Conan Rick's Investigator

But the first thing Conan said when he came up to her was that she couldn't stop him.

"Ms. Sera, is your mother's last name also Sera?"

“Uh…huh?”

Sera's pure expression seemed to be frozen, and she didn't look like she was crying or laughing.

Conan on the other side also realized that the question was too direct, so he changed the question and continued, "What I want to know is, is there anyone in your family named "Sera Elena"?

Sera Masumi's pupils trembled slightly, "No, no..."

"Excuse me, what happened?"

"Nothing, it's just that there's a case here that involves this person..."

Conan quickly ended the topic, "If you don't know, forget it. I'm hanging up."

After saying that, he really hung up the phone.

On the other side, Sera Masumi wanted to get more words out of the phone, but the phone started beeping.

Mao Lilan looked at Sera's slightly stunned expression and asked, "Did Shinichi hang up the phone?"

"Um...I'll give you the call."

Seriang returned the phone to Mao Lilan, but the expression on his face still couldn't calm down.

Kudo Shinichi mentioned the name "Sera Elena" on the phone just now.

Although she didn't know who the owner of this name was, the surname "Sera" was not common in the UK, and was even extremely rare.

The name Elena is the same as the "sister outside the realm" that her mother once mentioned.

It can't be her, right?

……

University of Brightchester.

Conan and Kuroba Kaito walked out of the toilet and just returned to the conference room when they heard the latest investigation content from the police.

Sera Elena's family situation is relatively simple, with one pair of parents, but they passed away many years ago.

Apart from this, there are no other relatives.

According to the whereabouts known to the police, Elena Sera went abroad after graduating from the University of Brightchester, and her destination was the United States.

I never came back to the UK after that.

At least that's the case based on entry and exit records.

Bai Ma tilted his chin and thought, "Then who is this person who appeared here today?"

"Could it be... a ghost?"

At this time, Conan reminded again in a childish voice: "She said she had been to Japan! And she had a child in Japan!"

"Japan?"

Hearing this familiar place name, Tan Baima showed a confident smile on his lips.

"If it were Japan, it would be easy..."

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Fuku, please contact your uncle's research institute and ask them to help investigate a woman named 'Sera Elena'."

"...She's a 47-year-old British national who gave birth in Japan."

"Yes, let me know as soon as you have the results."

Seeing the white horse detective's calm expression, Conan couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking about who is this?

Although he is a famous high school detective active in the UK, he seems to have quite a lot of connections in Japan...

Kuroba Kaito's eyes were full of disdain.

Yep, he is indeed the son of the Japanese police chief...

After hanging up the phone, Hakuba turned to look at Conan and Kuroba Kaito.

"I believe there will be results soon..."

"It's almost noon now, you two. If you would be so kind as to join us for lunch?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at Hakuba Tan's meaningful smile and knew that the other party was not hiding any good intentions.

But just as he was about to say no, Conan jumped up and down excitedly and shouted "yes!"

Kuroba Kaito glanced at the dwarf without leaving a trace

Conan, who was standing by, thought to himself: Did this guy do it on purpose?

Detective Bai Ma secretly remembered this series of micro-expression changes in his mind, but on the surface he still looked like a gentleman.

"Then please follow me, both of you..."

"I happen to know a restaurant nearby that serves excellent French cuisine. We can eat and chat."

……

"I'm a little hungry..."

After coming out of the London City Hall building, Qin Zhibo touched his shriveled belly and looked around subconsciously for something to satisfy his hunger.

Since I was in a hurry in the morning and my schedule was tight, I bought a hot dog from a roadside fast food restaurant throughout the morning.

But fortunately, things on my side are going relatively smoothly, and I didn't starve in vain.

Just now on the rooftop of City Hall, I saw the "Crimson Tears" safe and sound in Judy Hooper's hands.

Since the incident in Japan, Judy Hooper has been following Qin Zhibo's instructions and continues to wear the "Scarlet or Something" brooch when performing.

Nothing too unusual happened during this period.

The only unusual thing is that the popularity of the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe has increased a lot compared to before the performance in Japan, and the audience is obviously much larger.

But this doesn't mean anything.

So Qin Zhibo told her the information he currently had and told her to be more careful when performing.

At the same time, we must also be wary of the approach of the world's number one illusionist, Günter von Goldberg II.

Judy Hooper said that Günter never took the initiative to approach her, but that she had gone to Günter before.

At that time, she went to Günter to discuss using the top floor hall for rehearsals.

However, she did not see Günter himself. The person who received her was the female assistant of the world's number one illusionist, named Natsumi.

Speaking of Xia Mei, Qin Zhibo was also impressed by her.

This person is one of the twin sisters who attacked the Egg of Memory, and is also known to most people as the international killer "Scooping".

Their ancestor was the famous Russian demon monk Rasputin, and they both inherited the gray pupils of their ancestor.

It was through eavesdropping on her conversation with Pu Siqinglan that Qin Zhibo first learned about the boss of the zoo organization, who was called "Baron Hauptmann"...

After withdrawing his thoughts, Qin Zhibo now urgently needs to find a place to fill his stomach.

It doesn’t matter if you eat well or not, Britain is a food desert anyway.

Just when he was thinking about checking the navigation system to see if there were any nearby restaurants, the phone suddenly rang.

Could it be that there is news from Kuroba Kaito?

Qin Zhibo picked up the phone and answered it, but what came from the phone was a woman's voice.

"Qin, where are you now? Do you have time?"

This voice is relatively cold, but without losing a hint of sexy femininity.

"Mary... I'm at City Hall. I do have some time, but I'm just about to go take care of lunch."

Mary replied coldly, "That's perfect. I know a great restaurant. Come over to Big Ben."

"We need to discuss our plans for the afternoon..."

Chapter 1282 Encounter in the restaurant

Following Mary's instructions, Qin Zhibo came to a French restaurant 400 meters away from Big Ben.

Under the dark green restaurant sign, Mary was already waiting.

Today, Mary is wearing a loose denim overalls, a khaki short-sleeved upper body, and still wearing light-colored sunglasses and a hat.

Seeing Qin Zhibo coming from a distance, Mary stepped forward and said hello.

"You came quickly..."

"Well, it's not far from here..." Qin Zhibo replied.

Mary looked Qin Zhibo up and down, then turned and walked towards the door of the restaurant.

"Let's go, let's eat and talk..."

……

Clang.

Clang.

The bell at the door made two melodious and crisp sounds, and Mary and Qin Zhibo walked into the restaurant one after another.

It was lunch time now, and a quick look revealed that there were quite a few people inside.

At this time, a sunny-looking waiter came over and asked the two of them if they had made a reservation in advance.

Mary shook her head.

Since there were no reservations and the good seats by the window were reserved by other guests, Qin Zhibo and Mary were placed in a slightly remote corner of the restaurant.

After a while, the waiter brought two menus and handed them to Qin Zhibo and Mary's hands respectively.

The two people sitting opposite each other looked at the menu in their hands, and after Qin Zhibo said "dy first", Mary started ordering first.

"A glass of pumpkin juice, a main course of skate with mashed potatoes, and for dessert...rice pudding."

Originally, Qin Zhibo wanted to double whatever Mary ordered.

But when she heard that everything Mary ordered was so plain, she immediately lost her appetite.

"One French tart, one roast pork chop, one chestnut chicken, and almond chocolate for dessert."

"If you want to drink... just have a glass of water."

"Fishing" is a physical activity, and Qin Zhibo has done a lot of it.

Mary said nothing about it.

After the waiter took away the menu, Mary officially started to ask.

"Have you prepared your plans for the afternoon?"

"Um……"

With that said, Qin Zhibo took out a human skin mask from his clothes and placed it on the dining table.

The human skin mask was a little wrinkled at first, but once it was laid flat it looked much better.

“This is…”

Mary subconsciously reached out to touch the mask, but as soon as she touched the texture, she was immediately shocked.

In fact, MI6 also has such things as human skin masks.

After all, MI6 must have found a way to make even the commonly used spy props that have been filmed in movies.

However, the human skin masks developed by the MI6 equipment department are relatively thick. In addition to being airtight, the most important thing is that they are low in anthropomorphism.

As long as you look carefully, you can easily find flaws and it is almost in an unusable state.

Even in this case, it is very difficult to order a human skin mask with a specific face.

However, the mask Qin Zhibo took out was not only less than 6mm thick like the human skin mask made by MI12, but also had a lifelike face.