Chapter 464 Officer Takagi's Script
Don't overfish... Jiang Xia didn't continue talking about the "Chou Si Lang incident" but changed to another topic that interested him:
"Oh, by the way, I remember you were accompanying the children to confirm the scene of the arson. Why did you, a police officer from the Investigation Division, have to take charge of this case?"
When asked this question, Sato Miwako came back to her senses from the old case and her tone became serious: "A body was found near the fourth arson scene. All signs indicate that he was killed by the arsonist..."
Just as I said this, the arrival announcement suddenly came from the receiver.
Sato Miwako was startled: "You are at Shinagawa Station?"
"Yeah." Jiang Xia sighed softly, "I had an appointment with someone to watch a movie nearby..."
Miwako Sato recalled the notification she had just received and frowned slightly: "I just received a message from Inspector Megure - the suspect of this arson case appeared on Shinagawa Sixth Street and suddenly escaped during the inspection. There is a high possibility that he escaped into the station, so you should be careful."
Jiang Xia paused for a moment, then suddenly said thoughtfully: "Long hair, hat, grey windbreaker?"
"How do you know..." Sato Miwako was confused at first, but soon realized, "Is there someone dressed like this next to you?!"
——This is exactly the characteristic of the arson suspect!
Thinking of this, she lowered her voice unconsciously: "Be careful! Don't alarm him. I'll find someone to deal with it right away."
Jiang Xia raised his head and glanced at the man in the windbreaker who was being chased by several policemen, running madly in the subway station and running towards him: "..."
It wasn't a question of whether or not to alarm the robber. The problem was that he felt that the kidnapper wanted to run over and scare him...
The commotion of arresting the suspect was so loud that the citizens who were waiting for the bus noticed something was wrong. They were startled and moved quickly to the middle of the platform. They were afraid of bumping into the suspect who had drawn his knife, and they were also afraid of being accidentally knocked off the platform if they stood on the edge.
As the crowd around him retreated, Jiang Xia, who was still making a phone call, suddenly stood out and became particularly eye-catching.
The suspect also realized that it would be difficult for him to survive the current situation and rush out of the subway station. When he was getting anxious, he suddenly saw the slow-witted young man in front of him who was obsessed with making a phone call.
The robber's eyes lit up, and as he approached Jiang Xia, he grabbed him. At the same time, he gathered his strength, ready to coerce the hostage, and shouted to everyone present, "Don't move!"
But even though he had thought of all the lines, he failed to follow the script and easily capture the audience's attention.
——The young man in front of him suddenly turned his body and dodged his hand at an impossibly fast speed. At the same time, he raised his hand to press his shoulder and swept under his feet.
As the suspect was pulled and lifted, he just shouted "No——!" before he suddenly turned 270 degrees in the air and fell heavily to the ground.
The knife in the suspect's hand flew out and hit the leg of the bench next to him with a clang.
Jiang Xia lowered his head and looked at the person lying at his feet and groaning. He subconsciously stepped on him and at the same time reached into his clothes and grabbed the baton.
But before he could unfold it, a familiar and honest policeman ran up to him and hastily opened his hands to stop him: "That's enough, that's enough! Thank you for your bravery! That's enough!"
As a detective who often works with Inspector Megure, Takagi Shigeru often deals with Jiang Xia.
Moreover, it may be because compared with Inspector Megure and Officer Sato, Takagi seems particularly unintimidating, so unlike his superiors who "can only imagine the miserable appearance of the criminals afterwards", Takagi Shigeru has VIP treatment - he can see the live broadcast of Jiang Xia knocking people...
Therefore, Takagi Shigeru was particularly familiar with Jiang Xia's actions just now, and had even foreseen the entire process that would follow.
But at this time, there were a lot of people in the subway station, and some passing reporters had already started taking pictures secretly.
If Jiang Xia is not stopped at this time and allowed to continue beating people, then before today is over, high-definition negative reports of "genius detective beating up suspect in the street" will appear everywhere.
Even if Jiang Xia's beating was just self-defense, those media outlets that pursue traffic will probably downplay this point, seize on the key word "beating", and do their best to discredit Jiang Xia...and these social opinions will definitely be very heavy for a young detective.
In addition, Gao Mu has some other little ideas.
——Officer Sato seemed to have a good impression of Jiang Xia, and often looked at him with the kind of expectant eyes that were optimistic about the seedlings... Gao Mu was keenly aware that if he failed to successfully stop Jiang Xia this time, the matter would become a big deal, and Officer Sato would know that he was nearby afterwards...
In just a moment, Takagi Wataru had already imagined in his mind the famous detective who could not bear the pressure of public opinion and committed suicide to express his determination, while Officer Sato glared at him at the funeral, made disappointed comments like "How could you stand by and watch such a development?" and then turned around and threw himself into the arms of someone else.
...So, even though Takagi was a little afraid of Jiang Xia who was holding the baton, he still rushed over with extraordinary determination.
Standing close to Jiang Xia who was about to knock someone down, Takagi did feel an indescribable sense of oppression - although this young detective usually looked easy to talk to, the moment he approached, Takagi met Jiang Xia's instinctive gaze and suddenly had the illusion that he was going to be thrown to the ground, stepped on and knocked.
...Fortunately, it was just an illusion after all.
While Gao Mu was mustering up the courage to look Jiang Xia in the face, he couldn't help but glance behind him to see if other colleagues had come over.
In front of him, Jiang Xia was the first to look away and retracted his hand that was about to draw out the baton.
Jiang Xia first nodded at him politely and greeted him.
Then he said to the phone he hadn't put down yet: "We caught the suspect. Don't worry, he's not injured...well, he wasn't injured either. I'm hanging up now. If I have any new ideas related to the case, I'll talk to you later."
On the other side of the phone, Sato Miwako secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, she heard the loud thump of flesh hitting the ground, and she had deep doubts about Jiang Xia's words "he wasn't hurt either".
However, judging from the few words of dissuasion from Takagi Shigeru, who sounded very close to her, and the fact that Jiang Xia would take the initiative to hide from her and Inspector Megure when she beat the criminals in the past, Takagi would try his best to stop it, and Jiang Xia herself would not beat the suspect in front of so many people. Jiang Xia is still very rational most of the time...
Hearing that the scene on the other end seemed a bit chaotic, Officer Sato didn't say anything more and quickly hung up the phone.
Then she stared at her phone and suddenly remembered something.
Miwako Sato turned to Conan, squatted down and touched his head, and asked: "Have you told Jiang Xia about my father?"
(End of this chapter)
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