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Although no body was seen, apart from the naturally vigilant Gin, Bourbon who refused to give up until he saw the body, and Chu Ming who thought that Shuichi Akai might have some strange encounters while hanging on the wall, the others all believed that Shuichi Akai had absolutely no chance of survival when they heard that he had fallen from a height of 5,000 meters and landed in the mountains, with no cushion like the sea or snow, but instead all hard rocks or towering trees.
Even the boss, after hearing the report, didn't think Akai Shuichi could still survive.
Therefore, the bounty for Shuichi Akai, who was ranked number one on the organization’s dark web, was officially removed from the shelves.
Chu Ming watched the show for a while and then left. After all, he still had to find a chance to get the robot back.
On the way, Chu Ming looked through the real-time records recorded by the robot and found that no one spoke on the entire way back.
Everyone was in a heavy mood. Conan didn't even have the energy to ask other questions. He was brainstorming something. It seemed that the medicine had left him with a lot of psychological trauma.
Tsk, what a pity, the distance is too far, and a lot of points were lost this time.
At this time, the robot had been sent back home by Kogoro Mouri. Chu Ming turned over and entered through the window of his backyard, put away the robot, and lay back on the bed.
I originally wanted to plan a bit and see how to get the points, but I haven’t been this tired in a long time. As soon as my head touched the pillow, I was overwhelmed by sleepiness.
When he woke up again, it was already noon the next day.
Chu Ming covered his rumbling stomach, turned around and strolled to find Professor Agasa to eat, and by the way, see if he could get some points from Haibara Ai.
When I arrived at the door, I found that the doctor's Beetle was parked at the door. Was he going out?
Chu Ming knocked on the unlocked door. The knock startled Huiyuan Ai. She looked up from the sofa in the living room and saw that it was Chu Ming. She quickly stood up and walked over: "Brother Chu Ming."
Chu Ming walked in leisurely, lowered his head with a smile and said, "I'm here to eat, but it seems I came at a bad time. Are you guys going out?"
"The doctor said he would take the kids camping. They should be on their way here by now." Huihara Ai took out a sandwich from the refrigerator, heated it up in the microwave, and handed it to Chu Ming. "I don't think Chu Ming would like the vegetable salad I had with the doctor today. Let's eat a sandwich first."
Chu Ming really didn't like eating grass, so he could only sit on the sofa with a sandwich and nibble on it. "I accompanied Conan to the old house of the Shitara family two days ago. He wanted to check the boss's email, but several murders happened yesterday. The musician with absolute pitch died. It was said to be suicide, but the cause of death could not be found."
Haibara Ai widened her eyes. Chu Ming pointed it out in front of her and specifically said that the cause of death could not be found. The first thing she thought of was the medicine she developed.
"You mean - he was killed by someone from the organization?" Huihara Ai seemed to be frightened. Chu Ming's points were rising. "Because of his absolute pitch? But how did the organization know that someone was looking for an email based on the key tone?"
"So you are in a very dangerous situation now..." Chu Ming looked worried, "I haven't seen any related tasks on the dark web recently. This may be the personal behavior of some members. It is very likely Vermouth. I don't know what her attitude is towards Conan. She has saved him again and again. This time, maybe it is to warn Conan..."
Chu Ming once again brought out the blame-shifting theory, and instantly convinced Huihara Ai. She frowned and was a little worried: "No wonder Conan seems so worried these days. The doctor even said he would take him camping to relax.
No, Edogawa can’t investigate that email address anymore. Vermouth is a cruel woman. This time she is using human lives to force Edogawa to give up the investigation…”
"I thought so too, but my words of persuasion are not as effective as yours. It's better to speak more seriously, so that he will give up and seal the mailbox completely." Chu Ming leaned on the sofa, his eyes lowered, looking particularly lonely. "I didn't think it through at the beginning. Conan must not check this mailbox at this stage. If he finds it, whether he stubbornly sends an email or hands the mailbox over to the Canadian police, it will not be good for his safety."
"Brother Chu Ming, don't worry too much. I will stop him." Huiyuan Ai saw Chu Ming was in a low mood and hurried to comfort him, "When it comes to the safety of the people around him, he is still very obedient."
"There is one more thing. Gin and Vodka have been investigating your whereabouts recently. It seems that they got a telephone frequency band a long time ago and are conducting a carpet search. They will probably come here in the next few days." Chu Ming pointed at the doctor's car parked outside. "Since we are going to go camping anyway, why don't we stay out for a few more days? Is there any place you want to go? There is a mountain called Urawa Mountain in the suburbs of Nishitama City. I heard that the scenery is nice. How about going there?"
Chu Ming made up an excuse and tried to trick Conan and the others into going to Urawayama. After all, the protagonist's halo was here. If Akai Shuichi hadn't died, maybe they would have run into him.
[It’s chapter 600~ Today is also two chapters~ Although it’s a bit late, I still managed to finish it~]
Chapter 601 What's the Good Topic?
Urawayama
Chu Ming looked at the three naughty kids collecting firewood not far away, stretched and leaned against the edge of the tent, looking at Conan who was surrounded by Haibara Ai and Professor Agasa in the tent, and the two of them were taking turns to persuade him not to continue checking the mailbox.
Conan actually wanted to give up. After all, Chu Ming had already talked to him about it before. However, he was still a little unwilling to accept the repeated refutations. "I can't check, so what about the police? Even if they won't accept the case without evidence, Officer Takagi will definitely help me."
"Of course the good old Officer Takagi will help you, but do you think there is no backup plan left in the Metropolitan Police Department? What if Officer Takagi is killed because of the investigation? With your personality, you will live with guilt for the rest of your life." Haibara Ai's voice was not loud, even a little cold, but this one sentence directly hit Conan's heart, leaving him speechless.
Haibara Ai exaggerated the seriousness of the matter and even compared the boss's mailbox to Pandora's box in order to make Conan back off.
Conan sighed, closed his phone, and felt a little depressed. He had already realized that this email address was indeed something he should seal up and not check any further at this stage.
"Conan! Conan, something bad happened, Conan, we found a dead person in the pond over there!!" Several children ran over shouting and chattering at Conan.
Found someone so quickly?
Could this be——
Chu Ming's eyes lit up, and he stood up and asked the children curiously, "Where is it?"
Conan saw Chu Ming's expression change from boredom to excitement in an instant, and his depressed mood eased a little. Originally, Chu Ming didn't like to go camping. After all, it was really boring to bring a few kids out to play. It was he who dragged Chu Ming out. He originally wanted to discuss with him the follow-up of the email address, but now the email address could not be checked anymore. Chu Ming was really bored outside and almost fell asleep.
Conan felt a little embarrassed, but Chu Ming didn't care about his thoughts at this time. He was eager to see if the body in the pond was Akai Shuichi's, so he quickly called a few children to lead the way and ran over there.
After walking for a long time along the winding path in the forest, we finally arrived in front of a dilapidated old house. In front of the house was a large lake. Yuan Tai stood on the hillside and pointed at the lake from afar: "It was in that lake that we found when we were playing here before. There were also many stone boxes pressing on that person."
"How come you guys can collect firewood from such a far place?" Conan looked around, a little speechless, "This place is at least a thousand meters away from our camp, right? You guys are pretty good at strolling."
The old house that Yuan Tai pointed to was located deep in the woods. The outside of the house was already decayed and moss was spreading rampantly. Because they arrived late, it was almost dusk. The sunlight was not strong, and the house looked particularly eerie due to the branches and leaves.
When they reached the water's edge, Chu Ming could see clearly that the body they had found was being pressed into the water by some rocks, with only an arm vaguely exposed. But after just one glance, Chu Ming was a little disappointed, as this was not Akai Shuichi.
But since he was already here, although the magnetic field was small, it was also extra income. He took out the stones that were pressing on the corpse one by one. At the same time, Conan and a few others worked together to pull the corpse out and put it on the grass.
The deceased was a middle-aged man with messy hair and a stubbled face. He was a little thin. Chu Ming took a quick look and stood up: "He hasn't been dead for too long. He must have been strangled to death."
He looked back at the dilapidated old house behind him, and then observed the stones pressing on the dead body. These stones were in the shape of boxes, and there were words inside. Conan had already leaned on the box and read aloud: "The Nioh Cave is between the sun and the moon, where all the elders gather and the place is extremely prosperous. The Nioh Stone is inside..."
"Nio Stone?" Chu Ming became interested. "Diamond? Could there be some treasure?"
"Treasure?!" Several children became excited and urged Conan: "It must be in this house. Let's go treasure hunting!"
Conan scratched his head, pointed at the signature of this text, and said helplessly: "Brother Chu Ming, why are you more excited than them? This was left by Sanshui Jiyou, the guard, which means that there must be many traps in the house..."
He suddenly remembered something and quickly said to Dr. Agasa: "By the way, Dr., call the police."
The doctor shook his phone helplessly: "No, there is no signal here. Many places in Urawa Mountain are not developed, so there are many places with weak signals. I will go to the tent first to see if I can get through."
After saying that, he ran towards the tent, leaving the people and children there. He probably thought that with Chu Ming there and Conan and Haibara Ai being adults, he didn't have to worry at all.
Chu Ming squatted on the ground and studied the secret code in the stone box, but Conan was extremely cautious at this time because he had been repeatedly persuaded before, and he refused to agree to the children's request to stay here and explore.
He threatened the children in different ways: "Maybe the murderer who killed this man is hiding in the house. What if he attacks us?"
Guangyan secretly glanced at Chu Ming: "Brother Chu Ming is here, who would be so desperate to attack us..."
Conan was choked by him and changed his words: "We don't know the identity of this person, so why not wait until the police come..."
"He seems to be a treasure hunter." Huihara Ai had a wet notebook in her hand at some point. She struggled to identify the handwriting on the notebook. "It contains many locations of treasures scattered across Japan, as well as maps."
Chu Ming immediately became interested. He leaned over to take a look and memorized the locations written on it. Okay, now all these locations have been requisitioned by the organization. I will send people to dig them up later.
"Now that I have found a trustworthy companion, I will definitely be able to defeat that dirty thief this time—" Huibara paused while reading, apparently thinking of something when reading the description of the word thief.
Chu Ming glanced at Conan, who suddenly became very motivated when he heard about a certain thief, and teased him deliberately: "Okay, since Conan insists on asking, let's go back. After all, it's getting late."
Conan sat down on the grass, hugged the stone box with his hands and feet, pretended not to hear Chu Ming's teasing, and coughed twice: "It's okay, since they want to crack the code so much, let's watch here for a while, I think I have some clues."
Chu Ming squatted beside him and pointed at the last name: "This person sounds familiar, I seem to have heard of him somewhere."
"Sanmizu Kichiemon was a famous mechanical maker and puppet maker in the late shogunate. He had superb skills, and the puppets he designed were lifelike. He also made puppets that could automatically deliver teacups using only a spring. The princes and merchants at the time liked him very much, and he was called Mechanical Kichiemon." It was rare for Mitsuhiko to encounter a question related to his profession, and it was something that even Brother Chu Ming didn't understand, so he immediately started talking about it.
"Isn't this just a simple version of the wooden ox and flowing horse?" Chu Ming didn't think that this man was as powerful as they did. Giving a teacup was nothing. According to the legend, Zhuge Liang's wooden ox and flowing horse could even transport military rations on their own.
"Wooden oxen and flowing horses? What are those?"
Except for Conan, the others were very curious about the wooden ox and flowing horse that Chu Ming mentioned. While Conan was thinking about the secret code, Chu Ming simply sat cross-legged on the ground and told the children the legendary story of Zhuge Liang, which stunned the children.
"So there was such a powerful person in ancient China—" Mitsuhiko sighed, "I really want to go and see him."
Yuan Tai remembered what Chu Ming said a long time ago: "Yes, Chu Ming also said before that Chinese watermelons are very cheap, big and delicious. I really want to go to China once--"
Chu Ming patted Conan's head, who was thinking hard, and felt a little sad. He did want to do it, but when he thought that taking them there would mean leading Conan into the house, he decided to give up...
Chapter 602 Smell
In addition to Zhuge Liang, Chu Ming also taught them about the Mohist mechanical techniques. Although he didn't know how much truth there was in the rumors, it was enough to fool the children.
Amid the children's exclamations, Conan stood up and patted the little bugs stuck on his body. Although he understood the meaning of the first half, he still had no idea about the rest.
Chu Ming glanced at Kidd's focus in the old house and poked Conan on the back: "Why don't you go in and take a look? Your nemesis might be there~"
It was true that he hadn't seen Kidd for a long time.
"How can he be his nemesis? He's just a shameless thief who uses a mask to cover up the truth and takes dirty tricks as a game. As a detective, isn't it normal for me to want to take off his mask and see his true face?" Conan jumped up and down, obviously feeling that he had never regarded Kid as his nemesis.
Chu Ming leaned in to look at his face and said, "No way, you're still not over the jealousy you felt last time?"
The last time he was in the airship, he told Conan that Kidd had turned into his appearance and held Xiaolan's hand and hugged her waist. Good man, he wouldn't remember it until today.
Conan's face darkened, he snorted and turned his head away, obviously agreeing.
Several children looked at each other in bewilderment: "The thief you are talking about could be Kaito Kidd!"
Ayumi's eyes lit up: "Really? Is it really the Kidd known as the Gentleman Thief?"
Seeing Conan curling his lips, Huihara Ai chuckled: "I heard from the doctor that every time you two fight, it seems that you never get the upper hand."
"How is that possible? He obviously couldn't steal the gems!"
"Is there a possibility that he didn't want those gems in the first place? After all, every time Kid stole gems, they were returned." Chu Ming patted Conan's head very smoothly and laughed at him.
Conan stared at the house and strode forward: "Aren't we here to explore? Shall we go in?"
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At this time, Kidd was standing by the window, looking at the group of people on the lawn downstairs with a complicated expression.
He didn't expect to meet Conan and his group here, but what he didn't expect was -
The scent that he had casually smeared on the Demon King puppet last time could actually be smelled again around that group of people!
He had this idea after hearing what Lucifer said last time. He just wanted to find out whether the Demon King's puppet would stay in the human world when the Demon King had not summoned him. In this way, if he was also made into a puppet in the future, at least he would know whether he would have some freedom.
It was just a test, so he didn't hold out much hope after he silently rubbed the special spices on the puppet.
This spice does not have any special smell, but Kidd has been trained since childhood and can accurately distinguish this unique smell that others cannot detect at all.
But he never expected that he could faintly smell this scent on Conan. Although it was very faint, it was there.
He had just released the small flying insect to detect the smell and confirmed it. The insect did indeed stay on Conan's body for a moment. It was obvious that Conan must have had some contact with the puppet!
But how did Conan come into contact with the puppet?
Could it be that the devil also has his eyes on his soul?
But last time, the Demon King clearly didn’t show any respect for Conan?
Kidd scratched his head, feeling that there was too much information in his mind and he couldn't think of it all. He himself had disguised himself as an unkempt old lady, and his messy hair was even more messy.
"I really want to know who Conan has been in contact with--" Relying on the fact that he was the only one at the bottom level at the moment, he shouted silently into the void.