Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Following the clues, they discovered that Nakata Toshiya's older brother enjoyed copying famous paintings and especially admired Natsume Soseki.

Therefore, following this clue, they gradually discovered new clues and finally found this place.

Based on the clues, they determined that Nakata Toshiya's brother was kidnapped at the newspaper office on the third floor of the Lianhe Building next to the police station, in order to make counterfeit 1,000 yuan bills.

After listening to their introduction, Zhiyong glanced at the Lianhe Building in front of him.

The Otsuka newspaper office was located on the third floor of the building.

At this moment, Zhiyong also remembered the plot of Detective Conan.

Zhiyong remembers it very clearly; this scene is exactly the one where Xiao Ai first appeared.

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Chapter 202 Conan, you're overthinking it.

Zhiyong has now remembered the plot, and therefore knows that this is the den of counterfeit money production.

“I think your guess is right. This newspaper is producing counterfeit money. Junye’s brother should be upstairs. Now you wait here, I’ll go up and rescue Junye’s brother.”

At that moment, Conan also ran over.

"Brother Zhiyong, what are you doing here?"

"What do you think? I'm glad you didn't cause any trouble this time. Now, just wait here."

After saying that, Zhiyong headed towards the building.

Several children also wanted to go up.

However, Conan mistook this place for a branch of the Black Organization.

The Black Organization members are ruthless.

Therefore, Conan dared not let these children take any risks, and he stopped them.

Zhiyong remembers that there are surveillance cameras inside the newspaper office.

Therefore, once Zhiyong entered the building and saw that there were no cameras, he immediately went into hiding.

The people at the newspaper office didn't even notice Zhiyong.

Zhi Yong had already quietly entered the newspaper office.

Inside the newspaper office, there were three men, a woman in black, and a boy who was tied up.

This must be Nakata Toshiya's older brother.

Of the four members of this counterfeit money ring, only the woman carried a handgun.

This is nothing to Zhiyong.

The fact that I'm hiding myself is something I definitely can't let anyone know.

Zhiyong immediately turned off the invisibility function at the door.

Then, he violently kicked the door open.

Before they could react, Zhiyong had subdued them all.

Those two police officers from the local police station were out of touch with reality.

Zhi Yong did not call the police on the two men.

He immediately took out his phone and called Inspector Megure.

After hearing what Tomoyu had to say, Inspector Megure replied, "Brother Sato, Kudo just called. I'm on my way there with my men. We should be there in about ten minutes."

"Alright, I'll wait for you here."

The surveillance cameras must have captured Zhiyong's sudden appearance at the door.

Therefore, Zhiyong had to delete the contents of the surveillance footage before the police arrived.

Of course, simply deleting it is not a foolproof method.

In Zhiyong's space, there was a similar hard drive, which was then replaced.

This way, no one will notice that there is a problem.

Zhiyong only discovered this when he was about to take action.

The surveillance cameras installed at the newspaper office did not have storage capabilities.

It's installed at entrances and exits purely for security purposes, to monitor activity outside.

The lack of storage functionality is actually a good thing, as it avoids causing trouble for Zhiyong.

At that moment, Zhiyong saw Conan sneaking around the newspaper office entrance through the surveillance footage.

Several children followed behind him.

Zhiyong walked over and untied Nakata Toshiya's brother, saying, "Alright, your brother is outside. The police will be here soon, and they'll need you to give a statement."

"Thank you."

"elder brother."

Nakata Toshiya had already entered the newspaper office, and upon seeing his brother, he rushed over to him.

Zhiyong couldn't be bothered to care how the two confided in each other.

Zhiyong walked up to Xiao Ai and said, "Well, now you know I was telling the truth, right?"

"really."

Ai replied calmly.

Conan approached the Black woman and asked, "What's your code name in that organization behind you?"

"What organization? I have no idea what you're talking about," the woman replied.

"You're still pretending to be stupid."

Zhiyong realized it at this moment.

Conan probably assumes that the woman in black is a member of the Black Organization.

Zhiyong subdued the woman without asking about her background.

This has nothing to do with Zhiyong.

That's a matter for the police.

Given Conan's current state, Zhiyong really wants to tell him, "Conan, you're overthinking it."

Zhi Yong knew that this woman was not a member of the Black Organization.

However, Zhiyong will not tell Conan that he has mistaken someone for someone else.

About ten minutes later, Inspector Megure arrived with his men.

After giving their statements, Zhiyong sent all the children home.

When she got home, Haibara Mi had already prepared dinner.

The three of them were eating.

“Brother-in-law, I need to research the antidote to restore my body, but there is too much information about those drugs. I can’t remember any of it. The original information was in the base, but it must have been moved to another place now.”

"Ai, don't rush. Even if you don't study it, isn't it good to grow slowly again?" Zhiyong advised.

“Yes, Ai, you look so cute right now. My sister and I were separated when we were little and didn’t spend much time together. Now that you’ve become a child, it’s perfect for your older sister to take good care of you,” Haibara Miya said.

"The research period for this drug is still a bit short. I don't know if this drug will cause any harm to the human body. Therefore, we definitely need to research the antidote."

"Alright then, since you've made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you anymore. What are your plans?" Zhiyong asked.

“I remember a few years ago, my sister sent me a floppy disk with her travel photos. After I looked at it on the computer at the research institute, I sent the floppy disk back. But after I sent it back, I found that the floppy disk containing the drug information was also missing. I searched for a long time but couldn’t find it.”

"So, you accidentally sent that floppy disk to Xiaomei?" Zhiyong asked suspiciously.

“But my apartment has definitely been cleared out by the organization, and my things are probably gone by now,” Haibara Mi said helplessly.

“It seems there’s no other way,” Zhiyong said with a shrug.

"That's true, that's the organization's consistent style." Ai was also a little disappointed.

Haibara Mi suddenly laughed and said, "There's still hope."

"What?" Ai asked in confusion.

"I suddenly remembered that when Ai sent back the travel photos, the organization had just assigned me a mission. Before I left, I asked my university professor to sign for it. However, after that mission, the organization changed my name and required me not to contact any of my former acquaintances. Therefore, I didn't ask for that floppy disk back. Maybe it's still in the professor's hands now."

"Is this the Professor Hirota you mentioned?" Ai asked doubtfully.

Haibara nodded and said, "That's right, it's Professor Hirota."

"Who is this Professor Hirota you're talking about?" Zhiyong asked, puzzled.

“Professor Hirota’s name is Masami Hirota. He is a professor at Nanyang University and lives in Shizuoka Prefecture,” Haibara Mi replied.

"Okay, let's make a call and ask."

"I'll call right now."

"We can't use our cell phones or landlines to make this call. We should go outside and find a public phone booth after we've eaten, so as not to be discovered by the organization," Zhiyong shook his head and stopped him.

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Chapter 203 Could it be contagious?

After eating.

Zhi, Yong, and the other two had all disguised themselves.

The three drove to Beihu Town, where Zhiyong then had Haibara Mei make a phone call.

"Professor Hirota, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Akemi Miyano."

"Mingmei, it's you? It's been years since we last met. Is there something you need for my call today?"

"Professor Hirota, it's like this. A few years ago, I had an email that I couldn't receive at the time, so I asked you to retrieve it for me. It was a floppy disk containing photos from our trip. I don't know if you still have it?"