Conan Rick's Investigator

But since the other person has already said it is inconvenient, Yukiko will not bother him. Anyway, there is no rush to discuss the matter now.

After a while, the ghost ship docked and everyone's familiar old friend - Inspector Megure brought people up to catch the murderer.

After hearing that this case was solved by Brother Qin and Brother Hattori together, Megure, who trusted Brother Qin even more, wanted to invite him to the police station to listen to his confession and explain his method of committing the crime.

"Brother Qin, please come to the police station this time..."

Just when Megure thought that Brother Qin would agree as usual, Brother Qin made a gesture as if he wanted to go to sleep and waved his hand to refuse.

Megure: “Hmm?”

Yukiko came over to explain and relayed to Megure what "Qin Zhibo" had just conveyed on the boat.

"Oh, so you're tired, Brother Qin. Shall I send someone to take you back first?"

"I can just ask Brother Hattori and Brother Mori about the case."

Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri felt like crying but had no tears.

We are both younger brothers, why did you think of yourself last?

And "Qin Zhibo" did not refuse Brother Megure's consideration. He got into the police car arranged by Megure and left the scene first.

In a corner that the crowd didn't notice, a sturdy figure turned and got out of the police's sight, walked for a while, and got into an inconspicuous Porsche 356A parked on the shore.

"Big brother."

After getting into the car, Vodka first greeted Gin who had taken the trouble to pick him up in the middle of the night.

Chapter 896: Double Mystery on the Night of the Full Moon ()

The party ended and the guests went home.

Vodka sat in the passenger seat, Gin put out the Seven Stars cigarette he had been smoking out of boredom while waiting, and asked in a cold voice.

"Where's your mask?"

Because Vodka was asked to take off his mask on the boat, he is now showing his original face. Although it is not a big deal, it is best not to appear in front of the police often.

Vodka quickly explained, "Something happened on the ship, and the detectives on board insisted that everyone take off their masks."

"Brother, I found something strange on the ship. 'Kudo Shinichi' also appeared on the ship."

"But that 'Kudo Shinichi' was impersonated by someone else. I wonder if this has anything to do with Vermouth. After all, it seems that only Vermouth can perform that kind of disguise..."

Vodka came to the ghost ship to attend the party mainly because Gin received orders from above to monitor Vermouth's unauthorized actions this time.

Gin has long been dissatisfied with Vermouth's love of mysticism. He has always been intolerant of any injustice and is also wary of Vermouth.

However, Gin has another level of understanding for this order.

This time, the superiors sent me to monitor Vermouth's actions instead of "Michael", which means that this may be a test for me.

The test is whether he and Vermouth are in cahoots.

If he showed any favoritism towards Vermouth, the higher-ups would notice it and let "Michael" deal with both of them at the same time.

So even though only vodka is being sent on board this time, gin cannot be taken lightly at all.

The first thing to clarify is...

"Who is Kudo Shinichi?"

Facing Gin's question, Vodka was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "It's the guy that Big Brother killed with the organization's new drug before..."

Gin interrupted coldly, "Sorry, Vodka, I never remember what the guy I killed looked like or what his name was."

"You said someone showed up disguised as that kid. Is this Vermouth's plan?"

Vodka knew that this matter was of great importance and it was not easy for him to make any rash judgment, so he told Gin everything that happened on the ship.

After Vodka finished speaking, Gin was silent for a moment before Vodka asked.

"Brother, could it be that Vermouth is colluding with that kid called 'Hattori Heiji'?"

In Vodka's opinion, the advanced disguise technique of using a human skin mask should only be used by Vermouth from the organization.

However, Gin shook his head and coldly rejected Vodka's idea.

"Vermouth wouldn't be stupid enough to cooperate with the detective. She knows how serious the consequences of doing so would be."

"But I will tell the higher-ups the truth."

Gin couldn't do anything without finding any evidence that Vermouth was harmful to the organization. After all, Vermouth was still the favorite of "that adult" at the moment.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gin took out his phone, and Vodka next to him turned his head away.

Directly contacting "that adult" is a privilege only enjoyed by a few organization cadres. Vodka currently knows that the only people who have this privilege are Gin and Vermouth.

But now we might have to add a "Michael".

……

On the outskirts of Tokyo, in the Touto mountainous area.

A full moon hung high in the sky, and a battle-damaged black car drove through the dark woods.

On both sides of the forest path are lush cypress trees, like night watchmen stationed in this land of talented people.

It is like this today and every night.

Seeing that Michael had no intention of stopping the car to let her treat his injury, Vermouth got some cloth and bandaged her knee simply.

But even though they had reached the outskirts of Tokyo and had no pursuers behind them, they still had not arrived at the "safe place" that Michael had mentioned.

"Where exactly are you taking me?"

"You'll know when the time comes."

This was the second time Vermouth asked after getting in the car, but Michael's answer was still cold and cryptic.

This gave Vermouth a bad feeling.

Could it be that he really has seen through it?

If Michael had already controlled Calvados, then when he asked Calvados to shoot for the second time, was it he who ordered Calvados not to shoot?

The purpose is to get rid of yourself through the hands of others?

But he eventually changed his mind and rescued himself.

Why did you change your mind at the last minute?

Was it because of Akai Shuichi's appearance? Was he worried that Akai Shuichi would capture him alive?

Thinking of this, Vermouth became even more wary of Michael and subconsciously leaned towards the car door.

Just when the atmosphere in the car was extremely quiet, a phone rang suddenly.

Ring ring ring——

The ringtone wasn't distinctive, and it only rang once. It seemed like it wasn't a call, but a text message.

Vermouth's body shuddered because it was her phone that received the text message.

"Don't you take a look?"

Michael said this indifferently, forcing Vermouth to take out her phone to check.

After all, not daring to read text messages at this time only shows that there is something wrong.

Vermouth took out her phone, opened the cover with one hand, locked the text message icon, and checked the latest one.

But as soon as she opened it, the contents inside made her expression freeze.

The text message had no signature, only one sentence.

[It seems that I let you go too far. Come back to me, Belmod]

Seeing this, Vermouth's face changed slightly, knowing that this was a text message from the boss.

The boss must have known about my unauthorized actions this time and was a little unhappy.

But this might not be the only thing that makes the boss unhappy...

Thinking in her heart, Vermouth looked at Michael beside her.

Since Michael rescued him, he probably hasn't had time to report the details of this operation to his boss.

But once I return to my boss, he will definitely know that I am biased towards those two children.

At that time, the worst result would be that the two children would be executed by the boss's order.

Angel, Cool guy...

Faced with the safety of the two people she cares about most, Vermouth knows that it is time for her to make a decision.

Thinking in her mind, she closed the phone cover and pointed one end of the antenna at Michael in the driver's seat.

Qin Zhibo was actually secretly observing Vermouth's expression through the rearview mirror in the car. If the content of the text message was unfavorable to him, he could react immediately.

But suddenly, Vermouth aimed her flip phone at herself.

Suddenly, white smoke came out of the antenna port of the flip phone, and an ominous gas quickly filled the car.

After just one breath of the mist, my head felt dizzy.

It's hypnotic gas!

Qin Zhibo turned the steering wheel hard, and with a bang, the front of the car suddenly hit the tree and was forced to stop.

Peng!

The airbags popped out instantly, reducing the impact on the driver and front passenger.

Qin Zhibo turned around and was about to open the door and get out of the car, but Vermouth held Qin Zhibo's waist tightly and prevented him from getting out.

In addition, the hypnotic gas had begun to take effect, and Qin Zhibo didn't have much strength left and couldn't get rid of Vermouth.

Damn!

Qin Zhibo didn't expect that Vermouth had such a secret weapon. There was hypnotic gas hidden in the phone, which was simply a product of Dr. Agasa.

If Vermouth wakes up first, I'm doomed!

The reason why Vermouth dared to use hypnotic gas was that she was sure that she would be the first to wake up.

Because pain is the best way to fight against hypnotic gas, and she happened to have an injury on her knee. The dull pain stimulated the nerves in her brain, and she would definitely wake up first.

As long as he wakes up first, he can get rid of Michael before he reports to the organization's boss.

This is the only way to protect Mao Lilan and Conan!

Under Vermouth's extreme one-for-one determination, the two people in the white smoke lay in the car in a strange posture and fell asleep together.

……

Tokyo, Rice Flower Town.

A police car sped past on the quiet street and finally stopped in front of Zhibo Detective Agency.

A man in a yellow robe got out of the car and walked slowly towards the stairs of the office.

The young policeman in the police car behind the man greeted him warmly, "Mr. Qin, I'll be leaving first."

"Mr. Qin" did not look back, but just raised his hand and waved it mechanically left and right, and the police car drove away.

Next, I slowly walked up the stairs, took out the key from under the carpet, opened the office door, and everything was over.

Minase Yangmeng flew out of "Qin Jibo"'s body and finally completed this series of strenuous operations, successfully bringing back the bait doll.

"Phew—I'm so tired!"

"Uncle! I'm back!"

Minase Yangmeng flew around the dim office and found that there was no one there.

I went through the wall to the living area upstairs and took a look, but there was no one there either.

Minase Yangmeng floated in front of Jerry the mouse out of boredom and asked worriedly, "Why hasn't the uncle come back yet?"

"Little Jerry, do you know where the uncle went?"

Jerry just squatted in the cage, looking in the direction of Minase Yangmeng with a pair of gray eyes, unable to make any comments.