Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator - Page 291
Even after a long period of adulthood, when one is in extreme pain and unable to extricate oneself, one will miss the family members that one cares about.
This is human instinct and has nothing to do with weakness.
The laughter from the other side disappeared.
Those frivolous movements, like playing with a pet, also stopped.
What was heard instead was a very low sigh.
"Good luck, Scotland."
It was also impossible to tell whether the voice was male or female, or whether it was kind or malicious.
But this time, Zhu Fu Jingguang recognized the other person.
It was as if all the blood in his body rushed straight to his head from all over his body. Zhu Fu Jingguang's brain went blank, and only that code name rang in his mind -
Aniset!!
Zhu Fu Jingguang opened his eyes and stood up suddenly. In shock and anger, he didn't even see the other person's appearance, and punched him hard with all his strength!
However, the moment he swung his fist, he met a pair of eyes.
It was not the emerald green of a venomous snake, but a pair of very light brown eyes that were almost gray under the light.
"!!!"
Zhu Fu Jingguang realized that he might have been wrong.
Before he could stop, the man in front of him tilted his head slightly and dodged the fist. The long hair brushed against the back of his hand, and a black shadow flashed before his eyes as fast as lightning. The next second, his chest tightened, and he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up, and thrown heavily against the wall!
"Ah!"
The collision of more than 70 kilograms of weight caused quite a lot of noise.
Zhu Fujingguang lifted his feet off the ground, leaned against the wall and panted, his abdomen aching. With the help of the surrounding lights, he could see the face of the person opposite him clearly from top to bottom.
A man with long black hair that was not noticeably curly, tanned skin that looked like he had been sunbathed, the deep facial features of a foreigner, and a pair of... light brown eyes.
——It was the American police liaison officer, FBI agent, Aoyagi Akiko, whom he had met not long ago during the embassy explosion.
Although he is not a colleague of the public security, such a foreign agent with a formal identity and who entered Japan legally cannot be considered an enemy.
but……
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the indifferent expression on Qingliu Bingguang's face and the black clothes he was wearing. A chill ran from the soles of his feet to his whole body, and an absurd and terrible guess flashed through his mind.
Why did he appear at this time? Could it be that he was also...
"Da da da……"
There was the sound of undisguised footsteps.
Zhu Fujingguang saw a primary school boy come out from behind the table. He stood there looking at the posture of the two of them.
"Mr. Qing Liu?"
As the boy shouted in disbelief, the hand that was holding Zhu Fu Jingguang's collar loosened, and he fell back to the ground, staggering a few steps to steady himself.
Aoyagi Binguang also withdrew his right hand. He stared at his pale face and frowned.
Zhu Fu Jingguang heard him ask unhappily, "Why did you suddenly attack me just now?"
Chapter 345 Tell the truth
Conan Edogawa turned back into a child and stood beside the cooking table, looking at the scene in front of him in surprise and confusion.
The familiar Mr. Qingliu was standing by the wall, holding the injured man with one hand and smashing him against the wall. After hearing his own voice, he let go of his hand.
Then he asked, "Why did you suddenly attack me just now?"
Aoyagi Binkou's tone was not as gentle as usual, and it was unusually sharp and dissatisfied.
However, Edogawa Conan can understand his feelings...
……
Time goes back a few minutes.
Kudo Shinichi became smaller again in that small room that was only furnished with a mirror and a chair.
Because there were many policemen and hotel staff outside, he did not scream this time and tried his best to suppress it… When he stood up from the ground with the help of a chair, his body was covered with cold sweat from the pain.
He didn't bother to wipe the sweat off his face. He quickly took off the clothes that were too big for him, took out the children's clothes in the bag, and put them on one by one.
As soon as he finished putting it on, he immediately sent an email to Dr. Agasa.
Judging from the current noise, there is no chaos outside the venue for the time being, and the doctor has not sent an email asking for help. It seems that Huibara has not shrunk yet... But she can't be complacent, she'd better leave the hotel as soon as possible.
Edogawa Conan quickly sent the email and looked at the door.
Since he came in, no one else, especially the police, has come in. He didn't know what room Mr. Qingliu put him in. He came in such a hurry that he didn't see the surrounding environment clearly.
He didn't know how the case outside was progressing. Although Mr. Aoyagi asked him to stay here, he was really curious about the other Kudo Shinichi and what the case was about...
Edogawa Conan thought so, and with some trepidation about disobeying a kind-hearted adult, he walked to the door, stood on tiptoe, and tried to turn the doorknob.
It didn't turn.
Edogawa Conan: "......?"
He tried a few more times unwillingly, but the handle still didn't move.
Edogawa Conan: “…………”
...Could it be that Mr. Aoyagi guessed that he would run away after turning back into a child, so he locked him up?
No, that's not right, he shouldn't make malicious assumptions.
It is more likely that he wanted to prevent outsiders from entering. If someone saw him getting smaller, it would definitely cause a commotion. Mr. Qingliu simply broke the door lock to avoid this from happening.
Anyway, the police had searched before and found no other bodies. They found that this door could not be opened, so the staff would not rush to force their way in...
Conan Edogawa quickly found a reasonable reason for Aoyagi Akimitsu's behavior.
Since he couldn't get out, he could only sit back in the chair and wait for someone.
Fortunately, not long after, Edogawa Conan heard a commotion outside, probably a group of people walking by. He waited patiently for a while, and the door finally opened.
Aoyagi Akimichi stood at the door and easily turned the doorknob that seemed to be broken. He lowered his head slightly and looked at Edogawa Conan who jumped off the chair and ran towards him.
"Are you feeling okay? Are you feeling unwell?" he asked.
"I'm fine." Edogawa Conan asked anxiously, "Mr. Aoyagi, how is the case going?"
Qing Liu Bingguang hesitated for a few seconds, and spoke in a somewhat subtle tone:
"It has ended."
……
Conan Edogawa washed off the makeup on his face and went to find Kogoro Mouri first to explain to him why he had been away for so long - he had run to the garden downstairs to play.
He was almost hit for this, but fortunately Aoyagi Akimitsu pulled him away in time.
"Follow Qingliu honestly and stop running around."
Maori Kogoro first explained to Edogawa Conan in a bad mood, then turned to Aoyagi Akimitsu: "I am going to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters to take a statement. Can you please send this guy back first?"
"Of course." Aoyagi Binguang nodded.
At this moment, there were only a few hotel employees left in the banquet hall besides them, and most of the guests had already left. Since the crime scene needed to be sealed, the employees didn't need to clean up anything, and they would leave soon.
After Maori Kogoro left with the police, Edogawa Conan couldn't wait to pull Aoyagi Akimitsu's sleeve and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"
On the way out of the backstage, Aoyagi Akimichi briefly explained the ins and outs of the Shou sisters' case, but many details were not made clear.
Qing Liu Bingguang led him out of the banquet hall, straightened his words, and said helplessly: "Before the game started, Miss Meimei came to see Miss Hua Lian. Mr. Mao Li was with them at the time. Miss Hua Lian found an excuse to send him away, and then the two began to quarrel..."
Edogawa Conan understood.
No wonder she had to take a statement. If it was just an ordinary relationship between a client and a detective, it wouldn't be so troublesome. But Uncle Maori happened to be by her side shortly before the incident, so he was considered a witness.
"And the police have not been able to contact Mrs. Shou," Aoyagi Akimitsu added.
Conan Edogawa was puzzled and asked, "Didn't she accompany Miss Hua Lian to the hospital? Even if her daughter was in emergency treatment, she wouldn't completely ignore her phone, right?"
Looking at her anxious look as she left with the emergency personnel, even if she didn't care about her missing eldest daughter, she would at least care about who caused her second daughter to fall, right?
"I don't know about that. Officer Yokomizo is planning to contact the hospital to look for someone. This involves the work of the Japanese police, so I'm not in a position to ask too much."
As they were talking, the two walked to the elevator and Aoyagi Binguang pressed the down button.
The two elevators happened to go down at the same time, so they had to wait a while.
Edogawa Conan frowned slightly. He thought it was really strange that he couldn't contact Mrs. Shou, but soon another question occupied his mind.
"What about the congressman's case? How did the police make their verdict? Who is the murderer?"
He asked several questions in one breath. When he came out, another criminal, Sho Amano, had been taken away early in the morning, and the police were doing the final work, and no one mentioned the other case.
"This case..."
Aoyagi Binguang glanced at him, and his tone returned to the subtle tone he had just had in the room: "The police believe it was an accident, and they haven't found the murderer."
Edogawa Conan was stunned.
"how come--"
How could this happen?! He had handed over a very important piece of evidence! Didn't the police notice it?!
"I don't know the specific process of judging this incident. I was backstage at the time, but..."
Aoyagi Binkou paused and his voice became calm.
"Among the guests at the scene, there are Japanese public security personnel."
At this moment, an elevator reached the bottom first, sent a group of people away, and then went up again.
He continued, "One of them was involved in the previous embassy bombing, I won't make a mistake... You are Japanese, you should know better than me what it means to have public security police hidden near your own officials."
Edogawa Conan fell silent.
Kudo Shinichi is known as the savior of the Japanese police. He has solved many cases and naturally has a good relationship with the detectives of the First Investigation Section.