10 billion yen.
This is an enormous sum of money.
Heiwa Seiji went to great lengths to seize this massive fortune, not intending to escape abroad like Komo and Rabbit to indulge in pleasure. Instead, he wanted to purchase something - a park.
The park he wanted to buy was the one where his father lived as a homeless person.
When Senichi went there, he heard from volunteers helping the homeless that due to the city government's plans, the park was going to be developed into a commercial street. It would be put up for transfer and bid by private enterprises.
While in Heiwa Seiji's room, he saw a notice from the city government. Although it had no content, after investigating the park, he found that it held significant meaning for Heiwa Seiji. So he searched online and found the specific contents of that notice.
In that notice, the time for the auction of the park was published.
He entrusted Ayako to inquire through Suzuki's family connections and learned that for a park of that size, bidding around 10 billion yen would likely secure the bid.
"Am I right?"
Although Senichi used a rhetorical sentence, his tone was incredibly certain. "You seized that 10 billion yen to buy that park, to preserve it. You want to create a place where people can have a moment of respite, looking at the fake blue sky and white cloud, struggling to survive. Is that what you're thinking?"
Though his ability to profile someone was only just beginning to develop, combining numerous clues and intelligence, even an ordinary person could somewhat guess the other person's thoughts. As someone who personally investigated Heiwa Seiji and understood his way of thinking, Senichi could be said to be the person who came closest to understanding him.
With the additional intelligence boost on profiling Heiwa Seiji, his profiling level was already quite high.
When the words from the radio fell, Heiwa Seiji, wearing a clown mask, turned his head to look at the young man standing far away, holding a radio.
This action prompted various criminal reactions.
Reflexively, they held explosion-proof shields to guard Senichi, as if afraid that he would shoot Senichi in the next moment.
However, Senichi, who was protected, showed no sign of panic. Their gazes met in the air, and the next moment, Heiwa Seiji slowly removed the clown mask, and his left hand holding the gun slowly dropped.
Seeing this scene, Senichi knew that to make him give up resistance or suicide, there was one final step.
Thinking of this, he slowly pushed aside the policemen blocking his way and walked slowly toward Heiwa Seiji.
Of course, just in case, the H.X. Detective Cane was held in Senichi's hand, ensuring that he could deploy the shield at any time.
"Do you have anything to say, Heiwa Seiji?" Senichi looked at the silent man with a solemn expression.
Facing Senichi's question, Heiwa Seiji's eyes were calm, as if a deep pool without ripples, just gazing silently at Senichi.
"Listen, no matter how noble your motives may be, you cannot deny the fact that you took a life!" Senichi spoke with a deep voice. "To achieve your goals, you resorted to whatever means necessary, no different from Ueno, the real saboteur! Even if you didn't intend to harm the children, you can't undo the psychological trauma caused to them. Your sins are unforgivable!!"
Senichi approached him again, closing the gap from two meters to just one step away. At this distance, no matter what Heiwa Seiji might try to do, Senichi was confident he could subdue him in an instant.
But he chose not to subdue him because Senichi knew that when Heiwa Seiji's plan failed, he had already given up resistance. Now, all he wanted to do was save a person who sought death.
Facing him, Senichi looked into Heiwa Seiji's calm eyes and said slowly, "Next, you will spend a long time atoning. It will be a long journey."
With Senichi's words, within the seemingly tranquil depths of Heiwa Seiji's eyes, ripples seemed to spread. The next moment, he slowly extended his arm outward, dropping the gun on the ground.
Then, he reached into his pocket, took out a cigarette, lit it slowly, and deeply inhaled the smoke into his lungs before exhaling slowly. "Let's go."
The next moment, he was surrounded by a swarm of police officers who immediately restrained his arms and escorted him to the police car.
"Hey! Heiwa Seiji!"
A male voice with an Osaka accent suddenly called out, stopping Heiwa Seiji in his tracks. He turned around and saw the figures of Hattori Heiji and Conan. "You managed to escape, you two little brats."
"That blond guy from earlier tried to kill us. Thanks for stopping him and removing the detonator from the bomb. We owe you one," Hattori Heiji said with a smile. "Though you've given us a hard time, I still want to thank you personally."
"Hmph..." Heiwa Seiji chuckled cryptically, then bent down to get into the police car.
"Heiwa -san! I have a question for you!" Just as the detective next to him closed the car door, Conan looked at Heiwa Seiji through the window and asked, "Did you really intend to use 10 billion yen to buy that park?"
"Haha..." Heiwa Seiji looked at Conan with a smile that had unclear intentions. "Impossible. If I had done that, wouldn't I become a true clown?"
Looking at Hattori Heiji, Conan, and Senichi who had come closer, Heiwa Seiji showed a mocking smile. "I was just planning to have some fun snatching 10 billion yen."
"Thank you, Senichi." Heiwa Seiji looked at Heiji and Conan, who was relieved to see them safe, and thanked Senichi.
After speaking, the police slowly drove away, eventually disappearing from the sight of the three.
"Conan!"
"Heiji!!"
Just as the three were silently watching the departing vehicle, the next moment, two joyful female voices reached their ears.
They saw two graceful figures quickly running down from the car and approaching the two.
"Ran-neechan, I'm okay." Seeing Ran's worried expression about his safety, Conan couldn't help but feel touched.
"You really scared me. I never thought we'd encounter criminals. You have no idea how worried I was."
Seeing Conan safe and sound, Ran couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief and repeated, "I'm glad you're okay... I'm glad you're okay..."
In contrast to Ran, when Kazuha saw Hattori Heiji cheerfully greeting her, she was so angry that she didn't know where to start, and couldn't help but scold him, "You idiot! You made me so worried!"
Seeing her concerned look, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but rub his nose. "Sorry for making you worry."
"Yeah, you worried me..." Seeing his intact figure, tears of joy couldn't help but flow from Kazuha's eyes.
For a moment, Hattori Heiji was a bit at a loss.
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