were afraid that Director Tsukawa would run away, so they asked two police officers to watch him! What's going on? What did Mr. Akechi say, why did Officer Megure's attitude suddenly change! In response, Tsukawa Hideji, who had originally looked relaxed, looked at the situation at the moment, opened his eyes wide, seemed to be stunned, and even began to sweat coldly--

"Officer..."

Before Tsukawa Hideji asked, Officer Megure ordered the remaining police officers:

"Clear the elevator, no one can get close! Send two more people to check above the elevator!"

Hearing this, Tsukawa Hideji's expression began to become panic. Just as he wanted to retreat, the two strong police officers around him grabbed his arms and prevented him from moving--

"Elevator!"

After hearing Officer Megure's order, Conan suddenly realized where the problem was-

How could an elevator with a capacity of seven people be overloaded after carrying four adults and four children! The weight of a child is much lighter than that of an adult. If it is overloaded under such circumstances, the only explanation is...

"Hey! Haibara! When did Mr. Akechi find out!"

Looking at Xiao Ai walking towards him, Conan asked in surprise:

"He was obviously not at the scene at all..."

"While I was on the phone with him, he heard the elevator overload beep, and then asked me about the people in the elevator at that time..."

With an indifferent expression, Xiao Ai replied, and then couldn't help but reveal a mysterious smile:

"Ah, what's wrong, Detective? You seem to be very shocked?"

Hearing this, Conan couldn't help but hold his head, feeling very ashamed - damn it! How could I neglect such an important detail!

"But, didn't you find those books strange? How about going to verify them now?"

Seeing Conan's appearance at this moment, Xiao Ai couldn't help but add:

"The motive should be there..."

…

"The reasoning is over, let's start closing the case."

"Comprehensive evaluation of case closure: C"

"Knowledge: S"

"Observation: C"

"Social: D"

"The settlement is completed, the overall score reaches C, and the reward is 20."

"Detective Rating: Certified Detective"

"Bounty: 1700"

Hanging up the IV in the hospital, looking at the settlement panel that appeared in front of him, Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile with relief - it seems that the incident in the library was successfully resolved this time, and with "S" level "knowledge", It seems that this incident is no different from the original plot.

Because Officer Megure directly controlled the library director, found the body hidden in the elevator, and also discovered through Conan that there were illegal drugs hidden in some books in the library, Officer Megure directly took all the clues All the library staff were taken back for investigation. Even the library was completely sealed and a rigorous search began.

In this way, in the original work, the young detective team who would have been in danger due to investigating the library at night would not be in danger. The so-called shadow of childhood was directly strangled in the cradle by Gao Yuan.

Thinking like this, Gao Yuan, who was sitting in the infusion hall, looked at the three bottles of potion that he had not finished yet, looked relaxed, leaned on the chair, and took a rest...

At night, the Metropolitan Police Department——

"Officer Megure, why are Director Jinchuan unwilling to explain the origin of those illegal drugs!"

After walking out of the interrogation room, Takagi Wataru reported to Officer Megure with a tired look on his face.

"If he was responsible for handling such a large amount of illegal drugs by himself, he would be severely sentenced regardless of whether he confesses or not..."

Officer Memu said with a serious expression:

"It seems that it's a bit difficult to pry open his mouth..."

"Officer Megure, people from the Narcotics Control Department are here, saying they want to take away Director Tsukawa to help them investigate a case related to illegal drugs!"

At this time, Sato Miwako suddenly walked in from outside and reported to Officer Megure.

"Narcotics Suppression Department? Why did they move so fast?"

Officer Megure couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this.

"Memu Police Department, long time no see."

As he was talking, a very capable man about thirty years old walked in from outside the office, and behind him were two young men in police uniforms.

"Jinguji..."

Looking at the leading man, Officer Megure called him by his last name.

The man named "Jinguji" did not say much and said directly:

"The illegal drugs you confiscated this time have exactly the same ingredients as the illegal drugs transported by several students on the Shinkansen before. The mastermind behind that incident has not been found, so I hope the Metropolitan Police Department will cooperate with our investigation. …”