Conan Rick's Investigator

Among the crowd, Conan believes that only Tomoaki Aida is someone whom Ran Mouri knows, and the only person that Ran Mouri pays attention to.

Could it be that Xiaolan is still here?

"Sister Xiaolan..."

Conan pointed to his stomach, indicating that he had not yet dealt with the note he swallowed.

On the one hand, he was really afraid that the note would make him sick, and on the other hand, Haibara Ai just refused to get off the bus. He was afraid that when it came time to record his statement, he would inevitably have close contact with the members of the organization on the bus.

Although Conan still couldn't tell who the members of the organization were after this incident, he could still use the stomach issue to get Ran Mouri to take him and Haibara Ai away from the scene.

Only after Conan made this promise did Haibara Ai agree to get off the car.

Things happened just as Conan expected, and Ran Mouri immediately became anxious.

"Officer Megure, I have to take Conan to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. Can I give the confession later?"

"please!"

Having followed Kudo Shinichi through many battles, Mao Lilan was already familiar with Kudo Shinichi's habit of refusing to record his testimony.

Officer Megure was of course flexible and immediately nodded in agreement, and even arranged a police car for the two of them.

But as he looked at the two people leaving, he scratched his head, feeling a little confused.

"Gastric lavage? Why?"

"I can tell you the reason slowly..."

Qin Zhibo's younger brother's status was reversed. He put his arm around Inspector Megure's shoulders and gradually walked away.

……

After a long and tedious process of recording statements, everything was finally clarified.

The police obtained a complete confession, but it was already dusk.

The bus company dispatched another bus to take those involved in the accident home.

However, after this experience, not many people dared to challenge taking the bus again, and those who were left with psychological trauma left one after another.

In the end, there were only Qin Zhibo, Kuroba Kaito, Koizumi Hongzi, Judy Teacher, and Arai Tomoaki, a total of five big hearts on the bus.

In the slightly empty carriage, five people sat together, chatting about their exciting experiences today.

"It turns out that the note was written by Mr. Qin to Hei Yu!"

"But wasn't the female robber sitting in the last row? How were you two able to communicate freely when you were sitting in the front and back seats?"

Judy immediately noticed the key point, while Qin Zhibo glanced at Kuroba Kaito and said mysteriously, "Telepathy."

"Oh! That's cool!"

Judy didn't ask any more questions, but turned to look at Aida Tomoaki, "Did Mr. Aida's travel plans fall through?"

"Well, it's a bit regrettable..." Anishi Tomoaki smiled warmly, "but there's nothing I can do about it."

The conversation between the two once again proved that the two were not on a date, but "met by chance" at the station.

However, Kuroba Kaito's focus was not on the conversation between the two, but on the face of Aida Tomoaki.

The orange-red sunset shone through the car window, slanting onto the gentle face of Aida Tomoaki.

This was normal, but Kuroba Kaito noticed a very subtle sense of incongruity on this face, which was imperceptible to ordinary people.

Kuroba Kaito had seen this countless times during the day and hadn't noticed anything wrong, but at this moment, he had this feeling in his heart.

This face is not right...

Chapter 618 Pickup Meeting

Kuroba Kaito narrowed his eyes and stared at Aida Tomoaki's face.

The sense of disharmony was fleeting, and the indescribable strange feeling disappeared immediately.

Shinide Tomoaki looked at Kuroba Kaito who was staring at his face and asked in confusion: "Kuroba-san, is there something on my face?"

Kuroba Kaito shook his head with a dull expression, "No, no..."

When the bus arrived at Beika Park, which was where Tomoaki Arai was going to start today, Tomoaki Arai got off first.

"Goodbye, everyone."

After watching Tomoaki Arata get off the bus, the bus drove another stop and Judy also got off.

"Bye bye!"

Judy greeted him energetically. Qin Zhibo looked at the woman's back, then adjusted the telescope's field of view and looked at a Ford pickup truck parked on the street not far away.

She and that man named Akai Shuichi were indeed in the same group.

Because behind the half-open window of the pickup truck was Shuichi Akai.

……

After getting out of the car, Judy first habitually glanced at the surrounding environment, found the familiar pickup truck, opened the door and got in skillfully.

But she was not sitting in the passenger seat, but in the back seat.

The reason was that there was already someone in the passenger seat.

"I arrived late, and I chatted with those people in the car, and the target..."

Sitting in the passenger seat was a man with a British sheriff's mustache. His hair was the same silver-gray color as his mustache, and the traces of time were visible on his slightly sagging skin.

He tilted his head slightly. "How's it going? Did you get any valuable information?"

"It doesn't seem so..." Judy shook her head. "But the target might have made an appointment to meet someone, because when the robber took her phone, she turned it off first..."

"Maybe she doesn't want the person she agreed to meet to call her because he can't wait any longer." Shuichi Akai, who was sitting in the front driver's seat, added.

Judy nodded calmly.

At this time, Akai Shuichi put out the cigarette in his hand, put his hands on the steering wheel, and said calmly: "Actually, I met an old acquaintance in the car today, James, you should know him too..."

"Oh?" The middle-aged man named James turned and looked at Akai Shuichi, "Who is it?"

"Vince Qin."

James' eyes widened slightly, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, "Really? Are you sure it was him?"

"It's him."

"His name is Qin Zhibo now, and he seems to be a private detective."

Akai Shuichi, whose hands had just settled down, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it silently, and continued: "But he didn't seem to recognize me..."

James's incredulous expression gradually calmed down, and he said with emotion, "I never thought that he would go to Japan after being out of touch for so many years after leaving his job..."

"What a twist of fate..."

Judy, sitting in the back seat, looked at the two riddlers. Finally, she couldn't resist her curiosity and quickly leaned forward to ask, "Who is this Qin Zhibo you're talking about?"

James didn't play dumb and turned his head to look at Judy.

"He's also an FBI agent, we used to work together..."

Upon hearing this, Judy's eyes widened in surprise, and Qin Zhibo's face appeared in her mind. Apart from his mixed-race handsomeness, he did not have the temperament of an FBI agent at all.

"He's FBI...you know him, why don't I know him?" Judy asked again.

James replied solemnly, "That's because he left the FBI five years ago, right before you joined."

Judy is now 28 years old. Due to her excellent graduation grades and her father's connections, she was able to join the FBI at the age of 23, which is considered very outstanding.

At that time, Judy, who had just joined the FBI, was arranged by James to work under Shuichi Akai, and the two sparked love at work.

However, this "little spark" was extinguished after Shuichi Akai left to carry out a top-secret undercover mission.

Although Judy still occasionally wonders if there were no undercover mission...

But in general, what James meant was that Judy had little experience in the FBI, so it was normal that she didn't know "Vince Qin".

At this time, James continued, "Vince Qin is a very good FBI investigator, with a quick mind and especially excellent marksmanship, just like you..."

As he spoke, James looked at Shuichi Akai.

Akai Shuichi took a puff of his cigarette and remained noncommittal about this statement.

"Actually, I've known him for a long time... He's an old friend of my father."

When Shuichi Akai said this, even James was stunned.

"I see... No wonder he always looked out for you when you first joined the FBI. I thought it was because he was interested in your Japanese ancestry..."

The conversation between the two revealed more information, but this information made Judy even more curious about the character "Vince Qin".

Who is this person who can even take care of Shuichi Akai?

However, judging from today's events, this person is indeed extraordinary. He was able to subdue the three robbers in the car without Shuichi and I taking action, although he relied on other people.

The high school student who can do magic, the cool kid in the back seat, and Mao Lilan who can do karate...

"But I don't understand why he came to Japan. Even if he wanted to open a detective agency, America would be a more suitable place for him, right?"

It was normal for James to have doubts in his mind. After all, being a detective usually required an official background to make things easier, and the FBI background was pretty good.

Do you have any relatives in Japan?

Or do you have a special feeling for Japan?

James, as his former boss, knew that Vince Qin was also a Japanese, just like Shuichi Akai.

Putting aside the personal thoughts of this former colleague for the moment, now that they are launching an action against the organization in Japan, it is inevitable that they will run into this acquaintance.

It was a little strange that he didn't recognize Shuichi Akai this time, but who knows what will happen in the future.

and so……

"If we meet next time, how should we treat him?"

"Should we tell him we're here on vacation, or tell him our mission and ask for help?"

James looked at Shuichi Akai next to him, obviously asking for advice.

Akai Shuichi was silent for a moment, and uttered a few unfamiliar Chinese characters one by one.

"Lian Po is old, can he still eat?"

James: “?”

Judy: “?”

Akai Shuichi frowned slightly and explained, "This is a Chinese allusion, referring to..."

Before he finished speaking, Akai Shuichi gave up explaining Eastern culture to two puzzled Westerners and said directly: "Considering his behavior on the bus today, maybe he still has the ability to help us."

"But I think we should first defer to his own ideas. This organization's affairs are not ordinary tasks. Is it reasonable to involve a former FBI agent in this?"

"Besides, I don't think we're in such a desperate situation that we need help from outside forces..."

James thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"That's it for now, Judy, you leave first."

The pickup truck meeting ended and Judy opened the door just in time to leave.

Shuichi Akai, who was in the front seat, looked at Judy getting out of the car in the rearview mirror and suddenly his eyes widened.

"Wait a moment!"

"What's that on the back of your shoulder?"

James quickly turned around and saw a small yellow disc stuck to Judy's clothes.

Chapter 619 Former Colleagues

"what?"

After hearing what Akai Shuichi said, Judy panicked a little and quickly turned around to find out what it was.