Chapter 42 I am the righteous space police!
"Just let him leave like that?" Kudo Yukiko, oh no, now she is Edogawa Fumiyo, looked at the masked man and asked.
"Hmph!" The mask sneered, "Let him be proud for a while, tomorrow's deal is more important."
Edogawa Fumiyo nodded.
"However, I still can't believe that Kudo Shinichi would actually turn into a child." The masked man suddenly said.
Edogawa Fumiyo frowned. "The time when Kudo Shinichi disappeared was only one day away from the time when this kid appeared in that office. And since then, all the incidents around him have been perfectly resolved."
"Add to that the testimony of Kudo Shinichi's childhood friend, Kamiya Yuya, and it's certain that this brat is Kudo Shinichi."
"It must be the incomplete new drug developed by the organization that caused his body to shrink."
Conan was lying on the cold ground in the kitchen, his body and mind were equally cold.
But the people outside were still discussing important information, and his detective instinct forced him to suppress his restless heart and listen carefully.
The masked man sneered: "I am indeed curious, so let me try it myself."
Edogawa Fumiyo asked in confusion: "How do we try?"
“Hehehe,” the masked man sneered and took out a small box from his pocket. “This is a new drug I got from the organization. We have to deal with that person and the detective tomorrow after the deal is completed. Let’s do an experiment with this drug to see if it can really make people smaller.”
"I see. But what do you want to do now that you know you can become smaller?"
"Anyway, let's wait until the deal is over tomorrow and deal with that guy first, then come back and deal with the little devil, and finally deal with the detective, and it will be over."
Edogawa Fumiyo was a little worried: "But didn't the detective say that if he lost contact for an hour..."
The masked man sneered: "Humph, it's just bluffing. How much can a mere detective know about the organization? Besides, how could someone who knows the organization's secrets let him live?"
Edogawa Fumiyo nodded in agreement: "Indeed, but that kid can't be helped. The organization asked me to take him back..."
“Shut up!” The masked man seemed to have lost his patience. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Edogawa Fumiyo, shouting coldly, “I have my own plans. You just need to follow my orders!”
Seeing this, Edogawa Fumiyo didn't dare to say anything and could only agree.
The masked man took back the gun and asked, "Have you informed me of the location for tomorrow's transaction?"
Edogawa Fumiyo replied, "The letter has been delivered. We will use the same old method."
The masked man glanced at the time and said, "The transaction will be held at 13: tomorrow. Let's take a good rest before then."
It became quiet outside, as if the two had started to rest.
Conan, who heard all of this, was in a state of confusion.
What happened today really shocked him.
First, he was captured by the organization, then he found out that his exposure was due to Yuya's betrayal, and now he heard that they wanted to silence him and others...
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In the middle of the night, after making sure that the man and the woman were asleep, Conan struggled to get up.
He planned to escape from here, but he couldn't go through the living room because it would easily wake up the two people.
After searching the room, Conan found a blanket and a bottle of red wine.
Looking at the two things, he had an idea. He wrapped the wine bottle in a blanket and then smashed it hard. With only a little noise, he got a lot of bottle fragments.
Conan finally regained his freedom by cutting the rope with the broken bottle.
He climbed to the window, looked down, estimated the height, and finally did not jump.
He didn't know if the snow below was thick enough. If he fell and broke his bones, he would lose all chances of escape.
Conan searched the room, but the only place he could hide was an unplugged refrigerator, but it was too conspicuous and would definitely be seen at a glance.
"Tick! Tick!"
Suddenly, Conan heard the sound of dripping water from under the blanket. He quickly lifted the blanket and found a secret compartment underneath. He immediately smiled in surprise.
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At dawn, the two people from the organization woke up and were surprised to find that Conan was missing.
Edogawa Fumiyo looked at the open window and judged that Conan jumped out of the window to escape.
However, the masked man asserted that Conan was still in the house and had not left.
Conan, who was hiding in the secret compartment, was scared to death, thinking he was discovered, but when he heard the sound of the refrigerator door opening above his head, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The masked man looked down at his feet and said, "It looks like he did escape, but it doesn't matter, we can just find him after the deal is done."
The two left the house.
Conan waited for a while and heard the sound of a car starting and driving away outside. He confirmed that the two men had left and climbed out of the secret compartment with relief.
Thinking of the medicine in the masked man's hand, Conan searched around the room again and again, but couldn't find it.
"Sure enough, he was carrying it with him." Conan thought to himself. He glanced and saw several pieces of paper that had just been poured out of the trash can. One of the newspapers caught his attention.
Spread out the newspaper and you will see holes cut into it.
Conan began to think about it. He remembered what the woman said before, that the transaction location was sent by letter. Maybe she cut the words from the newspaper and pieced them together to make a letter?
After studying the newspaper for a while, Conan confirmed that the organization's transaction location was the Rice Flower Hotel.
However, just knowing the location is not enough. Conan searched and searched, and finally found a clue on the calendar.
One of the dates above has traces of being cut, but the words are still there, which means that the number that was taken away is from the previous month. According to the comparison of the dates, the number that was cut off is 30!
Rice Flower Hotel, 30?
Conan thought desperately, but with limited information, he couldn't come to any conclusion.
In desperation, Conan could only go to the Rice Flower Hotel first to see if he could find any more information.
Walking out of the small building, Conan habitually thought of someone.
In the past, when he was reasoning about a case, he would often consult with that person, but now...
Thinking of what he heard yesterday, and the sentence "You have to pay extra!", Conan smiled bitterly. So just paying extra money is enough?
If I pay more money, can I get information about the organization and the antidote to the poison?
Conan shook his head in self-mockery and looked forward - now, he could only rely on himself.
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Rice Flower Hotel
On the way here, Conan bought a piece of clothing, a scarf and a hat, put on a simple disguise, and then entered the Rice Flower Hotel.
However, he had no idea where Rice Flower Hotel 30 was.
The Rice Flower Hotel only has 19 floors, and the room numbers are not up to 30.
Conan's eyes fell on the front desk, and a light flashed in his eyes. Could it be...
He ran to the front desk and asked the sister at the front desk with an innocent expression: "Big sister, my father lost the key. He said it was locker number 30."
Perhaps because they thought that children would not lie, especially since Conan looked so innocent, the receptionist believed him. After checking the registration book, they found that the lockers were only numbered up to 26, and there was no number 30.
When she wanted to ask if she remembered it wrongly, she looked down and found that the child was gone.
If it's not a locker, then where else could it be? Conan thought as he walked around casually.
Suddenly, he heard someone next to him say number 42. He looked up suddenly and found that they were talking about the parking space number.
He hurried to the underground garage, found parking space No. 30, and discovered that there was a small number 30 next to number 1.
What’s strange is that there are no such small numbers in the numbers of other positions.
"So that's it, it's Room 301?" Conan smiled proudly.
Conan came to Room 301 again and happened to see a tall, suspiciously dressed man standing in front of the door, and the one who opened the door for him was the masked man.
At this moment, Conan was horrified to find that the other woman, a member of the organization who called herself Edogawa Fumiyo, was walking towards him from behind.
Conan had nowhere to hide for a moment. If he retreated, he would be discovered by Edogawa Fumiyo, and if he moved forward, he would be discovered by the masked man.
Just when he was at a loss, a door suddenly opened, right between him and Edogawa Fumiyo, blocking each other's view.
A mother and son walked out of the room.
Conan suddenly had an idea and slipped in while the two men were saying goodbye to each other and not paying attention.
Conan had just breathed a sigh of relief when he started glaring at the kid named Masao who went back to his room and closed the door.
"Little... um!" Conan was quick to cover the other person's mouth before he could scream.
"Shh! I'm not a thief, I'm a space policeman who's tracking down the bad aliens in the area!" Conan has watched quite a few animations, so he can easily come up with words to fool children.
But obviously, Masao was not intimidated by Conan. He pointed at Conan's nose and asked, "You are lying. You are obviously a child like me!"
Conan coughed and said seriously, "I turned into a child on purpose to hide my identity."
Zheng Nan didn't believe it at all. His mother often taught him how to prevent fraud. Conan's words were not as good as the fraud examples his mother had given. Did she really think he was a child and could be fooled at will?!
"Then change back to your original form and show me!" Zhengnan immediately thought of a way to expose the other party.
"Ah, this..." Conan didn't know how to transform, so he was speechless.
Zhengnan shouted that he was a liar and ran to the phone to call the police.
"Okay, Zhengnan, believe him, he's not a liar!" Suddenly, his mother's voice came from behind Zhengnan, startling him, "Mom?"
Masao looked back and found that his mother's voice came from Conan's mouth, and he was immediately amazed.
As Conan walked towards Masao, he said proudly: "Hehehe, I am the righteous space policeman. I can make anyone's voice heard."
This magical scene made Zhengnan's eyes sparkle: "Amazing! They are really the space police!"
Children, especially boys, are very envious of being a righteous policeman. Since they knew that the other party was a real space policeman, they immediately asked excitedly: "I can help you with anything!"
"Of course. I'm tracking down evil alien criminals and I need your help. Can I borrow the phone in your room?" Conan looked mysterious.
"No problem," Zheng Nan nodded excitedly.
"Also, do you have any chewing gum or bubble gum?" Conan asked again.
"Yes!" Masao took the chewing gum and gave it to Conan.
"Good boy, the space police will remember your help!" Conan patted Masao's shoulder hard, making him jump for joy.