Chapter 432

When Kenji Hagiwara called, he found that Shinryu Kanakawa, who had been able to reach him just moments before, was now switched off.

They came prepared.

Inspector Megure had already pulled out a handkerchief and started wiping his forehead: "Hagiwara-kun..."

Is Hanukawa Shinryu about to unleash some kind of powerful attack?!

Kenji Hagiwara thought for a moment: "I think he probably knows what's going on... How about this, after the meeting, I'll go to his house to check on him."

Inspector Megure sighed.

Fortunately, since the target had already been identified and the culprit was known, the inexplicable codes and such were no longer worth worrying about. After all, once the culprit was caught, these codes would lose their meaning.

But the problem now is: Where is the prisoner?!

Judging from Han Chuan Shenliu's tone, he might already know!

The FBI agents who came to the meeting were still in the dark. Seeing that the meeting had already started, they kept asking, "Where is Mr. Samikawa?" Inspector Megure dared not say that there were any leads on Samikawa Fukari and that he might be causing trouble, so he could only give a vague answer.

"Han Chuan-kun is still investigating outside."

Judy nodded. "I see."

Normally, it's impossible to solve a case simply by staying in the office looking at maps and documents. On-site investigations and interviews are common investigative methods. Therefore, when Inspector Megure said this, the FBI didn't suspect anything and believed him.

Inspector Megure quietly wiped away another bead of sweat.

Fortunately, these FBI agents weren't familiar with Shinryu Kagawa. If it had been someone else they knew, they would have immediately understood what was going on as soon as they heard that Kagawa was conducting the investigation on his own...

The FBI didn't insist on waiting for Shinryu Hanakawa to return for the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss where the criminal might be, how to protect the remaining person, and incidentally, to discuss the meaning of the code of the dice numbers—this was not a pushover.

“Deciphering codes is always the most troublesome part,” Judy sighed. “As long as we keep a close eye on Mr. Waltz, who is the last target, and intensify the search, the culprit will be caught sooner or later.”

Inspector Megure gave an awkward but polite smile: "You're right."

Deciphering the code is indeed very troublesome... but that's for people other than Hanchuan Shenliu.

Hanchuan Shenliu's reputation for deciphering codes has even reached the underworld. Otherwise, why would a robber bring a code to Hanchuan Shenliu to find out where the treasure is hidden, only to be arrested by the police as soon as he steps out?

Jodie, entrusted by Conan Edogawa, had originally been keeping an eye on Shinryu Samikawa, but she kept losing track of him, which caused her a lot of trouble. Later, under Conan Edogawa's suspicion, she shifted her investigation focus to investigating Shinryu Samikawa's experiences before he entered the police academy...

Since this isn't the United States, they only have a few FBI agents, and they're already short-handed. To make matters worse, Shinryu Samakawa isn't from Tokyo; he went to university in Hakata, which used to be a remote and isolated place, making the investigation even more difficult.

Jodie knows that Shuichi Akai is still alive and in Tokyo, investigating the organization. Worried that he might need her help at any time, she's hesitant to leave Tokyo for long and can only investigate bit by bit, so there's not much progress so far…

The investigation has gone astray, so naturally they don't know details like how Han Chuan Shenliu deciphered the code in an instant. At most, they know that Han Chuan Shenliu has connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles.

They successfully fooled the Metropolitan Police Department.

After the meeting, Kenji Hagiwara went to Shinryu Kanakawa's house.

Because he often passed by when delivering food before Hanchuan Shenliu woke up, he had a key to Hanchuan Shenliu's house. He opened the door and went in, only to find that there was no one inside late at night.

Matsuda Jinpei, who had come along, looked around and said, "If he really wants to hide, I don't think he'll be coming back tonight."

Kenji Hagiwara sighed, "I guessed so... Sigh, I'm not going to sleep well tonight."

He always felt that while he was asleep, a phone call might come in, and then Inspector Megure would urgently notify him to clean up the mess...

If Shinryu wants to do something, please do it sooner rather than later; he wants to get a good night's sleep.

Matsuda Jinpei, still standing there talking without a care in the world, said, "Do you think that criminal might just die like Pramia? Now that Kankawa isn't a policeman anymore, he doesn't even have to write a self-criticism. At worst, he won't even have to be a consultant to the Metropolitan Police Department anymore. It's like a reward to him."

Kenji Hagiwara: "...Can't you say something nice?"

Matsuda Jinpei said sincerely, "Anything I say that's related to Hanchuan doesn't sound like a good thing."

Hagihara Kenji: "..."

In any case, if we can't find anyone, we can only go back to our own homes.

That night, Kenji Hagiwara didn't sleep very well, but the good news was that he slept soundly until dawn without being woken up by an emergency phone call.

When Kenji Hagiwara woke up and checked the time, he was startled, thinking he had missed a call. He quickly checked his phone and found that he hadn't missed any notifications, which relieved him.

...No way, did Shinryu really kindly let him sleep through the night?!

Kenji Hagiwara went to work at the Metropolitan Police Department with suspicion, asking Inspector Megure if there was any progress.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked; once I did, I noticed that Inspector Megure had dark circles under his eyes.

Kenji Hagiwara was taken aback: "Inspector, what are you investigating all night?"

Haven't we discussed and arranged everything that needed to be discussed?

Inspector Megure, with dark circles under his eyes and looking weak, said, "I didn't sleep well. I woke up several times in the middle of the night, constantly hallucinating that my phone was ringing..."

Hagihara Kenji: "..."

Oh, this.

To be honest, Inspector Megure's situation has nothing to do with Shinryu Saikawa; it's just that Kenji Hagiwara can't get over this hurdle in his own mind!

Although he didn't sleep very well, at least he wasn't as easily frightened as Inspector Megure. Compared to him, Kenji Hagiwara felt inexplicably guilty.

"I'm sorry, Inspector, I couldn't find Han Chuan."

Inspector Megure was very understanding: "It's alright, I understand. It's just that there's been no news all night, and I'm really a little uneasy."

Generally speaking, cases handled by Kanakawa Shinryu are rarely left unsolved overnight...

What did Hanchuan Shenliu do all night last night?!

The answer is, switch back to the main game and go play the game at Usui Saiki's house.

Usoba Saiki had the undercover system keep an eye on [Universal Navigation] for him, instructing him to let him know when Waltz's next victim arrived in Tokyo, while he himself devoted himself to playing games, claiming that he had been working too hard lately and needed to rest.

Suspicion System: [What exactly have you been working so hard for...?]

Isn't it tiring enough to go to the hospital specifically to take pictures of Conan Edogawa?

The undercover agent's straight man: "[Didn't take a taxi, it must have been tough!]"

The skepticism system was speechless: "He took the bus, not walked. Don't try to use this underhanded tactic. Less manipulation, more sincerity, okay?!"

This undercover system seemed to have some mental issues to begin with, but after spending some time with this kid, Bo Yezaki, it became even more difficult to communicate with, and he kept getting in its way, intentionally or unintentionally...

It's the one who should be on the same side as the undercover system, okay?! Can't you use your brain a little more?!

Usoppei: [I'm going to play games now. If you want to argue, go somewhere else, don't let it get in my head.]

After playing games to his heart's content, Usaku Saiki went to sleep, never expecting that Inspector Megure would be anxious because nothing had happened all night.

The main reason was that Saiki Usaba didn't want to tell Inspector Megure the correct interpretation of the code.

The lack of interpretation before could be explained by the assumption that it was a countdown, but with the [5] on the dice yesterday, it's impossible for someone as skilled as Hanchuan Shenliu to continue pretending to be ignorant.

But if the code is deciphered, the location of the culprit's next move will be immediately known, and that guy named Waltz will not get his comeuppance... This makes Usakata Saiki a little unhappy.

To keep himself in a good mood, Usoppei hid for a night, intending to control the time it took for the prisoner to be caught.

So Bo Yezhai slept until noon, got up and ate a meal, only to hear the undercover system excitedly coming over to tell him.

Mr. Waltz has arrived in Tokyo!

Because Usakabe Saiki turned off his phone, the intelligence was actually somewhat behind that of the police.

The police discovered that Mr. Waltz had disappeared from the hotel earlier than Usaku Saiki, but they only knew that Mr. Waltz might come to Tokyo, but they didn't know his exact location in Tokyo.

The police are once again in a state of utter chaos.

While eating, Usoppei Kishiro kept an eye on the [Universal Navigation] to see Mr. Waltz's route.

Waltz also received a call from the prisoner, along with an address requesting a meeting.

Unlike his previous victims, Mr. Waltz was not going to sit idly by and wait to die; he intended to fight back.

He himself was a former Navy SEAL sniper and firmly believed that the only thing that could deal with a sniper was another sniper.

Mr. Waltz obtained the gun through some means, and then scouted the agreed-upon location before the appointed time.

The criminal planned to meet him at a restaurant, and Waltz searched the vicinity and found a good spot to snipe the people inside the restaurant.

But he didn't intend to confront the criminal head-on, so he searched around again and found a building where he could snipe from the same sniping spot, planning to come here and kill him when the time came.

"Hmph, sometimes you just need to think one step ahead."

Mr. Waltz had a wonderful idea in mind, as if he could already see the prisoner's skull being blown apart by his gun.

In some respects, the statement that only a sniper can defeat a sniper is not entirely wrong.

Although Shuichi Akai, the FBI's top sniper, was nominally dead, his superior knew he was still alive and, since he was idle anyway, sent Akai a copy of the case files for him to study.

Shuichi Akai was initially confused as well, but since snipers have a better sense of space than the average person, while the others stared at the map and several sniping locations and still couldn't figure it out, Shuichi Akai realized that the code was not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional.

After taking into account the height of several points, and following the order of the dice numbers, you'll find that it's an isosceles trapezoid—and it's easy to figure out where the final number [1] will appear.

It was on the Suzuki Tower in the middle of this isosceles trapezoid that a pentagon was formed. If drawn in the order of the dice, it would become a five-pointed star, representing the medal that Hunter was recovered.

In other words, the final sniping location is at Suzuki Tower; the criminal can be found simply by going there...

Now only one question remains—when will the prisoner appear there?

Just as Shuichi Akai hesitated, his phone suddenly rang.

Shuichi Akai stared at the caller ID for a moment, but still answered the phone: "Bottes? What brings you to me all of a sudden?"

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Inspector Megure: I can't sleep well, I simply can't sleep well.

Hagiwara: I actually slept until dawn. Did I miss something?