Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator - Page 292
He had heard Inspector Megure complain more than once between cases, saying that the criminal he had finally caught was taken away by the police, and the case was transferred along with it, and they had no right to inquire about what happened next.
If the public security is involved, then the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and the very reliable Nagano Police will not be able to say much, no matter how many doubts they have about the details of the case.
This is especially true for Mr. Aoyagi. He has a diplomatic identity and can intervene in cases involving Americans, but if it is a Japanese official, he will get into trouble if he intervenes casually...
Edogawa Conan sighed silently and had to put the case aside for the time being.
With the two cases solved—at least on the surface—his detective brain cleared up, and he finally remembered a question that had concerned him the most.
"By the way, what's the matter with the other Kudo Shinichi?"
He originally thought that this Kudo Shinichi would make some big move, such as claiming that he was the one who committed a certain crime in order to see the reaction of his acquaintances, or using this identity to get close to Uncle Mori and the others to obtain other information.
In the end, nothing happened. When he came out, it was as if this person had never been there at all.
Aoyagi Akimichi was about to answer when his eyes suddenly fell on the elevator's floor display screen.
He saw the elevator in front of him reach the 20th floor, but did not stop. The numbers on it continued to jump until they reached 23.
Edogawa Conan also looked at him with confusion.
Why is it 23 again? Is there some kind of event being arranged in the banquet hall above?
He didn't pay much attention to it, as another elevator was about to come up.
But at this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Chapter 346 Killing in front of the kind protagonist
Dr. Agasa, a scientist who often stays up late to conduct research, has irregular work and rest schedules and an irregular diet, is often called grandpa by children because of his slightly bald hair and gray beard. In fact, he is only 52 years old this year.
But now he really looked like an old man, and the panic and fatigue between his brows seemed to make him age ten years older in an instant.
"The man ran after me, and I fell to the ground. When I got up, both of them were gone. I didn't dare to contact Xiao Ai casually, worried that she was hiding well and would be exposed by the ringing of the phone..."
In the infirmary on the first floor of the hotel, Aoyagi Akimitsu and the hotel medical staff were discussing in the outer room, while Edogawa Conan was standing behind the screen, listening to Dr. Agasa narrating his experience.
When he heard Huibara Ai running away and the man in black chasing after her, his face looked frighteningly ugly.
Dr. Agasa had a bandage on his forehead and the scratches on his arm were treated. He looked at him with hopeful eyes: "Shinichi, what should we do? Should we call the police?"
Conan Edogawa did not answer directly. He pressed the button on the edge of his glasses and tried to check the location of Huibara's detective badge.
The result was not displayed on the lens.
After searching in vain, he turned back to Dr. Agasa. Faced with the anxious and worried look of his elder, he quickly calmed down.
"Doctor, ask the hotel to call the police. Don't mention Huibara. Just say you were attacked when you left the hotel."
"Or you can call Uncle Maori directly. He is in the police car now. Officer Yokomizo and his men have not been gone for long. The Yokohama Police Station is not far from here, so they will arrive soon..."
Edogawa Conan thought quickly and spoke in a very fast tone. His heart was beating violently and he unconsciously clenched his fists at his sides.
He was very worried about Huibara's safety.
However, in addition to worry, he also felt a little nervous and... excited.
This is the second time he meets someone from the organization after he became small and witnessed the death of Akemi Miyano!
That time at the amusement park, he had just solved a case and the police were not far away, so the silver-haired man in the lead stopped his accomplices from shooting him and used drugs on him.
This shows that the organization attaches great importance to secrecy and will try its best to avoid attracting police investigation.
This time we can do it this way - as long as we call the police back as soon as possible, we can intimidate the members of the organization and force them to withdraw quickly.
Even if the police arrive in time and block the area quickly enough, they can catch the other party!
Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan looked towards the door, his eyes behind the lenses brightened surprisingly, like a shark that smelled blood.
Dr. Agasa realized what he was going to do: "You..."
"I'll go find her."
Conan Edogawa has not lost his mind. Capturing the members of the organization is important, but finding Haibara, who may turn back into a child at any time, is more important. Her life is in danger now.
"Doctor, please stay here first. Don't go out casually. Wait for the police to come with the doctor. I will go find her first!"
The other party was holding a knife, and it was very dangerous for unarmed ordinary employees to search for him. The armed security guards could not be transferred at will, and had to watch the door to see if there were other suspicious people coming in...
He can only go by himself!
After saying this, Edogawa Conan turned and ran outside, but just as he turned around a medical screen that was twice as tall as him, he bumped into something.
A hot current almost rushed out of his nasal cavity. Edogawa Conan took a few steps back, covered his sore nose, and looked up to meet Aoyagi Akiko's puzzled gaze.
"Where are you in such a hurry to go?" the FBI agent asked in confusion.
"Mr. Qingliu!"
Edogawa Conan's eyes lit up and he rushed forward and took his hand.
The palm of an adult male is broad, solid, and full of strength. However, from the back of the hand to the palm and fingertips, there is no temperature at all, as cold as a piece of metal.
Edogawa Conan didn't care about this now. He pulled him and said anxiously:
"Mr. Qingliu, I have something to ask of you!"
……
SON-OKO Hotel, a hotel given by a father to his daughter and named after her, has a total of 25 floors.
There are two guest rooms on each side of the hotel, and a total of two freight elevators. The third underground floor is a parking lot, which has not yet been fully opened. The second to nineteenth floors of the hotel are guest room areas, and the twentieth to the top twenty-fifth floors used for today's competition are banquet halls and other functional areas.
The rooftop can be reached through a security passage. The door is usually locked and only the manager and cleaning staff have the key.
To be fair, the hotel is not very large, but if you are not familiar with the terrain and need to find someone to hide, it is as difficult as fishing for stones in a river.
especially--
"Elementary school girls are small and have many places to hide..."
Aoyagi Binguang said distressedly.
Conan Edogawa knew that Haibara Ai was against the FBI, so even though he trusted Aoyagi Akimitsu very much, he still did not tell him her true identity.
He reluctantly found an excuse: she was running around in the hotel after resting and accidentally saw someone acting suspiciously. She didn't take it seriously, but the other party wanted to catch her and silence her, so she took advantage of the chaos to escape.
He was not good at lying, and only realized that his story was full of loopholes after he finished it. Fortunately, Aoyagi Binguang didn't ask any more questions - I don't know if he didn't notice it, or if he noticed that he was in trouble, so he considerately didn't ask any more questions.
Edogawa Conan felt a little guilty and suggested a location: "We can go to the underground garage. There is a laundry room downstairs. The location is very hidden. I grew bigger there after eating the cake."
Aoyagi Akimitsu had no objection, and to avoid the elevator alerting the criminals, the two took the safety passage.
There is insufficient light in the safety passage, especially on the third floor leading to the underground. As the space is more closed, there is a slight smell of renovation in the air.
When he reached the corner platform, Edogawa Conan felt an itchy nose and sneezed, then he quickly covered his nose and looked left and right nervously.
Qing Liu Bingguang pressed his head and pushed him towards his legs: "Don't be too far away from me. I don't want you to be taken hostage."
Edogawa Conan really wanted to refute that he was not that weak, but unfortunately the physical condition of today's elementary school students was the biggest evidence, so he had to shut up.
The two walked down and came to the third underground floor. The door was half open, and Aoyagi was about to push it open when he suddenly stopped and raised his right hand to block Edogawa Conan's view.
Edogawa Conan was startled, he also heard the noise outside the door.
There were at least three people standing outside.
"How is it?" asked the tall man.
"Miss Curacao replied to the email. She thought the room code she gave was correct, but I just tested it several times and the door lock didn't open." A tall and thin man frowned in distress.
Finally, the fattest one took off his coat and hung it on his arm. "What should we do? There is an important person imprisoned there who was told by the higher-ups to bring back. We finally caught her... Where is she now?"
"She's still upstairs. Maybe she's been given another task..."
Edogawa Conan's heart tightened.
An important person? Has Huiyuan been captured?!
Curacao - if his memory served him right, this was a multi-colored liqueur produced in the Dutch island of Curacao.
This is a code name for a wine!
He is a codename member of the organization at the same level as Haibara and the two men who made him smaller!
Wait, Dr. Agasa said that the man chasing Haibara was in black, but the three people in front of him were not wearing black. The coat that the fat man took off was even white. Plus the female member with a code name they were talking about... How many people from the organization are there in the hotel?
The more Edogawa Conan thought about it, the more frightened he became. Cold sweat wet his palms. He realized that he might have underestimated his enemy.
He was too careless and thought there was only one enemy, but it turned out there were at least five. And judging from the waists of the three outside, they were probably each carrying a gun.
He had an anesthetic needle and a football, but he was far away from the three men and was not sure he could knock them all down at once. Mr. Qingliu was just attending the banquet and probably didn't have a gun or even a bulletproof vest.
How to...
The thought of "what to do" had not yet completely flashed through his mind, when at this moment, Edogawa Conan saw Aoyagi Akimitsu in front of him take a few steps back and close the door.
Then he heard him say, "Back off."
As soon as he finished speaking, Edogawa Conan saw through the glass window on the door a black shadow passing over the three people. It was the eagle, followed by a cylindrical object falling from its claws.
"Ah!"
With the sound of something exploding, black smoke instantly filled the area around those people, engulfing them and the two surrounding cars.
Looking at the smoke over there, Conan turned to Edogawa, who was not affected by the smoke bomb, and turned to Aoyagi Akimitsu, only to see him reaching behind him and pulling out his gun.
The gun was not big, and was originally on his back, covered by his clothes, so it was not discovered by the police. He slowly opened the safety, opened the door with his other hand, and pointed the gun at it.
"Wait, Mr. Aoyagi!"
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Conan Edogawa quickly stopped him.
"Don't kill them, don't hit vital parts - I want to hand them over to the police alive for interrogation," he hastened to add.
Law enforcement officers are one of the few who can legally kill people. For example, in a hostage situation, the police will send out snipers to kill the criminals directly when necessary. American police are well-known for their "strong martial virtues."
Conan Edogawa will not stop the relevant personnel from enforcing the law, but he still hopes that they can be more cautious when conditions permit and the criminal does not have to be put to death.
Aoyagi Binmitsu paused for a moment, then fired without hesitation.
Although they hesitated for a few seconds, those people were choked by the smoke and kept coughing and crying. They could not avoid the bullets at all. Their thighs, shoulders, and knees were hit one by one, and they fell down screaming.
"Are you disgusted by me killing people in front of you?" Aoyagi Binguang suddenly said.