The situation was urgent, and Conan unhesitatingly pulled out his phone and dialed Officer Takagi's number.
Officer Takagi was the police officer who dealt with the Detective Boys the most. He had already experienced several murder cases with them and was one of those who tended to believe what children said, so there was a foundation of trust.
After hearing his report, he would definitely report it himself, but by going through him, the police would certainly take it more seriously.
If he called Inspector Megure, he would have to switch to his real identity to convince him.
"Hello? Conan? What's up? You kids haven't run into another murder case, have you?"
Officer Takagi's somewhat tired voice came from the other end of the line.
He didn't know when, but he had actually gotten somewhat used to it.
"Officer Takagi, this isn't a murder case this time, but it's also very serious. I have a huge Case!" Conan lowered his voice, his tone solemn.
"A huge Case?" Officer Takagi was a bit puzzled, even thinking the child was joking. "Conan, stop messing around, I'm in the middle of organizing documents…"
"I'm not messing around!" Conan interrupted him, his tone resolute. "I've discovered a drug trafficking gang's drug den, and there's a large amount of drugs inside."
"What?!"
Officer Takagi's voice immediately rose, somewhat worried about Conan's safety.
"Conan! Where are you? This is no joke! Are you sure?"
"I'm absolutely sure! Officer Takagi, listen to me, the location is in the old apartment building directly opposite the Beika Police Station. I've taken photos and I'm sending them to you right now!"
Conan spoke quickly, simultaneously using his phone to take several clear photos of the opened snakeskin bag and immediately sent them over.
There was silence on the other end for a few seconds, followed by Officer Takagi's gasp and the sound of what seemed like a teacup breaking.
"Hiss—! It's true!"
Officer Takagi completely believed Conan's judgment.
Just from the photos, those things were definitely crystal meth and yaba, identical to what he had previously confiscated from other criminals.
After all, what decent person would use super-small transparent bags to package rock candy by the gram and put it in a snakeskin bag?
"Conan, you need to protect yourself. I'll bring people over immediately."
Officer Takagi asked one more question at the end.
"Oh, right, how many drugs did you find? Approximately how many kilograms?"
Conan's photos were close-ups, so he could only roughly see that the quantity was not small. For drugs, kilograms was already a considerably large unit.
"Officer Takagi, don't be scared when I tell you." Conan's voice was a bit hesitant.
"It's fine, speak boldly, try to estimate on the higher side."
"Then I'll really say it. You might want to lean on a wall… I roughly estimated it, and it should be around 8 tons."
"8 jin, that's quite a lot…"
"It's 8 tons!"
"Ah—?!!!"
Officer Takagi felt his scalp tingle, and his eyes almost popped out.
Conan probably guessed he didn't believe him, and then sent several more photos of the rooms filled with snakeskin bags.
"It really is 8 tons, I'm not joking." Conan added.
Officer Takagi fell completely silent. After a full three seconds, he seriously instructed:
"Conan! You absolutely must protect yourself! I… I'll report to Inspector Megure immediately! I'll mobilize all police forces at once! Remember! Absolutely do not act rashly!!!"
After hanging up the phone.
Officer Takagi's face was pale, and cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain.
"Takagi? Takagi!" Miwako Sato, who was organizing case files nearby, noticed his abnormality and called out twice in confusion.
When she saw Takagi's ghost-struck expression, she immediately realized something big had happened. "What on earth happened?"
Takagi seemed to be startled awake by Sato's voice, suddenly jolting upright. He practically scrambled out of his chair, stumbling and rushing towards Inspector Megure's private office.
"Inspector! Inspector! Something terrible has happened! Something huge!"
Takagi didn't even bother to knock, directly crashing through Inspector Megure's door.
Inspector Megure, who was drinking tea, was startled by the sudden commotion, almost spilling tea on his police uniform.
He frowned, looking at the distraught Takagi, and reprimanded him:
"Takagi, calm down! As a police officer, what kind of behavior is this, being so flustered! Especially since you've just been promoted to Police Sergeant not long ago, you need to learn to remain unruffled. Otherwise, what will your subordinates think of you?"
After the reprimand, Inspector Megure blew on the steaming tea in his hand, then changed his expression and smiled:
"Tell me, what exactly is it? After you tell me, let's see if I panic? You really need to learn calmness from me."
"Dr-dr-drugs!"
Takagi's tongue was tied. He took several deep breaths and tried to speak in a calm tone:
"Conan discovered a drug den! It's in the old apartment building directly opposite the police station, and the quantity of drugs inside… is a lot."
Inspector Megure frowned upon hearing that Conan had discovered it, and that it was directly opposite the police station.
But he hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the matter: "Drugs? How much is 'a lot'? Although Conan is a smart child, his estimation might be…"
He habitually tried to reassure, thinking it was at most a small case of a few kilograms.
"No… that's not it, Inspector!"
Takagi practically roared, abruptly shoving his phone screen in front of Inspector Megure's eyes. On it were the photos Conan had sent.
Piles of snakeskin bags, and inside the opened snakeskin bags were many small packages of rock candy-like substances and small red pills.
"You… you see! This quantity! Conan said it's at least… eight tons!!"
"Pfft—!"
Inspector Megure sprayed out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk, splashing Takagi's face.
But he completely ignored it, snatching Takagi's phone, his eyes fixed on the photos on the screen, his pupils wide.
"Na… Nani?! Eight… eight tons?!"
Inspector Megure's voice suddenly rose, cracking, and his round body swayed abruptly, almost falling off his chair.
He quickly grabbed the desk, pressing his other hand firmly against his wildly beating heart, feeling his blood pressure instantly skyrocket to its peak:
"Are you sure Conan said tons?! Not kilograms?! And certainly not jin?!"
"It's tons! Inspector! I didn't mishear." Takagi pointed at the photos. "Look at this quantity! It fills several rooms! It's only more, not less!"
Inspector Megure looked at the snakeskin bags in the photos, which almost burst the rooms, and cold sweat instantly soaked his police uniform on his back.
As an experienced detective, he knew all too well what that number meant.
This was no longer a simple drug trafficking case!
This was a super major case, enough to shake the entire Japan, and possibly even cause international repercussions and alarm friendly nations!
Let alone him, a mere Inspector, even a Senior Superintendent or Chief Superintendent wouldn't be able to handle it!
"Quick! Immediately seal off the information! This matter must not be leaked!"
Inspector Megure forced himself to calm down, picked up the red hotline phone on the desk with trembling hands, took several deep breaths, and then dialed the internal number of Toshiro Odagiri, the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department.
His voice was more serious than ever before:
"Chief, this is Inspector Megure! It's an emergency! A massive drug warehouse has been discovered in Beika Town! Preliminary estimates indicate the drug stock exceeds eight tons! The location is directly opposite the Beika Police Station! The situation is extremely critical! Requesting highest level support!"
(Note: Japanese police ranks from lowest to highest:
Police Officer → Senior Police Officer → Police Sergeant → Assistant Inspector → Inspector → Superintendent → Senior Superintendent → Chief Superintendent → Superintendent General → Commissioner General
Toshiro Odagiri, head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department, holds the rank of Chief Superintendent)