It took a full ten minutes for Inspector Megure to arrive at the crime scene with the officers from Investigation Division Three.
After seeing the crowd of onlookers gathered outside the Renhe Building, he asked about the situation and learned that someone had fired a gun.
Thus, Inspector Megure quickly led many officers to the third floor of the Renhe Building, intending to see the specific situation.
If another case of robbers and gun violence were to occur in Mihua Town, that would be... although it has been quite common recently...
However, it's better if it doesn't happen, as it would deduct performance points and damage the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's reputation.
Although Inspector Megure himself knew that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's reputation was practically a joke...
"What happened? Who fired the gun? Is it that..."
"What are you doing? Playing hide-and-seek?"
The plump Inspector Megure looked at the Owatari Police Station officers searching inside the Owatari Press on the third floor of the Renhe Building with visible question marks floating on his face.
Upon hearing Inspector Megure's voice, the Owatari Police Station officers turned to look at Inspector Megure.
As soon as they saw the identification presented by Inspector Megure, the young officers from the police station immediately stood at attention, and they said with some lack of confidence:
"Uh... the person who fired the gun just disappeared..."
"Disappeared?!"
Inspector Megure's voice instantly rose by eight octaves.
No way, buddy, a living person just disappears?
So, you guys were searching around here like playing hide-and-seek, looking for the person who fired the gun?
The reason our Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's reputation is so bad is because of your ineffective search methods!
He raged internally but didn't speak it aloud.
Because Inspector Megure knew that, in reality, the investigative capabilities of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters were pretty much the same.
The incompetents in the investigation division were even worse than these Owatari Police Station officers...
At least the Owatari Police Station officers would search around; the incompetents in the investigation division wouldn't even bother to search, and they would 100% miss some very obvious clues. The most absurd thing was that once, those incompetents didn't even see the obvious bloodstains on the wall!
"Ye-yes, the person who fired the gun was a Black-Clad Person wearing sunglasses, he was just standing here..."
"But, we just blinked, and he disappeared..."
The police station officers added what they knew.
Immediately, Officer Takagi, who was accompanying Inspector Megure, snapped back to reality and said in surprise:
"Ah, could it be that urban legend of the 'Half-man, Half-ghost'?"
"I remember he acts against criminals at night. Could it be that the person who dealt with the kidnapping gang that Detective Kudo mentioned this time is the true identity of that urban legend?"
"...What urban legend? It doesn't exist!"
Inspector Megure turned and glared at Takagi Wataru, who immediately fell silent.
How could such a thing be spoken by an officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department?
At least not during work hours, right? Can't you go to an izakaya after work?
However, since it was that night urban legend again this time, it's highly likely that the person won't be caught...
He sighed, knowing that he would probably have to write thousands of words for an investigation report because of this.
Nevertheless, Inspector Megure didn't feel much dissatisfaction.
At least the Half-man, Half-ghost urban legend always acted cleanly, with no innocent casualties.
This was a blessing in disguise.
"Forget it, at least the kidnappers were caught... Ah? Aren't you Silver Fox?!"
Inspector Megure sighed and then looked at the criminals handcuffed and sitting on the ground.
He didn't know until he looked, and when he did, he was startled.
Isn't that trembling woman, whose makeup was ruined from crying, the Silver Fox?
The famous pirated printing thief wanted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he never expected her to be caught here!
Hmph, what a country bumpkin thief, not knowing that Mihua Town is protected by our brave Investigation Division Three officers!
Watching Inspector Megure clean up the mess left by the Black-Clad Person.
The Death God Elementary School Student was still somewhat confused and puzzled at this moment.
He originally thought this Black-Clad Person woman was one of the Black Organization members, but being scared like this didn't seem like it.
And the Black-Clad Person who fired the gun to subdue the Black-Clad Person woman might also be a Black Organization member, but Officer Takagi called him some "Half-man, Half-ghost" urban legend... Seriously, what exactly is going on?
What Half-man, Half-ghost? What urban legend? Should such things appear in Mihua Town?
Conan felt that nine out of ten things were off.
This terrifying Black-Clad Person felt like his art style was wrong!
He muttered softly,
"Damn it, what's with this urban legend that only I don't know about..."
"It's an urban legend that even Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi know, there's no reason I shouldn't know about it, right?"
Ai Haibara, standing beside Conan, glanced at the shrunken Great Detective.
Although she wasn't very clear about this urban legend either, she wasn't as completely ignorant as Kudo Shinichi.
The Terrifying Dual-Gun Black-Clad Person, from the Mihua Town urban legend of "Half-human, Half-ghost, Sharpshooting First."
He has repeatedly killed or severely injured criminals who appeared in Mihua Town, and even several peripheral members of the Black Organization died at his hands, making him the Dark Knight of Mihua Town.
Of course, she was also surprised to encounter this mysterious person, who only appeared in legends, here.
However, given Mihua Town's characteristic of having a mysterious person wherever there's a case, it wasn't surprising. Ai Haibara felt that she would most likely not encounter this living Mihua Town urban legend again.
...Even the shrunken Great Detective wouldn't encounter cases every day and then encounter urban legends every day, right?
No, right?
I'll still think about how to trick Kudo Shinichi into taking her home and then scare Kudo Shinichi on the way.
"...That person is gone, right? He's gone, right?"
Silver Fox, being escorted downstairs, was still trembling. She shakily asked Officer Takagi, who was escorting her.
Although somewhat puzzled by Silver Fox's reaction, Takagi Wataru still replied,
"Yes, he's gone, but... why are you so scared?"
He asked curiously.
In the past, Half-man, Half-ghost rarely left survivors, and even if there were survivors, they basically never saw the Half-man, Half-ghost's appearance.
Silver Fox should be considered the first person to commit a crime in Mihua Town and escape from the Half-man, Half-ghost.
As one of the verifiers of the Half-man, Half-ghost urban legend, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but ask after escorting Silver Fox into the car,
"What does that mysterious Half-man, Half-ghost look like? Is he really that scary?"
Silver Fox, sitting in the police car, was still somewhat shaken. She said in a low voice,
"He's terrifying... He's more terrifying than any criminal, any killer in Mihua Town!"
"He's not a person, he's a ghost! He, he... Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
Silver Fox's eyes widened.
Just outside the police car window, not far away, a figure clad in black with black sunglasses stood at the exit of the alley, watching her, as if warning her.
Takagi Wataru turned to look at the alley but saw nothing.
Finally, Officer Takagi could only mutter,
"Ah, I wish I could see him with my own eyes just once."
"He's as mysterious and powerful as a superhero out of a comic book!"