Conan Rick's Investigator

Pu Siqinglan: "He is not dead. This time he disguised himself as the police officer named Shiratori Renzaburo from the Metropolitan Police Department. I used a sickle to cut off part of his human skin mask."

Kosaka Natsumi: "..."

Kosaka Natsumi: "Kaito Kidd's constant theft of gems has severely impacted our organization's plans. It's a shame we didn't kill him this time..."

Kosaka Natsumi: "But Mr. Baron has made up his mind and sent Spider to deal with Kaito Kid."

Pu Siqinglan: "Spider? The world's number one illusionist?"

Kosaka Natsumi: "Well, if you're not in a hurry to leave, I can introduce you to her."

Pu Siqinglan: "No, my appearance and identity have been exposed, so I'd better return home as soon as possible."

Kosaka Natsumi: "Okay then, Snake, let's go straight to the port."

A man with a voice very similar to Jiraiya: "Got it."

Pu Siqinglan: "Although I completed the main task assigned by Mr. He this time, it's a pity that I didn't get the 'Egg of Memory'. It also cost you the castle in vain."

Kosaka Natsumi: "It's a bit of a pity. It was one of the Baron's favorite castles. He sent craftsmen from Germany to design and build it... But fortunately, all the important things in the castle have been moved in advance, including our great-grandmother's remains."

Pu Siqinglan: "That's good."

Kosaka Natsumi: "By the way, please give my regards to Mr. He after we return to the Magic City..."

Natsumi Kosaka: "Let's just say that the Baron's daughter of the Beast Brotherhood pays high tribute to Mr. He and the Bloated Women's Society he leads."

Pu Siqinglan: "I will convey it..."

Pu Siqinglan: "In the name of He Qinglan..."

Chapter 233: Beast Brotherhood? Zoo!

A huge amount of information is contained in a short conversation.

First of all, Natsumi Kosaka and Qinglan Pu Si are both pseudonyms. Their real names are actually Natsumi Hauptmann and Qinglan He.

One name has a more European and American style, while the other has a more Chinese style.

This is consistent with what the two of them had shown in front of everyone before. He Qinglan speaks authentic and fluent Shanghai dialect, and Xia Mei said that she is a pastry chef in Paris.

Secondly, the two mentioned new mysterious organizations, the Brotherhood of Beasts and the Society of Bloated Women.

Very little information has been revealed about the Women's Association at the moment. We only know that its leader is called "Mr. He."

He Qinglan's first goal in coming to Japan this time was to complete the task assigned by Mr. He, and her second goal was to seize the Egg of Memory owned by the Suzuki Group.

Regarding the first goal, Qin Zhibo believes that it is most likely to kill Hanchuanlong.

In the vision of the guard totem, although it was Xia Mei who went to kill Hanchuan Long, Xia Mei mentioned "Mr. He sends his regards to you."

It is obvious that Mr. He wanted Hanchuan Long to die, and Xia Mei completed the task on behalf of Qinglan.

The specific reason may be related to the fact that Ryu Kamikawa visited China seven years ago.

When they first met, Qin Zhibo remembered that Kankawa Ryu said that he had 200 million yen, which was not enough to buy the Egg of Memory.

As a freelance video writer with little fame, he actually has a huge sum of 200 million.

He also said on the Suzuki family cruise ship that in addition to the Maria ring, he had something even bigger to gain in China seven years ago.

Could this greater gain refer to this huge sum of money?

Could it be that the videotapes Xia Mei took away contained something powerful enough to extort 200 million yuan?

Hanchuan Long may have obtained a huge sum of money by blackmailing Mr. He.

Now he is blackmailing again, so Mr. He sends a killer from afar to kill him.

This was all Qin Zhibo could guess about the Bloating Women's Association.

Qin Zhibo knew about the existence of the Beast Brotherhood in advance. After all, the main task was to investigate the members of this organization.

At present, Qin Zhibo has learned some information about the people in this organization from their conversation.

Xia Mei Hauptmann is undoubtedly a member of this organization, and her status is not low. She calls herself "the Baron's Daughter".

Mr. Baron - he is most likely a high-ranking person like the leader of the organization. He sent German craftsmen to build the castle in Yokosuka, so this person is most likely German.

Since Xia Mei is the daughter of this baron, the baron's real name should be Baron Hauptmann.

However, this involves a timeline issue.

That is, Xia Mei’s great-grandmother was Maria, the third daughter of Nicholas II, a figure in the early 20th century.

If the fertility ceremony that he saw in the inspiration of the underground hall was the scene of Maria giving birth to twins, it means that the castle already existed at that time.

This further proves that Baron Hauptmann must have been at least over a hundred years old to build this German-style castle.

At least the fact that Baron Hauptmann is a centenarian is enough to prove that Xia Mei is not the Baron's biological daughter, but should be an adopted daughter or something like that.

Spider - the world's number one illusionist, came to Japan on the Baron's orders to kill Kaito Kidd.

According to Xia Mei, it seemed that sniping Kaito Kidd was her goal this time, and Kaito Kidd's frequent theft of gems affected their organization's plans.

Snake - Chinese name Zhang Dapao, Zhang Yida... (not).

Judging from Xia Mei's commanding tone, Snake might just be a driving boy.

Snake, this should just be a code name, not a real name.

but……

Qin Zhibo thought about it and found an interesting point.

Scorpion

Snake

spider

These code names are all animals, and the first letter of each of them starts with "s".

Are the code names of the Beast Brotherhood members all animals starting with the letter "s"?

This isn't called the Beast Brotherhood, it's called a zoo, right?

If we follow this code naming rule, Qin Zhibo thought of some animals whose first letter is "s".

Squid, swordfish, seal, snipe...

There are many animals whose names begin with "s" in English, but some are not so fierce and vicious, such as sheep, snail...

This doesn't seem to fit the image of a killer, but Qin Zhibo believes that having a code name will never be wasted.

Shark——shark……

And when Qin Zhibo mentioned the killer code name, he thought of the Silver Fox who had died tragically under a big truck.

Silver Fox

It just happens to be an animal whose name begins with the letter "s". Although the meaning of silver is silver, it seems a bit forced.

Moreover, the Silver Fox belongs to the Bloody Tongue, which is a different organization from the Beast Brotherhood.

However, having said that, Tachibana Maya once said that the organization that Shi Kao Bing belongs to has a cooperative relationship with the Bloody Tongue, and she should be referring to the Beast Brotherhood or the Bloated Woman Society.

Bloody Tongue, Brotherhood of the Beast, Society of the Bloated Woman.

These mysterious organizations seem to be closely connected. What kind of relationship exists behind them?

Qin Zhibo touched his chin, which was a little hot from the castle flames, and temporarily put aside this intriguing question.

Now his primary goal is to go back and contact the Nine Angels, report the progress of this investigation mission, and see if he can get any clues from them.

The second is Kaito Kidd. The real Egg of Memories should be in his hands now. We might be able to get some clues from him about the circumstances of his being hunted.

Finally, there is the title of the world's number one illusionist. It sounds a bit intimidating, and it might be easy to find this person's information.

……

When the fire in the castle was put out, the entire part above the castle foundation was basically turned into a lake.

Inspector Megure arrived a little late and took everyone directly back to the Metropolitan Police Department to record their statements.

Qin Zhibo's confession was very simple. He just said that he was trapped in an underground space with a large group, and then found an exit, so he took Maori Kogoro and others out of danger.

The confessions of other people were similar. The more controversial ones were those of Conan and the hook-nosed butler of the castle.

Conan told the police his experience without reservation, including that Pu Siqinglan might be Scott Bing, and that Officer Shiratori was Kaito Kid in disguise.

The hook-nosed butler said that when he was looking for an exit, he came across a bald man attacking Miss Xia Mei at another exit, so he rushed up to fight with him.

Inspector Megure asked in confusion, "Bald man? What kind of bald man?"

The hook-nosed deacon said, "It was too dim in there, so I couldn't see his face clearly, but I could see he was dressed in black."

When Conan heard the keyword "darkness", his PTSD flared up again.

Chapter 234 Like father, like daughter

"Did that man mention some code names for wine?"

Conan immediately rushed forward and questioned loudly, with a serious and anxious expression on his face that was completely unlike that of a seven-year-old child.

This made Mao Lilan, who was standing by, look suspicious.

Ran Mouri frowned slightly and looked at Conan with a somewhat suspicious expression.

When they were in the underground space of the castle, Conan reacted immediately and caught up with Pu Siqinglan, even faster than the two famous detectives Qin Zhibo and Maori Kogoro.

And Conan rushed over in time to save his life.

In addition, Conan usually displays intelligence that is somewhat inconsistent with his status as an elementary school student.

Is it...

Is Conan an undercover agent planted by Kudo Shinichi next to me?

Mao Lilan recalled that in a previous case, Conan said that the truth he deduced was told to him by "Brother Shinichi" on the phone, but even she, his childhood sweetheart, did not know the new phone number that Kudo Shinichi changed after he disappeared.

This shows that Kudo Shinichi has known this child, Conan, for a long time.

But why put an undercover agent next to me?

If you want to know how I'm doing, just give me a call...

Mao Lilan used the reasoning talent inherited from Mao Li Kogoro, frowned and thought for a moment, and finally got a precise logical line -

Kudo Shinichi's Conan infiltrates the Mori family as an undercover agent.

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Kudo Shinichi remotely directs Conan to provide clues to solve the case, but all the credit is attributed to Mouri Kogoro, making Mouri Kogoro a famous detective.

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Maori Kogoro, who became a famous detective, came into contact with the police more and obtained the police's search intelligence.

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Conan tells Kudo Shinichi the information he obtained.

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Kudo Shinichi gets information.

As for why Kudo Shinichi did this, because...

Kudo Shinichi is Kaito Kid!

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At this time, Conan had not yet noticed that the look in Ran Mouri's eyes behind him was becoming more and more strange, and he was still waiting for the answer from the castle butler.

However, the hook-nosed deacon shook his head and denied it, "I didn't hear the bald man mention the name of the wine or anything like that..."

Hearing this answer, Conan's originally upright body deflated like a ball.

Ai Huiyuan quietly walked up to Conan and whispered, "Are you suspecting that someone organized is involved in this incident?"