"Do those two know each other?"
The Detective Boys hid behind a vending machine by the roadside, watching the two people ahead from a distance.
"No, judging by the distance between them as they walk, they probably don't know each other." Mitsuhiko put his fingers on his chin, pondering.
The two maintained a distance of about ten meters at all times. Occasionally, the man in the hoodie walking behind would stop, suggesting he was tailing the arsonist.
"Do you think there's something wrong with the person behind him too?" Genta asked, frowning.
"Yeah. Dressing like that and keeping his head down might be due to personality, but those leather gloves are definitely abnormal!" Mitsuhiko analyzed with sound reasoning.
With Conan absent, he was the brains of the operation.
"By the way, do you guys feel like you've heard of this kind of outfit somewhere before?" Ayumi asked, tilting her little head.
Dressed all in black, covered up completely, often active at night, dealing with criminals...
"Unlikely. If that's really the case, it would be too much of a coincidence." Mitsuhiko also knew who she was referring to.
When the Dark Knight first made a name for himself, elementary and middle school students would imitate scenes of him fighting criminals in their games.
Was that urban legend figure appearing right before their eyes?
Impossible. His entrance should be cooler, like drifting in with that awesome battle vehicle of his.
"They went into the alley. Let's get closer." Genta was super brave. Seeing the two walk into the alley one after another, he took out his Detective Boys badge, ready to continue tracking them and contact Conan and the others via the badge.
...
"We have to tell Inspector Megure about this immediately."
Hearing Ai's deduction, Officer Sato understood that the sixth arson location was extremely likely to be in Shinagawa.
In the previous five arson cases, the locations were always near train stations, and the sixth one likely wouldn't be an exception.
One adult and two children walked out of the pub.
"No... no way! The three of them are gone!" Officer Sato had just opened the car door to grab her phone when she discovered the Detective Boys were missing.
Hearing this, Conan's expression changed, and he immediately pulled out his badge.
"Ayumi, Ayumi, where did you guys go?"
There were many pedestrians passing by here; they couldn't have been forcibly taken from the car, right?
"Conan, can you hear me?"
After about ten seconds, Ayumi's voice came through.
However, her voice was very small and soft.
"Where on earth did you guys run off to?!" The famous detective shouted.
Do you guys even understand the seriousness of the problem?!
"Don't be so loud, okay? If those two hear us, who knows what will happen." Ayumi was startled.
The Detective Boys had tracked them all the way to the warehouse district near Shinagawa Station.
At night, there was no one here at all. It was pitch black, and they couldn't see anything clearly.
"Officer Sato, is something wrong?" Officer Shiratori saw the red Mazda parked on the side of the road, got out of his car, and asked.
Officer Sato didn't speak but looked worriedly at the badge in Conan's hand.
Mr. Tsuneo entrusted these children to me when he left, and now three of them are missing...
Officer Shiratori didn't understand the situation either and stood aside to watch.
"Two people?"
"Why are there two people?" Conan took a deep breath and continued to ask the badge.
"Yes. We saw the arsonist first, and then there was a person dressed all in black, wearing leather gloves, walking behind him at a constant distance with his head down."
"We are currently in the warehouse district."
Mitsuhiko truthfully reported the current situation.
"All in black..." Conan scratched his head, confused.
"What are you doing here?"
A chilling male voice came from the detective badge.
"!!!"
Startled by the unexpected voice, the expressions of the four people standing at the entrance of the pub changed.
Sato and Shiratori's pupils contracted, their faces solemn.
Were they discovered?
Conan and Ai exchanged a glance, instantly knowing who the black-clad person following the arsonist was.
That cold voice was exclusive to the Dark Knight.
No matter how many times they heard it, it was still terrifying...
"Sunglasses, mask... Dark Knight, are you the Dark Knight?!" Genta exclaimed from the other side of the badge.
Soon, the communication was cut off from Ayumi's end.
"Shiratori, warehouse district, hurry!" Sato shouted, immediately preparing to get in the car and speed off.
"By the way, Officer Shiratori, before you separated from Officer Takagi, did he do anything strange?" Conan hurriedly asked.
"I remember he looked up and stared at the station sign at the time," Shiratori said while dialing a number.
"Hello, this is Ninzaburo Shiratori. There is an emergency in the warehouse district of Shinagawa Ward 6..."
The station sign...
KAN O.
Conan instantly figured out the connection.
So that's it!
"Officer Sato, wait a moment!" Conan jumped into the red Mazda.
"You two hold on tight!" Sato's gaze had changed. gripping the steering wheel, she looked like a racing god.
Ai sat in the back seat, silently fastening her seatbelt. Her condition was dangerous...
"Officer Sato, leave the warehouse district to Officer Shiratori. We should go arrest the culprit from eighteen years ago now!" The famous detective in the passenger seat smiled.
"Conan-kun, did you discover something?" Officer Sato had already started the car and rushed out.
"Yeah. Thanks to Officer Takagi, the riddle has been solved. We should still have time before the real statute of limitations expires," Conan nodded.
Officer Sato was silent for a moment, but the direction the car was traveling didn't change at all; she was still speeding towards the warehouse district.
Ai grabbed the handrail and couldn't help but smile.
...
"Sunglasses, mask... Dark Knight, are you the Dark Knight?!"
Tsuneo bent down, took the detective badge from Ayumi's hand, turned it off, and looked speechlessly at the three little brats in front of him.
You guys really dared to follow me here?
The repairman had spotted Officer Sato's car and the kids inside as soon as he started tracking the arsonist.
Just you wait. I will definitely tell the mothers in exaggerated detail.
I guarantee your butts will be red and swollen for a week.
"!" Ayumi felt her previous guess was correct.
It really was the Dark Knight himself!
Although no one knew what the Dark Knight truly looked like, this outfit was widely known.
And that voice, just like the legends said, was cold enough to scare people to death!
"..." Tsuneo ignored her, tossed the detective badge back, turned around in the darkness, and looked not far away at the arsonist preparing to set fire to a small wooden warehouse.
This person... feels like their mental state is a bit questionable.
"Unbelievable!" The three kids hid in the corner, sticking their heads out in unison, watching the Dark Knight walk step by step towards the man.
The urban legend had actually appeared before their eyes!
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