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The woman in the orange coat still had tear stains on her face, looking pitiful.
"It's alright, I'll untie the ropes for you now,"
While comforting her, Sato untied the ropes binding the woman.
Strange, her arm... Matsuda noticed another problem.
There is something wrong with this woman!
"Sato, quickly help her up. Let's take her out and then go up to catch the other thugs."
Matsuda called out, but then stepped towards the woman's back.
"Alright,"
Sato nodded and was about to help the woman up.
At this moment, Matsuda, who had already walked behind the woman, quickly stepped forward, tackled the woman to the ground, and then grabbed her arms and twisted them backward forcefully!
Chapter 38: Everyone's Fighting for Credit
"Ah! Officer, what are you doing?"
The woman let out a scream, which startled Sato.
However, she still trusted Matsuda, and after a moment of hesitation, she immediately asked, "Is there something wrong with this woman?"
"Um,"
Matsuda used his knees to pin down the woman's arms, freeing one hand to quickly grope her body.
Soon, a pistol was found in the woman's pocket.
There were still wet marks on the pistol's grip; Matsuda touched them and found they were bright red bloodstains.
Matsuda tossed the gun to Sato, then grabbed a rope from the side and tied the woman up tightly.
"This woman must have seen the two of us come in on the security camera, so she used her pistol to knock out the other security guards, and then pretended to be a victim to lure us in."
“I told you so, right?” Matsuda asked, pinching the woman’s chin.
"Hmph, as expected of a criminal investigator, you're really capable!" the woman snorted resentfully.
"But how can you be so sure I'm the problem just from the surveillance footage? What if the perpetrator was controlling the cameras, but left before you came in?"
"You tied the blindfold yourself, didn't you? And the ropes on your body, when Sato untied them, you deliberately used your hands to support yourself, otherwise the ropes would probably have come off long ago!"
"And those tear stains on your face, did you pour some water on them and make those yourself?"
Matsuda chuckled and patted the woman's face.
"You really went to great lengths to disguise yourself."
"Matsuda, there's some noise upstairs!" Sato stared at the monitor screen beside him. "It's some children's figures, they look so familiar?"
"Besides Conan and his gang of brats, who else could it be!" Matsuda glanced at them.
“It seems…” Sato suddenly said, “we don’t need to go up anymore.”
Matsuda also noticed that the four criminals on the surveillance screen had all been knocked unconscious by Conan and his four mischievous kids using various tools and weapons.
Now, four mischievous kids are using ropes they found somewhere to tie up four thugs.
"You can't even handle four brats? How dare you call yourselves robbers?" Matsuda chuckled.
"It's all because those guys are so incompetent! If they had dealt with those brats sooner, I wouldn't have had to put on this act!" the woman said bitterly. "A bunch of useless men!"
"Hey, isn't this a bit too broad? Don't forget, you're the one who fell into my hands."
Matsuda kicked the woman in annoyance, then strode out of the security room.
To prevent the criminal from having other accomplices, Matsuda gave Sato one last instruction before leaving.
"Watch the surveillance footage. If there are any unusual situations, notify me via mobile phone."
……
Fortunately, this bandit group only had five members.
Apart from the woman in the orange coat who had already been subdued by Matsuda and Sato,
The remaining four thugs were also captured by Conan and his gang of kids.
When Matsuda arrived upstairs, the four kids had just finished celebrating and were about to come downstairs.
"Officer Matsuda, what are you doing here?" Ayumi exclaimed in surprise when she saw Matsuda.
“Ayumi is in danger, of course I have to come and save you,” Matsuda laughed and picked up Ayumi who ran to his side.
Ha ha……
"What about the three of us?" The three mischievous kids standing nearby gave him a disdainful look.
Not long after, the Third Investigation Division, having received Megure's message, also arrived at the department store.
Looking at the five robbers who had already been arrested, the faces of the officers from the Third Investigation Division were all grim.
"What's going on?" Ayumi asked, puzzled. "Shouldn't we be happy to have caught a robber?"
"Exactly! Those policemen were so fierce. Even though we caught the criminals, they weren't friendly to us at all!" Yuan Tai complained.
"They're not targeting us, they're targeting Officer Matsuda,"
After observing for a while, Conan explained the facts to his friends.
“Case studies like this department store robbery are usually handled by the Third Investigation Division, which specializes in theft and robbery. But now the perpetrators have been discovered and arrested by Officer Matsuda, a police officer from the First Investigation Division.”
"Besides that, there was the case of the Italian gold coin robbery gang last time. Those three Italian robbers were also caught by Inspector Matsuda," Conan said. "On the contrary, the subsequent recovery of the gold coins, which was carried out by the Third Investigation Division, has been fruitless."
“I remember someone in the newspaper a few days ago mocking the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third Investigation Division,” Mitsuhiko recalled, “saying that they should just move Officer Matsuda from the First Division to the Third Division, and then maybe the gold coin would be found immediately.”
“That’s right, there was just a newspaper report about that a few days ago, and now Inspector Matsuda has solved the robbery case at the department store.” Conan said with a sneer, “I’m afraid the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third Investigation Division is going to embarrass itself again!”
"Are the relationships between police officers this complicated?" Yuan Tai said innocently.
"You're so hard to understand, sir." Ayumi was also a little stunned.
No matter how complicated adults are, it's still easier than playing with you guys!
Conan was speechless. If these three brats hadn't insisted on coming in to get Kamen Rider's autograph, they wouldn't have been in danger.
……
the next day,
To express their gratitude for the timely thwarting of the robbery, the department store held a press conference, inviting Matsuda, Sato, and the four children from the Junior Detective League.
Standing on the stage, dazzled by the flashing lights, Matsuda calmly said, "Please rest assured, everyone, the Metropolitan Police Department will definitely protect your safety."
At this moment, the four young detectives who had been waiting for Matsuda to finish speaking could no longer hold back and squeezed to the front.
"We caught all four criminals this time!" Yuan Tai said proudly.
Mitsuhiko quickly added, "We notified Officer Matsuda using the SOS marker, and that's when he came over."
Damn, these kids are already trying to steal the credit?
Matsuda thought to himself, "At least Ayumi has a conscience."
The little girl glared angrily at her two companions: "We had no idea that the lady in the elevator was also a member of a robbery gang. She even had a gun! If Officer Matsuda hadn't arrived in time, the four of us would definitely have been in danger!"
The two brats, who had been reprimanded by Ayumi, immediately looked embarrassed.
That's not necessarily true... Conan looked helpless to the side.
He also noticed the anomaly in the camera footage and guessed that there must be accomplices of the criminals in the security office.
Unfortunately, before he could even make a move, Matsuda had already captured him.
"Officer Matsuda, the robbery gang that has been troubling the Metropolitan Police Department for days has been apprehended, but as far as we know, it seems that catching burglars is the job of the Third Investigation Division."
A reporter suddenly spoke up and asked,
"And last time, Officer Matsuda successfully apprehended the Italian robbery group. Officer Matsuda, are you planning to be transferred to the Third Investigation Division?"
Chapter 39 Isn't this Young Master Bao?
As expected, it has begun. These media outlets probably won't be satisfied until they expose the infighting within the Metropolitan Police Department!
Matsuda raised his hand to signal for quiet around them before speaking.
"First of all, this reporter is wrong about one thing. For the police, whether it is robbery, theft, murder, or arson, these are all matters that the police should be responsible for. The divisions you mentioned, such as the First Investigation Division and the Third Investigation Division, are just separate divisions established by the Metropolitan Police Department for the convenience of daily management."
"Whether it's the First Investigation Division or the Third Investigation Division, they are first and foremost members of the Metropolitan Police Department. I believe that if the Third Investigation Division encounters a murderer in a case handled by the First Investigation Division, they will definitely apprehend him quickly."
"Our Metropolitan Police Department represents social justice. No matter what kind of crime it is, as police officers, we will never let it go if we encounter it!"
"This has absolutely nothing to do with which section of the investigation department we belong to!"
Although Matsuda himself did not believe his story, the people around him, including the reporters, applauded with emotion.
There's no way around it; Matsuda's sacrifice back then was just too touching.
If another police officer had said this today, perhaps a reporter would have argued with him.
But the one who spoke was Matsuda.
They couldn't argue even if they wanted to.
After all, Matsuda was someone who had indeed sacrificed himself for the people once.
If any reporter dares to argue recklessly, the surrounding crowd might just tear him apart.
After the press conference, Conan saw Matsuda squatting in a corner with a pale face and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"What I just said was disgusting," Matsuda said, his face pale. "I feel like throwing up now."
……
On his first day back at work after his vacation, Matsuda received a gift from Conan.
Another murder!
When Matsuda and Megure arrived at the crime scene, Kogoro Mouri and Conan were already waiting there.