I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Sato, who has already confirmed her relationship with Takagi, comes over to help Takagi with the documents and reports.

Then the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department received a call to dispatch, and Inspector Megure and other officers who had just finished their paperwork were dispatched again.

On the contrary, Sato and Takagi, who were constantly dealing with reports and documents, did not need to attend work because they had not yet finished their tasks.

As a result, Takagi and Sato, who had to write the most documents, were the two officers who left the First Investigation Division the earliest. How could they not look well?

"Generally speaking, wouldn't it be necessary to set up a special task force for such a serious hostage situation?"

Takagi Wataru leaned close to Sato Miwako's ear and whispered a question.

He hadn't been with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as long as other police chiefs in the Criminal Investigation Department, although he had experienced quite a few serious hostage situations.

However, most other serious hostage situations are resolved on the spot, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters rarely receives related reports.

For such a rare experience.

He didn't hesitate to ask Officer Sato the question, instead of Officer Shiratori.

Miwako Sato replied softly.

"In principle, a special task force should be established."

"However, the members of the task force are only police inspectors from various departments of the Criminal Investigation Department, not us patrol chiefs."

"So, it's likely that Inspector Shiratori and Inspector Megure stayed in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's conference room for a meeting while we went out to track down the hijacked bus."

Takagi Wataru nodded slightly.

A voice could be heard on the other end of the phone.

"License plate number? Who would know something like that?"

“I can tell you definitively that the bus I hijacked was the one that ran from Echo Products Company Station to Mika Park Station.”

"If we follow the current schedule, we can quickly determine the bus's license plate number, right?"

"That's what the armed thug on the other end of the phone said."

"In short, we have only one request: the release of Kunio Yajima, the jewelry robber who was arrested by the police last month."

"You'd better release him within half an hour, because..."

"If Kunio Yajima is not released and contacts us within half an hour..."

“We will randomly shoot two passengers on the bus and continue until you release Kunio Yajima.”

Kunio Yajima?

Upon hearing this name...

Inspector Megure was taken aback.

He looked up at Inspector Shiratori, and the two exchanged glances, recalling cases related to Kunio Yajima.

This is the main perpetrator and mastermind behind a jewelry robbery.

The incident occurred last month.

Because this was a rare case where the police handled and solved the crime entirely, both Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori had a strong impression of it.

There were four jewel robbers in total.

However, at the crime scene, only Kunio Yajima, the main culprit, was apprehended.

The whereabouts of the other three remain unknown.

However, it now appears that the whereabouts of the other three individuals have been confirmed; they are likely the same people who hijacked the bus.

However, if you want to release them...

"Kunio Yajima has been sentenced to prison."

“It will take us some time to contact the prison to release him. Half an hour is too tight. How about we extend it to an hour?”

“You are well aware of how far the prison where Kunio Yajima is being held is from the city center. Our police cannot accept hostage injuries caused by the inability to release the criminal within the scheduled time due to objective facts.”

Inspector Megure said earnestly.

Upon hearing this, the armed thug on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Then one hour."

"I will contact you again in thirty minutes. I hope you will keep your word."

The call has ended.

Inspector Megure immediately looked at Takagi and Sato.

He said earnestly.

"Takagi, Sato, the tracking mission is entrusted to you. Right now, you are the ones in the best mental state and most capable of handling this task."

"I'll have other officers go to the bus company to investigate the bus's license plate number and route. Thank you."

Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako nodded without hesitation, accepting the mission.

Just as Inspector Megure was about to head to the conference room to begin the task force meeting, a message suddenly popped up on his phone.

He took out his phone and looked at it.

The person who sent this message...

To be precise, the person who used the bat lamp to summon him was Chen En, his younger brother, who hadn't contacted him in this way for some time.

Why would you contact him at this time?

This is a bit of a problem, because he doesn't have the ability to be in two places at the same time.

Although Inspector Megure was inwardly grumbling, he still pressed the view button to check the information inside.

Then, he froze.

The information above clearly describes a serious incident involving the hijacking of a bus, which is consistent with the threatening calls received by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Could it be that……

Brother Chen En was on that bus too? That's it, we're all set now!

Chapter 709 Combo Skill

Release Kunio Yajima...?

This name immediately reminded Conan of the case involving Kunio Yajima.

That was during the jewelry heist last month. At the time, the naturally evil old bat next to me hadn't yet crossed over from the DC comics into the real world, and he had only heard about the jewelry heist on television.

At the time, only Kunio Yajima, the ringleader of the jewelry robbery gang, was arrested; the whereabouts of the other three members of the gang remained unknown.

The whereabouts of these three people are now self-evident.

The two hijackers in front of us were clearly two of them.

The remaining robber may or may not be in the car.

However, Conan felt that it should be in the car.

He had some understanding of the personalities of these jewelry robbers.

After all, he was a famous detective who had solved thousands of cases in less than two years since he entered high school. He had encountered far too many cases like this, and just thinking about it was enough to deduce the general reason why these people wanted to rescue Yajima Kunio.

Kunio Yajima, as the ringleader, was likely the core of the bandit gang.

The core issue is that as long as Kunio Yajima remains in prison, the bandit gang will be unable to convert their original profits into cash.

Either Kunio Yajima controlled the channels for selling the jewelry.

Either the stolen jewelry is hidden somewhere, and only Kunio Yajima knows about it.

As for these bandits, they only did this to save people because they were loyal to the cause...

This possibility was never within Conan's consideration from the beginning.

Generally speaking, people who value loyalty are unlikely to become criminals.

They often become self-proclaimed influential figures in the underworld, and wouldn't actually do this kind of thing.

What most likely motivates them to defy the rules is profit.

In that case, all we need to do is confirm whether any of the three people in the last row are members of the bandit gang.

If not, they can make any noise they want.

Lure the bandit gang members over, then just start fighting.

Conan glanced back.

He was observing the three people in the last row.

First, there was the middle-aged woman chewing bubble gum, then the middle-aged man wearing a hearing aid, and finally the young man in regular clothes wearing a mask.

This young man looks... there's a strange sense of déjà vu.

She wore a light blue shirt and dark brown trousers, with a bulging shoulder bag around her waist, as if it contained some magical little gadget that could easily open people's hearts.

Just looking at it gives you a sense of danger.

If one of the three people is an accomplice of the bandits.

So the most likely candidate is the young man in regular clothes.

After a moment's thought, Conan decided to give him a try.

This experiment is very simple.

He only needs to be in a position where he can be seen by three people in the last row.

Take the portable phone out of your pocket.

Then, observe whether the two carjackers standing at the very front, who have no view of the situation, know that he has taken out a portable phone.

Before taking action, Conan turned to look at Chen En, seemingly seeking Chen En's opinion.