Chapter 471: Ferris Wheel at Beido Town Commercial Building
Jiang Xia heard the sounds of police cars and ambulances. Just as he walked to the warehouse door, he saw Officer Sato and Inspector Megure rushing towards him one after another.
Miwako Sato first looked at Jiang Xia, who seemed to be in good spirits, and then immediately looked at Shuji Kano who was lying beside her, with a complicated expression of "as expected".
Then she squatted down and checked Shikano Shuji's pulse.
I felt relieved when I found out that the person was still alive.
Inspector Megure came closer and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
Jiang Xia recalled: "The old man said he forgot to take his medicine for high blood pressure and asked me to take him home. As a result, we ended up walking to this desolate place. I thought he was feeling unwell and had taken the wrong road, so I was about to remind him, but suddenly I realized he was trying to attack me with a metal kettle... Fortunately, I was lucky and dodged it in time."
As he said this, he sighed in fear.
"…Is that so?" Inspector Megure was skeptical.
He looked towards the ambulance. While Jiang Xia was explaining what had happened, Shikano Shuji had already been carried into the car, which had simple monitoring equipment. At the moment, Shikano Shuji's vital signs were stable, and it seemed that he had just fainted... Well, it wasn't a big problem.
When Sato found that no murder had occurred here, he turned his attention back to the "Chou Silang incident."
According to the investigation, the flight that Shikano Shuji returned from Italy was late for some reason, and the deadline for prosecution was actually tomorrow. She had to find the 550 million hidden by Shikano Shuji in nearly 30 hours and send this man to prison with ironclad evidence.
…
Amid the sound of the ambulance running, Conan and Haibara Ai took advantage of the chaos to come to Jiang Xia's side.
——They just checked the arson scene with Sato Miwako. After learning that Jiang Xia and Shikano Shuji disappeared at the same time, a group of people anxiously helped search.
Later, Inspector Megure received a call from Jiang Xia and sent people over. The two fake kids then followed Officer Sato over.
After the police temporarily left Jiang Xia, Conan looked at Jiang Xia, hesitated for a moment, and suggested:
"Instead of accepting those variety shows, why not accept some fighting shows? It's so troublesome to waste time on things like this." And he made them worry about the safety of the prisoners...
Haibara Ai didn't say anything, but nodded silently.
However, Jiang Xia firmly rejected this proposal: "I am a detective, not a martial artist. Moreover, criminals will not give up committing crimes just because they encounter an unsuitable target. They will only look for other targets... Rather than letting innocent people suffer, it is better for me to be the target. It is worse than others being assassinated or ambushed."
Conan: “…”
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
Although it was very touching at first, and Jiang Xia's tone was very sincere, they always suspected that in addition to "protecting the masses", there was another hidden motive, but Jiang Xia did not add it to the words...
But not everyone saw the truth.
——Next to him, a newly recruited policeman heard what was said just now and was looking at this side at this time, his innocent eyes were full of emotion. He bowed to Jiang Xia with shining eyes. Jiang Xia was startled, and then nodded to him reflexively.
At this moment, the mermaid who was full and lying on Jiang Xia's shoulder suddenly moved.
The mermaid touched her bulging belly, sat up with difficulty, shook her tail, and then raised her hand and pointed in a certain direction - there was a faint smell of murderous aura and the breath of Shikigami over there.
…Even though I’m being filled with energy cores, I can’t let go of the murderous aura that’s sneaking nearby.
Jiang Xia glanced at the other ghosts and found that they obviously did not have the awareness of the mermaid. Instead, they slowly got up after the mermaid reacted and looked around listlessly in the same direction, like the picky feeling of examining steamed buns and pickled mustard tubers after a feast of delicacies from land and sea.
Jiang Xia took advantage of the chaos and knocked on the heads of these ghosts one by one to condemn them. People can't be too greedy, but ghosts can be too greedy. If you are too Buddhist, you can't support yourself.
The ghosts held their heads silently and accepted it humbly.
Jiang Xia followed the ghost's direction and looked towards the entrance of the alley.
A man wearing a windbreaker, gloves and a hat, with sharp upward eyes, got out of a car and walked towards the alley carrying a bag.
After taking just one step, he saw a bunch of police cars here, and suddenly turned back to the car, intending to escape.
Jiang Xia poked Inspector Shiratori who was passing by and said, "...Look at that man. Does he look like the arsonist you are looking for? It's rare to see someone wearing such thick clothes in such hot weather."
Shiratori Renzaburo was startled, and suddenly turned his head.
Almost at the same time, Yoshida Ayumi, who had been eavesdropping on Jiang Xia's conversation, also screamed, "That's him! I saw him next to the arson scene yesterday!"
Following this childish but loud scream, the warehouse and the alley suddenly returned to silence, and time seemed to freeze.
The next moment, the arsonist suddenly opened the car door, got in, started the engine, and countless police officers rushed towards him at the same time.
Sato Miwako had originally selected a few people and was about to go to handle the "Chou Silang" case, but she didn't expect that another criminal would show up here.
She instinctively took a step towards the arsonist with her colleagues, then immediately remembered that human legs could not outrun cars, so she turned and ran towards her own car which was parked on the edge.
As he opened the car door and got in, the passenger door was also opened and then slammed shut.
Miwako Sato turned her head in confusion and found that the young detective who was "attacked by the ungrateful old man and was still heartbroken" had already got into her car very naturally. There was no sadness on his face. Instead, he urged her expectantly: "Hurry up, he's going in the direction of Haido Town."
Sato Miwako: "..."
She was silent for a moment, thinking that she was also in the car, and even if she really caught up with the arsonist, she wouldn't have to worry about Jiang Xia beating him too much, so she stepped on the accelerator.
The vehicle scraped the ground and rushed into the side road, chasing away at high speed.
There was an extremely narrow alley between where the arsonist's vehicle was and where the police car was parked, and vehicles could not pass through - even if they drove sideways and rode on the wall like Toru Amuro did.
So Sato Miwako had no choice but to take a detour.
…
The six arson locations chosen by the arsonist were just enough to draw a huge "fire" character on the map of Tokyo.
Of course, in order to avoid being disturbed, he tried to choose places where there were few people when setting fire.
The previous few arsons were all very smooth, with only one lone witness, whom the arsonist easily killed.
This time, he followed the plan and came to the desolate and abandoned warehouse, intending to set fire to the designated location to complete the huge word "fire".
Who knew that after getting off the car, he just took a step while humming a little tune, and then he saw a group of policemen standing densely next to the warehouse.
(End of this chapter)
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