The boy soldier next to the famous detective

Seeing Jonah holding the unpacked cat food, Conan Edogawa thought for a moment, then reached out, picked up a piece, and threw it into his mouth.

"Oh, it really is pretty good. It tastes better than the cookies they give us after lunch at school. No wonder it's the most expensive cat food in this store. Humans like it, so it's no wonder cats like it too... But wait, do cats and humans really have the same appetite?"

"I don't know, but the nutritional content of this bag of cat food is not enough for humans. It can't be eaten as a snack, but it's more like an emergency food."

Seeing Conan Edogawa and Jonah suddenly stop and start discussing the flavors of cat food, Ai Haibara sighed helplessly, reached out and took the small bag of cat food from Jonah's arms and put it in the stroller.

"Even if you're very curious, you can't eat cat food. Jonah, if you want something with a similar flavor, I can make it for you."

"I accidentally opened it while I was on the phone just now."

Jonah nodded and offered a defense of his actions, which only fueled Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara's curiosity even more.

They knew that Jonah would only subconsciously look for something to eat when he needed to concentrate. So, when Bai Shilong contacted Jonah just now, he said something very important?

"What does Mr. Shiraishi want with you, Jonah?"

"It's a request, but I can't say. I've already promised Uncle Shiraishi that I'd keep it a secret."

Jonah shook his head and didn't reveal what Shiraishi Ryuichi had entrusted to him. Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara didn't say anything more about it either.

They knew they couldn't get the information Jonah wanted to keep secret; Jonah was always so tight-lipped.

"Oh right, after I put my things away at the professor's house, I need to go to Dave's place."

"Should we eat first before going?" Hearing Jonah's question, Ai Haibara considered the time and thought about whether she should make some fast food.

"No, let's just eat at Dave's. Conan, please tell Uncle and Ran about this for me."

"Okay, so are you coming back tonight?"

"...Not necessarily, I won't go if it's too late."

"Then you can just go sleep at the professor's house. I've already told Ran that too."

Conan Edogawa was already very used to covering for Jonah.

"it is good."

Because Jonah had something to do, the three of them quickly finished buying the odds and ends. After each of them carried a bag back to Professor Agasa's house, Jonah took a taxi directly to the safe house.

"You're here, Jonathan. Mr. Shiraishi has already spoken to me on the phone. This request has been quite troublesome."

Seeing Jonah enter, Dave nodded and continued sitting at his desk, looking at the data he had just received on his computer.

"Hmm, I thought it sounded complicated when Uncle Shiraishi told me about it, so can we take it on?"

If possible, Jonah still wanted to take on this request, since it was a rare request for help from Shiraishi Ryuichi, and Jonah wanted to help. Moreover, this would also help him build a good relationship with Shiraishi Ryuichi. Suzuki Shiro had said that if Shiraishi Ryuichi asked for help, one should never miss the opportunity.

Ryuichi Shiraishi is a very sensitive person; if someone helps him, he always thinks about repaying them.

"It's challenging, but the next few problems shouldn't be too big."

After closing the file he had already reviewed, Dave pinched his brow, his tone tinged with excitement.

"The main issue is that I've never actually done this kind of commission to catch spies before."

"I don't have any either."

He nodded; this was also why Jonah was interested in the mission.

Whether before or after coming to Japan, Jonah's main enemies have always been straightforward criminals. Previously, when he was commissioned by Ryuichi Shiraishi to investigate the corruption case involving funds from the opening ceremony of the World Games, he had already arrested a small number of corrupt officials.

For Jonah, spies were truly a rarity.

Such an important task naturally required the entire team to work together, so Dave sent a message in the group chat to call everyone over.

"Spies? That's certainly not something you encounter easily, but for Shiraishi Ryuichi to entrust us with this kind of spy-catching work, he's really bold."

After reviewing the information Dave had printed out, Rumi Wakasa blinked, her tone somewhat playful, making it unclear whether she was genuinely praising Ryuichi Shiraishi's courage or mocking his magnanimity.

"Given Mr. Shiraishi's capabilities in previous collaborations, I feel that his decision wouldn't be made so easily. Is Mr. Shiraishi under some kind of pressure, preventing him from openly using his own people to investigate this matter?"

Tilting his head, Curaçao finished reading the data and, based on the team's analysis of Ryuichi Shiraishi, gave his own judgment.

"I also think that's possible, because Mr. Shiraishi's methods are known to be tough, so if he were to get involved in some things openly, it would attract a lot of political enemies and hostile forces. That's why he entrusted this task to us and even issued us temporary SAT credentials."

Dave sounded excited. Although he had jokingly said before, after learning that Bai Shilong had a high opinion of Jonah, that maybe they could get an official position to retire in the future because of Jonah's relationship with him.

Unexpectedly, the joke from back then has actually come true. Temporary SAT combat team members still have the status and treatment of SAT members. What is this? Terrorists have become officers.

"Alright, now that Mr. Shiraishi has entrusted us with this task, we must take it seriously. Based on the available information, we need to first screen these suspects and then determine who the spy really is."

"Let's assign tasks."

......

It can only be said that Jonah's team is indeed very good at this kind of investigation mission.

To some extent, they have extensive investigative experience and are very good at finding the necessary clues from scratch, and we should also thank the organization.

After all, the organization is very good at hiding. Every time Jonah and his team want to find the organization's base, outpost, or experimental center, they have to spend a lot of effort and be careful not to be investigated by the cautious organization.

Because they had been constantly fighting against the organization, Jonah and his group naturally gained a lot of investigative experience.

Although the espionage activities were very secretive, they were still weaker than organizations that had been hiding in various parts of Japan for many years and had developed numerous industries. Not to mention that they were currently in the stage of taking action, which gave Dave and his team an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"At present, this guy named Takekawa Sloth is the most suspicious."

On the temporary display board set up in the safe house, Hondo Eisuke posted a photo of a middle-aged man on the whiteboard.

"Takegawa Kyou is the owner and legal representative of a private detective agency in Kyoto. However, according to my and Kid's detailed investigation, we found that this private detective agency had closed down a year ago and has no intention of reopening."

"And Takekawa Kouryo did not engage in any other work that year. He did not speculate in stocks or buy securities. It seemed like he had no income at all, but he was not short of money at all."

"I checked his bank account statements, and there were no problems at all, but they definitely didn't match his daily expenses."

Nodding, Dave picked up the conversation and continued talking about how strange Takekawa Kouryo was acting.

"That's right, that's why I took Kidd and Curaçao to investigate him, and we found that he had serious problems."

"According to his neighbors, Takekawa Kouryo has been very regular over the past year. He goes out at 5 a.m. on the 1st of every month and returns home no later than when it gets dark, and no later than 3 hours later, and then stays indoors."

"Did his neighbor observe Takekawa Kouryou for a year?"

Jonah, who was previously in charge of other parts, heard about Dave and his team's investigation for the first time and thought the neighbor was a bit outrageous.

"Yeah, that neighbor has some weird fetishes. He likes to secretly observe the neighbors around his house and record it. He calls this behavior human observation."

With a chuckle, Curaçao, sitting next to Jonah, quietly explained Jonah's doubts.

"...Won't Takekawa Kouryo become suspicious if we contact him?"

"No, that neighbor is a coward. We scared him by threatening a secret government investigation, and he readily told us everything he knew. Then he bought a plane ticket for that day and is going to hide in his hometown in Okinawa for a while." Shaking his head, Dave was very confident in his judgment. He didn't think that guy with some weird hobbies could fool him.

"Yes, I went to the airport with him myself and watched him board the plane."

Kaito Kuroba raised his hand and said with a smile. He had been very excited ever since he joined the operation to catch the spy.

"That should be fine, but I'd still like to have Uncle Shiraishi contact the police in Okinawa from the inside to secretly confirm that the man has really arrived in Okinawa."

"Absolutely no problem, Jonathan, you've thought of everything."