Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

"Conan, Ai, come and look, it's a patrol car!"

"You are so unlucky. Things happen everywhere you go." Xiao Ai muttered without interest.

"Long-winded."

Conan closed the book, jumped onto the chair where Ayumi was standing, and looked down.

"Maybe some kind of case has happened!" Ayumi said curiously.

When Conan saw Megure getting out of the police car, he knew that this was a serious case. The Investigation Division was responsible for solving murders, robberies and other cases. As an old acquaintance of the police chief, he jumped off the stool immediately and said that he was going out. In the eyes of the other members of the Junior Detective Team, this was sneaking away, and several of them followed him. Seeing this, Xiao Ai sighed and closed the book.

She saw them crowd into the elevator and then heard an alarm.

This is strange, Xiao Ai thought as she stood outside the elevator.

There was a sign in the elevator saying "For seven people", but there were only four adults in the elevator. Even if the heaviest person, Kojima, was counted as an adult, the combined weight of Edogawa, Ayumi, and Tsuburaya was not enough to cover the weight of two adults. Was there a malfunction? But this was a common occurrence. In the elevator, Kojima counted everyone, and it was clear that she was right.

"No choice, just take the stairs!"

Conan led the way and headed straight for the stairs, and Ai followed him downstairs until they reached the lobby on the first floor.

At this time, the library director was already answering Megure's questions.

"Sir, you are the curator, right?"

"Yes, my name is Jinchuan, hello."

"Today, we came here," Megure said, pulling out a photo of a man from his pocket, "mainly because of the staff of your library, Tamada Kazuo."

"Ah, he didn't come to work yesterday without asking for leave."

"Hey, Inspector. What happened?" Conan interrupted.

This guy Kudo, whenever he encounters a case, is like he's been injected with stimulants, and he even uses the baby's sweet voice as a cover.

Ai watched Conan perform with a clown-like mood. After all, this was completely different from his usual speaking style. Not to mention her, even the members of the Junior Detective Team could hear it. Then Zuo Jing came to see the curator. The curator said he didn't know, and Megure revealed that the man named Tamada had been missing since the night before.

"What?" The curator broke out in a cold sweat.

Megure ignored Conan and continued, "We heard that he and you were working the night shift in the library the night before yesterday, right?"

"Yes, I went home earlier than Mr. Yutian that day, and I don't know what happened after that."

Conan glanced at the police officers who were working in the warehouse, raised his index finger and asked again: "Hey, why did they go to the library warehouse to investigate? He might have been attacked by someone on the way back."

Megure was a little unhappy, but when he thought of his relationship with Kogoro and the fact that Conan could always find some strange things, he calmed down.

"This is for the sake of caution. Mr. Tamada is a very serious person. He always calls home from here to tell his wife before going home. However, he didn't do that the night before last. This means that he might have been taken away from here by someone while he was working overtime, or he is still in the library. If he is here, it means that he is very likely to have been killed by someone."

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As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Mu, who was assisting in the investigation, came up to him and reported: "Inspector, we have checked everywhere, but we didn't find anything."

"So he was taken out after all." Megure murmured, touching his chin.

Thinking that there was no point in delaying any further, he prepared to change the direction of the investigation and shouted loudly: "Okay, we'll pack up first." Finally, he apologized to the curator.

It seems there is no problem.

Xiao Ai took notes while studying, and as the dusk was getting darker, she proposed to return. Her proposal was completely abandoned after Conan said "You go back first". The children who were originally going to go home quickly changed their minds and were determined to go forward and retreat with Conan.

She could see they were planning a nighttime adventure, so she stopped interfering.

"Okay, I have things to do, so I'm leaving now."

She was too lazy to guess Conan's purpose. Public facilities like libraries would not have special guards. As long as she was not locked in, there would be no problem. Under the somewhat disappointed gazes of several people, Xiao Ai left the library with her schoolbag on her back. Although Conan had some nostalgia for Bai Gan'er, he did not call her. After such a long communication, he also knew Xiao Ai's unsociable personality.

Ai returned to Dr. Agasa's house and saw Akemi on her way back on the street of Nimachi. She was carrying a bag full of vegetables in her hand, and her cheeks were slightly raised. The whole person exuded an atmosphere of anticipation for future life. Ai stood at the intersection and couldn't help but smile. Her sister, who had changed her appearance, did not change because of this, and now there was no man with the alias "Muroboshi Dai" to disrupt the situation. Although she had not met him formally, she had seen photos from her sister. Judging from his appearance alone, he was tall and handsome, and had the capital to attract women's attention, but there was almost no smile on his face in the photos, and his temperament was gloomy. He looked arrogant and superior. If these were all facts, there would be room for maneuver. However, this person approached her sister with bad intentions. Everything was a scam and a despicable disguise. He was a demon who put her sister in danger.

She wasn't sure whether her sister still had feelings for this man, which made her frown in annoyance. The man's face became extremely terrifying and hateful in her mind.

After Mingmei entered the yard, Xiaoai crossed the intersection and walked towards the doctor's house. Before she entered the door, she heard cheerful conversations. Winnet was sitting on the sofa where the doctor entertained guests. Unlike the last time she visited, she seemed lively, straightforward and free and easy, and talked about food. I wonder if this kind of personality change that can be controlled freely should be classified as a disguise. I'm afraid she can't tell it clearly herself! Xiaoai came to Winnet's side silently and put down her schoolbag. Winnet glanced at her with an awkward look. This time, it was even more difficult to tell whether it was real or acting.

"You can watch openly," Xiao Ai said, "You can guess that I have my reasons. Of course, I won't do it for any reason like I'm tired of you. Look at your handsome face, who can refuse you?"

This is still in the play!

Winnet felt that Ai was the only person she could treat sincerely, and this process made her feel uncomfortable, but Ai seemed to enjoy it and was getting deeper and deeper into the role. But this was all her own fault, as she had to act in front of Dr. Agasa without any discussion, so she had to cooperate.

"Don't say that. You know how much I blame you, but what hurts me even more is that I know nothing about you. You didn't say a word about the mysterious organization and being imprisoned. If you were willing to tell me instead of asking me to leave you forever, I would do it anyway..."

"If you just pray for me, it's nothing," Xiao Ai grabbed Winnet's wrist, "but you won't. You are a stubborn person who is blind in love; if I tell you the truth, how can you stay away from the risk of this vortex? You will definitely be shattered to pieces! But now that you know it, I have to look directly into my heart."

Winnet's wrist began to tremble, and her eyes were like icicles shaking on the car window, flashing in the sun. After their eyes met for a moment, she blushed and lowered her head, while Xiao Ai was still staring at her.

The whole conversation has a dramatic texture. Dr. Agasa is both evasive and touched, and later has some strange thoughts. It seems that between them, Ai is the one who takes action, while Winnet is like the lovable girl that the book likes to write about the most.

This is quite a contrast, although Ai does have a sharp personality in normal times.

Dr. Agasa did not dare to act rashly.

"I met Kudo at school." Ai handled it just right. It would be awkward if she continued to act, so she changed the topic to the current focus of the antidote, which was also what everyone present was paying attention to. She slowly said, "He didn't have any constructive news. I poured him a glass of wine, and Kudo didn't change at all after drinking it. It seems that he may have developed resistance to it, or that it only works when he has a cold. Unfortunately, I don't know what kind of cold Kudo has. If he is infected with special bacteria or viruses, we will probably have to conduct a control experiment on the seasonal flu - the problem is that there is only one test subject, Kudo."

Dr. Agasa silently mourned for Conan in his heart.

Winnet thought for a while and said "hmm" -

"Is it possible to make a potion that can turn me back into an adult?"

“It’s worth a try, but so far there’s no certainty.”

Winnet leaned forward slightly and looked at Ai with a hesitant expression.

"If the research is successful, will you choose to change back to your original form? I think that organization will not let you and Conan go easily. Maybe it would be better to continue like this and grow into an adult again. What do you think?"

Xiao Ai answered simply:

"It will happen 100% of the time. It's just a matter of time."

"But we can conceal it for a longer time, and maybe one day they will stop pursuing it."

"My life is always a hidden danger, they will never let me go easily. How could you be so naive? If I am hunted down in my current state, the people around me and all those who are suspected of knowing will be killed. If the power of APTX4869 to shrink is discovered, they will be convinced that this drug will be successful, and all possible ways of leaking secrets will be strangled in the cradle."

As Xiao Ai said these words, the fear lurking deep in her heart had already begun to break out, but she held on and believed that the best way was to end it, such as faking her death and hiding her identity and staying away from them forever. She didn't want to experience the pain of losing something again, even though Winnet's death was just an illusion, she didn't want to experience it again.

Although Winnet was still acting with Xiao Ai three minutes ago, she could tell that Xiao Ai was speaking with all her heart. Winnet could understand what Xiao Ai was thinking, and no one wanted to experience the days of being on tenterhooks and falling into the abyss if they were not careful.

It seems that her current life has dulled her courage to take risks and she cannot bear the risk of failure.

"I understand."

Winnet smiled warmly again and answered with a voice that was confident enough to express her attitude.

Xiao Ai felt her cheeks getting hot. After all, this was a matter of some unknown nature. Researching an antidote was not an easy task, otherwise she would not have spent several years to produce a drug that could only be used as a poison. However, Winnett's attitude gave her confidence. Even if she was discovered, she would at least put up some resistance.

Maybe the organization is not as powerful as she imagined.

She believed that Winnet was the strongest one in the organization.

"By the way... Ai, aren't your friends coming with you?"

Winette changed the subject slightly to prevent Dr. Agasa from being stiff. She heard Dr. Agasa say that these children often came to play with him, and she thought they might be celebrating Conan's recovery, so she specially prepared some snacks when they came, intending to share them with these children.

But seeing that Ai came back a little late, she thought they should all have gone home.

"They are still in the library because Edogawa suddenly had an idea and they decided to follow him on a night adventure."

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"Ah... library? The Rice Flower Library?"

Winnet asked again to confirm.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Although Winnett had no organizational affairs, her spies were still operating. Takashiro Masaru, who died in the bombing of the Beika City Hall, was secretly colluding with the gang. Part of the funds he exported to Nishitama City came from the contraband trade. A small part was used for some upper-class people he caught, and most of the rest was handed over to the gang for processing. Not long ago, Clyde found the supply channel at the dock. She was planning to say hello to Vodka and extort some money to increase her own funds.

The next second, Winette leaned over to whisper in Ai's ear, making Ai blush a little.

"The Rice Flower Library is one of the hiding places for contraband imported from abroad. Its director is the middleman. Will they be in danger?"

Xiao Ai did not question Winnett's information, guessing that this was information obtained by the organization. She thought about the incident during the day and instantly realized that the employee named Yutian was probably killed because of the contraband transaction...

Wait, silenced?

If you say so!

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300 Library Adventure

As winter approaches, the time it takes for night to fall becomes shorter and shorter. It is already completely dark around six in the evening, which is also past the closing time of the Mika Library.

With a helpless expression on his face, Conan hugged his legs and hid in the storage cabinet in the men's restroom on the third floor of the Beika Library. He curled up and the space in the cabinet was very crowded. Besides him, there were three people who were keen on detective adventures, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko. Although he tried to persuade them to go home more than once, he always returned in vain and was forced to look after them.

It's almost time to act.

Half an hour had passed since closing time. Conan pushed open the door of the storage cupboard, blinked, and followed the three giants slowly. The team leader Genta took the lead, sticking his head out of the men's restroom to look around the corridor. After confirming that there was only a little light coming in from other buildings and no one was moving around, he let out a long sigh of relief and walked out to the corridor with confidence.

"Okay! Now everyone has left!" Yuan Tai said.

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi followed closely behind and looked around for a while, then relaxed. Conan, who was walking at the back, looked at them with a sidelong glance, looking completely unmotivated.

Ayumi clenched her fists and placed them in front of her chest nervously. Then she felt a surge of excitement as if she were in danger, and she turned to look at Conan.

"What should we do now, Conan?" she asked.

"To find the body, of course."

Conan said as a matter of course, he turned his back and planned to search the library carefully.

According to the information revealed by Inspector Megure, the victim Tamada was most likely killed in the library. Since no body has been found in the past two days, the body was most likely hidden by the murderer. Based on this point of view, the library is a very suspicious place. Moreover, he vaguely felt that there was a smell in the library.

"But didn't the police fail to find it?" Mitsuhiko asked puzzledly.

"I think this library has a scent." Conan replied.

After hearing this, Genta sniffed hard and moved his head back and forth to confirm whether there was really a bad smell, while Mitsuhiko's expression seemed to say, "How is that possible?"

Before they could continue discussing this topic, a dinging sound came from the elevator entrance beside them, and the digital sign above it began to light up orange, indicating that it was in operation.

"The elevator is moving, someone is coming up! Hide quickly!" Conan shouted.

Several people quickly slipped back into the men's restroom, but did not go back into the storage cabinet. The men's restroom was at the end of the corridor, with only windows and elevator entrances next to it.

Conan was not worried that the other party would go into the men's restroom. If he wanted to go to the toilet, the lobby on the first floor was a better choice. He stuck his head out to check the situation, and the person who came out of the elevator was Director Jinchuan who had "educated" him in the afternoon.

Jinchuan took his briefcase, pushed open the glass door, and went to the children's newspaper and magazine area on the third floor.

Conan quickly followed, watching his every move through the glass door.

Jinchuan squatted and checked the cabinet where the books were kept. The things in the cabinet were exactly the suspicious foreign original imported books he had seen at that time.

Jinchuan took out one of the books, smiled and murmured loudly:

"Yutian, that big fool, wouldn't have been killed if he hadn't read this."

Conan and others who were hiding behind the glass door heard what Jinchuan said clearly and their faces changed immediately.

"Those policemen are really something," Jinchuan moved the box of books to the countertop, "They were able to withdraw so easily. They never thought that Yutian was sleeping in the library."

"Hahahahaha!"

Jinchuan became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he just burst into laughter. He shook his raised left arm like a Parkinson's patient and his whole body was shaking with laughter.

Conan was shocked when he heard this, but he also got important news: Tamada's body was hidden in the library, and the person who killed him was the director Jinchuan who was laughing wildly in front of him.

Where would the body be hidden?

He thought and observed Jinchuan.

Jinchuan took out an original book from the carton, tore off the plastic cover, pulled the book out of the cover, and stuffed it into his briefcase.

Conan clearly remembered that when he picked up these books curiously, they were stuffed into the protective cases upside down, with the paper side facing the stuffing box.

“I can’t see it this way!”

Yuan Tai, who was standing at the back, expressed his dissatisfaction.

He moved slightly closer to the door, and his fat body pressed Ayumi against the glass door. The light glass door moved inward, making a creaking sound.

Director Jinchuan was startled by the voice, his smile froze, and then he showed a horrible expression.

He just recounted the crime he had committed. If anyone heard it, he would be finished!

"Who is it? Who is in the library?!"