Conan Rick's Investigator

But the man didn't care about this. He learned new knowledge and a new way to make a fortune silently in this world.

"If I buy a few more of these accident insurance policies and name myself as the beneficiary of the compensation, is that okay?" the man asked again.

The store clerk said, "What's the point of filling in your own name? Usually you fill in the names of your relatives..."

The man then asked, "Is it okay to fill in a stranger's name?"

The saleswoman was clearly getting impatient. "How should I know so much? If you want to know, go and ask the insurance company yourself!"

"Insurance company?" The man was stunned. "...Where are they from?"

The clerk completely lost her patience. "Hey customer, this is the TV counter. If you don't want to buy a TV, please go somewhere else!"

After saying that, the clerk turned around and went back behind the counter.

But the man was still standing in front of the counter, his expression dull, and he seemed to be silently calculating something in his heart.

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At this time, the shopping mall broadcast sounded from the speakers on the ceiling.

"Dear customers, the bomb threat has been resolved. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused..."

"Now, everyone, please evacuate the building in an orderly manner under the guidance of the staff."

After the broadcast ended, cheers for those who had survived the disaster rang out from all over the mall floor.

The handsome and thin man also stared at the ceiling for a few seconds before walking towards the stairs.

Behind the counter, the displeasure on the face of the clerk's aunt dissipated a little after watching the man who looked clearly good but spoke annoyingly left.

But her face was still worried.

Because of the man's words, she discovered a huge beauty point.

That is, my husband gave me an insurance policy with a compensation amount of 15 million yen as a gift for my th wedding anniversary. What is there to be happy about?

The beneficiary above is not myself...

As a Mihua person, she has seen many cases of couples killing people to defraud insurance companies. What if this is...

Suspicion is like a seed, once planted, it will grow in the brain.

"Miyoko, the bomb incident seems to have been resolved. Why do you still have that expression?"

Another clerk who went to the restroom came back and saw his colleague looking worried and thought he was still worried about the bomb incident.

The shop assistant named "Miyoko" stood up and said embarrassedly that she was doubting her husband's loyalty.

"Oh! You didn't know that after you left, an annoying customer came and asked a bunch of random questions..."

"He doesn't even know about insurance!"

"Really? Are there still people who don't know about insurance?" Another clerk was also quite surprised.

Especially when living in Mihua Town, everyone has insurance. If they don’t have enough insurance, they will be involved in some terrible public crisis.

Just like today.

Just as the two were chatting about the strange things they encountered today, another man intervened in their conversation.

"Hello, what does the man you are talking about look like?"

The two clerks looked at the new man in confusion. Judging from his face and accent, he turned out to be a foreigner.

"He's tall and thin, and quite handsome, but he's not very good at talking..."

When Qin Zhibo heard this, he immediately locked the identity of this person.

It’s “Chiba”!

The locating spell just now showed that "Qianye" was in this direction, which means he had just left here.

"Excuse me, where did that person go?"

"He must have gone that way..."

The clerk raised his finger and pointed in a direction.

Qin Zhibo immediately ran in that direction, only to realize that the destination in this direction was the stairs.

Since the bomb crisis had just been lifted and the elevators and escalators had not yet resumed operation, many customers who had accumulated on this floor chose to take the stairs.

Among the crowd, Qin Zhibo saw "Chiba" who had just squeezed through the fire door on the floor.

It's him!

Qin Zhibo's pupils shrank suddenly and he stopped him without making a sound, so as not to startle the snake.

He also quickly squeezed past customers and ignored them even if he caused some people's dissatisfaction.

After entering the fire door on the floor and standing by the stair railing, I looked down and saw that "Chiba" had already walked to the platform on the next floor.

People on other floors who heard the announcement were also flocking to the stairs. The stairs were only becoming more and more crowded, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to approach "Chiba".

In desperation, Qin Zhibo climbed over the handrail and a dark figure jumped down from a height.

In mid-air, he saw the right opportunity to grab the railing on the next floor, lifted his arms upwards, and jumped back to the platform.

The whole set of actions is like Jet Li's extreme descent downstairs in "The Cradle", as smooth as water.

Qin Zhibo jumped back onto the platform and happened to be in the way of "

In front of Chiba.

Seeing the strange man suddenly appear in front of him, Chiba's eyes were obviously shocked.

But the next second, Qin Zhibo put his palm on his shoulder.

"Don't move, I'm here to save you..."

……

On the other side, Mihua Department Store, second floor.

Among the crowd, Judy and Kamel were following the instructions of the mall staff and slowly walking towards the escalator.

After meeting Conan, Mouri Kogoro and others on the third floor, the two planned to leave here first.

After all, they didn't want to expose themselves in front of too many people as FBI agents who came to Japan to perform a mission.

But when they reached the second floor, news spread among the crowd that there was a bomb upstairs.

Some of the two people who were concerned about the development did not choose to leave the building immediately, but waited for the news on the second floor.

Until just now, the police and shopping malls have issued crowd evacuation notices.

"It seems the incident has been resolved perfectly..."

Kamel said in a deep voice as he walked.

"Yeah." Judy glanced at the mobile police who were also withdrawing one after another.

If there really was a bomb, the mobile team would not have withdrawn so early.

"Maybe the bomb is fake. After all, even in the United States, bombs are strictly controlled. It's impossible for ordinary people to get their hands on them easily..."

Kamal nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and said, "However, after being in Japan for a few days, I've noticed that although gun control is very strict here, the crime rate doesn't seem to have dropped much."

Judy echoed gravely, "This just goes to show that the most terrifying thing about people isn't advanced weapons, but their hearts..."

While Judy and Kamel chatted about their thoughts after the incident, they queued up and stepped on the escalator to the first floor.

As the escalator goes down at a constant speed, the view from the first floor of the mall also opens up.

Judy looked down naturally, but happened to see a familiar figure standing behind a pillar next to the escalator.

That is……

Judy's pupils shrank suddenly, and when she took a closer look, it was Shuichi Akai!

Excited, she grabbed the elevator handrails with both hands, leaned her body in that direction as much as possible, and shouted loudly.

"Shuichi!"

The decibel level of this sound was very high.

Not only did the people in the elevator look back, but Akai Shuichi, who was standing next to a pillar on the first floor, also heard the sound.

He turned around and stood facing the elevator. After staring at Judy on the elevator for 0.5 seconds, he immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

"Shuichi!"

Seeing Shuichi Akai turn around and leave, Judy quickly shouted again and almost jumped over the elevator handrail.

Fortunately, Kamel behind him grabbed one of her arms and stopped her.

"Judy! What's wrong?"

"Didn't you see? That person just now was Shuichi!"

"That person..."

Kamel looked in the direction of Judy's finger. Although he had seen a man next to the pillar just now, the man had already turned around, leaving a black figure behind.

But Judy, who had seen the man's face, was very sure and said anxiously, "That man is definitely Xiuyi! Xiuyi is right here!"

"Um...but why is Mr. Akai hiding from us?"

Kamel frowned, still having doubts in his heart.

But Judy didn't think much of it and insisted, "It's definitely him! I won't make a mistake!"

Before the escalator could reach level with the ground, the two of them hurriedly ran down the elevator.

But looking around, is there any figure of Akai Shuichi anywhere?

But Judy did not give up. She quickly divided the work with Kamel. One person came from the left side of the escalator, and the other from the right side of the escalator. The two of them made a roundabout way to outflank him.

Shuichi!

Shuichi!

Anxious Judy is walking

Running on the corridor, calling the name of the important person over and over again in my heart.

But every time I glanced at the faces of passers-by around me, I got disappointing answers.

When she ran to the place she had arranged with Kamel, she didn't see any man who had crossed paths with Akai Shuichi.

Xiuyi, where are you?

At this time, Kamel also ran over from the other side.

Facing Judy's eager gaze, he could only close his eyes and shake his head.

"Impossible! I can't be wrong!"

"That person is Shuichi!"

At Judy's request, the two of them outflanked the original route, but this time the search would be more detailed, including various shops along the road.

In the shopping aisle not far away, a figure was hiding at the corner of the wall, peeking out furtively.

Seeing that Judy and Kamel were out of sight, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh...why am I so unlucky?"

Kuroba Kaito originally followed Qin Zhibo's instructions and stayed on standby on the first floor.

Seeing the mobile team withdrawing from upstairs one after another, knowing that the bomb crisis had been resolved, he was originally waiting for Qin Zhibo to come down.

As a result, Qin Zhibo didn't wait, but he waited for two stunned young people.

He knew that the face he was disguised in had an original owner. Although he didn't know the name, he reacted very quickly and immediately guessed that these two people should know the original owner of the face.

In order to avoid complications, he chose to escape without hesitation.

Now the two people on the first floor looked like they would never give up if they couldn't find anyone. Even if Kuroba Kaito changed the human skin mask on his face, he couldn't change out of the extremely eye-catching black leather jacket and pants.

He had no choice but to look back at the goods aisle.

The large iron gate of the cargo passage is usually locked, but this is not a problem for Kuroba Kaito, a former magic thief.

He came to the big iron gate, took out a piece of metal wire from his arms, and showed an evil smile on his lips.

"whee……"