"But not a profiler?" That was surprising -- but it wasn't going to stop Conan from giving Castle the chance to prove his expertise in action. Ironically, his own father, almost as famous for his amateur sleuthing as he was for his mystery novels had assisted the Tokyo Police Force unofficially many times in the past, as had Shinichi himself, before the case that had turned him into Edogawa Conan.

"Mm. Well, the hand is already in the hospital lab for analysis, but we're getting set up here for the long haul. If the hand had been left somewhere to find it might be some kind of message, but that it was hidden -- and presumably cut up to make the hiding easier -- makes us think that the body's down there somewhere."