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

"..."

Gin was somewhat annoyed.

It's enough for him to observe and assess Cointreau's situation.

The boss actually arranged for this woman to get involved. Is there some other purpose behind it?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Vermouth: Tone it down a bit lately. I've been working really hard to help you reduce the risk of Gin and the Boss assessing you as being out of control.

Coindus: Okay.

Because of Vermouth, who was practically one of his own, Lin Jiashu was naturally aware of the brewery's actions and attitudes towards him.

He responded to Vermouth and took out his notebook from his pocket.

The news about the deaths of the young leader and his younger brother, both members of the violent syndicate Sumii-kai, last week has lost its momentum.

However, with the deaths of their two strongest competitors, the brewery was able to push their chosen person into the position of Sumii-kai group leader as they had hoped... After the hype died down, they could start arranging the deaths of the two underlings of Goto Ryo at the time.

After all, they knew about their relationship with Yoko Okino.

However, we can't arrange things for them by accident.

Let's just arrange for them to die from reasonable gunfire.

Lin Jiashu wrote down the names of the two people and their cause of death with a pen, then slammed the notebook shut.

Not long after, Amuro Tooru, who was busy working on the computer opposite, stood up:

"The business figures for this quarter have been finalized, Boss. Please take a look."

"Ah, okay."

Lin Jiashu got up from the sofa.

However, just as he was about to walk towards the computer, his phone suddenly received a call.

It belongs to Xiaolan.

"Hey--"

Yoshiki-san! Things... no... Conan... might... be... a murderer!

"What, Conan? A murderer?"

Lin Jiashu was somewhat surprised to hear the intermittent sound from the other end of the phone.

He took the phone and pressed speakerphone.

Xiao Lan, on the other side, seemed a little anxious after hearing his words and said something, but her voice was still intermittent and unclear.

When they heard the words "murderer" and "kidnapping" through the broken phone call, not only Hayashi Yoshiki, but even Amuro Tooru next to him suddenly became much more serious.

"The call was intermittent, which could be due to a bug."

Amuro Tooru immediately said.

Lin Jiashu nodded, and then told Xiaolan that if the situation allowed, they should move to a place where communication would be possible.

After Xiaolan quickly left the room where the bug was installed, the sound on the other end of the phone returned to normal.

Is everything alright now? Yoshiki-san… Conan has been kidnapped by someone who might be a murderer! We found a body hidden in a suitcase in the client's house! Dad also received a message on his phone saying that the kidnappers will release Conan the next day, but if we dare to call the police, they'll kill him—

"Don't panic. Was Conan taken away without your knowledge?"

Yes……

"In that case, Conan should still be carrying the detective badges or something that Professor Agasa made for those kids. I think those have a transmitter. Let's inform Professor Agasa about the situation first and ask him to help us find Conan's location. Then send me your location."

Ok!

Hearing Lin Jiashu's voice, Xiaolan felt like she had found a pillar of support, and her voice became much calmer.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jiashu looked at Amuro Tooru with a serious expression.

"I'll help too, Boss!"

"...And me too."

Koshimizu Nanatsuki also raised her hand.

Even though it was already after get off work hours, it felt really inappropriate to just go home after hearing about something like this.

Lin Jiashu did not refuse.

While waiting for Xiaolan to send him the address, the three of them had already arrived at the office's courtyard and were driving.

Lin Jiashu had just started the car when his phone suddenly rang again.

This time it was Ai Haibara who called.

—The two, who had been out of contact since the Lupin III incident and learned about Yoshiki Hayashi's other side, had their delicate "cold war" suddenly broken by today's unexpected event.

Chapter 489: Conan's Kidnapping

"What?! You're saying Conan... he's been kidnapped!?"

Agasa's family

What was originally a very leisurely rest after dinner was quickly turned sour by a phone call: "And you've been kidnapped by a murderer!?"

Ai Haibara, who had just finished taking a shower, also changed her expression upon hearing this.

She instinctively moved closer, wanting to hear what was going on.

Professor Agasa turned on speakerphone, so Ai Haibara overheard Ran saying she wanted to use tracking glasses to track the detective badge on Conan's body.

"I understand! I have spare tracking glasses here that I can use for tracking!"

Okay, Yoshiki-san said he's here now—sorry, there's a new incoming call, it might be Conan calling.

Xiaolan ended the call abruptly after saying that.

After putting down his phone, Dr. Agasa hurriedly ran into his studio and rummaged through drawers and cabinets, quickly finding a pair of tracking glasses.

"Battery... Great, it has power!"

After confirming this, Professor Agasa was about to call Ai Haibara to set off together, but Ai Haibara asked him in return, "Wait, how are you going to track down Edogawa?"

"Of course—" Professor Agasa began, but then seemed to remember something.

"Didn't you just take your Beetle in for maintenance?"

"What should we do then!?"

"..."

Ai Haibara fell silent.

what to do……

The first name that came to her mind was, of course, that one.

It's been almost half a month since the Lupin III incident, and during that time she really had no contact with Yoshiki Hayashi.

Because I really don't know how to face him...

And that guy really did just stay silent, as if he felt ashamed of being a scumbag and had no face to show anyone, and completely cut off contact with Ai Haibara.

But this situation is urgent.

Professor Agasa doesn't have a car available, although taking a taxi would be an option... but after all, he doesn't know what the kidnappers' purpose is, and since it's been said that Yoshiki Hayashi already knows, they'll have to meet sooner or later anyway.

With that in mind, Ai Haibara no longer hesitated, opened her phone, found Yoshiki Hayashi's number, and dialed it.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

According to Xiaolan, a woman named Kei Kenzuka they met today was kidnapped and tied up in a toilet by a man, who then committed suicide with a gun in the toilet.

For safety reasons, Kogoro Mouri and his friends decided to escort Kenjiro back to her apartment, but they ended up finding a male corpse in a suitcase under her bed.

When Conan came to his senses, he had already been secretly taken away by Kei Kenzuka, who also sent him a text message saying that if he called the police, Conan would die immediately.

Hayashi Yoshiki quickly drove to Dr. Agasa's house.

Beep beep—!

After the horn sounded, Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara immediately jogged out and got into the car.

"So you got a new car, Mr. Lin?" Dr. Agasa asked instinctively.

"This isn't the time to talk about this, Professor Agasa?" Ai Haibara said.

"That's true..."

"So, did you manage to find Conan's location?"

Hayashi Yoshiki looked at Ai Haibara.

The girl was wearing a pair of Conan-style glasses. Although she seemed a bit sullen, she instinctively got into the front passenger seat when she got in the car.

Amuro Tooru and Koshimizu Nanatsuki are not here.

After receiving Ai Haibara's call, Yoshiki Hayashi first had them go to Ran's place to pick them up.

"Let's head towards Wangshi Road first. We'll talk about the exact location when we get closer."

"OK."

Lin Jiashu started the car.

The white BMW drove out of the alley in the residential area and quickly merged into the main road.

While keeping her eyes fixed on the transmitter on her glasses, Ai Haibara also spared a bit of attention to look at the person next to her.

This guy wasn't affected at all...

She felt inexplicably discouraged.

However, she had more important things to do and quickly shifted her attention away from that.

“I don’t think we need to be too nervous. After all, how could Conan be kidnapped without anyone noticing when Uncle Mori and the others weren’t paying attention? So there’s a good chance he did it on purpose or even voluntarily.” Lin Jiashu’s gaze was fixed on the front of the car.

"...I hope so."

Dr. Agasa said.

Lin Jiashu continued to press the accelerator.

Meanwhile, Ai took out her phone, opened the map, and while keeping an eye on the signal on her eyes, she gave a real-time update: "They are currently heading south from Wangshi Road, towards Toyacho."

"What about speed?"

"It's about the same as normal driving speed."

"It seems it won't be so easy to catch up."

Wangshi Road is quite far away, and it's impossible to get there in a short time.

the other side,

Amuro Tooru and Koshimizu Nanatsuki have also arrived at the apartment address given by Ran.

"It's nice to meet you again, Mr. Mori and Ms. Ran."

"Mr. Amuro, and Ms. Koshimizu... Where's Yoshiki-nii?"

“The boss went to pick up Professor Agasa and also track down that kid named Conan,” Amuro Tooru said, taking his phone out of his pocket. “Anyway, I’ll check the things in this apartment building first.”

"Have you found any clues in the apartment, Mr. Mori?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at Kogoro Mouri.

The latter was taken aback.

What are you investigating?

Although she had met Kogoro Mouri at the Mouri Detective Agency before, Nanatsuki Koshimizu had no idea about his abilities. She was taken aback by his unreliability, but she still went into the apartment to investigate.

First, there was the male corpse in the suitcase.

Next, we learned about the other conditions in the apartment building. According to Ran and the others, this was the apartment where a woman named "Kei Kenzuka" lived with her brother. However, they found only men's personal belongings and none of women's.