In the cell, during the interrogation, the matter that Hattori Heiji had been worried about finally had a final answer.
Basically, it's the same reason Conan used to comfort Hattori Heiji.
The reason why he didn't look for Hattori Heiji was that Monk Ryuen didn't want the official to know about the loss of his Buddha statue, and Saijo Taikawa also didn't want the son of a high-ranking official in the Osaka Police Department to know.
The two sides had the same idea, so they invited Kogoro Mori.
After that, he and Ryuen and others waited for Kogoro Mori's arrival in the temple, but unexpectedly, they waited for Genichi Karasawa instead.
Because of the joint investigation in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, he paid special attention to the famous local criminals.
In particular, since Karasawa and Maori Kogoro often appeared in the same report, he naturally recognized him.
Although he didn't expect Karasawa to come here, he naturally couldn't sit still and followed him since Kogoro Mori was thinking about solving the mystery in the temple while Karasawa was out looking for clues.
But unexpectedly, when they arrived at Gobashi Bridge, the other party actually met his target, Hattori Heiji, and the two of them took action together.
Thinking of the "white hair" in Hattori Heiji's hand and the secluded environment behind the mountain in Kurama Temple at that time, he felt that this was the perfect opportunity for assassination.
As the saying goes, "hesitation will lead to defeat", so Nishijo Taiga chose to "give up decisively".
He never expected that despite taking advantage of the time and place and launching a sneak attack, not only did he fail, but he was also shot down by the other party.
And his ambition came to an end.
"Do you still have any companions left in your band of thieves?" Detective Otaki looked at Nishijo Taiga and asked, "Since you don't have any friendship with them, how about you tell us the information?"
"Heh... there may not be any affection between us, but that doesn't mean I will tell you the truth without any value." Nishijo Taiga sneered.
"You better face reality, you bastard." Ayanokouji said with a gloomy face, "This is the Metropolitan Police Department, not a place for you to act wildly."
"The ending is the same for me, so what should I be afraid of?" Nishijo Taikawa sneered and leaned back in his chair and said nonchalantly.
"So what do you want to do to tell us about our companions?"
Inspector Megure understood the meaning behind the other party's words and looked at Nishijo Daiga and said, "Don't say something as impossible as letting us release you."
"Oh, of course not. What I want to know is the location of the Buddha statue."
There was a crazy obsession in Nishijo Taiga's eyes: "Even if it's impossible to get it, let me die knowingly!
Chief, where did he hide the Buddha statue?
As long as you tell me the information about the remaining members of the thieves group, I will tell you!"
"This..." Inspector Megure couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and the other two people had the same expression.
To be honest, the other party's request was not particularly excessive.
Especially after they knew that the most important Medicine Buddha statue in Shanneng Temple was lost, they would look for the statue regardless of whether he made this request or not.
In other words, they don't have to pay anything extra, they just need to tell the other party the information in passing, and they can get the other party to give in.
There is naturally no problem with this level of exchange.
But the only difficulty now is that they have just found out about Saijo Taikawa's motive for murder and the loss of the statue of Medicine Buddha, and they have no idea where their leader has hidden the statue.
And the leader is already dead, leaving only a secret code.
"We agree to your request, but the search will take some time."
Inspector Megure said in a deep voice, "You also know that the Buddha statue is lost, and we will definitely look for it, so your request is not excessive.
How about you first tell us your companions' information, and if you find the Buddha statue, you will tell us its location immediately?"
Inspector Megure's words were sincere, but unfortunately, Saijo Taiga didn't buy it at all: "My fellow thieves and I have been searching for the Buddha statue for a long time, but we haven't found its whereabouts at all.
Who knows how long it will take you police to find it? If one day I die and you still haven't found the information, I will die with regrets.
So forget it if you want to get something for nothing, and don't even think about asking me to do it."
These words made the faces of the three people present look ugly. The most troublesome situation still occurred. The other party obviously did not want to show off until they saw the rabbit.
It’s not that I don’t agree to the deal, but I just have to give the other party what they want.
Unfortunately, they can't get it now, so the interrogation is stuck here.
Not only that, they even had to be thankful that Nishijo Taiga was willing to trade with them, otherwise, with his fearless attitude, it would be really difficult to pry information out of him.
After all, what is there to be afraid of when you know you are going to die?
“This guy…”
Hattori Heiji couldn't help but frown as he saw the scene inside the interrogation room through the one-way glass. "He's still quite obsessed. Now it seems that we can only hurry up and solve the mystery..."
"Yeah..." Conan nodded in agreement: "I thought that after the case was solved, I would have plenty of time to look for the Buddha statue.
But now that Saijo Taiga has been captured, his companions will inevitably get the news, and then they might flee overseas..."
As for the fact that the Metropolitan Police Department would not announce the news of Nishijo Taiga's arrest, the two of them did not consider the possibility of not announcing it at all.
They all knew how much pressure the Metropolitan Police Department was under because of this case. Now that the criminal had been caught, it was impossible for them to give up on announcing the news just because of a fugitive member of a thief gang.
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