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"Yes, I was in the second grade at that time." Zhuangtang Hutao sat quietly on the sofa with a light blush on her face, as if she was lost in memories.
"Is there such a rich love story being told in the second grade of elementary school?"
Mouri Kogoro complained in a low voice. No one else heard it, but Chu Ming heard it clearly. He glanced at Mouri Kogoro who seemed a little shocked, then glanced at Conan who was squeezed on the edge of the sofa, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
What's wrong with second grade in elementary school? It's quite late already.
This famous detective didn't know that Kudo Shinichi had been coveting his daughter when he was still in kindergarten.
Chapter 686: Someone is monitoring?
After listening to all of Shodou Kurumi's descriptions, Maori Kogoro decided to go to her house to take a closer look at the two people who claimed to be the boys back then.
So everyone followed together to Zhuangtang Hutao's villa. As the journey was far and the departure time was not very early, it was already afternoon when everyone arrived.
As soon as he got off the car, Chu Ming felt a strong sense of being watched. He subconsciously looked towards the lush bushes outside the gate. It seemed that someone was looking at him just now...
The feeling of being surrounded by prying eyes - as if there is a fine net nearby, tightly encircling the villa.
Chu Ming put his hands in his pockets and stood next to Vodka, secretly on guard. However, the fool Vodka was still unaware and was happily listening to Zhuang Tang Hu Tao's talk about the dinner arrangements.
Chu Ming was speechless. No wonder Gin was worried about this idiot going out on a mission alone. With such vigilance, he didn't even know what was going on when he was led into the police encirclement. He was probably still happily treating them as brothers.
However, he did not remind Vodka. After all, reminding him would only make him nervous and would make it easier for the secret spy to notice something was wrong.
After dinner, Chu Ming was doing two things at once. On one hand, he was listening to the two men who both claimed to be the young boys arguing with each other, and on the other hand, he was keeping an eye on the people outside who were spying on him.
After observing for such a long time, Chu Ming also discovered that the target of these peepers was not them, but someone in this villa. And just when the moon appeared from the clouds, Chu Ming took a quick glance and seemed to see clearly the appearance of those who were monitoring them.
Chu Ming's gaze fell on Conan, who also felt something was wrong. He was huddled behind the curtains, his eyes fixed on the darkness outside the house, his brows furrowed.
Chu Ming also stood beside him. Conan was startled by Chu Ming who suddenly appeared behind him, but sometimes he was really brave, so he lowered his voice and asked: "Did you also find something wrong? That feeling of being watched by someone..."
Chu Ming deliberately grinned and said in a cold and low voice: "Yes, and I can smell it, a stench that belongs only to those guys in the Metropolitan Police Department."
"Ah?" Conan paused, not reacting for a moment.
"Don't believe it?" Chu Ming chuckled, and ran his fingertips across the window, mapping out a route in the air: "Go around from here and take a look, and you'll know."
Seeing Chu Ming walking out, Conan followed him without thinking. Firstly, he was curious about Chu Ming's judgment. Secondly, he was afraid that if Chu Ming's judgment was correct and he saw the police when he went out, a conflict would occur between the two sides and Chu Ming would directly wipe out the police.
On the other side, Vodka, who was still on the table occasionally picking up a sushi and putting it into his mouth, saw Chu Ming go out, and immediately followed him out with his mouth full of rice without having time to swallow it.
His eldest brother had told him that except when he was on a mission, he should stay close to Granburch.
He must strictly follow his elder brother's orders.
Chu Ming just walked out of the living room door, and paused. He turned back and saw Maori Kogoro in the hall, still diligently asking the two people about the details of thirty years ago. He thought for a moment and raised his chin towards Conan: "Go take him out too, so that he won't be questioned if he meets the police. You don't want to see me take action directly, right?"
Chu Ming originally wanted to take only Conan with him, but when he saw Vodka following him closely, he knew that it must be Gin's request. Not only did he want Vodka to keep an eye on him and not cause trouble, he also wanted him to take care of him more.
In this case, Kogoro Mouri must be present. After all, Conan alone is not enough to make the police ignore the existence of vodka.
He is now using the identity of Shochiku Yusuke instead of Chu Ming, who is familiar to the police. He can play a passerby perfectly, but after being with Vodka and Gin for a long time, he might be stained with the blood on his body, and the experienced police might find out. Or he might be too nervous and be exposed when questioned by the police?
Conan was also very smart. He said something to Kogoro Mouri after entering. They went out from the back door of the villa and came out of the alley next to it. They saw two familiar figures squatting stealthily in the bushes in front of them.
"who is it?!"
Maori Kogoro shouted at the black shadows. The two figures with their backs to the crowd were visibly startled and sat down on the ground. When the two turned around, Conan couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Officer Takagi? And Officer Chiba? Why are you here?"
Conan was quite surprised. Granburch was right. They were really police officers. But what were they doing here? Did they discover the identities of Granburch and Vodka?
He subconsciously looked at Chu Ming and Vodka behind him. Chu Ming was still calm, but Vodka's body was a little stiff, and he seemed to be very wary of the two police officers mentioned by Conan.
"What are you doing?" Kogoro Mouri was a little confused.
"I'm following him." Officer Megure walked out slowly from the darkness. "I'm monitoring a suspect in a case that happened fifteen years ago."
"Fifteen years ago?" Kogoro Mouri thought about it carefully, with confusion in his eyes.
"Have you forgotten, Mori, the serial murder case fifteen years ago? The suspect we want to catch is the one who left the scars on my face." Inspector Matsumoto walked out from the back, his eyes swept over the people behind Kogoro Mori, and frowned slightly.
Chu Ming looked at the man who had been disguised by Ireland before, and smiled at him friendly. He met his eyes calmly, without a trace of guilt, and his eyes were full of openness. Manager Matsumoto did not ask about his identity again, and turned his gaze back to Maori Kogoro.
Officer Megure reminded him: "Superintendent, you forgot that Maori had just become a policeman fifteen years ago, and he might not know much about the case."
Superintendent Matsumoto touched the scar on his left eye, his eyes sharp, "Twenty years ago, I forced him to the dock alone, snatched the knife he used to cut my eye, and slashed the guy in half."
Maori Kogoro's face changed slightly, and he obviously thought of the two men who tried to claim the bonus in the villa: "Could it be that——"
Conan thought more about it and subconsciously looked at Vodka behind Chu Ming. When Chu Ming heard that scars could be exchanged for money, he said that Vodka had a straight-shaped wound on his back!
Could it be him?
Superintendent Matsumoto continued, "It's just as you thought. After seeing the news about the young lady in this house, we thought that guy might use this scar to exchange for money, so we came to follow the prison."
Conan's brain was working rapidly. Since the police thought that the murderer would use the scar to make money, it meant that in their investigation, the murderer's age should meet the criteria that Miss Zhuangtang was looking for.
Miss Zhuang Tang is 39 years old now. The boy who met her thirty years ago should be around 40 years old, and Vodka looks to be around years old.
Although Inspector Matsumoto could not remember whether he was hit in the chest or back, the murderer was unlikely to be Vodka.
Conan slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Vodka was the murderer and that Inspector Matsumoto had seen through him, which would make a conflict inevitable.
Chapter 687 Scar Radar
Superintendent Matsumoto looked at the villa under the night sky with a serious look, and touched the scar on his left eye with his palm: "I am sure that this trip will definitely yield some results. I can feel that my scar is aching slightly..."
Chu Ming's mouth twitched. He looked at the scar on Inspector Matsumoto's eye and was speechless. Are they filming Harry Potter here?
The scar still hurts. Do you think you are a colleague of Harry Potter? Did you see Voldemort has a scar radar?
Since Chief Inspector Matsumoto and Inspector Megure could not enter the villa openly, they gave the task of investigating the matter to Kogoro Mori.
They told Maori all the details about the fugitive, and told him to help with reasoning during the investigation.
After they finished their conversation, Maori Kogoro returned to the villa with Chu Ming and others with a thoughtful look on his face. Inspector Matsumoto had just told him that the criminal liked to whistle music, so he hoped that Maori could find some indirect clues during the investigation.
As for which song it was, Inspector Matsumoto did not tell Mori. He felt that if Mori knew what song it was, then his questioning would be more or less subjective, which might easily alert the enemy.
Chu Ming looked at Conan who was peeking behind Kogoro Mouri, and whistled seven crows behind him.
Conan was startled and turned back to look at Chu Ming, his eyes full of horror, which seemed like a stress reaction.
Chu Ming gave him a meaningful smile, which made Conan's face pale for a moment.
Conan clenched his hands silently inside his sleeves. He felt a little uneasy. Could it be that Granburch already knew that he had found out the email address of the organization's boss, so he suddenly played this song to warn or test him?
Granburch might let him go as a test subject because he took poison but survived and turned into a child, and wanted to do research on him; but he might not let go of someone who tried to investigate the organization and had already found out a lot of things...
Chu Ming, who just wanted to scare Conan suddenly, raised his eyebrows. He found that Conan suddenly gave him points continuously. What weird thing was he imagining?
Because of Chu Ming's whistle, Maori Kogoro found a very good entry point. He took the opportunity to inquire about the songs that several people liked to sing, and invited them to take a bath together. By the way, he also found out that the police wanted him to help investigate.
The housekeeper said that the bath water was ready, but there was only one large bathroom in the guest room. If Xiaolan wanted to take a bath, she could go first.
Xiaolan was still a little excited about taking a bath in the mansion. She turned to look at Conan, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks: "Conan, let's go take a bath together? We haven't rubbed each other's backs for a long time."
Conan instantly forgot what he had imagined. His mind went blank. Heat seemed to rush from the soles of his feet to his brain in an instant. His whole face flushed red, like a crab steamed in a pot. His body was tense, his fingers moved together unconsciously, and he even stuttered when he spoke: "No, no need, because, because, I, I didn't bring any change of clothes, and, and I washed them yesterday, last night..."
He was twisted into a knot, looking down at his toes, as if this would give him courage. He hesitated and couldn't even form a sentence: "Of course, if Sister Xiaolan insists, then I'm not - ah!!"
He mustered up the courage to raise his head and was about to say that if Xiaolan really wanted to take a shower, he could accompany her, but he found that Xiaolan had already waved her hand to refuse and was almost at the door. In front of him was a magnified face full of mockery and bad intentions, which was Granburch's.
"Tsk tsk, hesitation will lead to failure~" Chu Ming mocked mercilessly, "I didn't expect you to be this kind of Kudo Shinichi, tsk tsk tsk tsk, you said no with your mouth, but your body is still very honest... Do you regret it? If your childhood sweetheart persuaded you a few more times, maybe you would agree?"
Conan was made even more embarrassed by Chu Ming's constant clicking of his tongue, and he wanted to dig a Disney castle out of the ground.
Seeing that Conan's head was about to be buried in the carpet, Chu Ming sneered and politely declined Maori Kogoro's invitation to take a group bath. He went straight to the room to rest with vodka. He joined the wrong group this time and it seemed that there was no magnetic field to get along with, but since he was here, he couldn't come for nothing, right?
If you don't rely on Conan's mentality to get enough points from him, you will be at a loss.
After returning to the room, Chu Ming took out the information that Gin sent him and let Vodka decide which one to do first. Although he could have fun, he still had to find time to complete the tasks.
Vodka sat at the table and looked at his phone. Before Gin went on a mission, he would usually classify all the tasks into categories, and clearly arrange which area and type of task they were. All Vodka had to do at the beginning was to check the route in advance, and then give it to Gin for review. Then all he had to do was drive.
But now, Chu Ming has always been a hands-off boss, not getting involved in anything. He mainly acts as a transit station, and he forwards to Vodka whatever tasks Gin sends him. So Vodka, who rarely receives a bunch of miscellaneous information, holds his phone with confusion on his face.
Chu Ming yawned, and seeing that Vodka hadn't moved for a long time, he casually picked up an orange from the coffee table, peeled a slice and put it in his mouth, and asked vaguely: "Have you chosen?"
Vodka hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "Should I go out to complete the mission tonight? Aren't there police officers squatting downstairs watching?"
Chu Ming winked at the sourness of the orange, calmly put the orange next to Vodka, and then took another one: "I didn't say we have to do it now, you pick a few tasks nearby, arrange them in order according to the distance, and we will do them all tomorrow. Don't look like I'm selling you out, and don't look so aggrieved. Do you act like this in front of Gin?"
After saying that, Chu Ming seemed to realize something. He touched his chin, thinking about something, and muttered to himself: "No wonder you have been the only one following Gin for so long. It turns out that he likes this taste——"
Chu Ming felt as if he knew some extraordinary truth.
Vodka was pressured by Chu Ming and didn't dare to refute. He could only lower his head and pick up the orange at hand and put it into his mouth. Then he shuddered from the sourness and frowned.
He wondered why Granburch was so kind as to send him an orange, but it turned out to be a bomb...
Chu Ming crossed his legs and looked at the tasks picked out by Vodka. He glanced at them casually while comparing them with the information. It seemed casual, but he was actually quite concerned about them.
After all, Afu is so cute. If he is accidentally killed or caught by him, wouldn’t that be a slap in his face?
Chapter 688 Damn Jealousy
The next morning, it was already late when Chu Ming went downstairs. Chu Ming and Vodka were not there last night, so Conan took over Maori Kogoro's account again. Based on the scars about ten centimeters long on the butler's body, he confirmed that Miss Zhuangtang's savior was the butler beside her.
At the same time, the police had actually found out last night that the two impostors were not the criminals that Inspector Matsumoto was looking for.
Chu Ming was speechless when he heard Kogoro Mori talking about how he had no memory of what happened last night and that all the great achievements were made up by himself. So, Inspector Matsumoto's scar is not very reliable. Is it controlled by mind control?
This time they followed behind Kogoro Mori, using the excuse of admiring the famous detective's heroic figure when solving a case. So when listening to Kogoro Mori's description, Chu Ming was not only very supportive, but also looked very regretful, blaming himself for going to bed too early last night and not being able to see the famous detective show his prowess.
Kogoro Maori was so happy with all the flattery that he patted Chu Ming on the shoulder and told him that he could come to the office to see him anytime he wanted.
After breakfast, several people left Miss Zhuang Tang's villa. Chu Ming used the excuse that he had work to do and parted ways with them at the door, then went straight to the mission location with vodka.
Chu Ming has seen the plan made by Vodka. He has been following Gin for so long, and although he was just following him before, he has learned a lot after all. Chu Ming thinks this plan is quite similar to his father's.
The missions around here are not big ones. They are just high-level tasks like collecting protection fees or assassinating a few minions.
So Chu Ming thought that he didn't need to take any action on these tasks, he just needed to follow along.
In the end, extortion for protection money was not a big deal, after all, it was a task that Vodka was used to doing, but when it came to assassination, he could indeed kill the person quickly with one shot, but Chu Ming casually told him to clean up the scene.
Originally, because there was plenty of time, and the unlucky guy who was killed this time lived in a remote place, Chu Ming planned to use this excellent practice place to let Vodka practice how to deal with his traces if he went on a mission alone.
What he never expected was that Vodka really had the talent of a reckless heroine. She simply cleaned up the traces and made it look like a confession scene.