Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 203: Everyone wearing a Sakura badge comes up, bring guns!
Later, when he heard that this high school student named Tachibana Shizuka was favored by the class leader of the explosive ordnance disposal class, Ogasawara, and was planning to take him as his successor, he became even more confused.

Is it really that serious for a high school student?

It was not until this moment that he truly regarded Tachibana Shizuka as his own from the bottom of his heart, just because of his self-blame towards Officer Nara.

After all, even if Officer Nara died in the line of duty, it wasn't Tachibana Shizuka's fault. However, he went after the criminals first, and when he saw the situation was dire, he immediately returned to the scene to rescue Officer Nara.

Such behavior can no longer be described as brave and kind-hearted. This is not one of our own people and is simply intolerable.

No wonder so many of his colleagues have a good relationship with Tachibana Shizuka. If he were in his place, he would also want to meet such an enthusiastic "family" when he was on duty or encountered an accident.

"Let's go back to the office and talk about it." The detective patted Tachibana Shizuka's shoulder vigorously to signal him not to blame himself.

Tachibana Shizuka nodded and returned to the car, preparing to follow the police car to the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the car, Xiaolan was wiping the blood off her hands with a wet wipe. After all, it was a first aid for a gunshot wound and it was inevitable that her hands would be stained with blood.

In the driver's seat, Tachibana Shizuka was doing the same thing.

"Shizuoka, do you think that Nara police officer will survive?" Xiaolan's eyes inadvertently passed over Conan, and then fell on Shizuoka Tachibana's back.

"I don't know either." Tachibana Shizuka paused and shook his head. He wasn't trying to fool Xiaolan, but he really didn't know.

In fact, during the rescue, he could feel that Officer Nara's vital signs were very weak.

In such a critical situation, Officer Nara could have died in the ambulance or in the operating room.

This was also thanks to the murderer's haste in firing the gun. Otherwise, if any one of the three shots had hit a vital point, Officer Nara would have died before the ambulance could arrive.

Unfortunately, although the three shots did not hit the vital points, the quantitative change still led to a qualitative change. The Nara police officer was in extremely danger at this moment.

After answering Xiaolan's question, Tachibana Shizuka stopped talking, and the others in the car also remained silent.

Xiaolan's emotions were very complicated at the moment, even though she had ridden in the same car with Tachibana Shizuka and Conan before.

But this is the first time since knowing Conan's true identity.

In fact, Xiaolan has always known that Shizuka Tachibana and Shinichi Kudo are different people. The only similarity between them is probably that both Shizuka Tachibana and Shinichi Kudo are good at reasoning.

Tachibana Shizuka is good at reasoning but not at applying it, and is always cautious when encountering things. This may be due to his personality, but it is also the difference between the two people's natures.

Ran had already seen the difference between Tachibana Shizuka and Kudo Shinichi in their reasoning, and now she saw the difference between Tachibana Shizuka and Conan in their attitudes towards the victim.

Conan's behavior just now was like an NPC who was trying to complete a mission. After Officer Nara fell down, Conan rushed over immediately and took the temporary task issued by the NPC.

The first thing he did was to chase after the murderer, completely disregarding whether Officer Nara could still be rescued, or whether he could really catch up with an adult who was running at full speed.

As for Shizuka Tachibana, after realizing that the situation was hopeless, he immediately returned to the scene to rescue Officer Nara. Until now, Shizuka Tachibana still had the traces of embarrassment from when he had just rescued Officer Nara.

Rain, mud, and blood all left their marks on Tachibana Shizuka's body, and he looked a little disheveled.

But it was this embarrassing scene that made the image of Tachibana Seiji more vivid in Xiaolan's heart.
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When they arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department, it was Sato Miwako, who had a good relationship with Tachibana Shizuka, who was in charge of receiving them. Sato Miwako first expressed her gratitude to Tachibana Shizuka, and then asked them for clues about the attack on the Nara police officer.

"The criminal was wrapped up tightly, holding a black umbrella and wearing a dark grey windbreaker, khaki trousers and brown hiking boots. He was approximately 175cm tall and well-proportioned. Judging from his posture, he must have been active outdoors regularly and had good stamina."

After thinking for a while, Conan said to Sato that although he had been chasing the murderer, he only saw the murderer's back.

There are also many contents here that he observed in Tachibana Shizuka's off-road vehicle. After all, the difficulty of observing while running is different from that of observing while standing in the car.

Sato nodded and wrote down the clue, then looked at Tachibana Shizuka: "Shizuka, did you find anything different?"

Tachibana Shizuka nodded: "The murderer must have received a certain degree of firearms training, but his professionalism is not high or he has not practiced for a long time.

Or the injury to the dominant hand caused the gun to be unstable.

I always feel that the murderer fired three shots at Officer Nara with the intention of silencing him. It didn't seem like he was venting his anger or killing randomly.

Tachibana Shizuka started to deceive people seriously, and many of his words had no basis in fact. But it didn't matter, because Tachibana Shizuka's reputation in the Investigation Division was already well-established.

When he did not have a clear case of failure, what he said would be taken seriously by the criminal police and regarded as one of the breakthroughs.

Sure enough, after Tachibana Shizuka finished speaking, Sato solemnly wrote down the content and then reported it to Inspector Megure.

After seeing this, Inspector Megure immediately reported it to Manager Matsumoto, followed by the Section Chief and then the Criminal Investigation Department Director.

An incumbent police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Division was shot dead in the street. Any one of these elements alone is enough for the police to take seriously, but when combined together, it's simply a bombshell.

The matter was immediately reported to the Chief of Police, and then a case investigation team was quickly established, with the first person in charge being Criminal Minister Toshio Odagiri.

Toshio Odagiri was looking through the investigation report submitted by the Investigation Section 1 in his office and gave his instructions immediately.

Manager Matsumoto summoned several police officers to his office. What they had in common was that they were from the same team as the attacked Nara police officer.

"According to Minister Odagiri's instructions, the fact that the murderer attacked the Nara police officer with the intention of silencing him should be taken seriously.

You and Officer Nara are on the same team, investigating the same case. To prevent the murderer from committing further crimes, you must keep your guns close to you and your guns close to you.

Also, be vigilant at all times. If the murderer is truly a suspect in a case and intends to silence you, I'm afraid you're all on his list."

The Criminal Division attached particular importance to the idea proposed by Tachibana Shizuka. Killing a police officer is a serious crime in itself, and killing police officers repeatedly is an even greater crime.

Killing a police officer is itself a provocation to the police force. If the case cannot be solved quickly, the police will lose all face.

Under this special situation, the first thing Matsumoto Kiyonaga had to ensure was that the police killing case would not turn into a serial police killing case.

Among the police officers who were warned, Officer Ichiro Shibayo and Officer Sato, who had talked with Tachibana Shizuka at the scene, were among them.

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