Chapter 795 The Dark Tracker
“Are you Mr. Detective Maori’s assistant? That’s it.”
Zhu Fu Gaoming looked down at the primary school student standing in front, and then looked at one step behind. Karasawa, who stood a little further away, finally chose to lower his head and continue the conversation with Edogawa Conan.
"What do you two want to ask when you come to contact me?"
He did not directly question why two children came to communicate with him.
Mouri Kogoro has a good reputation, and when he got involved in the case, he definitely didn't want to make any mistakes or omissions that would damage his already established reputation. However, his position in the investigation team was awkward. He only had a position but no command power. It was indeed inconvenient for him to have direct contact with the frontline police. members.
Conan looked at the solid-color lunch box he put at hand, and quickly told the story he had prepared: "Uncle Maori said that you are a very famous police detective, and the first victim in the case appeared again. You should have some preliminary investigation conclusions about Uisui Ridge, which is very close to you.”
When I arrived in Tokyo, I received thank-you gifts and letters from people, although I haven’t had much contact because of the distance. Yes, but he must be a policeman who handles cases seriously and responsibly.
As for Uibingling, which is located at the junction, strictly speaking, it belongs to Qunma County, and he did not ask Yamamura Cao from Qunma County about this question... Presumably, everyone can understand it without explanation. .
"Well, I just heard from the Tokyo police in the restaurant that Mr. Mori has a young but very clever assistant. It seems that he is you." Zhufu Gaoming said with great interest After looking at Conan for a moment, he nodded and did not deny his statement, "The first victim who was brutally killed, after our confirmation, had a fight with someone due to some conflicts a year ago and was stabbed with a knife. Due to his serious injuries, the suspect is already on the police’s wanted list, and we are still verifying the whereabouts of the fugitive.”
Conan's eyes lit up when he got the exact answer, and he quickly asked: "Can you tell us the specific situation? Or, you can consider giving the information to Detective Maori..."
"It doesn't involve specifics. There is nothing that cannot be said about personal information. This suspect is still at large, but he has a close girlfriend who lives in Nagano Prefecture. My colleagues are monitoring her movements and there should be a high probability of finding this person. Whereabouts. The investigation team will definitely notify Mr. Detective Maori, so he can rest assured." Zhu Fu Gaoming answered truthfully and had no intention of hiding it.
With the establishment of the task force, this suspect will naturally come into the police's sight, but according to Zhu Fu Gaoming's thinking, the possibility of this person being the murderer is not high.
He still prefers that the murderer must have certain interpersonal connections with all the deceased before he would commit such an emotional and venting crime.
The need to keep this information confidential is not high, so telling the relevant personnel of the investigation team is certainly not a problem.
"Can I ask why he had a conflict with the deceased?" Conan thought for a while and felt that it was unlikely that this person was related to the case. However, he still did not completely ignore this clue and continued to ask.
“According to the records and eyewitness testimonies at the time, when the two people were queuing up to participate in the amusement rides in Dorobiga Park, they had an argument because the deceased asked the fugitive to put out his cigarette. The fugitive felt resentful, so He was an impulsive and irritable guy who followed and attacked the deceased," Zhu Fu Gaoming commented.
The implication of his words is that it would be difficult for a guy who would almost get killed because of a small conflict to control the victim first and then transport him to the scene of the crime to kill him. This conflict is even more serious. It was an impulsive crime of passion, completely inconsistent with the image of the murderer in this case.
“Did other deceased people also go to Dorobika Park?”
“That’s not true. No similar information has been found so far.”
"Did we have a quarrel because of smoking while queuing..." Conan touched his chin, thoughtfully, and was about to turn his head to make eye contact with Tang Ze to see if Tang Ze wanted to add anything, and turned his head But he found that his friend who was following him silently was missing.
"Are you looking for the brown-haired boy?" Zhufu Gaoming pointed to the aisle behind him, "He went upstairs, probably to the bathroom."
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When Ireland hurried to the bathroom door with a stack of files under his arm, he saw Kumail leaning against the window with a cigarette between his fingers, seeming to be looking down. road.
The way he held the cigarette was very standard and skillful. It was a very convenient way to bring the filter to his mouth. He looked like a long-time smoker, which made Ireland frown instinctively.
"Standing in the corridor of the Metropolitan Police Department and smoking doesn't suit your image as a good student." Facing this underage colleague with an eccentric personality and being difficult to get along with again, Ireland didn't even bother to pretend, and asked in a irritated tone, "You Don’t get too carried away.”
Kumel is a guy who grew up in the organization. It’s not strange to have all five poisons, but Tang Zezhao is not.
If he were seen like this by others, it would easily arouse doubts.
Tangze turned his head, glanced at Ireland coldly as if he were looking at a fool, and bit open the scroll in his hand in front of him.
A small white sugar piece with a sweet fragrance was exposed.
Tangze, who has really quit smoking for many years, would never smoke even if he didn't consider his current age. This is a cigarette candy.
Ireland, who felt like he had been tricked: "..."
"Rather than worrying about me, you should worry about yourself. Toru Adachi is not a positive guy. , It’s your business to rush for quick success for the mission, don’t waste this identity that Bourbon and I worked so hard to acquire.” Tangze chewed the sweet candy and threw away all the Irish innuendos.
On the surface, this identity was because he and Bourbon brought an undercover agent from a low-status organization to Tokyo for convenience, and made a full set of cover-ups and arrangements for the other party's identity. These words are absolutely true and no one can fault them.
Ireland held his breath and couldn't spit it out. His face looked ugly for a moment, and then he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Okay, I have also told you the result of the meeting. You should continue to act like your good student. ”
Kumail took advantage of his identity and followed Kogoro Mori directly to guard the door of the conference room. The organization called it convenient coordination to avoid any accidents when his identity was exposed. In essence, he did not trust Ireland's acting ability. Let someone come and take a look just in case.
Even if it wasn't Kumail, he would probably have sent Belmode to disguise himself and sneak in. This was an order from the organization, not Kumail's personal behavior.
Everyone in Ireland understands the truth, but seeing Kumail showing such a sarcastic look on his baby face, he still couldn't restrain his anger.
Belmode knew that the two of them were not on good terms, yet he actually gave the job to Kumel. He deeply suspected that he had offended this woman in some way, and that she was deliberately messing with his own mentality.
“I’m just kindly reminding you. Anyway, I’m not the one who will be held accountable if something goes wrong.” Karasawa shrugged and threw the things in his hands towards Ireland, “The information on Kogoro Mouri’s side is all Here you go, do your best. I hope you can get it back in time, otherwise... hum, you know the consequences."
If Ireland cannot complete the task as scheduled and the information that details most of the undercover list falls into the hands of the police, it will mean a huge loss to the organization.
At that time, Kumel, a military police-like monitor, will really play the role of supervising the battle team.
Ireland clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles made a slight popping sound. He grabbed the U disk in his hand and said nothing.
After completing the handover, Karasawa shrugged and stopped talking to him. While walking backwards out of the small squeegee at the bathroom door, he raised two fingers together and pointed at Ireland. The gesture then changed to The movement of the pistol, tapping his temple, was a warning.
Ireland gritted his teeth, and the blood vessels on his cheeks swelled with his forceful movements.
He knew Kumail was making a naked threat.
If anything goes wrong during the mission, Kumail can justifiably kill him, just like Gin killed Pisco.
So for this mission, let alone getting help from his teammates, it would be a great achievement for him to avoid being backstabbed by these plastic colleagues.
Ireland was itching with hatred, but he still took out his mobile phone honestly, started editing emails, and sent a report on the execution of the mission to the boss. Tangze, who turned around and put away his image as a sinister member, immediately returned to his usual state. As soon as he walked to the stairwell, he ran into Conan who was running up quickly to find someone.
"Karasawa! You are here." Conan was nervous for a moment, then quickly confirmed that nothing happened to Tangze, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
It shouldn’t be a big deal if something happens in the Metropolitan Police Department building, but now the Metropolitan Police Department is full of people and it’s hard to say whether Karasawa’s special status will cause any problems. Now I see Karasawa everything is business as usual. , he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Running around without saying hello, please pay attention to your safety." Conan twisted Karasawa's sleeves and said angrily.
This sentence felt inexplicably familiar to Tangze, who even felt that there was something wrong with the character: "..."
What's going on? You and Mao Lilan had a tacit understanding, and then you It’s Mao Lilan’s position, right? There must be someone in your team who is responsible for saying, “Really, where did XXX go?”, right?
"This is the police station. What can happen to me here? I just went to the bathroom. Aren't you working hard on collecting evidence?" Tangze shook his head, but did not resist Conan's tug.
His recent mental illness acting has been so realistic that it frightened Conan to some extent, which is not incomprehensible.
The two of them were about to walk down when Toru Adachi, played by Ireland, was among the crowd of people who had finished lunch and were walking from the restaurant to the office area.
The faint key tone on his mobile phone was mixed into the noisy human voices, and was suddenly noticed by Conan's keen hearing.
Conan's expression was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly realized the meaning of the melody. With his eyes widened, he stepped out of the stairwell and looked towards the corridor behind Tangze.
The dark, irregular crowd was like a vast ocean, covering up and swallowing up this small wave, as if there was not a drop of water in the ocean. The short man stood in front of the moving torrent, and he also felt the same. No trace of that could be found anymore.
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“Someone from the organization infiltrated the investigation meeting of the joint task force? Is it true?” Dr. Ali repeated, his expression full of disbelief, “Why, this incident Is there anything special about serial murders? "
From a macro perspective, there must be a lot of serial killers in the organization, and there must be a lot of lives involved.
But this serial murder case, which is obviously a vendetta, obviously does not fit the characteristics of the organization. Why did they focus on this criminal case?
"I don't know." The living room with only one light turned on was dimly lit, and Conan was very serious. "Maybe the people involved in the case are related to the organization, maybe the case is related to the organization's events, or even..."
It is even possible that Kogoro Mouri, a detective who has suddenly emerged, finally caught the attention of the organization and wanted to take this opportunity to observe the other party's ability to solve crimes up close.
The organization is a behemoth with tentacles spread across various industries, and their operating principles have therefore become elusive. It is difficult to determine the reasons for their actions.
"But what is certain is that the person who can send an email directly to the boss of the black organization must have a high status, and the situation he is concerned about must be reported to the higher-ups." Conan pursed his lips. His expression was solemn.
Moori Kogoro participated in the investigation. What's more terrible is that because the case involves major matters and is no longer an accidental murder case, it is difficult for him, a primary school student, to have the position to directly participate in the investigation.
Will the abnormalities in Kogoro Mouri be exposed during the investigation? Will anyone question his sudden and brilliant performance in the past few months? Conan wasn't sure.
Dr. A Li also nodded heavily and said nothing.
When the two people sitting face to face at the coffee table looked at each other speechlessly, a soft voice sounded from behind them.
“You guys who don’t sleep at night come here to hold candlelight talks, and I wonder what you are discussing.” Haiyuan Ai, who was wearing home clothes inside and a white coat outside, was from the crowd. Walking out of the darkness, holding two cups of hot coffee in his hands, "We are talking about the organization again."
"Haiyuan, I'm sorry, did I disturb your rest?" took the cup from her hand. Porcelain cup, Conan's expression relaxed a little.
Traces of the organization appeared around them again. Thinking of the dream about being killed by Gin and entering the detective agency, Conan instinctively felt that this matter should not be told to Karasawa and Mao Lilan. Dr. Ali came sneaking in at night. Here, discuss what we saw and heard during the day.
It is definitely better to discuss this issue carefully with Haiyuan, a former member who knows the organization better than to make random guesses.
"No, I have just finished the experiment." Sitting down next to Dr. Ali, Haibara Ai pushed the hair on the side of her cheek behind her ears, "Did you discover anything else, Kudo?"
When she was making coffee in the dark just now, she heard about Conan's experiences during the day, and she had already guessed most of them.
Of course she knew very well about Karasawa's sudden trip to Izu a few days ago, and the news that another egg had hatched in the Phantom Thieves' villa.
During the day at the Metropolitan Police Department, the sound of email typing that Kudo heard was nothing more than Karasawa who was assisting as Kumail, Toru Amuro who was running for Toru Adachi's identity as Bourbon, and Ireland who had taken away the identity and was using it. .
She is not surprised that Kudo would find out that this matter is related to the organization. What is really strange to her is why a guy with such a keen sense of Kudo has not suspected Karasawa until now.
Is it because Tang Ze's acting skills are too good, or is this the so-called darkness under the light?
Describing the scene during the day again, focusing on the details of the case, Conan asked cautiously: "...who do you think it could be, could it be Belmod?"
Belmod is a guy who can disguise himself in Emperor Dan for many days and has perfect disguise ability. If someone needs to infiltrate, she is undoubtedly the best candidate.
And she naturally knew the boss's email address - Conan heard about it from her.
Hai Yuan Ai shook his head: "Belmode can disguise herself, but she can't just disguise herself. Your mother also has a similar makeup technique. It's just as easy to use it on others, right? ? As for the mailbox..."
Haihara Ai's eyes wandered for a moment.
That is the boss’s work email, not a private number. An organization that pays attention to protecting the privacy of code name members cannot create a work group for everyone. Of course, you can only send a single line to the boss’s work email.
As Shirley, she also knew this email address very well, but she couldn't take the initiative to tell Kudo.
"Almost every codename member knows this mailbox. What you are looking for is a dark shadow." She whispered, her voice carrying a cool feeling in the night, like a dark figure following her words Slowly walking into the darkness of the night, "Our code name is not given by ourselves. The first thing we do when we become a code name member is to receive an email from this address informing us of our code name."
"So, in the afternoon at the Metropolitan Police Department, I passed by a Codename member..." Conan's eyes widened.
"Yes. So if you insist on asking me who I am, I really can't confirm it." Haiyuan Ai shrugged his shoulders, "I am just a researcher, and the number of code members I know is also very limited. I have never met most of them in person. It is difficult to give you any useful information."
It is the truth, but it is not entirely true.
At least, she knew all three codename members in the Metropolitan Police Department today.
"However, I can roughly guess the reason why the organization paid attention to this case." After saying this, Haibara Ai did not want to be questioned further by Conan, and decisively threw out a twist, "Since the other party chose to infiltrate instead of blatantly Gin was called over to deal with the aftermath, which means there was something wrong, but it was not to the point of resorting to violence. I guess one of the six dead in this case must have something to do with the organization. Or looking for something.”
(End of this chapter)