I'm in Detective Conan, but it's a chaotic battlefield.

She saw Chen Nuo standing at the door with an umbrella, a complex light flashing in her beautiful eyes, but she didn't say anything and sat on the entryway floor to put on her shoes.

Ai Haibara opened the shoe cabinet door and took out a pair of small, delicate brown leather shoes.

Then she took off her slippers, revealing her small feet covered in white socks.

Her feet were small, and when she put on white socks, they were spotless and clean. From toe to ankle, the arch of her foot stretched the socks into a lovely shape.

She slipped her toes into her shoe, placed her fair fingers on her heel, and gently stepped down...

After putting on her shoes, Ai Haibara stomped twice on the entryway floor, then flicked a strand of hair behind her ear and said coolly, "Let's go, you hentai who likes to watch people put on their shoes."

Chen Nuo: "No, I didn't, you've mistaken me for someone else."

"Humph!"

Ai Haibara raised the tip of her nose, turned around, and disappeared into the rain.

Upon arriving in front of the professor's yellow beetle, Chen Nuo discovered that Conan had already taken the passenger seat.

I guess he didn't want to sit with Ai Haibara?

It seems that those who were knocked unconscious still have some psychological trauma.

Chen Nuo and Ai Haibara sat in the back seat, both by the window.

Ai Haibara's face was expressionless as she rested her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the rain outside the window.

Her small face was reflected in the glass, and she looked like she had something on her mind.

Chen Nuo suddenly felt playful and reached out to draw a smiling arc on the glass window where her mouth should be.

"boring."

Ai Haibara glanced at him indifferently, but didn't wipe away the smile.

Because the road to Shizuoka Prefecture wasn't short, Chen Nuo eventually drifted off to sleep.

Upon arrival at the station, he discovered that someone had drawn a small figure on his side of the train window with their finger. The figure was deliberately drawn ugly, and it was holding something that looked like a bamboo knife.

Chen Nuo gave a wry smile.

If I'm not mistaken, it must have been drawn by Ai Haibara while he was asleep.

He didn't bother wiping the painting on the glass; he just got out of the car.

However, after getting out of the car, Conan ran back and stared at the little figure on the back window for a long time.

Somewhat puzzled, he pulled out a dozen Kamen Rider cards that he always carried with him.

I thought to myself, is this the kind of treatment a lab rat gets?

I feel like this bad woman is treating people differently.

Or perhaps she couldn't distinguish which was more important, the "guinea pig" or him, her "partner"?

When we arrived at Professor Hirota's house, it was Mrs. Hirota who came out to greet us.

Mrs. Hirota led everyone to the door of Professor Hirota's study, but there was no response after knocking several times.

Conan sensed something was wrong and immediately had Dr. Agasa break down the door.

They discovered that the professor was dead, the bookshelves had collapsed, and the room was filled with books and scattered chess pieces.

Conan: "Call the police immediately!"

Professor Agasa immediately called the police and temporarily took Ran's place.

Chen Nuo watched Conan searching for clues at the crime scene, but he wasn't in a hurry at all.

Because he knew the murderer hadn't arrived at the scene yet.

Moreover, his main target was that floppy disk.

Next, we just wait for the police to arrive, and then, after the murderer, Shirakura, drives up, we can secretly go to his car and take the bag of floppy disks out.

Just then, my phone rang.

It was Gin's phone call.

Chen Nuo suddenly had a bad feeling. Wasn't he supposed to be in Europe?

When the call connected, Gin's voice was still as cold as ever: "Where are you?"

"I'm out, I just finished eating," Chen Nuo blurted out.

Gin: "Go to Professor Masami Hirota's house in Shizuoka Prefecture now. Try to retrieve a floppy disk containing very important information."

Chen Nuo: "..."

Chapter 41 Xiaolan's Curry is a Battlefield

Chen Nuo was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this.

At this point, Gin added, "Once you get the disk, immediately send it to the Red Fox Inn on xx Street in Shizuoka Prefecture. I've already booked a room for you. Just go in, put the disk under your pillow, and then leave."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Chen Nuo remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

I thought to myself that they didn't want the item to stay in my hands for too long.

Furthermore, Gin didn't tell him that this document was sent by Shiho Miyano to Akemi Miyano, probably out of concern for his relationship with Sherry.

But why was he chosen to carry out this task?

When Chen Nuo had this question, Vodka immediately explained why to him.

Vodka said on the other end of the phone, "Brother, the CIA is coming. The men we brought from Tokyo probably won't hold out for long."

Gin hesitated for a moment: "Let's move on to the next safe house."

"it is good."

Immediately afterwards, an old man's voice, pleading in a standard British accent, came from the other end of the phone.

Boom!

Two gunshots rang out.

The sound of a bullet passing through a silencer is barely noticeable.

On the contrary, the spent cartridge cases fell to the ground, making a crisp and pleasant metallic sound.

The other end of the phone went completely silent.

If I'm not mistaken, that old British man, whose identity I don't know, is probably dead.

Chen Nuo also confirmed that Gin and vodka are currently still in Europe.

And he even took his men with him. No wonder they called him specifically to assign him tasks.

"That's it. If necessary, you can be a little ruthless, but don't let anyone find out." Gin's voice was somewhat hurried, indicating that this opponent was not weak.

After saying that, Gin hung up the phone.

Chen Nuo smiled bitterly to himself. It was unlikely that he would be discovered. In fact, he might even gain some goodwill from the Metropolitan Police Department and the deceased's family.

The problem is that Gin's deadline is a bit tight.

Chen Nuo glanced at the wall clock.

Even if he lies and says the journey is long and it will take some time, he can only delay for a few hours at most.

If it had been any later, given Gin's suspicious nature, he would probably have doubted himself.

As for not seeing the disk?

That probably won't work either. Gin probably called Professor Hirota beforehand to confirm, or had someone else confirm it through some channel before letting him come to pick it up.

Because he directly said "get the disk back", instead of "go find a disk".

Chen Nuo even felt that this sudden task, besides ostensibly to retrieve the disk, was also a test by Gin to probe him.

what can we do about it?

As Chen Nuo pondered, he walked through the corridor and arrived at Professor Hirota's courtyard.

There is a small flowerbed here, with a somewhat haphazard variety of flowers and plants, clearly planted casually by Professor Hirota in his spare time.

Chen Nuo was wearing a sports jacket, but he still felt a bit cold. However, the biting cold wind that entered his nostrils made him more awake.

Chen Nuo began to recall information about the case, trying to see if he could find a solution.

He remembered the case of Professor Hirota's murder. The murderer was his former student, Shirakura Yo, who had undergone plastic surgery in college in an attempt to become a model and had even taken a photo in women's clothing.

The modeling agency he works for recently wanted to do a report on the unexpected side of models.

So Shirakura asked Professor Hirota to send him the photo of him dressed as a woman from his university days.

But Professor Hirota sent him photos of him before his plastic surgery.

In his anxiety, Shirakura went directly to Professor Hirota's house to question him. However, Professor Hirota was drunk at the time and said he couldn't remember which floppy disk the photo was on, and he also said some unpleasant things.

Shirakura Yo couldn't control his emotions.

He used the decorative trophies on the bookshelf to beat Professor Hirota to death.

Then, using the answering machine tape and chess pieces, they turned the scene into a secret room.

Chen Nuo remembered that the guy only started acting like it was his first time visiting Professor Hirota's house after the police arrived.

If he waits until the guy arrives at the scene, steals the disk from his car, and quickly makes a copy, it might still be in time.

I just don't know how long it will take to copy that thing, or if there's a password that needs to be cracked.

Thinking of this, Chen Nuo turned and walked into the house. He wanted to confirm with Ai Haibara how long it would take to copy the data.

Return to the crime scene.

Mrs. Hirota was distraught as she stared at her husband's body, while Professor Agasa comforted her. Conan crouched on the ground, examining the locations where the books had fallen, searching for clues. The police had not yet arrived.

Ai Haibara was sitting in front of the computer, her small hands tapping away on the keyboard. The fluorescent light from the monitor illuminated her small face, outlining the girl's delicate features.

Chen Nuo walked up behind her, and the pleasant scent of shampoo immediately filled her nostrils.

"Why are you staring at me?" Ai Haibara said without turning her head.