Chapter 240 Target Locking
Chapter 241 Target Locked

After the meeting on the cruise ship, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. Dad and President Suzuki still had some things to discuss, so he went to the deck with Shiro Suzuki to drink and chat. We first went back to Xiaolan's room because Kaito's pigeon was still there and I needed to bandage it a second time.

"Wow, you are amazing, Xiaoxun." Xiaolan praised me in the room. "Why does this pigeon listen to you so much?"

"Well, maybe it knows that I'm treating it, so it has developed feelings for me." I smiled and stroked the pigeon's feathers. Just now, after I bandaged the pigeon, I let it stretch its wings and found that the effect of the special medicine had already been reflected. It could fly. So the pigeon flew around me twice, and then landed on my shoulder. It pecked my cheek gently with its beak. "Pigeons are very human animals. If you are good to them, they will naturally give you back." I teased the pigeon and said to Xiaolan.

"Huh... Fortunately, the pigeon was not seriously injured, but relatively speaking, is Kidd already dead?" Xiaolan said with regret.

Yes, is Kaito still alive? Hearing Xiaolan's words, my face became more serious. From yesterday till now, I have not received any news from Kaito. During this period, I have been with Xiaolan, Conan and everyone else, so I have no time to call Kaito alone, and I have no time to check my phone for new messages. If Conan finds out, it will be a big deal.

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A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. Xiaolan walked over to open the door, only to see the photographer Kanchuan Long pointing the camera at her.

"Well~ This expression is good. I accept it." It seems to be his habit. Such unexpected shooting may be a hobby for him. Although Xiaolan is a little dissatisfied, such action will not be harmful. What's more, behind Kamikawa Ryu, Sonoko, Kosaka Natsumi and Secretary Nishino have already come. So Xiaolan gave up hesitating and turned around to meet them.

"Lan, we're here to play with you." Yuanzi said generously.

"Well, even Miss Kosaka and Mr. Nishino are here. Please come in." Xiaolan welcomed everyone in.

"Excuse me." Miss Kosaka spoke first.

"Excuse me...Ah, no! I'll forget it!" Mr. Nishino came into the room, saw the pigeons in the room, and ran out immediately. Maybe he was not used to the pigeons.

"Eh? Haha, is it possible that all the beauties here make him shy?" Yuanzi said with a knowing look on her face. "But speaking of beauties, we are still missing one beauty. I'll go call her." Yuanzi said and pulled me out of the room.

"Ah, you mean Miss Pu Si Qinglan." Xiaolan suddenly said. So Yuanzi and I went to invite Miss Pu Si Qinglan again. Arriving at the door of Miss Pu Si Qinglan's room, Yuanzi knocked gently on the door. After a while, Pu Si Qinglan, wearing a short red cheongsam, appeared in front of us, and her pair of white and elastic legs appeared so brightly in front of us.

Soon, Yuanzi explained the purpose of his visit, and Pu Siqinglan readily agreed.

"Well, thank you. Please wait a moment. I'll get ready and be there soon." With that, Pu Si Qinglan returned to her room, seemingly organizing something.

"Eh? Gregor?" Yuanzi found a photo frame in Pu Siqinglan's room, with the word Gregor written on the back. "Is he your boyfriend?"

"Ah, well, that's about it." Pu Siqinglan took her handbag and handed the photo over before coming out.

"Hmm?" I was a little confused. Is he really my boyfriend? Why can't I see him? And what's with the name Grigor? A Russian? Confused, Sonoko and I took Pu Siqinglan back to Xiaolan's room. Even if the age difference is a little big, the girls always have something to talk about. For example, what they are talking about now is the life experience of Kosaka Natsumi.

"Hey, so, Miss Kosaka has been living in Paris since she was 20 years old?" Xiaolan said.

"Yeah, so when I speak Japanese, some syllables sound weird," Kosaka said gently. "And speaking of weird pronunciations, I remember when I was a kid, I was very impressed by a Japanese sentence for some reason," Kosaka said, tapping his chin with his index finger.

"Hey? What is it?" Yuanzi's gossipy heart kept talking.

"Barushinikukata Meka."

"Huh?!" I raised my eyebrows slightly when I heard what Kosaka Natsumi said. This was obviously not normal Japanese. Russian? Damn, my Russian is not good enough. Thinking of this, I scratched my head. I'll go back and ask Shiho. Her Russian seems to be pretty good.

"Huh? Miss Natsumi, the color of your pupils..." Just as I was scratching my head, Conan suddenly stared at Natsumi Kosaka's eyes.

"Yes, it's gray," said Natsumi Kosaka proudly. "My mother and grandmother are also this color. I think it must be inherited from my great-grandmother."

"But then again, Miss Qinglan's pupils are also gray," Xiaolan said.

"Huh?! Is it true? Are all Chinese people's pupils gray?" Sonoko asked.

"Gray?!" Hearing Xiaolan's words, I looked up at Pu Siqinglan. Her pupils were indeed gray, which made my face change instantly. My alertness immediately reached the highest level, and my eyes quickly scanned Pu Siqinglan's body.

[Short cheongsam, legs cannot be armed. Smooth shoulders, no weapons. High heels, can hide blades. Bracelet, standard iron wire, but no joints. Low probability. Thin sheet earrings, blades and lock picks, but not too dangerous. No irregular rise and fall on the chest, no weapons, flat waist, no weapons. Handbag... ] I looked at Pu Siqinglan's handbag, it was a white bag. Pu Siqinglan always hung it on her wrist. With a smile on my lips, I walked towards Pu Siqinglan.

"Sister Qinglan, can I see your eyes?" I asked Pu Si Qinglan in a child's voice.

"Huh? Yes, of course." Pu Si Qinglan nodded, then sat down and leaned slightly towards me.

[There is no discomfort when bending over, there is no weakness in the lower back, and there is no obvious stiffness or change in the muscles of the legs when bending over, and the flexibility is excellent.] I looked into Pu Siqinglan's eyes and examined her every move.

"Wow~ It's gray eyes, so beautiful." I pretended.

"Haha, Xiaoxun's lavender pupils are also very beautiful. By the way, I remember Xiaolan also has lavender pupils." Pu Si Qinglan smiled.

"Eh? Really, I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't told me." Yuanzi also looked into my and Xiaolan's eyes and said. "Hehe, because Xiaolan and I have a good relationship... Ah!" As I said this, I took a step back, pretending to fall, and with the other hand, I grabbed the small bag in Pu Siqinglan's hand. The action was very natural, just like when you fall and subconsciously want to find something to stabilize your balance, there was nothing wrong, and just when I was about to fall, Pu Siqinglan reacted very quickly and pulled her bag, and then I fell to the ground.

"Ah, Xiaoxun, are you okay?" Pu Siqinglan reached out and helped me up.

[There is something in the bag, weighing about five pounds, hard, shaped like a triangle, a mini automatic pistol? It's possible] I thought of it first, [she pulled back her bag the moment I made the move, her pupils shrank in an instant, the muscles on her right arm that was carrying the bag rose and fell significantly, her reaction was 0.5 seconds faster than a normal person, she paid more attention to the items in the bag. The chance of a weapon increased] I made a quick judgment. Then when Pu Siqinglan helped me up, I reached out and held her hand. My fingers slid gently across her palm. [There are slight calluses from the middle finger to the little finger of her palm, and her index finger is stronger than the other fingers when holding me, and she lifted my 40-pound body without any shaking, she must be an expert in using guns, plus the color of her eyes... ]

"Yeah~ It's okay. I just slipped accidentally." I stood up and said calmly. At the same time, I retreated to Xiaolan's side and stood silently at a protective angle.

"Really, Xiaoxun, why are you so careless?" Xiaolan also came over and said to me, and I could only respond with a wry smile.

"But speaking of fate, Xiaoxun and I not only have the same eye color, but we also have the same birthday."

"Hey? Really?" Sonoko said excitedly.

"Speaking of age, Miss Qinglan should be about the same age as me, right?" asked Natsumi Kosaka.

"Well, I'm 27."

"Ha, so they are the same?" Kosaka Natsumi asked excitedly. "What month were you born then?"

"May, the fifth of May."

"My birthdate is May 3rd, and we are only two days apart." It seemed that she had found someone of the same age, and Natsumi Kosaka was very happy about it.

"Then, there is only one day difference between you and me." Conan said subconsciously.

"Hmm!" After hearing Conan's words, Xiaolan's eyes suddenly shrank. Sitting aside, she muttered softly, "May 4th, the same day as Shinichi... No way? Is this a coincidence? Or... Impossible, how could this happen?" While speaking, Xiaolan shook her head. Then she looked at me again. With a helpless smile, Xiaolan silently lowered her head amid the laughter of the crowd.

"... Oops." Looking at Xiaolan's expression, I couldn't help but gently touch my pale golden hair, and subconsciously used it to cover my eyes. "It seems that Conan is about to be exposed. How accurate is that broken fortune? It seems that we have to find a way to hide it."

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The afternoon ended with a few girls chatting. Towards evening, Kosaka Natsumi and Pu Siqinglan also went to the deck together, and Conan followed. I stayed in the room with Xiaolan. After Conan reported her birthday, she seemed to be in a low mood. Although I became smaller like Conan, and even lost the qualification to accompany her as a brother, I felt uncomfortable looking at Xiaolan at this time. But now I don’t even have the right to comfort her, because I know what Xiaolan is thinking. And I can only tease the pigeons in the room to help Xiaolan divert her attention. Although it might be better to chat with her about her heart knot, I don’t think I have the qualifications at this time. In this way, Xiaolan recovered a little in the brief chat, but her new thoughts about Conan did not disappear. Before dinner, Conan returned to Xiaolan’s room, and Xiaolan hid the loss in an instant. And acted normal, which made me feel a little pain in my heart. But she remained silent, just going out for a walk on the deck as an excuse to leave temporarily. When I walked out of her room, Xiaolan still looked a little absent-minded. I could only frown secretly and walked out alone. After leaving the room, I became more focused, because of that woman. Pu Siqinglan. I believe she is the killer who accepted the Resurrection Egg mission on the mission list, because her eyes, Chinese eyes are black (not pure black) and brown pupils, gray pupils are mostly found in Russia, Finland and other places, and her poor accent when she speaks Chinese makes me, a Chinese in the previous life, really unbearable. I didn't notice her at first, but I didn't expect that the one who dared to snipe Kaito on the street was actually a woman. Although if I wanted to, I could kill her directly to eliminate the trouble before looking for evidence that she was indeed the killer. However, it is still unknown who she was employed by. If her employer is also on the list of people on this trip, it would be dangerous. As I was thinking, I flipped through my phone. I checked the progress of that mission. But surprisingly, I found that the task disappeared. And the record showed that it was canceled by the employer. This made me look solemn. There are only two reasons why the employer cancels the task. One is that the employee increases the commission and the employer cannot accept it. The other is... the employer loses contact with the website backend. I believe that after knowing the existence of the second egg, the employer may indeed cancel the task due to the price problem caused by the task change. However, if Pu Siqinglan is really the killer, and he is a researcher of the Norman Dynasty. It is not ruled out that the employer is more likely to be killed!
I came to the deck, enjoying the sea breeze, took out my cell phone, and called Kaito. But there was no response from the other end of the line.

"Tsk, still can't get in touch?" My face turned cold. It's been two days since I lost contact with Kaito. My text messages and phone calls have been ignored for two days. I don't know what happened to Kaito. After thinking about it, I decided to put this matter aside for the time being and look for him after I return to Tokyo. After thinking about it, I made another call. This time it was to Shiho.

"Moshimoshi, this is Dr. Agasa's house. Who are you?" Soon, Shiho's slightly gentle voice rang in my ears.

"Shiho, it's me."

"Bing? What's wrong?" Shiho recognized my voice and asked me.

"It's okay, I missed you." I said with a slight smile on my face.

"Yeah, I miss you too. It's alright, I'll hang up now. I still have to work," Shiho replied nonchalantly. Although she said she missed me, there was no emotion in her.

"Hello, you don't look like you're thinking about me at all." I said on the other end of the phone with a slight twitch of the mouth.

"Okay, you're busy with things over there, how can you have time to call me?" Shiho said softly, and at the same time, I could hear the crackling sound of her typing on the keyboard. "Let's get down to business, I'm really busy here."

"Well, okay. I'll accompany you when I get back later." I shrugged and said. "I remember you learned Russian, right?"

"Yeah, fine. What?"

"Barushnikukatameka, help me interpret it in Russian and see if you can come up with something."

"Eh?" The sound of Shiho's keyboard suddenly stopped.

"It's probably a key word. Please help me think of a solution."

"Well, give me a few minutes." As I said that, I heard the sound of Shiho's keyboard and mouse again. It was not the sound of typing code, but the intermittent sound of looking up information. Soon, Shiho's gentle voice rang in my ears again.

"Volkszebnika-könxa-vеka," Shiho whispered. "It translates to the-last-wizard-of-the-century. The magician at the end of the century."

"Oh?" I raised my eyebrow. "Another interesting piece of information."

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