Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Shinichi Kudo, who wanted to ask the pastry chef for the cake recipe, came up empty-handed at the kitchen door.

——Due to the high incidence of poisoning cases in Japan in recent years, in order to prevent outsiders from sneaking into the kitchen, poisoning the food to retaliate against society and affect the hotel's business, two verification methods, fingerprint and employee card, were set up at the kitchen door.

Shinichi Kudo looked at the latest unbreakable fingerprint lock and began to doubt his life.

Miyano Shiho looked through the glass on the metal door and saw the full bottles of wine on the production table, then looked away feeling unlucky and uncomfortable.

Dr. Agasa reacted most normally: "The pastry chef is not here? Maybe he has temporarily gone to another floor?"

"Then let's go to the main kitchen on the first floor."

Kudo Shinichi came back to his senses and looked at Dr. Agasa: "Doctor, you go to the scene. The three of us acting together will attract a lot of attention. And someone has to tell Uncle Maori that we have to leave temporarily."

"By the way, if anything unusual happens at the scene, please email me and let me know." Kudo Shinichi added, remembering the threatening letter.

Dr. Agasa also knew that the combination of a young man and a woman with an old man was strange. He looked at him hesitantly: "What's the reason?"

Kudo Shinichi laughed dryly: "Just say that we ate alcoholic desserts and we are not feeling well, and let us rest in the rest area. The staff will take care of us... Uncle Maori won't ask any more questions."

This reason was reasonable. Dr. Agasa looked at Miyano Shiho again. Seeing that she had no objection, he reached out and adjusted his tight collar:

"I'll be on my way there then. You two should be careful. If you get in trouble or feel unwell, call me immediately."

The two nodded and watched him walk towards the banquet hall one minute before the game started.

Click.

The door of the banquet hall closed heavily, completely isolating the bustle inside from the outside world.

"..." Miyano Shiho collected her gaze and lowered the brim of her hat again, "Let's go."

The two walked towards the elevator hall and Kudo Shinichi pressed the button for the first floor.

An atmosphere of silence permeated between the two of them. Miyano Shiho looked up at the jumping numbers without any deviation in her gaze. She did not speak a word until she entered the elevator.

But it was Kudo Shinichi who couldn't help it first. He secretly looked at Miyano Shiho's profile.

He recalled their conversation outside the lounge just now...

……

"No, Kudo... don't ask that man for help!"

Because she was too anxious, the young woman's voice became shrill, which scared Kudo Shinichi so much that he almost covered her mouth with his hand, worried that Mrs. Shou, who was still in the lounge, would hear it.

Fortunately, Miyano Shiho herself reacted and she suddenly calmed down.

"What's wrong, Ai?" Dr. Agasa asked anxiously, "Mr. Aoyagi is a friend of Shinichi's family, an FBI agent, and he already knows Shinichi's identity..."

If they were to ask who is the person who can help them the most in the hotel right now, it would definitely not be him, an ordinary scientist with few research results, but Aoyagi Akimitsu, who also knows the secret of becoming smaller and has rich investigation experience.

Kudo Shinichi looked at Miyano Shiho's expression and asked bluntly, "Why not?"

His tone was calm, but deep down in his heart, he felt uneasy.

This is the first time.

This was the first time he saw Shirley... Miyano Shiho, a former member of the organization who should have seen a lot of darkness, showing such sharp resistance.

What is she resisting?
Against the FBI? Or, what she is against is...

"I……"

Miyano Shiho calmed down completely at this moment.

She slowly said, "Kudo, I...actually don't like the FBI that much."

This answer hit Kudo Shinichi's first guess, but he was still stunned.

"……what?"

Miyano Shiho narrated softly: "I used to study in the United States... During college, there was a teacher I liked very much. Because I was mixed-race, my appearance was different from the people around me, and I was much younger than my classmates. I was occasionally bullied, but he always encouraged me."

"But one day, he suddenly committed suicide." Her voice dropped.

Kudo Shinichi quickly asked: "Is it the organization?"

Miyano Shiho shook her head slowly.

"He was a Chinese scholar. There were rumors that he stole American secrets and technology and sent them back to his original country. The FBI has been monitoring him and his family for this. Another Chinese friend of his was also affected... He couldn't stand it and committed suicide." Kudo Shinichi was speechless.

"And...my sister."

Miyano Shiho lowered her head and continued speaking.

"Didn't you ask me before if there were any undercover agents in the organization? I told you at the time that in addition to the Japanese Public Security Bureau, there were also undercover agents from the FBI."

Her voice became very soft: "The FBI undercover agent joined the organization through knowing my sister."

"After he was exposed, he fled quickly. He left my sister behind and didn't take her with him. Many people in the organization knew that she was the one who brought the FBI into the organization and were very hostile to her. After that, she was investigated and monitored for a long time..."

Miyano Shiho spoke calmly, without a tremor as she recounted the experience of her last relative.

Kudo Shinichi and Dr. Agasa looked at each other and fell into complete silence.

No wonder...

The famous detective, who had returned to being a high school boy, sighed in his heart.

He had wondered before that a scientist who could make such a miraculous drug should be highly praised in the organization and granted whatever requests he made, or he could threaten important people to make her obey orders.

In that situation, they were both dangerous and safe in the organization - the danger came from the organization itself, and the safety was because of Shirley's ability. The organization would protect her and her sister who could be taken as a hostage.

Generally speaking, the organization would not harm her sister at will, after all, only living hostages are valuable... But if an undercover agent is involved and the undercover agent successfully escapes, it is another matter...

While Kudo Shinichi was speechless, he heard the door of the lounge not far away open again.

Shou Meimei lowered her head and followed Mrs. Shou to the banquet hall. They didn't notice them at all and walked straight past them.

Kudo Shinichi glanced at them in confusion.

Mrs. Shou cared so much about her second daughter's competition that she ran to find a detective for her safety. Why didn't she wait backstage in advance and only rush to the scene now that the competition was about to start?

What did they discuss in the lounge just now?
……

At the door of the main kitchen on the first floor, Kudo Shinichi came up empty-handed again.

The pastry chef said he had an emergency at home and asked for leave ten minutes before they came down.

Faced with the chef's suspicious gaze, Kudo Shinichi did not dare to take off his hat and reveal his identity, for fear that the other party would inform his eldest daughter of his appearance and she would then pass the news to Xiaolan.

——He wanted to wait until his body was stable, stand in front of her, and explain it to her in person.

It took quite a while to get from the 20th floor to the first floor, explain my identity and purpose, and wait for the kitchen to confirm that the other party had really left. The first wedding dress selection was almost over.

Kudo Shinichi and Miyano Shiho returned to the elevator again. He pressed his hat and sighed deeply.

"Let's go find Miss Hua Lian directly." He whispered, "I can go by myself, you... uh, find a place where there is no one and hide for a while."

He still planned to ask Aoyagi Akimitsu for help.

He could understand that Miyano Shiho hated the FBI because of her teacher and sister, but it would not affect his own feelings.

Miyano Shiho guessed what he was going to do and didn't interfere. When she saw him take out his cell phone to edit an email, she turned her eyes away.

Kudo Shinichi quickly sent a message saying that he was experiencing something wrong with his body and needed help, and soon received an [OK]. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the elevator.

The elevator in front of him was going up.

The numbers on the black electronic panel were jumping. After 19, they quickly jumped to 20, but did not stop, and then jumped to 21.

Finally stopped at 23.

Kudo Shinichi looked at this floor strangely.

If he heard correctly when Yuanzi was introducing the garden, the second to nineteenth floors of the hotel are the guest room area, the twentieth to the top twenty-fifth floors are the banquet hall and other functional areas, and the rooftop is usually locked and no one would go up there casually.

Why go to the 23rd floor? Is there another banquet to be prepared there today?

While Kudo Shinichi was thinking, another elevator came down. As if it was planned, an email from Dr. Agasa came in at this time.

[Ms. Hua Lian's sister, Miss Shou Meimei, has disappeared. ]

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I plan to modify the protagonist's animal messenger. I feel that [Bear] is more suitable for his bloodline, name and personality. (End of this chapter)