No one understands the laws of Collider better than me.

After witnessing the interaction between Sato and Takagi, the other police officers were filled with envy and jealousy. However, considering that Takagi might have suffered an undeserved misfortune, these detectives, who had been single for many years, turned their feelings for Takagi into jealousy and sympathy. Kitahara Masaki couldn't understand why these people cared so much about the policewoman but had no clue about the case. Basically, they needed him or Conan every time.

Driven by the laws of Conan's learning, a few days later Conan overheard a yakuza bragging on the street, telling his underlings that he was the one who injured Takagi. With his super hearing, Conan heard his boasting from afar and then began to follow him.

Chapter 335 The Underworld's Infighting

"Hey, so are you still monitoring that gangster?"

"Yeah, but the place he lives in is really impressive, even though he's just a gangster."

"Has anyone gone in during this period?"

“A short man went through the main entrance; he looked like he was also involved in organized crime.”

Kitahara Masaki was leading a large group of people on their way to the yakuza's house, and had asked Prosecutor Kujo and Attorney Kiyoshi for help in getting the police to obtain a search warrant as soon as possible.

This time, a police officer was injured, so Kitahara Masaki had to put in his best effort no matter what. After arriving at the yakuza's house, Conan ran out of the bushes and waved to Kitahara Masaki.

"Conan! Is it this child?"

Inspector Megure looked shocked, and Kitahara Masaki didn't want to explain any further, since it wasn't the first or second time that Conan had been able to find clues before the police.

Kitahara Masaki immediately rang the yakuza's doorbell, but no one answered after a while. Although Kitahara Masaki really wanted to kick the door open, he couldn't do that without a search warrant.

"Conan, are you sure that gangster got in here?"

“Yes, I also put a transmitter on his car, and the glasses show that his car drove here.”

Sato and Chiba walked around the entire villa and found that it only had one main entrance. The rest of the villa was surrounded by railings over three meters high, with barbed wire on top, making it definitely not a place that could be easily climbed over.

Just as the crowd was shouting outside, a beautiful young woman suddenly walked over. Seeing so many police officers in front of the villa, she cautiously asked:

"Excuse me, what happened?"

Kitahara Masaki did not answer her directly, but instead asked her:

Do you have the key to the front door?

"some."

"Alright, we have some questions we'd like to ask the gentleman inside. Could you please open the door for us?"

The woman nodded and opened the door. Kitahara Masaki hurriedly asked her to 'lead the way,' but just as she went inside to let out a scream.

Standing outside the villa, Kitahara Masaki, as if he had obtained a search warrant, rushed inside, only to find two lifeless yakuza members.

The tall gangster sat on the sofa with an ice pick stuck in his chest, while the short gangster lay on the floor with obvious impact marks on the hardwood armrest of the sofa.

"Everyone, come here right now! Search the entire villa and see if there's a third person hiding here!"

Because of the murder, Kitahara Masaki immediately ordered the police outside to come in and search for evidence related to the murder, as well as evidence related to Takagi's case.

"Conan, the gangster you saw was that tall man, right?"

"Yes, he was the one who bragged to his underlings that he had injured Officer Takagi. I never expected that he would be killed."

"Don't overthink it, kid. What happened here has nothing to do with you. In fact, the same thing will probably happen again even after this guy gets out of prison."

Because there were enough police officers present, the initial investigation was completed quickly.

The tall yakuza lying on the sofa with an ice pick stuck in his chest is named Ando Yuzo; the short yakuza lying on the floor, presumably having hit the back of his head on the sofa armrest, is Ishii Ryuta; and the woman with the villa key is Zhu Yinjing.

If this were a standalone case, it would be a proof question, proving how Zhu Yinjing killed Ando and Ishii. However, the now-dead Ando is also involved in another big case, so Kitahara Masaki is now a little suspicious... Could it be that the big shot behind Ando ordered him to silence the two of them?

"So—Ms. Akane, what exactly is your relationship with the homeowner, Mr. Ando?"

"Heh, shouldn't Officer Kitahara have realized it at a glance? I'm his lover."

Kitahara Masaki simply ignored the woman's petty tantrums and continued asking:

Do you know why those two argued?

"I don't know, but they were probably from the same gang. They probably got into a fight for some reason and then died together. By the way, Officer Kitahara, is there a monetary reward if I can provide a clue about a previous case?"

"It depends on whether your clues are true."

The alluring woman smiled and pointed upstairs.

"Ando once boasted to me that he had once shot and wounded a detective with a handgun. I once secretly saw him take a handgun out of a metal box. He probably intended to dispose of the handgun, but he put it back. And the metal box containing the handgun is now in a safe in his bedroom."

The group went to the safe. Kitahara Masaki looked at the safe, which was difficult to open by force, and asked:

What are your conditions?

“Officer Kitahara, it’s like this! The two yakuza below are dead, and they will definitely come to question me, so I hope the police can protect me.”

"can."

Kitahara Masaki readily agreed to her request. At this stage, the police absolutely could not let this suspect and witness go. After agreeing to her request, Kitahara Masaki immediately asked her to open the safe in front of her. After all, someone like her must have already fully understood the matter about Ando, ​​so the safe's combination was naturally no longer a secret.

When she opened the safe, there was indeed an iron box inside, containing a pistol. The forensic team immediately compared the rifling to determine whether this was the same gun that had wounded Takagi.

Watching Sato lead Akane Shizuka into the police car, Conan said to Kitahara Masaki:

"That woman is probably suspicious; there are still some doubts at the scene."

"Yes, but for the Metropolitan Police Department, two dead gangsters are certainly not as important as an injured policeman."

Both bodies at the scene had been removed. According to the preliminary examination by the forensic department, Ando died from excessive blood loss caused by wounds from ice picks, while Ishii died from a blow to the back of the head, which was exactly the same as what was seen at the scene.

However, judging from the direction in which the ice pick was inserted, the murderer should have held the ice pick with his backhand. But only the thumb and index finger of Ishii, who was lying on the ground, had blood on them. This is the mark left after the murderer held the weapon with his right hand. Normally, if the murderer used his backhand, it would be very strange that his little finger would not have blood on it.

According to the preliminary autopsy of Ando, ​​his body was stabbed twice by ice picks. The first wound was a mark left when he gripped the weapon with his right hand, while the second wound was caused by his backhand.

In other words, Zhu Yinjing, who has the key to this place, is also a suspect. However, no evidence has been found that she committed the crime. Regarding her alibi—her yoga teacher said she practiced until just now before going back, but the yoga studio is not far from this villa, so her alibi is not sufficient.

However, Kitahara Maki did not find any evidence at the scene that she had committed the crime.

Chapter 336 Someone's Behind It All

"Officer Kitahara, are you sure you want to do this?"

"So you're afraid?"

"Of course not! But isn't this a bit too risky, actually spreading information about Zhu Yinjing's presence to the underworld..."

Kitahara Masaki smiled and shook his head. The suspect in the shooting of the police officer, Ando, ​​was now dead, but the source of his handgun was likely the yakuza group he belonged to—the Ueno Group. The police needed to figure this out. If the handgun that wounded Takagi came from the Ueno Group, then the police would naturally have to wipe out the entire Ueno Group. Kitahara Masaki didn't want to spend so much time searching through the Ueno Group's businesses one by one, so he took a risky approach.

He had his men leak the location of the only witness, Zhu Yinjing, knowing that if the gang took the bait, they would definitely come here to attack her.

Kitahara Maki is currently living near the safe house where Akane Shizuka is. She can see the safe house as soon as she opens the curtains, and there are plenty of surveillance cameras installed inside. This decoy has no chance of escaping.

Police senior officials approved of Kitahara Masaki's approach of imitating the methods used by American police. They just wanted to end this case of shooting an officer as soon as possible, because only in this way would police officers not be seen as weak and vulnerable on the streets.

"Chief Inspector Kitahara! A suspicious vehicle is approaching the safe house."

"Don't act rashly! We're in the shadows, let's wait for them—"

Da da da—

Like a Chicago typewriter going off, the police officers on duty nearby were instantly suppressed by the yakuza's firepower, except for the area where Kitahara Maki lived.

"There's a mole inside."

The locations where nearby police officers were stationed were all compiled by the investigation headquarters. Except for Kitahara Maki, who rented a room using his own money, after informing Vermouth, Kitahara Maki went there alone to participate in the guarding of Akane Shizuka. It could be said that even Inspector Megure was unaware that Kitahara Maki lived only one street away from the safe house.

"A total of thirteen people, the least of whom had a handgun—this is beyond the level of ordinary Japanese gangsters. It's clear they have someone behind them."

Kitahara Masaki had originally planned to deliver a thousand-year kill directly from behind them, but considering that this might be related to Rum's scheme, he immediately ordered all the nearby police forces to come and provide support, and also called for a police helicopter.

He remained in the room, observing how things unfolded. He casually took out a police sniper rifle from his guitar case and set it up at the window, so that if any gangsters actually entered the safe house, he could act as a last line of defense.

Several patrol officers had just arrived from the nearby police station when the gangsters threw a grenade at them, knocking them all unconscious. Luckily, these gangsters weren't US Navy SEALs; if they had timed the grenade better, the officers would probably be dead by now.

"Well, I didn't really expect the patrol officers to be able to provide any support. The police helicopters will be here soon, and their superior firepower will definitely be effective—"

call out--

Kitahara Masaki watched as the yakuza retrieved the RPG rocket launcher from the back seat of the vehicle, then saw the grenade, its trail of flame, soar into the sky. The helicopter pilot, a naive pilot with no experience of being sniped by a grenade, panicked instantly. Fortunately, the co-pilot punched him in the face, causing the steering wheel to twist to one side, and the grenade grazed the helicopter.

Although the helicopter avoided being torn to pieces, the pilot's hands were shaking so badly they looked like someone with Parkinson's disease, and the helicopter, like a sick person, flew away into the distance.

Kitahara Masaki looked at this group of cowardly guys and didn't know what to say.

But when he saw that the gangsters had pulled out a second RPG, he knew that they were going to use it to blow up the safe house and kill Zhu Yinjing.

"After all that, I still have to take action."

The surrounding police officers were so riddled with machine gun fire that they couldn't even lift their heads, let alone fight back, and they could barely move.

After Kitahara Masaki took two steps forward, the yakuza carrying the RPG on his shoulder sniped the grenade. The yakuza, who thought he could break through any wall in the world, suddenly heard a loud bang, followed by an irresistible shock and heat wave that swept over him. A second later, he was turned into a charred piece stuck in the car.

boom!!!

Seeing the yakuza lying motionless on the ground, reduced to limp corpses by the shockwave, Kitahara Masaki immediately moved his sniping position. Sure enough, after he moved away, a yakuza member who still had energy threw a grenade into his room.

boom!

Hearing the loud noise behind him, Kitahara Masaki was speechless. Had these gangsters robbed an armory or something? They used so much heavy firepower. Although it was just a drop in the ocean compared to a battlefield, it was definitely not a normal phenomenon in the suburbs of Japan.

Just as the gangsters were about to regroup and storm the safe house in the traditional way to tear Zhu Yinjing to pieces, the SWAT team that had rushed from the city finally arrived. Two armored personnel carriers blocked both sides of the street, and the SWAT officers who got out of the vehicles immediately unleashed automatic rifle fire on the gangsters. In no time, several gangsters were killed.

Kitahara Masaki hid in another room, showing no intention of helping the SWAT team. If he were mistaken for a gangster and chased after by automatic rifles, he wouldn't be laughing at all.

It's important to know that friendly fire can easily occur in a chaotic battlefield. Just like back in the desert country, he once witnessed a newly formed mercenary group where, due to a lack of timely communication, the person in charge of reconnaissance stepped on a landmine that the demolition expert had just planted, and the steel ball fired directly pierced through the unfortunate man's body.

Moreover, the current situation is such that the SWAT team is overwhelming this group of gangsters who are unfamiliar with firearms, so they don't need his help at all.

The remaining gangsters suddenly pulled out RPGs and fired one at the armored personnel carrier. Then all the remaining remnants immediately broke through the gap created by the grenade.

If Kitahara Masaki were in charge of these SWAT officers, the entire road would already be barricaded, and there would be no fear of these gangsters escaping. Unfortunately, Japanese SWAT officers spend most of their time training, and they rarely even conduct simulation exercises. In other words, these SWAT officers are just a group of ordinary people who are skilled in using automatic rifles.

Then the special police are completely unreliable.

Chapter 337 The Wonderful Uses of VR Games

"If you could escape even with this, what am I here for?"

Kitahara Masaki sniped the car the yakuza were fleeing in. The car, which was surrounded by a large number of yakuza members, lost control and crashed into a street lamp because all the rear tires had burst.

You are welcome.

After finishing his work and waiting for the SWAT team to arrest all the gangsters and officially end the mission, Kitahara Masaki still didn't leave the room. He just quietly watched Inspector Megure go and negotiate with them.