The rumor spreads like wildfire: Sato is engaged to another man.
Before he can process this, Sato herself walks in — not in uniform, but in plain clothes. On her left ring finger gleams a modest but unmistakable diamond engagement ring. Detective Conan Episode 487
Chiba, half-joking, asks if the groom is a "handsome elite from headquarters." Takagi, pale and sweating, can’t bring himself to ask her directly. Even Megure notices Takagi’s distress but offers only a cryptic, “Love isn’t always straightforward.” Before the personal drama can escalate, the squad is called to a murder scene in the Edogawa ward. A 34-year-old bank employee, Kiyoshi Inoue, has been found dead in his apartment, strangled with a necktie. The victim’s left ring finger has a pale indentation where a ring was recently removed. The rumor spreads like wildfire: Sato is engaged
Sato explains that Date’s mother gave her the ring years later, asking her to wear it until she found someone who truly loved her. She admits she’s worn it through every relationship—not as a token of the past, but as a reminder not to settle. Chiba, half-joking, asks if the groom is a
Conan sighs. “Some things never change. Takagi is still an idiot in love.”
The “this” was a ring. The very ring now on Sato’s finger.