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"As expected, Officer Matsuda was just helping Ms. Hoshino move. They're definitely not in that kind of relationship, definitely not..."
……
After going downstairs, it was already getting dark. Matsuda stuffed his suitcase and backpack into the trunk of the police car and prepared to return to his apartment.
No sooner had the car started moving than Conan called.
As soon as the call connected, Matsuda started complaining before the other person could speak.
"Kid, even if you want to report a crime, don't come to me, okay? Can't you call Inspector Megure?"
Conan on the other end of the phone was speechless for a moment, before he could even speak...
Ayumi and the others next to her had already started shouting into their phones.
"Officer Matsuda, help! That curator is terrifying!"
"What exactly happened? Where are you now?"
Matsuda's smile vanished instantly, and he asked in a deep voice.
Although these naughty kids are annoying, the fact that they're screaming for help in panic means they must have encountered something extremely dangerous.
"Officer Matsuda, we are currently..."
Conan was about to give out the address when his voice suddenly went silent.
Immediately following was the scream of Ayumi and the others.
"Hello? Hello??" Matsuda hurriedly called out, but there was no reply from the other end.
A few seconds later, the call was disconnected.
Dry……
Matsuda slapped the steering wheel angrily.
Ayumi just mentioned the curator; a place with a curator...
Generally, these should be museums, art galleries, libraries, swimming pools, etc.
If this continues, I'll only start thinking more and more.
Left with no other option, Matsuda had to call Inspector Megure first.
Inquire whether there have been any cases related to the curator in the past two days.
"Related to the librarian? There's one today," Inspector Megure replied immediately. "A lady came to the Metropolitan Police Department to report that her husband, the librarian of Beika Library, has been missing for two days."
The librarian? Missing?
Matsuda's heart sank.
In the world of Detective Conan, disappearances most often mean that the person has already been murdered.
Considering the screams of those mischievous kids earlier, it's highly likely they've discovered some secret, which is why the curator is chasing them.
"Brother Matsuda, what's wrong?"
After not hearing a reply from Matsuda for a while, Megure on the other end of the phone asked in surprise.
"Inspector, send someone to the Beika Library immediately. Also, send officers to check other places with a librarian position! Don't ask any more questions, just send people over right away!"
After giving his instructions, Matsuda immediately hung up the phone.
Conan and his friends were in a critical situation, and Matsuda didn't care that it was rush hour. He stepped on the gas and sped towards the Beika Library.
……
At the Metropolitan Police Department, when Matsuda called, Shiratori was standing next to Megure.
He heard clearly the tone of Matsuda's final instructions to Megure.
"Inspector, hasn't Matsuda been overstepping his bounds lately?" Shiratori said with displeasure. "The tone of his voice just now... was he trying to overthrow his superiors?"
"The fact that Matsuda, that brat, is speaking so seriously means there must be an extremely urgent case!"
Megure, however, was easygoing and didn't seem to mind Matsuda's commanding tone.
After all, just two days ago,
If Matsuda hadn't stepped forward and ruined Megure's plan to take responsibility,
With that rise and fall, Matsuda is now truly Megure's superior.
"Brother Shiratori, immediately gather all the officers on duty at the Metropolitan Police Department. Some of them will come with me to the Beika Library, while the rest will check each place that has a librarian!"
Megure adjusted his hat and gave the order.
"Yes! Police Department!"
Shiratori responded, but inwardly felt a pang of envy for Megure's trust in Matsuda.
……
What should have been a half-hour journey was transformed into a much faster one as Matsuda recklessly sped up in his police car.
He arrived at the Mihua Library in just half the time.
As soon as Matsuda arrived at the closed entrance of the library, he heard the system notification sound, indicating that a task had been issued.
A familiar window appeared before my eyes.
"An anomaly detected."
"The task is now released."
"Task Title: Fulfill the Wishes of the Kind Souls in the Library."
"Mission Summary: Tamada Kazuo, the librarian of Beika Library, accidentally discovers that the library director, Ritsukawa, is using books to smuggle drugs. After being strangled to death by Ritsukawa, Tamada Kazuo's kind soul still lingers in the library and saves children in danger at a critical moment."
"Mission objective: To help Kazuo Tamada fulfill his last wish."
"Mission deadline: three days."
"Reward for successful mission: 500 merit points."
"Warning: Once you accept the mission, if you fail, your soul will become a vengeful spirit. If this happens, you will accumulate 500 sins."
Please select whether to accept!
More than the mission itself, what Matsuda noticed first was the phrase "saving the children in danger at a critical moment".
Hopefully, the children mentioned here refer to Conan and his friends!
Matsuda silently offered a prayer in his heart.
Upon accepting the mission and finding the library doors locked, Matsuda immediately summoned the Ghost Knight, followed by the hound John.
Let the two of them, relying on their ethereal bodies, pass directly through the wall to find Conan and the others.
Matsuda, meanwhile, circled the library, looking for a place he could climb over.
……
A few minutes earlier, on the fourth floor of the library, in a dark reading room, Conan and his friends had set a trap using the bookshelves, waiting for Director Ritsukawa to step in.
However, things did not go exactly as they planned.
When Director Ritsukawa appeared in front of the four children, Conan immediately had Genta and the others smash the bookshelf.
The plan started smoothly, with bookshelves being knocked over one after another.
Just as it seemed that Director Ritsuchuan was about to be crushed under the bookshelf, the last bookshelf that should have fallen stopped in mid-air.
Chapter 212 Childhood Shadow
Got it!
Conan's heart sank.
He could see it clearly because Director Lü Chuan was standing by the wall.
The last one, which should have knocked over his bookshelf, crashed into the wall instead.
This created a triangular space under the bookshelf, which was just the right place for Curator Ryūkawa to hide.
"Come on!"
Conan hurriedly called to his friends, and Genta and Mitsuhiko, shouting in a panic, followed Conan out of the reading room.
Ayumi wanted to keep up with them, but she tripped over the scattered books on the ground after only a couple of steps.
She was about to get up and catch up with Conan and the others when suddenly her ankle tightened.
Turning her head, she saw Director Lü Chuan's cold face looming not far behind her.
Ayumi's ankle was already firmly gripped by his right hand.
"Kids, you're all too nosy!"
Director Lu Chuan grinned menacingly, raised the steel pipe high in his left hand, and then slammed it down with force!
"what!"
Ayumi immediately closed her eyes in fear and let out a piercing scream.
However, the expected pain did not come the next moment.
Ayumi only heard Director Ritsukawa suddenly shout in terror.
"Yutian! What are you doing here?"
Then, Ayumi felt her right foot suddenly loosen. Without thinking, she immediately got up and crawled towards Conan and the others.
Just as I was about to run out of the reading room, by the dim moonlight and the reflection from the glass doorway,
Ayumi vaguely saw a figure standing in front of Director Ritsukawa.
She hadn't run far when Ayumi encountered her three companions who had come back to find her.
The four of them dared not delay any longer and rushed to the stairwell, running down the stairs as fast as they could.
When they arrived on the first floor, they ran into Matsuda, who was climbing in through a window.
"Officer Matsuda!"