Gin doesn't want to work hard

Shuichi Akai searched his mind and finally found a possible candidate.

“Chianti?”

Kurosawa returned a questioning look.

"No, it's okay."

Shuichi Akai shook his head slightly, no longer dwelling on who had handed the gun to Kurosawa.

Anyway, they're all part of the organization.

That thing might be hidden inside the gun.

Shuichi Akai then disassembled the gun.

The complete pistol was disassembled into several parts.

Shuichi Akai's gaze swept over it, but he still didn't find anything unusual.

He frowned slightly and turned his gaze back to Kurosawa.

Perhaps he missed checking something?

Just as he was about to check it again, Professor Agasa spoke up timidly.

"Actually, if you're looking to check if someone has a tracking device on them, I happen to have a little invention..."

Dr. Agasa immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Professor Agasa was a little nervous under the watchful eyes of everyone.

He took out a dark, spherical device from his pocket.

"It can automatically sense and track objects that emit signals."

Professor Agasa gestured for Conan to bring down a tracking device.

Conan nodded, took off his glasses, and placed one of the trackers on the table next to him.

The tracker is flashing red, indicating that it is in working order.

Dr. Agasa brought the device close to the tracker, and the next moment, the device emitted a "beep beep beep" alarm sound.

"You see, this is it."

Dr. Agasa demonstrated it once, then continued.

"As for the principle behind this device, it is..."

Although Professor Agasa really wanted to explain the principle to everyone, no one present seemed very interested.

Conan took the device from Professor Agasa's hand, not forgetting to leave a sarcastic remark.

"Next time you have something like this, bring it out earlier, Doctor!"

Professor Agasa looked at Conan, who was circling around Kurosawa with the device, and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"I just forgot, haha..."

……

Conan circled Kurosawa twice with the device in his hand, but the device remained silent.

Between the two possibilities of Kurosawa not having a tracker or the device being broken, Conan unhesitatingly chose the latter.

He brought the device closer to the table where the tracker was placed.

"Beep beep!"

The device immediately started beeping.

Conan: ...?

Unconvinced, he circled Kurosawa twice more.

The device did not respond at all.

No way?

Conan was genuinely surprised this time.

Is it true that Kurosawa doesn't have a tracking device on him?

He subconsciously looked at Shuichi Akai.

Shuichi Akai also frowned slightly, looking as if he hadn't figured it out yet.

The fact that Kurosawa didn't have a listening device means that their previous deductions were all wrong.

What exactly is Gin's purpose?

Just then, Conan suddenly noticed Kurosawa's expression.

Kurosawa looks very happy...

A thought flashed through Conan's mind.

Why is he happy?

Because... Gin didn't lie to him?

Conan's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, their actions seem to have improved Kurosawa's impression of Gin!

Shuichi Akai also noticed this.

He also sensed something was amiss.

I wanted to use this opportunity to let Kurosawa see Gin for who he really is.

Unexpectedly, this backfired, increasing Kurosawa's fondness for Gin.

The impression that Gin is "trustworthy" is probably even more deeply ingrained in Kurosawa's mind.

Is this what Gin really wants?

Perhaps they've been thinking in the wrong direction all along.

Gin's target has always been Kurosawa!

Gin is gradually lowering Kurosawa's guard against him!

Why put so much effort into Kurosawa?

What exactly is Gin trying to do?

Shuichi Akai's expression was somewhat serious.

He looked at Kurosawa and asked directly, just to give it a try.

Did Gin ask you to do anything?

Shuichi Akai hadn't expected any answer, but to his surprise, Kurosawa actually nodded.

But that was all he said; Kurosawa clearly didn't intend to say anything more.

Shuichi Akai was not surprised by Kurosawa's reaction.

To be honest, it was a pleasant surprise that Kurosawa was willing to answer.

Shuichi Akai skillfully began to extract information from the conversation.

"So what are you going to do next?"

Kurosawa glanced at him and slowly uttered two words.

"go back."

"Go back? Go back where?"

"Professor Agasa's house."

This relates to what Kurosawa said earlier about "not being able to leave".

Shuichi Akai realized that this was also Gin's request.

In other words, Gin is asking Kurosawa to stay at Professor Agasa's house.

"And then what?"

Shuichi Akai continued to ask.

Kurosawa glanced at him and said nothing.

It seems that this is all the information I can get for now.

Shuichi Akai shut his mouth, deciding to ask again later.

Conan stared blankly at Shuichi Akai as he spoke.

His practiced manner suggested he had tested the waters many times before, with each question hitting the line that Kurosawa couldn't answer.

Conan suddenly remembered the days when the two of them sneaked out of the hospital behind his back.

So, did Shuichi Akai keep asking Kurosawa questions every day during those days?

Otherwise, how do you explain his current skill level?

Conan looked at Shuichi Akai with suspicion.

Shuichi Akai was unaware of Conan's thoughts.

He is now pondering Gin's intentions.

It's clear from Kurosawa's words that Gin deliberately let him go.

Otherwise, Kurosawa wouldn't have insisted on returning to Professor Agasa's house.

He deliberately let Kurosawa leave, yet insisted that he stay at Professor Agasa's house.

Gin's actions were less about caring about "Kurosawa Jin" as a person, and more about... his identity!

Chapter 268 Settling Accounts Afterwards

Shuichi Akai's eyes widened slightly, clearly surprised by his own guess.