Conan: Goodbye, Brewery, I'm running away

Chapter 432: A Glimmer of Light in the Cracks 27

Because the person who was doing the cleaning was Akikawa Sarana, the public security department only searched a few companies and bases related to Rum when she took action.

It looked like they had obtained the clues a long time ago, but they had not taken any action for fear of alerting the enemy.

This also includes the tails left by the organization in previous cases. Those group companies whose cash flows were previously frozen under other names can now be directly sealed up and required to accept investigation.

The characteristics of these companies are very obvious, so the organization, including the old guys who used to be close to Rum, only thought that the police were getting information about Rum bit by bit through these things.

They knew that important codename members were already finishing up, especially after they saw the explosive news reported promptly in the news.

Calculating the time from when they learned about Rum's accident to when they saw the news of the explosion in the villa, they became less nervous.

Even if the one in trouble is the second-in-command of the organization, as long as someone cleans up the mess, they don't have to worry about their own safety.

What they didn't know was that the things that were cleared out had been successfully backed up electronically by Akikawa Sarana before being disposed of.

With the system plug-in in hand, Akikawa Sarana can back up directly without even taking a look.

Sato Miwako and her group of three had just finished investigating a missing person case in the villa area. They had only taken a few steps when they heard a loud explosion.

The faces of the three men changed instantly, and Kenji Hagiwara quickly ran towards their car.

Judging from the sound of the explosion, it should be some distance away, so we should drive over.

At this moment, Jinpei Matsuda and Miwako Sato, who remained where they were, saw a car passing by them.

When he saw the person in the car with most of his face covered by a baseball cap, Jinpei Matsuda's heart skipped a beat.

Miwako Sato thought it was just the car of another resident nearby, and she was more worried about the location where the explosion had just occurred. She took a look at the car while calling the fire department, and wrote down the license plate number out of professional habit.

When he saw that half face, Jinpei Matsuda had already recognized that the person driving the car was Akikawa Sarina.

Although the vehicle was not coming from the explosion site, he had memorized the map of the villa area after looking at it, and after taking a short detour, he was indeed heading in the direction of Sarina.

Moreover, Sarina's outfit in the car was obviously what she would wear when she was on a mission for that organization.

Matsuda Jinpei, who had already made some guesses about the bombing, pursed his lips. What could he say... Should he be thankful that the person in charge of handling this matter in the organization would not hurt innocent Sarina?

While he was daydreaming, Kenji Hagiwara had already driven out.

Matsuda Jinpei and Sato Miwako, who had already collected their thoughts, quickly jumped into the car, and then Hagiwara Kenji stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and drove quickly to the place where the explosion occurred.

Akikawa Sarana, who was driving away, also noticed Matsuda Jinpei on the side of the road. Knowing that her friend would definitely come over to investigate, she sighed helplessly.

What a coincidence, they would be nearby.

This time, Akikawa Sarina did not send an email to Matsuda Jinpei to explain. She believed that he must have recognized her before, and with Jinpei's intelligence, he must have figured out what was going on.

By the time the three people arrived at the explosion site, the fire in the villa was so big that no one could get in. The explosion was quite loud, and besides them, there were other people who came to see what was going on.

After learning that this villa was usually uninhabited, Sato Miwako breathed a sigh of relief. If no one lived there usually, there was a high probability that no one would be there today.

But she was only slightly relieved. She still had to wait until the fire was put out to find out whether there was anyone inside.

Perhaps because it was the police who called the police and because of the geographical location here, the fire department arrived much faster than they would have in other places.

However, even though they arrived quickly and put out the fire quickly, the villa was almost completely burned down.

Fortunately, the fire department confirmed that there was really no one in the villa and the surrounding residents were not affected. The explosion and fire only burned down this villa.

However... after the fire was put out, the ace duo who used to be the explosive disposal team also followed the firefighters into the fire scene.

The captain of the fire brigade looked at the two colleagues from other departments and said, "The fire and explosion should be in the kitchen. You two should be able to see that."

Kenji Hagiwara nodded thoughtfully while observing the situation in the kitchen.

The team leader continued to say to the two people: "It should be a fire caused by a gas explosion. The fire protection of this villa does not seem to be up to standard, so it is so easy to catch fire after the explosion. However, the specific situation requires us to conduct further inspections here later."

This was also what he found strange. Logically speaking, people living in such villa areas were always particular about building materials, especially fireproof materials. Rich people would like to cover themselves from head to toe to avoid getting hurt, so why would they use such materials to decorate and build houses?

After the firefighters went to investigate elsewhere, Hagiwara Kenji glanced at Sato Miwako who was on the phone not far away, and leaned over to Koujunran and whispered, "Jinpei, what happened? There's something wrong with you since the beginning."

Matsuda Jinpei also lowered his voice, "When you were driving, I saw Sarina disguised in black. The direction she was heading was right here if we took a detour."

Kenji Hagiwara thought of what the captain of the fire brigade had said before, that the villa did not meet the fire safety standards, and then thought of the body lying in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"You mean, she started the fire here in order to clean up the mess that's lying in the Metropolitan Police Department?"

It is very likely that the purpose of the renovation from the beginning was to burn out as quickly as possible, so things like unqualified fire protection equipment and materials occurred. It is not that the owner of the villa was deceived.

"That's what I guess." Noticing that Sato Miwako had hung up the phone, Matsuda Jinpei winked at Kokunran, and the two stopped talking about the matter, planning to ask the right people after returning home.

Miwako Sato said to the two of them, "Matsuda, Hagiwara, is there anything else you want to check?"

It now appears that this case was a fire caused by a natural gas explosion, and it should currently be handled by the fire department. If any human involvement is discovered, it will be handed over to their criminal department, and then classified and sent to different departments based on different circumstances.

Hagiwara Kenji smiled at Sato Miwako and said, "No more, let's go."