Chapter 5: Conan, How Are You Becoming More and More Like Your Father......
A fire broke out in a hotel in Kyoto the year before last, and after the fire broke out, six of the seven residents managed to escape, except for a young girl who was burned to death in the hotel, which was also reported in the newspaper at the time.
"How do you know so well?" Bai Heqing looked at Belmode in surprise.
Listening to what Belmode just said, it was as if she was there at the time.
When Belmode heard this, he just glanced at Bai Heqing faintly, and did not answer.
Bai Heqing didn't ask again, he first sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and then opened his mouth to order.
"Let Ireland find out the details of the Kyoto Hotel fire two years ago, and send it to me as soon as possible, and you will continue to follow the police investigation."
As he spoke, Bai Heqing looked at the map in his hand that marked the location of the deceased, and raised his hand to draw circles in two of them.
"I reckon that Mr. Killer will continue to kill, and, if my guess is correct, the next place where the deceased will be found should be in these two places."
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"Now, Sister Xiaoying, what are you thinking?"
At night, at the Maori Detective Agency, the voice of an elementary school student suddenly sounded behind Karasuma Ying, who was washing dishes.
"Huh?"
Karasuma Ying was taken aback, turned to look at Conan behind her, and tried to make a smile.
"Conan, don't scare my sister out of nowhere."
"Because I don't seem to be happy for a day today, Sister Xiaoying......" Conan pouted and sold cute.
"Huh? Have it? ā
"Uh-huh! After coming back from the Metropolitan Police Department with Uncle Maori today, Sister Xiaoying, you have been preoccupied......"
Conan said, stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Karasuma's clothes, with a cute look on his face.
"Did Sister Xiaoying encounter something? Tell me quietly, and I can help! ā
"Thank you, Conan."
Karasuma smiled and raised her hand to touch Conan's head.
"Don't worry, Sister Xiaoying hasn't encountered anything, it's just that she is a little unwell today...... Okay, don't think about it, go back to bed, you can't ask for leave tomorrow. ā
"Yes~~"
In response, Conan turned and jumped out of the kitchen.
She's lying.
Just out of the kitchen, Conan ...... Or that Kudo Shinichi's face changed.
In the morning, he could see very clearly, after the police meeting ended and the criminal police officers walked out of the conference room one after another, Karasuma Ying's face suddenly changed.
The expression on her face at that time was as if she had seen someone she had not expected suddenly appear there, and her face was full of shock and incredulity.
This is very abnormal, because Karasuma Ying herself said that her relatives are all in the United States, and she has no friends in Tokyo.
And the police officers who attended the meeting in the morning were all Japanese, and Karasuma Ying shouldn't have shown such a strange expression at the time, unless......
Someone else among the officers had mixed in, and Karasuma Ying had just recognized that person at the time!
Conan lowered his head and regrouped his thoughts.
During the day, after the meeting, the police officers who were meeting left the conference room one after another, and first Karasuma Ying looked at one of those officers with a shocked expression on his face.
Subsequently, the police officer who went to the toilet heard the sound of a mobile phone button similar to "Song of the Crow" when he went to the toilet.
Therefore, he determined that there were members of the Black Order lurking in the meeting at that time, and immediately chased him out, but unfortunately only saw a black Porsche in the distance.
So, who were the members of the Black Order who infiltrated the meeting at that time? Belmode, who is good at disguise? What is their purpose? Could it be that this serial murder case has something to do with the Black Cloaks?
Could it be that they were the ones who made Karasuma Ying show that abnormal appearance? If so, what is the relationship between Karasuma Ying and the Black Clothed Organization? And with what purpose did she come to serve as Uncle Maori's assistant?
Damn, the brain is so messy, there are too few clues now, and they can't be connected at all.
Conan shook his head vigorously and glanced vaguely at Karasuma Ying, who was still washing dishes in the kitchen.
But no matter what, for Karasuma Ying's abnormality, he had to ......
"Ke-Nan-"
"Wow!"
Suddenly stretched out a pair of hands to straighten Conan's head, Mao Lilan pressed the panicked Conan, and said with a serious face:
"You can't keep staring at Sister Xiaoying, it's rude."
"Cai, Cai didn't keep staring! Fool Orchid...... Sister! IāI'm going back to sleep! ā
With a red face, he broke free of Maorilan's hand, and Conan ran back to the room with a puff of smoke.
"It's really ......"
Looking at Conan, who fled in a panic, Mao Lilan crossed his hands on his waist and sighed helplessly.
"How did this kid become more and more like his father......"
"What's wrong, Xiaolan?"
In the kitchen, Karasuma Ying, who heard movement outside, turned around and asked.
"It's nothing, Sister Ying, I'll help you!"
"Well, that's ......"
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"Welcome, what do you need?"
At the same time, in an ordinary convenience store, Toru Amuro is working part-time.
A short-haired man with glasses walked in, first looking around the store before grabbing a bottle of soda and walking to the counter.
"Mr. Shibuyani, the person you asked us to investigate earlier already has a clue."
"Say."
"Regel, who was active in Japan more than ten years ago......"
"More than ten years ago?" Amuro was surprised.
Before, in the bar, he could hear that Regel's voice was very young, no more than thirty years old, and if he went back like this, wouldn't Regel become a member of the group when he was a teenager?
No, it can't be counted that way...... There are rumors in the organization that Regel is also capable of transfiguration and voice alteration, and Regile's voice may have been disguised in the bar last night.
If this is true, it will be much more difficult to identify Regel's identity, and Amuro will not even be able to determine Regel's true gender.
"Are there any clues within the police about Regel's physical characteristics?" Amuro asked.
"There's one."
The man in glasses nodded and said, "Purple pupils." ā
"Purple pupils?"
"It's a sighting record from more than ten years ago within the public security, and Regel's pupils are very special in color, purple."
"Purple...... Anything else? ā
"No, no, this person is very mysterious, since he disappeared from Japan more than ten years ago, there has been no record of his whereabouts in the world......"
"Understood."
Amuro nodded, no more asking.
"Regel is doubting my identity right now, so don't come and contact me until I take the initiative to contact you these days."
"Yes."
"Okay~The list has been ordered~Please check out~"
Amuro suddenly changed his tone, smiled and handed the large bag of things in his hand to the man with glasses.
There was not only the soda that the man with glasses bought, but also a lot of chewing gum, cigarettes, small biscuits, and small umbrellas......
"Uh......"
Looking at the big bag of things, the man with glasses swallowed and showed an embarrassed smile.
"Mr. Shibuyani, I didn't buy this ......"
"Please settle the bill."
Amuro still smiled.
"Uh...... It's ......"
Under Toru Amuro's kind smile, the man with glasses finally lost the battle, and took out his not very thick wallet with a bitter face.