He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

"Have the identities of those burned at the stake been confirmed?"

Amuro Tooru shook his head: "I don't know."

No, he knows, but he can't be sure.

At least under the Metropolitan Police Department's urgent large-scale investigation, no such person has been found so far.

Whether there will be any breakthroughs in the future remains to be seen, but at this stage, that person is like an unknown person.

The conversation reached a stalemate, and silence filled the ward. Amuro Tooru sat for a while, knowing it wasn't a good time to press further, and excused himself, saying that Hotaru had given him a new request. He added as he left:

"The fruit basket by the bedside was also a gift from him."

Ok……

Mr. Shuiyue bought it in someone else's hospital room, let's not talk about that.

Shinichi Kudo picked up the black hair love knot on the blanket. "Heh, so this was also something that Suigetsu made. How boring."

That's what he said, but he didn't throw it away. He was just a little distracted, thinking, "It's Friday today, isn't it supposed to be class time? Why is that guy here so early?"

After thinking it over again, Shinichi Kudo decided to call Hotaru, as he happened to have something he wanted to ask.

The result was that the device was shut down.

Shinichi Kudo thought for a moment, then dialed Ran's number instead. It rang for a while before being answered.

"Hey, Kudo, what's up?"

"..."

Shinichi Kudo rolled his eyes. Although he had intended to contact Suigetsu through Ran, the lack of a middleman made the whole thing feel completely different.

And what's going on over there? The background noise is so loud.

If you look closely...

"Xiao Lan! Go for it!!"

The sudden shout almost made Shinichi Kudo drop his phone. What's that Sonoko guy doing here?

Shinichi Kudo steadied his phone and was about to speak when...

"Xiao Lan! Go for it!!!!"

A dozen or so voices rang out at the same time, including Suigetsu's voice. Shinichi Kudo grimaced, feeling as if his eardrums were about to be torn apart.

"Hahaha, Kudo, can you hear that? The enthusiasm and cheers here!"

Ying Sheng lay down in the audience and shouted loudly while covering his other ear.

"Where are you all? Why are you making so much noise?"

Shinichi Kudo quickly moved his phone further away.

"Today is the first day of Ran's karate competition, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Huh? Um... isn't today a group stage match?"

Indeed, I've been so busy investigating the case lately that I've completely forgotten about this.

Xiaolan probably won't blame him, right?

No, speaking of which, Xiaolan last mentioned this to him two weeks ago, so it's not really important, right? It doesn't matter if he doesn't go.

"The group stage is also very important, because each player plays more than one game, which allows us to better understand their individual styles. When we encounter them later, we will have a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, which will greatly increase our chances of winning. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

"...There's something I actually want to ask you."

"Speak, and also, speak louder!"

"...I want to ask you! Could you help me contact Ms. Shiho? I'd like to ask her some questions!"

"Miss Shiho?"

Ying Sheng raised an eyebrow.

Shirley?!

Vermouth, who was listening in, was startled.

Why would a cool guy like you want to date someone like that?!

"Tell me what it is first. She's my superior, and I can't just bother her like that," Ying Sheng said.

"It's...some questions about biomedicine."

"I see. Are you free to move around now?"

"It's mostly okay; the injury is healing faster than expected."

"Then go find Miss Mingmei, I'll give you the address."

"it is good."

Chapter 170 Makoto Kyogoku! A Social Event at a Mountain Villa!

Biopharmaceuticals?

It's probably Chris's problem. She originally just set up a small trap to be on the safe side, hoping the fire would extinguish everything, but she didn't expect it to actually be discovered.

Ying Sheng hung up the phone and continued watching Xiao Lan's karate match with great interest.

What Shinichi Kudo is doing is completely irrelevant, but to bother the genius researcher at the brewery over something like this...

Hmm, quite innocent.

"Won!"

Sonoko Suzuki shouted excitedly, but fortunately, Hotaru, who was next to her, covered his ears in time when he saw that something was wrong, so his eardrums were not ruptured.

"Hey, aren't you going to cheer?"

Sonoko looked at Hotaru with a displeased expression.

Ying Sheng curled his lip: "That little girl on the other side is not on the same level as Xiao Lan at all. You could go up and fight her to a standstill. If Xiao Lan hadn't been careful to hold back, one punch would have made her cry out. Isn't it only natural that Xiao Lan won?"

"Damn it! Why did you shout so loudly in the first place?"

"She hadn't even made a move yet, and there was no combat power written above her head, so she might be a master."

"........."

Sonoko glanced at the cute little girl across from her who was almost crying, then slumped into her chair with a helpless expression. She looked around; there weren't many spectators, and their group of about ten people sitting together was the most conspicuous group, not to mention the support signs...

"I say, aren't we being a bit too high-profile?"

Sonoko felt so embarrassed she was about to have a stroke.

"As long as Xiaolan wins the championship and lives up to her reputation, what does this matter? We can open the champagne in advance without any problem."

Ying Sheng smiled and looked around: "Well, it's Friday today, and it's the group stage, so there aren't many people to begin with. There should be more people tomorrow for the quarterfinals and the semifinals and finals the day after."

"Xiao Lan will definitely win the championship, but you're like this..."

Sonoko glanced to the side and saw a group of her peers in white karate uniforms enthusiastically waving signs supporting Ran. She whispered:

"Are these people also going to participate? Where did you find them?"

"To our friends at Beika High School, in return, our club will cheer for their favorite to win the championship when she takes the stage. Since the matches are different, we can alternate them," Hotaru laughed. "I really hope that Wada can play in the finals with Ran. It would be so much fun if we cheered for her and Beika High School cheered for Ran."

"Wada can definitely do it."

A man with dark skin and a handsome appearance smiled, sitting one seat away from Sonoko Suzuki.

Hotaru tilted his head: "Kyogoku-senpai, what do you think of Ran compared to Wada-kun?"

"Right now, it looks like they're evenly matched, and it's impossible to predict the outcome, but if nothing unexpected happens, the final should be between the two of them."

"That's really good, at least there's some suspense now."

Hotaru introduced Sonoko to the school: "Beihu High School, the famous kicking prince, you should have heard of it."

Sonoko nodded quickly, her eyes shining as she looked at Makoto Kyogoku's profile. He looked even more handsome in person than in the video.

However, after the painful lesson learned from Mizuki Hotaru, Sonoko toned down her infatuation somewhat and introduced herself with a proper smile:

"Hello, Kyogoku-senpai, I'm Suzuki Sonoko, a second-year student at Teitan High School."

"Ah hello."

Kyogoku Makoto's head wasn't tilted either, but he looked a little stiff.

Eh?

Is she the aloof type?

Sonoko blinked. He really is quite handsome.

"Kyogoku-senpai, you probably won't be participating this time, otherwise the others will only be able to compete for second place," Hotaru said with a smile.

Makoto Kyogoku shook his head: "It's just that my teacher asked me to lead the team and give some pointers to the juniors. I won't be participating."

For someone determined to improve himself, this level of competition was far too low.

"Is Kyogoku-senpai already preparing for his next academic year?"

"In fact, I plan not to rush into university after graduating from high school, but to go abroad to train as a martial artist."

"You've already made up your mind, that's truly admirable. After the Teitan High School team leaves, could you please give Kyogoku-senpai some pointers?"

"sure……"

"Eh???"

Sonoko Suzuki and the group of high school students cheering for Ran all looked at Makoto Kyogoku in surprise:

"Will this work?"

Makoto Kyogoku said with a serious expression, "Everyone, you're participating in this competition not to win a ranking, but to improve yourselves. Shouldn't you be happier if your opponents are stronger?"

"........."

A group of high school students wanted to say: Sorry, they are just that superficial, they only came for the rankings.