Chapter 416: Lure the snake out of its hole?

Chapter 416: Lure the snake out of its hole?
"Hey? Where's Kaoru?" About fifteen minutes later, Genta asked Conan while chewing a sandwich.

"He just went back. He seemed to have a stomachache." Conan pointed to the sandwich on the table.

"Eh? This shouldn't be possible. The ingredients I used are all fresh, how could this happen..." Goda Hideo said in disbelief. After all, he has been the manager of a coffee shop for many years, so he still has this guarantee.

"Well... Kaoru just has a bad stomach, just like the author. He has gastroenteritis every other day and there's not even any updates." Conan waved his hand and complained honestly.

"Is that so?" Yuan Tai scratched his head and gave up thinking.

In fact, after I learned from Officer Takagi that my father's case records were lost, I was already a little panicked.

Then Takagi said the record was sent back and it was not signed yet, which gave me a chill. So I had to leave the crime scene immediately and rush back to the office.

If my father's case records were lost after the bus incident, then I am sure that the person who did this must be either Vermouth or Akai Shuichi.

At that time, I deliberately cleaned out the undercover agents from Vermouth and Akai Shuichi, but the records were still lost, and they were very perceptive and traced directly to my father.

This actually explains a lot of problems.

First of all, it is certain that the police station has been thoroughly infiltrated by the FBI and the organization. After clearing out an undercover agent, a new one will immediately fill the position. And if we clear out again, the difficulty will increase a lot. This is very disadvantageous to me.

Second, on the day of the bus incident, my dad was not on the bus, only us kids were there. In other words, the target was not my dad at all, but Conan and I who lived in the Maori office.

Or perhaps, they have already set their sights on Shiho, who lives in the doctor's house.

The strange thing is that it has been some time since the disappearance was recorded, and neither the organization nor the FBI seems to have taken any action. No, maybe they have already taken action, but I just don’t know it.

Imagine if the investigator was Vermouth, then given her personality, it is indeed possible that she could conceal the matter, but could Vermouth really shoulder such a big task as finding the traitor? The answer is location. Vermouth seems to have other intentions.

On the other hand, if the records were stolen by the FBI, then the door of the office should be full of FBI personnel. As far as I know, there are only two FBI personnel exposed in front of me, Judy Stelling and Akai Shuichi. The appearance of the two of them alone is not enough to fight the organization alone. And if they found out that Xiao Ai's true identity is Shiho, then they should have contacted Shiho a long time ago.

"No, I always feel that I'm thinking too complicated." Sitting in the driver's seat, I rubbed my swollen temples.

"No matter who took the records, why did they return them so quickly?" I asked myself and answered myself.

"To show that you know everything about us? Or to lure the snake out of its hole? Wait, lure the snake out of its hole? Lure who? Conan? Or Shiho? Or... me?"

Squeak...

Thinking of this, I immediately stepped on the brakes and concentrated on thinking.

Maori Kogoro's rise came after Kudo Shinichi disappeared, and I did a very good job of keeping the news about Kudo secret. Theoretically, it is impossible that he discovered Kudo's problem. Then there is a second possibility. The person who stole the records was not targeting me, Conan, and Ai. From this perspective, we have no right to be suspected.

But if you think about it from this perspective, the chances of the FBI stealing records are much smaller because they have no reason to
On the other hand, Vermouth is very likely because... she has seen Shiho as a child.

"But, that's not right. If that were the case, Shiho would have been exposed long ago." I leaned back in my seat, frowning and thinking.

If Vermouth had found Shiho, she would have kidnapped her at the doorstep of the doctor's house or even the school. Even if she didn't hand Shiho over to the boss, there was someone around her who wanted to collect debts from Shiho.

Ling, if Vermouth can be sure now that Ai is Shiho, then by handing the shrunken Shiho over to Ling, she can keep Ling, the gold medal, by her side to the greatest extent, which is a must-win for Vermouth.

So this idea may not be correct.

I quickly rejected my thoughts one after another, but my mind was still racing.

"Perhaps there is a third possibility? Are these two parties...leading to each other?"

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"I'm back!" About half an hour later, I returned home.

"Ah, welcome back Xiaoxun." Xiaolan's voice sounded so gentle in my ears, which really put me at ease.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Xiaolan who was still busy preparing dinner. After standing behind her and observing her carefully, I was sure that this was really Xiaolan herself and not some master of disguise. At this point, the last stone in my heart fell to the ground.

"Hey? Where's Conan?" Xiaolan, who was still holding the knife, turned around and asked me.

"He's still helping that uncle find his watch. I felt bored so I came back first." I put my hands behind my head and stuck my head out of the kitchen to look around the living room.

"What about uncle?"

"Dad won the prize for the racehorse he bought, and he's showing off to the neighbors." Xiaolan was of course very happy that her dad had suddenly made a fortune. After all, there were four people in the family to feed, and the finances would occasionally be in deficit because of her dad's drinking. Although the child's "mother" Jingliu had given a large sum of child support, Xiaolan had always kept the money in the bank and had never used it, but she could still use the interest as pocket money.

"Oh, how long has uncle been out?" "About half an hour?" Xiaolan looked up and thought about the time. "Oh, by the way, before dad left, he asked me to buy steak. Oops, I almost forgot."

"Ah, it's okay, Sister Xiaolan, you can just cook at home, I'll go buy it."

"But... is this really okay? It's getting dark." Xiaolan's face was full of worry.

"It's okay, it's okay~" I waved and ran out of the kitchen. "Sister Xiaolan, just focus on cooking~ I'll be back soon." After saying that, I ran to the living room and closed the curtains. I quietly installed a bug transmitter under the sofa. Then I ran out of the room.

"This kid... why is he pulling the curtains for no reason?" Hearing the noise in the living room, Xiaolan also poked her head out from the kitchen. "Never mind, let's cook~"

After running out of the door, I went back to the living room on the third floor and installed a bug behind the cabinets in my father's and Xiaolan's rooms, and then ran downstairs and placed another one under the carpet at the door. After looking around and making sure there were no suspicious people, I breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the market, taking out my phone and dialing.

"Mr. Mingya?"

On the other end of the phone, Ningxue, who hadn't been in touch for a long time, answered the call.

"Yeah. Xue, are you busy?"

"Nothing at the moment." Ningxue sensed my tone and couldn't help but tone down her voice. "Go ahead."

"Rent an apartment across from the Maori office and help me monitor the office for suspicious people 24 hours a day." I began to give orders. "During the day, you and Yue'er Shuang'er will walk around the office every two hours. Remember to disguise yourself. The purpose is to observe the people who stop around. If you find a foreign woman with blonde hair, a burly man with black hair and a knitted hat, or a quiet man with brown hair and glasses, remember to pay attention to their movements and report to me in time. If you have the chance, take their photos."

"Yes."

"By the way...if you see a man with long blond hair, a sinister face, a burly figure wearing sunglasses, and black clothes, remember to notify me immediately. And...the girl with long purple hair." After thinking about it, I reported the characteristics of the other three people. "If you see two or more of the above three people appear together, open fire directly, use explosives to clean up the scene, and run away immediately."

"Yes!"

I won't say much about Ling's skills. It's very difficult for Ningxue and the others to kill Ling or Gin with one shot, but they can attract their attention in the first place, and at a distance of several hundred meters, it's not difficult to escape. As long as I have a buffer time of ten minutes, I can rush back to the office from every corner of Mihua City.

After explaining everything, I went to the supermarket and bought two large steaks for tonight's dinner and also to calm myself down.

When I got home, Conan had already returned home. Thanks to my advice, Conan quickly closed the case and ran back without caring about the follow-up at the scene. After seeing me come back, Conan was relieved.

The dinner ended happily with delicious steak and my father's "Come on, Miss Yoko!" Conan and I returned to our bedrooms. We both fell on the bed, unwilling to move, as if we had done hard work all day.

"Xun, have you discovered anything new?" After a short break, Conan began to ask me questions.

"Everything is peaceful. We didn't find any suspicious things or people." I lifted the quilt covering my head and said listlessly.

"Is that so? Are we being overly suspicious?"

"How could I be suspicious?" I scratched my head helplessly. "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"I think so too." Conan sat up and looked at me. "If it was really done by someone from the organization, then they would have discovered that the time when Maori Kogoro became famous was exactly when Kudo Shinichi disappeared. If they associate this with this..."

"I actually think the probability of that is low." I shook my head. "I have done a good job of keeping the news of your survival secret, unless there are organized people in your school. But if that's the case, you should have been exposed long ago, not until now."

"That's not right, but I can't think of any other possibility."

"Then don't think about it." I closed my eyes, but my mind was still turning.

Indeed, I have blocked the information of Kudo Shinichi, but if the person who stole the records was Vermouth, it is still possible, but the entry point is me, or Shiho instead of Conan. Maybe their evidence is not enough to prove that Ai is Shiho. After all, the fact that the age and body are reduced by ten years is not something that most people can accept.

"What I find odd is why they sent the stolen records back to the police station. Wouldn't it be better to just throw them away?"

"I thought so too, but I can't find any clues."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Seeing that I didn't want to discuss this topic, Conan was silent for a moment, and finally gave up thinking and asked another question. "Xun, let me ask you one more thing."

"Ok?"

"When you were in the organization, did you know a foreign woman?"

"...ha?"

"This woman is a female celebrity, her name is Chris Wynyard."

"!!!"

(End of this chapter)