Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 316 Maori Conan, the situation is getting worse!
"Help, someone is kidnapping!"

When she heard someone approaching outside, Vermouth immediately called for help.

She knew she was a high-value target, and even if she acted recklessly, it was unlikely that Kiel would be able to kill her with one shot.

"Damn it!"

Kiel hit Vermouth hard with the butt of his gun and knocked her to the ground, then quickly walked towards the door.

She understood that Vermouth saw that the situation was already set and was eager to introduce other variables to cause trouble for her so that she could have a chance to escape.

But she doesn't think it's any use, and these Japanese tax thieves can't cause her any trouble.

The door was half-open, and at first glance it looked intact, but in fact the lock tongue was bent.

This was caused by Xiaolan's violent breaking in just now. In order to avoid making too much noise and alerting Vermouth upstairs, Xiaolan put her hand against the door and gradually exerted force.

This slightly slow process gave Mizuno Rena time. She heard gunshots upstairs and sniper shots outside. She was in the living room, looking out onto the balcony while concentrating on listening to the noises upstairs. She noticed something unusual at the door at the first moment.

If he is a burglar, his first target will definitely be the bedroom; or if it is related to the upstairs, he will definitely pay more attention to the balcony.

This thought flashed through Mizuno Rena's mind, and she immediately hid in the kitchen quietly.

Then his luck turned out to be great and he became the fisherman.

After waiting at the door for two seconds and no one coming in, Rena Mizunashi listened attentively.

There was no sound in the corridor, which made her sure that Megure Jusan had heard the cry for help.

Rena Mizunashi is a reporter for Nichimi TV and was previously involved in the case of Yoko Okino. Naturally, she has met Juzo Megure and has a pretty average impression of him.

He is very dedicated and has strong execution ability, but his brain is not very bright and he can't see things as clearly as the kid next to him.

Now, we have to add another caution to him: he did not rush in immediately when he heard someone calling for help.

Of course, Mizunashi Rena knew that this was definitely related to the sound that Vermouth had just made.

"It's Miss Yoko!"

In the fire escape, Kogoro Mouri was leaning on a crutch, his voice very low, but his tone could not hide the surprise.

The cry for help that just came from Yoko Okino's house was the voice of Yoko Okino herself!

"Inspector Megure, let's go save them!"

Kogoro Mori urged, wanting to bypass Megure Juzo and leave here.

Megure Jusan frowned and said nothing. He just pushed him back with his hand. He still put his ear against the door and listened carefully to the movement outside.

The corridor outside was silent.

"hiss--"

Kogoro Mouri sat down on the steps, holding his injured leg and gasping for breath.

"Brother Maori, be quiet!"

Megure Jusan couldn't help but turn around and whispered, "You saw Okino Yoko's body with your own eyes. How could she still be alive? This matter is strange. Don't be impulsive!"

Kogoro Mouri opened his mouth, but no sound came out and he slowly lowered his head.

Megure Juzo had no time to care about his mental state. He continued to lie on the door and listen, while taking out his cell phone to call for help.

But he had just pressed the dial button.

Bang-!
A huge force suddenly came from the door, and Megure Jusan, who was close to the door, flew backwards and fell heavily on Kogoro Mouri.

After being hit hard on the head, he staggered for a while and Megure Jusan quickly reached for the pistol at his waist, but he was a beat too slow and only managed halfway before his body froze.

It was because in the backlight shining in the corridor, he clearly saw a black muzzle of a gun.

The next moment, bang!
Gunfire rang out.

Megure Jusan's mind went blank in an instant, and a trace of unwillingness also dissipated along with the smoke.

Does this woman walk without making any sound?

Bang bang bang bang bang-!
The gunshots continued, and the door that had just been opened closed again, leaving the fire escape in complete darkness.

Megure Jusan suddenly felt himself being pushed to the side. His consciousness, which had originally dissipated into the air, immediately returned to his body and he touched his body in a daze.

"I'm not dead? Hiss——!"

Megure Juzo found that he was not dead, but he had been shot several times and felt severe pain every time he raised his arms.

"You're crushing me to death."

Kogoro Maori said unhappily, continued to push him away, and stood up with his crutches.

"Inspector, what happened over there? Are you okay?"

The screen of the phone that fell on the ground suddenly lit up, and Chiba Kazunobu's anxious voice was heard.

With the faint light, Megure Juzo discovered that Kogoro Mori was holding a police revolver in his hand, and he quickly raised his hand to his waist.

Nature is empty.

He immediately understood that at the critical moment just now, it was Kogoro Mori who pulled out his pistol and shot at the outsiders, thus forcing the man back.

"You saved my life, brother Mori." Megure Jusan said in a deep voice.

"You saved my life by not letting me out." Maori Kogoro threw the pistol back to him. "That person reacted quickly. I should have only shot her once. Quickly reload and run upstairs to prevent her from coming over again."

Megure Juzo nodded quickly, fell on the stairs and pushed himself up with his feet, while gritting his teeth and enduring the gunshot wound to change the bullet.

Changing the bullet in the revolver is quite troublesome. During this process, Megure Jusan kept staring at the door, ready to respond in time if external light appeared there.

To be honest, he felt like cursing now.

It has been three days since I submitted the request to upgrade the police equipment, but there has been no response at all. If I had replaced my small revolver with a Beretta, with Maori's marksmanship, the gunman outside would have been defeated.

I don’t know if they did this on purpose because their superiors didn’t want them to continue investigating the winery.

Fortunately, until the bullet was replaced, there was no movement from outside, which made Megure Jusan breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Maori, did you see her appearance clearly?"

"It's against the light, so I can't see clearly, but she has perfect body curves, she's definitely a beauty."

Kogoro Mouri had already picked up his phone and told Chiba Kazunobu about their current situation. He then turned on the flashlight to check the injuries on Megure Juzo.

He was shot once in the left thigh, stomach and right arm.

Maori Kogoro took his revolver and frowned, "Are you feeling a lot of blood loss? Officer Megure, you must hold on."

"Uh... not bad."

Megure Juzo pressed the wound on the side of his stomach. The pain was very superficial, not the dull pain that goes deep inside, which made his expression look quite strange.

"It seems to have just passed through the fat."

"..."

Kogoro Mouri didn't know what to say. Suddenly, the sound of an elevator running came from the corridor outside. He hurried over and gently opened the door a crack.

boom--!
The gap in the door closed instantly, and the bullet hit the iron door panel, creating a trail of sparks.

Maori Kogoro looked solemn, and turned back to the phone that had not been hung up and said, "Officer Chiba, don't come up, block the exit downstairs, and don't let anyone leave. Call more people over, the target is extremely vicious."

Chiba Kazunobu immediately agreed and said that he had called an ambulance but would let them wait outside for the time being.

When the sound of the elevator door opening was heard outside, Maori Kogoro tried to peek again, but he was still greeted by bullets. The opponent's shooting was very accurate, and this time it was more dangerous than the last time. The bullet directly grazed Maori Kogoro's ear.

Kogoro Mouri only felt like he was bitten by the largest mosquito in the world. He raised his hand to touch it and found his hands were slippery.

However, after taking this risk, he did gain something in return.

He hesitated and said, "I saw a hint of blue, it looks like... the uniform of Teitan High School."

"What?! Teitan High School?!"

Kogoro Mouri thought this was very strange, but Megure Juzo's expression changed drastically in an instant.

Teitan High School, Chiso Aoyagi, Yoko Okino, resurrection from the dead!
A series of thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and a horrifying idea immediately popped up in Megure Jusan's heart.

Could it be that Chisou Aoyagi has become a kind of death messenger and resurrected Yoko Okino as well? !

"Inspector Megure, what do you know?"

Seeing that Megure Jusan's reaction was not right, Maori Kogoro hurriedly asked questions.

Megure Juzo shook his head, immediately hung up the phone with Chiba Kazunobu, and called Aoyagi Chiso.

The call was answered quickly, and the voice was timid: "Mr. Officer, what can I do for you?"

There were no cell phone rings or voices coming from the corridor outside. Megure Jusan felt relieved for some reason and asked in a low voice, "Aoyagi-kun, where are you now?"

"I'm on my way home. Officer, can you hear any noise on the road? Do you need me to go to the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Megure Juzo listened carefully and indeed heard vehicle horns and advertisements from roadside businesses.

The clearest one was a promotion in a jewelry store, which said something like "You can only love one person in your life."

"No, it's just...did anything strange happen to you before, Qingliu-kun?"

"Speaking of strange things..."

Qing Liu Qian Su hesitated for a few breaths, and whispered: "This afternoon, Kudo asked me why I was still alive. I told him the truth, but I still couldn't remember anything. Is this strange?"

Megure Jusan's pupils suddenly shrank: "You mean Kudo Shinichi? He asked you personally?!"

"Yes... yes, what's the problem?"

"When exactly?"

"About half an hour ago, when he left, he said he wanted to go to Ian's apartment to take a look. I don't know where that place is."

"!!!"

Megure Jusan was shocked. He didn't expect that he was actually related to this place. He hurriedly continued to ask whether that "Kudo Shinichi" had said anything else.

Aoyagi Chiso again didn't know the answer to any of the questions, so Megure Jusan quickly hung up the phone and called Conan.

Considering that Kogoro Mori was in front, he spoke first after the other side answered the call.

"Brother Kudo, where are you now?"

In Agasa's laboratory, Conan quickly took the bow voice changer and answered with his previous voice.

"I'm at Dr. Agasa's house."

"Half an hour ago?"

"Me too, Officer Megure, what happened? Is there someone disguised as me?"

"I'm afraid that's the case. I've already requested backup. You don't need to come over. Be safe."

After saying this, Megure Jusan hung up the phone without telling Conan the whole story.

"Wait a minute! Officer Megure!"

Conan shouted quickly, but the only response he got was a beep. He called back quickly, but was hung up in a second.

Conan was so anxious that he turned around in circles. He quickly called Xiaolan again, but the phone was "turned off", which made him look worried.

"I felt something was a little strange when Xiaolan called me just now. Now it seems that she might have met someone disguised as me!" Conan looked up at Dr. Agasa, "The call is not going through now. She might be in danger!"

Dr. Agasa understood what Conan meant, and immediately searched the Internet for the latest abnormal incidents in Tokyo, trying to find the crime scene.

Conan also jumped onto a chair to the side and took a closer look, and soon found something he was concerned about.

"Ian's Apartment!"

Conan jumped off the swivel chair, picked up the skateboard and ran out.

"Someone said they heard loud gunshots over there. It should be a sniper. That place is also related to Shuiyue. It must be Vermouth who disguised herself as me and went there!"

Dr. Agasa scratched his head, thinking that Conan's reasoning was a bit crazy, as it was all based on intuition.

He took a few quick steps and grabbed Conan by the back of the collar. Conan's feet were off the ground, and his legs were still swinging in the air.

"Doctor, what are you doing?"

"You are a child now. Even if Xiaolan is in danger there, how can you save her?"

"me……"

Conan suddenly became dejected. After talking to Xiaolan on the phone, his desire to recover became stronger than ever.

And now Xiaolan might be in danger, but he can't go to save her...

The desire to recover grew stronger.

However, Conan suddenly thought of something and immediately cheered up. He turned around and looked at Dr. Agasa with shining eyes.

"Doctor, aren't you a scientist? Please make some weapons for me to enhance my combat power!"

"Well..."

Dr. Agasa put him down and touched his chin: "It's not impossible to make props, but it takes time. I can't make them for you right away."

Conan said unwillingly: "Isn't there anything ready-made? A tranquilizer gun will do."

"That's not true, but..."

Speaking of guns, Dr. Agasa suddenly had an idea. He ran to a packed cardboard box in the corner, tore open the package and searched for a while, then took out a pistol that looked quite strange. It was white in color and had a very thick barrel.

"Here is this, Conan, do you want to try it?"

"what is this?"

Conan walked over and took the gun, quite confused. After obtaining Dr. Agasa's consent, he aimed at the dart board on the wall and pulled the trigger.

I saw a white shadow flash out from the muzzle of the gun, and with a "whoosh" sound, it was firmly nailed to the dart board.

Right in the middle of the bull's eye, ten rings.

Conan quickly ran to the dart board to check, and was surprised to find that the white shadow was actually a playing card.

Poker?!

Conan suddenly turned around and looked at Dr. Agasa, his eyes full of disbelief: "Doctor, you are actually Kaito Kidd!"

"........."

Dr. Agasa feels that as Shinichi's body has shrunk, his brain has also shrunk.

Look at his body shape, could he be Kaito Kidd?

(End of this chapter)