The police received another call. The woman there claimed that her name was Shindo Sumire and she had clues about the serial murderer.
After receiving the news, Ireland, as Matsumoto Kiyonaga, arranged for Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru to rush there, while secretly passing the information to that person.
This time, someone was just providing clues, not arresting the suspect, so the number of people the police rushed over was not as many as last time. There were only two people, Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi. Moreover, the tires of their car were punctured during the process. They waited for the two to contact the local police.
When the police from the department arrived, Shindo Sumire had disappeared, leaving only a mess in the house.
On the other side, Conan had no one to provide the clues that the police had obtained. Seeing that Kogoro Mori had not returned to the detective office, he went out and called Dr. Agasa to make an appointment to meet at the Rice Flower Shrine.
After the sky darkened, the area around the shrine was dark and deserted.
After the yellow Beetle stopped at the entrance of the shrine, Conan stepped forward from the shadows near the entrance of the shrine, opened the car door and got into the back seat. He saw Haibara Ai also following him. He was not surprised. He said that organized people were sneaking in.
Matters at the Metropolitan Police Department.
Dr. Agasa drove away from the shrine and drove around in the street.
"Disguised as a policeman?" Hui Yuan Ai looked solemn.
"Yes, the code name is Ireland," Conan asked Haihara Ai in a low voice, "Do you know him?"
"No, I haven't heard of it." Haiyuan Ai replied helplessly.
"Really," Conan didn't ask any more questions, frowning and thinking, "If you can know what kind of person the other person is, you can guess who is being replaced..."
"It's better to stop here." Hui Yuan Ai couldn't help but interrupt.
"What?" Conan turned to look at Haihara Ai in confusion.
Hui Yuan Ai frowned and explained, "If that Ireland has been disguised as a police officer, and you rushed out to chase after Belmod after the search meeting two days ago, Ireland might have..."
"Yes," Conan said, "but..."
"Don't you understand?" Haiyuan Ai lost control of her emotions and raised her voice to Conan with an ugly face, "The more you solve the case, the more you can prove that you are Kudo Shinichi! Once your identity is exposed, you also know what the consequences will be...
…”
"Xiao Ai." Dr. Ali called.
Haibara Ai paused, looked away from Conan, crossed his arms in front of him, calmed down his emotions, and explained, "The case was investigated by the police, and Brother Fei Chi and Uncle Maori helped, even without you...
"
"No, on the contrary, not only can I not quit, I have to compete with Brother Chi," Conan said softly with a serious look, "This time, Brother Chi's ability to solve crimes will not only help the police, but also
With the help of those guys, if they find the murderer of the serial murders first, the organization can get back the memory card first. That memory card may be a weapon that can defeat them. No matter what, there is nothing I can do.
If I don’t do anything, I’m just watching this opportunity go by, and this time it’s also related to the life of the police officer who was impersonated by Ireland, so I can’t just sit back and ignore it.”
Haibara Ai knew that the famous detective couldn't be persuaded, and this time it wasn't a matter of missed clues, so she couldn't do anything to persuade her. She was silent for a moment, "Anyway, if you are noticed by Ireland, you may be suspected if you withdraw from the investigation now, right?
So, it is not a bad thing to take the initiative to fight for and grasp their clues, but are you confident? The police have gathered the power of police stations from all over the country to investigate with all their strength. The speed of obtaining information will be very fast, plus the help of Brother Fei Chi
, are you confident that you can solve the case faster than them?"
Conan's half-moon eyes flashed, and his tone was depressed and awkward, "Not at all."
Haibara Ai:"……"
The answer was really direct and straightforward.
"If it were just Brother Chi, I wouldn't have no confidence at all," Conan said, trying to save his respect. "But there are so many police officers helping with the investigation, so I really don't have confidence."
Dr. A Li was also choked by Conan's frankness, and suggested, "Then... how about we find a way to prevent Fei Chi from going to the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"I think so too." Conan turned to Haibara and smiled sadly.
Hui Yuan Ai was speechless and kept a cold expression, "I know, I will call him early tomorrow morning and try to find a way to delay him so that he cannot go to the Metropolitan Police Department to attend the search meeting, but I don't have much confidence that I can delay him.
He's taking too long, you'd better hurry up."
"As soon as possible..." Conan couldn't help but said, "If possible, I would like to know the clues Brother Chi has."
Haibara Ai had a dark hair and felt that the famous detective was pushing too far. He glanced at Conan and said, "This is a case that is still under investigation and cannot be made public. Do you think he will tell the details and clues of the case?"
"You are a child and you don't know how to tell anyone," Conan didn't mind Haihara Ai's gaze and said with a smile, "You can get some information by acting like a baby~!"
"I know." Hui Yuan Ai was speechless and finally agreed, "I'll give it a try, but again, don't have too much hope."
Do you want her to imitate a certain famous detective and act cute? Damn it.
Huh? Why did she say ‘again’? No matter, she just tried her best to help.
"Thank you for your hard work..." Conan smiled at Haiyuan Ai and touched his chin. "Although we still don't know who Ireland is pretending to be, Brother Chi is definitely not it. Even if he drank coffee with sugar on the day of the search meeting..."
"Coffee with sugar?!" Haihara Ai turned to look at Conan in surprise and stared.
"Yes, yes," Conan knew what Haiyuan Ai was thinking, so he calmed down and explained, "But before the search meeting started, I gave him the bug, and even without communication, he immediately understood what I meant.
With the idea, he put the bug in his pocket and brought it into the conference room. If he was replaced, it would be absolutely impossible to do this. Moreover, in order to get the information in time, Ireland would be more likely to disguise himself as a criminal police officer. If he pretended to be a criminal police officer,
Brother Chi, when the arrest operation started, the police might not inform him of the operation."
"Looking at it this way, it is impossible for Fei Chi to be impersonated, but..." Dr. Ali hesitated for a moment, "Is what Belmode said really credible?"
"She knew that Haiyuan was Shirley, and she probably also knew my identity, but she didn't report it to the organization," Conan said. "Now I have no choice but to believe her."
"That being said, didn't you specifically call us to meet at the shrine just to be wary of her?" Haibara lamented.
"No, I'm wary of Ireland..." Conan was dazed for a moment, then quickly recovered, turned to Haibara and smiled sadly, "Anyway, until this matter is resolved, we should not go anywhere other than school.
It’s better to meet in person, it’s better to be careful.”
Haiyuan Ai noticed that Conan's mood was not right these days, but she knew that there was really something big going on, so she couldn't figure it out if she pressed her. She returned to her senses and said, "By the way, you asked me to investigate the English letters behind the mahjong tiles. I have it here."
A little gain, but I’m not sure yet…”
…
"The Greek letters for the Big Dipper?"
Shinjuku Town, Suga Shrine.
All the way up the stairs, the iron shelves against the wall were hung with white lanterns with Chinese Valentine's Day greetings written on them. The wall of weak candlelight spread upward, dispersing the darkness together with the dim street lights.
Gin stood in front of the white lantern, stared at the black ink characters on the lantern, took out the cigarette case with his left hand in his pocket, lowered his head and bit one, "That murderer really pursues a unique sense of ritual..."
"The key lies in the seventh mahjong tile that hasn't appeared yet."
Chi Feichi leaned on the railing at the back, his whole body covered by the black robe. Only his right hand stretched out from under the black robe. He lowered his eyes and stared at the small flame that kept extinguishing and igniting in the palm of his right hand. "If the seventh card has a triangle engraved on the back,
, that is the Greek letter of the Big Dipper. If not, just assume that my reasoning is wrong."
In Japan, white represents purity, so many shrines will hang white lanterns around festivals.
A large row of white lanterns lined up along the road, swaying gently in the wind in the middle of the night when there was no one around. It looked eerie, but it would have been better to look at the small red flame in his hand.
"Hmph... Anyway, the seventh mahjong tile is about to appear. When Vodka and I rushed to Shindo Sumire's house, she had already been taken away. It seems that the murderer will not kidnap people for long. It probably doesn't have to wait until noon tomorrow. The police
You will receive the news that she was killed..." Gin put the cigarette case into his pocket, turned around and walked to the railing without looking at the lantern, looking at the image of Chi Feichi who was now wearing a black robe and holding a fire in his right hand, and spoke with a tone
A hint of teasing, "So, magician, can you borrow a fire?"
Chi Feichi looked at Ginjiu's car parked under the stairs, reached out and flicked a small flame towards the cigarette end Ginjiu was holding, "Can you bring your own lighter or matches when you go out next time?"
"The matchbox was left in the car. I was too lazy to run down and back up again, but..." Gin reached for the cigarette, raised it and stared at the lit cigarette butt, "How did it fly here? The flames..."
Chi Feichi said expressionlessly, "Guess."
Although he was too lazy to take out the matchbox and throw it to Gin and wait to pick it up, but... Gin was too lazy to run and wanted to use his tinder flame to light a cigarette. Is his flame just for lighting cigarettes?
"snort……"
Gin snorted indifferently to show that he was too lazy to guess. He leaned back and leaned on the railing under the lantern, took out his mobile phone and checked the time while holding a cigarette in his mouth.
Chi Feichi raised his eyes and stared at the small flame that reappeared in his palm, "Is it time to contact you?"
"It's been more than two minutes..."
As Gin spoke, he made a call with his mobile phone. He put it to his ear and listened for a few seconds. His face darkened. He put down the mobile phone. After hanging up, he dialed again. As soon as the call was connected, he asked directly, "What is Ireland doing?"
?...Where is the light? Are the lights in the room on?...Go and confirm..."
Chi Feichi couldn't hear what the person on the other end of the phone said. He waited until Ginjiu hung up the phone before he looked up.
"Ireland's mobile phone is turned off," Gin said with a gloomy face, "After today's investigation meeting, he and you left the Metropolitan Police Department less than five minutes ago. He should be staying in his temporary residence now, but the nearby
People saw him going back, but the lights were never turned on in the room, and no one saw him come out...Who knows what he was doing!"
"Um."
Chi Feichi controlled the small flames to beat in his hands. He didn't know whether to sympathize with Gin who was so angry that he was about to explode, or with Ireland who was about to get cold.
If he had been arranging various actions, and Ireland would have problems from time to time, and it would have been wandering wildly on the edge of losing control, he would have felt... or else he would just kill him.
Moreover, this time Ireland went too far and his mobile phone was turned off. I guess that person would be dissatisfied if he knew about it.