A Sorcerer in the Detective World

On the way to the art museum.

As Conan fell to the ground, Koshimizu Nanatsuki, Takagi and others stopped and looked at Conan who fell on the ground: "Ah? What's wrong with Conan?"

Little Lolita Ayumi stood beside Conan and said with a worried look on her face: "...I don't know either. I accidentally stuck a needle in Conan's neck just now, and then he did this..."

"Needle stuck in the neck? Did Conan get stabbed to death?" Yuantai looked horrified.

"Ayumi, you killed Conan?!" Mitsuhiko had the same expression.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked at the imaginative Genta and Mitsuhiko, squatted next to Conan, and shook his head in a funny way: "...Don't talk nonsense, kiddos, this needle only penetrated Conan's neck by less than five millimeters, absolutely. No one will die! The way he looks now..."

Koshizui Nanatsuki pulled out the anesthesia needle, looked at it carefully, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, frowned and said: "...it seems like he is asleep..."

"Is he asleep?!" Genta immediately walked to Conan, stretched out his hand to push twice, and shouted, "Conan! Wake up quickly! He is actually sleeping at this time!"

Conan continued to sleep soundly. Koshimizu Nanatsuki was about to explain that Conan was knocked unconscious. Takagi had already said with a dry smile: "Hey! Since Conan is fine, shouldn't we chase the prisoner quickly? In case he escapes again. If it falls...I'll be in trouble..."

"Uh...that's true." Koshimizu Nanatsuki immediately put Conan on his back:

"...Let's quickly go to the art museum and have a look..."

…

Afternoon, 6:50.

In a certain toilet cubicle in the men's restroom on the second floor of the Aipido Art Museum, Miwako looked at the handcuffs that passed behind the toilet water pipe and cuffed her and Higashida's arms together. A black line hung on her beautiful face:

"Hey? How could this happen? The handcuffs are like this, and I have lost the key. It seems that I can only wait for Takagi to come and save me..."

Miwako was muttering when she suddenly heard Takagi's shout from outside. She quickly shouted: "Officer Takagi! Officer Takagi! I'm here!"

Not long after, Takagi, Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and Ayumi walked in together and asked strangely: "Officer Sato, what are you doing in the men's room? What's going on with the handcuffs?"

"...Uh...I'm worried about him escaping again.

So I was handcuffed to him, and I didn’t expect it to be like this..." Miwako replied with a dry smile, and then her eyes fell on Conan behind Koshimi Nanatsuki:

"...But you...what happened to Conan?"

"He fell asleep." Koshimizu Nanatsuki explained casually, and then said with a smile, "...Okay, now that the prisoner has been caught, are you relieved?"

After Koshimi Nanatsuki finished speaking, Higashida lowered his head and whispered: "...I am not a criminal, I did not kill anyone, there must be a misunderstanding here!"

Miwako frowned: "...Since you are not a prisoner, why did you escape?"

"That's because my daughter is getting married soon. I have to attend her wedding. The flight will be at 12:30 noon tomorrow." Higashida said in a sad voice:

"...Twenty years ago, I left my wife and daughter, and I have never contacted her since then. Over the years, I have caused them a lot of trouble, and I have not even dared to call them. She hit me, and now I have received her wedding invitation. It’s such an important thing, how can I not go?!”

In the toilet, everyone said "Ah", and then Ayumi said softly: "I think this uncle must not be a bad person! After he let me go before, he even told me he was sorry..."

"Well..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki glanced at Ayumi, then turned to Takagi and Sato and said, "Two police officers, can you please briefly explain the details of this case?"

"Uh... That's okay." Takagi was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "The victim in this case is Muranishi Mami. She is Mr. Higashida's boss. The two have deep conflicts due to their work relationship, so Mr. Higashida has the motive to kill Muranishi Mami..."

"...The first person who discovered the case was Mr. Kitagawa, who works in the same company as them. According to Mr. Kitagawa, because neither Higashikata nor Muranishi went to work overtime at the company today, he took leave in the afternoon and went to Miss Muranishi's house to have a look. It turned out that Mr. Higashida was staying at Miss Muranishi's house, and Miss Muranishi had died in the bathroom..."

"...Miss Muranishi's death was last night. The cause of death was strangulation. We found the fingerprints belonging to Mr. Higashida on the murder weapon, and the crime scene was a secret room..."

Takagi explained the case in a "blah blah blah" manner. Koshimizu Nanatsuki listened carefully, held his chin and said:

"That's it! Judging from the situation at the scene, Mr. Higashida is indeed very suspicious. However, Officer Takagi and Officer Sato, why do I feel that when you investigated, you all started the investigation on the premise that 'Mr. Higashida is the murderer' , that is to say, you are using the presumption of guilt... This seems inappropriate, right?"

The police investigation should be conducted with the presumption of innocence!

Sato Miwako was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "You are right! Also, as a daughter, I don't think Mr. Higashida would do something like murder before attending his daughter's wedding... So, Takagi and Detective Koshimizu, I’m going to ask for your help to find the real murderer before noon tomorrow!”

"Find the real culprit?" Takagi was stunned for a moment, "...but shouldn't we contact the Metropolitan Police Department and report the situation here?"

"No! That way it will be too late. You accidentally let the prisoner escape, and now the entire Metropolitan Police Department knows about it. If you really need to contact the Metropolitan Police Department, you can write a report later until tomorrow morning." Sato Miwako He shook his head and then took out his mobile phone:

"...So, until we catch the real culprit, we'd better not be discovered by everyone."

"You understand, right? Officer Takagi!"

…

In the evening, half past seven.

In the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Class 1, Officer Megure sat in his seat and turned to ask Chiba: "...What did you say? You haven't contacted Sato and Takagi yet? Their mobile phones can't get through either?" "

"Yeah! I can't even get through." Chiba said with a bad expression, "...Officer Megure, did they have an accident when they were chasing the suspect?"

"An accident?" Officer Megure frowned. Suddenly, Officer Shiratori next to him said: "Officer Megure, Minister Odagiri called and asked you to come over."

"Director Odagiri? I understand."

Officer Megure nodded, stood up and walked out of the Search Class 1, quickly walking to Odagiri Toshiro's office.

In the office, in addition to Odagiri Toshiro, Matsumoto Kiyonaga and the management officer of the Fourth Investigation Section were also sitting on the sofa.

Officer Megure greeted everyone, and Odagiri Toshiro suddenly asked: "Officer Megure, about an hour ago, a murder suspect named Higashida Hideaki escaped from the police. Do you know about this?"

"Of course I know." Officer Memu nodded, "We are currently conducting an emergency arrest, but the two criminal police officers responsible for the case are temporarily unavailable..."

Odagiri Toshiro turned to look at Officer Megure, his eyes burning with a different kind of solemnity:

"...Then do you know...the true identity of Mr. Higashida Hideaki?"