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Takagi suddenly understood.
The next day, Hattori and Conan brought Kikuto Morizono, who had turned himself in, to the Metropolitan Police Department, while Yuji Sakuraba was released without charge.
Ignoring Hattori's swagger, and to avoid any unforeseen complications, Matsuda quickly gathered evidence and information before submitting the case to the authorities.
After watching Kikuto Morizono being taken away by Prosecutor Kujo...
Matsuda finally breathed a sigh of relief. With that, the dust had settled, and he could finally get some rest.
......
With this matter resolved, just as Matsuda was preparing to sneak back home, Inspector Megure's untimely phone call came through.
"Brother Matsuda, come here quickly."
"Inspector, you haven't forgotten, have you? I was on duty all night last night. Do you expect me to work overtime again?"
Matsuda complained, "If this continues, I'll die from overwork sooner or later."
"Stop talking nonsense and come here right now, something terrible has happened again!"
After finishing speaking, Inspector Megure hung up the phone with a "click".
Left with no other option, Matsuda turned around and headed to the scene of the incident, Toto Bank.
Thankfully it wasn't a murder case, but the world of famous detectives is truly full of misfortunes.
They were robbed of 10 billion yuan a while ago, and now it's another 2 million yuan?
Matsuda looked up at the bank's sign and couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both emotion and reflection).
"Matsuda, you've arrived?"
Inspector Megure is talking to a middle-aged man about something.
Upon seeing Matsuda enter, he immediately called him to his side.
"This is Masuo Keizo, the branch manager of the bank."
"Hello."
Matsuda shook hands with the bank manager, then began to observe his surroundings.
"There were no casualties, that's really lucky. Can I take a look at the video footage from that time?"
"Uh, okay."
Branch manager Masuo nodded and quickly led Matsuda to check the video.
Were there only two prisoners?
After watching the entire process on the video, Matsuda returned to the hall with a frown.
No, there couldn't have been only two people. Looking at the security footage, the two robbers seemed quite familiar with the bank.
Moreover, the two people's operation went a little too smoothly.
"How long are you going to keep asking me? I'm the victim here, why should I have to put up with your harassment!"
As soon as Matsuda came out, he heard a shrill female voice.
He looked up and saw Takagi smiling obsequiously as he tried to persuade a woman.
"This is our job, please cooperate with our investigation."
Chapter 263 How will the bank in the Conan world continue to operate?
This woman?
Oh right, that was the first hostage taken in the video just now!
Later, due to the intense struggle, the prisoner had no choice but to switch hostages.
Haha, she really is a formidable woman...
Matsuda's heart suddenly skipped a beat; the woman held her head high, seemingly ignoring Takagi completely.
At that moment, Masao, the branch manager of Dongdu Bank, walked over and whispered something.
Although the woman still seemed reluctant, she finally agreed to cooperate with Takagi in giving a statement.
"Hehe, this bank manager is quite capable. How can he get customers to listen to him so well?" Matsuda exclaimed from the side.
"What's so impressive about her? That's his wife, Masuo Kayo." Inspector Megure walked over. "Did you discover anything?"
Matsuda shook his head: "There are no useful clues. I don't think we need me here anymore."
Is it due to tail extension and generation? Is this a coincidence?
"Hey, get serious!"
Megure glared at Matsuda.
"There are too few clues. Now we can only use the brute force of questioning witnesses on the street and checking the security cameras in the surrounding shops. I can't help with this kind of large-scale search."
After giving Inspector Megure a perfunctory answer, Matsuda saw that Kayo Masuo had answered a few questions and began to get impatient and wanted to leave.
"Mrs. Masuo, is that right?"
Matsuda took out his notebook and wrote down his number.
She stepped forward and handed the torn-off strip of paper to Masuo Kayo.
"Thank you for your cooperation. This is my mobile phone number. If you think of any related clues in the future, please contact me."
"can."
Kayo Masuo was about to decline, but then she suddenly remembered something and accepted Matsuda's phone number.
As Matsuda saw Kayo Masuo take the note, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Keizo Masuo's expression was a little unnatural.
These two are definitely suspicious; they're both hiding something!
After the investigation was completed, on the way back to the Metropolitan Police Department, Megure, sitting in the passenger seat, was filled with frustration.
He turned back several times, and finally couldn't help but ask,
"Brother Matsuda, are you really not left with any clues?"
"That's very suspicious."
Matsuda turned his head and looked at the traffic outside the car window.
“The branch manager was not present when the robbery occurred, but his wife was taken hostage. And I heard that the branch manager only appeared shortly after you arrived at the scene.”
"You mean the branch manager has a problem?" Inspector Megure asked to confirm.
"He must know something."
Matsuda recalled the unnatural expression on Masuo Keizo's face when his wife accepted his phone number.
"Do we need to control this?" Inspector Megure asked.
“I don’t know,” Matsuda shook his head. “His wife should know something too, but we have too little information right now. If we alert them, where will we get the 200 million yen that was stolen?”
"Let's leave it at that for now and maintain the status quo, but you need to keep an eye on Masuo Kayo."
Megure didn't say much, but Matsuda knew the pressure he was under.
The Mori family scandal, which has been making headlines for the past few days, is still unresolved when another bank robbery has emerged.
"Matsuda, this time you have to do it perfectly and don't leave any loose ends."
Megure gets a headache just thinking about the constant phone calls Hattori Heizo has been making these past few days.
Although he and Conan successfully set a trap, getting Kikuto Morizono to confess to his crimes,
However, Mr. Sakuraba was detained by the Metropolitan Police Department for a day because of their reasoning.
In the eyes of the media, this is clearly something to nitpick.
The Metropolitan Police Department has been harassed by the media every day because of this incident.
Megure naturally hoped that such a thing would never happen again.
"Huh? How come it's back to me again?"
Matsuda was about to nod in agreement when he suddenly realized something.
"This was clearly your responsibility!"
"I will entrust this robbery entirely to Sato."
Megure smiled faintly.
"This is the most important case in our department right now, and it's time for Sato, as a management trainee, to take on a leading role. This is to cultivate her talent."
"If you're going to train her, then train her. Why tell me?" Matsuda felt a little frustrated.
That's what they say, but how could Matsuda not take Sato's task seriously?
It just so happens that Ai Haibara went out for a trip with Professor Agasa and Conan these past few days.
Matsuda simply stayed overnight at the Metropolitan Police Department.
Meanwhile, the mobile search team investigating the area near the bank found nothing. As Matsuda looked at the information they sent him, he became increasingly convinced that there was a mole involved in this robbery.
They cleverly avoided the store's security cameras by taking routes that were designed to prevent them from entering.
Without a certain understanding of the surrounding streets, it's clearly impossible to do this.
Of course, it could also be attributed to their thorough preparation and having scouted the route in advance.
But the idea of two people stealing 200 million yen is really hard for Matsuda to believe.
Judging from the bank's surveillance footage, the two robbers were not well-trained individuals; they were just ordinary people who were physically strong, and even their gun-handling skills were not professional.
More importantly, they were well aware of the bank's cash reserves for the day.
The two hundred million yuan was not new banknotes just withdrawn from the head office, but rather old banknotes that were to be sent to the head office.
These banknotes, which are not consecutive and have different wear patterns, would go unnoticed once they were circulated.
The two robbers' objective was clear: this sum of money.
Although the people who went to the bank to withdraw money yesterday were frightened, not a single one of them was robbed.