The next day, the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Are there still no clues?" Matsumoto Kiyonaga looked at the policemen from the First Investigation Section and other areas in front of him and said. "Considering that there were one one-cake and five seven-cakes, the murderer probably wanted to kill two more people.

If we don't find any clues as soon as possible, those two people may be killed at any time."

"And what's even more strange is that none of these six people have any known connection yet," Officer Megure said, holding his forehead. "Really, we haven't even been able to find the pattern of the murderer's attacks. There is no difference between whether he is a murderer or not."

I don’t even know the murder... It would be great if Brother Kudo was still here. If he was here, he would probably have found the pattern and even solved the case."

"Are you referring to Kudo Shinichi?" Jugo Yokomori from Kanagawa Prefecture glanced at him and said. "Speaking of which, I haven't heard anything about him recently. Are you tired of the detective game?"

"There are even some public opinions that Kudo Shinichi died after being involved in a certain incident." Beside him, Ogino Ayami from Saitama Prefecture said. "He used to be quite high-profile, but recently he has not been

This is quite an anomaly for any report of a solved crime."

"Actually, he has cracked some cases recently," Officer Takagi interjected. "In the diplomat incident, he was the one who solved the truth of the case. He also appeared as a black knight at the campus festival of Didan High School.

"

"Takagi!" Officer Megure frowned. "Stop talking!"

"What's wrong?" Matsumoto Kiyonaga looked a little curious and asked.

"In order to respect his wishes, we concealed the fact that Kudo Shinichi was involved in the case from the media." Officer Megure explained to Matsumoto Kiyonaga in a low voice.

"I understand." Matsumoto Kiyonaga nodded and agreed.

At this moment, the cell phone of Yamato Kansuke from Nagano Prefecture suddenly rang.

"?" Everyone looked at Yamato Gansuke - in a meeting of this level, it is quite rude to have the phone ring.

"Okay, I understand!" Yamato Gansuke's expression was a little awkward at first, but within ten seconds of answering the phone, he changed to an expression of surprise.

"What's wrong?" Matsumoto Kiyonaga asked after Yamato Gansuke hung up the phone. "Have you found any clues?"

"Yes," Yamato Gansuke nodded excitedly. "We have found the whereabouts of a wanted fugitive who our Nagano Prefecture police believe is most likely to be the murderer of the serial murder case!"

"A wanted criminal at large?" Officer Megure confirmed. "Do you mind telling us about it?"

"This wanted criminal is called Fukase Minoru, 27 years old. A year ago, he had a conflict with Shuhei Jinno, one of the six deceased, and almost killed him. Our people found his girlfriend, 21-year-old Risa Yoshii

I took a bus from Nagano to Tokyo, and I just got off the train at Maihua Station."

"At this very moment, his girlfriend came to Tokyo?" Officer Megure frowned. "Manager Matsumoto, do you think?"

"Regardless of whether he is related to this case or not, we must arrest this suspect," Manager Matsumoto said after thinking for a moment. "We don't have time, Megure, please take everyone and Officer Yamato for a visit. We must

We need to capture this guy!"

……………………

In the Rice Flower Central Building, Risa Yoshii is leaning on the glass wall next to the elevator, looking at the entrance of the building casually. In various places near her, the police have deployed a very tight siege net. As soon as Noru Fukase appears

, they would be able to block all Fukase Minoru's routes at the first opportunity.

"Minor!" At this moment, Risa Yoshii seemed to see something, and suddenly waved to the entrance of the building while calling Fukase Minori's name.

At the entrance of the building, a man waved his hand, responded to Risa Yoshii's call, and boarded the escalator with several children.

Although arresting people on the escalator can ensure that Fukase Minoru cannot escape, there are still children next to him... Once Fukase Minoru jumps over the wall and takes them hostage, the police will be very passive. So they can only wait until Fukase Minoru is separated from the children.

Only then could they start taking action - Fukase Minoru was definitely coming to find Risa Yoshii anyway, and they were not worried about Fukase Minoru running away.

About a minute later, Minoru Fukase came to Yoshii Risa through the escalator, and parted ways with several other children who continued to ride up the escalator.

"Attention, children of Memu from Mihua. Children of Mumu from Mihua, please pay attention. After hearing the broadcast, please go to the service desk on the fourth floor. Your father is waiting for you here!" Such words suddenly appeared on the radio in the building.

, and along with such a broadcast, the policemen slowly moved closer to Fukase Minoru, as if they had received some mission instructions.

Just as Yamamura put his right hand in his pocket, twisting his police officer ID card, and was about to launch a surprise attack after approaching Fukase Minoru, two children suddenly ran past him playfully, and one of them accidentally bumped into him.

It hit him and knocked him forward.

"Ah!" Yamamura Soo subconsciously wanted to support the ground with both hands, but the police officer's ID card he was holding in his right hand also slipped forward, spinning and sliding forward on the ground, and finally stopped while hugging Yoshii.

While Risa was watching what was happening here, she was standing in front of the stunned Fukase Minoru.

"!!!" The police officers who were surrounding him from other places were shocked and rushed over one after another.

"Police, don't move!" Yamato Gansuke was closest to Fukase Minoru, took out his police officer ID card, and said righteously. "Don't make any unnecessary resistance!"

"Cut!" Minoru Fukase immediately realized that the situation was not good, took out a knife from his sleeve, and locked his eyes on the person who was being brought to him by the escalator. At this time, he was holding a car key in one hand and another in the other hand.

A silver-haired young man looking at his mobile phone.

"!!!" The silver-haired young man was kidnapped by Fukase Minoru with a knife without making any resistance, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Don't come here!" Fukase Minoru's left arm held the silver-haired young man's neck, while his right hand holding the knife suddenly stopped in the process of moving the knife to the same height, and dropped his right arm completely naturally with a slight trembling.

, leaving only the forearm completely upward, and lowered the height of the knife to the position of the heart. "If you dare to come here, I will kill him!"

During this process, the silver-haired young man seemed to be frightened and had no desire to resist at all.

"He seems to have a car key in his hand," Risa Yoshii found the car key in the silver-haired young man's hand and said. "Boy, where is your car parked? Take us there!"

"Okay." The silver-haired young man quickly handed over the car keys in his hand, and then told them where his car was parked.

"Risa, let's go!" Minoru Fukase said to Risa Yoshii, and the two of them walked towards the escalator.

Because Fukase Minoru held a hostage in his hands, they had no way to conduct a raid with Yoshii Risa protecting Fukase Minoru's back. They could only watch Fukase Minoru and Yoshii Risa holding the silver-haired young man hostage and disappearing in the

In the safe staircase leading to the underground garage. (Sorry, Conan didn't happen to pass by this time, so he wouldn't break in.)
Chapter completed!