Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

"Tomorrow is Saturday. Tomorrow morning, I will personally arrest that stalker for you!"

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Seeing how hard Detective Mouri was trying to help her catch the criminal, Rena Mizunashi smiled and nodded.

Just as she observed, Detective Mori was indeed a responsible detective!

In this case……

With that thought in mind, Rena Mizunashi gave Kogoro Mouri a deep look and made up her mind.

Seeing that Rena Mizunashi had agreed to his suggestion, Kogoro Mouri patted his chest and laughed loudly.

At this moment, Ryūno glanced around the room and chuckled, "Miss Mizunashi, Ran and I will head back now. It'll be too crowded if we all stay."

"Isn't that stalker supposed to visit around 6:30? We'll be downstairs waiting for him tomorrow morning."

“There’s only one staircase here. If that stalker tries to escape, we’ll definitely see it.”

Before Kogoro Mouri could speak, Conan nodded: "Indeed, doing this will allow us to better identify the culprit!"

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri also felt that there was some truth to it, and immediately nodded: "Yes, let's do it that way!"

Ryūno and Ran exchanged a smile and then bid farewell to Rena Mizunashi.

"Miss Mizunashi, we'll be going now~"

"Okay! It's getting a bit dark, be careful on your way back~" Rena Mizunashi saw the two to the door, smiling and waving goodbye.

Chapter 260 Doing the wrong thing at the wrong age

Early next morning

Ryūno and Ran arrived downstairs at Mizunashi Rena's building.

—"Buzz~"

After hearing the text message vibrate, Xiaolan took out her phone.

After reading the text message, Ran happily showed the phone screen to Ryuno: "Look, it's a text message from Miss Minaba~"

"Oh? A text message from Miss Minaba?" Ryūno took Ran's phone and read the message.

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The text message was simple: Minaba told her "coach" Ares about Tatsuno's different opinion on "LOVE IS 0".

This perspective resolved their inner conflict and completely eliminated the barriers between them, leading them to decide to honestly confront their feelings.

Ares even quit his job as a tennis coach in order to be with Minaba.

He is prepared to start training himself from scratch and re-enter the tennis world as a player.

He also told Minaba personally, "If you want to marry the Queen, you must first become the King!"

At the end of the text message, Minaba thanked the two and asked when they could go to London again.

……

After putting away her phone, Xiaolan cheerfully linked her arm with Longye's: "That's great! It seems that Miss Minaba and the others have already found their happiness~"

Longye smiled indulgently and nodded.

The next moment, Longye looked up at the apartment building: "It's almost time. We should go see that 'stalker.' Xiaolan, look up~"

Following Longye's gaze, Xiaolan looked up at the corridor on the third floor of the apartment building, where a small figure came into view.

Upon seeing the figure, Xiaolan covered her mouth and exclaimed, "A little boy?! Could he be...?"

Longye and Xiaolan quietly walked to the top of the stairs on the third floor and observed the little boy's actions.

To Ran's astonishment, the little boy rang the doorbell of Rena Mizunashi's house, then instantly hid behind a pile of old magazines placed by the door.

Seeing this, Longye and Xiaolan exchanged a glance, walked out of the stairwell, and slowly moved forward.

"Kacha!"

Just then, the door to Rena Mizunashi's house opened, and Kogoro Mouri poked his head out.

"—I caught you!...Hmm?"

Seeing that there was no one behind the door, Kogoro Mouri paused for a moment, then turned to look at both sides of the corridor.

Not far away, Longye and Xiaolan came into his view.

Upon seeing the two, Kogoro Mouri shouted, "Did you see who rang the doorbell? Could it have been you two?!"

In his eyes, there was no one else in the corridor except for Longye and the other two.

Upon hearing his question, Conan and Rena Mizunashi also came out of the house and looked at Ryuno and Ran.

Seeing this, Xiaolan shook her head and turned to look at the old magazines by the door.

Longye chuckled and said, "Uncle, isn't the prisoner right in front of you?"

Kogoro Mouri turned his head and glanced at what was in front of him; apart from the pile of magazines, there was only air.

He was just about to refute Ryūno when he heard Rena Mizunashi exclaim, "I see..."

Before he could figure out what was going on, Conan walked out the door and pointed behind the pile of magazines: "They're probably pointing to this person!"

Kogoro Mouri walked up to the pile of magazines and peeked out. He saw a little boy with a watermelon-shaped haircut squatting behind the magazines, hugging himself.

"A little...child?!"

At this moment, even Kogoro Mouri realized that the "stalker" who rang Rena Mizunashi's doorbell was the boy in front of him.

Thinking of this, he complained as he pulled the boy out from behind the magazines: "No wonder you didn't ring the doorbell on Saturdays the past few weeks, it was because there weren't any magazines at the door, right? Ms. Rena Mizunashi was away on an overseas interview that week, so there weren't many magazines to deal with!"

"..."

After some discussion, everyone finally understood that the little boy had rang the doorbell to wake up Rena Mizunashi.

He was worried that Ms. Rena Mizunashi would miss the 7:00 AM news broadcast.

The reason I started ringing the doorbell two months ago is because since then, Rena Mizunashi has been transferred to the evening news and is no longer in charge of the morning news.

The little boy thought that Rena Mizunashi didn't appear on the news program because she overslept.

That's why he specifically rang the doorbell at 6:30 in the morning to wake up Rena Mizunashi.

He also put the sleeping pills in that bottle.

He left the sleeping pills by the door, hoping that Rena Mizunashi could get a good night's sleep and then get up early to broadcast the news.

He heard his mother say that taking sleeping pills would help him sleep well.

The boy did this because his mother died in a car accident last year, and Rena Mizunashi looks very much like his mother.

After learning what had happened, Kogoro Mouri, who was originally going to scold the boy, stood there silently.

After some comforting and encouraging words from Rena Mizunashi, the little boy cheered up.

He promised that, to put his deceased mother at ease, he would never do such a thing again.

……

Watching the little boy's departing figure, a tear welled up in Mizunashi Rena's eye.

Noticing this, Xiaolan tugged at Longye's arm, her face showing concern.

Noticing Ran and Ryūno's gazes, Rena Mizunashi wiped away her tears and forced a smile, saying, "I'm sorry, actually I used to have a younger brother who was about the same age as him..."

After saying that, she immediately changed the subject, smiling as she looked at Kogoro Mouri beside her: "By the way! Detective Mouri, how much should I pay you for the investigation?"

"No, no need. We already had you treat us to dinner last night, so let's forget about the investigation fee!" Kogoro Mouri chuckled and scratched his head.

Let's set aside the fact that this case is at most a child's prank.

This is Yoko Okino's friend! And a beautiful news anchor too!

How could he possibly charge a fee?!

Before Rena Mizunashi could speak again, Kogoro Mouri rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "How about this? Give me your phone number or email address~ If you have any requests in the future, please feel free to contact me, Kogoro Mouri!"

"Okay, okay..." Rena Mizunashi paused for a moment, then smiled and took out her phone, preparing to write down Kogoro Mouri's phone number.

Seeing this, Xiaolan narrowed her eyes and shook her head.

Now that things have come to this, she is quite familiar with her father's character. As long as his behavior isn't too "out of line," she doesn't intend to interfere too much.

As for Tatsuno, he didn't care about Kogoro Mouri's behavior at all.

After hearing what Rena Mizunashi said and seeing her heartfelt tears, he knew that his previous guess might have been right.

Rena Mizunashi's purpose in approaching Kogoro Mouri was likely for her younger brother, Eisuke Hondo.

She probably wanted to get to know Kogoro Mouri beforehand and see if he was trustworthy.

Chapter 261 The Grey Goose and Bacardi

Rena Mizunashi's mother passed away ten years ago, and she, her father, and her younger brother depended on each other for survival.

Coincidentally, both Rena Mizunashi and her father, Ethan Bendo, joined the CIA.

Furthermore, the two infiltrated the distillery undercover.

To be honest, when Longye learned about this in his previous life, his first thought was not about the "coincidence" of him and his daughter joining the organization at the same time, but about the safety of the distillery.

Putting everything else aside, there are three members of their family, two of whom are undercover agents in the Black Organization.

This...this is an outrageous undercover rate?!

At first, he only took the online comments sympathizing with Gin as jokes.

After all, how could such a large distillery be full of incompetents, traitors, and spies, as some online sources claim?

If that's the case, what's the point of Gin's efforts all this time?

He worked diligently and tirelessly on the front lines for the sake of the organization and the boss, day and night.

Then, he turned around and found himself surrounded by traitors and traitors.

What game's hell mode is this?

As the plot unfolds, Tatsuno discovers that the distillery is indeed seriously adulterating its products with water...

Putting aside everything else, a family of three could easily identify two CIA members who were infiltrating the organization.

How many undercover agents from different organizations are actually working at the distillery?