Conan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Okay. But you don't need your mobile phone. I'll use my detective badge to call them first."

The children in the Junior Detective Team are relatively independent. Their parents seldom pick up and drop off their children since kindergarten. After entering elementary school, they have a higher degree of freedom. After school, the children often run out to play by themselves for most of the day. As long as they sleep at night

When they go home before, their parents basically don’t ask any questions.

At this moment, although Conan felt that Kitahara Sosuke was a little too worried, he still took out the badge. Before sending the signal, the badge suddenly rang.

"Beep, beep...Conan! Conan, did you hear that?" Ayumi's cautious voice came from over there.

"Ayumi?" Conan frowned and said, "You haven't gone home yet?"

"Well...I, I saw that person."

"that person?"

"That's the arsonist..."

……………………

half an hour ago.

Looking at Shikano Shuji who was kneeling on his knees and crying bitterly, unable to capture him, the three members of the Young Detective Team sighed in unison.

Mitsuhiko: "The case has been solved!"

Ayumi: "Well..."

Yuantai: "The prisoner also voluntarily confessed everything..."

"Bumi: "Well..."

Mitsuhiko: "We are of no use at all!"

Three people: "Oh——"

I originally thought there would be some room for improvement. After all, many bad guys have been arrested through their efforts. However, there is no room for the three people to participate in today's case. On the contrary, it is obvious that they stand here and seem to be hindering the police.

This made the three of them dejected, and they didn’t want to stay for a minute longer.

"Okay!" Haiyuan Ai advised from the side: "It's getting late, so you should go home! You haven't finished your homework yet, right?"

"Hi~" The three of them responded in unison. Although they were reluctant, they also appeared to be well-behaved.

Haiyuan Ai couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

Unlike Conan, she is not that obsessed with solving crimes. In contrast, taking care of these favorite children is more important to her.

Several people said hello to Conan and Officer Sato who brought them here. They rejected Sato Miwako's suggestion to send a policeman to take them back, and decided to take the bus themselves.

Several people came to the bus stop together. While waiting for the bus, Haiyuan Ai looked at the map on the bus stop sign and suddenly said "Eh".

"What's wrong, Haibara-san?" Ayumi leaned over and asked with concern.

"Nothing, I just suddenly discovered that if the location where the arsonist committed the crime was marked on the map..." She stood on tiptoe and used her finger to make dots on the map: "Ikebukuro, Asakusa Bridge, Tabata, Shimokitazawa, Yotsuya...

Look, what does this look like?"

"I know, I know!" Yuantai raised his hands and said happily: "Like fried chicken legs!"

"It looks like a carrot too!" Ayumi's train of thought was smoothly diverted by Genta, and she thought seriously: "Is that person hungry?"

Mitsuhiko touched his chin and assumed the posture of Sherlock Holmes: "I feel... like words... but I'm not sure what they are."

Many Chinese characters and English characters with relatively simple structures quickly flashed through his mind, and he kept comparing them.

"It's fire!" Haihara Ai revealed the answer: "The arsonist wrote a big word 'fire' in order on the vast land of Tokyo!"

She traced it with her fingers, and the three of them suddenly realized it. Mitsuhiko said: "In this case... his 'fire' is still missing!"

"That's right!" Haibara Ai said: "If this is true, then the next fire place must be in Shinagawa!"

"Shinagawa?" Genta scratched his head: "We are in Shinagawa now! But don't worry! Didn't Officer Takagi and the others go to catch the arsonist before? It seems that he was caught at Shinagawa Station!"

"No, not at all." Mitsuhiko's face also became serious: "I heard Officer Shiratori report to the Megure Police Department before. He said that the person caught at Shinagawa Station was just a thief who broke into the empty door, and the real arsonist is still at large!

"

"That...that doesn't mean..."

"Gudong."

Yuantai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, a little nervous, and a little excited: "Do we also have a chance to make meritorious deeds like Conan?"

"Don't mess around! Have you forgotten that Brother Beiyuan is nearby?" Haihara Ai said calmly: "If he takes you to class again, I won't care."

Yuantai: "..."

Mitsuhiko: "..."

It seems to be true!

The blood that had just been boiling immediately cooled down, and even had a tendency to solidify.

Thinking of the days spent at the Beihara family that would give children nightmares, and the pain of being taught a lesson by their own parents, the two of them immediately became depressed.

"What should we do? Should we just ignore the arsonist?" Yuantai asked.

"I told the police this theory. The police are much stronger than us, and they will be able to catch the arsonist soon."

Haiyuan Ai comforted them while making a phone call.

"Beep...beep..."

The phone rang for a long time and was not connected until it was automatically hung up.

"What's going on?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Officer Takagi didn't answer the phone." Haiyuan Ai frowned and said, "Maybe there's something wrong with him... Forget it, I'll call Brother Beihara. It might be better for him to call the police."

He also knew that except for Takagi Wataru, the other policemen would definitely regard their speculation as a child's whimsical farce and would not take it seriously at all. But if it were Kitahara Sosuke, no matter how childish the reasoning was, someone would take it seriously.

treated.

Genta didn't understand these considerations of hers. He just felt a little frightened when he heard Kitahara Sosuke's name. He couldn't help but said: "How about we contact Conan? Listen to what Conan said. Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, you are sure

That's what you think too, right?...Ayumi?...Ayumi?"

Only then did they realize that Ayumi was hiding behind Haihara Ai with a pale face, her pupils were dilated, and her body was shaking slightly.

"What's wrong with you, Ayumi?" Mitsuhiko asked hurriedly.

"Then, that person..." Ayumi suddenly pointed forward and said, "That's the bad guy!"

…………………………

"Hey! Are you going to follow the arsonist? Don't mess around!" Conan immediately yelled worriedly after hearing Ayumi's words.

"No, no..." Ayumi was also a little aggrieved and a little scared, and whispered: "We didn't follow her, we stayed in a crowded place, it was a meatball shop..."

Conan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely. He couldn't help but look at Kitahara Sosuke gratefully.

He knew that with the personalities of these children, they would usually follow the criminal immediately after discovering traces of them. This time, they actually learned to protect themselves first. Needless to say, it must be the credit of the lessons arranged by Kitahara Sosuke.

Kitahara Sosuke also stood up immediately, took out the car keys and said: "Ask for their current location!"

"We are in Shinagawa 6-chome..." Ayumi gave the house number and looked up.

The meatball shop is on the third floor. At this time, several people are sitting by the window. There is a plate of fragrant meatballs on the table. But even Genta, who loves to eat the most, is not in a hurry to fill his stomach. He and Mitsuhiko

The two men were lying by the window, using a temporary telescope to monitor the arsonist's movements.

"He will soon be out of our surveillance range!" Mitsuhiko said, "Maybe we should change the surveillance location."

"No, he had already left when we moved." Haibara Ai had been studying the map, and now said to the detective badge: "Edogawa-kun, that man walked to the alley next to No. 147, Shinagawa 6-chome.

inside, towards the northeast. He didn't notice our surveillance, so he probably wouldn't hide his whereabouts deliberately, so the place where he planned to set fire should be near that area."

"Okay, Beiyuan and I will go there soon. Just stay there and don't leave!" Conan said sternly.

"Got it~"

Upon hearing the word "Kitahara", the children immediately responded in a cute voice without saying a word in rebuttal, which made Conan feel a little uncomfortable.

"That guy Conan is so serious! He went to catch the arsonist himself, but he didn't let us go!"

As soon as the badge communication ended, Yuantai couldn't help but complain.

I have to say that most of their "bears" are because they see Conan always participating in this kind of thing. It doesn't matter at all, but he has won the attention and respect of adults. Children don't know how to be like this

What level of basic abilities do you need to have the same level as Conan? I just think it's cool and handsome, and I envy it, so I subconsciously imitate it.

"That's right!" Mitsuhiko also felt dissatisfied: "Brother Kitahara should also let him write a self-criticism."

"Well... Conan seems to have written about it, when he was in the hospital." Ayumi still defended the boy she liked.

Thinking of the last time Conan was injured and hospitalized, Genta and Mitsuhiko were immediately speechless. They usually felt so painful that they wanted to cry even if they accidentally kicked the table leg. Being shot through the stomach by a bullet... it must be more painful, right? But Conan

At that time, I was still trying to comfort them and protect them.

Thinking of this, the slight sourness and jealousy in my heart dissipated unconsciously, replaced by shame and the desire to catch up and surpass.

But while the children were talking, a man at a table nearby suddenly turned his head and looked at them with a bit of surprise in his eyes.

Arsonists?

But wasn't the arsonist knocked out by him and packed up and sent to the police station? Why did another one show up?

Could it be...he knocked the wrong person before?

But if that guy didn't commit the crime, why did he run away?

Matsuzaki Ginci hesitated for a moment, then finally stood up and walked towards the children by the window: "Long time no see, Genta, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Xiaoai."

"Ah, Uncle Matsuzaki from Kitahara's brother's house!"

The three children exclaimed, trembling as if they had seen a ghost.
Chapter completed!