Inside a shop beside the commercial building.
Sato Miwako held a wig and looked at the senior police officer who had been mistakenly apprehended across the table, momentarily at a loss for words. "I didn't want to use force against an ordinary citizen either, but the way you approached me... really made me feel threatened."
Beside them, Conan had no interest in Mouri Kogoro getting beaten up. Instead, he was intrigued by something else he had heard on the way over. "A series of attacks on women? Were those the unsolved cases reported in the newspaper?"
The words "unsolved case" clearly made Inspector Megure lose face. He cleared his throat and answered tactfully:
"The criminal is too cunning. He covers his tracks very thoroughly every time, and after knocking out the victims, he immediately flees. By the time passersby notice something is wrong and the police arrive, there's already no trace of him at the scene."
Officer Sato placed the wig on the table. "That's why I dressed like this and wandered around the areas where the attacks often occurred. I even did things the victims had done, like going into a telephone booth.
"If that criminal really targeted me and showed himself to attack, we could have resolved this smoothly. But unfortunately, we didn't draw him out. We only drew... ahem."
Considering that saying any more would be too embarrassing for Mouri Kogoro, Sato Miwako did not continue.
Instead, she seemed to remember something. She looked at Mouri Kogoro, then at Conan, and asked expectantly, "Didn't Jiang Xia come with you?"
"What do you need that kid for? Stop always thinking about relying on Detectives. This is police business." Mouri Kogoro said irritably.
"Come to think of it, didn't the information you released say that guy was only one