Chapter 78

Even though he knew that the hacker Satoshi's true identity was Hagiwara Kenji's assistant, and judging from Hagiwara Kenji's statement and the Metropolitan Police Department's irresistible cover-up method, it was clear that Kagano Satoshi had other secrets, but Date Kou still did not give up the idea of ​​getting clues from him.

However, the method changed from the original careful probing to direct questioning. And if I could get the cooperation and assistance of Kenji Hagihara, the process might be easier than I thought.

So on the way here, Date Ko had already told Hagiwara Kenji the whole story of the case and asked him to cooperate with him to persuade the other party.

After realizing that this matter directly concerns the safety of Hoshikawa and Akira, Hagiwara Kenji immediately promised that he would be able to successfully persuade Kagamino Satoshi to investigate. After all, no one knows better than him how important Hoshikawa and Akira are to Kagamino Satoshi.

On the other hand, Hoshikawa and Ming were pestered by Kogoro Mori all the way, and they kept bragging about how exciting the process of solving the case was.

In order to maintain his status as a collaborator, Hoshikawa and Ming had to pretend to be collecting materials on the surface, and secretly handed the task of investigating Nagata Ryo and the clues of the poisoning case to Kagino Satoshi.

Kagino Satoshi was originally thinking about waiting for Reika to come back and then asking her directly if there was a person named Nagata Ryo in the welfare home. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Hagiwara Kenji and Date Kou walking towards him.

"Xiaozhi, we want to ask you a few questions. This concerns Xiaoxing's safety. I hope you can cooperate with Officer Ida and answer truthfully."

Hagiwara Kenji lowered his voice and his expression became serious for once.

Kagino Satoshi looked at the two of them thoughtfully. The only thing that could be related to both Date Kou and Hoshikawa Kazuaki at the same time was the poisoning case. What a coincidence, just when he was about to start investigating, Date Kou took the initiative to come to him. Wouldn't it be a pity not to seize such a good opportunity?

"No problem, Yanji, feel free to ask whatever you want to know. I also have some questions I want to clarify, so we can investigate together."

Hagiwara Kenji and Date Kou looked at each other and thought to themselves, Satoshi has been paying close attention to this matter. Since he is so cooperative, this matter will be much easier to handle.

Ida Hang asked directly:

"Before the poisoning incident in the tower apartment, Hoshikawa Kazuaki's computer and apartment mailbox received a large number of warning letters, signed by Xiaozhi. May I ask if you were the one who sent those warning letters?"

"Yes, it was me." Kagino Satoshi admitted without hesitation, "I wanted to remind him that someone was plotting against him, but I was worried that if I wrote it too bluntly, it would alert the plotter and he would use a more radical method. So I used some hints that only the two of us could understand, to secretly remind him to be careful."

Ida Hang nodded. This was similar to what he had guessed before, so he continued to ask:

"Xiaozhi, since you sent a warning letter to Xingchuan and Ming, you must have found clues that someone was going to harm Xingchuan, right? Can you please tell me what you found?"

At this time, perhaps influenced by the halo of the protagonist, no one noticed that a short figure nimbly slipped into the bushes behind Kagamino Satoshi.

Kagino Satoshi looked at Hagiwara Kenji in surprise and asked in confusion:

"Brother Yan'er, can I tell him about my affairs casually?"

Hagiwara Kenji coughed lightly, knowing that Kagino Satoshi might not understand if he used ambiguous words to hint at something, so he said bluntly:

"Officer Ida only knows that you are my assistant. If it does not involve other secrets, you can tell him the clues you found."

Conan, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked when he heard this. Although he had already guessed that Kagino Satoshi had a secret, he did not expect that this person would be the assistant of Officer Hagiwara.

And from what Officer Hagiwara said, in addition to being his assistant, Kagino Satoshi also has other more secret identities, and even Officer Hagiwara himself needs to deliberately avoid him.

Conan thought about the several secret departments of the Metropolitan Police Department, and his understanding of Kagamino Satoshi was refreshed.

This Kagano Satoshi himself is not yet an adult, right? He usually looks like a good liar, but I didn't expect that he could be involved in such a secret. He is really amazing.

Kagino Satoshi didn't know that someone was eavesdropping in the bushes behind him. After getting Hagiwara Kenji's assurance, he felt a little proud:

My image in front of the police academy team will definitely increase my popularity in the comic book. I know that without Xiaoxing pointing fingers at me, I am still the best!

Kagino Satoshi cleared his throat and said:

"For some rather secret reasons, I accidentally discovered that someone was trying to assassinate Xingchuan and Ming. Due to the limitation of information channels, I cannot confirm the identity of the other party, nor do I know what means the other party will use. But from what I know, there is a person who may be related to this."

He looked at the two police officers in front of him, his light brown eyes darkened rarely, and he said in a deep voice:

"Ryo Nagata from the welfare home, this person might have some connection with the poisoning case."

The two policemen nodded solemnly and secretly decided to find an opportunity to investigate the orphanage. However, at this moment, a small sound of branches shaking suddenly came from the bushes nearby.

"Who?"

Date Ko became alert instantly and ran to the bushes at an extremely fast speed. He pushed aside the branches, but saw Conan, who was supposed to follow Miss Lihua to see the rockery, sitting awkwardly in the bushes. When he saw him, he smiled ingratiatingly.

Date Kou: “…”

How come kids these days are so good at hiding? He was so close to me and Kenji, two active policemen, but no one noticed him?

Mr. Maori, you normally take children to crime scenes, but what did you teach this child now? Are you planning to let this child do the tracking and investigation for you?

In a flash, Kou Ida's mind flashed the scene of Kogoro Maori taking a camera and secretly following Xiao San after accepting the commission. Then Kogoro Maori's figure was replaced by Conan... He was startled and looked at Conan seriously. "What are you doing hiding here?"

"Ahahaha, I, I was actually playing hide and seek."

Conan scratched his head in embarrassment, then suddenly jumped out from the bushes and looked at Date Kou with admiration:

"This policeman is so amazing. He found me so quickly! You must be good at playing hide-and-seek, right?"

That innocent look made Ida Hang wonder if this kid really wasn't eavesdropping on purpose. Was it because I had let my guard down?

At this time, Ran Maoli also found that Conan was missing. After seeing the situation here, she hurriedly called out:

"Conan, have you been running around again? Come back quickly, Miss Lihua said she would take us to visit the collection room."

Conan was relieved and was about to take the opportunity to slip away. However, he didn't expect that as soon as he raised his foot, he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up from behind.

I only heard Kagino Satoshi say to Mao Lilan from behind:

"Don't worry, Ms. Maori. We are going to the collection room as well, so this kid can come with us. It just so happens that we all like this kid very much and want to have a good chat with him!"

Conan's heart tightened when he heard this. This is bad, he is actually suspected. Xiaolan, you must not agree to him!

However, Mao Lilan could not receive Conan's brain waves at all. She not only agreed, but also thanked him very seriously:

"Then I'll leave Conan in your care."

Conan lowered his head in frustration, thinking quickly about how he could get away with this.

Seeing this, Kenji Hagiwara signaled to Satoshi Kagino with his eyes: What, do you suspect that there is something wrong with this child?

Kagino Satoshi thought, how could there be no problem? This is the walking god of death. All the clues that he noticed would eventually lead to a big case.

But he certainly couldn't say that to Kenji Hagiwara, so he explained in a low voice:

"What we just said involves some confidential information. We must ask him how much he heard. Moreover, ..."

Kagino Satoshi recalled the coincidence just now. As soon as he said Nagata Ryo's name, Conan made a sound. If this happened to Conan, would it really be just a coincidence?

So he bent down, looked down at Conan, and asked with a deliberately stern face in this oppressive posture:

"Kid, why did you react so strongly to what I said just now? Do you know who Nagata Ryo is?"