Chapters 3567 and 3579 [Model Criminal]
"Completely booked?" Conan was taken aback. "I haven't heard anything like that lately..."
Hmm? No, that's not right.
Thinking about it carefully, there really was a big event recently—on the day of the full moon, didn't a large number of police officers go out and solve countless murder cases at the same time, and also try to arrest some outlaws who fired shots in the street?
"But were there really that many police officers injured? They probably just surrounded a few other outlaws, right?" Conan stroked his chin, a little puzzled.
"Or perhaps, somewhere I didn't see it, the Black Organization or some other group brazenly attacked a large number of police officers? ...Tsk, those guys are too lawless. I'll send them all to jail sooner or later!"
As the mini detective silently pondered, he obediently followed the three adults like a first-grader and got off the bus at the stop near the hospital.
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"Whose ward should we go to first?" Sonoko Suzuki sorted the gifts she was carrying. "These are for Ms. Judy, these are for the Inspector... Let's go to the Inspector first! I brought him a lot of fruit, it's quite heavy."
Jiang Xia had no objection to this order of events. He sent two ghosts upstairs to check on the FBI agents beforehand, while following Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki around the corner to Inspector Megure's side.
Just past the corridor, two figures appeared ahead—one of which looked strangely familiar, while the other was as tall and imposing as a monster.
Ran Mouri, who is afraid of ghosts, was startled, but then she recognized him: "Dad? Inspector Matsumoto?"
"Hmm?" Inspector Matsumoto turned around and saw several familiar faces. The next instant, his cold, zombie-like face softened.
He strode over: "Brother Jiang Xia! Thank you so much for what happened last night—and Miss Suzuki, I'm so sorry, it's all because we were too inefficient in catching the culprit, which led to what happened to you."
"It's alright, it's alright, you've already done your best." Sonoko Suzuki waved her hand cheerfully. "And Inspector Megure even took a blow for me—how's his injury? He bled a lot yesterday, it was terrifying."
Inspector Matsumoto chuckled: "Megure is fine, it's just that an old wound has reopened, so we'll take this opportunity to heal it completely."
Sonoko Suzuki asked with some curiosity, "Has the Inspector been injured on the head before?"
“Yes.” Inspector Matsumoto mercilessly exposed his subordinate’s secrets. “The reason Megure always wears a hat is to cover the scar on his head with it.”
Kogoro Mouri scratched his head in confusion: "But for a detective, injuries should be like honors. Why would he cover them up every day? If it were me, I would shave my head and show them off every day."
Inspector Matsumoto sighed, a look of reminiscence on his face: "That scar is about 20 years old now. I remember it was when Inspector Megure had just become a detective—you should have heard of that case."
"Me?" Kogoro Mouri looked bewildered. He subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xia, searching for an answer.
The neighbor's outstanding child certainly didn't disappoint. Jiang Xia thought for a moment: "Is it that incident of multiple cars hitting female high school students?"
Inspector Matsumoto nodded: "Strictly speaking, it was a series of car crashes into those delinquent girls wearing long skirts—at the time, the 'delinquent' trend was very popular, and many delinquent girls would change their school uniform skirts, which were just below the knee, into long skirts that covered their ankles, which was one of their trademarks."
"The murderer from 20 years ago developed hatred for this group after being blackmailed by delinquent high school girls."
"He didn't lash out on the spot, but afterwards he drove his car and deliberately chose places with few people to forcefully hit those lone female high school students."
"Initially, after he hit people, he would immediately flee, and those delinquent girls would only be injured, not killed."
"But as time went on, that guy's behavior escalated. He would run over the victim repeatedly or drive at high speed until he killed the victim."
Recalling the hardships of those days, the police inspector looked at the two high school girls: "Do you know which type of case is the hardest to solve?"
Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri exchanged a glance and shook their heads blankly.
Jiang Xia: "..." Of course, it's someone like Gin, who comes and goes like the wind, kills people and leaves, never stays at the crime scene, and on the surface, has absolutely no connection with the deceased.
Inspector Matsumoto had no idea what the outlaw next to him was thinking. He asked himself and answered, "It's this kind of indiscriminate killing—the killer comes in a car, drives away, and is more used to hitting people from behind."
"The victims never imagined that an ordinary passing car would suddenly hit them, so no one remembered the license plate number, or even the car model."
"Later on, there were no survivors, and our investigation reached a stalemate. With no other option, we issued a notice to local female high school students, telling them not to wear those modified school uniform skirts when they went out."
"Although this approach was weak, it was effective. After those children put on normal school uniforms, no more tragedies occurred."
"But just then, a girl approached us, saying she was willing to act as bait to help us find the murderer and avenge her friend who was killed in the accident."
Recalling that beautiful high school girl and the resolute yet angry light in her eyes, Inspector Matsumoto sighed.
"Of course I strongly objected, but the girl was incredibly stubborn. And because we hadn't been able to solve the case for so long, she was very resentful of the police and wouldn't listen to us at all. She just told me that even without the cooperation of the police, she would put on a long dress and find the murderer all by herself."
"Out of desperation, I sent out Megure, who had just become a police officer, to be in charge of the girl's safety... I thought that as long as someone was with her, everything would be fine, because before this, the murderer had attacked delinquent girls who were traveling alone."
"But this time, perhaps because everyone stopped wearing long skirts at our urging, the murderer couldn't find a target for a long time. He actually took a risk and crashed into us at high speed on a rainy night."
"Megure reacted quickly; when the car crashed into him, he rushed over, trying to push the high school girl away... But how could one person stop a car with the intent to kill?"
Inspector Matsumoto shook his head: "In a sense, the decoy plan was very successful. Inspector Megure noted down the car's license plate number, which led us to find the culprit."
"But the cost was extremely high—both of them were hit by the car. Megure was okay, only suffering a serious head injury, but the high school girl suffered severe head and body injuries. When we rushed over, we only saw her lying limp on the ground covered in blood."
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