Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

"How about it, Xiaolan, the view from here is pretty nice, isn't it?"

Today is the fifth day since the official opening of Suzuki Tower. Since Mao Lilan participated in karate training a few days ago, Suzuki Sonoko waited until today to invite her here.

Mao Lilan is not afraid of heights. She looked through the glass in front of her at the twilight sky outside and the busy streets below, and nodded seriously: "It's beautiful. This is the first time I appreciate this city like this."

Suzuki Sonoko smiled even more happily after receiving praise from her best friend. At this moment, she turned her eyes and noticed that there was someone at her feet who was not speaking.

"What do you think, kid?"

The little boy with glasses who was called by her seemed to be playing with something. When he heard her sudden voice, he was so scared that his fingers trembled and he almost dropped what was in his hand.

"Ah? ...Yeah, it's pretty good."

Edogawa Conan replied.

While he was answering, he did not forget to glance at the reaction of Mao Lilan beside him.

This was the first time he went out with Xiaolan after he chose to stay in Japan.

……

A week ago, Conan Edogawa welcomed Fumiyo Edogawa, staging a touching mother-son reunion at the Mori Detective Agency.

However, Edogawa Fumiyo is a fake identity. She was disguised by Kudo Yukiko in order to test her son together with her husband.

They planned it very well: the lines, the props, fake guns and costumes, the vehicles, the kidnapping location, the clues in the room, the doctor's assistance... They had everything ready and were just waiting for their son to take the bait.

It's a pity that a Cheng Yaojin showed up in the middle of the performance. Aoyagi Akimitsu accidentally met Edogawa Conan who ran away, and directly stripped off Edogawa Fumiyo's identity in front of him.

The test was interrupted like this. Kudo Yukiko had no choice but to take her son back and take him to the hotel, and the family discussed what to do in the future.

There are two choices before Edogawa Conan:

First, go to America with them.

Yusaku Kudo has helped the FBI solve cases many times and has accumulated some connections there. In addition, he has friends in Interpol, so he can borrow official power to solve physical problems.

Second, continue to stay in Japan and track down the organization alone.

Faced with his parents' expectant eyes, Edogawa Conan directly chose the second one.

Without hesitation for a second.

His reason was that it was his own business and he didn't want his parents to worry about him.

——Only he himself knows why he really wants to stay in Japan.

……

After finishing his memories, Conan Edogawa quietly observed Mao Li Ran.

There was nothing unusual in her reaction. When she heard Suzuki Sonoko calling him, she looked over curiously.

Suzuki Sonoko didn't notice his gaze, and looked at the thing in his hand suspiciously: "Is this... cufflinks? You don't need to wear formal clothes at your age, it's too early to wear this, is it for Uncle Maori?"

"Nah……"

As for Uncle Maori, his parents gave him 10 million yen as child support last week. These two things are the cufflink-shaped eavesdropping devices newly invented by Dr. Agasa...

Edogawa Conan couldn't say these words. He smiled embarrassedly, quickly put the things into his pocket, and then pounced on the glass in surprise.

He said in an exaggerated tone: "Wow! Sister Xiaolan! You can even see the East City Tower over there from here!"

Listening to his childish talk, Suzuki Sonoko was speechless: "Really, children love to be startled... Speak softly, don't disturb the tourists next to you."

"Good~"

Seeing that her attention shifted away from the cufflinks and she continued to talk about the scenery with Mouri Ran, Edogawa Conan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He pinched the two cufflinks again through his pants, feeling helpless.

Dr. Agasa said that this new type of eavesdropping device is waterproof, has a longer reception range than ordinary eavesdropping devices on the market, and has a low-key appearance. It looks similar to the most common cufflinks and will not attract attention.

Ever since he got it, he wanted to try it out to see if it was really as good as the doctor said, but unfortunately he never had the chance.

Conan Edogawa looked around and stopped for a moment when he saw a foreign couple with a child and a middle-aged man.

The husband of the foreign couple had a noticeable beer belly, but his arms and calves were very strong, and anyone with a little bit of insight could tell that he had practiced martial arts.

Under the gaze of Conan Edogawa, the foreign man raised his left hand to look at his watch, then said to his wife and daughter beside him: "What do you think?"

Very standard American English.

The wife hesitated: "The scenery in this area is nice and the transportation nearby is also very convenient, but I still think that the house is too old."

The man leading them was probably a real estate agent. After hearing what she said, he waved his hands at them and said, "Madam, that house was built less than 30 years ago. The quality is absolutely up to standard. We have been arranging regular inspections..."

The agents' rhetoric is actually similar. No matter how bad a product is, they can find a hundred or eighty advantages to persuade people to buy it... Edogawa Conan heard it clearly and showed a look of contempt in his half-moon eyes.

He wanted to look somewhere else, but at this moment, a strange feeling suddenly crept up his back, making the hairs on his body stand up. He turned his head and looked in another direction.

He almost blurted out the word "who", but when he saw that that was the entrance to the sightseeing elevator, which was now full of people, he swallowed it back.

...Is it an illusion?

Just now, he felt as if someone was staring at him...

Edogawa Conan frowned and looked over there. A sightseeing elevator just arrived and some tourists entered the elevator with the smiling introduction of the staff.

Most of them are Japanese, with smiles on their faces and full of anticipation for the upcoming trip.

Only one of them looked foreign. The tall, thin, blond man looked gloomy, and walked into the elevator without looking back, without even glancing over here.

"..."

Conan Edogawa felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him. As the elevator door closed, he withdrew his gaze from him.

"Sister Xiaolan, we..."

He was about to say something, but at this moment, another incident happened -

"Crack-!"

There was a loud sound of glass breaking, and a string of blood splattered onto the display screen hanging in the air. A body fell heavily to the ground.

After a few seconds of silence, the crowd screamed in fear!

When Conan Edogawa saw the real estate agent who was fooling people the second before fell to the ground, he was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted.

He pressed the telescope function on his glasses to see if he could find the murderer, and at the same time shouted to the people around him:

"Get down! There's a sniper outside!"

……

the other side.

In the FBI office of the embassy, ​​Aoyagi Akimichi paused slightly as he was flipping through a pile of documents.

Opposite him, another FBI agent, Robert Otto, didn't notice this action at all. He was also sitting behind a pile of documents, looking sullen, he threw the investigation report in his hand onto the hill, stood up and walked towards the window.

Their office faces the parking lot. Otto took a deep breath and said, "I've had enough. I doubt the Japanese police want to find someone properly."

"Do you really want to find them?" Aoyagi Binguang raised his eyebrows.

"That's not the case." Otto sighed. "Although in my opinion, those guys are scum and their imprisonment is a waste of taxpayers' money, but they are my former comrades after all. I can't just ignore them in life and death like this..."

Before he finished speaking, a loud noise sounded outside the window!

The two experienced FBI agents in the room were startled. They first looked around carefully, then looked out the window together. When they saw a car in the parking lot bursting into flames, Otto's eyes widened instantly.

"God! That's the ambassador's car!"

He rushed out of the room shouting. In the corridor, people from other offices heard the loud noise and came out to check. Each of them had surprise and uneasiness on their faces.

Outside, the parking lot was in chaos.

Generally speaking, the security of the embassy is the responsibility of personnel from both countries. The inside of the walls is managed by the sending country itself, while the outside of the walls is protected by people sent by the host country.

The parking lot was within the embassy's territory, and when Aoyagi Akimitsu arrived, the soldiers of the guard regiment had already begun to put out the fire.

The explosion was not large, only a car that had driven into the middle of the parking lot exploded. The soldiers put out the fire while trying their best to drag the people out.

Aoyagi looked over there, and after confirming that there was no secondary explosion, he walked towards Otto who was helping with the rescue. When he passed by a splash of debris, he suddenly felt something hit his feet.

He stopped, bent down and picked it up.

This is a black Go piece, covered in dust. The firelight not far away shines on its smooth and hard surface, half of which is deliberately painted red.

Aoyagi Binguang looked at the chess piece quietly, something seemed to flash in his eyes, but he quickly regained his calm.

Chapter 299: Takagi Wataru, danger!

Tokyo, Metropolitan Police Department.

Because they witnessed the sniping incident on Suzuki Tower at close range, Conan Edogawa and Ran Maori came to the Metropolitan Police Department again after a few weeks.

Suzuki Sonoko was also there this time. This was the first time this young lady had been to the police station since she was a child. Considering that they were two young girls and a child, the Investigation Division arranged for policewoman Sato Miwako to take their statements.

"Thank you very much for all your troubles."

The record was successfully completed, and Sato Miwako thanked them and opened the door of the interrogation room. Edogawa Conan walked out and came to the office area of ​​the Investigation Section 1.

He looked around, somewhat puzzled. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the atmosphere in the Investigation Division was much more tense than the last time he came. Some police officers were whispering to each other with serious faces.

Just as Edogawa Conan was about to ask Sato Miwako, he saw Mouri Kogoro, who had come to pick them up, standing not far away, talking to a foreign man.

"Speaking of alcohol, beer is the best. You won't get too drunk even if you drink a lot. Of course, I've tried a lot of foreign liquors, and I like..."

Maori Kogoro was talking while making a drinking gesture, and Maori Ran walked over and said, "Dad!"

Hearing the noise, Maori Kogoro turned around and asked: "Have you finished taking the statement?"

The foreign man saw the three of them coming and took the initiative to say goodbye to Maori Kogoro: "It seems that your daughter is here, so I'll leave first. If you need anything in the future, you can call me."

Kogoro Maori waved at him.

Edogawa Conan followed Maori Ran and walked in front of Maori Kogoro. He watched the foreigner's back as he left: "Uncle, who is this foreign uncle? Is he your acquaintance?"

Before his body shrank, he rarely went to the Mouri Detective Agency and didn't know much about Mouri Kogoro's social circles.

He remembered that this foreign man was a witness who happened to be standing next to the victim when the sniper attack took place. He was covered in blood, but now he was chatting with people as if nothing had happened, which showed that he had a very good mental quality.

Edogawa Conan, who also has a good psychological quality, became curious about the other party's identity, and Maori Kogoro said: