Stay away from Conan.

"Dad, really, even if you're in a hurry, you can't just run a red light like that! What if a car came? That uncle was right."

As the green light turned on again, Kogoro and his friends quickly seized the opportunity and crossed the pedestrian crossing to the other side of the road. Ran couldn't help but scold Kogoro a little for trying to cross the road before the green light expired.

In response, Kogoro Mouri muttered to himself:
"What does it have to do with anything? Is it really necessary? Even if he's a policeman, there's no need for him to meddle so much! If it weren't for him, I could have just walked right past! He's holding an umbrella, talking like he's in no position! When things get really urgent, he can't afford to worry about all that!"

It seems that Kogoro Mouri has some reservations about the man who called out to him earlier.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri didn't seem to think he had done anything wrong, Ran, still angry, said:

"dad……"

"Huh? Is that uncle a policeman?"

However, at this moment, Conan's attention was completely different from what Kogoro Mouri had just said. He was focused on Kogoro Mouri's words, "He is a policeman." Could it be that the person just now was a policeman?

Conan couldn't help but wonder.

Regarding this point, Kogoro Mouri casually remarked:
"Hmph, the detective's shrewdness is palpable..."

Hearing Kogoro Mouri's casual assessment, Conan couldn't help but glance at the man making a call in the phone booth across the street, wondering if he could tell whether Kogoro's judgment was correct.

Conan, who was observing with this question in mind, noticed that the man who was making a call in the phone booth took out a small notebook from his pocket, opened it horizontally, and wrote something on it.

From this, Conan deduced that it must be a police officer taking notes from a police handbook, confirming that the other party was undoubtedly a police officer.

Conan looked at Kogoro Mouri with a hint of helplessness, thinking to himself:
"To be honest, Uncle Mori's observation skills are quite sharp at times like this. Is it because he was a policeman and therefore has a deep understanding of these things, or is it just pure luck?"

Thinking back to Kogoro Mouri's usual attitude when facing cases, Conan couldn't help but feel that Kogoro Mouri's judgment just now was somewhat unfamiliar.

However, since Kogoro Mouri had previously worked as a detective and had a lot of contact with the police as a detective, it's not entirely incomprehensible that he could judge people by their intuition.

Such thoughts were briefly considered, as the immediate priority was to get back to the nearby detective agency as quickly as possible, given that they were traveling in the rain.

Just then, when Conan glanced again at the man across the street who had gone into the phone booth to make a call, he saw that the man seemed to have finished his call and was about to come out of the phone booth. But at that moment, a figure holding an umbrella and wearing a long gray trench coat stood in the phone booth, as if waiting there.

This scene took Conan by surprise; he had only intended to catch another glimpse of the policeman.

After all, in this weather, wearing such a thick long overcoat looks strange, especially since he's specifically waiting outside a phone booth.
Therefore, Conan couldn't help but pay more attention—

As a result, Conan witnessed a shocking scene.

As the policeman opened the phone booth door to come out, he seemed startled upon seeing the figure in the trench coat standing outside. His expression shifted, and it appeared the other man had been shot; the policeman suddenly collapsed in pain, and the figure in the trench coat immediately fled.

"Oh no! That policeman looks like he's been shot!"

As Conan made his assessment and said those words, Kogoro Mouri, who was still rushing forward, immediately realized what was happening and turned to look at the phone booth, where he saw the other person lying on the ground in a terrible state.

Without thinking twice, Kogoro Mori yelled "Damn it!" and ran straight across the street, completely disregarding the fact that he was crossing the road recklessly, which was a very dangerous act.

Meanwhile, Conan also prepared to cross the road at the nearest intersection.

As Kogoro Mouri and Conan were about to dangerously cross the road, Ran, who was with them, heard the commotion and saw them dodging the traffic as they ran towards the other side. This dangerous action made Ran want to stop them, but it was clearly too late.

The two people who recklessly rushed across the road were fortunate enough to reach the other side of the road because their sudden appearance forced the vehicles on the road to brake suddenly.

At this moment, the policeman who was making a call in the phone booth was on the verge of death, struggling with his last bit of strength.

"Hey! Hang in there! Who did this?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Kogoro Mouri saw the man struggling on the ground with obvious bullet wounds in his abdomen, indicating that he was on the verge of death. He couldn't help but think that perhaps the man could say something in his dying moments.

Meanwhile, Conan looked around, trying to see where the suspected culprit had gone. Unfortunately, even though he had crossed the road so directly, the visibility was poor in this weather, and it had taken him some time to cross. By now, the person was long gone and no one knew where he had gone.

Therefore, the only thing to do right now is to call an ambulance and the police immediately.

At this point, after hearing Kogoro Mouri's voice, the policeman seemed to have exhausted all his strength, trying to grab the pocket on his right breast with his right hand and opening his mouth wide as if to say something, but he couldn't say anything and had already exhausted his strength, and then he was no longer able to move.

Seeing this, Conan and Kogoro Mouri stood in the rain, watching the lifeless policeman go, their expressions extremely solemn...

……

"This afternoon, in Beika Town, Inspector Narasawa, a current detective, was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant. The perpetrator is still at large, and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently conducting a full investigation into the case..."

As evening approached, in the Akechi residence, with Ai having returned to her child form, Shiho Miyano's clothes were tidied up and placed in the basement. Having changed back into her original children's clothes, Ai no longer needed to hide in the basement and was now in the mansion's dining room, preparing for dinner.

At that very moment, the television in the living room was broadcasting the evening news, which mentioned the shooting of the police officer that Conan and his friends had witnessed in Beika Town that afternoon.

As a result, since they had returned to Ai's appearance, Takato and Ai seemed to be a little unaccustomed to returning to this relationship. Therefore, even during the meal, they did not talk much and just ate their own food.

Now that this news has been reported, it's no wonder that it has caught the attention of both Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai.

After all, in Beika Town, a case of shooting a police officer in broad daylight is by no means a trivial matter.

Unable to look away, Ai silently watched the scene on television, then, with a serious expression, said:
"Shooting a police officer in public? This kind of thing is really worrying..." After all, it's hard to say whether the murderer committed the crime randomly or not, but at least the fact that the other party chose to commit the crime in public shows a complete lack of lawlessness.

The fact that such vicious criminals are operating in Beika Town is something that Ai Haibara, who usually stays in Beika Town, is really worrying.

Furthermore, perhaps out of some deeper concerns, Ai wondered if the person who committed such a crime might also be connected to the organization.

Therefore, Ai Haibara uttered this sigh.

In contrast to Ai Haibara, Gao Yuan felt a pang of unease upon seeing the news, because the incident felt all too familiar.

This is another case from the original work.

If I remember correctly, it was the case of Xiaolan's amnesia?

Now that I know about this incident, should I prepare to intervene and prevent the murderer from committing further crimes?
For example, catching the murderer directly.

If I remember correctly, the murderer was a psychologist, someone Officer Shiratori knew.

With this information, I should be able to identify my target in advance. Once I find the target, I'll eventually be able to find evidence to catch them.

Thus, with this in mind, Gao Yuan fell silent and began to ponder various thoughts.

Seeing Gao Yuan's reaction, Ai couldn't help but sigh inwardly—

It seems that this incident in Beika Town has also caused Takato some concern...

……

"I never expected you guys, Mori, to run into something like this... Well then, I won't mince words and get straight to the point. What did you see about the murderer?"

At the Metropolitan Police Department, because of the incident that happened that afternoon—a detective being shot and killed in public—the department took the matter very seriously and formed a task force to investigate it thoroughly. As a result, Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who discovered the incident, were naturally brought here and questioned by Inspector Megure.

Kogoro Mouri shook his head slightly, looking somewhat helpless, and said:
“I’m sorry, Inspector Megure, regarding the details… I only turned around to look after Conan mentioned that the officer had been shot, so I didn’t see the crucial scene. Also, it was raining quite heavily at the time, so visibility was indeed limited.”

"When I noticed what was happening, Officer Narasawa was already lying on the ground."

Kogoro Mouri was telling the truth; he hadn't seen the suspected culprit. He couldn't help but look towards Conan, since the kid was the first to show any unusual behavior.

After hearing Kogoro Mouri's words, Inspector Megure nodded, then naturally looked at Conan beside him and asked:

"So, Conan, did you see anything?"

When asked about this, Conan nodded naturally and said with a somewhat serious expression:

"I only saw that person holding a gray umbrella and wearing a large gray trench coat, but I could only see their back, not their face... However, I felt it should be a man, because their build looked similar to that of Officer Nara..."

"Also, I remember that person was holding the umbrella with their right hand."

"So, the other party fired with their left hand, and was left-handed?"

Listening to Conan's description, Inspector Megure couldn't help but think to himself.

"However, Inspector Megure, speaking of which, did you find out what happened when Inspector Nara reached into his right front pocket before he died?"

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri was clearly also concerned about this matter, and couldn't help but ask some questions about the doubts—

After all, he had personally witnessed the officer's desperate actions before he breathed his last; they must have held significant meaning, perhaps even being the key to solving the case. Inspector Megure responded to this by saying:
"We've already investigated that. It means he had a police handbook in his right breast pocket. I think the key is what he wrote in the handbook, and we've already started investigating his police handbook."

Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri nodded silently, finding it quite reasonable. Continuing the investigation in this direction should yield results.

"But speaking of which, why did Officer Nara go to the phone booth to make the call?"

Conan clearly had his own thoughts on this matter, and thus couldn't help but ask this question—

"Officer Nara should have a cell phone, right? It feels a bit strange that he suddenly chose to make a call from a phone booth..."

After all, the reason I used to make calls from public phone booths was to prevent Xiaolan from knowing my exact location. Otherwise, if I had a cell phone, I would have used it to contact her immediately.

"Furthermore... when it started raining that afternoon, the weather forecast didn't accurately predict the rain, so most people on the street were caught off guard by the sudden downpour and didn't have umbrellas. But Officer Nara was holding an umbrella..."

"Not only that, the murderer is the same way!"

At this point, Conan, with a serious expression, pointed out several other suspicious points that had emerged in the matter.

Upon hearing these words, not only Inspector Megure and his team, but even Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but exclaim in surprise—

Indeed, this rain...

Not only was the deceased, Officer Narasawa, carrying an umbrella, but even the murderer was carrying one. What exactly happened? (End of Chapter)