Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

Seeing Ai Haibara's increasingly dejected expression.

In the end, Kitagawa Isao couldn't bear it and said a few more words of comfort to her before getting up and getting into the police car with Natsukawa Moku and leaving Beikacho 2-chome.

"Officer Natsukawa, where are we going now? What did Inspector Megure tell you?"

Looking at Xia Chuanmo, who was driving with unusual restraint in the driver's seat, and the two taciturn police officers in the back seat, Kitagawa Isao fastened his seatbelt and couldn't help but ask a question in a low voice.

However, Xia Chuanmo smiled helplessly and said without turning his head:

“Mr. Kitagawa, Inspector Megure only told us to take you there. You don’t know how angry he was when he contacted us. He wouldn’t let us speak at all. Anyway… let’s wait until we get there and then you can ask Inspector Megure yourself, okay?”

"That's all there is to it..."

Kitagawa Isao nodded, looking out the window with some boredom.

At this time, Tokyo was almost entirely shrouded in darkness, with only a few streetlights sitting along the streets, occasionally emitting some attractive light.

As for cars, there were none at all. Perhaps it was because it was too late. After leaving Professor Agasa's house, Kitagawa Isao hadn't seen any passing vehicles for several minutes. It felt as if he had been abandoned by the world.

Lonely, and desolate.

……

After driving for a while in Tokyo, until he felt a little sleepy, Natsukawa finally stepped on the brakes and parked the police car downstairs at an abandoned apartment building.

"We've arrived at Mr. Kitagawa's place, this is it."

Upon hearing the sound, Kitagawa Isao yawned, and with a sleepy look on his face, he pushed open the car door and got out.

"This place is quite remote. I think we should be out of Beika Town by now, right?"

Kitagawa Isao stretched and turned his stiff neck back to look at Xia Chuanmo and the others. "This is a nice place. It's sparsely populated and far from residential areas. If I remember correctly, this apartment building was abandoned three or five years ago. It seems to have been built by a real estate developer who went bankrupt."

"Yes, Mr. Kitagawa is right,"

Xia Chuanmo stepped out of the car, his boots treading on the ground. "Back then, the bubble economy burst, and many real estate developers had to stop their projects because they were unable to continue investing. I didn't expect Mr. Kitagawa to know so much about this place."

“Sigh~” Kitagawa Isao shrugged. “What’s so difficult about this? In the past two years, there have been all sorts of unfinished buildings in Tokyo. The reasons are basically the same. But it must have been tough for you guys. Most of the previous unfinished buildings were in the city center. Finding such a quiet place must have been quite difficult, right?”

"Mr. Kitagawa, what are you saying? I don't quite understand what you mean."

"At this point, should we continue the performance? Oh well..."

Kitagawa Isao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and pointed behind him, "Inspector Megure isn't here at all. You never received his orders from the beginning. You lured me here by falsely claiming an imperial decree, just to kill me here, right? This place is deserted. Even if a murder occurred, the body wouldn't be found for at least three to five days. By then, you'd probably have already left Tokyo, right?"

“Heh... Mr. Kitagawa is indeed clever,” Natsukawa Mo sneered. “It’s just a pity you found out too late.”

After saying that, she suddenly raised her hand, and the next second, four or five men in black rushed out of the abandoned apartment building.

With the addition of the two police officers who were already in the car, Kitagawa Isao was immediately surrounded.

At this moment, Xia Chuanmo changed her previous gentle demeanor. She personally took a police gun, walked past the men in black with a playful expression, and came to stand in front of Kitagawa Xun.

"I really didn't expect Mr. Kitagawa to be so foolish. Didn't I just call you yesterday to remind you? Could it be that Mr. Kitagawa still hasn't realized that our game has actually already begun?"

"Please... can you all stop saying the same lines at a time like this?"

Seeing Xia Chuanmo's confident demeanor, Kitagawa Xun was speechless. "Don't you know the saying that villains die from talking too much? You've already surrounded me. Why don't you just shoot and end the fight? Why do you have to ramble on and on? Could it be that all of you gangsters were trained by the same organization?"

"Oh? Is Mr. Kitagawa planning to give up on himself?" Xia Chuanmo chuckled. "I'd like to talk to you a little more. After all, Mr. Kitagawa is a formidable figure who was able to capture Scorpius. Watching you willingly admit defeat and show a look of despair might be my greatest pleasure in the next few months."

"Did they lose? I don't think so."

Kitagawa Isao shook his head and looked around. "Actually, I knew from the beginning that there were people inside the Metropolitan Police Department. To be able to devise a plan to lure the enemy out by kidnapping a car requires extremely accurate intelligence. Otherwise, if there is a time error, your people will be surrounded by the Metropolitan Police Department before they even have a chance to evacuate."

"That's right, those guys in the Metropolitan Police Department are really naive and cute. They don't keep any secrets when they're handling cases. Even a rookie like me can easily receive intelligence and deployments over the radio. That's much more reliable than installing any bugging devices or anything like that."

“Indeed,” Kitagawa Isao nodded in agreement. “In a sense, although you were acting out of necessity, your operation was indeed more professional than that of the Metropolitan Police Department. However, this is also partly due to the fact that the Metropolitan Police Department has been spoiled by Shinichi Kudo and Kogoro Mouri these past two years…”

"Ha, can I take that Mr. Kitagawa is flattering us?"

Xia Chuanmo raised an eyebrow smugly. "Our organization is actually quite interested in talents like Mr. Kitagawa. How about it? Why not consider joining us? Forget about those idiot cops and become my subordinate. Actually, I personally quite like guys like you, the kind of guys who look like they want to be bullied..."

"Hey, what nonsense are you spouting?"

Kitagawa Isao's face darkened. "I only said that the Metropolitan Police Department is no match for you, but I didn't say that I had already admitted defeat. In fact, before I came out, I had already confirmed your identities, Officer Natsukawa... In your words, this game is not over yet, so don't jump to conclusions."

……