The case seems to have reached a temporary stalemate.
For a moment, even Sakaki Makoto was a little unsure.
Although Kogoro Mori's reasoning was wrong, he did raise a possibility that is easily overlooked.
Just as Sakaki Makoto was lost in thought, Mouri Kogoro began to move his body. He and Otaki Goro stood in front and behind, sandwiching Bourbon in the middle, preparing to arrest him while preventing him from escaping.
"Hello......"
Bourbon had no intention of running away, and said with a smile:
"You don't think I'm really a criminal, do you?"
Bourbon was a top spy of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, but one day he would be treated as a bomber. His mood was very complicated at the moment, especially when he saw that Makoto Sakaki did not speak for him, his mood became even more complicated.
"If you continue to be in a daze, he will be taken away as a criminal."
Looking at the scene in front of her, Miss Miyano reminded her boyfriend with a smile.
"ah?"
Sakaki Makoto woke up from his reverie and looked around. Seeing that Bourbon was already unable to withstand the attack of Maori Kogoro, he quickly stepped forward to stop him:
"Don't worry, Mr. Amuro is not a criminal. I can vouch for him."
Hearing this, Maori Kogoro said with some dissatisfaction:
"Mr. Sakaki, as a qualified detective, you must not mix personal emotions into the investigation of the case."
"I know...."
Sakaki Makoto grinned helplessly, knowing that his words alone were not enough to dispel Maori Kogoro's suspicion of Bourbon, so he could only choose a compromise method:
"How about this? Mr. Amuro has already been exposed. Even if he escapes, he won't be able to get far. Why don't we let him follow us and search for the criminal together? With Mr. Maori watching him, it will definitely be safe, right?"
"Well... okay."
After a brief consideration, Kogoro Mori agreed to Sakaki Makoto's proposal.
If Bourbon escapes on the spot, it means he is guilty and a wanted warrant can be launched immediately. This is Osaka, not Tokyo, and the elites of the headquarters are not there to sit there and do nothing. If their identities are locked and all of them are mobilized, it is estimated that no prisoner can escape from their hands.
Bourbon is no exception.
Even if it was Sakaki Makoto, he would still not be very confident. After all, the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters is different from the Metropolitan Police Department. Not only does it have Hattori Heizo, who is as powerful as Kudo Yusaku, but it also has the Minister of Criminal Investigation Toyama Ginjiro. The combined strength of these two is even greater than Kudo Yusaku.
With the help of Otaki Goro, everyone successfully left Shin-Osaka Station and took a police car to the headquarters building.
Because computers were not yet popular in 1987, the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters did not use computers to store case information from that year, so Hiroki was of no use for the time being. Otherwise, there would be no need for Sakaki Makoto and his companions to make a special trip to the headquarters building. They could have directly let Hiroki hack into their computers.
The elites of the headquarters had all left, leaving the interior of the building empty. The Criminal Division, which was once bustling and lively, now only had a few civilian staff members, and looked deserted.
With Otaki Goro as an insider, Sakaki Makoto and his companions were able to run rampant in the headquarters building. No one dared to stop them, and they easily entered the archives room.
The archive room on the fifth floor occupies half of the floor and is filled with records of all cases that have occurred in Osaka in the past 45 years. Even after computers became popular, Hattori Heizo still insisted on keeping an extra copy of the paper document in case of emergency.
Originally, Sakaki Makoto and his companions were a bit troubled when they saw these documents, and thought it would take a while to find them. Unexpectedly, Otaki Goro took them straight to the third row of cabinets from the bottom and accurately took out several folders that recorded criminal cases from 1987.
"Uncle Otaki, do you know so much about the archives room?"
Hattori Heiji took the folder and put it on the table, looking at Otaki Goro strangely:
"We found the files we needed in no time."
"Haha, this is all thanks to you, Heiji, who often asks me to investigate certain cases!"
Otaki Goro's square, angular head showed a helpless and melancholy smile:
"If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't come to the archives room once a year."
Hattori Heiji smiled awkwardly, lowered his head and quickly looked through the documents.
“Found it!”
He hadn't turned two pages when Conan, who was sitting at the end of the table, ran his hand across a document with a photo attached. After seeing the handwriting on it, he immediately shouted:
"On February 4, 1987, the Shin-Osaka Station terrorist attack..."
The fact that the situation at that time was defined as a terrorist attack shows how critical the situation was.
"The perpetrator, Ryuji Kurosaki, male, 45 years old, rushed into Shin-Osaka Station at 10:22 am on February 4, attempting to protest against the government's railway reform policy by detonating a bomb. The bomb used was 2 kg of plastic explosives wrapped around the main body, constantly intimidating ordinary citizens..."
As Conan was reciting, his expression became strange. He raised his head and said:
"Later, because the criminal didn't know that plastic explosives needed to be detonated with a detonator, he was slapped and sent flying, and was arrested on the spot..."
"......"
"......"
Everyone looked at each other, feeling both amused and angry.
No wonder Hattori Heizo was able to slap the prisoner with a bomb in his hand and send him flying. It turned out that the prisoner had no detonator, so the bomb was just a decoration and posed no threat at all....
What else is there to say?
I guess the criminal must have pissed off Hattori Heizo at the time, as it was a pure insult to his intelligence!
"The criminal is currently being held at the Osaka Prison, sentenced to 20 years in prison. He died of illness in prison in August this year! The case is completely closed!"
Conan widened his eyes and said:
"Kurosaki Ryuji died two months ago! He couldn't be the culprit!"
The death of Ryuji Kurosaki really took everyone by surprise. It is impossible for a dead person to commit a crime, unless he is not dead.
"He is really dead."
Conan took out a document and handed it to Makoto Sakaki:
"This is the autopsy and cremation report of Kurosaki Ryuji. It was jointly issued by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office of the Ministry of Justice. It is highly credible and there is no possibility of falsification."
Sakaki Makoto took the document and took a look at it, his face darkening slightly.
The so-called Ministry of Justice is actually equivalent to the Ministry of Justice. All matters related to the law are under their jurisdiction. Even if the police catch a criminal, they have to investigate and sign before they can go to jail.
The ones who do this are the special investigation departments of the local prosecutors. They will send prosecutors to investigate the case. Sometimes their power is even greater than that of the police, and they are known for their impartiality.
With the death report they jointly issued with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it can be confirmed that Kurosaki Ryuji's condition was in the late stage of cancer and he died.
But the problem is...
If the culprit is not Kurosaki Ryuji, who could it be?
"Conan, Mr. Maori, after you checked the crime scene, did you find anything?"
Bourbon, who was standing in the middle, suddenly asked:
"Do you know what type of bomb the criminal used?"
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