Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1466 Mother and son meet
Akai Tsutomu...

The man in front of him had a thick, slovenly beard on his chin and was wearing a tattered Hawaiian shirt and shorts. He was completely different from the sharp-bearded man Qin Zhibo saw in the photo.

When their eyes met, the man behind the counter reacted first.

"Qin!"

"You're back!"

The man walked out of the counter and gave Qin Zhibo a hug with open arms.

Qin Zhibo also hugged the other person and quietly touched the other person's skin with his fingers.

【Survey√】

[Name: Akai Tsutomu]

……

The result of the contact investigation is also Akai Mutake, so the person in front of him should be the real Akai Mutake.

It turns out that the person who had been sending Hawaii postcards to his agency was Akai Tsutomu...

"I rushed back as soon as I received your postcard..."

Qin Zhibo responded according to what Akai Wuwu said.

"Um……"

Akai Wuwu's expression became a little heavy, but then he changed the subject, smiled and patted Qin Zhibo on the shoulder.

"You're here so late, you must be hungry, right?"

"I'll go to the kitchen and make some noodles. We can eat and chat..."

Just like that, Akai Tsutomu turned around and went back behind the counter, and the sound of a fire in the stove was heard from inside.

Qin Zhibo took this opportunity to observe the situation in the store in front of him.

This store has a strong atmosphere of life, which means that Akai Tsutomu must have lived here all these years.

Akai Tsutomu is a British citizen, and his living here was probably arranged by the original owner of this body.

As for the reason for this arrangement, it should be related to the Hiroshi Haneda case 17 years ago.

Could it be that I was also involved in the Hiroshi Haneda case 17 years ago?
But I was still in college at that time, so I probably couldn't be of much help.

……

"The noodles are here~"

Akai Wuwu brought a bowl of noodles with both hands and placed it on the round table by the window.

A bowl of ordinary clear soup noodles with some chopped green onions and Naruto rolls in the middle of the noodles is a very common bowl of noodles in Hawaii.

"Eat it while it's hot."

Akai Wuwu brought another chair and sat opposite.

Qin Zhibo looked at the noodles in front of him. Although it looked like an ordinary bowl of noodles, the fresh fragrance wafting from the hot steam made his empty stomach churn.

Qin Zhibo always felt a little strange eating in front of someone he met for the first time.

Although in Akai Tsuchimura's eyes, this was definitely not the first time they met, the two of them had already been close friends for a long time.

"By the way... Wuwu, what on earth do you want me to come back for?"

Qin Zhibo asked, chopsticks hanging in the air.

"Um……"

Akai Wuwu groaned for a few seconds and said solemnly.

"My memory suddenly came back."

"Restore memory?"

Qin Zhibo was stunned. Why did he feel that a similar topic had appeared before with another person named "Akai"?

However, Akai Wuwu ignored the surprise in his friend's eyes and told the whole story.

"17 years ago, I received a call from Yasuharu Haneda at my home in the UK and traveled to the United States to investigate the truth about the death of his son Hiroshi Haneda."

“That evening, I boarded a flight to the United States and arrived in New York the next day.”

"Hanoi Hiroshi was murdered at the 'JUKE' hotel in New York. I also stayed at this hotel to facilitate the follow-up investigation."

"But after three days of investigation inside the hotel and in the neighborhoods surrounding the hotel, I didn't find any useful clues."

"At the time, we only knew that the murderers of Hiroshi Haneda and Amanda Hughes were probably the same group of people, and their methods were very professional."

"They first secretly dealt with Amanda's bodyguards, cut off the hotel's surveillance system, and booked a number of empty rooms on the floor in advance, resulting in no clues of their presence at the scene."

"However, on the seventh day of my investigation, the police announced the clues they had found."

"The autopsy results of Amanda and Hiroshi Haneda showed that no toxicity was detected in their bodies, but they were killed without any external injuries."

"And after the incident, the whereabouts of a female bodyguard named 'Qian Xiang' beside Amanda has been unknown."

"Then I realized that this person might be an important figure in uncovering the truth of the case..."

At this point, Akai Tsutomu's eyes changed slightly.

Qin Zhibo now knows that "Asaka" is actually Amanda's adopted daughter and personal bodyguard, now using the alias Wakasa Rumi.

"At Amanda's funeral, I indeed saw Asaka secretly watching the funeral from a distance."

"I caught up with her, gained her trust, and learned from her what happened in the hotel."

"The first person to be killed in the hotel that day was Amanda. However, before Amanda died, she sent Asaka away on the pretext of going to Haneda Hiroshi's room to get something she had left behind."

"When Asaka was going to Haneda Hiroshi's room, a group of strange men in black just happened to break in and ask about Asaka's whereabouts."

"At that time, in order to protect her, Hiroshi Haneda knocked her out with an electric baton and hid her behind a bookcase."

"When she regained consciousness, Hiroshi Haneda was already dead, and she saw an Asian-looking man in the room, and she thought that man was the murderer."

"Even though that man explained that he was not the murderer, Asaka still fought with him."

"However, Asaka was distracted for a moment when she saw the photo of Amanda's death on the cell phone that fell out of the man's arms, and was knocked unconscious by the man."

"Asaka was taken out of the hotel by that man, but she had a car accident when leaving the hotel."

"She managed to get out of the car despite the injuries on her body, and then returned to the hotel to take photos of Haneda Hiroshi at the scene before the police arrived..."

The "that man" that Akai Mutake mentioned was actually Kuroda Heibei in another version that Qin Zhibo heard.

He was ordered by the former Prime Minister of Japan to meet with Amanda of the Nine Angels to discuss how to deal with the organization.

But from Asaka's perspective, Kuroda Heibei doesn't seem to be a good person.

Akai Tsutomu continued, "Based on the photos taken by Asaka, I deduced the message left by Haneda Hiroshi before his death, pointing to a person called 'Karasuma Renya'."

"This man is a very well-hidden wealthy man in Japan, but rumors outside say that he was already 100 years old more than 20 years ago and had died at that time."

"I certainly don't believe that Karasuma Renya himself killed Haneda Hiroshi and Amanda, but it is entirely possible that someone related to Karasuma Renya committed the crime."

"After a joint investigation by Asaka and I, we finally found out that the ship that was docked in New York Harbor at the time belonged to the Karasuma Group."

Boat!
When he heard this word, Qin Zhibo's expression changed instantly.

Akai Wuwu also noticed this, looked at Qin Zhibo's face and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Nothing...just keep talking."

Akai Tsutomu frowned slightly, but did not ask any more questions and continued to tell the story.

"After locking onto the ship, I decided to dive onto it alone to find out what was going on..."

"When I dived onto the ship, I discovered that the ship was only disguised as a cargo ship on the outside, but actually it was a secret laboratory inside."

"It seems that there are various unconventional human enhancement experiments being carried out on the ship. I took a lot of photos of the ship with a micro camera as evidence."

"But just when I got the evidence and was about to leave, the ship's security said in a communication that an intruder had been discovered."

"And the intruder who was discovered was Asaka." "So I planned to help Asaka escape..."

"but……"

Having said this, Akai Wuwu suddenly covered his forehead with his hands, his pupils widened.

The scene flashed through his mind again.

At that time, Asaka was facing the security personnel on the ship who were already injured and were becoming more and more staggering.

Just when she was at her wit's end, Akai Tsuchitake suddenly took action, defeated a group of ordinary security guards and rescued Asaka.

But at this moment, some people wearing special black uniforms came running from the distant passage.

"Back off!"

"The monsters you're about to see are no match for a girl your age who's fighting for her life."

"Leave it to me, it's just right..."

In the memory, Akai Tsutomu stood in front of Asaka, shielding her behind him with one hand.

When Akai Tsutomu was collecting evidence on the ship, he had already witnessed the powerful physical explosive power of these people, and their physical fitness was far beyond the scope of ordinary humans.

Therefore, Akai Tsutomu called them "monsters".

Although Akai Tsuchimure knew that he could not defeat these "monsters", he could still buy some time for Asaka to escape and then retreat himself.

Just that moment...

"It's Asaka..."

"She attacked me from behind..."

……

"Come on down, Shiho."

"Here we are……"

In a certain sea area, a black helicopter landed on the red helipad on the deck of a ship.

Ai Haibara stood at the edge of the airport, looked around first, then jumped down holding the handle of the helicopter door.

But the jumping height was too high for elementary school students and she almost fell.

"Be careful."

Wakasa Rumi, who was standing by, held onto Haibara Ai's arm and helped her up.

Only after Haibara Ai stood firm did Wakasa Rumi let go of her hand and said indifferently to the two men in black who came to pick her up.

"I don't need you to lead the way. I know where to go."

"Yes."

Two men in black and wearing sunglasses nodded respectfully and made way.

Ai Huihara looked up at the two men in black. One of them had a square chin and looked somewhat similar to Vodka.

This is obviously a member of the organization...

It’s just strange that since Haibara Ai got on this helicopter, the radar response to the organization’s members has weakened a lot.

"Shiho, come with me."

Wakasa Rumi greeted the dazed Haibara Ai, and the latter moved to follow.

It took the two of them nearly 20 minutes to walk across the deck and to the passage to the lower cabin.

The two men stopped only when they came to a white steel door.

Looking at the steel door in front of her, Huihara Ai's eyes suddenly shocked and memories of death flooded into her mind.

This is the door to the tissue lab!

It was similar to the laboratory he had been in before, but obviously more advanced.

Because here not only ID cards are used, but also facial scanning.

Wakasa Rumi pointed her face towards the 3D camera on the door frame, and a colorful light screen swept across her face.

After waiting for two seconds, the white steel door in front of me opened.

"come in……"

Wakasa Rumi greeted her and Haibara Ai could only follow behind nervously.

Behind the door is a large experimental site.

However, at this time, almost all the lights in the experimental site were off, and only the deepest part was still on, so that the dim environment would not completely lose the light source.

Moreover, a lot of the experimental equipment here seemed to have just been cleaned up, and only some of the instruments and equipment could be seen inside.

Crossing a dark square, in the gap between light and darkness, a figure in a white coat is sitting in front of a computer desk, operating the computer with his hands on the keyboard.

From Haibara Ai's perspective, she could only see the man's side and back.

But for some reason, just seeing this person's back, Haibara Ai's pupils dilated unconsciously and her heart started pounding.

She stopped three meters away from the man and stared at him blankly.

The hands of the owner of the back who was operating the keyboard suddenly stopped.

"finally come……"

When a familiar voice came into her ears, Haibara Ai's eyes subconsciously opened wider.

The person in the chair twisted his body, and the swivel chair turned towards Huibara Ai.

At this moment, Haibara Ai saw the other person's face clearly.

The woman had long light blonde hair and her dark green eyes were covered by a thin layer of lenses.

She opened her arms, walked forward, squatted down and gently embraced Huibara Ai in her arms.

"My dear Shiho, I'm so glad to see you're safe!"

Faced with the woman's hug, Haibara Ai just stood there stiffly, accepting it passively.

She had never imagined before that a person's hug could be so cold.

It was so cold that her legs were trembling...

"What's wrong with you, Shiho?"

"I am your mother, Elena Miyano~"

The woman stroked Haibara Ai's face, but the temperature of her palm was a little low, even colder than the sea breeze blowing on the deck.

"You are……"

"my mom?"

Haibara Ai repeated these words silently in her heart many times before she stiffly said out loud those two words that contained infinite affection.

Although on the way here, she had imagined the scene of meeting Elena Miyano countless times in her mind.

It may be warm or plain, it may be a smile at each other or silence.

But she hadn't expected it to be so... cold.

"Yes, I am Elena Miyano."

"Although we have never met, I have been watching you silently all these years, Shiho..."

"I'm watching you every step of the way as you grow."

The woman named "Miyano Elena" stroked Haibara Ai's fluffy brown hair again.

Although her movements were very gentle, Haibara Ai only felt a chill penetrating from the top of her head.

Suddenly, her body subconsciously took a half step back.

(End of this chapter)