Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Please write your name and company name on the registration form... The female receptionist was about to say this when two men showed her their ID cards - both men were police officers. The female receptionist immediately contacted the editorial department.

……

"Our magazine did do a few special issues on this character..."

The person who greeted the two policemen in the conference room was Otani, the editor of "The Shocking Truth" magazine.

"So, Kondo really exists?" asked one of the police officers.

"That's right... We have also recently used some channels to find out where Kondo lives..."

"Where is it?" The two policemen leaned forward excitedly.

"The source demanded a high fee from us... We refused and never contacted him again."

As soon as Otani finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Um, Mr. Otani, have you seen our editor-in-chief?" A young woman poked her head out from the crack of the door. This was the editor of the "VIP" magazine next door. From the appearance, she was obviously different from the tired-looking editors of "The Shocking Truth". The clothes she wore were also very high-end, giving people an overall impression of being smart and capable.

"Oh, I didn't see it... What happened to Miss Kanae?" Otani asked back.

"We haven't been able to contact her since she went out just now. Today is our deadline..." The female editor looked confused.

……

Kondo thoughtfully put on his hat and sunglasses, got ready, and walked into the kitchen of the villa.

"The time is almost up."

“This is that kid’s backpack.”

M, who was washing dishes, handed a child's backpack to Kondo. Kondo took the backpack, looked at Nana, said a few words, and then took Conan out of the villa.

……

Kondo took Conan to his car, and Nana followed behind to see them off, waving to Conan like a mother. Seeing Conan also rolled down the window and waved to her, Kondo started the car.

"kid."

After leaving the villa and driving up the mountain road, Kondo said to Conan.

"……What's wrong?"

Conan pretended to be innocent, but he put his right finger in front of his mouth, signaling Kondo not to speak. His face showed a shrewd look, and he was completely different from the Conan who pretended to have lost his memory just now. Conan took out an amulet from the backpack on his knees and showed the inside of the amulet to Kondo. There was a bug inside the amulet, and Kondo nodded in understanding.

After passing a few corners, Conan suddenly looked forward. There was a tattered yellow Beetle hanging on a tree by the roadside. This was Dr. Agasa's car. Conan also knew that Dr. Agasa and his team had been following him. He sat in the back seat and pretended to be asleep while observing the situation behind. Unexpectedly, their car was actually hanging on the tree...

As he was thinking, Kondo's cell phone rang.

"Hey."

Kondo answered the phone and Conan listened quietly.

"Put the child down and your mission is accomplished. Thank you for your hard work." An electronically processed voice came from the other end of the phone.

"You're just doing these little things to threaten others?"

"I'm telling you, I already know that you're not the legendary killer at all. You're just helping people escape. This kind of job is most suitable for you. Don't be too arrogant."

There was a mocking laugh coming from the other side, and Kondo couldn't help but fall silent.

"You drop the child off at the venue and watch over him until someone comes to protect him. If the police get in trouble, it's your responsibility. Even a small-time thug can do this kind of work."

The other party hung up the phone. Conan also fell into deep thought...

"Uncle..." Conan said deliberately to the amulet, "I need to pee."

"Oh, I see." Kondo nodded.

Kondo parked the car at a rest area on the Yokohama Expressway. He pretended to take Conan to the toilet, got out of the car and left his backpack in the car. They both walked to the toilet, bought a glass of juice on the way back, and sat down on the bench next to them. The bug was in the car, so the two could talk without worry.

"There is a bomb in that backpack." Conan said to Kondo who was sitting next to him.

"Why?"

"It's a remote-controlled model. They must be observing the situation here from somewhere, ready to press the button when the opportunity arises."

"How did you..."

"I don't have any tickets to the 'Masked Rider Exhibition'. Although I don't know what their purpose is, I have roughly guessed what will happen next."

What's going on? Kondo looked at Conan with some confusion. He thought he was a child and was going to let him go, but it seems that he is not an ordinary little boy.

"...Uncle, that's the legendary Kondo, right? I've also read about you in a magazine." Conan smiled at Kondo, and his smile revealed an unusual temperament.

"...Ah." Kondo avoided Conan's sight.

"…actually, it was just to help people escape."

"...That's right."

"It is as expected." Conan suddenly showed a smug expression like a child.

"My father once helped to deal with an incident related to Kondo, and this is what he told me. He said that Kondo was likely to have accepted a commission to kill someone, told the target of the commission the truth, earned money from both parties, and pretended to have killed the target to help the target escape."

"But there is no evidence." Conan stared at Kondo's face.

“…That’s it.”

"If this matter is exposed, the clients will know that the target they want to kill is still alive. Uncle, this is why you are threatened."

"...Yes, you are..."

"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I'm a detective." Conan smiled.

"...Detective?" Kondo's eyes widened.

"The worst person is probably Long who plays by the seat of his pants."

"Hey?"

Seeing Kondo's incredulous look, Conan began to explain.

"Yesterday, in the bathhouse..."

That’s right, let’s start from what happened yesterday…

Chapter 193

Conan was soaking in the bathtub with a towel tied on his head, looking at the man who was washing himself next to him.

"There was a strange man who washed his upper body three times and kept looking in the direction of the locker..."

A question came from the women's bath, "Are you done?", and the man replied, "Soon." Although they looked like a close couple...but this man - M stopped washing and looked towards the dressing room. Conan walked past M and headed towards the dressing room.

"I was concerned so I went to take a look, and then I saw you, uncle."

"Hey..." Kondo looked at Conan with some surprise. Kondo didn't realize that Conan had noticed him.

Conan drank fruit milk while paying attention to M's movements. At the same time, he was also observing Kondo who was sitting in front of the mirror reading a newspaper.

"You didn't look wet at all, which was very strange. While I was observing you, the man called Long came in. I saw him take a key out of his pocket, so I walked over to talk to him."

"So that's how it is..." Kondo looked at Conan blankly.

"I was surprised when I saw the cookie box in the locker. Because I was naked and the three of you were acting so strangely, I felt that something was wrong, so I picked up my cell phone and the transmitter..."

"Transmitter?" Kondo couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah!" Conan nodded and started searching in his pocket.

"It's a sticker that can be stuck on anything." He pinched a round sticker-shaped transmitter between his fingers.

"Then, this pair of glasses of mine is the receiver...which is equivalent to a radar!" Conan pointed to his glasses and pressed the switch, and the radar immediately appeared.

Kondo standing by could only look surprised... Where did he get these professional equipment?

"Then Long started talking to me, right?"

After hearing Conan's question, Kondo thought about it and realized that it was true, so he quickly nodded.

Facing Conan who opened the locker and quietly took out his cell phone and transmitter: "Hey, kid, kid, are you here alone?" Long squatted down and spoke to Conan.

"Yeah." Just as Conan answered.

"Conan, are you okay being alone?" Xiaolan, who was in the women's bathhouse next door, asked him through the wall.

"I'm not alone, I met an old friend here!" As Conan walked towards the bathroom and passed by Long, he quickly attached the transmitter to the inside of the hem of Long's coat. Hearing Conan say this, Kondo was even more surprised.

"I'll stick the transmitter on his coat and try to get in touch with someone else..."

"I saw the M in the bathroom put on a towel and stood up. He nodded outside. I'm afraid he was signaling to the dragon outside."

"It seemed like I was running out of time, so I fell to the ground on purpose... and then..."

……

Conan looked around and fell to the ground dramatically.

"Little boy, are you okay?" M walked towards Conan and blocked Conan's mouth with a towel.

This is... Conan couldn't help but widen his eyes.

……

"There was ** on it, and I really lost it at that time." Conan said to Kondo.

"**?"

"Hmm... That means he was planning to attack someone there..."

"Ah... then it must be me. He deliberately let me pass over to monitor him, and planned to take the opportunity to attack me."

"I kidnapped my uncle who was naked and unable to resist... and then what?"

He must have judged that Kondo would take off all his clothes and take a shower while watching. Then M would use sex to seduce Kondo. However, Kondo did not take off his clothes, but just read a newspaper in the dressing room. This made his plan go wrong.

"…Perhaps this is all a plan for me, Kondo, to atone for their crimes…"

"If that's the plan, it's ridiculous."

When Kondo heard Conan say this, an incredible expression appeared on his face.

"The bomb was discovered by the police, and they met me in the bathhouse. It was all accidental. So, we can only assume that the plan changed midway... It can really be said that they acted according to circumstances."

"…So you think that Long, who acted according to circumstances, is the main culprit? But…"

Hearing Kondo's words, Conan nodded, "That man has died in the factory... But the news this morning..." Conan recalled the news he had just seen on the bedroom TV and said, "The news only said that an unidentified body was found... If this is the body of Long and another uncle, it should say 'two'."

At that time, Nana was helping Conan put on his clothes and glasses. Then Nana left the bedroom, and Kondo hugged Conan comfortingly. In Kondo's arms, Conan turned on the radar on his glasses.

"And when I checked the radar this morning, I saw the opportunistic dragons on the move."

The transmitter that Conan attached to the inside of Long's coat was moving, which meant that Long was not dead.

At this moment, Conan, who was shocked, hugged Kondo tightly and said, "I'm so scared." Then he said: "...I already know who the worst person is..."

Long and Nana are in the same group.

However, when they met in the abandoned factory, Long looked at Nana's face and said, "Who are you?" Nana responded, "It's for our own good that we don't know each other." These were all acting, and Conan, who pretended to be asleep in the next room, remembered them all clearly.

In short, the worst person is Long, Conan is very sure of this.

"He is in that house now." Conan handed the tracking glasses to Kondo to see that Long was now in that villa. It seemed that he rushed there after Conan and the others left.

"I'll buy some time. Uncle, go and confirm the dragon's location and then contact..."

"I understand." Kondo nodded vigorously.

"How should we deal with the bomb..." Conan asked.

"…I'll take care of it."

Kondo took off his glasses and gave them back to Conan. Conan took the glasses and put them on his face, staring straight at Kondo's face.

"Also, my companion may have already lurked in the villa."

"Your companion?" Kondo also raised his head and looked at Conan's face.

……

Conan's reasoning was absolutely correct. The real mastermind behind this incident was "Ryu who acted according to circumstances", who was currently contacting Nana in the villa.

"Caught?"