Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 44 The Turning Wheel of Time

Unless there is a particularly complicated case, Inspector Megure will not easily look for him.

In addition, there is another important reason.

A year ago, a high school detective made his mark and helped Inspector Megure solve many cases.

This high school student is Kudo Shinichi, who is hailed by the media as the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei Era".

For various reasons, now that Inspector Megure has a "new brother", he naturally rarely bothers Makino.

Logically speaking, if encountering such a situation, Inspector Megure would definitely contact Kudo Shinichi as soon as possible.

After all, the president said he didn't trust the police, but he didn't say he didn't trust the detective.

If you say so...

Not long after, Makino drove to the scene.

Seeing Makino coming, Inspector Megure in plain clothes and a fat middle-aged man immediately came over.

The middle-aged man stepped forward and shook Makino's hand and said, "Mr. Makino, do you still remember me? I am Gu Changke, and we met at the Kanto Economic Exchange Conference some time ago!"

Although President Tani said so, Makino had no impression of him at all.

He has always had a good memory and he will never forget anyone he has met or communicated with.

It seems that what President Gu called "having met" was probably just "having met" and it was a one-sided one.

Before President Gu could continue to explain the details, a taxi suddenly stopped in front of everyone.

When he saw the person getting off the car, Makino was stunned for a moment.

"Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri, and... Conan?!"

After seeing those people, President Tani and Inspector Megure were also very surprised.

Inspector Megure spoke first: "Brother Mori?! Why are you here?"

Maori Kogoro scratched his head and said, "I received a commission. It seems that a little girl has been kidnapped in this house."

Upon hearing this, Makino and Inspector Megure both looked at President Tani.

Inspector Megure's expression was noticeably gloomy.

Since you've already called the police, and even asked me to invite Brother Makino...then why did you hire a detective again?

What does it mean? !

President Gu quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "Officer, Mr. Makino! I don't know either! I didn't hire this detective at all!"

Maori Kogoro also noticed that something was wrong and whispered, "That... was a call from an old man named Aso."

After hearing the word "Aso", President Gu immediately turned around and shouted: "Butler Aso!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an old housekeeper walked out of the yard.

He seemed to have anticipated the current situation. After walking in front of President Gu, he immediately bowed: "Sorry, sir! The criminal didn't allow me to call the police. I was worried about the safety of the young lady, so I hired a detective..."

President Gu gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Why are you apologizing to me?! You should apologize to Mr. Makino and this police officer!!"

The old butler quickly turned around and looked at Makino and Inspector Megure, and bowed again: "I'm so sorry!"

Seeing this, Inspector Megure looked at Makino, who waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's go in first."

"Okay, okay... everyone, please come in!" Seeing that Makino was not angry, President Gu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and walked carefully in front of Makino to lead the way.

At this time, Makino also turned around and nodded to Kogoro Mori and Ran Mori.

After saying hello, Kogoro Mori stared at Makino for a long time, but couldn't remember who this young man was.

Since the other party greeted him, it meant that he should know him, not to mention that he also felt that this young man looked particularly familiar.

"Xiaolan, who is this young police officer...?"

Mao Lilan said excitedly: "Did you forget, Dad?! He is the 'Dragon Police Officer' on TV! Shinichi and I visited his home when we were little!"

"Officer Dragon...? Ah! I remember now, he is Inspector Makino who is known as the 'Nergigante of the Metropolitan Police Department'!" Kogoro Mori clapped his hands.

Conan stared at Makino's back in silence, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the other side, Makino looked at Inspector Megure beside him and whispered, "Inspector, did you go to Dorobiga Amusement Park this morning?" "Ah?! Officer, how did you know?" Inspector Megure looked at Makino in surprise.

Makino chuckled and shook his head, thinking to himself that it was just as he expected.

No wonder he felt this case was somewhat familiar before he came.

Now that Conan has appeared, he can also...

……

In the courtyard.

In front of President Gu, the old butler told him what had happened.

The person who was kidnapped was President Tani’s ten-year-old daughter, Tani Akiko.

Butler Aso said that he saw with his own eyes a man in black kidnap the young lady from the yard and escape by climbing up a pine tree.

The prisoner's condition was that President Gu must close the company for a month and not call the police.

Except for Butler Aso, none of the other servants in the mansion saw the kidnappers, and they only heard Butler Aso shouting in the yard - "The young lady has been kidnapped!".

After listening to Butler Aso's description and the testimonies of others, Kogoro Mori and Inspector Megure both frowned.

With so few clues, it might be difficult to catch the criminal...

Conan looked at the "evil dog" under the pine tree, thoughtfully.

Before Conan could approach the puppy, Makino asked directly, "President Gu, does this dog like to bark?"

"Well, it's a very good watchdog. It will bark whenever it sees a stranger." President Gu nodded.

After getting the answer, Makino smiled and looked at Butler Aso beside him: "Really? Butler Aso, do you have anything else to say?"

After hearing what Makino said, everyone looked at Butler Aso.

If what Butler Aso said was true, the kidnappers kidnapped the young lady in the yard and then escaped by climbing up a pine tree...

The doghouse was right next to the pine tree. It was impossible for the dog not to see the kidnapper. So why didn't it bark at that time?
At this moment, even Maori Kogoro reacted. He walked straight to the butler Aso and asked loudly: "No wonder I felt your testimony was vague! There was no man in black, right?!"

Under the gazes of everyone and the questioning of Kogoro Mori, Butler Aso broke out in a cold sweat.

The next moment, he knelt down in front of President Gu: "Sorry, sir! It's all my fault!"

"Why would you do such a thing? Who told you to do it?!"

Amid President Tani's angry roar, Butler Aso revealed the young lady's current location.

Seeing this, Inspector Megure and others breathed a sigh of relief, and Kogoro Mouri even made a strange celebration pose.

Conan looked at Makino in surprise, as if he didn't expect Makino to discover this "little clue" before him.

Just then, a servant suddenly ran over with a panicked look on his face, holding a phone.

"Master! There's a call for you!!"

President Tani was still scolding Butler Aso and wanted to refuse to answer the phone, but after seeing the frightened expression on the servant's face, he chose to answer the phone.

——"Have you prepared the 300 million yen?"

The voice coming from the phone instantly changed President Gu's expression: "Who are you?!"

——"I just called, I'm the one who kidnapped your daughter! I'm very impatient. If you don't prepare the money quickly, I don't know what will happen to your daughter~"

President Gu quickly looked at Butler Aso who was standing beside him: "What?! But..."

At this time, the little girl's voice came from the phone: "Dad! The school warehouse! I can see a big chimney from the window!"

Before the little girl could continue speaking, the kidnapper covered her mouth and said, "I will only give you one hour, and you must prepare the money by then!!"

After saying that, the kidnapper hung up the phone.

After learning about the situation, Inspector Megure immediately turned his head and looked at his side: "Officer! What should we do now...Officer Makino?"

Only then did he realize that Makino had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)