"You don't need to be so upset, Hattori Heiji! I imagine the Commissioner was just frustrated because two people died right in front of the headquarters all of a sudden," Officer Otaki said in a gentle tone, trying to help Hattori Heiji move past what Hattori Hanzo had just said.
"Still, no matter what, there was no need to slap him," Kogoro Mouri muttered from the side.
"It might have been because of the reason for this case. Didn't I mention before that Commissioner Hattori invited me here to help solve a case?" Qin Xiao recounted the general content of his conversation with Hattori Hanzo. "When I was talking to them, I mentioned the pottery related to that case from thirteen years ago. Perhaps there are still some lingering developments regarding those matters. At the time, Commissioner Hattori and the others hypothesized that after that charred corpse was discovered thirteen years ago, the robbers responsible for the series of seven murder-robberies that followed had resurfaced."
Chapter 649