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Because it rained a lot in the mountains during that time, many traces were washed away, but I am sure that Akai Shuichi is definitely not dead, and those bloodstains are the evidence that he dragged his injured body away. "
Kiel objected: "Perhaps his body was dragged away and eaten by wild animals. In that case, it's not surprising that his blood is everywhere."
Bourbon looked like he didn't want to talk to her any more and turned his head away. He had nothing to say to the person who was trying to defend Akai Shuichi.
Looking at Bourbon, Kiel narrowed her eyes silently and stopped talking. After the last assassination of Yasuteru Domon, she resigned from the TV station. For some reason, the organization's tasks during this period were numerous and cumbersome.
Later, she secretly inquired and found out that the tasks she was currently handling were all left over after Bourbon dropped out to investigate Shuichi Akai's whereabouts.
So she had every reason to suspect that Bourbon was just pretending to be looking for Shuichi Akai, and was really trying to take advantage of the situation by looking for a dead person!
[Originally I wasn't going to update today, but yesterday a little cutie sent me a burst of flowers, and today another little cutie sent me a show. I felt that I would be letting down the little cuties' gifts if I didn't update. QAQ I'll hold back one more chapter later. Thank you little cuties for your kindness.]
Chapter 622: Abacus Clinking
Bourbon didn't know where the hint of hostility in Kill's eyes came from. He was now concentrating on finding Shuichi Akai's whereabouts.
Vermouth is free these days, and he is asking Vermouth for a simple method of disguise. He plans to disguise himself as a disfigured version of Akai Shuichi, hang out outside for a while, and see if he can get any other clues.
Seeing that Bourbon had ignored her, Gil simply spoke directly. After all, it was normal for members of the organization to have bad relationships. "Bourbon, it's your business if you want to find Akai Shuichi, but can you please complete the organization's mission first? All your tasks have fallen on me during this period. Look at my dark circles, they are almost as dark as your skin."
Chu Ming was initially quite excited when he saw Kiel firing at Bourbon, but upon hearing the content of her accusation, he silently retracted his head.
He said that he had been very idle during this period, and even when Bourbon was not there, there was no task for him to do. It turned out that someone was carrying the burden for him.
Bourbon also spread his hands in a very simple manner: "I only went to investigate after I had completed all my tasks. Are you sure that was my task?"
Kiel's face was cold and he didn't believe it at all. There was an unspeakable sarcasm in his tone: "If it's not your mission, whose mission could it be? Many missions only have a follow-up. The previous confirmation signatures were all signed by Bourbon. Could it be that someone did a good deed and signed your name after completing the mission?"
"I was the one who did those missions." Bourbon was even more speechless after hearing that, "But the missions were not mine."
"..."
Chu Ming saw that their conversation was obviously heading in a direction he didn't want to hear. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer he would be overwhelmed by the mission, so he stood up and stuffed the information in his hand to Gin: "I'm leaving first. By the way, I'll find a chance to see if I can blend in with the group of police officers."
Gin did not stop him. He originally called Chu Ming over because he wanted him to meet Ireland. After all, Ireland was one of the top people in the American action team. Knowing him would be of some help to Chu Ming in taking over the organization in the future.
Gin also didn't understand what Chu Ming was thinking. He was either shouting for the boss to give up his position or clamoring to launch a coup. However, his slogans were loud but his actions were slow. The boss even secretly told him to help Chu Ming more, but the person involved was not in a hurry at all.
Chu Ming, who had already run away, had no idea that Gin had taken on such a difficult task from the BOSS. He originally wanted to go to the hospital to find Conan.
But when they arrived at the hospital, Xiaolan said that Conan had to go back to the office alone in the afternoon because she had to stay to take care of Kogoro Mouri. She had originally thought of asking the doctor to take care of Conan.
Chu Ming waved his hand when he heard this, saying that he would take good care of Conan and asked her to focus on taking care of her father.
When Chu Ming arrived downstairs at the Maori Detective Agency, it was pitch black upstairs. If it weren't for the focus list, he would even suspect that Conan was not there at all.
He walked up the stairs slowly. The corridor was dark and the voice-controlled lights were not very sensitive. He deliberately increased the weight of his steps, and the sound of tapping slowly spread upstairs.
After finally arriving at the door, Chu Minggang stretched out his hand to knock on it. Before he could say anything, the door suddenly opened a crack. At the same time, a silver light suddenly attacked his neck.
Chu Ming quickly dodged the silver light and looked towards the attacking source with surprise.
——Conan was standing there in a daze, holding up his anesthesia watch.
He realized that he had attacked the wrong person, rubbed his hair in annoyance, opened the door to let Chu Ming in, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Brother Chu Ming, I just had a nightmare, I was confused, I thought-"
"Nightmare? What nightmare?" Chu Ming was a little surprised. "Can you still be frightened by a nightmare? Didn't you say before that dreams and reality are opposites?"
"I dreamed that I was discovered by Gin. He knew that I was Kudo Shinichi, so he came with vodka and captured me. He was also going to kill Xiaolan..." Conan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and paused for a moment. "I just woke up with a fright, and I heard footsteps outside the door, just like in my dream, followed by knocks on the door--"
Conan's nightmare (Xiao Ke has an Afu filter, the vodka in the dream is almost as high as gin)
Chu Ming looked at Conan who was frightened and couldn't help laughing. No wonder he had a lot of points credited to his account as soon as he arrived at the door. He didn't know what was going on. It turned out that Conan was scaring himself.
"It seems that I scared you. So, to make amends, I'll stay with you tonight so that you don't have to worry about it alone." Chu Ming picked up Conan and took him back to his home despite his weak resistance.
"Brother Chu Ming, you shouldn't have brought me here. What if that organization discovers my identity, wouldn't that implicate you?" Conan, wearing the duck one-piece pajamas that Chu Ming bought specially, sat on the bed sullenly and persuaded Chu Ming, not caring how childish his clothes were.
"It's too late." Chu Ming casually threw a box of milk to Conan and teased, "You were really afraid of getting me into trouble. You shouldn't have dragged me into the bathroom. As a result, I had to watch a dramatic performance."
Conan knew that he couldn't argue with Chu Ming, and he also knew that he couldn't persuade him at all, so he could only shut up.
Seeing that he was finally quiet, Chu Ming stuffed a stack of newspapers into his arms and said, "Look, there's a serial murder case recently. The murderer would put a mahjong with a red circle, a secret code on the back and vertical black lines next to the body... If you're bored, why not check some cases to change your mood?"
"Or, forget it--" Conan was hesitant for once. He was indeed itching to take part in the case, but it was obviously inappropriate for him to show up at this time.
"You can investigate under the identity of Kudo Shinichi, and then tell the truth to Officer Megure. That way, even if the organization investigates, they will only find out that you have only contacted the police, and they might turn their attention away from this." Chu Ming fooled Conan, "Also, this case involves a wide range of people. I heard that the Metropolitan Police Department will invite all local police forces involved in the case to gather in Tokyo. Uncle Mori might also be invited by then. It doesn't hurt if you check it in advance."
Chu Ming was calculating abacus, but unfortunately Conan not only couldn't hear it, he even thought Chu Ming was very considerate.
【Today's Chapter 2~】
Chapter 623 Exposed?
Conan stayed with Chu Ming for a few days until Kogoro Mouri was discharged from the hospital and was invited by the police to participate in the investigation of the mahjong serial murder case.
Although Conan had done some investigation in advance, it was difficult for him to find any useful clues with his current network of relationships, so he followed Kogoro Mouri to the Metropolitan Police Department. At the same time, Chu Ming was able to go with them because he delivered the promised bottle of good wine.
But unfortunately, although he could go with them, Kogoro Mouri went in to discuss matters, so Conan and he could only sit outside and wait.
Chu Ming quickly took Conan's glasses off his face, quickly removed the bug on the temple and put it into Mouri Kogoro's pocket.
Conan was caught off guard and was stunned for two seconds when his glasses were lifted up, and was seen by Xiaolan who happened to turn around.
Xiaolan looked at Conan's face in a daze, and stretched out her fingers to gently trace Conan's eyebrows and eyes: "You——"
Conan panicked, and hurriedly jumped up to snatch his glasses from Chu Ming and put them on, looking at Xiaolan with a stupid face: "What's wrong, Xiaolan~"
Xiaolan looked at Conan's flustered expression and just stared at him quietly: "What are you afraid of?"
Conan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he muttered several words to Chu Ming who suddenly took off his glasses. He raised his head and continued to smile foolishly: "What? There's nothing to be afraid of. What's wrong with you, Xiaolan?"
Xiaolan had just been feeling sad because her father had an accident and the person she loved was not around. She had just flipped through an album of their childhood photos. Looking at the face in front of her, which was exactly the same as her lover's when he was a child, and feeling flustered when she saw him taking off his glasses, Xiaolan pinched her palms, and the doubts that had been erased in the past resurfaced in her mind.
However, she didn't say anything else. After all, Conan was obviously pretending to be stupid, and even if she asked, she probably wouldn't get anything out of him.
The possibility that she had ruled out at the beginning vaguely appeared in her mind. At that time, she thought that Shinichi and Conan were not the same person because they appeared at the same time.
but--
What if this is just a smokescreen Shinichi deliberately released to confuse him?
Xiaolan's imagination was already wild, and it was even more out of control at this point, but she didn't show it. Since Shinichi didn't intend to tell her, she would investigate secretly, and then write down bit by bit. When there was enough evidence, she would throw it in front of Conan, leaving him no room to deny it.
Thinking of this, Xiaolan's smile became even brighter: "It's okay, when I see you without glasses, you look like Shinichi when he was a child."
Conan felt a drop of cold sweat run down the back of his head, and he quickly laughed dryly a few times: "Haha, really? What a coincidence, hahaha..."
Chu Ming watched the two interacting, then looked at 'Matsumoto Kiyonaga' who was staring at him not far away, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Oh, Conan, you are in trouble. Ireland heard this and based on his personality, he would definitely investigate.
Conan felt that he had escaped a disaster, and his eyes darted towards Chu Ming. It was all Chu Ming's fault. If he hadn't suddenly pulled his glasses off, how could Xiaolan have seen it clearly.
Chu Ming took out earphones from Conan's pocket and put them into his ears, pretending that he saw nothing, which made Conan so angry that his eyes became even more resentful.
Seeing that Chu Ming ignored him, Conan had no choice but to move forward, take out another earphone, and listen to what was happening in the conference room together with Chu Ming.
At this time, Officer Yamamura inside kept hinting at Kogoro Mori because he was promoted to police inspector. He also inadvertently said that every time he solved a case, it was like he had just fallen asleep, and solved the case in a daze after waking up.
Chu Ming turned his head to glance at Conan. Conan also heard these words and was quite speechless. He was probably still lamenting that such a rookie policeman could be promoted, and he didn't realize that the crisis was gradually looming over him.
There is not only a crisis inside the conference room, but also a crisis outside.
After all - in a place he didn't notice, Xiaolan's eyes were staring at him quietly.
Chu Ming saw it, but had no intention of reminding him.
What's the point of reminding someone who doesn't know how to restrain himself after encountering so many things?
Listening to the police's discussion inside, Chu Ming guessed that they would not be able to come to any conclusion since this was only the first day of the discussion.
Sure enough, when the police inside came out to rest, they didn't come up with any useful guesses.
Chu Ming returned the headphones to Conan and quietly sent a copy of the information he had obtained to Gin. Although Ireland and Vermouth were also there, these two people would report carefully to the BOSS and might even withhold some information to send to Gin.
Tsk, it seems that he is the most kind to Gin.
Vermouth followed along today just in case. Gin was waiting for her downstairs in his car. After Vermouth confirmed that there were no flaws in Ireland's disguise, Ireland would be left alone to investigate.
When Chu Ming first heard about their plan, he intended to have Ireland root out the problem once he had figured out Officer Matsumoto's habits. Maybe Ireland could even be buried in the Metropolitan Police Department under the identity of Matsumoto Kiyonaga.
However, his idea was rejected by the boss. The organization's undercover status in the Metropolitan Police Department was no lower than that of Matsumoto Kiyonaga. They kidnapped him just for convenience. Replacing him would not be very useful. Instead, it would easily reveal flaws and make people aware of the organization's existence.
"Brother Chu Ming, Brother Chu Ming..."
Conan's low voice called Chu Ming back to his senses. He lowered his head and looked at Conan who kept pulling his pants. He pressed his palm against Conan's head and gritted his teeth: "Let go, my pants will fall off if you pull them again. You can shout if you want, but what are you doing pulling my pants up?"
Conan let go awkwardly: "I always feel that Xiaolan looked at me in a weird way today..."
Chu Ming sneered and mocked him: "Of course it's weird, she must think you are a pervert, trying to take off my pants in the Metropolitan Police Department."
"...That's not what I meant!" Conan muttered in a low voice, looking embarrassed. "I wanted to pull your sleeve, but your hands were in your pockets and I couldn't reach them."
As he was talking, Officer Nakamura wiped his hands and walked over slowly with seven children humming: "Crows, why are you singing? Because on that high mountain..."
Conan turned around and rushed to Officer Yamamura: "Officer Yamamura, this song, why are you——"
Officer Yamamura only noticed Conan's address, opened his police handbook with one hand, and put his other hand to his lips and cleared his throat: "Conan, you probably haven't heard, actually I--"
Conan's mouth twitched, and he asked again, "Why do you want to sing this song, Inspector Yamamura?"
Officer Shancun then answered in a good mood: "Just now in the toilet, I heard someone pressing the keypad of a mobile phone outside. When I walked out, I saw a policeman wearing glasses making a phone call--"
Before he could finish his words, Conan had already run to the window, jumped onto the windowsill, and saw the person walking out the door and the Porsche parked on the opposite street.
He paused, looked at the elevator that was still downstairs, and suddenly ran downstairs.
He completely failed to notice that among the people who stayed behind, Xiaolan and Matsumoto Kiyonaga simultaneously gave each other meaningful looks.
[My dears, I plan to take the national exam on Sunday, so I have been cramming this week and haven’t had much time to update. QAQ I should be able to resume updating next week~]
Chapter 624 Porsche as a Toilet
Chu Ming stood by the window, watching Conan's small figure appear downstairs and chase him two steps across the street, but unfortunately, two legs were obviously not as fast as four wheels, so he could only watch Gin's car leave, leaving behind a lot of exhaust gas.
Conan said he wanted to go to the toilet, but he rushed to Gin's car. Did he use Gin's Porsche as a toilet...
Just as he was thinking, Chu Ming felt a shadow looming around him. He turned around and saw Matsumoto Kiyonaga standing beside him, looking at Conan downstairs with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had seen through something.