Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

So, could what happened today be the reason?

If things go according to Shinji Tachibana's original plan, he would indeed contact "Starlight" a few days later...

So that's how it is. It seems that Gin or the boss are well aware of Shinji's thoughts. I just don't know why they would force Maya Tachibana to do that, even knowing that she would rebel.

The same goes for the Miyano sisters. They clearly knew that Miyano Shiho was important, yet they acted like it would be extremely easy for them to kill her. After she escaped, they kept saying "Ah, Sherry" all the time.

Is it for the so-called prestige of the Black Organization? The people in that organization are indeed a bit psychopathic.

"You've got a clue?"

Amuro Tooru analyzed Tohno Tooru's micro-expressions and realized that Tohno Tooru seemed to have thought of something.

"Ah... if I'm not mistaken." Tohno smiled, "In that case, let's do as he says, which will also put Gin at ease."

"...You haven't been busy lately?"

"Ah, I'm so free."

When "Starlight" agreed, Amuro Tooru felt a little anxious.

At the police station, due to inadequate protection by the police, Toru Tono is still missing. It is very likely that he was kidnapped by an undercover agent planted by the Black Organization in the police station.

The tracking device attached to him had no signal, and there were no clues left at the place where he disappeared... The police are now wandering around the area like headless flies.

Amuro Tooru wanted to go back and personally lead the search operation, but he couldn't spare the time here either.

The time management master regretted for the first time that he didn't know the Shadow Clone Technique.

Wait a minute...

"You said you have a lot of free time, right?"

"Ok?"

......

Sitting in the passenger seat of the Mazda, "Starlight" seemed somewhat speechless.

"I said, why should I go with you to find people who went missing due to police negligence?"

The so-called "missing person" is sitting right in front of you, hey!

The place where the kidnapping took place is deserted; you won't find anything even if you look for it!

"Anyway, you have nothing to do," Amuro Tooru replied matter-of-factly.

"...The most important thing to do now is to leave traces of your excuses for stalling me, not to do those shady things that only someone in your police position can do here."

Despite saying that, she actually took the opportunity to send a message to Shinji Tachibana explaining the whole story, and told him to deal with Gin.

The concern now is whether someone with relatively stable emotions like him can portray the oppressive state of losing a loved one and having nowhere to turn for help.

However, anyone who can go undercover is probably a pretty good actor, and fooling Gin should be a piece of cake.

So what exactly am I pretending to be here for?

"We can do that tomorrow... Okay, listen to me..."

Amuro Tooru recounted the story of "Tohno Tooru," omitting his reason for using him as bait and focusing on the details of his disappearance.

"Starlight" knew much more than him, so he didn't listen carefully and just nodded intermittently.

"Remember you owe me a favor." Only after Amuro Tooru finished speaking did "Starlight" respond.

What could Amuro Tooru say? He could only sigh, "Within my bottom line."

“I’m not some evil criminal, I won’t ask you to do things that the police can’t do.”

Amuro Tooru sized him up for a long time, his eyes conveying a strong sense of "You're really interesting to talk to."

"Heh." Tohru Tohru felt his gaze and scoffed disdainfully, "You don't actually think that the way you Japanese Public Security officers do things is fundamentally different from how I do it, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Amuro Tooru, who could say things like "the country is my lover," immediately became displeased.

"The basic purpose of the public security system is to combat crime and maintain social order—of course, there are essential differences."

"Have you ever heard the old Chinese saying, 'A gentleman judges by his actions, not his intentions'? If we only consider what they do, the police are far more unscrupulous."

"I don't disagree with that, but our starting point and the outcome will inevitably be good."

"If you dare to ask yourself this question, can others do the same?"

"..."

This is the only point that Amuro Tooru cannot answer.

The rest of the time passed in silence.

After turning a familiar corner, I arrived at an alleyway.

On the way, Toru Tono saw the Western restaurant.

It's getting late, and the Western restaurant has closed, with a "Closed" sign hanging outside.

The Mazda stopped outside the alley, and Amuro Tooru took out the car key, opened the door, and got out.

Tohru Tono followed.

It was obvious that one of Amuro Tooru's new subordinates had come to report to him, "Mr. Amuro, we haven't found any clues yet."

The man was wearing a police uniform, and his rank looked the same as Kazami Yuya's, so he was probably newly transferred to the Security Planning Division.

"Okay, I understand. You can go back now." Amuro Tooru nodded, it was already a habit.

If we rely solely on police officers to investigate, we will never find anything in our lifetime.

He asked the police officers at the scene for gloves and walked to the corner where Toru Tono had disappeared.

Most of the people present were contacts that Kazami Yuya had developed within the Metropolitan Police Department, and they were very trustworthy, so there was no risk of being exposed.

"Yes."

Amuro Tooru's new deputy directed the officers to retreat, while giving Tohno Tooru, who was following behind him, a strange look, but said nothing.

The undercover work was extremely dangerous. Having learned from the mistakes of his predecessor, he only intended to do his job responsibly and not to get himself involved or have his life threatened.

So let's not ask questions we shouldn't ask.

"Close the team!"

The officers filed into their police cars and drove discreetly out of the alley.

Amuro Tooru frowned under the streetlight, observing the surroundings for any possible clues.

Tohno glanced at the wire fence that had been cut and then reassembled, making it almost indistinguishable from the outside, and then swam around nearby.

The next few days should be fine, so he plans to switch to standby mode.

It's also a good time to relax after a stressful day of researching nanotechnology.

Didn't Lu Xun once say that "appropriate field research can help spark creative inspiration"? He plans to try it out himself.

Chapter 128 Detective Amuro

Amuro Tooru, being a top figure on the red team in the world of Detective Conan, possesses far superior observational skills compared to the background police officers. Even as Tono Tooru was yawning and slacking off, Amuro noticed something was amiss within minutes.

“Here…” He rested his chin on his hand as if thinking, and gently pushed the seemingly broken barbed wire.

"Click"

Large sections of wire were folded to the back, revealing very neat circular cuts on the fence.

The opening is large enough for a person to duck in and out.

"Hmm?" Amuro Tooru pushed hard and stepped over the fence.

Behind that is an abandoned factory; apart from kids who like to play baseball in the open space filled with steel pipes, no one comes here.

"Hey, I've found something here!" Amuro Tooru raised his voice, calling over "Starlight," who was still leaning against the fence.

"Starlight" glanced at him before walking over, looking listless.

"Since you've followed me here, can't you at least do a proper search?" Amuro Tooru finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Yes Yes."

Tohru Tono gave a perfunctory answer.

If he were to get serious and lead you to the organization's base in a second, you wouldn't be happy and would ask all sorts of questions.

It's best to find it yourself for peace of mind.

Sure enough, despite saying that, Amuro Tooru was actually quite interested.

In the world of Detective Conan, people of all ages and genders surprisingly enjoy deduction.

"Did you feel that the hole we came in through just now looked like a newly cut notch?" He took a few steps forward, squatted down next to the open space in front of the factory, and carefully examined the ground.

"And look here, there are dirty footprints, clearly coming from the direction we came from, which means that someone, like us, once came in through the gap in that iron fence..."

“This factory has been abandoned for a long time, and normally no one except children would come here—but the size of this footprint clearly indicates that it was made by an adult.”

"What if that kid just has big feet? It's not uncommon for elementary school students to be 160cm tall before they even graduate."

Tohno Toru was bored and started arguing with him.

Although I dislike this behavior when I'm reading scripts as a detective, it's still quite enjoyable as long as I'm not the one being tortured.

“…” Amuro Tooru paused noticeably. “In any case, this is very likely left behind by the missing Tohno Tooru and the kidnappers who abducted him. We should investigate further.”

"Well, it turns out ignoring it is the best approach." Tohru Tohru thought to himself, realizing that this was a good method and that he had been too straightforward in the past.

The two of them continued walking forward.

The footprints may have gradually disappeared as the mud on the soles of the shoes was worn away, or at least to the point where they were no longer visible to the naked eye.

After the trail went cold, they circled the factory and found obvious tire tracks next to the fence outside the back gate.

"I see."

Amuro Tooru looked around. This place was near the sea, just outside the surveillance range of the police officers who had been assigned to it.

"It seems that's where they started the car and left."

The road in front of the back door is a two-way street without an intersection, and there are police officers guarding the other end, so the kidnappers could not have left from that side.