Stay away from Conan.

"Um……"

Hearing Conan's words, the police officers present couldn't help but show thoughtful expressions. However, compared to them, Kogoro Mouri was very dissatisfied with Conan's initiative in interjecting and raising these doubts, so he couldn't help but shout at Conan sternly:

"Don't meddle in children's affairs!"

However, after careful consideration, Inspector Megure and his team clearly felt that the question made a lot of sense.

After all, why Officer Narasawa was there with an umbrella is definitely a direction worth investigating.

"Um... speaking of which, who was Officer Nara calling back then?"

After Conan mentioned those points, it seemed that Kogoro Mouri had also thought of something and asked this question.

As a result, the questions asked by Kogoro Mouri and Conan one after the other left the police officers present with serious expressions, as if the police could not answer any of the three questions at present.

Therefore, Kogoro Mouri was somewhat surprised by the police's reaction.

"What? Can't you find out who the call was to?"

Obviously, according to normal investigation procedures, since Narasawa was attacked after making a phone call in a phone booth, the reason why he made that call would be very important. Therefore, normally the police would definitely investigate that call.

However, when faced with this question, Inspector Megure replied with a hint of helplessness:
"It's not that we didn't investigate, but... it was an anonymous phone number, and the phone wasn't turned on again afterward, so we really don't know who he was trying to call..."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri also became serious.

I don't know why I made a call from a phone booth, especially to an anonymous mobile number... This is just...

"Could it be that someone arranged to contact Officer Nara at that time using a public phone, which is why the murderer was lying in ambush nearby?"

Thus, Kogoro Mouri subconsciously came up with this conjecture.

Regarding this point, Inspector Megure, after a moment's thought, couldn't help but ask Kogoro Mouri a question in return:
"But that still doesn't explain the umbrella issue, does it? Conan was right earlier; the rain this afternoon came too suddenly. Anyone who was already outside shouldn't have brought an umbrella. Except for those who had just left..."

As he said this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but start to think deeply—

What if we consider it from the perspective of the umbrella?
"So, Officer Nara might have just come out from somewhere, which is why he happened to be holding the umbrella?"

Conan then chimed in with his own thoughts.

"Um……"

Clearly, Conan's guess wasn't without merit, but if it came from somewhere...

"Huh? Is there anywhere nearby where Officer Nara would be given an umbrella if it rained when he chose to leave?"

Kogoro Mouri seemed to have come to think that there was some truth to that statement, and couldn't help but ask it.

In response, Inspector Megure simply stated:
"Well... at least Officer Nara doesn't live in that area..."

"If that's the case, if Inspector Nara just left from somewhere and was able to get an umbrella, he should have been able to borrow a phone too, right?" Conan couldn't help but analyze the situation seriously.

As a result, seeing Conan constantly interrupting, Kogoro Mouri, who didn't have any good thoughts about the incident to begin with, became a little annoyed. He seemed to find Conan's constant interruptions quite troublesome, so Kogoro Mouri decided to teach him a lesson.

Before Kogoro Mouri could make a move, Conan, as if he had thought of something, stood up and said to Inspector Megure and the others:

"Could it be that Officer Nara arrived in the vicinity by car?"

After Conan uttered those words, Inspector Megure and the others were taken aback, then thought about it seriously and felt that there seemed to be some truth to it.

If Narasawa arrived in that area by car, then after getting out of the car, because it was raining, he took an umbrella from the car and went to the phone booth at the scene of the incident to make a call...

"That possibility cannot be ruled out..."

Inspector Megure nodded, confirming that such a possibility seemed to exist.
"We'll investigate in that direction... Anyway, let's leave it at that for today..."

At this point, it seems that they felt there was no further progress in the matter, and there was no point in continuing to keep Kogoro Mouri and his team doing this kind of analysis. They decided to wait until there was progress in the case before discussing other things.

Since Inspector Megure had said so, Kogoro Mouri agreed that they would leave it at that for now.

"Anyway, Inspector Megure, if you need any help with the investigation, I'm always ready to assist you!"

After Kogoro Mouri finished speaking, Inspector Megure nodded in agreement, and then asked Wataru Takagi to take them home first...

……

"What are your thoughts on this?"

At the Akechi residence, Ai noticed that Takato seemed to be deep in thought, his expression serious, after the news report about a detective being shot and killed. This seemed rather unusual to Ai.

After all, although he was worried about the incident happening in Beika Town where he lived, he didn't really feel the reality of it since it wasn't something he had personally encountered.

Therefore, Gao Yuan's expression seemed a bit off when faced with this situation, which made Xiao Ai wonder if Gao Yuan had thought of something through this news, which was why he seemed so unusual.

Therefore, Ai couldn't help but ask this question.

Thus, when Xiao Ai asked him about what was mentioned in the news, Gao Yuan's thoughts returned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he gave a response:
"I think... this might just be the beginning, and a series of cases might happen soon!"

As Gao Yuan was saying this, he was very clear that if this was the same incident from the original story, it would likely happen soon, and another policeman would be shot and killed...

"A serial murder case, right?"

Hearing Gao Yuan's response, Xiao Ai was somewhat surprised—

After all, this is just one incident. How could Gao Yuan determine that this incident is a serial killing rather than a random killing? (End of Chapter)