Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

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The underground level is quite deep, with three corners, and only the platform has lights.

In the dim environment, the two of them walked quickly towards the cafeteria's underground cold storage.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Amuro."

Qing Liu Binguang walked in front at a faster pace: "This is my first time here. If I'm in the wrong place, I'll have to trouble you to take me to find another place."

Toru Amuro was two steps slower than Aoyagi Akimitsu and followed closely behind him.

"It's just a piece of cake." He looked at him seriously, "But I'm curious, Mr. Qingliu, why do you think it's an underground cold storage?"

Aoyagi looked at the exit below and answered without slowing down:

"LOS can have many meanings, such as Line of Sight, Level of Service or Length of Stay. These phrases can be abbreviated in this way."

"But considering that Kudo was so anxious that he could only pronounce three letters, he definitely wouldn't be referring to those trivial things."

"That's Loss of Signal, and Lights Out Syndrome."

There are more than one or two places in the school where the signal is intermittent.

But if the signal is not good and it causes the lights-out syndrome - a symptom caused by working or living in a dim environment for a long time - the range will be greatly reduced. The most likely place is the cold storage located under the cafeteria.

Rabbit was confused by the string of English words. As an American, Aoyagi Akimitsu spoke standard English, but he still couldn't understand it very well.

Amuro Toru, who understood, exclaimed: "Teacher Aoyagi has a very quick reaction ability."

"…You flatter me."

Aoyagi Hikari raised his hand and touched the rabbit. "I wasn't sure at first, but after notifying Kudo's homeroom teacher, I just wanted to come over and take a look. I didn't expect the rabbit to be nearby and just happened to point me in the direction."

"So that's it."

The two men came to the basement level, the view became brighter, and Toru Amuro's eyes fell on the rabbit.

Obviously, the mixed-race undercover agent's expression did not change, but as if he had sensed the crisis instinctively, his body trembled inexplicably, and his fur stood upside down.

"It seems that Mr. Qingliu's pet is very smart."

Toru Amuro just gave the compliment again.

The two of them quickly entered the kitchen, which was empty and the layout was almost the same as before Rabbit left. They found that Hojo Toika's brother and the chef who took him away were not there.

The first thing Qingliu Binguang did when he came in was not to run straight to the cold storage door, but to suddenly raise his head as if stimulated by something and look straight at the two surveillance cameras.

"Teacher Aoyagi?"

Amuro Toru, who accidentally passed Aoyagi Akimitsu and almost had his back to him, immediately stopped and turned around to look at him.

"nothing."

Aoyagi Akimichi shook his head, without explaining why he looked up inexplicably, and walked to the door of the cold storage with Amuro Toru.

"The door is locked." Amuro Toru checked the door, and only then did he frown, "If this is really a prank, this is too much."

"This has gone beyond the scope of pranks and is bullying involving serious bodily harm."

Qing Liu Bingguang's expression was also serious, and he quickly opened the locks on top. The handle of the cold storage door was on the right, and he first stretched out his left hand, his dominant hand, and pulled the heavy door of the cold storage open with both hands.

The door slowly opened, letting in the light from the kitchen.

Kudo Shinichi was standing at the door with his packed schoolbag. When he saw them, he was stunned at first, then he smiled and ran towards them.

"Teacher Aoyagi!"

"Are you OK?"

Aoyagi Akimitsu looked Kudo Shinichi up and down, and Rabbit followed suit to take a closer look.

He didn't even notice that Kudo Shinichi blindly typed an email asking for help, and was worried that he might have some wounds on his body that he hadn't noticed.

Kudo Shinichi scratched his head: "I'm not hurt, he just pushed me... Mr. Amuro, why are you here too?"

Toru Amuro is in charge of the home economics class for the second years of the general department, so Shinichi Kudo naturally knows him.

"I was taking a walk nearby and saw Mr. Aoyagi rushing down, so I came with him." Amuro Toru sighed, "You should go to the infirmary first. I'll go talk to your homeroom teacher."

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Aoyagi Akimichi took Kudo Shinichi away.

Toru Amuro thought that Kudo Shinichi's problem was not serious - after walking out of the cold storage, Aoyagi Akiko told Kudo Shinichi that the rabbit helped point the direction, so he hugged the black rabbit in his arms, stroked it, and said he would treat it to a meal.

They are all in the mood to play with their pets, so it seems that their physical and mental problems are not serious.

After making sure that the unlucky minor was okay, Toru Amuro naturally put his mind back on his work.

He was not sure whether Aoyagi Akimichi approached Kudo Shinichi for a mission or because he wanted to make friends who were not against foreigners in a foreign country. In any case, he would ask Kazami to check on the Kudo couple, as he heard that they had recently gone to the United States.

as well as……

"Mr. Amuro?"

A man dressed as a chef walked in from outside and was a little surprised to see Amuro Toru.

As a home economics teacher, Toru Amuro occasionally comes here to get ingredients for classes, so he naturally knows the other person: "Mr. Koshiba."

Koji Koshiba, currently 24 years old, is one of the kitchen handymen. He is usually responsible for washing, cutting and cleaning the cold storage. Occasionally, he goes to the cafeteria to help serve rice at lunch time.

"Are you here to get the ingredients for class?" asked Koshiba Koji.

"No. A student locked up a classmate, so another teacher and I came to look for him."

As soon as Toru Amuro finished speaking, he saw Koshiba Koji suddenly turn his head to look at the cold storage door next to him that had been closed again. His pupils dilated slightly and his teeth clenched unintentionally.

"..."

That subtle expression was seen clearly by Amuro Toru.

But he didn't show it on his face, just showed his usual smile: "Fortunately, the student is fine, and has been sent to the infirmary by another teacher. Now I have to go to his class teacher to explain, so I won't bother you anymore."

"...Well, take care, Mr. Amuro."

Toru Amuro left the kitchen and glanced at the two surveillance cameras above before leaving.

As a trained FBI agent, Aoyagi Akimichi can immediately notice the location of all surveillance cameras - even if they are turned off - so it might be a bit difficult for him to install surveillance equipment on him.

And he has a rabbit with him whose IQ is higher than that of ordinary animals and can give him instructions...

Toru Amuro thought and returned to the first floor. Seeing that there was no one around and that he was in a blind spot of the campus surveillance, he quickly sent a message to one of his subordinates.

[Investigate the Kudo couple and Koshiba Koji. ]

He always felt strangely familiar with Koshiba Koji. Perhaps he had seen him somewhere before...

Chapter 42 Revised

Chapter 45 With bad intentions

Aoyagi Akimichi accompanied Kudo Shinichi to the infirmary, and the two left only after the school doctor examined him and confirmed that he was fine.

After this happened, Kudo Shinichi naturally didn't have to continue his class. The homeroom teacher heard what happened from Amuro Toru and asked Aoyagi Akiko, who didn't have classes in the afternoon, to take him back.

"I'm sorry, Shinichi. I will definitely call Hojo's parents and ask them to educate their son properly."

The homeroom teacher, who was less than 40 years old, was a former classmate of Kudo Yusaku, and his hair volume was already worrying. Just by wiping his sweat, Aoyagi Binguang saw that a few more hairs had fallen on his shoulders.

After greeting the unfortunate child, the head teacher looked at Aoyagi Binkou. Although he didn't like foreigners very much before, his tone softened a lot at this time.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Aoyagi. If I wasn't busy this afternoon, I would have to send him back... Oh, Yusaku's child actually had such a thing happen in my class..."

Qing Liu Bingguang looked at his sighs and took out the car keys from his pocket: "If everything is fine, I will take him home now."

The head teacher nodded weakly, and Aoyagi Binkou took Kudo Shinichi away and went to the music classroom to get their bags.

It was a rare opportunity to be let out of school early, but the price was being locked up in a freezer. Aoyagi Akimitsu had been observing Kudo Shinichi's reactions and found that he did not have the normal reactions of a bullied person such as shrinking, feeling inferior, and rejecting others.

"Do you need to see a psychiatrist?" he asked.

Kudo Shinichi paused and looked over helplessly: "No need, I said I'm fine."

The two walked downstairs together. As usual, Qing Liu Binguang asked him to wait there with the rabbit in his arms while he drove the car. After saying hello to the guard, the car left the campus smoothly.

On the way, Aoyagi Binkou saw that Kudo Shinichi's mentality was affected. The evidence was that he talked nonstop all the way yesterday, but today he just held the rabbit and stared out the window in a daze.

Aoyagi Binguang didn't mention the psychiatrist again: "How did you think of sending me an email for help?"

He himself had never experienced school bullying, and only killed a few people who bullied Shirley. In his impression, school bullying was mostly a few people bullying one person, and the bullied person had no time or space to ask for help.

And why myself?

They just met yesterday, how could they have such a high affinity based on the same hobbies? Or was it just a coincidence?

"Because the phone just stopped sending you messages."

While Kudo Shinichi was speaking, the car had already entered Beika-cho, and in a few minutes they would arrive at Kudo's residence at 2-chome-21.

"At that time, you said that something was lost in the music classroom, and I wanted to ask if I could help. Just as I was about to type, I saw Hojo and his men sneaking to the back door of the cafeteria. I put my phone in my pocket and followed them..."

The rabbit's hind legs suddenly kicked.

Kudo Shinichi looked at him in confusion and continued speaking.

"There were five of them, and I was sure I couldn't defeat them all, so I reached into my pocket as I approached them. Because I could only type blindly and as quickly as possible, otherwise I would definitely be stopped, I typed three letters and sent them out."

"Luckily, you received it."

At this point, Kudo Shinichi smiled brightly.

"I knew that Mr. Qingliu would understand me and would be able to find me."

……

The two quickly arrived at Kudo's house. After dropping Kudo Shinichi off the car, Aoyagi Akimichi fastened the rabbit's seat belt as usual.

"You were very rash in doing that today."

After Kudo Shinichi left, he was finally able to speak and communicate directly with his teammate who was unable to appear in human form.

Rabbit opened the system but did not respond.

Aoyagi Akimitsu continued, "Why did you go after him? People who bully in school are likely to bully animals, and their methods are even more vicious. Do you want to try out the kitchen utensils in the kitchen, or do you want to turn back into a human form and fight back, becoming a school legend?"