Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

Ignoring the resentful look the phantom thief wife gave him, Lin Xiaofeng raised his hand and gently flicked her forehead, just like punishing a child who lost a game of rock-paper-scissors.

"Anyway, I'm here this time, remember not to take anything without permission... Hey, speaking of which, this Sky Observatory is really big."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sun and looked around.

The phantom thief's wife, who was covering her forehead, underwent a tiny change in her mindset.

How dare you be so arrogant when you're just a kid? I'll definitely teach you a lesson! How dare you stop me from stealing the gem? Even if you're my husband, I'll still get angry.

……

Meanwhile, in the observation deck of the airship, Jirokichi Suzuki received a phone call that made his face change drastically.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jirokichi Suzuki. We are red Siamese cats. Listen carefully, we are now spreading deadly bacteria on the Suzuki airship..."

"What did you say?!".

520. Honey, I'm so happy that you care about me so much!

Mrs. Suzuki's phone call took quite a while; Lin Xiaofeng had already finished wandering around the observation deck above and still hadn't come up.

But it was impossible to just wait up there forever, so after he had finished looking around, Lin Xiaofeng took the elevator down by himself.

Of course, along with her came a certain phantom thief wife who was captured before she could even make a comeback.

The atmosphere inside the elevator was very quiet; neither of them spoke.

A moment later, accompanied by a crisp and pleasant elevator announcement, the seemingly heavy safety door next to the elevator control panel displaying "Arrived" slowly opened to both sides along the upper and lower tracks.

Lin Xiaofeng lifted his leg to leave, but before he could step out of the emergency exit, Hei Yu Qianying, still standing in the elevator in her waiter's uniform, suddenly asked.

"Hey, now that you've figured out who I am, what are you going to do next? Call the police and have them arrest me?"

Lin Xiaofeng stopped and turned around to give him a strange look.

“You’re my wife, how could I let the police arrest my wife? Really… Besides, that Lady of the Sky isn’t the Pandora you’re looking for. Even if you did steal it, it would be meaningless to you.”

"Eh?"

Kuroba Chikage scratched her face, feeling her cheeks warm up slightly: "Honey, you even know about Pandora? I didn't expect you to care about me so much."

"Of course I care about you."

"OK."

Hei Yuqianying couldn't resist kissing Lin Xiaofeng's cheek. Her young, handsome, and capable husband was just too wonderful!

"Alright, I should probably get back to work now. If I stay away too long, I might get..."

"Don't leave me behind," Kuroba Chikage pleaded.

"You should leave for a moment, someone's coming," Lin Xiao reminded him.

Da-da, da-da.

Before the words were finished, the sound of staggered footsteps came from the left side of the corridor outside the elevator.

That wasn't one person, but a group of people.

I remember that direction was... the observation deck?

Since he was going out anyway, Lin Xiaofeng decided to peek outside.

Indeed, it was none other than Inspector Nakamori leading the way, accompanied by several officers. Although their expressions were obscured by gas masks, their familiar hairstyles allowed them to be vaguely identified. Their steps were firm and resolute, as if they were about to embark on some life-or-death mission.

Following behind were Jirokichi Suzuki and Tomoko Suzuki, both with serious expressions.

"What happened? And why is Inspector Nakamori here?"

Lin Xiaofeng curiously went up to ask, attracting everyone's attention, while Hei Yu Qianying, who had slipped out of the elevator behind him, took the opportunity to carefully escape.

"Oh, it's you."

Recognizing the familiar face, Inspector Nakamori stopped and squinted behind his gas mask.

"Isn't that obvious? Since Kid is going to show up, I certainly can't just sit idly by... Well, even if it's Kid, we can only put him aside for now. We have more important things to do."

"Could it be——"

First, he heard that there was something more important to do, and then he saw those faces covered by gas masks, and Lin Xiaofeng's heart skipped a beat.

"It's that Mo Fei!"

Jirokichi Suzuki sighed heavily, a rare expression of helplessness and resentment appearing on his usually energetic old face.

"The Red Siamese Cats just called and said they've spread the killer bacteria they got from the Nishitama City lab on the airship, right here in the smoking room on the lower level. We're heading there to confirm it now."

Smoking room?

Lin Xiaofeng didn't pay too much attention to the location; after a moment's thought, he moved on to another question.

"So, in other words, the people from the Red Siamese Cat are already on this airship?"

"This has not been discovered yet."

Tomoko Suzuki shook her head.

Didn't find it...

Lin Xiaofeng frowned in skepticism at this statement.

Although the airship is extremely large in size and area, its structure is actually quite simple. Seventy percent of the space is used to house the twelve huge helium gas bags, and the remaining ten percent is the observation deck on top.

He had just come down from up there, and since the elevator shafts were made of tempered glass and were transparent during the elevator's ascent and descent, he could see clearly both the Sky Observation Deck and the middle section of the airship. There were indeed no strange figures appearing.

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In other words, if the red Siamese cat has already infiltrated this airship, then the only place it might be hiding is on the lower level here.

However, the lower level is not entirely safe either. Not only are there people walking around frequently, but there are also a large number of accompanying service personnel. It wouldn't be surprising to bump into them in any eerie corner.

unless--

In less than a second, Lin Xiaofeng logically deduced the most probable possibility and turned to Suzuki Tomoko.

"My personal suggestion is to first check the cockpit for signs of external intrusion, and at the same time, search the interior for suspicious personnel. If neither of these is found, then there is probably a mole within the organization."

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Suzuki Q-Tomoko is now the true helmsman of the Suzuki Group. Almost immediately, she understood what Hayashi Kofumi meant and pondered, pinching her chin.

"However, if we're talking about an inside man, we can rule out those of us who know each other. Inspector Nakamori and his colleagues are all veteran detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so we can also rule them out. As for the people at Nichiuri TV, they're all full-time employees with work permits, so it's unlikely they'd make a mistake. That leaves only that freelance reporter as a possibility."

"No, that's not necessarily true."

While the analysis on this side was logical and well-founded, Suzuki Jirokichi rested his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful.

"In fact, in order to organize this test flight as soon as possible, some of the staff on the airship were new faces who were temporarily recruited..."

"Nani?"

As soon as those words were uttered, not only Lin Xiaofeng, but also Suzuki Tomoko and Inspector Nakamori were filled with questions.

Not only did they not bring bodyguards for such an important test flight, but they also hired temporary workers from the staff.

Mr. Suzuki, are you thinking clearly?

However, things had already come to this point, and there was no point in saying anything more. Nakamori Ginzo could only cough lightly.

"In that case, I'd like to trouble you to go to the cockpit to check the airship's condition. The police will search the smoking room." (Bu)

521. I'll shoot you if you don't listen.

Ten minutes later, everyone reunited in the observation deck.

Inspector Nakamori, who was in charge of going to the smoking room to check, didn't bring the ampoule containing the deadly bacteria directly, but his solemn expression said it all.

"It seems they really weren't bluffing." Lin Xiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief.

"indeed so."

The usually energetic old man, Suzuki Jirokichi, looked rather pale at this moment.

The fact that a group of people were whispering and discussing was already quite eye-catching. Before they could say much, Sonoko's curious question came from behind.

"What's wrong, Mom? Did something happen? You all look so pale."

"Yes……"

There was no point in hiding it now that things had come to this point. Lin Xiaofeng exchanged glances with Suzuki Tomoko, Suzuki Jirokichi, and Inspector Nakamori before speaking first.

"The terrorist organization called Red Siamese Cat, which bombed the biological research institute in Nishitama City, sent someone to call, claiming that they had spread deadly bacteria on the airship... Of course, they did spread it, but in a rather remote location, in the airship's smoking room."

Tomoko Suzuki picked up the conversation: "If it's just a smoking room, that's fine. When the airship was designed, the smoking room was designed with the highest level of sealing. Inspector Nakamori's colleagues have already obtained medical alcohol and disinfectant and are disinfecting the area around the smoking room. As long as we take precautions and don't get too close, we should be able to stay there until we land in Osaka without any problems."

"But the question is whether anyone has been to the smoking room before."

Lin Xiaofeng turned his head to look, and just then, Xiaolan, Sera Masumi, and the others in the observation deck also noticed this place and gathered around to ask what was going on.

"...By the way, did Uncle Mori not come this time?"

"Huh? Dad?" Ran was slightly taken aback, then looked a little embarrassed: "I don't know where my dad went." Although Sonoko had also invited Kogoro Mouri, Ran and Kogoro Mouri weren't together; she had moved in with Lin Xiaofeng.

Sonoko also chuckled sarcastically, "Well, it's true that Uncle Goro didn't go to the smoking room, even though he originally intended to."

They were supposed to go but didn't? What's going on here?

Lin Xiaofeng was a little confused, but he couldn't dwell on it any longer. He turned to the others who had gathered around him and raised his voice slightly: "Excuse me, who has been to the airship's smoking room before this?"

Smoking room...

It was a fairly ordinary location, but precisely because the location was so ordinary, it seemed particularly eerie when combined with the somber atmosphere.

"Smoking room...is there a problem?"

One of the three members of the Nichiri TV crew, a bespectacled, chubby man in his thirties, asked tentatively.

This person was mentioned by Sonoko when she introduced everyone. He is the head of the reporter team from Nichiri TV who came to film the Kid vs. Kid match. His name is Masaki Mizukawa, or Mizukawa for short.

"Don't answer questions back and forth." Lin Xiaoling glanced at him and said, "Tell me honestly whether you have been there or not. Ambiguous answers will be taken as admissions. If you deliberately lie, you will be held legally responsible."

"I……"

Masaki Mizukawa did not answer immediately, and hesitated.

Anyone could sense something unusual about this, especially given the unknown consequences. He really didn't want to admit he had been there, but he also didn't want to be held legally responsible for lying about not having been there.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, a low sob came from outside the human wall.

"Uh...I...ah, it's so itchy..."

The atmosphere in the observation deck was already unusually tense, and upon hearing this voice, almost instantly everyone's eyes turned to the source of the sound.

"That's... Mr. Fujioka?"

The one whimpering in pain was none other than Fujioka Takamichi, the freelance journalist who, according to Sonoko's introduction, had volunteered to record the duel between Suzuki Jirokichi and Kaito Kid.

However, in stark contrast to his previous relaxed and composed demeanor, he was now frantically scratching his arms and cheeks, turning the tanned, strong arms, tanned from years of traveling all over the country, red and raw. Judging by the way he was scratching, he probably wished his parents had given him two more hands so he could scratch along with them.

"Look! He's got a rash all over his body!"

Sonoko, with her sharp eyes, immediately noticed the small, raised rashes on the freelance reporter's reddened skin.

"What..." Inspector Nakamori was startled and immediately shouted, "Mr. Fujitsugi, have you been to the smoking room?"

However, all that answered him was Fujioka's terrified, seemingly delirious, rambling mutterings.

"I...I don't want to die...Please, please save me...Please save me..."

As he spoke, he not only stretched out his arms covered in red rashes, but also walked towards the crowd step by step like a zombie in a post-apocalyptic movie.

"Stop! Don't go any further! Stop! Answer my question!"

Inspector Nakamori tried repeatedly to stop him, but Nakamori ignored him.

At the crucial moment, Lin Xiaofeng used his cane to push through the crowd and stand out, reaching the opposite side of Fujioka.

The two faced each other, four or five meters apart. Lin Xiaofeng stopped and tapped his cane on the ground, his hands resting on the top of the cane as if he were leaning on a knight's sword.

"We don't want to deceive you. You have been infected with the killer bacteria. Although we don't know if you can be saved, for the sake of the lives and health of the other people on the airship, I hope you can calm down and not go any closer. Go to the smoking room to isolate yourself."

"Don't abandon me... I don't want to die... Please save me, please save me..."

It's still just meaningless nonsense.

Lin Xiaofeng sighed softly: "Since that's the case, there's nothing we can do. Knowing that you are carrying deadly bacteria, yet still ignoring warnings and insisting on getting close to others... then, self-defense should be established."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiaofeng held a pistol, pointing it directly at Fujioka Takamichi's head.