In the previous full moon incident, James listened to Judy's report, and after the incident was over, Conan always came to the hospital to rush back and forth, and his mature appearance was completely different from that of a child.
At that time, James had speculated whether Conan might have the thinking of an adult.
Until the FBI internal meeting two days ago, Kudo Yusaku, who was connected via video, did not question that a child was also in the FBI meeting.
Also, based on James' understanding of Qin Zhibo, it is impossible for him to really let a primary school student be his assistant.
Even if this elementary school student is really smart...
"However, it is still a bit hard to accept that the human body has become smaller..."
James couldn't help but sigh, because this obviously broke many physical and biological laws that humans have always followed.
But Conan didn't have time to explain so much, so he directly asked the FBI about the arrangements.
Judy, the passenger in the front seat, took out a list from her arms and turned around and handed it to Conan's hand.
"This is our current list of protection personnel. See if there is anything missing..."
Conan took the list and glanced at the people on it.
There are Dr. A Li, father and daughter Maori, and three little ones.
Just these people, each assigned two FBI agents to protect them, would take up almost all of the current FBI manpower.
Conan looked at it, thought for a moment and then said: "Add one more person, Dr. Narumi who lives at 2-chome 12, Miwa Town..."
"Doctor Chengshi?"
Judy glanced at James. The two of them knew this female doctor.
When the FBI imprisoned Bellmod before, Qin Zhibo helped find a place to imprison Bellmod in Chengshi Hospital, where Judy, who was injured in the Full Moon Incident, was also recuperating.
At this time, James murmured in a calm voice: "In this case, the task of tracking the organization's NOC will have to be relaxed a little..."
At the last FBI meeting, an action plan was formulated to follow up and investigate the NOC on Okakura Masaaki's undercover list.
But now, the plan has been disrupted.
Conan in the back row looked serious, knowing that the current situation was very unfavorable to his side.
At this moment, he was still in a state of confusion.
On the one hand, important people around him, even ordinary people who have no knowledge of the organization, may be taken away by the organization when Haibara Ai is taken away, and their lives may be in danger.
Although Conan does not think that Haihara Ai will tell the story about these people, the organization can investigate it even without Haihara Ai opening his mouth.
On the other hand, Hui Yuan Ai's safety also worried him.
After all, he still doesn't know why Haiyuan Ai takes the initiative to follow the people of the organization?
There for you...
Isn't it an abyss?
…
After an hour of deployment, the FBI arranged agents in teams of two around targets that might be attacked.
Conan personally went to Dr. Ali's house to explain the situation.
When he heard that Haibara Ai was likely to be taken away by people from the organization, Dr. Ali's expression was incredibly shocked at first. He was stunned for a few seconds, and tears began to flow out of his eyes uncontrollably.
"Xiao Ai!"
"Xiao Ai! How can I live without you!"
"sorrow--!"
Dr. A Li burst into tears, and his wails continued to echo in the empty house.
As a middle-aged and elderly man with no children, Dr. Ali has completely regarded Haiyuan Ai as his own child and is used to living with his children under the same roof.
And once caught by the organization, based on what he learned about the organization's behavior, even if he is not killed immediately, he will have to shed his skin and die again.
Torture, torture, punishment, how could that child's fragile body, thin and small, be able to withstand it?
In the end, he can only die miserably...
Conan, who was standing next to him, lowered his head and lowered his eyes to the ground, not daring to look at Dr. A Li.
Again…
This is the second time, the second time I failed to protect the sisters of the Miyano family.
A deep sense of powerlessness and frustration crept into Conan's heart.
Although Kudo Yusaku's analysis is that Haibara Ai took the initiative to leave with people from the organization.
But based on Conan's understanding of Haiyuan Ai, Haiyuan Ai must have made such a choice under forced circumstances.
The organization may threaten the life of the person around her to coerce her into submission.
Otherwise, how could she, who is so afraid of the dark, dare to return to the organization?
"Doctor, I will definitely bring her back..."
Dr. Ali, who was wiping away tears, was stunned for a moment and looked up at Conan, with a little astonishment in his eyes.
"Shinichi..."
"I swear, I will definitely do it."
Conan almost said through gritted teeth.
…
The next day.
It's a brand new day.
But the so-called newness is only a refreshment in time, not a refreshment in status.
In the morning, Conan walked out of the Maori Detective Agency with his small schoolbag on his back and went to school as usual.
Along the way, there were two foreigners who looked very secretive and were following behind.
After entering the school class, Conan, who was sitting in his seat, couldn't help but look at the empty seat next door.
It wasn't until this moment that he clearly realized that Huihara Ai was indeed gone.
Everything that happened yesterday was not a dream.
When it was time for the first period in the morning, Teacher Xiaolin announced two things.
"Classmates, Haiyuan-kun has encountered some problems at home, so he cannot come to school recently..."
What Xiao Lin said was naturally what Mu Mu told her to say.
Since Huiyuan's disappearance cannot yet be determined from the police level, we can only say this first to avoid causing panic.
On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police Department will strengthen patrols in areas around schools to prevent similar incidents from happening.
As soon as these words came out, all the students started discussion mode one after another.
Only Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta lowered their heads and remained silent.
"Quiet, be quiet first..."
"The second thing is that Mr. Wakasa has taken a leave of absence for a while and will not return to our class as the deputy head teacher in a short time."
The students were in an uproar again.
This time, Conan's eyes also changed slightly.
My assumption was indeed correct, the person who saved Haibara Ai should be Rumi Wakasa.
However, Rumi Wakasa asked for leave, so maybe she was also arrested by the organization.
After all, she was the female bodyguard who organized the assassination target 17 years ago, and she managed to escape.
…
After the first class, the three little ones gathered in front of Conan's desk to discuss.
"How about we send out a missing person notice!"
Mitsuhiko had an idea and came up with an idea.
"We printed out Haiyuan's photo and asked around the school. Someone must have seen it!"
"And please ask Dr. Ali to post a missing person notice on the Internet. Maybe there will be witnesses who will see it?"
Once Mitsuhiko's idea was proposed, Ayumi and Genta agreed.
It's just that from beginning to end, Conan, who is the backbone of the team, did not express his position.
Because he knew that doing so was meaningless. If the missing persons could be found by issuing missing persons notices, then there would not be so many missing persons in Tokyo.
Moreover, the person who kidnapped Haibara Ai was not someone else, but an organization that worked in an airtight manner.
But facing the three little ones who were full of confidence, Conan really couldn't open his mouth to say anything that would hurt their self-confidence.
After all, there is always hope.
"Your idea is very good..."
"Let's do this. After school, you will send out missing persons notices as planned. I will ask Uncle Maoli for help..."
Conan knew that it was inappropriate for him to leave the team at this time, and he had to give a sufficient reason to convince the three little ones.
Sure enough, the three little ones immediately agreed upon hearing this.
Although they usually complain that Kogoro Mouri takes a lot of credit from them, at critical moments, they still know that the adults are more reliable.
…
The study time during the day passes quickly.
Although Conan usually only paid three cents of his attention to the lectures, today, he didn't even pay one cent of his attention.
After school, Conan and the three little ones parted ways.
The three little ones first went to Dr. Ali's house to prepare a missing person notice, while Conan returned to the office alone.
Although the organization may kill everyone related to Haibara Ai, according to Conan's own judgment, the priority of the three little ones is relatively low.
Even in the eyes of the organization, the three little ones are just elementary school students who play well with Haibara Ai in school, and do not have high assassination value.
But to be on the safe side, FBI bodyguards are still required.
However, Conan also warned James yesterday not to let down his guard too much just because the third primary school student is a genuine primary school student.
The anti-reconnaissance capabilities of these three little ones have been trained very strongly.
Conan said goodbye to the three little ones at the crossroads. As soon as he walked out for a while, a figure followed quietly from behind.
"What are you thinking about? Detective?"
Conan, who was engrossed in thinking, didn't notice it at all. When he turned around, he found that it was another "self"!
Of course, this is impossible.
Conan, who was full of surprise, took a closer look and saw the identity of the person coming from the playful expression on his face.
"Kuroba Kaito..."
Conan drooped his eyelids, "Why are you here?"
Kuroba Kaito was wearing a blue casual sweatshirt, with his hands in his pockets, and said with a smile: "Dad said you seemed to be in some trouble, so let me help you..."
After Kuroba Kaito said this, he remembered that his uncle Kuroba Toichi was also present when he called yesterday.
"But how can you help? Isn't what you're best at stealing things?"
Seeing the disgusted look on Conan's face, Kuroba Kaito's arrogant temper also rose.
"Hey~ what do you mean by being the best at stealing things? That's obviously magic, magic!"
"Yes, it's...magic..."
Conan weakly responded twice, but did not refuse Kuroba Kaito's participation.
He still had a clear idea of how capable his cousin was.
"By the way, it's only 3 o'clock in the afternoon. It shouldn't be the end of high school yet, right? How did you get here?"
Facing Conan's question, Kuroba Kaito smiled with a smile on his face.
"That kind of boring class, I'll just leave if I tell you~"
At the same time, in Class 2B of Ekoda High School, a balloon dummy in the shape of Kuroba Kaito was sitting in his seat "listening carefully".
What's even more amazing is that no one around him noticed that it was a fake, including his childhood sweetheart Nakamori Aoko.
"Hey, hey~ Your high school over there is really awesome..."
Conan couldn't help but complain, because he thought Kuroba Kaito was a bad boy who jumped over the wall and skipped classes.
In this way, a pair of dancing couples who once fell in love with each other became a family that loves each other.
…
20 minutes later, Conan and Kuroba Kaito arrived in front of an apartment building.
On the way, Conan told Kuroba Kaito roughly what happened so that he could keep up with the progress of the version.
"That is to say, you want to go in now to see if the female teacher named 'Wakasa' is really missing?"
"Yeah." Conan nodded.
"Don't worry, just keep it with me~"
Kuroba Kaito and Conan discussed it, and then the two took action.
Conan first went to the management office on the first floor of the apartment and pretended to be missing to attract the apartment manager to come out.
Taking advantage of this time, Kuroba Kaito sneaked from the door to the management office, checked the tenant list, and found the room number where Wakasa Rumi rented.
After he came out, he made an "Ok" gesture behind the administrator, and Conan made an excuse to escape.
After that, Conan took advantage of his size to sneak into the building again.
The two entered the building and went straight to the room floor where Rumi Wakasa was.
Conan stared solemnly at the door in front of him and took a long breath.
"Open the door..."
"What opens the door?"
Conan looked surprised, "Didn't we agree that you would be responsible for opening the door? Didn't you steal the master key to the apartment?"
"No……"
"you……"
Just as Conan was about to have an attack, Kuroba Kaito smiled and reached into his pocket.
What he took out was not a master key, but a small bag of lock picking tools.
"Hehe~ As a magician, do you still need a key to open the door?"
"Oh……"
Conan grinned slightly, not knowing where to start.
Kuroba Kaito squatted in front of the door, inserted the metal stick into the keyhole and poked it.
But just as he was focusing on the keyhole in front of him, footsteps suddenly came from the room diagonally opposite. From the sound, he judged that the tenant inside was about to go out.
If other tenants saw the two of them poking and cooing in front of the room door, they would definitely call the police.
"Hey! Hurry up!"
"Don't rush me, I'm working hard~"
"Didn't you say you were fast?"
"Of course~ But the protection measures this time are a bit tight and it's not easy to break..."
The footsteps in the room diagonally across became closer and closer, until there was also movement from the door handle.
Conan's eyes widened. He didn't want to be called a parent because of such a thing.
But fortunately, the moment the door opened, Kuroba Kaito opened the door lock first, and the two of them got into the room at lightning speed.
Listening to the sounds coming from the corridor outside the door behind him and the pounding heartbeat in his chest, Conan finally understood what "guilty conscience" meant.
In fact, Conan himself often did things like sneaking into private property to look for evidence without the owner's permission.
But I don’t know why, this time when I was acting with my cousin, I felt so guilty about stealing?
The two looked at each other, gradually relaxed, and smiled at each other.
Next, the search begins.
The apartment that Wakasa Rumi rented was not very large and was considered a single apartment.
There was a faint smell floating in the entire suite...