Conan Rick's Investigator

"This mineral releases a special type of cosmic radiation. Most importantly, it can also absorb electromagnetic waves. If it's made into a coating and applied to an aircraft fuselage or installed on a missile warhead, it can evade the world's most advanced radar systems!"

"So where did you get that stone?"

Dr. Agasa looked at Qin Zhibo with seriousness in his eyes.

After listening to Dr. Agasa's story, Qin Zhibo remembered that he had once given Dr. Agasa a piece of ore and asked him to help study it.

The ore was found in a Mi-Go mine near Fukito Villa, which is famous for making Valentine's Day chocolates, on the eve of Valentine's Day.

At that time, Qin Zhibo found three MI-Gos in the mine. They operated the seismic mining machine and almost hollowed out half of the core of the mountain before they found such a special ore.

Qin Zhibo killed three Mi-GOs with a spray device, but he didn't know the function of the mineral, so he took it to Dr. Agasa for testing.

However, after hearing Dr. Agasa's test results, Qin Zhibo was a little surprised and not satisfied with the result.

"That's it?"

"That's it?"

Dr. Agasa was puzzled for a moment, then repeated, "This ore will change the world!"

Dr. Agasa's voice suddenly rose, attracting the attention of the Young Detectives sitting on the sofa.

He glanced at the Junior Detectives, then turned to look at Qin Zhibo and whispered, "Whether you found this ore in Japan or in the United States, I don't want its existence to be made public."

"Once it's made public, it could potentially start a world war!"

Dr. Agasa's voice trembled a little, and he tried his best to control his excitement.

Although this mineral is now recognized by the outside world as something that may change the world pattern.

But the Kingdom of Vespania is, after all, just a small country with a neutral kingdom system. All high-end weapons are imported, and the ore will not have much power in the hands of this country.

But if countries with the ability to develop high-tech weapons can control this mineral, then the world pattern will truly change.

Dr. Agasa has always insisted that science and technology should benefit mankind and make people feel happy, rather than bring destruction.

Therefore, he does not want to see this mineral fall into the hands of any country with the ability to wage war.

When he was chatting with Conan before, he just teased Conan casually, saying that it was impossible to find veins of this kind of ore anywhere else except the Kingdom of Vespania.

But actually, he thinks it's possible.

After all, the earth is so big. If there is a mineral vein in one place, the probability of there being a mineral vein in other places is not completely zero.

Therefore, he never notified Qin Zhibo to come and listen to the test results of the ore.

Even if he told Qin Zhibo the true situation of the ore now, he hoped that Qin Zhibo would keep the secret and never tell anyone about the ore.

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he listened to Dr. Agasa's words.

The pattern is big!

But he really didn't know what kind of mineral vein it was. The three MI-GOs hollowed out half of the mountain and only got this little bit of ore.

It is for this reason that Qin Zhibo was disappointed with the "ordinary" special effects of this mineral.

Although shielding radar systems is very important for human weapons technology, given the level of development of the Mi-GO race, this function should not be important at all.

When the Mi-Go flies in the sky, even cameras can't capture it. Isn't this much better than shielding against radar?

Qin Zhibo had previously learned from Mr. Clock that the Mi-Go clan had many "miners" on Earth, and these miners must have been collecting this kind of ore.

Nowadays, humans can hardly find this kind of mineral in nature. It is estimated that it has been almost mined out by the Mi-Go race.

After all, if we trace the history of the Mi-Go race, it would probably go back to at least the dinosaur era and even further.

However, Qin Zhibo was indeed surprised that there was actually a place on Earth where a complete mineral vein could be found.

"Where is the kingdom you're talking about? I've never heard of it..."

Qin Zhibo had indeed never heard of this country.

"This country is..." Dr. Agasa was about to introduce it, but quickly changed the subject, "It doesn't matter where it is. I just hope you can keep the secret of the ore and don't tell anyone, including me!"

"Okay, I promise you."

Qin Zhibo nodded sincerely, "Do you have that ore now?"

"Yeah, right at my house."

"Oh...Apart from absorbing electromagnetic waves and releasing cosmic radiation, there really aren't any other discoveries?"

"No more..." Dr. Agasa frowned, "But isn't this enough?"

Dr. Agasa seriously doubted that he had not explained clearly to Qin Zhibo the importance of this special mineral.

"Oh, that's okay."

For Qin Zhibo, who knows the story behind the mineral, this effect is indeed not enough.

MI-Go's extensive mining of special minerals on Earth is probably not for such a tiny effect.

However, since the ore itself is not dangerous and has no other uses besides being used in high-tech weapons, in order to show his sincerity in agreeing to keep it confidential, Qin Zhibo said, "Then how about leaving this ore at your home, Doctor?"

Dr. Agasa held his chin in his hands and thought seriously for a moment, "That's fine. I have quite a lot of space here, so it won't be easy for anyone to find me."

Qin Zhibo felt a little helpless. Dr. Agasa was being too cautious.

Who would come here specifically to look for it? It's just an ordinary looking stone.

Just when the two finished their negotiation, the three little ones had almost finished eating.

"Doctor, didn't you ask us to help find something?"

"Yeah, let's get started!"

"Once we find something, we can go play games!"

Dr. Agasa immediately put on a smiling face, walked among the children, and told everyone what was lost.

It turned out that what Dr. Agasa was looking for was a letter, which contained a reply about whether to attend a friend's son's wedding party. He had originally planned to mail it out today.

But because I was busy too late yesterday and there were a lot of things at home, the letter was mixed up with other things and now I can't find it.

Qin Zhibo looked at the pile of junk in front of the TV in the living room. Various newspapers, instruction manuals, books, notebooks, and magazines were scattered on the ground, making it difficult to find a place to put them.

"Wow! So messy?" Ayumi exclaimed.

Dr. Agasa smiled and put his hands behind his back, "That's why I asked you to help me find it..."

The three little ones were kind-hearted and without giving it much thought, they immediately rushed into the pile of junk and started searching.

But in the eyes of detective Qin Zhibo, this is too deliberate, right?

No matter how sloppy a normal person is, he or she will not throw miscellaneous items all over the place, and each item should be placed at a similar distance from each other.

It was obvious that Dr. Agasa wanted to invite the three little ones to his home to play, but he was worried that the three little ones would get bored if they came over too often, so he found an excuse to come over to help.

One of the evidences for this reasoning is that Haibara Ai never came forward and continued to stand behind.

As Dr. Agasa's personal assistant, if something important was really lost, Haibara Ai would definitely help.

Maybe this pile of junk was "created" with the help of Haibara Ai.

Seeing this situation, Qin Zhibo no longer wanted to put forward the constructive suggestion of "write a new letter if it's lost."

This elderly... middle-aged man has really put a lot of effort into creating an atmosphere of having a large family.

Coupled with Dr. Agasa’s grand speech just now, Qin Zhibo felt that this “old man” was lovely, kind and respectable.

……

In the living room, the three little ones were either crawling or squatting, rummaging through various debris on the floor.

Qin Zhibo, Conan, Haibara Ai, and Dr. Agasa stood by with their hands behind their backs, watching. They all smiled but said nothing, seeing through the situation but not saying anything.

During this time, Qin Zhibo looked up and forgot to check the time. It was already 12:20 noon.

After some calculations, Toru Amuro should have moved to Trojan Manor with his luggage, right?

Qin Zhibo walked to the window and looked towards the Trojan Horse Village next door, but did not see anyone moving around by the window.

Just then, a faint voice came from the side.

"Uncle Qin, I want to ask you a question."

Qin Zhibo looked down and saw that it was Conan.

The young man with this question should be asking what kind of commission he has received?

"Okay, just ask."

Qin Zhibo originally wanted to fool around and say that he was going to catch someone having an affair, but Conan probably wouldn't be interested, after all, Mouri Kogoro is a professional in this area.

However, Conan's tone changed, and the childishness on his face instantly disappeared, and his serious expression did not look like that of a child.

“It’s about the case that happened on the American island. I want to know Uncle Qin’s true opinion.”

Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment. This case happened a long time ago, at least that was how he felt about time.

Why is Conan now like an old sow remembering the chaff of a thousand years?

"What's the real opinion?"

Conan put his hands in his pockets, with a cool expression that said "I already know everything", "Uncle Qin should know that the longevity lady on the island is actually the shrine maiden in disguise?"

"There's no Longevity Lady on that island, so the ones pretending to be Longevity Lady this whole time must be the shrine maiden and her family."

"In that case, the mermaid skeleton found in the warehouse fire three years ago must have belonged to someone pretending to be the longevity woman, the mother of the shrine maiden."

"Because Changshou Po was very short, she had to keep her legs tucked up at all times, which is why her remains, found after the fire, were much shorter than those of an average person."

"If the people who died in the current case were responsible for the warehouse fire three years ago, then the shrine maiden is a major suspect."

Chapter 1052 Investigator and Detective

Conan looked serious and told Qin Zhibo his guesses.

The longevity woman was disguised as a family of shrine maidens, and the several victims of the case on the American island were people who firmly believed in the legend of the longevity woman's immortality.

Three years ago, a fire broke out in a shrine warehouse, and the police discovered a human skeleton with abnormal body proportions at the fire scene.

If that was the former longevity woman, she must have been the shrine maiden's mother in disguise.

The current shrine maiden therefore has sufficient motive to kill.

However, there is a point in this speculation that contradicts the facts. That is, when the warehouse caught fire and Kadowaki Saori died in the fire, the shrine maiden named "Shimabukuro Kimie" was with Qin Zhibo.

Because of this, Shimabukuro Kimie has the most complete alibi.

There are only two possibilities.

The first one is what method Shimabukuro Kimie used to deceive Qin Zhibo and use him to commit perjury.

The second possibility is that Qin Zhibo and Shimabukuro Kimie deceived the police together.

Thinking of this, Conan clenched his fists slightly, and the expression in his eyes was extremely complicated.

In his opinion, no matter what the reason, it cannot be a justification for killing.

Perhaps the three victims in the case had done something extreme, but this cannot be a reason for Shimabukuro Kimie to kill people.

Conan has always practiced this idea in his heart and insisted on taking a firm stance against murderers.

Sometimes, Conan will induce criminals to surrender to the police voluntarily in exchange for leniency, but he will never let any criminal go.

This is his final bottom line and his eternal bottom line.

Therefore, when he learned from the information provided by Haibara Ai that there was actually no Longevity Lady on the American island, he was extremely shocked.

Not only may there be other truths hidden behind the case, but it may also mean that Qin Zhibo, the detective benchmark he has always trusted, has concealed the truth.

Thinking back on the case carefully, Qin Zhibo and Shimabukuro Kimie only returned to the scene after the fire was put out.

At that time, the police had already believed that the deceased in the warehouse fire was Shimabukuro Kimie based on the dental molds retained by the dentist.

If Shimabukuro Kimie had not appeared, the police would still think that the escaped Saori Kadowaki was the murderer, and Shimabukuro Kimie would have become the dead person, forever clear of suspicion.

The real Shimabukuro Kimie can remain a longevity lady forever by impersonating her for generations.

Looking back now, this might have been Shimabukuro Kimie's original plan.

But this plan was disrupted by Qin Zhibo.