Chapter 386: Found

"A clock?"

Following Senichi's indication, everyone saw a standing clock next to the trash can that Hanzaki had just searched.

"Since he is someone from this vicinity, he must be familiar with this park."

Conan explained, "But just now, he deliberately asked Detective Takagi for the time, right?"

"Considering his previous actions, haven't you figured out his intentions?"

Senichi reminded, "From the moment he saw us, including asking you for the time and inviting you to dinner, it was all for one purpose."

"Using us as alibis?" Takagi suddenly realized, "Because of my status as a detective, if I testify on his behalf, it naturally carries a lot of credibility."

Looking at Takagi, who belatedly realized what was going on, Senichi sighed in resignation.

Your reaction is really too slow. Even a few reckless kids are quicker to catch on!

"That's right."

Senichi nodded, "But we can also deduce some more information from this. Hanzaki knew about your identity when he was stopped from arguing yesterday. Was it a coincidence that he came to the park today?

Generally, for providing an alibi, the more people and the more conspicuous the place, the better, right?

But he chose this park, which is spacious and has fewer people during working hours. Obviously, he came for you.

But how did he know for sure that you would come to the park today?"

"Ah!! Are you saying...!!"

After hearing Senichi's analysis, Takagi was shocked, "That guy knew I lost my detective badge, knew I would come to the park today, so he specifically came here to wait for me, making it convenient for him to provide an alibi!?"

Undoubtedly, this conclusion angered Takagi a bit. He was about to step towards the restaurant to find Hanzaki, but soon he calmed down.

"If it's really as Detective Senichi deduced, then that manager is probably in danger!?"

"That's right, that's how it is. Since he has now gone to the restaurant, it's probably another step in providing an alibi."

Senichi nodded, "What we need to do now is to quickly rescue the manager. There's a good chance he hasn't died yet, and there's a high probability that he's still in his apartment.

Once we resolve this trouble, your detective badge will probably be found smoothly."

The reason for speculating that the manager would be in Hanzaki's apartment is also a straightforward deduction. After all, according to Hanzaki's own disclosure, the manager's home is about an hour away from his apartment.

And since Hanzaki still wants to use Takagi as an alibi, naturally, his own home is the best choice.

"But we don't know where Hanzaki lives." Mitsuhiko said with a troubled expression. "Even if we ask him, he probably won't tell us, right?"

"Don't forget our identities." Senichi smiled and took out his phone. "As detectives, we don't fight alone."

When the call connected, Senichi immediately explained the current situation.

Generally, requests for large-scale mobilization of manpower for a search like this are very troublesome. Doing such a massive operation without any solid basis, if it yields no results, they will inevitably be embarrassingly criticized by higher-ups.

If the media gets wind of it, to put it bluntly, it would mean you will have to take responsibility.

So, even if it's not a very serious matter, requests for large-scale mobilization of manpower for an action based on unfounded speculation are usually not approved by higher-ups.

However, with Senichi's reputation, even this kind of request that would surely be delayed was smoothly approved without any difficulty.

Numerous nearby police cars received orders and started advancing toward the area designated by Senichi, inquiring about the other person's information from nearby shop owners or pedestrians.

Of course, Senichi and his team didn't just stand still. While gathering a large number of detectives for a carpet-style inquiry, they also dispersed to find information about Hanzaki.

When a collective starts to operate efficiently, finding the target becomes much easier.

Soon, Senichi received a report from colleagues, saying that they had learned about Hanzaki's residence by asking around the ice cream shop— a second-floor building next to San-chome Park.

Upon hearing this information, Senichi and Takagi immediately returned to the park, quickly identifying the building.

After finding the apartment manager, and showing his detective badge to him to open the door of Hanzaki's apartment, the two quickly found the manager in the bathroom with his hand and foot bound.

And on his head hung a huge iron block, tied with a rope, with the other end tied to the ice block suspended in the middle of two bricks.

This method was already quite obvious. When the ice block suspended in the middle of the bricks melts, the massive iron block would crush the manager, who was lying in the bathtub with his hand and foot bound.

After that, Hanzaki only needed to dispose of the props and take them out of the apartment, and everything would be successfully accomplished.

At that time, the time of death of the deceased and Takagi's testimony would become his most favorable alibi, instantly clearing his suspicion.

But unfortunately, the plan was well thought out, yet the acting was too awkward, to the extent that even children would doubt.

Little Dark silhouette members: Quit the group! Before being exposed, we were all award-winning actors!

Your acting is too terrible!!

After closing the mechanism and rescuing the manager from the bathtub, everything was successfully accomplished.

According to the manager, self-introduced as Sugiyama, he was called to Hanzaki's house and was suddenly attacked by him, then tied up, with the intention of being killed.

As expected, Takagi's detective badge was also picked up by Hanzaki, and when he was subdued, Hanzaki saw the detective badge. That's why he planned to go to the park to use Takagi as an alibi.

Senichi directly made a call, informing the nearby detectives to arrest Hanzaki in the restaurant.

And this simple case completely came to a close after Hanzaki was arrested.

[Lost Detective Badge]

[Congratulations to the host for gaining 300 Fate Points]

Seeing this simple reward, Senichi knew that even if he hadn't been involved, Takagi would probably have been able to save manager Sugiyama along the original trajectory.

Well, after all, he was mentally prepared, so Senichi didn't feel disappointed. The important thing was that the person was safely rescued.

With Takagi leading Hanzaki back to the police station after recovering the detective badge, Senichi invited the little ones to have a meal at that buffet restaurant.

After all, there's no need to make a call when you coincidentally run into Conan. Naturally, it's more natural to inquire about information in person.

After a satisfying meal, the little ones left the restaurant and continued their morning play plan in the park.

Seeing Senichi and Conan deliberately slowing down, Haibara followed the three little ones to keep an eye on them, so as not to disturb the conversation between the two behind them.

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