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The best way to eliminate fear is to face it. It's impossible that whenever he appears in front of Huiyuan Ai and Conan, Huiyuan Ai's radar will always go off, and Conan will doubt him even if he doesn't want to. How can he happily mix in the field...
"Doctor, my motorcycle is right in front. I'll take Ai to school."
Before Haibara Ai had the chance to refuse, the doctor happily agreed.
Chu Ming rode his bike and conspired loudly with Huiyuan Ai behind him: "Xiao Ai, do you want to scare Conan? Take me with you~"
When I was in school, wasn't the best way to get closer to people to play pranks together? Then the best way to eliminate Huiyuan Ai's fear is to scare Conan together.
Look, isn't Huihara Ai, who was a little scared at first, now discussing the details with Chu Ming with great interest?
In the evening, Chu Ming waited at the school gate early to pick up Xiao Ai from school.
But I saw six children leaving the school in a group.
"! Brother Chu Ming..." Ayumi stopped timidly.
Chu Ming was a little confused. Ayumi was obviously very enthusiastic when she saw him before, but when did she become so distant? How could that be? No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and these children are also small magnetic field attractors.
He grinned warmly, trying to bridge the gap between them with his smile.
As a result, Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko all took a step back at the same time, and seeing that Haibara, Conan and the new child did not move, they pulled them over.
"too horrible……"
"…!" Chu Ming looked incredulous. What the hell! Wasn't he kind? Wasn't he friendly?
He stopped smiling and looked at the children with a resentful look.
Conan felt a little nauseous and looked up to Chu Ming and said, "Nakata's brother is missing, and we are going to his house to investigate!"
"Missing?" Chu Ming felt that there was no place for missing cases and was a little uninterested. However, for the sake of his plan with Xiao Ai, he still expressed his willingness to go along.
The children's faces fell instantly, and they lowered their heads and followed Chu Ming with dragging feet.
When we arrived at Nakata's house, there was a police car parked at the door.
"We're here. The one with the police car parked at the door is my house." Nakata pointed far ahead.
The two policemen were saying goodbye to Nakata's mother. She looked haggard, and was not very enthusiastic when she saw several children and an adult visiting her. She simply invited them in.
"I'm sorry, Mom was very sad after my brother disappeared and didn't care much about anything else..."
"It's okay, we'll just sit for a while and leave." Chu Ming waved his hand, "Where is your brother's room?"
The room was very tidy. Chu Ming looked around and searched roughly.
"The wallet is still there, and the clothes haven't been touched, so we can rule out the possibility of running away from home. What hobbies does your brother have?"
"My brother likes to draw. He has drawn so many pictures that they are piled under the bed."
Ayumi went in first and pushed out a lot of picture frames: "These pictures are so ugly..."
Huiyuan Ai, who had been standing aside as a background wall, suddenly said: "Picasso."
Conan nodded in affirmation: "It's Picasso's Weeping Woman, and there are many Van Goghs, Utrillo... They are all copies."
"I know! Someone must have kidnapped him to copy famous paintings in exchange for the authentic ones!" Mitsuhiko said excitedly, slapping his thigh.
Chu Ming shook his head: "No, although I don't know much about painting, there is still some difference between this and the real thing. Look at this."
Chu Ming pulled out a painting from the bottom of the frame, and Conan saw it at a glance: "Natsume Soseki!!"
Chu Ming nodded: "Rather than fake paintings, I'm more inclined to believe that he was caught drawing counterfeit money...Has your brother met any strange people recently?"
"If that's the case, there was indeed one, a woman wearing a large black hat and all black clothes, who praised my brother's paintings as being exceptional. Does that count?"
Conan suddenly became excited. He grabbed Nakata's shoulders and said, "Where? Where did you see her? Besides this woman, was there a man in black?!"
"I met him ten days ago. There were indeed two men in black... Conan, why are you so excited?"
Chu Ming blinked. It shouldn’t be gin and vodka, because Vermouth is still in the United States and hasn’t returned yet.
Conan grabbed Nakata's hand and said, "Let's go check nearby. Your brother must have been taken away nearby!"
Several children followed closely and Chu Ming and Huihara Ai looked at each other.
He should be scared. He gets so excited when he hears about black clothes. If he really dances in front of Gin one day, no one can save him.
Chapter 48 It turned out to be a mistake——
When the children searched all the places where Brother Nakata might have been and found nothing.
Ayumi suggested going to the convenience store to buy some water. While waiting in line to check out, Conan noticed a tall man.
He held a thousand-dollar bill and did not choose to buy it from the vending machine at the door. Instead, he went into the convenience store and bought it at the counter.
Chu Ming noticed Conan's stagnation and asked, "What's wrong?"
Conan didn't have time to respond. He jumped up and rushed to the counter: "Can you show me the money that person just paid?"
The salesperson was a little confused and looked at Chu Ming behind him with an inquiring look. Chu Ming quickly took two steps back to distance himself from Conan and waved his hand to indicate that I was not familiar with him.
Seeing that the salesperson didn't move for a long time, Conan became a little anxious: "Give it to me quickly!" As he spoke, he leaned over and reached into the cash cabinet to grab the banknote, and held it up to the light.
Chu Ming's pupils trembled as he looked at the famous detective who was blatantly robbing. What kind of operation was this?
Conan saw that there was no watermark on the banknote, so he reached out to pull Chu Ming, but he pulled nothing. He looked to the side in confusion, looking at the sky and the earth, but not at Chu Ming himself.
Just as he was about to ask something, the salesperson who had been ignored for a long time saw that the tall Chu Ming behind him was not the 'accomplice' of this naughty child, and took the money from Conan's hand and said, "What on earth are you doing, little brat!!"
Conan jumped down from the counter: "Call the police, this is counterfeit money!"
Then he came over and dragged Chu Ming: "Brother Chu Ming, hurry up, let's chase him, the man just now might be related to the disappearance of Zhongtian's brother!"
Chu Ming didn't want to move at first, but when he looked at the worried and nervous eyes of the children next to him, he suddenly realized.
Isn't this the right time to show his bravery and fearlessness? If he performs well, the little magnetic field makers will think of him when they have problems in the future!
He put on a kind face and gently touched the children's heads: "Don't be afraid, okay? Why are you shaking? It's okay, big brother will catch the bad guy." After that, he exerted force on his feet and rushed out.
Conan looked at Chu Ming who rushed out without any awareness, and then looked at Ayumi who was already scared to tears by Chu Ming's wolf-like smile. It was obvious that Chu Ming brother's normal smile was fine, why did he have to force himself to be gentle? I don't understand...
On the other side, Chu Ming chased out for a while and saw the man on the road. The man had his hands in his pockets, wearing a hat, and was walking back leisurely.
Hearing the hurried footsteps behind him, he subconsciously looked back, but before he could react, Chu Ming kicked him to the ground.
When Conan and others ran over, Chu Ming had already pinned the man to the ground. In order to show how powerful he was, Chu Ming used the classic posture of a policeman catching a criminal.
Watching the man's face rubbing wildly on the rough ground, Ayumi touched her own face with lingering fear and stood straighter.
Only Conan looked excited. He rushed up and asked the man on the ground: "Tell me! Where is the nest of your organization?!"
"What nest? What are you talking about! Why did you suddenly rush up and grab me! Let me go, or I'll call the police!" When it comes to calling the police, the man is quite timid.
Chu Ming pushed the man down even harder, feeling a little unhappy. The winery would never do such a tasteless thing as making counterfeit money.
Conan held his head high and said, "Do you dare to call the police? I have discovered that you used counterfeit money to buy cigarettes! Tell me where your base is!"
The man's eyes were a little evasive, and he wanted to quibble. Chu Ming was a little impatient, and he put more force on his hand to suppress him. He quickly checked and cleared the winery's name, because he still had to earn points with Huihara Ai!
The man cried out in pain, "It hurts, it hurts—be gentle, be gentle, I'll tell you what's going on!! At the newspaper office next to the police station, across from Odanokan Station!"
"Next to the police station?" Conan was shocked.
Chu Ming sighed: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. It's darkest under the lamp, I've learned that." Next time, convince the boss to set up a base opposite the Tokyo Police Headquarters, or next to the Public Security Building.
Looking at the child behind him, Chu Ming decisively reached out and held down Conan who was about to rush out, and called to summon Officer Megure.
——Your younger brother is giving you performance!
After a while, Officer Megure got out of the police car, and Chu Ming was standing on the side of the road waving at him.
"Brother Chu Ming, where is the suspected counterfeit money manufacturing den you mentioned?"
Chu Ming pointed to the newspaper office across the street: "That's it. This is the accomplice we caught. Officer Megure, be careful. They may have guns."
Inspector Megure nodded and waved to the police officers behind him to sneak in.
Conan stood at the stairs, unable to hide his excitement. Soon the three people inside were brought out, and Jun rushed up to hug his brother.
Conan walked quickly forward and stared closely at the woman in the lead.
"Okay, now you are under arrest. Quick, tell me your code name, your accomplices, rum, vodka, and your organization..."
Officer Megure was confused: "Conan, what are you talking about? What's the code name? This guy is called Silver Fox, and he is a habitual criminal who makes counterfeit money."
It turned out to be a misunderstanding——Conan looked frustrated.
Chu Ming and Huibara Ai who was standing beside him exchanged glances and said, "Don't be discouraged, Detective. I'll give you a big surprise soon."
Chapter 49 I, Vodka, don't need friends
Inspector Megure arranged for someone to send the children home. Chu Ming grabbed Conan and waved to Inspector Megure, indicating that he would take Conan home.
Inspector Megure did not notice Haibara Ai who had been deliberately acting as a background figure at the side, and turned and left.
Chu Ming walked with the dejected Conan until they came to a small alley.
"Hey, Brother Chu Ming, you're not riding a bike?" Conan felt something was wrong as he walked.
Huiyuan Ai, who had been following silently behind, said coldly: "APTX 4869."
Conan was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
"That's the name of that medicine you take."
Conan was a little panicked: "What are you talking about? Brother Chu Ming, did you hear her..."
He didn't say the rest of the words, his pupils shrank, and his face was filled with fear, because he saw Chu Ming turned towards him with a cold smile on his face.
When Chu Ming saw Conan looking at him, he tried hard to recall Gin's sneer, and murderous intent burst out.
"Hmph, Detective, you're so hard for me to find. If you hadn't transformed in front of me last time, I wouldn't have known you were still alive. Thank me, Detective. As soon as I knew you were still alive, I immediately notified the organization's chief researcher, the honorable Researcher Shirley, and let you spend the rest of your life on the organization's laboratory table. How about that? Are you touched? After all, if Rum comes here, he will definitely kill you~"
"You——!!!" Conan's eyes were filled with grief and indignation, "I thought of you as my best friend, but you are actually...!!"
Huihara Ai said in a disdainful tone: "Friends? Humph, naive, people like us don't have friends, and we don't need friends."
Chu Ming added: "That's right. I, Vodka, don't need friends!"
"You are Vodka?!" Conan's eyes were bloodshot.
"You still miss him? How's that, Detective? Is this medicine I made myself effective? How does it feel to be back in childhood?"