Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 103 I deserve to die!

After the incident, Tachibana Shizuka followed Sato Miwako back to the Metropolitan Police Department and worked for most of the night.

It didn't take long to take the statement, mainly because he killed two kidnappers in the incident.

Killing two kidnappers bravely wasn't a big deal, but the terrible thing was that Tachibana Shizuka killed them with a gun. A semi-automatic pistol at that.

Although Tachibana Shizuka had a gun license, most detectives in the Investigation Division knew that Tachibana Shizuka was a high school student. To be more precise, he was a sophomore in high school.

Therefore, in order to avoid gossip, a thorough investigation must be conducted into the matter of Tachibana Shizuka carrying a gun and firing a gun.

The purpose was not to prove that Shizuka Tachibana was illegally holding a gun, but to completely shut others up - if he could pass this strict review, then Shizuka Tachibana would not have to go through so much trouble to shoot in any emergency situation in the future.

This was Inspector Megure's suggestion, and it was also strongly supported by Tachibana Shizuka.

While Hattori Heiji hasn't "sold" the gun to Ooka Momiji yet, Tachibana Shizuka can go to Ooka Momiji for after-sales service if there is any problem with the gun.

Otherwise, once the transaction is completed, the initiative will no longer be in his hands, but will be in the hands of Ooka Momiji.

As they are a political family, Tachibana Shizuka doesn't mind assuming the worst of them.

"So, Tachibana-san, what does 'that' feel like?" In the Investigation Division 3, Section , not only Miwako Sato and Inspector Megure were still on duty, but Inspector Takagi and Inspector Chiba were also still on duty.

The person who just spoke was Officer Chiba. He brought a hamburger for Shizuka Tachibana as a midnight snack, and he himself was chewing on a burger and asked Shizuka Tachibana curiously.

"Hmm? Which one?" Tachibana Shizuka, who was enjoying a bite of his burger and a sip of his Coke, didn't realize what Officer Chiba was asking. Hearing Officer Chiba mention "that" inevitably led to some obscene thoughts.

After all, there are only a few topics for conversation between men, and women account for at least half of them.

Is this reasonable? You, a 20-year-old detective, are asking this question to a high school student in his teens?
what?
After noticing that Tachibana Shizuka's eyes were getting more and more strange, the honest man Gao Mu was not so honest this time. His old face flushed and he explained to Tachibana Shizuka:

"That Chiba he said is not what you think, it's about this incident, incident!"

"Oh, you mean what does it feel like to kill someone?" Perhaps it was because Tachibana Shizuka acted too calmly, eating and drinking as he pleased in the office of the First Investigation Division, which made Officer Chiba a little confused.

This led him to be unable to suppress his curiosity and ask questions to Tachibana Shizuka.

"Actually, I don't feel anything. If those two idiots hadn't insisted on taking Takei-san away, I wouldn't have shot him.

Anyway, Officer Sato had already surrounded the entire area with his men, so they couldn't escape even if they tried."

As for the feeling of killing someone, Tachibana Shizuka didn't really have any feelings. During the last Numabuchi Kiichirō incident, he experienced an uncontrollable physical discomfort.

But after undergoing systematic desensitization therapy, Tachibana Shizuka, who had successively obtained the second and third drops of blood, was able to remain calm.

I even felt a little amused because the gun couldn't fire because the safety wasn't off. It was like a comedy movie come true.

Tachibana Shizuka couldn't directly tell Officer Chiba that after he killed Kiichiro Numabuchi in the incident, he was forced to watch 1000 pistol battles from the first-person perspective, and after killing someone, he was calmer than Sage Time.

I had no choice but to say, "Officer Chiba, you forgot, this isn't my first time. It was that Numabuchi Kiichiro in the woods some time ago."

Chiba:.
When Shizuka Tachibana mentioned Kiichiro Numabuchi, Officer Chiba realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Tachibana Shizuka was nearly killed by that lunatic in the woods, and now he's feeling terrified. And yet, he's just curious and brings this up.
Damn it, Chiba, you really deserve to die! Why did you bring that up for no reason? Officer Chiba, who had originally had a big appetite, now looked at the half-eaten burger in his hand and didn't feel the aroma anymore.

"Don't worry, Officer Chiba, I'm used to it. It's okay." Tachibana Shizuka gave the guilty Officer Chiba a bright smile, then finished the burger in a few bites, left half a glass of drink, and walked out the door.

Soon, only two "frustrated people" who were overwhelmed with guilt and madly torturing their inner selves were left in this small meeting room.

As Tachibana Shizuka walked out of the small meeting room, he saw Sato Miwako approaching. Seeing Tachibana Shizuka, Sato raised her hand and said,

"Shizue, are you done eating? By the way, where are Takagi and Chiba?"

"I eat quickly and have already finished. As for Officers Takagi and Chiba, they are in the conference room."

Tachibana Shizuka pointed to the conference room behind him and said to Sato Miwako.

"What? You're taking so long even for a midnight snack. We still have a lot of work to do today."

Sato sighed and began to look forward to his seemingly endless vacation. Detectives are human too, and life needs something to look forward to. An unsettled vacation, like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey, is a source of motivation that's out of reach.

"Okay, let's get down to business. We've completed our investigation into your gun license and your qualifications for holding one.

Now it is officially confirmed that your gun license is a completely legal and compliant formal document. The qualification of the gun license is also the concealed carry type.

By the way, Shizue, congratulations on becoming an adult."

The so-called concealed carry means that the holster and the firearm can be completely hidden, just like Tachibana Shizuka, who hides the holster and pistol under his clothes.

After confirming that Tachibana Shizuka's gun possession was completely legal, Sato Miwako breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Tachibana Shizuka hadn't broken the law by possessing a gun, she didn't want to personally arrest her close brother.

As for how Tachibana Shizuka suddenly became an adult, Sato Miwako was not that curious.

What is certain is that there is definitely something wrong with Shizuka Tachibana's sudden coming of age, but now both Shizuka Tachibana's household registration and various materials that the police can investigate support the statement that Shizuka Tachibana is an adult.

So legally, Tachibana Shizuka is an adult. As for the fact that he's still a sophomore in high school, is that okay?

After the investigation, Tachibana Shizuka was able to leave the Metropolitan Police Department and go home. He declined the offer from Sato Miwako, Chiba, and Takagi to send him home. Sato then grabbed Tachibana Shizuka and held him in front of the Metropolitan Police Department building for a long time, giving him instructions.

It’s mainly about Tachibana Shizuka’s gun.

"Don't worry, Officer Sato. Don't you trust me? This gun is really just for self-defense. If Beika Town wasn't so evil, who would want to carry a gun?

I don’t know what kind of plague god I have encountered. How about I go to a temple and worship there one day?”

Sato Miwako, who had been talking nonstop to Tachibana Shizuka, suddenly fell silent. It seemed that Tachibana Shizuka's casual suggestion was quite attractive to her.

"Well, if it works, could you tell me?"

Faced with the increasingly outrageous crime rate in Beika Town, Sato Miwako, who has always been a materialist, also began to seek help from metaphysics.

(End of this chapter)