Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1421: Dark Pursuer

In the corridor outside the Metropolitan Police Department meeting room.

Qin Zhibo looked down at Conan and gave him a look.

Conan, who had already formed a tacit understanding, immediately understood what she meant and turned around to tug at the hem of Xiaolan's clothes.

Secret technique: escape from peeing!

"Sister Xiaolan, I want to pee!"

"Well, let's go."

Mao Lilan agreed immediately and was not surprised by this request.

Moreover, this is the Metropolitan Police Department. For a frequent visitor like Conan, it is like his own living room and cannot be more familiar with it.

So Conan followed Qin Zhibo to the bathroom.

After walking through a corridor and turning a corner, they arrived at the men's restroom.

At this time, Shancun Cao had just washed his hands in the men's restroom and was shaking the water off his hands in front of the sink.

"Eh? Mr. Qin and Conan, the meeting is over, but you haven't left yet?"

"Well, I'm going to the bathroom and will leave soon." Qin Zhibo replied.

"Oh, then I'll go first~"

Shancuncao hummed a tune and strolled out of the toilet.

Qin Zhibo and Conan entered the toilet at the back, and only after confirming that there was no one in the cubicle did he start talking to Conan.

"Is there any new discovery in the case just discussed in the meeting?"

Conan asked proactively.

On the way to the bathroom, he guessed that Qin Zhibo must be telling him about this case.

After all, with Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability, it is impossible for him to remain silent at the investigation meeting and let Maori Kogoro talk nonsense alone.

"I guess so, but it's much more important than the case itself..."

"The latest intelligence from my undercover informant in the organization is that one of the organization's own undercover agents is carrying a list of the organization's undercover agents. This list is stored in a memory card."

"Recently, the undercover agent was involved in a serial murder case, and the storage card containing the organization's undercover list was also taken away by the murderer..."

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Conan's brain reacted slightly and then his eyes widened immediately.

His pupils suddenly widened, and he quickly asked, "Do you mean that person is one of the victims of this serial murder case!?"

"Well, I have confirmed the name and identity. It is the third deceased."

As he spoke, Qin Zhibo handed Conan the case information sent by the police.

Conan quickly flipped through the information and found Okakura Masaaki's name and related information.

Although he had just overheard a lot of case information through the bug, there was no need for Shiratori to repeat this kind of case information as everyone had a copy, so it was the first time Conan saw it.

Secretary to a Member of Parliament...

Conan thought about it and realized that it seemed like the organization would arrange undercover agents to lurk around in the target area.

"That means the organization is also looking for the murderer of Okakura Masaaki?"

Conan was smart and immediately thought of the key to the problem.

Qin Zhibo nodded slightly and said seriously: "The organization has sent a member codenamed 'Ireland' to take action."

"But if we want to find the murderer, it is obviously the fastest and most convenient way to use the police."

"So I suspect that Ireland might have been eavesdropping on the search meeting just now..."

After Qin Zhibo said this, Conan instantly understood why Qin Zhibo had not put forward any opinions on the case just now.

Moreover, Kogoro Mori, who was always talking nonsense in a serious manner, actually did a good thing by accident.

At the very least, it can mislead Ireland into conducting the investigation along the wrong lines and delay the process for a while.

But then, Qin Zhibo changed the subject.

"But just now after the meeting, I searched the conference room and found no eavesdropping devices."

"There are only two possibilities. One is that the bug was placed on someone and he was taken out of the meeting room."

"The other possibility is that Ireland disguised himself as a police officer and infiltrated the search meeting."

Pretending to be a policeman?

Conan's expression suddenly froze, and he recalled the "Thousand-Faced Witch" in the organization, Vermouth.

Disguise and sneak in, this is Vermouth's signature skill.

Although Vermouth can also help other people disguise themselves, this mission is obviously very important, and Vermouth is deeply trusted, wouldn’t it be better to send her directly?

Qin Zhibo continued, "Considering that if someone is to carry a bug, one of the police officers will have to be an undercover agent of the organization, then there is no need to send Ireland out specifically."

“So I prefer the second option…”

Ever since the "Kinoshita Tomonori" incident, Qin Zhibo knew that there was an organized undercover agent in the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, this person has been helping the organization obtain internal intelligence of the police for a long time. If this person is also involved in this case, there is no need to send an extra Irish person to carry out the execution.

So it is very likely that this person was not included in the search meeting.

At this time, Conan also held his chin up, recalling the "abnormal" scene he had just encountered in the corridor.

It was just a joke that everyone was not the same, but it turned out that someone's identity might have been replaced by Ireland?

Chiba and Shiratori have both become fatter than before.

The two brothers Chanwu and Chongwu exchanged the taste of their drinks.

As for everyone else…

Conan began to carefully recall the details of what had just happened.

……

At the same time, in the corridor outside the meeting room, police officers from various places who came to handle the case had not yet dispersed and were still gathered together to communicate.

"What, Conan went to the bathroom again?"

"Why does this kid always pee so much?"

Kogoro Mouri originally wanted to go back to the office early to watch Yoko Okino's show, but was told by Ran Mouri that Conan was still in the bathroom, which made him a little angry.

At this time, Yamamura Cao came over and said, "I just came out of the toilet and happened to pass by Conan. Mr. Qin was also with us."

"Really?" Maori Kogoro muttered, with a hint of jealousy in his voice, "They seem to have a good relationship..."

Mao Lilan also agreed with a smile on her face, "Yes, Conan and Mr. Qin have been getting close recently, even Hattori Heiji is a little jealous~"

Last night, when chatting on the phone with Toyama Kazuha, Mouri Ran heard Toyama Kazuha say that Hattori Heiji complained all the way back to Osaka because Conan and Qin Zhibo did not take him with them when investigating the case.

At this time, Ogino Ayami from Saitama Prefecture came over and asked, "Did that little brother often act with Mr. Qin in the past?"

"Generally speaking, in a hostage rescue situation like yesterday, you wouldn't bring children with you, right?"

Ogino Ayami was talking about the actions of Qin Zhibo and Conan who went to rescue Xiaoguang.

Although the person was rescued, it is still a little hard to understand why they took elementary school students to rescue people.

At this time, Takagi Wataru came over and said with a little excitement on his face: "Conan has rescued people many times, and each time the situation was very dangerous, but the child was able to escape danger."

Yokomizo Sango also nodded and said, "Maybe it's because he often hears Mr. Maori's reasoning, and sometimes he will come up with amazing clues!"

"And he notices interesting little details that even us connoisseurs often miss..."

Sato also praised her. Facing such favorable comments, Mao Lilan smiled and couldn't help but think of Kudo Shinichi.

When he was young, Kudo Shinichi was also very righteous and loved to stand up for the weak.

However, at that time, Kudo Shinichi often did the wrong things with good intentions, and his childishness was somewhat cute.

Although Conan is as brave and righteous as Kudo Shinichi, he never makes mistakes and sometimes even acts as mature as an adult.

If Conan grows up, he might be even better than Shinichi...

"By the way, Xiaolan, didn't you go to England some time ago?"

"Have you seen Shinichi?"

At this time, Megure came over and asked.

The reason why Megure knew that Kudo Shinichi was in the UK was that he found a suspect who looked like Kudo Shinichi in the shopping mall where Chiba was attacked last time.

In order to eliminate suspicion, Mao Lilan called Kudo Shinichi, only to find out that Kudo Shinichi was in the UK.

Of course, Conan, who was at the scene, just realized that he wanted to call himself, so he made up a location that the police could not verify.

Unexpectedly, the Maori family was later invited to London.

"Yes, I see you."

"Is he okay now?"

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Mao Lilan bowed slightly to express her gratitude.

"So Shinichi is back in Japan now?"

Faced with Megure's question, Mao Lilan hesitated for a moment.

Because Kudo Shinichi had said on the phone before that he should keep a low profile about his return to Japan and not mention it to anyone.

Of course, it would be best if he didn't exist at all.

After experiencing some bad things that happened in the UK, Mao Lilan also understood the difficulties that Kudo Shinichi had at present and could not show up often.

"I'm sorry, Officer Megure, I don't know where he is now..."

"Oh……"

Megure groaned, "Then there is nothing we can do..."

At this time, Manager Matsumoto, who was standing behind Megure, stepped forward and asked, "What's the problem?"

Megure turned around and replied, "Brother Shinichi's reasoning ability is also very strong. I think if he comes back, he might be able to help investigate this case."

"Oh?" Manager Matsumoto's eyes changed slightly, "That's a pity this time..."

……

In the bathroom, Conan told Qin Zhibo about all the "abnormalities" he had just seen.

However, Qin Zhibo felt that these "abnormalities" did not mean anything.

Although I can use [Contact Investigation] to confirm the true identity of everyone one by one.

But doing so would not only easily arouse suspicion, but it would also be a complete waste of time if Ireland was not present in the middle.

What is more important right now is to find the memory card that contains the list of the organization's undercover agents.

By contrast, Ireland's presence simply indicates a potential competitor within the police.

“Instead of spending time looking for undercover agents, we should focus on solving the case and finding the murderer.”

"As long as we find that storage card faster, we'll have won."

Conan nodded in understanding after hearing Qin Zhibo's words.

Conan raised his head, his seemingly childish face showing the seriousness and earnestness that only an adult could have.

"Then we'll meet at the doctor's house later."

This is not a good place to discuss, so Conan agreed on another location.

By the time the two came out of the bathroom, Kogoro Mouri was already getting impatient.

The police who had gathered in the corridor just now also left one after another and went about their own business.

Due to the successful misleading of Kogoro Mori, the police plan to start by confirming whether the victims were card-playing friends.

Conan came up to Mao Lilan and said in a coquettish voice: "Sister Xiaolan, the doctor just called and said there is a new game for me to try, so I won't go back to the office."

"Also, I won't be going home at night..."

"Ah? Playing games all night again?" Mao Lilan looked a little worried. "But you still have to go back to the office with us first, right? This way you can be closer to the doctor's house..."

"No, I'll take Uncle Qin's car. Uncle Qin also has to go to Chengshi Hospital."

"Really?" Mao Lilan gave Qin Zhibo an inquiring look.

Qin Zhibo put his hand on Conan's head and rubbed it, then smiled and said, "Yes, I'll just take this kid over."

When Maori Kogoro heard this, he immediately put his hands in his pockets and turned away, complaining as he walked, "Tsk, I waited for so long in vain, I'm about to miss Yoko's show..."

"Let's go! Xiaolan."

"Dad~" Maori Ran looked back at Maori Kogoro's back, and bowed slightly to Qin Zhibo.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Conan."

"Ah."

After the Maori father and daughter took a taxi and left, Qin Zhibo and Conan also came to the parking lot and got into the red Mustang convertible.

While fastening his seat belt, Conan looked at the familiar car and said, "You haven't changed this car yet?"

"I originally wanted to replace it, but I already have feelings for it..."

"And this car was won by playing rock-paper-scissors, and it saved several lives. So it can be considered a 'car favored by the god of luck', right?"

This car was won by Qin Zhibo by playing rock-paper-scissors with Maori Kogoro at the opening ceremony of the twin skyscrapers in Nishitama City, using his lucky debuff.

Later, Toru Amuro drove the car, and with his superb driving skills, he carried the three little ones, Haibara Ai and Qin Zhibo, and jumped into the swimming pool of another building, successfully saving his life.

"That's right..."

  Conan smiled, thinking of what happened back then.

Suddenly his expression froze, and he suddenly remembered that after the sports car landed, the three children said they heard the sound of a monster in the building.

At that time, Conan didn't care because Mount Fuji was about to erupt and it was normal to have auditory hallucinations.

But now...

"By the way, during that incident, Mitsuhiko and the others said they heard the roar of a monster or something in the building? Is that true?"

"It's true." Qin Zhibo replied without changing his expression.

"Oh..." Conan lowered his head slightly, and the next second his brain reacted and he suddenly raised his head.

"What! Then..."

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo stepped on the accelerator.

The red Mustang convertible rushed out of the parking space like a real wild horse.

Conan's words were interrupted by the sudden feeling of being pushed on the back.

At the same time, in front of the high-rise office window of the Metropolitan Police Department building, a burly figure stood by the window, looking down at the red sports car that drove out of the Metropolitan Police Department compound.

A barely perceptible stern look flashed across that dark pupil.

(End of this chapter)