Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 55. Your treasure, my worn-out shoe

"There were quite a few people in Tsujimura's house at that time, and the people were mixed. There were detectives and forensic police from the Metropolitan Police Department, doctors from the hospital, a family of detectives, and a high school detective from Osaka.
Gin, I need to remind you that that guy is a detective, and a very famous one.

Although I don't know why he dared to appear in public, he should know the necessary anti-detection techniques."

"If I sneak into the police team and leave, will your people be able to see the faces of each policeman?"

Lin Longma's words rarely made Gin not lose his temper. Instead, he frowned and started thinking.

Vodka at the side did not interrupt Gin's thinking, but asked the most crucial question: "Lin, are you sure that the person you saw at Tsujimura's house was Kudo Shinichi? It wasn't someone who looked similar or something like that?"

Lin Longma shook his head decisively and denied: "Appearance can be faked, but reasoning ability can never be faked.

Besides, what's the point of Kudo Shinichi finding someone who looks exactly like him to solve the case?
To test us?"

Hayashi Ryoma didn't think from the bottom of his heart that Kudo Shinichi could carry out such a meticulous operation, and Gin also agreed with Hayashi Ryoma's statement.

According to the analysis of Kudo Shinichi's behavioral habits by experts within the organization at the time, this high school student might not really have such an intention.

This has little to do with IQ, but more to do with social experience and knowledge - most of which can only be accumulated by suffering losses and falling into traps.

The more mistakes you make, the more you will grow up.

Gin, who was thinking, was now somewhat convinced by Hayashi Ryoma. There were indeed more people in the Tsujimura family at that time. If that Kudo Shinichi was really mixed in the police team, his men would be hard to identify.

But Gin also had something he couldn't figure out: "Why would that Kudo Shinichi suddenly show up and solve a case after hiding for so many days?"

To be honest, Gin had never seen anyone who could jump back and forth like this.

You managed to escape from the organization with great difficulty, and it would have been fine if you didn't hide well, but you actually dared to come out and solve the case?
How obsessed is he with the truth of this case? Or is it that without him, no one in this world can solve the case?

Lin Longma also frowned and pretended to be troubled. Finally, he said uncertainly: "Maybe this is the desire to win?"

"Desire to win?" Gin looked at Hayashi Ryoma suddenly. This answer was not something Gin considered at all.

"Yes, it's the desire to win. At the time, there was also a high school detective from Osaka who came to challenge Kudo Shinichi.

As for reasoning, he is indeed a step behind. He is the kind of reckless and hot-blooded high school detective. "

"." Gin gave Lin Longma an expression that said "you seem to be kidding me". How could he still have a desire to win when his life was about to be lost?
Is this pure nonsense?

"Don't disbelieve it." Lin Longma became more and more excited as he spoke: "What kind of people do you usually deal with?

Either they are old foxes in society or rats in organizations. Can the thinking of adults be the same as that of minors?

Kudo Shinichi was praised by the media. How could he not have a competitive spirit after hearing so much praise?

That seems reasonable to me.”

Gin knocked on the desk irritably: "What should we do now? This guy has hidden again, can we still find him?"

"It's hard to say. But if it happens once, it will happen twice. It's fine that Kudo Shinichi never showed up before, but now that he has shown up once, are you afraid there won't be a second time?

I will help you keep an eye on him, and if he shows up again I will contact you immediately."

"Okay." Gin just nodded indifferently. There was no other way for now, so he could only wait.

He has a mountain of tasks on his hands, and this Kudo Shinichi can keep him alive for a while.

Seeing that Gin had nothing else to say, Lin Longma stood up and prepared to leave. Just as he stood up, he suddenly said to Gin:
"By the way, I'll go look for Shirley later. The last mission was to investigate this Kudo Shinichi.

Maybe she can give me some inspiration?" "That woman? Humph." Gin snorted coldly, looking very unhappy: "It would be best if you can pry something useful out of her mouth."

Lin Longma left his office without waiting for Gin to see him off. At this moment, he suddenly understood Shirley a little.

Who would like a colleague who has a cold face all day long and is sarcastic and mocking?
Gin, it's really not unfair for you to be disliked by others, not at all.

Lin Longma left Gin's office and came to the laboratory where he came to see Shirley last time. After greeting several familiar subordinates of Gin along the way, he came to the door of the laboratory.

Knock on the door, push the door, and enter in one go.

"Where is your assistant?" Lin Longma looked at the empty laboratory curiously.

"This is my exclusive laboratory. Generally, I won't let anyone else in unless necessary."

While Shirley was talking, Lin Longma was looking around the laboratory. Lin Longma didn't understand anything about the experimental equipment and consumables, but he also didn't find any surveillance cameras in the laboratory.

Lin Longma knew that some of his inferences about Shirley were actually correct. The organization might have been on guard against Shirley, but it was really not on guard to this extent.

Otherwise, she would not be responsible for the research and development of new drugs.

"What do you want to see me about?" Shirley asked straightforwardly.

"I met Kudo Shinichi today." Lin Ryoma's words stunned Shirley, followed by a look of shock.

"where?"

"At a murder scene, he stepped forward to deduce the truth of the murder and helped the police find the real murderer."

The more Lin Longma talked, the weirder Shirley's expression became: "At the murder scene? In front of other people? Come out and reason about the murder?"

"Yes."

"No disguise at all?"

“Not done”

"."

Shirley didn't ask any more questions. She was obviously quite speechless at the moment.

It was a rare comfort to Shirley that among so many people taking the new drug, Kudo Shinichi might have survived.

But when she heard that Kudo Shinichi was seeking death in this way, her heart was inevitably filled with absurdity and speechlessness.

It feels like something you treasure is discarded like a piece of trash by others. Good words cannot persuade a damned ghost, what else can she say when Kudo Shinichi is doing this?

But Shirley suddenly realized something: "Those clothes."

Lin Longma kept silent, but just moved his head up and down imperceptibly, and then suddenly changed the subject:

"By the way, you have something to ask me too, right?"

"how do you know?"

"I can see it. How can I manage a large base if I don't have such good eyesight? Tell me what's going on?"

"It's about my sister." Shirley's tone suddenly dropped when she talked about her sister:
"My sister hasn't been feeling well lately."

(End of this chapter)