"The murderer should be a friend of Masayoshi Sato, someone he is very familiar with."
"This man also has a shotgun, which he most likely holds legally."
"He has good motor skills. When he swung the shotgun to hit the guard, it can be seen that his movements were very smooth."
"Eighteen years ago, he may have encountered some changes and needed money, which forced him to take the risk of committing such a crime, or he suffered a heavy blow, which caused a drastic change in his temperament."
"He has a very good relationship with Masayoshi Sato, so Masayoshi Sato believed that the other party would not escape and resist, so he went to persuade him to surrender by himself and took him back to the Metropolitan Police Department."
After Shizuo Komemon finished speaking, Miwako Sato closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "These clues are enough. I already know who the murderer is."
"Oh?" Shizuo Komemon raised his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that you are also familiar with this person."
"Yeah." Sato Miwako nodded, pointing to the surveillance video that was played repeatedly:
"I know how my father locked the identity of the robber. The action of waving a shotgun to kill people, if you look closely, you will find that it is very distinctive.
My father used to be the captain of the high school baseball team, and he had a very good relationship with his players at that time. He often mentioned events from that time at home, and I had also met his friends and were very familiar with them."
Shizuo Komemon thought thoughtfully, "The murderer was the batter of the baseball team?"
"That's right." Miwako Sato opened the police manual again, "These three hiragana names can also verify this guess. I couldn't figure it out before, but now I finally understand what my father wrote."
She walked to the conference table, picked up a pen, turned back the police manual she had treasured to a blank page, and wrote a paragraph on it.
【か,ん,お——KA,N,O——KA,NO(かの)——shikano——Luye】
"That's it!" Shiratori Rensaburo sighed in hindsight, "It turns out that it was a Roman pronunciation conversion."
"Yes, looking back now it's actually not difficult to guess, but if the Gumeimen Police Department hadn't guessed that the murderer was my father's friend, I'm afraid I would never have guessed..."
Miwako Sato never thought that the murderer would be someone she knew, especially a friend of her father.
Several people on the baseball team were very kind to her. After her father passed away, they often came to visit her and her mother at home.
"Although I really don't want to believe it, this result can explain all the doubts and connect all the clues. This should be the truth." Sato Miwako said with emotion.
"It's a pity that the prosecution period has expired, otherwise we would just have to trap him like the last Ninoho case." Shiratori Rensaburo sighed.
"That's wrong!" Sato Miwako suddenly remembered something and slammed the table.
"The prosecution period may not have passed yet! Kano Shuji went to Italy to study for three years before coming back to open a restaurant! I remember that the time abroad is not included in the prosecution period!"
"Indeed, I can confirm this." Shiratori Rensaburo has been following the rules since he was a child, and he is relatively authoritative on this kind of matter.
"Then investigate his entry and exit dates, and calculate whether the prosecution period has passed since the bank robbery, excluding this part of the time."
After Shizuo Komemon finished speaking, the three people immediately started taking action.
It didn't take long for the results to come out. For the case eighteen years ago, after excluding the three years of overseas study, there was still about a week left for the prosecution!
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, all excited. This result couldn't be better.
"A week may not be enough to trap him, and it would be too passive to expect the murderer to reveal his flaws." Shizuo Komemon shook his head.
"But without trapping and without other evidence, everything would have been dealt with in eighteen years..." Shiratori Rensaburo frowned.
"Not necessarily..." Shizuo Komemon suddenly chuckled, "18 years ago, 10,000 yen wasn't Yukichi Fukuzawa at that time, right?"
Miwako Sato's eyes suddenly lit up, "Indeed! The one printed on the 10,000 yen at that time was Prince Shotoku!"
"In other words, if we find a large amount of old banknotes in his home, it will be difficult for him to explain." Shizuo Komemon touched his chin.
"Indeed, it has been more than ten years since Fukuzawa Yukichi came out, and the old banknotes have long been unable to circulate normally. There is definitely a problem if a large number of old banknotes are kept for so many years!" Shiratori Rensaburo nodded.
"Did he spend all the money he robbed? Do you have any impression that he suddenly started squandering it?" Shizuo Furumemon looked at Miwako Sato.
Miwako Sato frowned and recalled, "I can't be sure, but his restaurant is indeed in good condition. I don't know if this money is credited to it."
"Let me find someone to sneak into his house first and take a look. If we can find evidence of crime, we will come to arrest him." Shizuo Komemon decided.
"Isn't this not good..." Sato Miwako hesitated.
"Illegal?" Shizuo Komemon smiled, knowing that she was not accusing someone, but that she did not want him to use illegal means because of her matter.
"When did I care about this? If there is really no evidence and there is no way to punish him with the law, then I will go back and beat him up.
Don’t worry, since I agreed to help, I will definitely help you handle it properly."
"..." Miwako Sato couldn't laugh or cry. Isn't this "appropriate" a bit too unique?
Shizuo Komemon walked to the window, took out his phone, and called Kensuke directly.
"Is Kaga free to take orders recently? I have something to do with him." Shizuo Komemon said straight to the point.
"No time! Don't you know what he is busy with?"
"I said, Kensuke, I haven't hit you for a while, has your skin become tight? Are you talking to me in this tone?" Shizuo Komemon's voice was slightly cold.
"I... don't go too far!" Kensuke's voice suddenly weakened, he lost his confidence and could only speak harshly.
"How is the investigation of the fanfic going? When will Kaga be free?"
Kensuke scratched his hair and looked like he had just eaten a large intestine, "I just caught the artist of the fanfic, Kaga is currently busy recycling the fanfics that were sold, and I won't have time for the next period of time anyway.
That fan version was actually an adaptation of a novel! The cartoonist didn’t know anything, he just took money to adapt it.
The real author is a novel posted anonymously on the Internet, and Hattori-san is helping me trace the identity of the mastermind behind it."
"Okay, then check it out slowly." Shizuo Komemon gloated a few times and hung up the phone.
After hanging up, he thought for a moment. Since Kagaranmaru was not free, he could only ask Kaitou Kid. After all, he was a thief, so he was actually more suitable for this kind of job than a ninja.
As for contact information... Conan should have it.
Shizuo Komemon immediately called Conan. It was still summer vacation and Conan wasn't going to school. He quickly got Kaitou Kid's contact information and called him.
