Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

Maori Kogoro asked the question on everyone's mind: "What are you going to do?"

"This is what I would like to trouble Mr. Furuya and Mr. Chitnikov about. And Ms. Kosaka, I will have to go to her house to ask for help later."

Aoyagi Akimitsu looked calm and smiled at Furukaya Rei and the Russian secretary.

"Form a treasure hunting team. In the name of finding another egg of memories, take the suspect of Scoobing to a sparsely populated area and wait for Spider to lead his men to kill him."

absurd.

Furiya Rei wanted to retort, but he didn't say it.

The FBI is arrogant and unpopular, but Aoyagi Akimitsu is different. He is an undercover agent who returned safely from a criminal organization. Rei Furuya intends to listen to his opinions out of recognition of this identity.

"So, you want me to send police to guard the place where you are going to hunt for treasure, and catch Scoob, Spider, and those guys there?"

"That's right," Aoyagi Akimitsu said, "The other egg of memory is in the castle of Miss Kosaka's family. Chairman Suzuki called me last night to tell me this. And the castle is on a mountain, there are no other residents nearby, so arresting them will not affect other innocent people."

Maori Kogoro looked as if he had lost a month's living expenses betting on horses: "This is too dangerous! And how can you be sure that the killer will bring those people here?"

"It will come."

Aoyagi Binkou said with a firm tone.

"Spider is not doing well in the UK. The White Horse I mentioned earlier has sabotaged his operations several times. Spider is a killer. Failure in an operation means no reward and his reputation in the underworld will plummet. That's why he went to Japan to cooperate with Scoobing. He is really short of money now and needs to find treasures to sell."

"As for the other reason... he has to appease his subordinates."

The others were startled.

Only Furuya Rei was the first to react: "Because of the long period of no pay, his subordinates began to lose confidence and began to doubt his ability. Some even secretly contacted the former traitors to get rid of him."

"Yes."

Aoyagi Binguang looked calm and composed.

"Although he may have killed the restless subordinate, and executed the traitor and the person who took him in, this is only a temporary deterrent and cannot be abused. He needs a better opportunity."

“To truly appease people’s hearts, in addition to tangible benefits, we also need to deal with a common enemy—for example, me, the culprit who caused them to fall into exile.”

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Aoyagi Binguang, who was being watched by everyone, showed no signs of abnormality as he concluded, "Priceless artifacts and my life. With these two powerful baits, they will definitely come."

The Russian secretary finally understood their purpose at this time: "If you want to help the police arrest the criminal, I am willing to cooperate. What exactly do you want me to do?"

Aoyagi Akimitsu explained, "That's Miss Kosaka's home, so it's best to get her consent and accompaniment. And you're Russian, and you're here to find Chairman Suzuki for the Egg of Memory. With you participating in this treasure hunt for Russian cultural relics, they'll be more likely to believe it and fall into the trap."

Kogoro Mouri didn't know what to say, so he turned to look at Furuya Rei. He knew that this young man, who was less than 30 years old, would be the one who would make the final decision.

When Furuya Rei heard the reason why Aoyagi Akimitsu asked the Russian secretary to stay, he suddenly said:

"I'm from the National Police Agency. It's not easy to mobilize the Metropolitan Police Department's special police force. I need to get approval from my superiors. What if they come before this? In order to pretend it's an ordinary treasure hunting team, we can't send too many police officers to accompany you."

Aoyagi Binguang listened to him patiently and still did not show any nervousness.

"It will also take time for the spiders."

He said calmly, "The organization had asked him to come to Tokyo, Japan in the past to carry out activities. They had some gray properties with unclear origins. They are short of money now and it is impossible for them to find a house or stay in a hotel by themselves, so they will stay there temporarily."

"This time, Spider came to Osaka as a Nichimi TV employee. This identity is not convenient for him to have frequent contact with his subordinates, so most of them should still be in Tokyo."

Fūya Rei understood what Aoyagi Akimichi meant.

"If it were an ordinary person, they would tell the other party the destination and meet directly there. This would save the most time, but he would not do that."

"After all, he just experienced a betrayal from his subordinates." Qing Liu Bingguang continued, "Even if he was not hurt in the end, it left a thorn in his heart. So Spider would not tell the specific location in advance, but would rather waste time and find another place to meet up with his subordinates, and then take them to the destination together."

Listening to their discussions, Maori Kogoro finally found a suitable point to intervene:

"I just happened to accept the commission from Chairman Suzuki. Now it seems that the incident was most likely done by Scoobies or Spiders. So I will join the treasure hunting team."

Aoyagi Binguang did not refuse.

"But..." Maori Kogoro paused, "Two assassins are still a bit dangerous. Can we catch Shikaobing first?"

"I'm afraid not." Qing Liu Bingguang said regretfully, "First of all, I'm not sure which of the two it is. Secondly, according to the habits of that organization, members who act separately will send encrypted messages to each other regularly to ensure the smooth operation. If we catch one of them in advance, it will easily alert the other."

Maori Kogoro was puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Don't you know the encrypted information?"

Aoyagi Akimitsu answered in a similar voice: "Although I have been there, I was often sent to different companies to investigate security situations, and I am not very clear about the information encryption method of the operatives."

Maori Kogoro showed his half-moon eyes and murmured, "I didn't realize you were a multifaceted spy."

Aoyagi Binguang smiled helplessly.

"It's not 'multi-faceted'," he said lightly. "After all, I quit soon after."

Chapter 289: Furuya Rei: The cunning FBI (Part )

"Then the next question is how to identify Skoubing..."

After a brief interruption, they returned to the most important topic: who was the cruel killer who liked to hit people in the right eye?

Furiya Rei already had a guess. After all, he observed the other person immediately after the two men spoke. The traces left by a killer's long-term training are not so easy to cover up.

At this moment, a boy's voice suddenly came from below them.

"It should be Miss Pu Siqinglan."

Kogoro Mouri was so frightened that his body shuddered and he immediately looked down, and saw Conan Edogawa who had run back at some point and was looking at them with his hands in his pockets.

"Why are you here?!"

Veins popped out on his forehead and he raised his hand to grab the restless kid, but unexpectedly Aoyagi Akimichi just pushed Edogawa Conan to his legs, leaving his big hand empty.

Furiya Rei also didn't notice when Edogawa Conan sneaked back. While reflecting on his own relaxation of vigilance, he asked, "What did you see?"

The killer will be wary of adults, but tend to be lax with children. Moreover, Edogawa Conan has a special advantage - with his height, it is easier for him to see the condition of Pu Si Qinglan's hand.

"It happened last night." Edogawa Conan grabbed the hem of Aoyagi Binkou's shirt, "When Xiaolan and I were about to go out, Mr. Kankawa suddenly knocked on the door..."

He recounted what happened last night when Hanchuan Long came and knocked on a stranger's door and deliberately took a picture of the other person's surprised expression.

"After we arrived, he went to knock on Miss Pu Siqinglan's room. At that time, Xiaolan screamed, and he was frightened, and the DV in his hand accidentally fell to the ground. Miss Pu Si also came out to check, so the DV captured the situation in the room."

"When I entered the scene this morning, I found that the memory card of the DV was missing. I wondered if he had filmed something he shouldn't have filmed, so the murderer took it away."

This was just a child's guess. Maori Kogoro heard it and grasped another key point: "Screaming? What did Xiaolan see?"

Qing Liu Binguang's voice was a little awkward: "At that time, the door of my room was accidentally broken, and she opened it casually, and happened to see me changing clothes..."

Maori Kogoro didn't expect this to happen, and he also felt embarrassed: "I'm so sorry, Aoyagi, this is an old problem of my daughter. I will talk to her in a good way."

"It's okay." Aoyagi Akimitsu coughed dryly and turned to Furuya Rei. "Conan's words are somewhat relevant, and I also think she is more suspicious. What do you think?"

Fūya Ling also suspected her. He pondered for a few seconds and said slowly: "I plan to take another look at the scene and come back soon. Please wait here for me. As for this little friend..."

Edogawa Conan quickly said: "I want to join the treasure hunt too!"

"Conan! This isn't a place to play, you're going to get in trouble with the police!"

This time, Kogoro Mouri's fist was extended even faster, and Conan Edogawa had no time to dodge, and was hit on the head again.

Edogawa Conan covered his head, stepped back a few steps, and insisted: "Mr. Aoyagi plans to invite Miss Kosaka and Mr. Chinnikov to increase the credibility of the treasure hunt. In this case, you can take me with you. Children are the easiest to let people down..."

He tried his best to recommend himself, and his words seemed to have some magic power. Everyone was soon convinced, and the treasure hunting team had a new member.

While Aoyagi Akimitsu went to find Kosaka Natsumi to explain the situation, Furuya Rei returned to the murder scene to check the data in the computer. He watched the video copied from last night.

A scream was heard in the video, and then the camera fell down, continuing to shoot the scene in the room at a crooked angle. When Pu Siqinglan heard the scream, she did not go out immediately, but turned back to the room, pressed down a photo on the table, and then came out with Han Chuanlong.

Then he received more information about Qian Jiangyi. Recently, the Metropolitan Police Department was investigating various art dealers in the country, and Qian Jiangyi happened to be one of them.

He cooperated with Hanchuan Long to smuggle artworks, and they even agreed to meet last night. Hanchuan Long mentioned this in his diary, so when Qian Jiang heard him write a diary before, he reacted so strongly.

Artwork smuggling is not within the jurisdiction of the public security, so Fūya Rei told his men to transfer the matter to Investigation Section 2. But before that, he first approached them to "invite" them to join the treasure hunt.

At this point, the plan began to be implemented.

……

Furuya Rei ends the memories.

He didn't think about the reaction of his superior, Officer Kuroda, when he proposed to mobilize the SAT troops. Anyway, no matter how terrifying that face was, he couldn't see it through the phone.

The plan went awry this time, as the Spider gang arrived too slowly, and in order to facilitate their capture, the SAT troops had to wait until they were near the castle before they could take action, and they could not play hide-and-seek with them in the forest.

Due to the delay in the arrest and the lack of familiarity with the mechanism (the castle owner didn't even know there was a basement), the drama between the other side and Shi Kaobing had to continue until Aoyagi Akimichi took action himself and their people arrived.

SAT members were walking around, and subordinates came to report from time to time. Furiya Zero listened carefully and gave orders on some details from time to time.

Although there were miscalculations, now both Spider and Scoob are caught, and the overall plan is a success.

But he did not completely relax because there were still many doubts in this case.

First up is the laptop.

The computer that provided the important clue was placed carelessly on the sofa, and it was impossible not to see it. Why didn't the murderer think that Hanchuan Long might have copied the data, taken it away or formatted it?

There was also blood on the door handle and a trail of blood at the door.

All the blood was from Hanchuan Long. The marks on the door handle were very obvious, and one could even make out clear fingerprints and palm prints.

The identification personnel determined that those were Hanchuan Long's own fingerprints, and there was indeed blood on the right hand of the corpse.

But then the problem arises. Kanchuan Long was shot in the right eye. Such an injury would kill him instantly. The police have found the bullet hole in the living room and determined the specific location where he was shot, which is far away from the door.

——Then how did the bloody handprint on the door handle get there?

Finally, there is Rena Mizunashi.

The frame-up of the ring left by Spider may seem low-level, but it is actually insidious, because he has admitted that he hypnotized Rena Mizunashi so that she would confess the crime herself after being taken away by the police.

The same thing happened to the security guard who was injured in the museum before. He wanted to get information about the museum's security arrangements from him, but hypnosis caused him to be in a trance the whole day. He hit his head while on duty and was hospitalized.

But Rena Mizunashi didn't step on it.

After the police took her fingerprints, she returned to normal, insisting that she was framed, and said that the cameraman was suspicious and had come to see her early in the morning.

Was it that the spider underestimated her and the hypnosis was ineffective? Or was it that her willpower was stronger than that of an ordinary person?

Among the people that Furuya Rei knows, most ordinary police officers probably can't do it. Only those who have received professional training can do it...