Takagi: Kill Me, but Not with the Loli Knife

"But Fujino- kun, are you sure he's been kidnapped?"

After regaining his composure, Takagi hesitated again.

Although it was Fujino who said it, given his rank, he wasn't qualified to mobilize and set up sentry posts, so he needed to find out the details first.

"Give me the phone..."

Sato Miwako had been eavesdropping on the phone, decisively snatched the phone away. "Ikimo told me that there was a traffic accident over there, Yumi is handling it at the scene. It's definitely too late to set up checkpoints now. Yumi can investigate, but could you tell me the specifics of what happened?"

"A foreigner has been kidnapped and is currently traveling along the Tsuchibutsu-Kamishige route to Saitama Prefecture."

Fujino explained, "Check passing vehicles, especially police cars. The kidnappers most likely used a modified police car to lure the person into the car, and they seem to be armed. Tell Yumi it's best not to alert them. We'll meet up with Yumi at Ikumo and also notify Saitama to cooperate in the interception."

Sato Miwako nodded. "I'll go with Takagi right now."

"But Fujino, brother, how did you know those people were driving police cars?"

Fujino hung up the phone and returned the pendant to Conan, but Mitsuhiko asked a question in confusion.

"It must be a code from P&A."

Conan put away the pendant phone, then had a sudden inspiration and explained, "James is England. In the old days in England, police cars were black and white, with white in the middle and black at the front and rear, making them look like pandas."

"The English word for panda is Panda."

Ai Haibara pondered for a moment, "If that's the case, then P&A really does mean panda. It seems that Fujino quickly realized this after seeing P&A."

As she spoke, she added jokingly, "Well, even the Great Detective who likes Sherlock Holmes didn't expect this..."

"Ahem!"

Conan coughed awkwardly.

Why do you always compare him to Fujino?

Fujino, that beast, even comparable to a normal person?!

Is it okay to praise one husband while criticizing the other in order to highlight the other's own? That's not good!

He silently scoffed to himself, Conan changed the subject, saying, "Anyway, Brother Fujino, hurry up and bring your car over! Because only we know what James looks like!"

Fujino nodded, went to another parking lot, drove out his Ford Taurus, and then drove the children to the Shengmao Highway.

The Ikumo Expressway, located at the border between Tokyo and Saitama.

'Foreigners...'

Yumi Miyamoto was wearing a dark blue police uniform with green traffic officer arm sleeves.

Having just received the news from Sato Miwako, we began checking suspicious vehicles one by one.

Looking up, she noticed a police car waiting in the middle of a long convoy.

I recalled what my best friend had just said: pay extra attention to police cars.

She stepped forward and asked softly, "Are you going to Saitama to carry out some kind of mission?"

"That's right!"

The man sitting in the back right seat by the window, wearing sunglasses, nodded. "Could we go through first?"

Beside him sat two men, one of whom wore glasses, had a square jaw, and was wearing a trench coat, while the other's head was covered by the trench coat...

'This guy, could he be the foreigner Mi-wako mentioned who was kidnapped...?'

Yumi Miyamoto glanced suspiciously at the people sitting in the police car, muttering to herself.

"We must get this guy to identify the scene before evening."

The square-chinned man sitting on the left noticed that Yumi Miyamoto was looking him up and down. He secretly pointed his gun at James next to him and explained, "This guy is a real bastard. After taking drugs, he caused a huge scene at his girlfriend's house and then ran off to Tokyo, forcing us to take him to Saitama."

"Oh, I see."

Yumi Miyamoto recalled Mi-wako's instructions, including that the other party might have weapons, and then straightened up. "Then you guys go ahead first, have a safe journey!"

Thank you!

"You're welcome..."

Yumi Miyamoto responded and silently noted down the other party's license plate number.

A short while later, Fujino and Takagi Sato arrived at the Shengmao Expressway with their people.

"Yumi, have you found the kidnappers' car?"

Sato Miwako, dressed in a purple outfit with a beige sweater underneath, asked Yumi Miyamoto.

"Found it, the license plate number is..."

Yumi Miyamoto explained, "They were driving a police car and wanted to leave early, so I let them go in advance to avoid arousing their suspicion."

"So how did Mr. James perform at that time?"

Conan leaned closer and asked Yumi Miyamoto.

"Nothing happened."

Yumi Miyamoto, resting his chin on his finger, recalled, "He just sat there quietly, with two guys disguised as detectives sitting on either side of him."

"Yes, Yumi, you did the right thing."

Sato pondered for a moment and said, "If he was kidnapped, then Mr. James wouldn't have been sitting there so obediently. I think he must have been held at gunpoint. If you had deliberately stopped them, you might have been in danger."

"If that's the case, then it's terrible!"

Takagi exclaimed in surprise, "If that thug is stopped, and he gets provoked, he might abandon the car and run away, possibly firing indiscriminately into the street!"

At this moment, Conan, who had been pondering, suddenly suggested, "Actually, I have a solution!"

"Do you have a solution?"

Sato Miwako looked down at Conan and asked in confusion.

In her view, the other person looked like just a little child.

However, at certain times, it is possible to discover and come up with some really good ideas.

"That's right, but this plan requires a lot of police officers..."

Conan explained his plan, which basically involved finding several police cars and having Fujino pretend to be a kidnapper of a child to give chase.

They then approached the suspect's police car, surrounded it under the pretense of assisting in the arrest, and finally forced it to stop.

After the stop, the two people in the back seat will definitely slam into the front seat, and James, who is sitting in the middle, will definitely slam his front half into the glove box in front of him.

"I'm not going to be a villain."

Fujino shook his head silently, then glanced at Takagi: "Let Takagi play the villain role. Hmm, I look too righteous, I don't have the feel of a villain."

Takagi: "..."

Is someone too righteous to be a villain?

Why did I have to be the villain?!

"It would be fine to have Detective Takagi as the villain."

Conan glanced at Takagi, then at Fujino: "After all, Brother Fujino is a celebrity, isn't he..."

"That's right, that's right!"

Ayumi nodded. "Brother Fujino's appearance has been in the newspapers many times. Maybe the thugs have already seen it."

"Detective Takagi looks very ordinary; most people wouldn't recognize him."

Ai Haibara chimed in, "Besides, in TV shows and movies, it's natural for kidnappers to have ordinary looks, which makes them less likely to arouse suspicion."

Takagi: "..."

I was almost in tears after being attacked by two little girls.

Don't use the Loli Knife to kill me!

What do you mean by "average-looking"? Isn't that a bit too cruel?

"Um..."

Sato Miwako looked Takagi over, patted him on the shoulder, and said gently with a smile, "You should play the villain, Takagi!"

Takagi: "..."

You said that too...

Why does everyone think I'm suited to be a villain?!

I'm the police officer!