Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 309: Intermission, Conan's Brainstorming
After a while, Aoyagi Chisu changed into the Teidan school uniform and left the room.

Her figure and height are almost the same as before, and her hairstyle is still long straight black hair with thick bangs that almost cover her eyes.

Yingsheng raised his hand to lift her bangs, but her body was stiff, her hands tightly grasped the corners of her clothes, and she avoided his gaze.

"Don't you want to put on makeup?" Yingsheng said.

"I, I... For someone like me, I'd better not put on makeup." Qingliu Qiansu stammered.

"Who am I?" Yingsheng withdrew his hand.

Qing Yanagi Chiso immediately bowed deeply: "Mr. Shuiyue, thank you for saving me, thank you very much! I, I really don’t know how to repay you, I, I…"

"You don't need to use honorifics when talking to your classmates." Yingsheng interrupted, "Your parents have been murdered. What do you want to do now?"

Qingliu Qiansu looked up hesitantly, with a sad face, but more of confusion.

"I don't know. I'll probably go to the police."

"Remember not to mention me. I'll take you home first. You can walk around there for a while before going to the police station."

Yingsheng turned around and went downstairs.

Aoyagi Chiso hurriedly bowed to Asai Narimi who was standing there in a daze, and quickly followed.

Asai Narumi stood there for a long time without moving, until he heard Huaying Xiwang's angry voice downstairs, then he turned around and looked inside the house.

Except that the person on the bed had his bandages untied, everything was the same as before and the light was still gentle.

Asai Narumi shuddered for no apparent reason, turned off the lights, went downstairs and continued cooking.

While eating breakfast, Huaying Xiwang stared at her for a few seconds, with the corners of his mouth gradually rising.

Asai Narimi felt a little uncomfortable: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my face?"

"Play games with me later."

"Eh? Okay."

On the other side, Aoyagi Chiso had already arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department. She called the police first and then came here. As soon as she entered the door, she was surrounded by Megure Jusan and others who were waiting anxiously.

Qingliu Qiansu stood awkwardly in the center of the crowd, lowering her head, not daring to speak.

Megure Jusan looked at Conan, who had a serious expression, and coughed lightly: "In order to ensure your health, Aoyagi-kun, let's go to the hospital for a check-up first."

The hospital they went to was naturally the Tokyo Police Hospital. Checking the data was secondary. The most important thing was to confirm whether this Aoyagi Chiso was still the original one.

After experiencing the previous incident of Vermouth's multiple disguises, Conan and Megure Juzo were deeply suspicious of everything.

It is necessary to let the doctor tear your face in the name of examination, and it is also necessary to carefully confirm whether there are any plastic surgery incisions.

The result is none.

According to the doctor, unless magic was used, this face is definitely original.

Because the body was stolen, the police were unable to conduct a DNA match on Chiso Aoyagi and could only compare her blood type based on her past physical examination reports from other hospitals.

All are O-type blood.

This is purely a coincidence and there is no need for Yingsheng to use any means. There are only a few blood type classifications in humans, and not everyone has panda blood.

If you want to find out the problem with Aoyagi Chisou, theoretically, measuring bone age may be of some help.

Even Hotaru did some tampering to Aoyagi Chisou's wrist bones to prevent the most common wrist X-ray bone age determination method.

But after all, it is impossible for him to correct all the skeletons of Aoyagi Chisou. If the police conduct measurements at various positions, they may find some abnormalities.

However, perhaps because Chisato Aoyagi's appearance was too deceptive, and considering the error in bone age identification, the police did not conduct the identification.

"Could it be that?"

Megure Juzo looked at Conan with flickering eyes.

Having witnessed something truly magical happening before his eyes more than once, Megure Jusan did not doubt too much about Aoyagi Chiso's resurrection.

After the routine check-up, I whispered with Conan in the corridor.

"Which one?" Conan asked back.

Medicine A and the God of Death, they have now personally experienced two magical things, and they probably have the ability to bring the dead back to life.

"This……"

Megure Juzo hesitated, but after all, he decided to have a professional psychologist from the police question Aoyagi Chiso after the inspection was over.

As for how she was resurrected, Qing Liu Qian Su had no idea.

If she hadn't received the news from her terrified upstairs neighbors that her entire family had been wiped out, she wouldn't even have known that she had died once.

According to what she said, she welcomed Xuesong Qingzi into the house that day, and when she went to pour her some water, she suddenly lost consciousness.

When she woke up again, she was lying in the dark alley behind her house, hidden by debris.

She ran back into the house, confused for a long time, and suddenly realized that today was Wednesday, so she changed into her school uniform and went out to school.

As a result, because the noise she made on the stairs was too loud, the upstairs neighbor came out to check in annoyance, and when he saw her, he screamed.

She hurried over to ask and found out about the tragedy that had happened in her own home. After hesitating for a moment, she called the police.

During the break in the conversation, the psychologist went out and explained the situation to Megure Juzo.

"All her tones and expressions are natural. At least I can't tell that she is lying. Inspector Megure, maybe you can go get an interrogation expert."

Megure Juzo thanked her and looked at Conan after she left.

Conan had been carefully watching Chisato Aoyagi's expression in the psychological counseling room through the surveillance camera. He pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"If she is the real Aoyagi Chisou, then based on my past understanding of her, it is impossible for her to have such superb acting skills as Vermouth, without any flaws."

Based on the previous verification, Conan has roughly determined that Chiso Aoyagi is the real person.

and so……

"Although drug A is powerful, judging by what happened to me, it seems to have the side effect of shrinking people. And Qing Yanagi Chisou was dismembered before, but now there is not even a trace of injury on her body. If she really came back from the dead, it was probably that."

Conan said in a heavy tone.

Um, the god of death...

Do supernatural powers really exist in this world?
Megure Jusan keenly noticed the ambiguity in Conan's words and asked doubtfully: "Conan, you said 'if she really came back to life', could it be false?"

Conan nodded: "Of course, when we saw the three heads in the refrigerator, we thought of the previous situation and subconsciously regarded them as the Qingliu family. We did not verify whether they were disguised. This may be a mistake in thinking."

Megure Jusan suddenly realized: "You mean, Aoyagi Chisou was never dead from the beginning?"

"I can't be sure, but I think this possibility is greater than resurrection from the dead." Conan pointed to the many surveillance screens in front of him, "With so many surveillance cameras, didn't they capture any trace of the corpse thief last night?"

"Oh, sorry, most of these were installed after the incident that night. As for the original ones..." Megure Jusan hesitated for a moment: "The other party seems to know the layout of the hospital very well, and he is very agile. Even if there is a place he can't avoid, the surveillance only captured a fleeting black shadow, and it is impossible to confirm his identity."

"You know the layout of the hospital very well?"

Conan narrowed his eyes slightly: "How are Officer Takagi and Officer Shiratori? Were they attacked by others that night?"

Megure Jusan said: "No, we have suspected this, but even if it is that person in the past, we still can't lock it down."

Conan was silent for a moment: "How are their injuries recovering?"

"Oh, it's normal."

"Officer Sato..."

"We've searched everywhere. Even the Sumiyoshi-kai is helping to look for her. Is there any trace of her?" Megure Jusan said with a sad face. "It's been several days. I'm afraid Sato...is in danger."

Due to the police’s big action against the Yakuza that night on Zhou Tian, ​​all parties in the Yakuza are now very well behaved.

The Sumiyoshi-kai offered to help the police in the search, which did not arouse their suspicion and was even praised.

Some other underworld forces also quickly expressed their willingness to help. Now in Tokyo, both the black and white worlds are looking for Sato Miwako.

But they didn't find any clues.

Conan's eyes were also somewhat gloomy: "Could it be related to the winery? They are the only ones who have such a high level of concealment."

"Maybe, but we can't even find the trace of the winery." Megure Jusan paused and lowered his voice a little, "And I told you the day before yesterday, Conan, that Inspector Matsumoto asked us to do what we can, and it's obvious that he doesn't want us to continue investigating.

The superintendent told me that this means something higher."

Conan remained silent.

The little fist clenched unconsciously.

With what happened to him, he could guess what was going on.

He felt inconvenient and resistant when he turned from a seventeen-year-old teenager into a child, and wanted to change back.

But those who are very old and have the earth buried up to their necks would absolutely be happy to become children.

Megure Jusan sighed, squatted down, and held Conan's shoulders: "The police's request is the police's request, what should we do now?"

A hint of gratitude flashed in Conan's eyes, and he looked at Chisume Aoyagi in the surveillance screen again, his eyes flickering.

"When the psychologist asked her what she wanted to do, she said she didn't know. Maybe she wanted to go to school. So let her go to school. Whether she came back to life or never died, she is related to Vermouth. If we keep a close watch on her, we might be able to gain something."

"This……"

Megure Jusan hesitated and said, "Conan, you can't go to high school now, who can keep an eye on her?"

Conan's lips curled slightly: "Of course it's Suigetsu. From what happened in the past two days, you can tell that he has good observation skills."

"What?! But he..."

"I know he is a suspect, but from what we know so far, even if he is a suspect, he is probably still a hostile relationship with Vermouth. In terms of luring her out, we have the same goal. And Nakamichi can also serve as a supplement. Even if he can't keep an eye on Suigetsu completely, it's better to report occasionally than nothing."

Megure Jusan frowned: "Isn't this involving too many innocent people? They might be in danger."

“But they are already in on this.”

"No, no, no, according to your reasoning, Conan, if there were two Yuzuki Kiyoko at the same time, then there would be something wrong with Brother Suigetsu. Kenta Nakamichi exposed him, and he was also implicated.

But if there has always been only one Xuesong Qingzi, and that has always been Vermouth, then Brother Suigetsu is the one being used, and so is Kenta Nakamichi."

"The latter possibility is not very likely, Officer Megure. Hotaru is not a fool who will be used by women at will." Conan lowered his eyebrows slightly, "And this matter is also a verification. If Suigetsu is fine, I will be very happy."

Megure Jusan was silent for a while: "Do we really have to let them take this risk?"

“Some things are unavoidable.”

Seeing that Megure Jusan did not respond, Conan continued, "And from what happened on Tsukikage Island, we can see that even if Suigetsu is a good person, his methods are not weak. Torture and entrapment, he is very good at these, there is no need to worry too much about him.

Especially the ship of Southeast Asian drug traffickers. Although the person in the photo is Officer Hatake, I think the actual situation may be a little different."

"Well, I hope so."

Megure Juzo sighed for who knows how many times today, but he agreed anyway.

He felt that his behavior of involving ordinary people was somewhat unqualified as a police officer, but he knew that Yingsheng was indeed not an ordinary person and had never thought of becoming an ordinary person.

Yesterday morning, after the series of events involving Yueying Island ended, Yingsheng told the police.

——"If there are any similar things in the future, please let me know. This is really refreshing."

These words stunned Megure Jusan and he didn't know how to respond.

Now that he thought about it again, he shook his head, called Yingsheng and told him about Aoyagi Chiso.

It didn't say that she came back to life, it just said that she wasn't dead at all.

"a piece of cake."

Yingsheng agreed readily, as he had anticipated this possibility.

But he originally thought that it would take two days before Aoyagi Chisu would go to school, but unexpectedly she would go today.

The police's actions were a bit excessive. Could it be that they have been exposed to too much stimulation these days?

Yingsheng's thoughts were in turmoil, so he changed the subject and asked, "How is Miss Yoko's case going? Is there any follow-up?"

Megure Jusan said: "Based on our social relationship investigation, we presume that the murderer is Miss Yoko's ex-boyfriend from high school, Fujie Akiyoshi. We found a diary in his home, which was full of his regret for agreeing to break up and his love for Miss Yoko. But he is now missing, and the police have issued a wanted order."

"Love turned into hatred, and finally made a big mistake, and fled for fear of punishment..." Hotaru sighed softly, "So Yamagishi Ei and Ikezawa Yuko are innocent?"

"Based on the current situation, there is a high probability that it is."

"Has Mr. Maori held you back?"

"He was the one who first proposed to start the investigation from the emotional aspect."

"Is that so? Anything else?"

"I'll leave that matter to Brother Shuiyue. If there are any unusual circumstances, please contact the police immediately."

"OK, bye."

Yingsheng hung up the phone and yawned.

Jingle Bell--

The break is over.

(End of this chapter)