The train arrived in Sapporo.
Kudo Yukiko told the police that she seemed to have seen something long and thin in front of Asama Anji's room. When the police pressed her for details, she claimed she couldn't remember, gave the suspect a mysterious look, and turned to get off the train.
Holding Feichi, Chi Feichi whispered to Darcy, "Keep an eye on Kaetsu Toshinori."
Darcy nodded, helped carry the bags, and got off the train.
The platform was crowded with people coming and going. Kudo Yukiko wandered around the platform area.
"Conan, where are you going?"
Just as Conan was about to follow her, Mouri Ran stopped him. He turned and saw Chi Feichi following his mom from a moderate distance, which put him slightly at ease. "I'm going to find Brother Chi; he left something with me!"
"Eh, wait a minute!" Mouri Ran didn't have time to stop him and could only watch helplessly as Conan squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.
It was indeed inconvenient for Conan's small body to find someone in a crowd. Looking around, all he saw were legs, and when he looked up to find faces, he couldn't see the path...
By the time Kudo Yukiko stopped in front of a platform, Chi Feichi noticed that Conan had disappeared into the crowd and hadn't been able to follow.
Chi Feichi pretended to be waiting for another train, separated from Kudo Yukiko by a few people. When he noticed Kaetsu Toshinori approaching, he didn't stare too much.
Kaetsu Toshinori also spotted Chi Feichi. He hesitated for a moment but still quietly approached Kudo Yukiko, completely unaware that Darcy was following him, nor did he notice Kudo Yusaku slowly moving towards Kudo Yukiko as well.
After seeing Kudo Yusaku, Chi Feichi decided to just stand by and watch.
Better leave the opportunity to her husband...
Ten seconds passed, and Kaetsu Toshinori was still pretending to approach casually.
Twenty seconds passed, and Kaetsu Toshinori continued to approach Kudo Yukiko at a snail's pace.
Forty seconds passed, and Kaetsu Toshinori finally reached behind Kudo Yukiko, pretending to wait for the train.
Chi Feichi had black lines dropping down his forehead, continuing to wait.
A minute passed. The train whistled as it approached. Kaetsu Toshinori slowly reached out his hand...
One minute and ten seconds. Kaetsu Toshinori was still reaching out. Kudo Yusaku moved to the side but made no move...
Chi Feichi: "..."
One minute and fifteen seconds. Kaetsu Toshinori was still reaching out at a turtle's speed, and Kudo Yusaku still made no move...
Chi Feichi couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed Kaetsu Toshinori's hand directly, executed a shoulder throw, and slammed him onto the ground with a thud.
It's just a sneak attack; did you have to dawdle for so long?
Pretend to approach casually, quickly reach out and push, then mix into the crowd to leave during the chaos. Lurk steadily, strike fast, accurate, and ruthless—that's the correct operation, okay!
The people around were startled and hurriedly backed away.
Only Darcy, looking calm, and Kudo Yusaku, looking somewhat speechless, remained in place.
Conan ran over, breathing a long sigh of relief. Seeing Kudo Yusaku standing there too, he was a bit surprised but didn't ask much. "Are... are you okay?"
Kudo Yukiko smiled and waved her hand. "I'm fine, I'm fine."
Conan looked at the motionless Kaetsu Toshinori on the ground. "I meant Mr. Kaetsu..."
Kudo Yukiko: "..."
She thought her son was worried about her. But looking at Kaetsu Toshinori's state, he indeed needed more worry than she did...
"He just fainted," Chi Feichi said.
"Uh," Conan had black lines on his forehead. "But..."
According to normal procedures, shouldn't they catch the person, have a deduction showdown, confront each other, present evidence, and then make the culprit confess?
Now the culprit had just fainted directly. Which step of the procedure should they follow...
The group surrounded the unconscious Kaetsu Toshinori on the ground, silent for a long time.
Kudo Yukiko: "..."
Seems a bit troublesome now.
Kudo Yusaku: "..."
Deduction is probably out of the question; the rhythm is a bit off.
Conan: "..."
Feels like the atmosphere is getting weird again...
Chi Feichi: "..."
Why is no one talking?
Don't tell me I have to say what happens next too?
If I knew this, I would have held back and not acted so quickly.
Darcy: "..."
If Young Master doesn't speak, I won't speak either.
Once silence begins, the longer it lasts, the more awkward it gets; the more awkward it gets, the deeper the silence.
Chi Feichi waited a while. Finding no one speaking, he took the initiative. "The evidence should be in his bag."
"Let me see!" Conan unzipped the backpack. "The coat, hat, and mask he used to disguise as Asama Anji are all inside..."
Chi Feichi looked at Darcy. "Darcy, notify the police to come handle this."
"Wait," Kudo Yusaku stopped Darcy. "I'd like to wait for him to wake up and talk to him first. Ideally, persuade him to turn himself in."
Darcy looked at Chi Feichi.
Chi Feichi nodded. He didn't really care how it was handled.
The atmosphere relaxed considerably. Kudo Yusaku walked to Kudo Yukiko's side and smiled at Chi Feichi. "Thank you for helping just now. Otherwise, my wife might have been in danger."
"It's nothing. We agreed on it before." Chi Feichi ignored Kudo Yusaku's petty attempt to declare sovereignty.
"You are... Mr. Kudo Yusaku?" Darcy recognized Kudo Yusaku and looked at Kudo Yukiko. "Then your wife..."
Kudo Yukiko took off her sunglasses and winked with a smile. "I am Kudo Yukiko. I hid my true identity earlier because I didn't want to be recognized and cause a commotion. I'm really sorry!"
"Hello, I am Kudo Yusaku."
Kudo Yusaku reached out and shook hands with Chi Feichi.
"I am Chi Feichi," Chi Feichi introduced himself and bid farewell. "Since everything is fine, we'll be going now. Conan, you..."
"I see Ran-neechan," Conan spotted Mouri Ran coming this way. "Brother Chi, if you have things to do, go ahead!"
"Don't worry, this child won't get lost. We'll wait for Ran to come over before leaving," Kudo Yukiko said with a smile. "Actually, we are relatives too, right, Conan?"
"Yeah!" Conan nodded heavily.
"Sorry for troubling you this time. But in a while, maybe we will meet again!" Kudo Yusaku smiled at Chi Feichi.
Chi Feichi nodded, turned around, and left...
He left...
Kudo Yusaku was stunned for a moment. "Isn't he curious why I said we'd meet again?"
"He won't be curious. sometimes I suspect he has no curiosity at all," Conan retorted, though he became curious himself. "But I am curious. Why did you say that?"
"He is the heir to the Field Group, right? The Field Group has invested in an interesting project," Kudo Yusaku smiled, keeping it a secret. "As for what exactly it is... let's keep it confidential for now. You'll know when the time comes!"
"Saying that is the same as saying nothing..." Conan glanced at his dad.
It was too cruel to someone with strong curiosity like him!
After leaving the platform, Chi Feichi asked, "Why did Mr. Kudo Yusaku say we would meet again?"
Darcy thought for a moment. "It should be related to the Field Group's investment. I don't know too much, just heard that Mr. Kudo Yusaku is involved. For specifics, you can call the person in charge of external investments at the Field Group."
Tokyo.
When Asama Anji woke up, he had already been handed over from the National Police Agency to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Knowing he couldn't escape, he cooperated and confessed. However, in the end, he couldn't help asking, "Why am I here?"
Takagi Wataru was stunned. It was his first time seeing a criminal ask this question.
Why are you here? Didn't the National Police Agency catch you and send you over?
Megure Juzo was silent for a moment. Originally, there was no need to tell the criminal these things. However, considering that some people already knew of 'July's' existence, and he was also responsible for questioning the process of Asama Anji's capture, he asked directly, "Do you know July?"
Asama Anji's face changed slightly. As a fugitive, he had naturally heard of the bounty hunter who had been in the limelight in Japan recently. "He did this?"
Megure Juzo nodded. "Do you not remember how you were caught?"
Asama Anji was somewhat dazed, looking at Megure Juzo. "How was I caught?"
"Can you describe the process of your capture?" Megure Juzo avoided Asama Anji's question.
"Last week, I was outsmarted by that jewelry store owner. The robbery failed, and I didn't plan to stay in Tokyo for long. Later, that guy Kaetsu gave me a ticket for the Hokutosei train and disguise tools to help me flee Tokyo," Asama Anji tried hard to recall. "After I boarded the Hokutosei, around 5 PM, I went to the dining car to order dinner to be sent to my room. On my way back, I ran into Mouri Kogoro in the corridor..."
"Mr. Mouri?" Shiratori Ninzaburo couldn't help but speak up, only to be glanced at by Megure Juzo, realizing he shouldn't interrupt Asama Anji.
Fortunately, Asama Anji was still immersed in his memories, frowning. "I was worried about being recognized by Mouri Kogoro, so I hurried back to my room. Not long after I closed the door, I heard a knock. I didn't rush to open it. The other party slipped a note through the crack in the door..."
Saying that, he couldn't help checking his pockets.
"Your pockets only contained the train ticket and some money. Also, when you were delivered, there was the gun you used during the robbery," Megure Juzo said. "The note you mentioned should have been taken by July long ago. What was written on it?"
"It said my whereabouts were exposed. If I didn't want to be surrounded by police at the terminal station, I should go alone to Restroom No. 04," Asama Anji was somewhat annoyed. "If I had known, I should have jumped off the train and fled! But at that time, I just thought someone wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail me, so I went to the restroom. There was no one inside. There was a note on the mirror telling me to close the door and stay inside alone. Afterward, something seemed to dash past me. I only heard the sound of the lock clicking shut. I didn't see anything clearly before I fainted..."
"He was hiding in the restroom?" Megure Juzo asked.
"No, it couldn't be a person," Asama Anji said with certainty. "There are no hiding spots in that restroom. I checked when I went in. There is absolutely no way someone was hiding inside!"
"Could it be some kind of mechanism?" Shiratori Ninzaburo guessed. "After you went in and closed the door, you activated the mechanism, locking the door and releasing gas that made you unconscious..."