Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 3797 [Death Penalty]

On the other side of the amusement park.

Jiang Xia was chatting with his increasingly taciturn but not indifferent boss.

After discovering that Amuro Tooru's murderous intent gradually diminished, from anger to guilt to numbness, the medium eventually lost interest.

Jiang Xia then changed the subject: "Inspector Megure asked me to keep an eye out for drug dealers at the amusement park, and I agreed, but I haven't had a chance to help yet—Just now, Sonoko and the others messaged me saying that they caught that drug dealer by the lake, and I have to go take a look. Boss, do you want to come along?"

Amuro Tooru had just escaped from the group's encirclement, having crossed half of the artificial lake in the icy water while wearing heavy clothes. How could he possibly go back and walk right into their trap?

He immediately refused: "Go by yourself, I have other things to do."

Before Jiang Xia could persuade him further, he had already turned around skillfully, shaken off the terrifying subordinate who wanted to follow him whenever he saw him, and disappeared into the night of the amusement park.

……

After walking for quite a while, until he climbed over the wall and left the amusement park, and got into his car which he had hidden nearby, Amuro Tooru finally let out a weary sigh.

He dried himself off, picked up his phone, and dialed Kazami Yuya's number.

“Mr. Furuya!” Kazami Yuya sounded quite busy as well. “I already know about the situation, and I’ll try to get that informant out of the Metropolitan Police Department right away.”

“No need to rush.” Amuro Tooru appeared more composed than him. “We need to rescue the person, but we can take this opportunity to find out more about what happened today.”

Kazami Yuya's mind was in a mess. He felt like he had been busy all day long. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, so he cautiously asked, "Which matter do you want to find out about?"

Toru Amuro: "..."

The silence in the past was a silence directed at Yuya Kazami.

His silence today stemmed from the fact that after hearing the question, he subconsciously thought about it and realized that it was indeed a rare and somewhat meaningful question.

After thinking for a moment, Amuro Tooru took out his phone and silently started making a list:
The underlying reason why that large group of police officers from the First Investigation Division appeared here.

They were clearly stalking drug dealers, so why did this group discover that someone was stealing from Jiangxia immediately?

Are they spontaneously chasing after innocent passing plush bears, or is someone behind it all?

Why did the police chase the informant before the water park show started, but give up after only a short distance?

After listing a bunch of oddities in the First Investigation Division, Amuro Tooru continued writing about the dessert amusement park case, the fireworks, the box that was constantly being swapped, and the manager of the water park...

A few minutes later.

Kazami Yuya was holding his phone, anxiously reflecting: Had his question been so stupid that Mr. Furuya had hung up without a word and hadn't spoken to him since?
Just as he was about to apologize and then think things through on his own, his phone vibrated and he received an email.

The striking title told him that this was precisely Amuro Tooru's answer to his question.

"Mr. Fangtani!"

Kazami Yuya was deeply moved: it turned out that his boss didn't think he was stupid, but was genuinely trying to help him think about the problem! — Such a capable, considerate, and empathetic boss is hard to find even with a lantern!
"But why send an email? Are you afraid I won't remember it if you describe it verbally?" Kazami Yuuya sighed. "Actually, my memory is quite good, after all, I'm a..."

As he was muttering to himself, the document opened, and suddenly, a long row of tables that seemed to stretch to the horizon appeared before him.

Kazami Yuya: "..."

Kazami Yuya: "???"

Kazami Yuya: "!!!"

……

When the police were overwhelmed by a long and daunting list of tasks.

At the lakeside, police officers had already arrived in a police car, handcuffed the two people who had seemingly fallen from the sky, and stuffed them into the car.

The drug dealer was caught, the subordinate was caught, and an unconscious witness was also found. Incidentally, a murder case was also successfully solved during the day. It was an incredibly fulfilling day, but when Sato Miwako looked around and then at the towering Ferris wheel by the lake, she always felt a little lost.

—Even though everyone else could see the curly-haired man, for some reason, Sato Miwako always had some strange thoughts popping into her head.

Why is he using Matsuda's old phone number?

"Why have I never heard of him before?"

Why does he look so much like Matsuda?

"Is he... really real?"

A series of questions piled up, and suddenly, this thought occurred to Sato Miwako. For some reason, she always felt that the younger version of Matsuda was like a fragile illusion, easily shattered by a breath.

Just then, a figure walked over from a distance.

Officer Sato was startled and looked up abruptly, but instead of seeing the man in black return, he saw another familiar figure.

"Jiang Xia!" Sonoko Suzuki had already looked over and was now surprised. "It's almost closing time, and you're still in the amusement park?"

“Yes.” Jiang Xia was about to speak when she suddenly noticed something and asked Conan, “What are you holding in your hand?”

Conan, who was secretly examining the ring box: "!"

Just now, when the coachman was exchanging rings with the drug dealer, Officer Sato suddenly appeared and made the arrest, causing chaos in the audience.

Then the drug dealer shoved Officer Sato aside and fled, while the stable boy fell to the ground in the chaos, the ring box in his hand rolling away with a thud...

In the end, Conan secretly picked it up.

—The coachman and the curly-haired man had mixed up the backpacks, which means that the ring box actually belonged to the curly-haired man.

After finding the ring box, Conan didn't have time to examine it closely. Instead, he joined the others in arresting the drug dealer.

Now that the drug dealer has been caught and the curly-haired man has quietly disappeared, Conan finally has time to examine the things he picked up.

Looking at it from left to right, and occasionally waving it near my ear, no matter how I thought about it, it seemed to be just an ordinary ring box and an ordinary ring.

Before they could figure out why Mr. Kurosawa always carried a diamond ring, Jiang Xia's voice suddenly came from the side.

Conan was startled and was about to say "It's nothing" when Sonoko Suzuki noticed his hand.

Then, in surprise, she exclaimed, "A ring box! Kid, where did you find that?"

Officer Sato also looked over with a puzzled expression.

The officers of the First Investigation Division: "!!"

Oh no! How come the ring is still here?! They thought they'd left it in the stands a long time ago!
That said, Officer Sato probably doesn't know about its existence yet... We absolutely can't let her find out!
Just as he was racking his brains for a way to change the subject, a coachman's voice drifted out from the police car next to him: "It's from the bag I took by mistake—Officer, can I be considered to be cooperating and get a reduced sentence?"

Police officers: "..."

A reduced sentence?

You deserve the death penalty, you brat!