"Hmm?" Inspector Megure first followed Conan's words and wondered where Sato Miwako had gone.
A moment later, he remembered with grief. "Oh, Sato said that when she went to Toto Film Laboratory earlier to pick up the suspect, she saw fresh gunshot marks in an alley and called in a few people from the Forensics Department—word just came from over there. They confirmed that someone really did open fire in the alley."
In other words, the work was not over yet, and there would probably be overtime to do in that alley over there.
Even worse, according to Sato, there were only bullet holes in that alley, with no bloodstains, no bullets or casings, and certainly no body... He had no clues at all to feed to his detective buddy. It looked like he would have to slowly handle this baffling shooting case himself.
Beside him, however, Conan's eyes widened the instant he heard these words, and a connection flashed through his mind: a shooting that had happened in a nearby alley... Speaking of "nearby," it seemed like someone had been following them all day! Could the person who had opened fire be...
"Um..." Conan's legs immediately refused to move. With a righteous expression, he said, "There was actually something that scary? That's too dangerous! We have to hurry and find that armed criminal!—Inspector Megure, I'll help too."
"Help, my foot!" A voice came from Toto Film Laboratory's parking lot, cutting him off. "It's already the middle of the night. It's long past bedtime for a brat like you!"
Jiang Xia, who had heard Conan say he wanted to stay and was therefore also hesitating over whether to stay and take a look, turned back at the sound and looked toward where the voice had come from.
Then he saw