Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

"This is the director of Beika Central Hospital. He is a friend I helped many years ago and is a trustworthy person."

James smiled and gestured to the white coat behind him, "He's taken care of everything. The doctors and nurses know nothing about Rena Mizunashi in this room."

Hello.

The dean waved a friendly greeting.

what happened?

This guy is a spy for the organization; he's probably one of Rum's men.

The fact that Rena Mizunashi was hiding here has definitely been exposed...

what happened?

The question arose in Lin Jiashu's mind again.

Is Rum deliberately withholding information from me?

Or is there a trap on the spy list?

The dean seemed to have been summoned by James to check on Rena Mizunashi's condition, so he left quickly after the checkup was completed.

Judy then introduced James to Yoshiki Hayashi.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the head of the FBI's Japan operations team, without any airs, welcomed the renowned Yoshiki Hayashi.

"So, what are your thoughts now?"

Lin Jiashu asked, "The organization's spies are still in the preliminary stage and are not sure if Mizunashi Rena is in this hospital... Do you want to fool them or what?"

"Trying to get away with it? Sure, if it works, it's definitely better than an emergency hospital transfer." James nodded. "But the problem is we still don't know who the other side is."

"Find the other party and capture him? We haven't obtained any clues since Mizunashi Rena fell into a coma. If we capture this spy, we will have more ways to get information."

Judy's expression was more serious than ever as she looked into James' eyes: "—If it were a show, he would definitely do that."

Shuichi Akai's death seems to have made Jodie's way of thinking more radical.

"Miss Judy, may I ask who this 'show' you're referring to is?"

Lin Jiashu suddenly asked.

Chapter 377: Got you!

"Shuichi Akai, he is our FBI's ace, and also our biggest trump card in coming to Japan to fight that organization."

The person who answered was James Black.

When Hayashi Yoshiki and Conan looked over, he sighed, took off his glasses as if exhausted, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"He was an incredibly brilliant man, and he saw through the organization's plans several times... If he were still here, we would be much more at ease dealing with the people in that organization."

"So he has already...?"

Seeing Judy's gloomy expression and James's tired eyes, Conan's face also darkened.

That organization is indeed ruthless.

Although I don't know exactly what kind of person Shuichi Akai is, since he's called the FBI's ace, and judging from the trust Jodie Foster has in her words, he must be a very capable guy.

The death of such a person weighed heavily on Conan's mind.

"Was he killed by someone from that organization?" Lin Jiashu asked.

"I'm afraid so."

"I am afraid?"

"...It's a bit unbelievable."

Judy looked up at Yoshiki Hayashi, then glanced at Conan, and said, "You all still remember the bus robbery incident, right?"

"of course."

"Xiu was also on that bus at the time, sitting in the last row."

Seeing the two men's stunned expressions, Judy continued, "But what I want to say is, do you remember how those two bus robbers died?"

"How could I possibly forget?"

Conan immediately said.

The two bus hijackers had already decided to retreat as planned, but unexpectedly, the bus encountered an accident before entering the tunnel, and they were killed by a series of incredibly unexpected events.

The passengers on the train saw it clearly.

In the shock of the explosion, the windshield of the bus, which had just been pierced by the robbers' bullets, shattered at the perfect moment. Then, the saw blade, propelled into the bus by the explosion, also conveniently took the lives of the two robbers—Judy and Shuichi Akai could not find any flaws in any subsequent investigation of the accident.

"Xiu, he also died in an accident..."

"An accident? When and where did it happen?"

The moment Judy uttered those words, Yoshiki Hayashi immediately took a step closer to her.

His already serious gaze suddenly turned urgent, clearly indicating that he cared about this matter very much.

After a moment of hesitation, Judy instinctively replied, "On the afternoon of June 15th, at the third traffic light intersection in front of Mihana Station..."

"Is it the shooting incident that made so much of a stir in the news back then?"

Conan was deeply impressed by that incident.

According to police reports and eyewitness accounts, at the intersection with the third traffic light in front of Mihana Station that afternoon, two people stabbed a man to death one after the other. Then, a man wearing a helmet and riding a motorcycle appeared and opened fire with a gun, killing several innocent passersby in the process.

Then came a bomb explosion and a car accident.

The incident was later defined by the police as a revenge killing between criminal gangs, but Conan remembers that subsequent reports did not mention any elements related to the accident.

"Miss Judy."

Lin Jiashu looked at her seriously, "Are you sure that Shuichi Akai died in an accident?"

"...Why do you ask that?"

Judy suddenly realized that Yoshiki Hayashi seemed very persistent about this matter.

"To be honest, I am employed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and am currently an external consultant for the 'Serial Accidental Murders Task Force'."

Lin Jiashu looked at her seriously: "The relevant files of the incident on the afternoon of June 15th have also been included in the task force's internal records—but unlike any previous accidental murder case, all the records from the surveillance cameras that afternoon were deleted, whether they were from the traffic light intersection cameras or the cameras in the surrounding shops, all the records were deliberately erased."

All records have been erased?

Judy was startled.

If that's the case, then where did James get that video from?

Lin Jiashu hadn't finished speaking:

"This is the first time the task force has encountered such a situation."

“Before this, the killer never erased any surveillance footage. He even deliberately showed the accidental killings to the cameras every time… as if he was deliberately provoking them.”

"The reason why the police ultimately classified this incident as a shooting was partly to cover up the truth, and partly because all the eyewitnesses stated that 'the man in the black trench coat was shot to death.' The scene left behind also made it impossible for us to confirm whether the other party died from a bullet or an accident."

Shuichi Akai died from a small shard cutting his throat, but in that split second, how many bystanders could have seen it clearly?

They only saw the gunman's gun barrel chasing after Shuichi Akai, and then Shuichi Akai fell into a pool of blood.

The reason the task force included this case file was because of the series of unexpected events in the case that were less eye-catching than the gunman's – there were no autopsy results, after all, Shuichi Akai's body was almost burned to a crisp.

"I'll ask you one more time, Ms. Judy, can you be certain that Shuichi Akai died in an accident?"

"..."

Judy did not answer immediately.

She looked at James Black, who adjusted his glasses and seemed to be deep in thought as well.

Judy was thinking about a lot of things at that moment.

A murderer who uses accidental killings...

If Lin Jiashu really was investigating the other party as a consultant for the task force, then he probably also had a lot of information about the accidental killer.

This makes cooperation very valuable.

—Judy plans to avenge Shuichi Akai.

However, neither she nor the FBI is currently in the dark about the so-called accidental killer. If they can get more relevant information from Yoshiki Hayashi, they will have taken a big step closer to finding the killer!

Judy glanced at James one last time, and after not receiving a negative response from him, she looked at Lin Jiashu with a serious expression and said with certainty, "I can confirm that Xiu... he definitely died in an accident."

"Is there anything to prove your point? Although there were indeed signs of an accident at the scene, on the surface, he should have died from a gunshot wound."

"James..."

Judy looked at her boss.

The latter adjusted his glasses, seemingly having pondered many things, and finally looked at Lin Jiashu and said:

"Actually, I have a video here that records all the circumstances at the scene of Akai's death."

"May I take a look at it?"

"of course."

James nodded.

When he picked up the laptop and turned on the video, Lin Jiashu had his head down.

At that moment, he could barely contain his laughter.

Really...

This is really—

Gotcha!

Chapter 378: James and Rum!

James Black.

James Black

He has the surname "Black" and shares the same name as James Moriarty, the Napoleon of the criminal world. He was even born on Baker Street in London, the same place Moriarty was, and later grew up in Chicago, USA, where Moriarty was also active.

In the original work, Conan also made connections to this identity.

He is the only member of the Red Team whose name and background are shrouded in mystery.

There are many elements related to Sherlock Holmes in the Conan series, and it is even full of homages.

Interestingly, in the Sherlock Holmes series, James Moriarty is a highly reputable mathematics professor, philosopher, and wealthy businessman, whose true identity is known only to a handful of people connected to Holmes.

"..."

Lin Jiashu thought of many things in that instant.

"Rum only has a knack for dealing with the FBI."

These are Gin's original words.

Based on the information he subsequently obtained from Vermouth, it has been confirmed that Rum has connections within the FBI.

So how did Moriarty manage to be both a crime boss and a highly respected good person at the same time?

The answer is naturally his subordinates and accomplices.

James Moriarty's most notorious accomplice and accomplice was Sebastian Moran, also known as "Colonel Moran".

Colonel Moran, known as "London's second most dangerous man" in Sherlock Holmes, is a very distinctive character. In addition to being the second-in-command, he also enjoys gambling and cheating, and he is also used to using snipers to solve problems.

—Like the previous Noah's Ark-related "Cocoon" game, Colonel Moran gambled in a bridge club.

The distillery's second-in-command, Rum, is just like James, with "Rum" also containing a pun on "Molan".

Furthermore, in the three cases in the original work in which Rum was highly involved after his appearance, namely the "Sushi Restaurant Manma Ticket Incident", the "Thirty-Six Squares Snow Mountain Incident", and the "Yoko Okino Attic Locked Room Incident", all three cases contained elements of gambling and card games. Among them, the Snow Mountain Case was a crime with cheating as its core method.

Even Colonel Moran's preference for solving problems with sniping is perfectly replicated in Rum.

In the Sherlock Holmes series, Moran's sniping operation was interfered with by Holmes, resulting in him hitting a fake disguised as the target. Similarly, after the Umizaru Island incident in Detective Conan, Rum's sniping operations repeatedly failed.

"..."