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

Chapter 680 A Long-awaited Case

Beika Town, the residence of Professor Agasa.

Dr. Agasa couldn't bear it anymore because of his old age and having to work all night.

When he woke up from his sleep, Conan had already arrived at the Rice Flower Hotel for who knows how long.

Looking at the time, he found that it was already past noon, and Dr. Agasa hurriedly got up to prepare lunch.

But the remaining ingredients in the refrigerator had been almost consumed. After some research, Dr. Agasa decided to ask Haibara Ai what she planned to eat - he might as well go out and pack some.

As for the "missing" Conan, he has been forgotten by Dr. Agasa intentionally or unintentionally.

"Ai-chan, are you up? Do you want anything for lunch?"

"Xiao Ai?"

I knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from inside.

Dr. Agasa tried to open the door and found it was not locked, so he pushed it open and walked in.

As soon as he entered the room, he found Haibara Ai lying on the bed with her arms and legs spread out, her eyes bulging like fish eyes, staring at the ceiling, like a corpse.

Dr. Agasa, who had seen many crime scenes, felt a pang in his heart and hurried forward to take a look.

——Fortunately, he is breathing and alive.

Dr. Agasa breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, he became worried again and shook Huihara Ai, trying to pull her up: "Ai? Ai! What happened? Why didn't you respond after I called you for such a long time?"

What surprised Dr. Agasa was that no matter how hard he tried, Haibara Ai didn't move at all, as if she was glued to the bed.

Only those dead fish-like eyes turned and glanced at Dr. Agasa.

"Ah, Doctor, you're here."

There was a kind of indescribable despair in Haibara Ai's voice.

Dr. Agasa felt his scalp tingling: "Ai-chan?"

Huihara Ai rolled her eyes again, "Ah, Doctor, I'm fine... I just feel like there's no point in living."

Whenever she thought of her self-criticism, she felt like banging her head against tofu.

Especially since Jing even said he wanted to show it to Gin...

There is nothing more tragic than social death.

Let her hit her head on the tofu and die, Amen!

——However, Dr. Agasa had no idea about her psychological activities and thought that it was because of the stimulation from accepting the organization that she was unable to think straight again...

Since he didn't know how to comfort a lost girl who wanted to die, Dr. Agasa could only use the dumbest method. He took away everything in the room that might cause harm to the human body, and then spent his entire life's energy to make a delicious sandwich with more than 200% completion using the only radish, greens and bread left in the refrigerator. After sending it to Haibara Ai, he immediately called Conan:
"Shinichi! Something terrible has happened. I don't know what happened today. Ai's condition suddenly became very strange. When are you going to come and give her some advice...eh? Case?"

"...Well, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her until you solve the case."

After a few words, Dr. Agasa hung up the phone and looked towards the basement with a worried look on his face.

"Come to think of it, I don't know where Shinichi went again, and how did he get into a case again?"

……

"Why are you guys here again..."

Rice Krispies Hotel.

Inspector Megure, who had just rushed over from the Metropolitan Police Department, expressed the same sentiment as Dr. Agasa.

In front of him, Conan was smiling cutely, but he was actually a little upset. Conan had never expected that a murder would happen at the Rice Flower Hotel during their conversation...

And it happened in broad daylight, in a clear and bright place, with agents from all sides gathered together!

...It's really outrageous!

It's so cold! When will their society be harmonious again?
After sighing, Inspector Megure finally asked the question that Conan was most reluctant to face:

"I almost understand the case... Then." Inspector Megure rolled his eyes and pointed at the four adults behind him, "What are you five doing here?"

Conan: "..."

If he said it was illegal fundraising, would Inspector Megure arrest them?

No, he had to think of a more normal reason.

Conan knew that Shuichi Akai and other FBI agents could be considered illegal immigrants, and he subconsciously thought that Mary Akai and the others were also such illegal immigrants, so he wanted the police not to pay too much attention to them.

"Ah! Well, we are actually..." Conan suddenly had an idea and just thought of a reason.

However, the Akai family present were not pushovers, especially Akai Mari, who had already handed over a business card, "Hello, officer, I'm a private investigator, this is my business card... My daughter got into some trouble because of her impulsiveness before, thank you for taking care of her."

Officer Megure took the business card and looked surprised: "Mari Sera...you are the mother of this child?"

He still remembered the incident of Sera Masumi's "assault on a police officer" before. When he saw this tomboy in the Metropolitan Police Department yesterday, he had already deepened his impression of her. He didn't expect to see her again today...

When Akai Shuichi later took out a business card to indicate that he was a detective, Inspector Megure immediately understood their configuration:

"You guys are not helping our classmates..."

"Yeah, that's right." Akai Mary nodded naturally, "I've been concerned about this child's family situation since I heard from my daughter, so I specially called him over to find out the situation, thinking that we might be able to help."

"So that's it."

When Inspector Megure heard that the other party's statement was almost the same as what he had imagined, his doubts immediately dissipated. With the presence of an old acquaintance like Conan, he immediately treated Akai Mary and Akai Shuichi as his own people.

As for Masumi Sera and Eisuke Hondou who were just there for bystanders... they became our own people yesterday.

After that, Inspector Megure picked up the notebook with a serious face, "Then I would like to ask, when the case happened, did you notice anything special?"

The crime scene was in the room next to theirs. The perpetrator was so bold that he actually committed the crime in the middle of the day...

Conan and his friends were discussing issues related to the organization when they suddenly heard a scream and they all ran out as if by reflex.

Strangely, no trace of the suspect was found at the crime scene...

However, Inspector Megure is not very worried about not catching the criminal.

After all, with Conan around, they have only failed to catch the criminal a few times. Moreover, besides Conan, there are two other detectives who look very powerful...

Oh, by the way, it seems that this Hondou-kun and Sera Masumi are both Xiaolan’s classmates, and maybe they have inherited some of Mouri Kogoro’s ability to solve cases.

Inspector Megure feels.

Today's case is settled.

……

Outside the Rice Flower Hotel.

A furtive figure stared at the rows of police cars in front of the hotel with a slightly unpleasant look on his face.

After a while, the figure took out his cell phone:
"Sir, there is something going on here..."

(End of this chapter)