Chapter 34 Jumping back and forth on the edge of Death's territory
"Haha, you must have a heart of justice, but you are still so young, don't imitate those old men and women who become superstitious day by day."
The old policeman taught him this, completely forgetting that he was also an old man himself: "If you have any questions, you can come to me. As long as you don't violate the rules, I will try my best to help you."
...But we are actually violating the rules.
Shiraishi smiled and thanked her and left.
This time he gained quite a lot. For example, he got the address of Ogino Tomoya's home. If he really can't find a breakthrough later, he can put on his vest and visit...
It is actually a bit risky to come to the police station to check this information.
——If something happens to those people on the back just after the front-end investigation is completed, then Shiraishi will undoubtedly be suspicious.
But then I thought about it, compared to him, Mouri Kogoro and Conan have never been caught... so I probably won't have any problems.
Even if there is, this world is a society ruled by law after all, and arresting people requires evidence.
As for Shiraishi, who has a vest, as long as he doesn't put his body into a Poké Ball, he can prove his alibi? No matter how much he can do it.
"What a peaceful and friendly world..."
When I got home, there was still more than an hour left before the mission started.
After looking at the course schedule that would automatically change the date and confirming that there were no classes today, Shiraishi held a cup of corn soup and waited for the task to begin.
One hour, 10 minutes and 24 seconds later, Shiraishi walked to the back door of his house. When he pushed the door open, the door frame hit a passing man carrying a bunch of small boxes.
The man was not injured, but the box in his hand was scattered all over the floor.
Bai Shi bent down and helped him pick up a few, while secretly sizing up the visitor.
This is a tall, middle-aged man, wearing a somewhat wrinkled suit and leather shoes.
As he stayed at the door longer, Shiraishi gradually smelled a strange smell.
After wrinkling the tip of his nose twice, Shiraishi remembered. This seemed to be the smell of disinfectant that can often be smelled in hospitals.
...Is this person injured?
Or is it that he is a doctor and sneaked out during working hours?
The back door of Shiraishi's house opens right at the stairway leading to Mori's house on the second floor. Apart from the three protagonists upstairs, the only people who will pass by here are various clients.
Judging from the time when the person in front of him passed the door, he should also be related to his mission.
After picking up seven or eight boxes, Shiraishi did not return them directly to the man, but offered to help him carry them upstairs.
This made the client feel relieved. There were too many boxes. He was worried about not being able to ring the doorbell just now, but luckily he met an enthusiastic person.
Shiraishi followed him upstairs, looking at the box in his arms.
The packaging of these cartons is severely worn and looks very old.
After staring at the colorful patterns on it for a while, Shiraishi realized that they were all outdated toys.
...Toys? Outdated?
The two keywords appeared at the same time, and Shiraishi paused.
What Ogino Tomoya said last night slowly came to his mind: After I died, my father became very unhappy and gave away my toys in batches.
... Could it be that it was sent to the person in front of me?
In the newly triggered mission, one of the rescue objects is a "resentful father" and the other is an "innocent and innocent child".
The "hateful father" is probably Ogino's father who sharpens his knife in the middle of the night.
As for the "innocent and innocent child", first of all, we exclude Tomoya Ogino. This person is already dead and cannot be saved even if he wants to.
So the child mentioned in the mission may be related to the person in front of me. Judging from his age, if he has children, they will not be too big.
While thinking about it, the man in the suit had already walked to the door of the second floor and pressed the doorbell.
The doorbell rang. A few seconds later, the door clicked open, and Mouri Kogoro poked his head out sleepily: "Hello, Moori Detective Agency, what's up..."
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes stopped on Bai Shi who had just walked up.
Mouri Kogoro looked at the pile of boxes in their hands, reasoned for a moment, and came to the wrong conclusion:
"It's Shiraishi, this is your relative? We just visit each other when we visit, why do you bring so many gifts? I'm so embarrassed, hahaha, come on, come in quickly!"
"..." Shiraishi looked at the bewildered man in a suit standing at the door, "Mr. Mori, this is here to entrust you with a case, and he also brought the boxes."
"Oh, oh." Mouri Kogoro suddenly realized, "It's a commission, why do you bring so many gifts? How embarrassing! You only need to pay the commission fee!"
"...These are actually the things I want to entrust." The man in the suit looked at the offline Mouri Kogoro, and suddenly wanted to change to a detective agency.
However, when I glanced back, I found that Shiraishi was blocking the stairs.
The man in the suit sighed and could only comfort himself: It's here...
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Mao Lilan brought a registration form. While the man in the suit was filling out the form, Conan sneaked to the coffee table and lowered his head to study the pile of boxes.
Occasionally, he would secretly glance at Shiraishi, who was standing next to him and seemed to have no intention of leaving, with a subtle mood.
After leaving Okino Yoko's house, Conan asked the doctor to check Shiraishi's situation, but he could not find any suspicious points.
——This seems to be a lucky person who has good or bad grades and can get into school every time by passing the passing mark. His life trajectory from childhood to graduate school is clear and without any breaks.
As for his relatives, in addition to living in a messy place and appearing to be very fond of leaving their hometown, they all have serious and stable jobs, and several of them are quite famous in society.
If the black organization accepts people like this who have no criminal experience and have lived by the rules for most of their lives, it only means that they are too short of members and are beginning to be hungry...
After reaching this conclusion, Conan felt a little relieved.
After reviewing and summarizing, Conan thought, this is probably a person with strong reasoning ability, but relatively confused.
That night, Shiraishi walked around Okino Yoko's house several times and found out the truth. Then for some reason, he fell asleep in the living room. When he woke up and heard someone complimenting him, he thought it was
I solved the case by talking in my sleep...
After thinking about it in this way, Conan felt that it was quite reasonable. With some scientific power, he successfully convinced himself.
At the same time, he also spread his thoughts.
——Uncle Maori also has a very confused character. Maybe he can take advantage of this when he encounters a case in the future and wants to solve it... Thinking of this, Conan unconsciously touched his anesthesia watch.
He is no longer a helpless kid now.
The night before yesterday, Conan was inspired by using Shiraishi's voice to reason.
After returning home, in addition to asking Dr. Ali to check on people, he also asked him if he had any tools that could make people fall asleep quickly.
After hearing this, the doctor rummaged through his many inventions and found this anesthesia watch.
This is a very ordinary-looking children's watch. When in use, press the knob to adjust the time, and the transparent watch cover with a crosshair will stand up.
Aim the crosshair at the person you want to anesthetize, press the button again, and an anesthetic needle will be emitted from the watch.
The principle of this needle is unknown. In short, it takes effect very quickly. The effect can numb an elephant, but it does no harm to people. The needle can only be used once for the time being.