On a certain day, two men and one woman robbed a Yokohama bank's armored truck.
These three people were college classmates and also belonged to a club called the "Criminal Research Club".
It doesn't sound very proper.
That is indeed the case.
These members didn't engage in normal research; instead, they conspired together to commit crimes.
That's how this armored truck robbery happened.
This is all the details of the incident that Yoruichi Toyama can recall.
Because it was a theatrical film focused on action, I didn't remember the reasoning process, the names of the villains, or even the universities they attended.
That's why I asked Hakuba to find out some inside information about the police.
While waiting for news from Kaito Kuroba, he even called Conan to confirm that Kogoro had not received any requests from Yokohama.
In other words, I arrived earlier than the events of the theatrical version.
Resolving this incident ahead of time will not only clear Kaito Kuroba's name but also prevent a series of attacks involving the eight eggs.
It's perfect both publicly and privately.
As Yoruichi Toyama lay in bed plotting her own schemes, Hakuba Saguru returned.
Judging from his expression, it didn't seem like he hadn't found out the situation, but rather that the situation was somewhat unexpected.
"Let me tell you the final result first." Hakuba Saguru pondered for a moment, then sighed.
"The police have identified three suspects: Suehiko Ito, Shoji Nishio, and Reiko Shimizu. These three attended the same school and later started a company together. They can be described as very close partners."
"But just recently, Shoji Nishio was shot and killed in his office, and Suehiko Ito was in a car accident on the same day and is currently in a coma in the hospital."
"As for Shimizu Reiko, she was summoned for questioning by the police because of their suspicions. It seemed that they were being rather rude to her. It was later discovered that she had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff at the beach."
Two dead, one injured, and the one who couldn't withstand interrogation.
All three suspects have been cut off from contact, which explains why Inspector Yokomizo looked so troubled when Yoruichi and the others met him.
"Didn't you find any evidence?" Yoruichi Toyama asked. "Like, someone's computer with project plans or something?"
I remember it, right? It was in the office of that guy who was killed… oh, Nishio…
Hakuba Saguru gave him a strange look.
"How could that be! Those people have been summoned by the police several times before. If they had some kind of plan, how could they have gotten away with it until now?"
That makes sense... Logically speaking, even if there was a plan, it should have been destroyed after the robbery, right?
It's impossible to leave it there for the police to find.
"What about the gunshot wounds at the scene?"
"You mean comparing the robbery scene with the scene where Nishio was murdered?" Hakuba Saguru shook his head. "They don't match."
"There is something strange about this. When the robbers fled after they succeeded in their robbery, they left behind shooting marks from two different types of firearms along the way."
"Two kinds?"
“It’s a rifle and a pistol. It seems like… they encountered a witness on the road and wanted to kill them to cover it up,” Hakuba Saguru said meaningfully.
He also glanced at Kaito Kuroba, who was rapidly processing his thoughts.
His classmate immediately exclaimed in realization.
"It's Kid... no, it's that magician who impersonated me?"
White Horse nodded.
"The Kanagawa Prefectural Police did not know that he was an imposter, so they applied to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to bring Kaito Kid to their jurisdiction for arrest."
"What do you mean by 'bring me to justice'?" Kaito Kuroba said indignantly. "Even if it were me, shouldn't I be invited to testify?"
“They discriminate against me because they think I have a criminal record…”
"In short, there's been some misunderstanding between the two sides here," Hakuba Saguru said amiably, but his expression wasn't relaxed.
"I don't think they intend to explain; they probably think the Metropolitan Police Department is deliberately making excuses."
I've been wanting to get along with those old men in the Metropolitan Police Department for a long time... Yoruichi Toyama could sense that this attitude was clearly written on his face when he last met Inspector Yokomizo.
This cannot be considered a cooperative attitude.
"If they won't cooperate, I don't want to cooperate either!" Kaito Kuroba completely rebelled.
"Let's just investigate ourselves, and then slap the evidence in their faces!"
To be honest, Yoruichi Toyama also found it quite satisfying to film Officer Yokomizo's long, rectangular face that always looked like someone owed him money.
"But what evidence do you want to investigate?"
The question left Kaito Kuroba speechless for a moment.
"Um...right, what about the stolen money they got? Was it money for starting a company?"
"It shouldn't be," Hakuba Saguru said with a hint of helplessness. "The police have already investigated the source of their wealth."
That's probably true.
If those three idiots had actually used the stolen money to invest in a company, they would have been caught red-handed.
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police were just touching him; they're not stupid.
"In other words, there are at least two possibilities," Yoruichi Toyama said.
"First, they robbed people just to satisfy their curiosity; they had no intention of spending the money."
"Secondly, they laundered the money."
In reality, the situation would always be number two.
But in this world of reasoning, there are certain perpetrators who seek a particular kind of pleasure and will choose one.
For example, the mastermind behind the 300 million yuan robbery that the wise father was investigating.
That guy and his accomplices were also members of a crime research club at the university.
He single-handedly devised what he called a perfect crime plan and encouraged his friends to carry it out together.
The reason they weren't caught was simply because Japan's investigative technology in the 1960s was outdated.
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