After hearing this name, Xiao Ai instinctively felt frightened——
Because, this person is from the organization!
At that time, Shirley, who was still a member of the organization, had heard of this person's name when she was developing the drug for the organization, and she had even seen his detailed personal information...
Although, before he escaped from the organization, Numabuchi Kiichiro had already escaped from the organization, but...
lofty……
Worried, Xiao Ai looked at Gao Yuan with confusion and solemnity——
"Why, the reason why the Osaka Prefectural Police came specifically to find Gao Yuan is because of Numabuchi Kiichiro..."
At this moment, Xiao Ai only felt a kind of fear of the unknown, fearing that Gao Yuan had been involved in some terrible incident without knowing it, and that it would still be known to the police...
In this way, when Xiao Ai felt worried in a daze, but because he was in Otaki Goro's car at the moment, and Otaki Goro was there, Xiao Ai said nothing, Gao Yuan on the side heard the name Numabuchi Kiichiro
Finally, something suddenly dawned on me——
Ah, indeed, if it is the original work, the first time this name appears is indeed in the case that happened in Osaka, but I have heard this name as early as last year...
Thinking like this, after noticing that Xiao Ai next to him was suddenly surprised and panicked after hearing this name coming from Otaki Goro's mouth, Gao Yuan couldn't help but pat Xiao Ai's hand on the seat.
The back of my hand, trying to calm her down first——
After all, although Kiichiro Numabuchi is a figure in the organization, he is now a figure who has escaped from the organization...
So, after realizing that Gao Yuan was comforting her, Xiao Ai seemed to understand something from Gao Yuan's expression——
It's like Gao Yuan knows everything he's worried about...
She couldn't help but feel even more puzzled by this. Although Xiao Ai didn't understand the reason, her originally tense mood was somewhat calmer at this moment.
At this point, after seeing that Xiao Ai seemed to have stabilized, Gao Yuan turned to Otaki Goro and asked:
"Numabuchi Kiichiro? Is he the murderer who committed consecutive murders while being wanted?"
"That's right."
Nodding, Otaki Goro replied:
"Since his crime was discovered again in Tokyo last year, he committed several murders in Tohoku, Kanto and Kinki for three consecutive days despite being wanted. He is a very vicious and cruel gangster! And there are
Clues indicate that Numabuchi Kiichiro seems to have fled to Osaka recently, so this incident may be related to Numabuchi Kiichiro!"
With that said, Otaki Goro calmed down as he felt very troubled by mentioning this serial murderer, and then he turned around and said:
"And it just so happened that last year in Tokyo, it was you, Mr. Akechi, who helped the Tokyo police discover the whereabouts of Kiichiro Numabuchiro. So after learning that Mr. Akechi would arrive today, the head of the department wanted to invite you over to see how you feel about the crime.
Can Numabuchi Kiichiro's knowledge help us catch this terrible gangster as soon as possible! If he is allowed to operate in Osaka, given his situation, I don't know how many more incidents he will commit!"
In this regard, listening to Otaki Goro's words, Takato finally understood why Hattori Heizo wanted to see him——
It turns out that it was because of the incident last year, and because he helped the police in the investigation, that the traces of Kiichiro Numabuchi were finally found, so Hattori Heizo wanted to find himself to assist in the investigation?
"So... that's it. But if I have to say it, I didn't have any direct contact with Numabuchi Kiichiro in last year's incident, and I was able to find traces of Numabuchi Kiichiro entirely because of the police investigation.
…”
Thinking carefully about the incident last year, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say this -
If I remember correctly, the incident mentioned by Officer Otaki was a copycat crime of a serial murder incident that was taking place in Tokyo. The deceased was a young woman who happened to be encountered by him before she was about to die.
Because the other party was hearing-impaired, when she finally asked her in front of her, she answered questions that were not the ones she asked at that time. As a result, there were some twists and turns in the investigation of her incident.
But in the end, after discovering this, figuring out the place where the deceased was killed, and successfully deducing the murderer's movement trajectory, the police finally found the murderer during the investigation process——
That is Kiichiro Numagachi, who has a history of murder!
However, after learning that the murderer was Numabuchi Kiichiro, he realized that the copycat crime might be related to the organization, so he did not participate in the subsequent investigation, so why...
Thinking of this, Gao Yuan was still a little confused, so he asked.
In this regard, hearing Gao Yuan's answer, Xiao Ai on the side couldn't help but be surprised. She didn't expect that Gao Yuan would be involved in the incident related to Numabuchi Kiichiro before he really did it.
However, after hearing Gao Yuan say that he had no direct contact with Numabuchi Kiichiro, Xiao Ai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
In response to this, Otaki Goro smiled slightly when he heard Gao Yuan's answer and said:
"Mr. Akechi is too humble. In the incident where Kiichiro Numabuchi was discovered, if Mr. Akechi had not keenly perceived the key to the incident and discovered the monitoring problem, I am afraid that Kiichiro Numabuchi would not have been found at all in the end.
. Therefore, although Mr. Akechi has not had direct contact with Numabuchi Kiichiro, your arrival will definitely provide us with important help in tracing the whereabouts of Numabuchiro Kiichiro!"
Hearing what Otaki Goro said, Gao Yuan just nodded and said nothing more. Xiao Ai had something he wanted to tell Gao Yuan, but due to Otaki Goro's presence, he had to slow down for a while.
As for Otaki Goro, after saying what he just said, Gao Yuan didn't say anything else, so Otaki Goro couldn't help but said with emotion about this incident:
"Hey... I really didn't expect that this incident would involve Numabuchi Kiichiro, who was on the run... Considering the relationship between the two deceased people, the chief and others believe that this incident may be similar to what happened twenty years ago.
It is related to the drunk driving death of the driving training class instructor. And more importantly, in that driving training class twenty years ago, in addition to Numabuchi Kiichiro, there was also Prefectural Assembly member Goji Sotaro...
If these two people are involved, this incident will not be easy to handle..."
But at this moment, instead of listening to Otaki Goro's narration, Takato is seriously recalling the incident in the original work——
If I remember correctly, this incident in the original work also happened after Hattori Heiji invited Conan to Osaka. However, when the relationship between the deceased was found, there should have been more than two victims.
But now, according to Otaki Goro's statement, the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters only relied on the fact that the murderer deliberately pierced the deceased's wallet with a short knife when killing the person, and became aware of the driver's license stored in the wallet, so they directly investigated the situation.
As for the incident twenty years ago...
If I remember correctly, Conan and Hattori Heiji in the original work only gradually realized this after experiencing the two subsequent incidents.
It can be seen that the current investigation progress of the Osaka Prefectural Police is much faster than that of the original work...
Is this because of a deviation?
still……
"Ah, by the way. We are now worried that Numabuchi Kiichiro may have accomplices..."
And just when Gao Yuan was thinking, Otaki Goro suddenly mentioned this matter...