Conan Rick's Investigator

"At this rate, we won't be able to produce a finished product by dawn..."

"Eh——?" Cheng Shi exclaimed in surprise.

Huiyuan, who was used to being sarcastic, looked at Cheng Shi with a faint smile on his face.

"But I can help you make the chocolate."

"Really!"

Cheng Shi, who already felt a little overwhelmed, was happy for a moment, but then he remembered that Haibara Ai still had to go to school tomorrow.

"It's okay, I'm a nocturnal animal and won't get sleepy."

"And I also want to do my part, as a token of my gratitude..."

Haibara Ai's words were ambiguous, and the person she wanted to thank was not just Dr. Cheng Shi.

In this way, the two girls began to busy themselves in the kitchen, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

……

At this moment when all the lights are on, Toru Amuro is also awake.

However, Toru Amuro was not staying up late to make chocolate for someone, but he was used to going to bed late.

As the backbone of Japan's Public Security Secret Force Zero Section, although his main task at present is to go undercover in the Black Organization, he is not a full-time undercover.

In addition to the undercover mission, Toru Amuro also has to deal with some other matters assigned by the public security department.

You have to disguise your identity during the day and handle official business at night.

Sometimes his subordinates encounter cases that they cannot handle, and Toru Amuro has to step in personally to bring the criminals to justice.

Then he brushed off his clothes and went away, hiding his merit and fame.

Therefore, staying up late and working overtime is a normal part of life for Toru Amuro, and 996 is a piece of cake for him.

Staying up late today is just a common part of his life.

Toru Amuro was using the internal public security system to look up the information about the case that Qin Zhibo mentioned during the day, thinking about going to sleep after reading the content.

At this moment, the phone next to the coffee table suddenly vibrated with an incoming call.

I looked up at the clock on the wall and it was already 1 a.m.

It's so late, who could it be?

Toru Amuro was confused for a moment, but still answered the phone.

"Hey?"

A very sexy female voice came from the other side.

"Bourbon, I'm Vermouth."

Amuro Toru was slightly startled, but replied calmly, "It's you. What can I do for you?"

Vermouth didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "You haven't forgotten the agreement between us, have you?"

"What do you mean?" Amuro Toru was puzzled.

Although he may not tell Vermouth the truth about the information he has found, he has not given up on investigating the boss's confidants.

"Hmph..." Vermouth snorted coldly, "I saw you shopping with the daughter of a Japanese consortium. Are you dating?"

Toru Amuro narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed that he was seen by Vermouth again?

Could it be that she was right next to him and he was completely unaware?

"How did you know? Are you following me?"

"what?"

Vermouth's puzzled voice came from the phone, and she replied in a somewhat joking tone: "Your story was filmed and published in the newspaper. The whole of Japan knows about it."

"You don't know that the daughter of the consortium has been a hot topic lately, right?"

When reminded by Vermouth, Toru Amuro remembered the paparazzi he had dealt with. Was there more than one paparazzi in the mall at that time?

"I just happened to be photographed, and the meaning was misinterpreted... As a big star, you should be able to understand my situation, right?"

"But it would be nice if I could really become the girlfriend of that consortium's daughter. That way I wouldn't have to work so hard..."

Toru Amuro said the second sentence in a joking tone, and Vermouth also responded with a warning in a joking tone.

"With your handsome face and abilities, you might actually be able to win the heart of that little girl."

"But I have to tell you, with the organization's capabilities, a small consortium can't protect you..."

In Vermouth's words, the Suzuki Group, which dominates the Japanese business world, is described as "small".

"I know this, so your suspicion of me is unnecessary..."

Toru Amuro did not doubt what Vermouth said. It is easy to block an open attack, but it is difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. It only takes a few sophisticated assassinations to destroy the consortium.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

At this moment, Vermouth softened her tone and asked in a charming and sweet voice, "Today is Valentine's Day. Do you want to receive some chocolate from me?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid I can't handle it."

Amuro Toru refused without a second thought.

He probably guessed that if he accepted, the other party would ask for his current address.

"What a shame! I've already made a chocolate bar and was planning to give it to a man~"

There was tenderness in the microphone, but Toru Amuro remained unmoved.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

Dudu——

After hanging up the phone, Toru Amuro quickly opened the web page and searched for the keywords "Suzuki Chikako" and "boyfriend".

As expected, Toru Amuro found the photo with a tricky angle. Suzuki Sonoko was hugging his arm, and they really looked like a couple.

Was this also taken by that paparazzi?

But I clearly took away his memory card...

Toru Amuro quickly took out the memory card from his pocket and carefully looked through the photos inside. He found that they were indeed all photos taken after the murder, and there were no photos taken before that.

Damn it! I got tricked!

Toru Amuro was a little angry that he was being controlled by an unknown person.

But at this moment, Toru Amuro's eyes swept across the photos displayed on the computer and suddenly found something wrong.

In the paparazzi photos taken at the film festival, there was an inexplicable and strange black shadow behind a man.

The translucent human figure looks exactly like the shadows in the two previous "shadow murder" cases.

This person is...

That photographer?

Chapter 705 You are really resistant to dirt... (Two in one)

Amuro Toru looked at the man in the photo in disbelief, and remembered that he was Tomonori Kinoshita who held a photography exhibition in the department store that day.

A dark shadow appeared over him...

Is he dead?

Toru Amuro searched his memory and found that apart from a greedy private detective, there were no other deaths that day.

And according to the pattern of the black shadow, as soon as it appears, it will cause a person to quickly suffer a cardiac arrest, leaving no chance of rescue at all.

However, when this photo was taken, he and other people were around, and there was nothing abnormal about Kinoshita Tomonori's physical condition.

What is this...

Amuro Toru frowned, unable to figure out the reason for a moment.

But tomorrow we can send the photos to Yotsuya who lives in the haunted apartment and see if we can process them first.

……

The next day was Valentine's Day.

Qin Zhibo got up, washed up, and watched the morning news as usual.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Toru Amuro went to work on time.

Of course, in the morning, Toru Amuro had already delivered the photos to Yotsuya, who mastered ghost photography techniques, as planned last night.

"Xiao An, tomorrow is Saturday, right?"

Faced with Qin Zhibo's sudden question, Amuro Toru was a little puzzled. Wasn't this question asked yesterday?

And would a normal person ask what day it is tomorrow?

Usually they ask what day it is today...

"Yes, tomorrow is Saturday."

Qin Zhibo confirmed the time again to avoid going to the Toushen Forest empty-handed tomorrow.

However, even if you determine the day of the week, you may still be disappointed, after all, you don’t know how many Saturdays there are in that week.

"Xiao An, I have to go on a long trip tomorrow and will be back in one to two days. I'd like to ask you to look after the office."

"Don't worry, your efforts will not be in vain. I will double your salary next month."

Qin Zhibo's statement seems generous, but zero multiplied by any number will always result in zero.

Of course, what Toru Amuro cares about is not money, but what Qin Zhibo is going to do outside.

"Teacher, do you still have any outbound commissions?"

"Yes."

"But I don't remember anyone making an appointment..."

"We contacted each other by phone. I've handed out business cards in many high-end places before."

"Business card? Does the teacher have a business card?"

"Of course."

Qin Zhibo took out the business cards he had customized earlier and handed one to Amuro Toru.

Toru Amuro took the business card. The simple design had his name, phone number and address written on it, without a single unnecessary word.

Putting the business card in their pockets, the two began their simple daily business life.

……

In terms of daily commissions, Qin Zhibo and Maori Kogoro have different main businesses.

The Maori Detective Agency next door mainly accepts daily commissions to catch people who have committed adultery.

Zhibo Detective Agency mainly undertakes the business of finding lost pets and lost items.

On the one hand, it is because Qin Zhibo’s ability to find pets is really amazing. He is the best in Beika Town and is known as the "Pet Detective" inside and outside the town.

On the other hand, since becoming famous on TV, Kogoro Mouri has become arrogant and he refuses most of the requests to find things.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

Kogoro Mori has taken the worldly wisdom and the way of treating people according to their circumstances to the extreme.

As long as the client has a prominent background or offers a lot, Kogoro Mori is very happy to break the principles.

In comparison, Qin Zhibo's firm is more popular.

Although the fees for entrustment and consultation are not so affordable, the advantage is that we accept all entrustments regardless of size.

However, Qin Zhibo often went on business trips before, and it was not easy for the client to find Qin Zhibo.

Although there is an appointment book at the door, many of the daily commissions are to solve urgent problems, and there is no reason to make an appointment first and wait a few days to solve them.

But now with Toru Amuro, this has improved a lot.