Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo, lying on the hospital bed, continued to pretend to be asleep, but a drop of cold sweat ran down his forehead.

"Really?" Mao Lilan looked at Conan, who looked serious and didn't seem to be lying, and then looked at Qin Zhibo who was still sleeping, "Then I must have been hallucinating..."

Just then, the door was pushed open again, and Kogoro Mouri walked in yawning loudly.

"I'm so sleepy—"

"After an entire night of interrogating the criminal with the Okinawa Prefectural Police, it's finally over..."

Maori Kogoro walked to the bedside, glanced at Qin Zhibo who was still pretending to be asleep, and asked, "Isn't he awake yet?"

Mao Lilan shook her head and looked at Qin Zhibo worriedly, "No..."

"Really? If he doesn't wake up today, let's go back to Tokyo. Anyway..."

Kogoro Mouri twisted his tired body and acted nonchalantly, which immediately made Ran Mouri unhappy.

"father!"

Seeing Ran Mouri's angry look, Kogoro Mouri quickly waved his hands to explain that he was just joking.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Qin Zhibo opened his eyes and woke up in time.

"I just slept a little longer, and then I heard someone was going to leave me here. I was so sad..."

"Mr. Qin!"

Seeing Qin Zhibo wake up, Mao Lilan shouted in surprise, then turned around and gave Mao Li Kogoro a fierce look.

Maori Kogoro also hurried forward with a smile on his face and said shamelessly: "Haha, I was just joking, joking..."

This was the first time that Kogoro Mouri had to force a smile in front of his fellow detectives.

Qin Zhibo didn't care about it, but first learned about his situation after he fell into a coma yesterday.

It turned out that the rescue boat arrived only at noon yesterday. As for why it arrived so late, it was because the hungover Kogoro Mouri did not wake up until almost noon.

Afterwards, the murderer, Mikihiko Daito, was taken to the police station, and Zhibo Qin was sent to the hospital to treat the injury on his foot and received compression therapy, and then stayed in the hospital for observation.

After all, decompression sickness can be life-threatening, so it's okay to be cautious.

As Mao Lilan was speaking, the door opened again and a familiar figure walked in.

It was the mayor of Jinzhen, Jinzhen Bingwu, whom I had met before.

Chapter 476: Confusedly hitting the main line

Jincheng Bingwu's arrival was a routine visit to express his condolences. After all, a murder occurred on his own island, and he was somewhat responsible for the incident.

"In fact, Xiaodu wasn't born to my wife and me, but to her ex-husband. When my wife was seriously ill, she called Xiaodu to her bedside and explained her life story."

"Ever since my wife passed away, I felt that Xiaodu's attitude towards me had changed. So when Xiaodu was kidnapped, I realized that Xiaodu must have staged it himself."

"I was busy with my mayoral campaign at the time, so I put the matter aside, figuring she would come back naturally when she ran out of money."

"But I didn't expect Xiaodu to disappear for a year. A year later, he and some other people suddenly came to my house and stole my family heirloom - the golden screen. One of them even shot and killed the maid."

"I knew that Yoshiko and Mikihiko were discussing marriage at the time, but I didn't have the courage to tell him directly that it was probably the bandits instigated by Xiaodu... that ultimately led to the consequences today."

After Kinjo Heigo finished telling the whole story from his perspective, the Mori family sighed and lamented.

However, Qin Zhibo, who was lying on the hospital bed, heard some highlights from this story, which were somewhat different from what he had initially understood.

"Excuse me, besides the golden screen, did the bandits steal anything else four years ago? Like cash or something..."

Jincheng Bingwu shook his head. "Only the golden screen was stolen, and only my family knew where the screen was hidden. So when I learned that only the golden screen was stolen, I knew it was Xiaodu's doing."

"She must be taking revenge on me for my indifference when she was kidnapped a year ago..."

Qin Zhibo was somewhat puzzled by what Jincheng Bingwu said, because according to Shimabukuro Keikazu, Xiaodu should have also stolen some cash to buy targeted drugs to treat "mermaid disease".

If he had not actually robbed the cash and the golden screen had been hidden on the island with no chance to cash it out, it meant that Xiaodu did not actually have a large amount of cash on him, let alone go abroad to buy medicine.

But where did she get the medicine?

Over the years, Xiaodu not only had money to buy medicine for herself, transforming herself from a gentle style to a wild style, but also had money to buy extra medicine for Shimabukuro Keikazu.

In fact, she could have completely stopped giving Shimabukuro Keiwa targeted drugs, which would have saved some expenses.

This shows that young people these days are not short of money, and there is an adequate supply of high-tech targeted drugs for treating "mermaid disease".

Qin Zhibo pondered Xiaodu's connections. Could it be...

"May I ask where Miss Taira's biological father is now? Have you ever been in touch with him?"

Jincheng Bingwu was stunned for a moment. First, he was not used to the new name of Xiaodu "Pingliang Yinjiang", and second, he was surprised why Qin Zhibo suddenly asked about his wife's ex-husband.

However, Kaneshiro Heigo replied, "Actually, I've never met my wife's ex-husband. I only heard from my wife that he was the head of the development department of a well-known pharmaceutical company and that he was a foreigner."

"That pharmaceutical company suddenly went bankrupt 25 years ago and announced its withdrawal from Japan. That man abandoned my wife and my one-year-old son, Xiaodu."

"It was another year before I met my wife, fell in love, and started a family, so I didn't know that person at all."

After Jincheng Bingwu finished speaking, Qin Zhibo fell into deep thought again.

If a child is wronged by his adoptive father and has a hard time making ends meet due to the loss of his source of income, he will most likely think of looking for his biological father.

Xiaodu's biological father happens to be the head of the development department of a pharmaceutical company. His position is not low and he has sufficient financial strength.

The targeted drug for treating "mermaid disease" is definitely not a drug that is mass-produced and available for purchase on the market, but if you are a pharmaceutical practitioner, it is not difficult to get it.

Could it be him?

……

Looking at Qin Zhibo lying on the hospital bed thoughtfully, Conan frowned, a little puzzled.

The causes and consequences of the case have been completely solved. What else is there to think about?

Are you thinking that all this is a distortion of human nature or a decline in morality?

I never knew Qin Zhibo was actually a philosopher...

……

After seeing Jincheng Bingwu off, Qin Zhibo quickly completed the discharge procedures.

Seeing that Qin Zhibo was in good health and the TV program recording was canceled, the Maori family left Okinawa and returned to Tokyo first. After all, Maori Ran and Conan were taking advantage of the rare school day to "travel" here.

What if I can’t get into the second grade of elementary school or get into university?

Moreover, during the time when Conan was not in Tokyo, Inspector Megure's performance plummeted.

After seeing off the Mao Li family at the station, Qin Zhibo first went to the police station to record his statement.

As a good citizen who never causes trouble for the police, Qin Zhibo never delays giving his confession, and he will make up the necessary confession as soon as he has time.

No delays, no debts, no worries.

On the way to the police station, Qin Zhibo called Matsumoto Ryohei, who had not appeared for a long time, and asked him to help find out which pharmaceutical company went bankrupt 25 years ago.

As soon as he walked out of the phone booth, Qin Zhibo felt the gauze wrapped around the wound on his ankle was a little itchy and painful.

Some itching means the wound is healing, which is a good thing.

If Qin Zhibo had Mouri Kogoro's strong and durable body of steel, he estimated that he would not even be injured. You know, Mouri Kogoro's neck can withstand the test of steel rope.

However, Qin Zhibo didn't know whether there were any sequelae from being scratched by the "mermaid".

I hope this creature doesn’t carry any special pathogens, otherwise it will be like the unlucky male protagonist in the movie "District 9", who was infected with a mysterious virus and gradually turned into a lobster man.

When that time comes and he has to saw off his legs to survive, the marketing gimmick of being a detective is created.

"The Detective Who Saw Off His Leg"

……

After recording my statement at the police station, it was already noon.

The local police in Okinawa had a good attitude towards detectives. In addition, Qin Zhibo was a famous detective from Tokyo who often appeared in newspapers. This time he helped solve several cases at once, so the police insisted on inviting Qin Zhibo to dinner.

Of course Qin Zhibo refused and during dinner he told the police captain in charge of the case that he wanted to go to Pingliang Yinjiang's house to see if there were any missing clues, and also to check Pingliang Yinjiang's luggage.

The Okinawa police captain was very moved by Qin Zhibo's "enthusiasm" and praised Qin Zhibo as a good man who would help others to the end. He then arranged for a subordinate like Takagi Shigeru to follow him throughout the process.

In the evidence room of the police station, Qin Zhibo indeed found those green and white capsules in Pingliang Yinjiang's luggage bag, but there were only two.

At Yin Jiang's home in Pingliang, Qin Zhibo found three boxes of green and white capsules, with 6 capsules in each box. One box was missing two capsules, so there were 16 capsules in total.

In front of the police, Qin Zhibo couldn't take the capsules away, so he could only put them back where they belonged.

And in the garbage bag that Pingliang Yinjiang hadn't had time to throw away, Qin Zhibo found another special mailing package. The mailing address was 110 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, USA. The sender was named Mark Allen, and his phone number was...

After leaving Pingliang Yinjiang's house and saying goodbye to his police follower, Qin Zhibo received a call back from Matsumoto Ryohei.

"Found it, a pharmaceutical company that went bankrupt 25 years ago..."

"It should be Baijiu Pharmaceutical."

Chapter 477 Zoroastrianism

"Baijiu Pharmaceutical?"

Qin Zhibo frowned and repeated the name of the pharmaceutical company.

“Yes, it was a very large company before it went bankrupt. The drugs it developed were effective and sold cheaply, but it suddenly went bankrupt 25 years ago.

The specific reason for the bankruptcy is unclear, but it is said that a larger group wanted to acquire the company, but it seems that the process was not going smoothly, so..."

Group mergers and acquisitions, if they don't accept the mergers and acquisitions, they will be allowed to go bankrupt...

Qin Zhibo felt that this type of story seemed to have been seen in cases he had encountered before. If Conan met the presidents of these two companies, he might be able to create another murder case.

"Okay, I got it, thanks."

Qin Zhibo was about to hang up the phone when Matsumoto Ryohei on the other end suddenly said, "You haven't come to my house for dinner in a long time. How is it? When..."

Before Matsumoto Ryohei could finish his words, Qin Zhibo quickly responded.

"Next time definitely!"

Then he hung up the phone in a hurry.

Listening to the busy tone of "Dududu" on the phone, the corners of Matsumoto Ryohei's mouth gradually turned up.

In this era, "next time for sure" has not yet taken on any other meaning, so in Matsumoto Ryohei's understanding...

"Looks like I need to prepare some ingredients..."

……

Qin Zhibo hung up the phone and wanted to go to the local fishing tackle store to see if there were any fishing tools like harpoon launchers so that he could go back and seek revenge on the "mermaid".

It was called revenge, but catching and killing human mermaids was one of the main tasks, which he had to complete. In addition, he just happened to find out that the area near Ghost Turtle Island was one of the areas where "mermen" appeared.

But just as Qin Zhibo was about to step into the fishing tackle store, the phone in his pocket rang again.

Could it still be Matsumoto Ryohei?

Qin Zhibo didn't think too much and answered the phone directly, "Hello?"

On the other end of the line was a gentle, intellectual female voice. "Mr. Qin, are you free recently?"

Qin Zhibo recognized the voice on the other end of the phone: it was Shinna Xiang Baoli.

Since it was Arata Kaori who contacted me, it must be a new mission issued by the Nine Angels Organization.

From Qin Zhibo's perspective, the frequency of the Nine Angels Organization's mission dispatches didn't seem very high. The last time they issued a mission seemed to be just before...

But if we use "week" as the unit of time, Qin Zhibo actually receives tasks from the Nine Angels Organization every week.

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment and replied, "Time is like water in a sponge. If you squeeze it, there's always more..."

"But I'm in Okinawa right now and haven't boarded the plane yet. I won't be back in Tokyo until tomorrow. If the mission isn't urgent..."

When Qin Zhibo started talking about the mission, a flash of loss crossed Shinname Kaori's beautiful eyes.

"Okay, I'll wait for you..."

Qin Zhibo: "That's it for now, I'll go first..."