Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1406 Good Brothers

In order to complete the main mission, Qin Zhibo accepted the commission and learned more about her "vampire brother" from the old woman.

Just half a year ago, a maid from that younger brother's family died in the forest near the villa.

The body of the maid was hung upside down on a wooden stake, and her death was quite tragic.

After investigation by the police, the murderer was still not found.

"It looks like another unsolved case..."

Qin Zhibo murmured lightly. It was obvious that if he could solve this case that happened half a year ago, he would be able to learn some secrets of "vampires".

"Do you know more details about that case?"

Facing Qin Zhibo's questioning, the old woman shook her head and said, "I don't know. I just heard about it. I don't live in that house..."

"But my brother also started to behave strangely not long after that incident."

Qin Zhibo nodded in understanding, "I understand. When you hold the inheritance distribution ceremony, remember to call me one day in advance..."

"Also, I might arrive at your brother's house a little late that day..."

In order to fulfill the main quest's requirement of "visiting in the night", Qin Zhibo could only set the visit time to a later time.

"But I shouldn't miss anything... After all, aren't 'vampires' creatures that can't come out during the day and can only appear at night?"

After Qin Zhibo sent the old woman and her young lover away, he turned on his computer and searched the Internet for information about the case from half a year ago.

However, perhaps because the case occurred in a relatively remote mountainous area in Gunma Prefecture, and the identity of the deceased was not prominent, no information about the case from five years ago can be found on the Internet.

It seems that we can only take one step at a time...

……

Two days later, at the Maori Detective Agency.

It was another morning off, and no one came to visit the office. Kogoro Mori could only sit leisurely behind his desk and read today's newspaper.

"If you ask me, the world has been really unstable recently..."

"An armed uprising broke out in the Kingdom of Vespania abroad. The Queen of Vespania, who was originally scheduled to visit Japan, had to cancel her trip and concentrate on dealing with the domestic situation..."

"Japan, which has always been peaceful, has also seen a number of vicious attacks recently."

"The previous incident of the attack on the son of the Superintendent General has not been resolved. Two days ago, the police held a press conference on the Suzuki Express train incident and characterized it as a terrorist attack..."

"There are also frequent murders, especially in the past two months, the crime rate has soared to a record high."

Kogoro Mori spoke in a half-complaining tone about the unrest in the world over the past two months.

Conan and Mao Lilan were drinking morning tea on the sofa in front of the desk.

Mao Lilan listened to Mao Li Kogoro's words and continued, "In addition to these things, didn't the news about the "X planet" hitting the earth not long ago also cause widespread discussion?"

"At that time, people were saying that the end of the world was coming, and even order in some places began to collapse..."

Maori Kogoro moved the newspaper away, glanced at Maori Ran, and murmured, "The end of the world and so on are all hyped up by those doomsday enthusiasts on the Internet..."

"In my opinion, that incident wasn't a big deal. It was all caused by those NASA people!"

"If we don't announce it to the public, then there will be nothing to worry about, right?"

Kogoro Mori's speech fully illustrates what the ostrich spirit is.

Conan sat on the sofa, holding a teacup in his hands, thinking about what happened in London.

If Qin Zhibo and his team's plan had failed, the world might have really been destroyed...

But thinking back to what Kogoro Mori said, there is some truth to it.

During this period, both Japan and the world were very unstable.

The frequent occurrence of murders and vicious attacks has caused the police to become increasingly overwhelmed in dealing with them.

The Suzuki Express train incident that occurred two days ago was, unsurprisingly, classified as a terrorist attack.

According to the information Kogoro Mori obtained at the meeting with the police, the police found 20 kilograms of C4 explosives in the luggage car that had detached from the train.

The power of those explosives was enough to blow up the entire luggage compartment.

However, the signal detonating cords of these explosives were cut and they could not be detonated normally.

There were also bullet holes found in the carriage, which also proved that a gunfight had occurred in the carriage.

In addition, the police did not mention the playing cards, which proves that the person who fired the gun in the car was not Kuroba Kaito.

Because even if Kuroba Kaito disguises himself as Kaito Kid, he will not use a normal pistol.

After Haibara Ai came back, the police also asked her what happened.

Haibara Ai's answer was that she got lost during the evacuation and walked into the luggage car going in the opposite direction, so she hid inside.

As for what happened outside, she didn't know.

For a 7-year-old girl, it is reasonable to make such a low-level mistake.

But Conan knew that things were definitely not that simple.

But even if he asked Haibara Ai privately, he didn't get any answer.

Conan felt very suspicious about the attitude of keeping silent.

Unfortunately, as long as Haibara Ai doesn't want to say something, Conan can't do anything to her.

"There's an incident! Kudo!"

Conan was thinking when a shout suddenly came from behind him.

This frightened Conan so much that he subconsciously shrank his shoulders and looked back with his teeth bared.

Hattori Heiji was seen standing at the door of the office with his hands in his pockets, smiling, and Toyama Kazuha was beside him.

Mao Lilan looked back at the two of them in surprise, "It's Hattori and Kazuha..."

"Wait a minute, did you just say Kudo?"

Hattori Heiji's eyes widened, and then he realized that he had made another slip of the tongue.

"I, I mean, I have something to do at work, so I'm full of energy and eager to try~"

"Haha~"

Hattori Heiji could only use awkward laughter to ease his embarrassing situation.

Mao Lilan frowned in confusion. Although she still felt something was wrong, she couldn't put her finger on it.

Conan grinned helplessly. Fortunately, he now had a cousin, so he was not afraid that his true identity would arouse the suspicion of Mouri Ran.

At this moment, Maori Kogoro interrupted the laughter of the young people with a serious face, "Why are you here again? Isn't there another murder case in Osaka? Did you come to me for help?"

“No, no…”

Hattori Heiji smiled and waved his hand, "Actually, the one who's in trouble this time is our Officer Otaki~"

As he was speaking, another burly figure walked into the office.

The visitor was Officer Goro Otaki, an inspector of the First Investigation Division of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

The Mori family went to Osaka before and solved some cases there, so they are old acquaintances of Officer Otaki.

"Hello, Mr. Maori, long time no see..."

Officer Otaki greeted Kogoro Mori.

Kogoro Mori invited everyone into the house, and Ran Mori went to pour tea and water for them.

Sitting on the sofa, Officer Otaki told the purpose of this visit. It turned out that it was Hattori Heiji's father, Hattori Heizo, who received a commission from an old friend to send a reliable policeman to participate in a legacy distribution ceremony.

The reason why the police were sent was because the owner of the villa had been behaving strangely recently, and the old friend was worried that something bad would happen when the inheritance was distributed.

Hattori Heizo told Officer Otaki about this matter. Although he was not forced to participate, his immediate superior told him alone about this matter, and as a workplace person, he understood what it meant.

So Otaki came.

"But since you specifically told Officer Otaki that you were alone, why did Hattori-nii come along?"

"And you came here specifically to see Uncle Maori?"

Conan had an innocent smile on his face, but actually he just wanted to join in the fun when it came to the Yin-Yang Hattori Heiji.

"Well..." Otaki scratched his head and smiled, "Hattori said he's been bored lately and wanted to come over to watch it together."

Hattori Heiji said calmly: "Yes, if I don't follow, how can I meet someone?"

"Unless someone doesn't want to know that..."

Conan looked at Hattori Heiji's smug attitude on the sofa opposite him, and had no idea what he was so proud of just a second ago.

The next second, he suddenly remembered that the last time he saw Hattori Heiji off, he asked him to check the past of the female anchor Mizunashi Rena in Osaka.

Rena Mizunashi is the undercover agent of the organization that Conan suspects of cooperating with Qin Zhibo.

Could it be that this guy...

Thinking of this, Conan immediately changed his expression and shouted with a smile: "It is very necessary for Hattori brother to come over!"

"I like Hattori-nii the best!"

Seeing that Conan was quite understanding, Hattori Heiji nodded with satisfaction, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.

"That's pretty much it~"

"Then let's talk while we walk along the road!"

……

This time, the client does not live in Tokyo, but in the deep mountains on the border of Gunma Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture.

Hattori Heiji and Conan were in perfect sync and chose to sit in the car driven by Officer Otaki.

Kogoro Mouri rented a Honda and followed behind with Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama.

After the car drove onto the highway, Conan, who was sitting in the back seat, nudged Hattori Heiji in the abdomen with his elbow.

"Hey, is it almost time?"

Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji, only to see the latter resting his hands on his arms with a cocky look on his face, looking very relaxed.

"Ah? What did you say is almost there?"

Seeing Hattori Heiji playing dumb, Conan's eyelids drooped, and he whispered back: "Isn't it time to tell me the results of the investigation into that matter?"

"Didn't you come here this time just to tell me this?"

"Hehe..." Hattori Heiji tilted his mouth and looked out the window, "It's hard to say..."

This guy……

Conan could only shake his head when he saw Hattori Heiji putting on airs.

"Since you don't want to talk about it, forget it~"

After saying that, Conan turned his head and looked to the other side, looking nonchalant.

When Hattori Heiji saw that Conan was ignoring him, he quickly put down his airs, moved closer to Conan, and whispered like a devil.

"Hey, am I just teasing you?"

"Actually, I have investigated everything, but I started by looking at the student list of high school girls in Osaka 20 years ago, and there was no such person as Mizunashi Reina on it..."

"But later, I searched the Metropolitan Police Department's latest population search system and found out that Mizunashi Rena's real name is actually Hondou Eikai."

"Hondou Eikai?"

Hearing the name, Conan frowned slightly.

This name sounds familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere before...

Hattori Heiji continued: "I also found out that the father of this female anchor is an American named Ethan Hondou."

"But he disappeared completely four years ago..."

"Missing?" Conan looked suspicious. "Why is he missing? Didn't he go back to America?"

Hattori Heiji shook his head. "No, there is no exit record in the population search system, which means that the man did not leave Japan."

"At least not as 'Ethan Bendon'..."

After hearing Hattori Heiji's information, Conan raised his chin and thought.

If they are missing, there is a high probability that they have died in an accident.

Is it because of the organization...

"Thank you this time, Hattori."

Conan raised his head and thanked Hattori Heiji.

"Hehe, you're welcome~" Hattori Heiji smiled, but then changed the subject and asked back.

"But if it were you, since the investigation had only reached this point, you would definitely find a way to continue the reasoning, right?"

"I was wondering what clues you could deduce about that organization from this..."

Conan raised his head with a smile on his face, "That's not necessary..."

Since learning that Michael's real identity is Qin Zhibo and knowing what Qin Zhibo has done to fight the organization, Conan has become more trusting of Qin Zhibo.

Since Qin Zhibo wanted to maintain a single line of communication with the organization's undercover agent, there was no need for him to intervene.

Moreover, judging from the confrontational organizational guidelines established at the London Conference, everyone will soon join forces, so there is no need to investigate each other at this time.

Hattori Heiji was a little uncomfortable looking at Conan's open-minded attitude.

"You, are you hiding something from me?"

"what?"

Conan was stunned and quickly explained: "How could that be? How could I hide something from you?"

"is it?"

Hattori Heiji's eyes were still somewhat suspicious, "If I find out that you're hiding this from me, I'll never talk to you again..."

Faced with Hattori Heiji's threat, Conan could only grin foolishly.

In fact, Conan was hiding something from him, which was what happened in London.

It’s not that he didn’t want to tell Hattori Heiji that the big plan to fight against the organization has been put on the agenda, and his father has begun to actively contact investigation organizations in various countries.

However, after learning from Qin Zhibo about the organization's possible ultimate goal, Conan still hesitated.

As a staunch materialist fighter, Hattori Heiji never believed in the existence of gods, magic, or alien creatures.

If Conan were suddenly told that supernatural phenomena do exist and that the organization's goal is to resurrect Cthulhu, he would be afraid that Hattori Heiji would not be able to accept it for a while.

And most importantly, even more unimaginable dangers will surely occur in the future when confronting the organization.

For the sake of his brother's safety, he decided not to drag Hattori Heiji into this dangerous quagmire...