Inside the Chevrolet, there was smoke, but the atmosphere was not harmonious.
Akai Shuichi held a burning cigarette between two fingers of his right hand. His right wrist was firmly grasped by Qin Zhibo, preventing him from taking a sip. The two looked at each other.
Akai Shuichi's eyes were sharp, with thin folds on his lower eyelids, and he looked calmly at his old friend in the passenger seat.
Qin Zhibo's eyes were a little angry, and the reason for his anger was very simple. The FBI used Chengshi's hospital as their base without consulting him.
The danger here is self-evident. Now that the organization has received information about itself, it must have begun to search for Belmod's whereabouts.
Although it is difficult to find the whereabouts of Belmode alone, the large number of people in the FBI, coupled with the foreign faces and slightly unfamiliar Japanese, makes it impossible to conceal the traces completely.
In this case, it is only a matter of time before the organization finds Chengshi Hospital.
At that time, Qin Zhibo was not too worried about the safety of the FBI. Although he had cooked rice in a pot before, it was the matter of the original owner of the body and had little to do with him.
Besides, they are here to eat, so it is normal for danger to always accompany them.
But Chengshi was not originally so deeply involved in this matter.
After several seconds of confrontation, Qin Zhibo regained his composure. Now that the matter had come to this, he could only find a way to remedy the situation.
He slowly released his palm.
Akai Shuichi glanced down at the red palm print on his wrist, then silently put the cigarette to his mouth and took a deep breath.
"I have already talked with Dr. Cheng Shi. She will cooperate with our actions and we will do our best to ensure her safety."
"This is all my idea and has nothing to do with James and the others."
Akai Shuichi took the initiative to take this matter upon himself.
In fact, if possible, he would not want to involve civilians, but the current situation is special. Maybe this is a great opportunity to defeat the organization, and there is no room for mistakes.
James has reported the situation here to the United States. The FBI's follow-up support is expected to arrive in Japan next week, and it will take a week before then.
Using Narumi Hospital as a base is only temporary. Akai Shuichi also knows that it is not as safe as imagined, but it is also the only choice at the moment.
On the co-pilot's side, Qin Zhibo also saw that Shuichi Akai wanted to take the responsibility on himself.
Although Shuichi Akai is the ace of the FBI and James has to discuss many matters with him, the two have always had a superior-subordinate relationship.
"Now that the matter has come to this, nothing I can say can change the status quo."
"You tell me your mission here, and I should have the minimum right to know."
What Qin Zhibo said was not a question, nor was he discussing with Akai Shuichi.
Although Qin Zhibo already knows the whole story, he must now go one step further and let the FBI know his attitude.
In addition, now that things are about to come true, I must know all the FBI's arrangements in order to formulate a more thorough plan.
Akai Shuichi took the cigarette and turned to look at Qin Zhibo again. After two seconds of silence, he turned back.
"Can."
"You come with me."
He put out the cigarette in his hand, pushed the door open and got out of the car, Qin Zhibo following behind.
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Entering Chengshi Hospital, in order not to arouse suspicion, the hospital continued to operate as usual.
Several patients waiting to be admitted were sitting on the benches in the hospital corridor. Qin Zhibo passed by and saw the message "Investigator" written above the heads of two "patients".
This is what FBI investigators mean. They lurk among the patients to observe whether any suspicious elements have sneaked into the hospital.
Akai Shuichi passed by the two of them without giving them any look, just like a stranger.
But the two detectives watched Akai Shuichi and Qin Zhibo leave.
Narumi Hospital is not a small one, and is somewhat similar to Shinde Hospital. It is a slightly larger private hospital. It was established by Narumi with the inheritance he inherited from his father, Keiji Aso.
Currently, in addition to Cheng Shi, the hospital staff also has a nurse, an unemployed nurse introduced by Qin Zhibo during the Spider Puppet Incident, named Yan Tian.
Turning left and right in the hospital, Qin Zhibo first followed Akai Shuichi to a ward that was located slightly away.
Opening the door, there was Judy sitting on the hospital bed resting, and James standing on the other side.
Seeing Qin Zhibo coming over, both of them were slightly surprised.
Shuichi Akai explained directly: "If he wants to know the whole thing, I agree."
"After all, if you don't know anything, Qin can't rest assured, right?"
If Shuichi Akai’s words are any indication.
James and Judy were stunned for two seconds, and their expressions softened slightly.
Akai Shuichi leaned against the wall, while James walked up to Qin Zhibo with a serious expression.
"In that case, let's start from the beginning."
"But it's a long story..."
Qin Zhibo: “Then let’s make a long story short.”
James: "..."
"Well, let's start when Xiuyi received the undercover mission five years ago..."
James, a veteran of the FBI, knows more about the organization.
The FBI's investigation into the black organization can be traced back to 20 years ago. Judy's father received the order to investigate the organization, but was killed and silenced by Belmode.
But since Qin Zhibo kept the story short, let’s start from recent years.
"The undercover mission Shuichi received was to work as an undercover agent in a dangerous organization. Taking the opportunity of getting close to a grassroots member of the organization, he successfully infiltrated the organization."
"The official name of this organization is not known yet, but the representative color of this organization is black, and the official members are codenamed after the name of a certain alcoholic beverage."
"Shuichi has been lurking in this organization for two and a half years. When he was preparing to arrest an important member of the organization two years ago, the arrest operation failed, resulting in the failure of the entire undercover mission, and Shuichi's identity was exposed."
"Afterwards, the organization also sent assassins to assassinate Xiu Yi, but Xiu Yi defused them."
"A few months ago, with Judy's help, we once again found clues about an important member of that organization, and followed the clues to Japan."
"On the full moon night a few days ago, we arrested an important member of the organization, and the result..."
James hesitated for a moment, and although he was a little embarrassed, he still said: "In the end, we succeeded. Although we paid the price of Judy being injured, we already have that important member in our hands."
"But that member is also injured now. We need a quiet place where we can repair the team. This is the best place."
James omitted a lot of information in his words, but what surprised Qin Zhibo was that Shuichi Akai also worked as an undercover agent in the black organization.
"Then how long do you plan to repair here?" Qin Zhibo asked not very politely.
Listening to this tone, James also understood the unpleasantness of his old colleague.
After all, they were the ones who killed first and then reported. Cheng Shi had a good relationship with Lao Qin. This place was equivalent to Lao Qin's back garden. They used his back garden as a battlefield. This was somewhat unethical.
But this is also a no-brainer, it is for the sake of the overall situation.
"It doesn't take too long, just a week."
"More of our people will enter Japan next week, and we will move to other strongholds by then."
Another "week".
This is a word that Qin Zhibo hates, it is so elusive.
But this also revealed that if it can survive until next week, the FBI will move to other places and Chengshi will not be involved.
But Mr. Clock gave a deadline for obtaining the Panest fragment, which happened to be next week.
By that time, even if the organization rescues Belmod and Belmod gives him the Panest fragment as agreed, it may not be in time.
The plan must be implemented this week.
Qin Zhibo nodded, "That seems to be the only way."
"Where is the member of the organization who was captured by you? Is he also in the hospital now?"
"Can I go take a look?"
Qin Zhibo did not give James a chance to refuse. He needed to find out where Belmode was being held first.
James hesitated for a moment, then turned his gaze to Akai Shuichi, and only agreed after the other party had no objection.
"Okay, come with me."
Qin Zhibo followed James out of Judy's ward, followed by Shuichi Akai, and the three of them walked toward a more remote part of the hospital.
Before walking to a corner room, James nodded to the FBI standing guard at the door, and then opened the door.
This is a room without windows. Qin Zhibo has an impression of this room. When Chengshi first planned the hospital, this room had no windows, so it was converted into a warehouse.
In just one day, this place was cleared and became an ideal place to imprison Belmode.
There are no windows here, and there are almost no furnishings. It is difficult for Belmode to judge what kind of place this is from the surrounding environment.
Although there was a big light in the room, it was not turned on and only a dim desk lamp was lit to prevent Belmode from being able to detect the surrounding situation clearly.
Belmode was lying quietly on the hospital bed, and the bed was monitored by an FBI who was reading a magazine.
James brought people in, and the FBI quickly stood up from his seat, pretending that he was not fishing at work.
James was not too harsh on the FBI for reading magazines at work. He just nodded and walked to Belmod's hospital bed.
Qin Zhibo looked around, silently noted the personnel deployment in the room, and followed him to the end of Belmod's bed.
Belmod's eyes were closed, he was not wearing any treatment equipment, he was covered with a quilt, and his two bare feet were stretched out of the quilt.
Before Qin Zhibo could stand still, Akai Shuichi immediately stepped forward, stretched out his fingers and pinched Bermod's left big toe hard.
However, Belmod's feet didn't respond at all, and it seemed that he really hadn't regained consciousness yet.
Akai Shuichi's eyes were a little disappointed. She had been in a coma since she picked up Belmode.
However, Cheng Shi had already diagnosed her. The only external injury on her body was a gunshot wound to her knee. There were no obvious injuries on other parts of her body, and her brain had not been severely damaged. Logically speaking, she should not be in a coma.
Therefore, Akai Shuichi is more inclined to believe that Belmode is pretending to be comatose now. She is a smart woman and wants to use this method to delay time.
In order for Belmod to wake up on his own initiative, Shuichi Akai arranged for people to make surprise checks on Belmod's big toe at regular intervals.
As long as she couldn't hold herself tight once, she wouldn't be able to hide it anymore.
Qin Zhibo stood here and looked at the toes of Belmod that Shuichi Akai pinched, which were on his left foot.
Her left foot hasn't recovered much yet, so this probably won't work.
So, Qin Zhibo reached out and pinched the thumb of his right foot.
pinch~
However, Belmod still didn't react at all.
Qin Zhibo was a little surprised, could he endure this?
At this time, James took the lead in explaining: "She is the American female star Chrissy Wynyard. Her true identity is an important member of that organization. Her code name in the organization is 'Belmode'. She killed Judy 20 years ago."
's parents."
"It's also because of this that we can get clues from her..."
This incident is a coincidence. The FBI originally did not pay attention to Belmod's other identity.
But just a few months ago at Sharon's funeral, the media photographed Sharon's daughter Chrissie Wynyard attending the funeral.
At the funeral, Chris said to her mother's grave that "secrets make women more feminine." Judy accidentally saw it on TV and began to doubt her.
Qin Zhibo pretended to be surprised in his eyes, nodded, and said nothing.
Because he knew that Belmod must be pretending to be comatose now in order to cope with the FBI's investigation.
Although the FBI's methods of extracting confessions had no effect on her, the only way to avoid revealing any information was to pretend to be unconscious and refuse all communication.
The three of them walked out of the room and returned to Judy's ward again. Cheng Shi was also in the ward at this time.
"You are recovering very well. All you need to do is change your dressing regularly. I will also prepare something light for you in terms of diet."
"Thank you."
Judy nodded to Cheng Shi. Now Cheng Shi was wearing a white coat, and it was impossible to tell whether he was dressed as a woman or a man.
But whether it was the voice, tone, posture, or the attentiveness with which he treated others, if she hadn't heard what Conan said personally, she would never have believed that this was actually a man.
After the explanation, Chengshi turned around and left when he saw Qin Zhibo and others coming in.
Seeing Qin Zhibo, James, and Shuichi Akai walking in together, Narumi was startled and stopped.
Qin Zhibo looked at Cheng Shi with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "You are still involved..."
Qin Zhibo also knew that if Chengshi hadn't nodded in agreement, the FBI wouldn't have been able to force him to stay here.
Chengshi was like a child who had done something wrong. He lowered his head slightly, but then raised it again and looked Qin Zhibo squarely in the eyes.
"I also want to contribute to catching criminals!"
"If we catch those bad guys as soon as possible, Xiao Ai will be able to live a carefree life in the future!"
Chengshi cares about Huiyuan Ai very much and protects her as much as he does his own sister. Qin Zhibo knows this.
In this regard, Qin Zhibo had nothing to say. He just nodded and said, "Go and do your work first. We still have things to discuss..."