Chapter 170 Evolution of a low-key anesthesia watch
How could I throw away the excuse I found after posting some text message charges?
Shiraishi said decisively "No investigation!", but when faced with Conan's question, he still considered it and showed a tangled look.
He seemed to be struggling fiercely in his heart. He was silent for a long time before he made up his mind and nodded slightly: "Well, I won't check anymore."
"You also know that I am not suitable to go to the scene directly. Even if the information is found out, someone else will still have to be sent in the end. Now since the black... Mao said there is no need to investigate, then he probably has his own ideas, and I will get involved.
On the contrary, it will become troublesome.”
No matter how many times I call myself "black cat", I feel awkward. The same goes for "mute".
You have to practice more when you go home. Life is not easy for trumpet fanatics these days...
Shiraishi calmed down and told Conan solemnly: "You'd better not investigate further, this person -"
He pointed at the portrait in Conan's hand, "He has seen you before, and he has seen you with Mr. Mori and the others. It's okay that you didn't find out anything. Once you find out key information and he notices it, the consequences will be serious.
.”
After hearing these words, Conan's face became serious. Of course he knew the danger involved.
During the chat during class, Haibara Ai also said that once the black organization knew that he was Kudo Shinichi, in order to keep the drug secret, the organization would kill all the insiders.
This scientist, who was also reduced to a younger brother, has been in the organization for a long time, and she should have a good understanding of the organization's behavior.
In other words, what Shiraishi mentioned is indeed possible.
but……
He shook his head: "I can't let them get away with it, and I feel that the mute is probably very close to me. If I don't take the initiative, my situation will be more dangerous."
"...?" Bai Shi was slightly startled.
...Did Conan stay with Mao Lilan for a long time and acquire the mysterious European King's intuition?
Conan interpreted his behavior as surprise that "the mute was around".
The matter was of great importance, but he didn't care about it:
"Yesterday on the second floor of the villa, I originally wanted to attack him with an anesthetic needle, but it turned out that he skillfully controlled my equipment and numbed me.
"So I think he may have seen me using an anesthetic needle at a certain crime scene - if he became suspicious and found out that I was not an ordinary child, and then from my ability to solve the case, he associated it with the disappeared 'Kudo Shinichi'
'..."
The matter of anesthetizing Kogoro Mouri and using his identity to solve the case should actually be kept secret.
But Conan knew that a long time ago, he accidentally borrowed Shiraishi's voice and was discovered on the spot by the person involved.
At this time, the anesthesia needle was mentioned, and the "Sleeping Kogoro" occasionally got a page in the corner of the newspaper recently. Conan believed that Shiraishi could understand what he meant without any explanation.
Shiraishi really understood, and seemed a little hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong?" Conan was slightly confused. Suddenly he thought of something and became excited again, "Have you thought of a clue about the mute?"
……In your dreams.
Shiraishi shook his head: "The weapon you mentioned..." He tapped Conan's wrist from a distance, "I think it refers to this watch."
"How do you know?" Conan was surprised.
There is currently no similar product on the market for this prop made by Dr. A Li. It is silent when launched and is very concealable. It usually looks like a children's toy watch.
...So how could Shiraishi recognize it?
He had never used the anesthesia needle function of his watch in front of Shiraishi, because Shiraishi would fall asleep on his own.
When he was awake, Shiraishi didn't need his help in reasoning. He didn't need to be like Mouri Kogoro, who had to get anesthesia needle every time he solved a case.
That... was what Black Cat told him?
But Black Cat shouldn't know that - although he tried to attack Black Cat with a watch countless times, he was knocked down before succeeding every time. No matter what, Black Cat has only seen the lighting function of this watch...
Thinking of this, Conan suddenly remembered that Shiraishi had been running to Dr. Ali's house recently, and guessed: "Did the doctor tell you?"
Shiraishi crossed his arms and looked down at him. He didn't quite understand where this kid's confidence came from. He felt that his expression was very hidden.
In fact, even with the passive skill "You can't see me", Conan's behavior of using his watch to target others at the crime scene was also discovered one by one by Mouri Ran Hattori Heiji Amuro Toshiyō Masumi and others.
Contemporary young detectives sometimes don't pay much attention to details.
"The doctor never mentioned this to me." Shiraishi shook his head, his tone seemed to be very patient, "But I heard that every time you are frightened, you will subconsciously touch your wrist, and the dial of your watch is too big.
When the watch cover is raised, the front sight on it will also be very conspicuous.
"Even I will be alert when something with a crosshair is pointed at it. Besides, I remember you just said that the person who attacked you was a sniper?"
"!" Conan lowered his head with a complex expression and looked at his beloved watch.
When the watch cover is closed, the cross lines are not very obvious, but after opening...
Before, Conan really didn't think anything was wrong. When he used the watch, he always aimed when he said to aim, and fired when he said to shoot.
Now it was suddenly pointed out by Shiraishi, as if some magical barrier had been broken. For a moment, no matter how Conan looked at it, he felt that this watch cover was extremely eye-catching.
I must ask Dr. Ali to help me replace the watch cover when I go back.
Having said that, as far as the range of the anesthesia needle is concerned, it's actually okay to just remove the watch cover... Many improvement plans flashed through Conan's mind.
When he came to his senses, Shiraishi pointed to the side of the watch again: "There are only a few protrusions on the watch, and the most conspicuous one is the handle on the side for adjusting the time.
"Judging from the attack you described, I think that person may not have known it was an anesthesia watch. He just discovered that you wanted to attack him, so he was temporarily curious and did not attack you directly. Instead, he tried out your equipment casually.
"
Speaking of this, Shiraishi's tone became optimistic:
"Doing it in such a playful mood shows that he doesn't take you seriously, and it is unlikely that your identity as "Kudo Shinichi" will be exposed.
"Besides, a person like that is very conspicuous, whether it's his hair or his mask. If he had observed you at close range while solving the crime, you wouldn't have noticed it."
...It makes sense. Conan was really moved when he heard it - "The black organization noticed that he was Kudo Shinichi" was enough to scare him out of his dream. Now Shiraishi has proposed a new possibility
Sex actually made him feel a lot more relaxed.
Indeed, as Shiraishi said, we should not deliberately investigate at this time.
——What if the mute originally only thought he was a weird kid and planned to let him go after playing with the anesthesia table, but suddenly found that he was secretly investigating him, so he noticed himself again, and investigated in reverse...
The possible consequences made Conan break into a cold sweat.
I definitely still need to check.
But at least, he had to wait for the anesthesia injection to fade from the mute's mind.
Also, I have to hurry up and let the doctor modify the watch when I get back.
Thinking of this, Conan thought about himself, who had discovered the anesthesia table as soon as they met, and Shiraishi, who had to think twice before saving the phone notes after comparing them, and suddenly sighed.
Obviously what Shiraishi did was no less dangerous than him, but he could still stand here intact, happily solving crimes and opening a salted fish shop every day, but he was forced to become a child, mixing in other children and learning addition and subtraction.
Multiply and divide abc...
It seems that on the way to implement justice in the future, we must learn from Shiraishi and try to be more cautious...