Chapter 421 Clues
Chapter 421: Clues

"I can't believe this Akai Shuichi is actually from the FBI." After returning home, Conan stared at me with a cold expression. "You knew this a long time ago, right? In fact, you and he have known each other for a long time!"

The story goes back to an hour ago.

An hour ago, I was walking on the snowy road with Xiaolan and Conan, but unexpectedly met Shuichi Akai who appeared from the telephone booth.

To be honest, I was a little suspicious whether we were being followed by Akai, otherwise why would he be everywhere? When I saw him, I was actually a little bit overwhelmed by the murderous intent in me.

But what surprised me even more was that Akai actually knew Xiaolan.

"Why are you crying all the time?" I was horrified when I heard these words coming out of Shuichi Akai's mouth.

"Is it not possible?" Xiaolan wiped her eyes and pretended to be angry. "Can't I cry?"

"No, I just unconsciously thought of another woman, a stupid woman who is just like you, who appears calm on the surface but is actually very fond of crying." Akai did not talk too much with Xiaolan. He just chatted for a few words and then left. However, the content contained in this is not simple at all.

Xiaolan and Akai have met and they know each other!
After Akai left, according to Xiaolan's description, she met Akai when she went to New York with Kudo one year. At that time, the two of them also encountered a silver-haired killer.

Connecting to this, I suddenly remembered that about two years ago, when Vermouth was on a mission, she almost got caught, and that time she seemed to be dressed as a silver-haired killer. Could there be some connection between them?
As for how Conan knew that Akai was from the FBI, this was also mentioned in Xiaolan's description. At that time, he saw Akai and the FBI together, which made Conan ask me the above question.

"...Kudo, I advise you to be kind."

"???"

"Regarding Akai Shuichi's matter, I suggest you not to ask about it now." Leaning against the window, my voice was calm.

"Indeed, I do know Shuichi Akai, but I was not familiar with him when I was in the organization, and we were just enemies." I didn't dare tell the truth to Conan. If I told Conan everything about Akai at this time, it might disrupt our current life rhythm, especially with the existence of Ai and Akemi. If things go wrong, the entire Alcatraz will be affected.

"You didn't even tell me such important information!" Conan was very unhappy.

"I suggest you not to ask him for help against the organization." I ignored Conan's attitude. "The FBI's involvement will only make us sink into the quagmire faster. The so-called witness protection program is a piece of shit for people like us. It's good that we didn't end up on the dissection table."

"Forget it, I don't have time to deal with him now!" Conan was silent for a long time and gave up arguing with me. At least after learning that Akai was from the FBI, Conan felt much more relieved.

"I'm going to go look at this disk at the doctor's place, do you want to come with me?"

"I haven't had dinner yet."

"It's too late. Didn't you hear what Xiaolan just said?"

"Ok?"

"She... has been waiting for me and it's been very difficult. How can I have the mood to eat leisurely?" Conan smiled bitterly, obviously hurt by Xiaolan's tears just now.

"Anyway, I'm going to the doctor now. If you don't want to participate, you can stay here. You didn't tell me about Akai Shuichi, I don't blame you, maybe you have your own difficulties. I can also understand that you want to find a better way or method to deal with the organization. But... I can't wait any longer. If you don't want to help me, please don't stop me."

"..." Looking at Conan's serious expression, I didn't know how to tell him about this matter. He has his own difficulties, and I also have my own difficulties.

"Let's go together." I nodded. If I keep an eye on him, at least Conan won't do anything crazy, or if he gets carried away, I'll be able to put an end to him as soon as possible.

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

"Hey, Shinichi, you're just in time." After leaving a note for Xiaolan, Conan and I ran to the doctor's place. The doctor happened to be making new equipment for Conan. "Come and see, I made a backup of the glasses for you."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Where is Haibara?" Conan, who had just entered the room, couldn't wait to rush into the hall and turn on the computer.

"Mr. Ai should be taking a shower downstairs now, right?" The doctor said, looking at the clock.

"That's great, Doctor. I'll lend you my computer." Conan ran out.

"What's wrong with Shinichi?" The doctor looked confused.

"He got a disk, and my computer doesn't have a disk port, so I came here to try." I briefly explained to the doctor. "We accidentally found clues to the organization from a case, so we wanted to take a look, but we didn't plan to let Shiho know about this, in case she wants to get involved."

"Oh, I see." The doctor understood, and then walked with me to the hall to watch Conan operate.

"This is Itakura Taku's diary. He had communication with members of the organization two years ago." As he spoke, Conan adjusted the diary to two years ago, and a clear field appeared in front of us.

[On March 7, a guy with a Kansai accent suddenly came to the company to look for me. From what I could see, his purpose seemed to be to get the system software I was developing. However, after he knew that my eyesight was gradually deteriorating, he seemed to have given up the idea and simply turned his head and left. This guy was wearing all black clothes. I really didn't want to see him again.]

"Why...are there only these?" Conan frowned.

"Don't be anxious, Shinichi, just wait and see." The doctor tried to comfort me kindly. I just watched from the side without saying much.

However, after flipping through a few more pages, we didn't find any useful information, which gave Conan a headache.

"That's a good thing." I raised my lips slightly. "At least you won't be taking risks just to get some information."

"Tsk, that sounds nice." Conan rolled his eyes at me, feeling unhappy with what I said.

"But isn't Itakura too careless?" The doctor stared at the screen and said, "The spaces between the paragraphs are uneven, which is very uncomfortable to read. If it were me, I would definitely make them the same distance apart."

"Careless?" Conan thought.

"No, Itakura is not a careless person! He can even see that the pen on his desk has moved a few centimeters!" "Then the blank spaces in these diaries..."

"Translate the white text." I said. "Set the text color to the same color as the background color, and then select all with the mouse and you will see it."

After saying that, I dragged the mouse and gently expanded the blank area. Sure enough, the hidden texts appeared clearly in front of our eyes.

[I'm tired. I think if I continue like this, I will definitely die here.]

"These are the main points of this diary, right?" Conan raised a smile.

"But why did Itakura Taku set up the white text in his own diary?"

"Itakura is a very suspicious person. Perhaps he is putting a final veil over his diary."

“After all, who would write a diary if they were serious?” I shook my head and complained with a smile.

"Then, could it be that the person that Itakura is defending is..." The doctor was shocked

"Yes, I guess he wants to guard against the organization." Conan concluded

"A method that only makes things more obvious..." I shook my head. "But the organization is quite careless. He managed to evade detection. Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept this diary, right? Who is so careless?"

"Hey hey..." Conan's half-moon eyes.

"Anyway, let's continue reading." The doctor scratched his cheek angrily.

"Wait." I shouted to stop Conan.

"What's wrong?" Conan asked me, tilting his head.

"Shiho is coming up."

"Eh? Oh oh oh!" Conan understood and quickly closed the diary and turned it to the desktop, then he and the doctor frantically gestured with the new invention, the football belt.

Squeak...

In less than a minute, the door opened and Shiho, who had just finished taking a shower, poked her head towards us.

"Huh? Xun, why are you here?"

"Hmm? Does Shiho smell good right now after taking a bath? Let me smell it~" Looking at Shiho's moisturizing hair, I suddenly moved towards Shiho, but was chopped down by Shiho's hand and fell to squat.

It hurts, it hurts. . .

"Don't be so frivolous, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to try out this new equipment that the doctor gave me." Conan explained hastily, with a hint of affectation in his words. "Wow, doctor, your belt that can eject footballs looks so... inconspicuous."

"Yeah, yeah, hahaha." The Doctor also hurriedly cooperated.

"...Nervous." Shiho lost interest instantly.

"Let's go, Shiho, let's ignore them and go to sleep~"

"Don't use repetitive words, it's disgusting." Shiho didn't seem to be bothered or tired at this moment, and she even joked with me, which was rare.

Pushing Shiho, we walked towards the bedroom downstairs. Before leaving, I turned back and gave Conan a look, indicating that you guys can look first and I will be back soon.

"So, what are you here for?" After walking downstairs, Shiho turned around and asked me.

What kind of person is Shiho? She slept with me. Pah, we have known each other for more than ten years. How could she not know that I never speak without a purpose? The repetition of words just now was just a signal. Shiho knew that I would only show my impropriety in front of my family. Once there were outsiders, this kind of impropriety was basically a signal, telling her that it was not convenient to say something at this moment.

"We accidentally discovered some traces of an organization, and Conan is going to investigate it thoroughly." I turned around and acted as a gofer, telling him everything.

"So you don't want a thorough investigation?" Shiho understood what I meant.

"Maybe after checking, you will go back to Alcatraz right away." I shrugged, "And this time Conan was somewhat influenced by Xiaolan, I'm afraid he will do something wrong."

Hearing this, Shiho frowned. It was not that she couldn't go back, but she just didn't want to break her promise with the children.

"I will try to stop Conan from being impulsive, but Shiho, you must also be prepared to leave at any time, after all..."

"I understand." Shiho nodded. "Anyway, just be careful. I'll wait for your news."

"Oh? You're not participating?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Although you are an impulsive guy, sometimes you are quite good in some aspects." Shiho smiled faintly. "Although I don't know the details of the specific matter, it would be better for me not to show up in this situation. Once you are distracted, we may fall into a more troublesome situation."

"Wow, I didn't expect my Shiho to become sensible." I grinned, causing Shiho to roll her eyes at me.

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here." Shiho didn't intend to participate. Maybe it was because of me, or maybe it was because of Mingmei.

(End of this chapter)