He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

Shinichi Kudo forced himself to look away, his whole body trembling as he turned to look at Juzo Megure beside him.

That trembling wasn't from fear, but from an intense, uncontrollable rage!

"Send Shuiyue Yingsheng to prison immediately! He must be punished!"

Shinichi Kudo gritted his teeth, about to say this.

But before he could speak, another voice suddenly rang out from the balcony:

"Aren't we going to chase after Amuro Tooru and Yukimatsu Kiyoko? They're almost gone."

"!!!!!!"

Megure's pupils contracted sharply, and he turned to empty the magazine towards the source of the sound.

"Wait a moment!"

Shinichi Kudo quickly pressed him down and turned to look to his right. In the corner of the balcony, a large white teddy bear was lying diagonally, and the sound was coming from it, just like in the cartoon.

"Don't shoot at them, or you won't be able to gather intelligence."

Teddy Bear laughed.

In a daze, Megure saw the plush toy in the shadows raise the corners of its mouth, gradually stretching to its ears. It opened its blood-red pupils and gave him, and the world, a laugh that was both innocent and cruel!

Megure Juichi suddenly shivered, his face ashen as he walked up to the teddy bear, tore open its head, and pulled out a red cell phone from the snow-white cotton.

During this process, Teddy Bear gave another reminder.

"Amuro Tooru has teammates to reinforce him. If we don't hurry, it will be too late. The police won't let them get away again, will they?"

Its voice was also heard by Matsumoto Kiyonaga on the other end of the communication line, who said in a deep voice, "I have already sent people to chase after them and find out who this person is."

Megure nodded, but before he could speak, Shinichi Kudo asked impatiently.

"You're saying Aoyagi Chisato is Yukimatsu Kiyoko?! Why? What's your evidence?"

"Oh my, Detective, have you really fallen in love with her? Even with the facts right in front of you, do you still refuse to believe that she would be so cruel as to wipe out the entire Aoyagi family? But actually, her true nature is a million times worse than you think."

The teddy bear's voice was full of mockery.

Shinichi Kudo clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, and blood seeped from his palms.

“Give me the evidence, and I will make my own judgment.”

His voice was icy cold, almost turning to frost: "Besides, who are you? Hiding your face and hiding your true self, you don't even dare to utter your real voice?"

"Hehehe, I'm just a teddy bear, I don't know what you're talking about."

On the balcony of a tall building in the distance, Huaying looked through binoculars with one eye, munching on a red apple as she casually said, "Xuesong Qingzi is a code name member of the brewery. Her name is Vermouth, the famous Thousand-Faced Witch. Have you heard of her, Detective?"

Before Shinichi Kudo could answer, she continued, "Anyway, you know now, and there's another obvious fact: she knows how to disguise herself."

For some reason, this cold-blooded animal seems to have developed a genuine liking for you, calling you "Cool Guy" and almost starting a romantic relationship with you.

She and Shiho Miyano from the brewery are mortal enemies. On Friday night, she almost killed the latter, but we arrived in time to save her.

I know that you and the brewery both believe that she betrayed the organization and helped Ms. Shiho escape from the research institute.

But in reality, it was only after this misunderstanding arose by chance that she was forced to betray the winery.

Next, we need to talk about her special alliance with Amuro Tooru. The connection between these two is much closer than you might imagine…

"Wait a moment!"

Shinichi Kudo interrupted with a grim expression: "What about Hotaru Mizuki? What role is he playing?"

Something's happening...

Chapter 286 A Glimpse into Ai's Daily Life: Vermouth Feeds Kudo A Medicine!

"Didn't you say you could make your own judgment, Detective?"

Teddy Bear chuckled, his tone quite sarcastic: "Even if I told you he was a completely innocent passerby, or even the mastermind behind it all, you probably wouldn't believe me. Go and find out for yourself."

Shinichi Kudo remained silent; he couldn't glean anything from those words.

But that is indeed the case.

“I’ll continue. Where were we?” Teddy Bear paused for two seconds before continuing, “Both Vermouth and Amuro Tooru are problematic. Did you check the abandoned warehouse last night?”

A group of white people.

Even in today's globalized society, this proportion is still too high.

I suspect Amuro Tooru might be an undercover agent from some Western country, with the Americans being the most suspicious, for reasons you understand.

Of course, he's definitely not a good person, at least not now; he's just an emotionless task machine.

Then there's Vermouth...

Forget it, let's go catch them. Once we catch them, you'll know everything.

Goodbye.

The call ended abruptly before Shinichi Kudo could finish speaking. He tried to call out to him, but it was too late.

"Could it be that the other side suddenly encountered an accident?"

Megure Juzo's eyes flickered as he stood on the edge of the balcony, looking around.

Shinichi Kudo glanced at it a few times, shook his head, and walked to the balcony railing where he had just discovered the footprints.

"She might be able to see this, but it's unlikely we'll find out. The last sentence was probably just something she did on purpose."

Shinichi Kudo crouched down slightly, bringing his gaze level with the footprints. After looking at them for a few seconds, he blew a breath at them.

There were few changes in the tiny dust particles on the footprints, which made him sigh softly.

“These traces were left in advance; she herself has long since disappeared.”

Having overheard the previous conversation, Inspector Megure also agreed that the person on the other end of the phone was a little girl, and judging from her voice, she was probably quite lively and cute.

He kept scrolling through his phone, finally shaking his head: "There's nothing there. Sigh, of course it would be like this." He then looked at Shinichi Kudo, "Brother Kudo, if that's the case, then what about the clothes on the rooftop?"

Shinichi Kudo pondered for two seconds: "I'm sure my reasoning was correct, but the person who lured us here on the rooftop with that dress was most likely not Kiyoko, nor the teddy bear from before, but just a passerby in this building."

"This……"

Inspector Megure thought there was some truth to that, but the question was still the one he had asked countless times before.

What is their objective?

“I’m not sure either, but…” Shinichi Kudo’s expression was complicated. “The note left by the other side was clearly for me. And we’re upwind of the poison powder attack. It seems like they don’t want me to die and witness what just happened.”

Inspector Megure fell silent, still reeling from what had just happened...

Has the human world been transformed into a purgatory?

He gripped the phone tightly with his right hand, almost crushing it, but then, thinking it might contain clues, he quickly let go, took out an evidence bag from his pocket, and put it away, intending to hand it over to the forensic department later.

The screams outside the window had stopped, and only a cold, deathly silence filled the air.

When a human lies on the ground, from high above, they look no different from an ant.

Through his teary eyes, Inspector Megure saw rows of heroic tombstones.

"Let's get out of here, Inspector Megure. Watch out for a change in the wind."

Shinichi Kudo turned to leave, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "This dust travels with the wind, what about the citizens downstream? Will they be affected?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga had thought of this matter immediately and had already obtained the answer based on the current situation.

"It might rain heavily tonight."

That's all for this.

Megure Juzo was confused, but he quickly relayed the message to Shinichi Kudo. Shinichi Kudo had a sudden realization and nodded in understanding.

"Before a heavy rain in summer, the warm air above the ground carries moisture and rises, forming an updraft. The fact that the police did not cough when they encountered those highly toxic dust particles indicates that the dust particles are extremely small and will likely rise with the updraft, so the impact will not spread too far."

At this point, he frowned again: "Wouldn't that mean the rain at night would be poisonous?"

Megure Juzo relayed Matsumoto Kiyonaga's words: "Based on the study of the bodies of the victims at the abandoned warehouse last night, the police discovered that this drug deactivates extremely quickly and cannot maintain its efficacy for long after being exposed to air."

At the same time, only a tiny amount is needed to cause a miserable death.

Shinichi Kudo's eyes turned cold and sharp; this was practically poison made specifically for this purpose.

Whoever it is, that researcher is utterly wicked!

"Ah chirp——"

In the Mori residence in Beika Town, Ai Haibara, lying on the sofa watching TV, rubbed her little nose.

Heh, it must be some scoundrel talking about Sherry again.

"Ai, do you have a cold? Is anything bothering you?"

Junelek rushed out of the room, looking worried. He glanced around, quickly fetched a cup of hot water, and placed it on the coffee table.

"Drink more hot water."

"..."

Ai Haibara felt she should say something, but seeing Junai's worried expression, she took the water glass and took a sip anyway.

"Thanks, it's nothing. Are you done with your seminar?"

"Well, everything went well."

Junairik sat down on the sofa next to him, looking relieved. After a few seconds, his eyes lit up with excitement again.

"I never imagined that I could earn so much respect. Even when I wore a mask, even when I was timid, they didn't look at me with contempt. Ai, do you know, they all call me Professor Akechi."

The recognition of one's personal value brings an unprecedented sense of accomplishment and the purest joy.

Ai Haibara smiled and said, "With your talent, you deserve this respect. The problem was that the organization was acting strangely before, not that you were the one who caused it."

Junairek nodded emphatically: "It was Mr. Shuiyue who gave me this opportunity, and I must do my best to repay him."

He took out his phone, but before dialing Ying Sheng's number, he looked at Haibara Ai and hesitated, saying, "They went to a blind date, right? Is it inappropriate for me to call now? Should we call later? It's just that Mr. Suigetsu sleeps late."

Ai Haibara gave him a strange look: "If you want to make a call, do it now. If you wait any longer, it might actually cause some serious disruption."