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"what?"
Matsuda was taken aback. What do you mean by "my mom"?
He picked at his ear, thinking he hadn't heard clearly.
"Where is my mother, Yukiko Kudo, now?" Conan asked angrily.
"Hey, isn't that your mother?" Matsuda was somewhat amused and exasperated. "Why are you asking me for her?"
"Matsuda Jinpei, stop pretending!" Conan said angrily in a deep voice, "If you hadn't seduced her... how could she have argued with my father and then run away from home!"
What? Your mother ran away from home?
Matsuda exclaimed in surprise, then noticed Conan's first words.
"Hey, what seduction? You're not trying to say I seduced your mother, are you?"
"Listen up, Conan, I don't know where you heard this nonsense and started making things up!" Matsuda said, frowning. "But there really is nothing between your mother and me!"
He wouldn't joke about something that involved someone else's family.
"Don't try to fool me!" Conan was so angry that he started waving his arms and legs wildly. "My dad has already noticed something's wrong. Otherwise, why would those two have been arguing last night!"
“…Conan,” Matsuda sighed, “Your mother and I only met for the first time last night. Do you think I’m incredibly charming, or is your mother just promiscuous? How could we hit it off on our first meeting?”
"This..." Conan was also a little dumbfounded.
Yeah, these two are meeting for the first time, how could they get together so quickly?
Actually, he was just overly concerned and confused. He overheard his parents arguing last night, and then saw his mother storm out of the house in the middle of the night in a huff.
My mind has been a jumbled mess; I've never really thought about these things seriously before.
"But...but I clearly heard..." Conan stammered.
“Kid, that’s just an excuse for adults to argue,” Matsuda put Conan back on the ground. “If you don’t believe me, go back and ask your father now, and see if he really found out something.”
Chapter 173 Takagi's Daily Heartbreak
"My father flew back to America at noon today!" Conan said with a worried look on his face.
"Then why don't you make a phone call?" Matsuda tapped his head.
"Yup!"
When it comes to his biological parents' marriage, Conan completely loses his usual shrewdness.
After hearing Matsuda's reminder, he realized what was happening and hurriedly ran out with his short legs.
……
a few days later.
"Inspector, can't you let me rest for two days?"
Matsuda yawned, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.
In fact, he was still half asleep when Inspector Megure dragged him out of the apartment.
“Brother Matsuda,” Megure assured, patting his chest, “I’ll definitely give you a break if you solve this case.”
"You seemed to say the same thing last time..." Matsuda slumped in the back seat. "So, Inspector, what's the matter this time?"
“This matter is rather tricky,” Inspector Megure said with a grim expression. “If it’s not handled properly, the careers of everyone in the First Division might be over, and you’ll be able to take a vacation every day.”
huh?
Matsuda opened his eyes and looked through the X-ray.
Only then did they notice that Megure's face was gloomy; his once kind and gentle chubby face was now clouded with dark clouds.
Matsuda straightened up immediately: "Is it really that troublesome?"
"This is a huge problem." Inspector Megure stopped rambling and said bluntly, "A large amount of octogen has been stolen from the Japanese gunpowder depot."
"Octogen?"
Matsuda was stunned. His sleepiness was instantly blown away after hearing the news.
"Isn't that a high-explosive? You mentioned a large amount of theft, how much exactly was stolen?"
"I don't know," Inspector Megure said in a deep voice, his face grim. "But it's said that if it explodes, it could completely destroy an entire building."
"Well, this is definitely troublesome."
As a former member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Security Forces' Mobile Group, Matsuda was naturally well aware of the power of these explosives.
"Any clues?"
“If we had them, we would have arrested them already!” Megure said helplessly. “Matsuda, you’re a master detective and a bomb disposal expert. We really need you this time. First, find the explosives. If they’ve already been made into bombs, we’ll have to trouble you to disarm them.”
A bomb? It's another big case!
Tokyo in the Detective Conan world is really never quiet!
Matsuda scratched his head in frustration.
……
The police car from the first class arrived at the Japanese gunpowder depot where the incident occurred.
As soon as he got out of the car, Matsuda looked around and observed the surrounding environment.
Highly dangerous explosive materials like octogens must be stored at a great distance from residential areas.
The warehouse for storage must not only be located in a remote area, but also be sparsely populated.
Because of this, it's practically impossible to find any eyewitnesses to the Octogen theft besides the staff there. It's also unclear whether the surveillance footage captured anything useful.
Matsuda looked at the security camera in the corner and prayed silently.
For dangerous explosives like octokines, the places where they are stored are naturally equipped with very sophisticated monitoring facilities.
only……
"what?"
As soon as Matsuda entered the gunpowder depot manager's office, he immediately heard Megure's furious roar.
"Is the monitoring system under maintenance these days, which is why it's not functioning properly?"
As expected, following the rules of the Detective Conan world,
If there's a case, surveillance is almost always unreliable.
"This is terrible." Inspector Megure muttered to himself, his face dark. "If we can't find the stolen octogens quickly, and they're detonated, who knows how many people will..."
“Alright, Inspector, things haven’t gotten to the worst point yet.” Matsuda walked to Megure’s side. “With so much octogen, even if we wanted to make it into a bomb, it would definitely be a troublesome and dangerous task. So, we should have two or three days of buffer time.”
Is it possible to find a batch of Octogens in an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers in just two or three days?
A sense of powerlessness welled up in Megure's heart.
"We still have a lot to do, so we can't waste time on this pointless daydreaming."
Matsuda nudged Megure, who was in a daze. Once he was awake, he didn't stand on ceremony and gave the order directly.
"First, searching for Oktokin requires a large number of people. At the very least, everyone on leave or whose work can be postponed should be called back."
"Even if we increase manpower, I'm afraid it's impossible to do it," Inspector Muguru said in a low voice, lacking confidence.
"If you try your best, there's still a chance of success; if you do nothing, there's absolutely no chance of success!"
After Matsuda finished speaking, he pointed to the security camera in the corner that had stopped working due to maintenance.
"Although no images were taken, entering a place like a gunpowder depot would definitely leave traces. The people in the first class were divided into three groups!"
"The first team is specifically investigating all the records of the gunpowder depot's entry and exit in the past few days."
"The second team will interrogate everyone who has entered or left the gunpowder depot in the past few days, whether they are staff or other unauthorized personnel. No one should be let off the hook."
"The third group, follow the road leading in and out of the gunpowder depot to see if there are any eyewitnesses, and perhaps we can find out the means of transportation the prisoners used to move Oktokin."
"Also, Inspector, contact the Department of Transportation and find the nearest road with a camera, retrieve the footage from that time period, and investigate all vehicles that could have carried that batch of Octokins."
After Matsuda finished speaking, he thought about it carefully again, making sure nothing was overlooked, before giving his instructions.
"In short, we must act quickly and capture them all before they use that batch of Octokin!"
"Ah? Oh, I see!"
Megure paused for a moment, then hurriedly went to work as Matsuda had instructed.
Officer Matsuda is really amazing!
Takagi, who was standing to the side, was holding a notebook and had written down everything Matsuda had just said.
Seeing that Inspector Megure, who had been like a headless fly, seemed to regain his confidence after just a few words and began to work in an orderly manner.
Takagi looked at Matsuda with eyes full of admiration.
No wonder Officer Sato likes Officer Matsuda!
Thinking of this, Takagi felt another wave of heartbreak, just like always.
Beside him, Inspector Megure, who was assigning and arranging manpower according to Matsuda's instructions, couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Such a big matter, and this kid can analyze the problem so calmly.
I'm clearly the senior officer who's been a policeman for most of my life.
In such matters, he was not as calm as his subordinates.
Thinking of this, Megure felt somewhat gloomy.
Chapter 174 Fire
Ha ha……
Matsuda, observing Megure's expression, had already guessed what he was thinking.
calm?
In such a major event, who can remain calm?