Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 313 Suspicious Matsuda Jinpei

Judy looked at the neighbor's house that was temporarily sealed off, passed by its door with lingering fear, and returned to her own house.

Leaning against the door of her room, she let out a light breath and then raised her voice:
"Mr. James, it's all right now."

After Judy finished speaking, three or five seconds passed before the door next to her bedroom was opened.

Old man James walked out and said, "Judy, did something happen outside just now? I seemed to hear an explosion."

"I was just about to tell you this." Judy took a deep breath. "There was an explosion in the room next door just now. According to the police, it might be a simple homemade bomb."

Seeing Judy's slightly serious expression, James immediately understood what she meant and his face darkened.

"Judy, you don't think..."

"I just think it's too coincidental. Although this explosion is just like a child's play and doesn't seem to be done by those people, I'm still worried." Judy didn't hesitate to express her suspicion. Then, she showed a little helplessness on her face, "And the two teenagers who came just now seem to doubt my identity."

In the afternoon, James came over as usual to learn about the deployment of her members and the progress of the surveillance.

But before they left, Rei showed up with Conan and Hattori Heiji...

Judy and James looked at the table full of documents in silence.

Then the two of them decided to delay time immediately. James helped to clean up while Judy took a shower to delay.

Then, James hid in the closet in another room until they left.

"That 'cool-guy'?" James was also impressed by the little boy who had saved him from trouble not long ago. "Did he find out who we are?"

Judy hesitated for a moment. "Well... probably not. Maybe they just found my whereabouts a little suspicious so they came here. However, during the time they stayed in the bathroom before, they might have known that I was deliberately delaying."

Old man James frowned slightly, "This is a bit troublesome. If they are too wary of us..."

This may hinder their surveillance and protection operations.

Conversely, this will increase the witch's chances of taking action.

"I have the same concern, but I can't think of any better solution for now."

Judy brought up the information they had been browsing before Conan came, "By the way, Mr. James, the other boy just now, Hattori Heiji, the only son of the chief of the Osaka Police Station..."

"You reported this person when you were screening the target's social circle. Is there anything wrong with him?"

James took a pencil and made some marks on the document, then copied some of it into his notebook. After hearing Judy's words, he looked up and asked.

Judy shook her head and said a little embarrassedly, "Actually, I wanted to talk about another person... There was another person who came with those two teenagers today."

"That Chi Yanlin?"

"Yes, I noticed that after I met him once before, I ignored him." Judy looked distressed, "His reaction speed is really the fastest I have ever seen..."

James flipped forward in his notebook, "Is this the enthusiastic citizen who subdued the criminal you mentioned before? He also has a nephew, Akagi Hiroki."

"Yes, but I don't think I paid much attention to him before..."

"There's no need to worry about this person." James flipped a few pages back in the notebook. "I asked someone to investigate. This person has very close ties with the police, especially the Metropolitan Police Department... Someone even found out that he seemed to have had a good chat with the chief of the Osaka Police Headquarters, Hattori Heizo, and helped solve a case."

Judy's eyes immediately turned into big eyes: "Ah? Yes, that's it..." She was still worried that she had neglected her duties... No, it was carelessness. She didn't expect that Mr. James would actually check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

but.

Judy suddenly thought of a possibility and turned serious again, "Mr. James, could those people have any idea about the police?"

James looked up with a puzzled expression, "What do you mean?"

"Because, apart from the girl with brown hair, the people around the other two targets seem to have connections with the police." Judy searched through the information, "Ran's father, Maori Kogoro, was originally a policeman, and the people Conan knows are also related to the police... Sonoko, who has a close relationship with them, the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, was almost killed by the people of that organization..."

James: "..."

Hiss, after hearing what Judy said, why did he feel that... this organization wanted to subvert the entire Japan?

Judy was probably infected by the PTSD brought by Conan, and her mind was full of dark thoughts:
"Speaking of the police, the officer named Matsuda just now seemed a little suspicious..."

"Oh?"

"Before confirming the source of the explosives and whether there were other explosives, he went upstairs alone to investigate without taking any protective measures."

Judy pinched her chin, becoming more and more suspicious the more she thought about it.

James suddenly asked at this time: "Are you talking about a man with curly hair?"

"...Huh? Has Mr. James seen him?" Judy was a little stunned.

"I was watching through the peephole just now. After that person went into the next room, he didn't come out until recently. I didn't see him checking anything in other places." James narrowed his eyes. "And I vaguely heard some voices, but the voices were very low. I thought it was an illusion before."

Judy's expression suddenly turned ugly, "Could it be..."

Are you reporting something to someone?

"We need to guard against the possibility that those people may have someone in the police force," Elder James finalized, "Tell this to Akai-kun and ask him what he thinks."

"Yes! I'll ask right away..."

"Send it to him via e-mail. In case he is conducting some surveillance, it would be bad to disturb him."

"makes sense……"

……

On the way to the subway station.

Hattori Heiji looked at Conan who was hanging his head and silent, and said helplessly: "Hey Kudo, why are you still doubting that person?"

Could it be that my friend is suffering from some kind of paranoia?
Conan rolled his eyes and looked at him, "I told you to call me Conan!"

People call him by his real name on the street. This guy is really careless.

"And it's not just that person... Teacher Judy is also suspicious." Conan lowered his head again and fell into deep thought, "She deliberately delayed time, what does she want to do?"

Hattori Heiji blinked, threw the film in his hand, and said in a nonchalant tone:
"Well, although it's a bit suspicious that she secretly took pictures of us, I don't think she has any bad intentions."

(End of this chapter)