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"Ahem, since you've made such a request, it would be unreasonable for me to refuse."
Matsuda tried his best to appear calm as he spoke.
"However, I've only met Ms. Yoko twice. She's a big star; she shouldn't be so easy to pursue, right?"
"Don't worry about this!"
Upon hearing Matsuda's agreement, Teng Xiangming quickly said,
"I'll be by Yoko's side and will do everything I can to help you, like sending you to her dreams so she dreams about you often..."
Having said that, as if afraid that Matsuda would change his mind, he immediately ran through the wall.
This guy, no wonder he's the kind of person who would commit suicide for Yoko Okino, his twisted love is truly...
awesome!
Matsuda clenched his fist excitedly.
……
After taking Yoko's statement, it was time to leave work.
When Matsuda and Takagi saw Yoko off, Tensho Meiichi, who had become a guardian spirit, gave Matsuda a gesture that said, "I've got everything under control!"
Is this guy so eager to cheat on himself?
Matsuda mentally muttered a complaint.
Sato was on duty tonight, so Matsuda had to go home alone.
On the way, he got hungry, so he went to get something to eat.
It was already dark when we left the restaurant.
Just then, someone called his name.
"Officer Matsuda!"
Matsuda turned his head and saw that it was Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta, the four little devils.
"It's so late, why aren't you home yet?"
"Officer Matsuda, we're looking for treasure!" Genta shouted.
"What treasure?" Matsuda frowned.
In his memory, these mischievous kids seemed to frequently get into all sorts of trouble because of their treasure hunts.
"This is it."
Ayumi snatched a piece of paper from Conan and stuffed it into Matsuda's hand.
"Officer Matsuda is so capable, he'll definitely find out where the treasure is soon!"
“We’ve been following Conan for ages, but we haven’t gotten anywhere,” Mitsuhiko said.
Heh... these little devils!
Conan clenched his fist in anger. How dare they look down on him, a famous high school detective!
Matsuda was stunned when he took the paper and saw the series of patterns on it.
He remembers this case!
The so-called treasure is probably the 15000 gold coins that were stolen from Italy a year ago!
This is a treasure worth 6 million yen!
Matsuda looked up and glanced into the distance, quickly spotting three men in black suits who looked suspicious.
He quickly made up his mind: "Sorry, I don't understand this code either."
Matsuda returned the paper with the coded message to Ayumi.
"I still have some things to take care of. You four, remember to go home early."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Looking at his retreating figure, Ayumi felt somewhat disappointed.
"Even Officer Matsuda can't untie it?"
“Yes,” Mitsuhiko sighed, “Even with Officer Matsuda’s amazing deductive skills, he couldn’t solve it. Maybe this isn’t a treasure map at all.”
"Hey, you two, stop talking nonsense!" Genta shouted angrily. "This must be a treasure map! I'm counting on getting the treasure to eat eel rice!"
The three of them were arguing when Conan suddenly adjusted his glasses.
Reflected in the light from the lenses, he confidently declared, "This must be treasure! Just because Officer Matsuda can't solve it doesn't mean I can't either!"
Officer Matsuda has given up!
Now, if I can decipher the code, I'll win this time!
……
On the other side, after leaving the four kids, Matsuda immediately found the place where the gold coins were hidden based on his memory.
Standing downstairs, he didn't go up immediately. If he were to personally retrieve the gold coins, it would be easy to leave footprints and fingerprints.
With Conan's intelligence, he might be able to guess that he took the gold coins beforehand.
Thinking of this, Matsuda looked at the river beside him. If you walk by the river often, you're bound to get your shoes wet. Naturally, there would be no shortage of water ghosts in the river.
Matsuda quickly caught one with the silver chain.
"Officer, you..."
The water ghost looked terrified, and the wounds all over his body made him dare not resist Matsuda any longer.
“Do me a favor and I’ll let you go,” Matsuda pointed to the building. “There’s a bunch of bandits’ gold coins hidden in this building. Go up there, take those coins down, and you can leave.”
The water ghost dared not ask any more questions and quickly floated into the building.
After he brought all three bags of gold coins downstairs, Matsuda immediately chanted a spell to open a passage to the underworld.
A dark vortex appeared out of nowhere and sucked the water ghost into it.
"Good luck, may you be reborn as a human in your next life!"
For the sake of the gold coins, Matsuda offered a prayer for it.
After finding a place nearby to hide the gold coins, Matsuda went to the vicinity of the building where the gold coins were hidden.
Then I just stood there and waited. After more than half an hour, the four little devils came over.
Conan held the note and looked around. When he saw the lights on the bridge in the distance forming a diamond shape, a smile appeared on his lips.
This is it!
Thinking of the policeman who had seen the code but was completely oblivious, Conan couldn't help but feel smug.
I won this reasoning!
……
After the four little devils entered the building,
A short while later, the three suspicious men in suits that Matsuda had spotted earlier also followed them inside.
"Hello, Inspector Megure?"
Upon seeing them, Matsuda immediately dialed his superior's number.
"I've found the remaining three members of the Italian bandit group. Yes, the location is... They might be armed. Please come to our aid immediately."
Chapter 10: The gold coins are mine! The credit is mine too!
The gold coins are mine, and the credit is mine too!
Matsuda hadn't forgotten that his goal as a policeman was to climb to the top of the Metropolitan Police Department and become the Superintendent General!
Matsuda took out his pistol and went into the building.
……
The situation inside the building was now extremely critical.
The four children were tied up by the three Italian bandits.
The Italian bandit with a mustache pointed a gun at Conan's head and snapped, "Tell me, where are the gold coins?"
"...I really don't know." Conan was also at a loss for words.
According to his reasoning, the gold coins should be hidden in this building, but just now, after checking everywhere, he couldn't find any trace of them.
"I've searched everywhere, but there are no gold coins at all!" the short Italian bandit roared.
“According to the coded message on that paper, the gold coin should indeed be here,” Conan interjected, “unless…”
"Unless what?"
The three Italian robbers immediately focused their attention on Conan.
"Unless you've been tricked by your boss, the gold coins weren't hidden here at all," Conan said with a helpless expression.
"Damn it!" the short bandit cursed.
"What that brat said is definitely possible! That bastard must have used a fake code to trick us!" The bandit with the mustache gritted his teeth.
"What do we do now?" the blond bandit asked. "We've lost all trace of those gold coins."
"You still want gold coins?" the short robber sneered. "The police are already searching everywhere. If we stay in Japan any longer, we'll definitely be caught!"
"Let's leave Japan first!" The mustachioed bandit immediately made the decision.
"We'll come back when that bastard boss gets out of prison, and then we'll make him cough up all those gold coins!"
"That's the only way we can do it," the blond bandit nodded helplessly.
"What should we do with these four brats?" the short bandit asked.
"The four of them saw our faces, what do you suggest we do?"
A fierce glint flashed across the mustache-wielding bandit's face.