Conan Rick's Investigator

The meeting was temporarily deadlocked.

Seeing this, Megure turned to the manager Matsumoto next to him and asked, "Manager, what do you think..."

Manager Matsumoto crossed his arms, looked around the venue, and set his eyes on Qin Zhibo who was sitting opposite him.

"Mr. Qin, what is your opinion on this case?"

Qin Zhibo was stunned when his name was suddenly called, and looked at Manager Matsumoto opposite him.

If it were under normal circumstances, he would definitely express his thoughts and tip the police.

But at this moment, in order to catch the suspect and find the memory card before the police, I could only shake my head.

"Sorry, I don't have any idea for now..."

Upon seeing this, Manager Matsumoto had no choice but to stand up and announce it to everyone.

"Do these six crime scenes have any special meaning to the suspect? If so, it is very likely that this will lead us to find the suspect..."

"Also, these six victims must be related to the suspect in some way. Finding the commonality between these six people will be a shortcut to identifying the suspect."

"As Brother Maori said, this case may indeed be related to mahjong. In addition, I hope everyone can think carefully about the meaning of the English letters, black vertical lines, and 'Qixijing' on the back of the mahjong tiles..."

"Everyone here, please listen carefully. The suspect is very likely to commit crimes again. This matter concerns the prestige of the police. We must prevent it before it happens!"

"At this moment, please abandon your unnecessary sense of jurisdiction and selfish desire for credit, share the intelligence you have, and arrest this serial killer as soon as possible!"

Like a stern teacher giving his students homework, Officer Matsumoto gave a succinct summary of the case.

Coupled with the final passionate speech, all the police officers in the audience sat up straight and shouted "Hi" in unison.

……

As the search meeting came to an end, everyone sorted out their documents and walked out of the meeting room.

Ran Mouri, who was reading a book, closed it and just stood up from the bench when she saw Manager Matsumoto and Megure walking out.

"Officer Matsumoto!"

Mao Lilan called to the manager Matsumoto, bowed slightly and asked, "It's been a long time since we last met. May I ask how is Sayuri-sensei doing recently?"

Manager Matsumoto was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, "Oh, you are from Maori..."

"My daughter is still the same..."

"Then Maori, I look forward to your performance this time."

Matsumoto changed the subject and turned to Kogoro Mori behind him and spoke.

"Yes!" Maori Kogoro immediately saluted solemnly, "I am Maori Kogoro, and I will do my best with all my heart to live up to your expectations!"

Conan, who was standing at a shorter distance, also grinned when he heard this.

Haha, if you try your best, won’t you be further and further away from the truth?

Conan also heard what Kogoro Mouri had just said at the meeting through the bug on Qin Zhibo.

I guess only he could come up with such fantastic nonsense.

What Conan didn't expect was that Qin Zhibo didn't even elaborate on a single point this time, and his performance was of zero effect.

In fact, even I have some thoughts about this case, but due to my identity, I cannot say it out now.

Conan folded his arms and continued to look at the familiar faces, and found Chiba Kazunobu among them.

"Officer Chiba, have you been reinstated?"

Chiba looked down at Conan, smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'm almost recovered, so I came back to work."

"Hey, do you feel like you've gained a lot of weight?"

Conan's frank words made Chiba look down at his belly which had become bigger again, and he smiled awkwardly.

"Ha, maybe the food in the hospital is better..."

In fact, this was all the special treatment that Miike Naoko gave him, which helped him regain a lot of the weight he had lost during his amnesia period.

At this time, Maori Kogoro next to him looked at Shiratori and asked, "Speaking of getting fat, Officer Shiratori, are you a little fat too?"

Shiratori was stunned. "You, you are such a joker, Mr. Maori. I go to the gym twice a week~"

At the same time, on the other side, the two Yokomizo brothers were buying drinks at a vending machine and complaining to each other that the other had changed the flavor of their favorite drinks.

My brother Yokomizo Sango switched to sugar-free coffee because the doctor said his blood sugar had been high recently.

His younger brother Shigeo Yokomizo switched to sugary coffee because he had been investigating a case all night and needed some sugar.

Conan watched the changes in his acquaintances one by one, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that no one remains unchanged.

Just like himself, he also changed from the original materialism to another level of "materialism".

Just then, a hand reached out from behind and placed on his shoulder.

Conan's back shrank and he turned around and saw that it was Qin Zhibo.

Happy National Day everyone!

Chapter 1419: Dark Pursuer

In the corridor outside the Metropolitan Police Department meeting room.

Qin Zhibo looked down at Conan and gave him a look.

Conan, who had already formed a tacit understanding, immediately understood what she meant and turned around to tug at the hem of Xiaolan's clothes.

Secret technique: escape from peeing!

"Sister Xiaolan, I want to pee!"

"Well, let's go."

Mao Lilan agreed immediately and was not surprised by this request.

Moreover, this is the Metropolitan Police Department. For a frequent visitor like Conan, it is like his own living room and cannot be more familiar with it.

So Conan followed Qin Zhibo to the bathroom.

After walking through a corridor and turning a corner, they arrived at the men's restroom.

At this time, Shancun Cao had just washed his hands in the men's restroom and was shaking the water off his hands in front of the sink.

"Eh? Mr. Qin and Conan, the meeting is over, but you haven't left yet?"

"Well, I'm going to the bathroom and will leave soon." Qin Zhibo replied.

"Oh, then I'll go first~"

Shancuncao hummed a tune and strolled out of the toilet.

Qin Zhibo and Conan entered the toilet at the back, and only after confirming that there was no one in the cubicle did he start talking to Conan.

"Is there any new discovery in the case just discussed in the meeting?"

Conan asked proactively.

On the way to the bathroom, he guessed that Qin Zhibo must be telling him about this case.

After all, with Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability, it is impossible for him to remain silent at the investigation meeting and let Maori Kogoro talk nonsense alone.

"I guess so, but it's much more important than the case itself..."

"The latest intelligence from my undercover informant in the organization is that one of the organization's own undercover agents is carrying a list of the organization's undercover agents. This list is stored in a memory card."

"Recently, the undercover agent was involved in a serial murder case, and the storage card containing the organization's undercover list was also taken away by the murderer..."

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Conan's brain reacted slightly and then his eyes widened immediately.

His pupils suddenly widened, and he quickly asked, "Do you mean that person is one of the victims of this serial murder case!?"

"Well, I have confirmed the name and identity. It is the third deceased."

As he spoke, Qin Zhibo handed Conan the case information sent by the police.

Conan quickly flipped through the information and found Okakura Masaaki's name and related information.

Although he had just overheard a lot of case information through the bug, there was no need for Shiratori to repeat this kind of case information as everyone had a copy, so it was the first time Conan saw it.

Secretary to a Member of Parliament...

Conan thought about it and realized that it seemed like the organization would arrange undercover agents to lurk around in the target area.

"That means the organization is also looking for the murderer of Okakura Masaaki?"

Conan was smart and immediately thought of the key to the problem.

Qin Zhibo nodded slightly and said seriously: "The organization has sent a member codenamed 'Ireland' to take action."

"But if we want to find the murderer, it is obviously the fastest and most convenient way to use the police."

"So I suspect that Ireland might have been eavesdropping on the search meeting just now..."

After Qin Zhibo said this, Conan instantly understood why Qin Zhibo had not put forward any opinions on the case just now.

Moreover, Kogoro Mori, who was always talking nonsense in a serious manner, actually did a good thing by accident.

At the very least, it can mislead Ireland into conducting the investigation along the wrong lines and delay the process for a while.

But then, Qin Zhibo changed the subject.

"But just now after the meeting, I searched the conference room and found no eavesdropping devices."

"There are only two possibilities. One is that the bug was placed on someone and he was taken out of the meeting room."

"The other possibility is that Ireland disguised himself as a police officer and infiltrated the search meeting."

Pretending to be a policeman?

Conan's expression suddenly froze, and he recalled the "Thousand-Faced Witch" in the organization, Vermouth.

Disguise and sneak in, this is Vermouth's signature skill.

Although Vermouth can also help other people disguise themselves, this mission is obviously very important, and Vermouth is deeply trusted, wouldn’t it be better to send her directly?

Qin Zhibo continued, "Considering that if someone is to carry a bug, one of the police officers will have to be an undercover agent of the organization, then there is no need to send Ireland out specifically."

“So I prefer the second option…”

Ever since the "Kinoshita Tomonori" incident, Qin Zhibo knew that there was an organized undercover agent in the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, this person has been helping the organization obtain internal intelligence of the police for a long time. If this person is also involved in this case, there is no need to send an extra Irish person to carry out the execution.

So it is very likely that this person was not included in the search meeting.

At this time, Conan also held his chin up, recalling the "abnormal" scene he had just encountered in the corridor.

It was just a joke that everyone was not the same, but it turned out that someone's identity might have been replaced by Ireland?

Chiba and Shiratori have both become fatter than before.

The two brothers Chanwu and Chongwu exchanged the taste of their drinks.

As for everyone else…

Conan began to carefully recall the details of what had just happened.

……

At the same time, in the corridor outside the meeting room, police officers from various places who came to handle the case had not yet dispersed and were still gathered together to communicate.

"What, Conan went to the bathroom again?"

"Why does this kid always pee so much?"

Kogoro Mouri originally wanted to go back to the office early to watch Yoko Okino's show, but was told by Ran Mouri that Conan was still in the bathroom, which made him a little angry.

At this time, Yamamura Cao came over and said, "I just came out of the toilet and happened to pass by Conan. Mr. Qin was also with us."

"Really?" Maori Kogoro muttered, with a hint of jealousy in his voice, "They seem to have a good relationship..."

Mao Lilan also agreed with a smile on her face, "Yes, Conan and Mr. Qin have been getting close recently, even Hattori Heiji is a little jealous~"

Last night, when chatting on the phone with Toyama Kazuha, Mouri Ran heard Toyama Kazuha say that Hattori Heiji complained all the way back to Osaka because Conan and Qin Zhibo did not take him with them when investigating the case.

At this time, Ogino Ayami from Saitama Prefecture came over and asked, "Did that little brother often act with Mr. Qin in the past?"