Chapter 192: The Promise Is Still Valid
"You just called Judy from the FBI, right?"
After Kaedehara and Conan answered the phone together, Ashbara came to Kaedehara's side to ask questions.
There aren't many people who can call Kaedehara, and it can make Conan want to listen to the phone together, and the phone is obviously related to those people.
Ms. Judy has always been the main bridge between them.
So that's pretty obvious.
"yes," Kaedehara honestly admitted.
"And then? What was said? β
"It's nothing, and it's not convenient to talk about it now..."
"Ah, that means you'll be honest and honest when you get back?"
"Count, count..."
"There's an event!" Mitsuhiko's voice suddenly came, attracting the attention of everyone who was about to go home.
Following Mitsuhiko's gaze, they noticed an elementary school student about their age quietly stuffing a letter of entrustment into Motota's shoe cabinet.
The other party was also startled when he heard Mitsuhiko's voice.
In short, the Junior Detective Corps has been commissioned.
The client is Kaito Yamaura, who is in the first grade A class next door.
His father was the landlord of a small apartment with three tenants, one of whom was suspicious every night, so he hoped that the Junior Detectives would find out what the man was up to.
However, because he was going to play reversi with his father tonight, he hoped that the young detectives would come over the next day to investigate.
This apartment is near the doctor's house, and it will also pass by on the way to school by Kaedehara and Gray Plains, although it is old and small, but it feels good.
The next day, the Junior Detective Corps arrived as promised.
It's just that when they arrived, the apartment had burned to the ground.
It can't be because of the invitation to the detective group...
Kaede Yuan complained in his heart and observed.
The apartment was supposed to be a wooden structure, burned out completely, and the stone walls around it were only slightly scorched.
Not far away, several police officers appeared to be nearby investigating clues.
Ayumi and the others were a little worried about the situation of the opening of people.
"Really, really? It's all burned by fire! β
"How could it be..."
"So," Gray Yuan mourned for a moment, "I thought I heard a siren in the middle of the night last night... But I didn't expect it to be here..."
It is worth mentioning that Kaedehara told her about the fact that Mizuno has regained his trust. She didn't pay much attention to it, but she stayed up late last night because of the development of the antidote, so she heard it clearly.
Because the sound of the siren was very close, Kaedehara was also woken up.
However, sirens are really not uncommon in rice flowers, and there is the sound of fire trucks, so he thought that maybe there was just a fire somewhere, so he didn't care...
I didn't expect it to be here.
"So, yesterday's kid he..."Ayumi's eyes were brewing tears of worry, "how is he doing?" β
"It's hard, is it in the fire..."Mitsuhiko was also in a low mood.
"No, the little imp who called the person is fine."
The police officer who had noticed Kaedehara earlier had apparently noticed them around the ruins, and walked over, this was the Bow Captain Police Department that Kaedehara and Conan had seen in an incident.
"Although I had a little burns," said the Gong Chief, "but I was rescued by the firefighters and is now lying in the hospital..."
"Great!"
"And then? Did anyone die in the fire? β
"Fortunately, there are no dead people. Kairen's father was seriously injured and is now in the intensive care unit, almost dying..."
"What about the others? What about the child, his family, and the tenants? β
"The child's mother happened to be traveling with a friend, and she called the hotel where they were staying, and she was shocked and said that she would fly to the hospital immediately..."
"Then there were three tenants," the Bow Chief Police Department went on to recount, "and they all happened to be out at the time of the fire and came back in the morning..."
"Out of town?" Conan asked, "Didn't it happen in the middle of the night?" β
"yes... It's about half past two this morning...", the Bow Commander replied, "But none of those three people are children, and it's not strange to go out in the middle of the night and come back in the morning..."
"Did one of those three set the fire?" Motota asked.
"What?" The Gong Commander Police Department was a little surprised.
"I said it yesterday!" Ayumi explained to him, "One of those three people behaves strangely at night! β
"What's this strange method?"
"I don't know!" Yuan Tai said, "We came here today to confirm this, and it turned out like this! β
The Bow Commander Police Department thought that the elementary school students knew something, so they quickly ordered his subordinates behind him to bring the three people not far away.
Kaede Yuan quietly moved a step in front of Gray Yuan Ai, and Gray Yuan was slightly stunned, and was about to ask what was wrong, but his body suddenly froze slightly.
A gaze that she couldn't tell the source fell on her.
It was like catching a prey, and the intense feeling of pressure made her stomach twitch.
Gray Yuan Ai subconsciously grabbed Kaedehara's arm, put the other hand on his shoulder, and hid behind him.
The elementary school students looked at her with some curiosity and concern.
Gray Plains' thoughts are complicated.
If you are found out and the other party directly chooses to do it here, then these people around you may be in danger...
"Don't worry, it's fine."
Kaedehara comforted.
As his words fell, Gray Yuan felt that strong sense of oppression suddenly disappeared, which made her a little puzzled for a while.
The sense of oppression disappeared, and Gray Yuan Ai was a little more sober, and the Gong Commander Police Department handed over the three people to his subordinates, asked them to answer a few questions from the police, and walked back.
"And then?" Captain Gong asked, "Which of these three people is it?" That suspicious guy..."
"We don't know!"
"That's where we come to ask people!"
"What... Why didn't you say it earlier..."
"Who are those three?" Conan asked.
"Ah, from the right," the Bow Commander Police Department looked back at the three people, "Mr. Hosoi Ryuhei who works as a carpenter, Mr. Okiya Tsuka, a graduate student at university, and Mr. Shinya Mabe, a freelancer..."
While listening to the introduction of the Gong Chief's Police Department, Kaede Yuan whispered to Gray Yuan, "Gray Yuan? β
"Huh?" was cautiously looking at the gray plain over there, and was slightly stunned.
"Let me take the glasses in my pocket."
Only then did he realize that he was still holding Kaedehara's arm tightly.
There were still elementary school students around, and she quickly let go of her hand, and then saw Kaedehara take out the tracking glasses and put them on.
It should be the function of the telescope turned on.
Is Kudo also watching those three people...
"Bow Chief's Headquarters!" At this time, a police officer came out of the rubble, holding a notebook that was still in good condition, "Found this in the ruins of the fire!" β
"Isn't this the diary of the Kairen?" The Gong Commander Police Department took it and took a look, "Did you write something related to the fire?" β
Kaedehara took off his glasses, withdrew his gaze, and joined Conan and the other elementary school students to focus on the Bow Chief's Police Department, which was reading as they watched.
"The last page is October 5th, yesterday? It's been a nasty weather early this morning... But I had to go to school early... The red ones probably can sleep in... Who is this red man? β
"Read on." His men said.
Bow Chief Police Department is as good as flowing: "I came back from school and fell in the entrance, and the white man was about to go out... It's just wonderful.
The red, the white, and the yellow will go out tonight... I was able to stay with my dad.
I want my dad to play with me a little longer... But tomorrow the detective group is coming, so let's go to bed early... Who is it? Someone came back in the middle of the night... I'm arguing with my dad... It's the yellow people..."
Captain Gong's face changed slightly, realizing that this was key information, and after a pause, he continued to read.
"Is it because he did something strange that his father found out? It's scary, plug your ears up and go to sleep... I'll tell Edogawa-san about this when I wake up..."
"Well, the one who set the fire must be the yellow guy!"
"Yes! It must be a lie to say that you will come back in the morning! β
Motota and Mitsuhiko gave their judgments one by one.
"But, little devils," the Bow Commander Police Department glanced back at the three men who were still being questioned by his men, "that yellow guy... Which one is it? β
The elementary school students were stunned for a moment.
Conan thought about it, too.
Kairen's diary highlights a strong sense of confidentiality, like a riddler, and now Kairen has not regained consciousness, so it is inconvenient to ask him directly, and the juvenile detective group is not very aware of Kairen.
There are still too few clues...
Conan thought this, and heard a familiar voice say:
"It's Mr. Shinya Mabe, right?"
"Huh?" Conan looked at Kaedehara in surprise. That's too fast, isn't it?
"Why?" Elementary school students are also a little curious.
Gray Yuan Ai also withdrew his gaze and peeked at the three people over there, looking at Kaede Yuan.
"Did Kairen tell you?" Bow Commander asked.
"No," Kaedehara said, "it's because Mr. Magabe has been peeking at the ruins of the apartment." β
"Huh?"
"When this uncle was investigating the scene just now," Kaedehara glanced at the police officer who had just retrieved the diary, "Mr. Magabe has been quietly staring at it too... He was relieved when his uncle returned..."
"I suppose there's something he cares about, but doesn't want to be discovered, right?" Kaedehara continued, "Kaito also said that yellow people do strange things every night, and if you look closely, you can see that Mr. Mabe's fingernails have a lot of dirt..."
Bow Chief Police Department glanced back.
The three of them weren't far away, and he could faintly see that Makabe Ginya's fingernails seemed to be dirty. So he glanced at the subordinate next to him, and the other party immediately understood, and walked over there to secretly confirm.
"So," Kaedehara looked at the ruins, "I think he probably dug something in the yard every night... There must be something buried there..."
In the rice flower, the first reaction of the Gong Chief Police Department was that the person must be burying the body in the yard, so he quickly ordered his men to go down to the yard to see if there were any traces of excavation.
He deliberately didn't hide the three of them from this, and under the gaze of everyone, Mabe Yinya's face changed suddenly, and he subconsciously opened his mouth to try to stop it, "Don't, don't..."
"Huh?" The bow chief squinted his eyes and stretched his momentum.
"Ahh It really is! β
"Kaedehara, you're amazing!"
"It's just a coincidence... As luck would have it, I just saw it..."
Here, Kaedehara was humble against the dead fish eyes thrown by Conan, and over there, under the pressure of the Gong Chief's police department, seeing that there was no way to continue to hide it, Mabiyin also began to confess in frustration.
"That's cash..."
"Huh? Isn't it a corpse? β
"Corpses, corpses!" Makabe was also a little shocked, and quickly explained, "No! It's two suitcases of cash, about 200 million dollars..."
"Two, two hundred million?!"
"Where are you burying all that money?" The Gong Chang Police Department was also a little shocked, and quickly recalled in his heart whether the amount of losses in several recent bank robberies could be matched, "You robbed Rice Flower Bank?" β
"Robbing a bank? No! Money is earned by trading stocks! β
"Huh?"
"I've been doing T+0 trading and came up with a great trading system... Because I didn't want to pay taxes, I took cash out of the bank and buried it in the yard for every million or so I earned..."
Makabe also went on to explain, "As a result, when I came back from watching the movie in the middle of the night, the landlord was waiting at the door of my room with the two boxes, and kept asking me what was going on with the money, and as soon as I pushed him excitedly, the landlord rolled down the stairs and didn't move..."
"And then? You set fire to it because you were scared? β
"Hmm... I think fire can do it all over again... Of course, I buried the box back ... I'm going to dig it up afterwards..."
"What a joke! Do it all over again? The Bow Commander Police Department grabbed Mabe by the collar, "Do you think it's a game?" You've made this apartment and all the associated memories that took decades to build turn into char overnight! β
"I..."
"Do it all over again? How can it be so easy! The game of your life is far from over! Compensate yourself for all you have done! Even for the sake of the child you were implicated in! β
After venting his anger, Captain Gong asked his subordinates to bring Mabiyin into the police car, while he himself continued to direct his subordinates to investigate the scene and find the two boxes of cash.
"The police department," glancing at Ayumi and the others, who were still very worried about the situation of the opening, Kaedehara said to the bow chief police department, "If there is news of the opening, can you tell us?" β
"That's right! When Kairen recovers, let's go see him together! β
"Yes!"
The elementary school students also expressed their wishes, and the Gong Chang Police Department naturally readily agreed, "No problem..."
"Thank you so much this time..."The Bow Commander Police Department took out his mobile phone to write down Kaedehara's contact information, and then looked at Conan, who was still holding the diary and thinking about it, "But, the little ghost of the Maori family, this diary has to be returned to me..."
"Huh? Oh..."Conan reluctantly returned Kairen's diary.
"Conan, what are you looking at?" Ayumi asked.
"It's those colors... I still don't understand why Kairen calls Mr. Mabe a yellow person..."
According to Conan's own thinking, he must have found clues from the diary, but Kaedehara took a shortcut. Conan, who was still curious, couldn't give up, so he borrowed a diary from the Bow Chief's Police Department to continue thinking.
It's just that I haven't figured it out yet...
"I think it's probably because people like toy cars."
An unfamiliar voice came from the side, and the elementary school students looked over curiously and found that it was the university graduate student Okiya who spoke.
Ash Yuan Aiya had already quietly stood behind Kaedehara, carefully avoiding Okiya's gaze.
Conan was stunned for a moment, and then had a flash of inspiration.
"I only thought about it after I knew the results."
Okiya helped the thin-rimmed glasses he was wearing, looking at Kaedehara, his eyes kept squinting, giving people a feeling that he couldn't open them, "The driver should use the color of the vehicle to refer to us..."
"So Mr. Makabe is a yellow man!" Conan apparently figured it out, "because most of the vehicle-type construction equipment is painted yellow, and he's been secretly digging things..."
"Ahh Is this also the reason why the person who called Mr. Hosoi white and Mr. Okiya red? Mitsuhiko said.
"Call me a red person," Okiya thought for a moment, "I guess it's because I water the plants in the apartment every day?" So it's the red fire truck... Mr. Hosoi is a white man, probably because he always carries a Band-Aid with him..."
"So it's a white ambulance," Kaedehara said.
Conan was a little depressed, because the incident was resolved early, so he lost a lot of key clues.
"But, big brother, you're so good!"
"Yes! I thought of it before Conan..."
"Heh, hehe..."
"Because I like reasoning," Okiya said, "I like Sherlock Holmes very much..."
"Huh? Big brother, you like Sherlock Holmes too, huh? β
"Yes, I have all my books, but they've all been burned..."
Okiya looked at the ruins with nostalgia, and Kaedehara urged the elementary school students to leave, "Okay, we should leave too, don't disturb the work of the police uncles, right?" β
"Good!"
"That's right! Anyway, it's so close, let's go to the doctor's house and play a game for a while, shall we? Yuan Tai proposed.
"Yes!"
"When the time comes, we can also directly ask the doctor to take us to the hospital where the people are opened!"
"Doctor?" Okiya turned around, "Do you have a doctor among your friends?" β
"Yes, yes!"
"It's said to be a doctor of engineering!" Mitsuhiko said.
"What a coincidence... I went to graduate school to get a doctorate in engineering... Is his house near here? β
"Hmmm! It's over there! β
"Would I like to see the doctor?"
"Yes!" Ayumi readily agreed, "We'll take you!" β
"That's great..."
The elementary school students actively led the way, and Okiya followed.
Ash Yuan looked at Kaedehara, who didn't react in particular, opened his mouth and closed it again.
Kudo's attitude is a little strange...
This place is not far from the doctor's house, thinking that Kaede Yuan promised to tell himself the reason when he returns, Gray Yuan temporarily suppressed the confusion in his heart and followed back in silence.
The doctor's home arrived soon.
"Oh... Ph.D. in the Faculty of Engineering? Dr. Asasa said to Okiya, "You're going to be my competitor in the future, right?" β
"Everywhere, I just keep learning because I like it... However, your home is really spacious..."
"Yes," the doctor glanced at Kaedehara and Ashbara, who was still hiding behind Kaedehara and Conan playing games with the elementary school students in the living room, "However, it's just me and these two children..."
"Well, even if you add one more guest, it looks like it's fine..."
"Huh?" The doctor was stunned for a moment.
"Actually, the apartment I rented was burned down... If so, can I live here until I settle for a new place? β
"This..."
"Of course, I'll be your research assistant in my free time."
"Really? But..."
The doctor looked hesitantly at Kaedehara and Ashbara, noticing that Graybara looked a little nervous, so he didn't want to agree. And even though it's his own house, he still trusts Kaedehara's opinion more.
"So do you want to live at Shinichi's brother's house?" Kaedehara asked.
Ash Yuan looked at Kaedehara in surprise, and his hand couldn't help but grab Kaedehara's arm, but then let go.
"Brother Shinichi?"
"Hmmm! It's the one next door! I have the keys to his house. Kaedehara said, "Shall I take you there?" β
Kaedehara and Okiya walked outside.
Gray Yuan watched the two leave in a daze, biting his lip.
"Doctor," Gray Hara said suddenly, "Do you think Kudo is normal today?" β
"Huh? It doesn't seem normal..."
Pulling out the chair, Gray Yuan Ai sat down, holding his chin in one hand and thinking.
On the other side, as soon as he walked out of the doctor's house, Kaede Yuan received a call from the Gong Chang Police Department, and learned that Kairen had woken up, and Kairen's father was also out of danger.
However, he planned to keep it down for a few minutes before telling the elementary school students.
"Why do you want to live here?"
"I promised you," Okiya looked at her future residence, "in exchange, she'll keep her safe..."
This is obviously a quid pro quo that Kaede Hara obtained by inducing Belmode by himself and being disposed of by the other party when facing Belmode.
But apparently only referring to that full moon night...
It seems that he has confirmed the identity of Gray Plains...
However, although he felt that he could protect Gray Plains, he was just confident, not arrogant, and if there was one more person to protect Gray Plains, Feng Yuan would naturally not refuse.
"One more thing," Kaedehara reminded him of the key as he handed the key to Okiya, "she's very sensitive... Try to keep the momentum down. β
"Okay."
After the communication, Kaedehara went back to the doctor's house to find Gray Yuan.
If he doesn't explain, Gray Yuan will be angry...
Gray Plains was indeed a little angry.
When Kaedehara went back, she was still sitting in a chair, but as soon as she saw him, she stood up and walked up to him menacingly.
Then she crossed her hands on her hips and stared into Kaedehara's eyes, and she was very close. Kaedehara could even feel her exhale a little visibly from being angry.
"Gray Plains..."
"He's Shuichi Akai, right?" Gray Plains suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
"Sure enough!"
"How do you know?"
"You trust him very much," Gray Hara folded his hands on his chest, "I asked you last time why you trusted Shuichi Akai, and although you didn't answer directly, you didn't deny it..."
"And," Gray Plains continued, "I felt a terrible aura last time, but it quickly disappeared... You later told me that the man was Shuichi Akai... The same is true today. However, "Gray Yuan Wai was a little puzzled, "Why is that?" β
"I don't know..."
Although he knew that this was because of that kind of unscientific but very scientific momentum, Feng Yuan didn't know much about the principle of the induction radar of Gray Plains, so he really didn't know.
Gray Plains looked at Kaede Yuan suspiciously, "Then why did you just tell me now?" β
"I don't want him to know you already know who he is..."
"Ha, that's a good statement, it makes me feel so much better," said Gray Yuan, "so what should I do next?" And then pretend not to know who he is? Do you need to shiver again? β
ββ¦ That's not necessary, just get along normally, I just reminded him to rein in his momentum..."
A brief silence followed.
Gray Yuan looked at Kaedehara in a daze, then turned his head away and said softly in a very low voice, "Thank you." β
"Don't say that... That's right! The Gong Commander Police Department has already called me, and it's time for us to leave for the hospital..."
β¦β¦
There are degrees of trust.
The same is true for Okiya Pleiades.
It's like he didn't tell his FBI colleagues about how he and Kaedehara and Conan designed to pretend that he was killed by Mizuno in order to help her gain Gin's trust.
Opening the door of Kudo's new family and walking in, Okiya did not directly visit his future living environment, but gently leaned against the door and took out an old mobile phone from his arms.
Click on it, and it is a text message that he has read countless times.
γMaharaja...... If you can really break away from the organization like this, will you really be my boyfriend this time? Akemi. γ
That kid is so smart...
He must have a way, huh?
I wish it were...
I don't know how long I watched it, but Okiya put away his phone, and then looked at the environment in Kudo's new family.
"It's not as much dust as I thought..."
(End of chapter)