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

Chapter 552: What are your friends playing?

Time moves forward slightly.

Nagano, forest.

A huge black bear was licking its cubs, ignoring everyone else. Even the luxurious lineup of three hunters with shotguns, two adults and six human cubs in front of it could not attract its attention.

The little bear followed his mother, his steps seemed very brisk, but he turned his head to look at the crowd from time to time, as if there was something among them that he was reluctant to leave.

"...That's right. In other words, Mr. Saiga Matasaburo saw that the other party used another bear as bait to hunt Jubei, so he killed him in anger."

Conan watched the black bear mother and cub leave, then turned to look at the criminal in this case - the oldest hunter.

There is a code of conduct for stealing, and hunting is also a kind of stealing.

It’s just that what hunters steal is not objects, but lives…animal lives.

This old hunter is a staunch practitioner of this principle.

But in front of the law, he finally bowed his head and admitted to Conan that he committed the crime of intentional homicide...

Although Lie had already determined who the murderer was through the aura of several people, he still couldn't help but applaud Conan when he was reasoning.

It was so awesome~ He didn’t even know how he came up with the idea… this way, that way, and then this way and that…

"Conan is so amazing~"

Lie did not hesitate to express his admiration.

Conan looked at Lie speechlessly as he continued to applaud, and changed the subject: "I say, do we have other more important things to do?"

Lie blinked: "What's the matter?"

"that is……"

As soon as Conan said two words, the doctor beside him suddenly realized something, and immediately put his hands on his waist and said with a stern face: "Ai! And Hiroki, don't do this again when you encounter a murder case and continue to go deeper even though you know this is a hunting area! I know you also want to find the criminal quickly, but it's not good to make everyone worry!"

Facing the doctor's reprimand, Huiyuan Ai and Hiroki lowered their unyielding heads: "Yes, I understand, doctor."

- Exactly.

Their unanimous explanation is that after encountering a murder case, they continue to dig deeper to find the murderer.

only……

Hiroki and Haibara Ai both sighed in their hearts: In the end, they only dragged it until four o'clock in total... just three hours.

Uncle Jing shouldn’t dislike them, right?
Haibara Ai and Hiroki were feeling melancholy.

Conan was speechless: Please don't let this happen again next time... He was also scared when the big bear appeared just now.

What's outrageous is that Hiroki and Haibara actually brought the little bear with them when they were looking for the criminal... If he hadn't discovered bear feces on the two people's footprints, he might not have been able to resolve the crisis of the bear - because the big bear named Jubei had also been chasing Haibara and Hiroki... or rather, the little bear they were carrying.

...but that's not the point!!
Conan shook his big head and showed his beautiful half-moon eyes: "This is not the point I'm talking about, Doctor... and Uncle Lin, have you really forgotten Uncle Cang Feng?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everything fell silent.

The three hunters had no idea who 'Uncle Cang Feng' was referring to, while Dr. Agasa and Teitan Sambo's smiles froze and their expressions collapsed instantly:
"I-we forgot!"

"Yes, Uncle Cang Feng is also lost and hasn't come back yet!"

"What should I do? Uncle Cang Feng will definitely be angry..."

"If it's vegetables or kitchen knives, we don't seem to be able to handle it..."

Conan: "..."

It seems that the scene where Uncle Cangfeng pointed a kitchen knife at his own son left a huge psychological trauma on Ayumi and the other three.

Hiroki: “…”

Hmm? In this case, do we still need to go find Uncle Jing? They can still delay! Huiyuan Ai: "..."

If it's not five hours late, Uncle Jing shouldn't be as cruel as Gin and make her do homework, right?
Dr. Agasa also promptly explained to the three hunters, including the murderer, that they had lost a person.

Lie smiled and said, "Ah~ In that case, I think we should go down the mountain first, and then contact the police to come and help search together?"

Everyone immediately turned to look at him.

Conan instinctively sensed something was wrong and frowned, "Uncle Lin...Uncle Lin, aren't you worried about Uncle Cang Feng? We haven't been able to contact him for several hours."

"I'm worried~ That's why I want to go down the mountain to contact the police." Lie Ai bent down and grabbed Conan's head, "And don't we still have to take this righteous criminal away? Going down the mountain now is the best choice~"

“…That’s true.”

Conan slapped Rei's hand away speechlessly.

But he just felt weird.

With the abilities of Cang Fengqian, he was able to take Huiyuan away from the roof of the Beido Hotel silently, and he was also able to intervene in the battle between the FBI and the Black Organization. How could he be someone who would be missing for such a long time...

Is there some conspiracy?

Conan's little head began to think divergently again.

However, when he reached the foot of the mountain, his head full of conspiracy theories was suddenly like a balloon that was pricked by a needle - it was gone.

Because there were several police cars parked at the foot of the mountain.

Moreover, there was an out-of-place off-road vehicle parked among the police cars. When they saw this scene, Cang Fengqian was leaning against his car, looking at them expressionlessly, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.

Every police officer around him was trembling, looking as if they were frozen.

Except for a police officer who couldn't use his left eye - Conan had an impression of him, he was the inspector Yamato Gansuke who was called to the Metropolitan Police Department for the previous serial murder case.

However, after seeing Lie and the others, the police chief still felt relieved and walked towards them: "I didn't expect to see you here again, Mr. Lin."

"Huh?" Lie blinked, and after a little recollection, he recognized the other person, "You are that time~ Oh! Officer Yamato Gansuke, long time no see~"

"It's me... Speaking of which, Mr. Lin, this gentleman over here who claims to be Cang Fengqian, is he sure he is your friend?"

"Oh? Yeah~ What's wrong?" Lie looked innocent and naive.

This expression made Yamato Gansuke silent for a long time. After a long time, he slowly said: "It's nothing, maybe I'm not wearing enough today, so it's cold standing next to him."

It's really strange, how could such a sunny and upright detective have such a friend with such an obvious criminal aura?

It is necessary to investigate.

Conan was also shocked when Cang Feng appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Cang Fengqian calmly explained to them in his hoarse voice that he had found the body and there were signs that it had been turned over. He suspected that Conan and the others had passed by there, and since the communication signal was almost non-existent, he went down the mountain directly to call the police.

Then I have been waiting until now.

Even though Conan still felt something was amiss, he had to watch it anyway. This mushroom picking trip ended perfectly - the mushrooms were picked, the criminal was caught, and there was no shame...

In the end, all of them successfully enjoyed the Matsutake mushroom dishes. Because there were too many police officers, the management office did not confiscate their extra Matsutake mushrooms, which was a good deal.

only……

"Brother Jing~Did you gain anything?"

Lie took the opportunity to get closer to the mirror while Conan was away.

"Not a few." Jing pulled the corner of his mouth, saw half of Conan's head, closed his eyes, and said, "Go back and contact Noah."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)