Conan Rick's Investigator

This time the knock on the door was very powerful, and judging by the shadow on the frosted glass at the door, it was an adult.

Shuichi Akai took a step back and hid behind the screen, and James spoke in response.

"who is it?"

The figure at the door responded, "I'm a nurse from the hospital. I have a package for you that needs to be signed for downstairs."

express delivery?

Akai behind the screen and Judy on the hospital bed met James's eyes and immediately felt something was wrong.

"Ms. Nurse, are you sure this is for me? What kind of courier is it?"

The nurse at the door replied, "It looks like a large cardboard box. The courier who delivered it said it was for Ward 4006 and asked me to notify them. You can sign for it when you come downstairs..."

After the nurse finished her instructions, she turned and left. After all, she was just helping to convey the message.

But after hearing this description, James, Shuichi Akai and Judy all realized that something was wrong.

First of all, it is impossible for the FBI to send a courier, and it is even more impossible for it to be sent to this ward.

Secondly, if it was a condolence courier sent by Judy’s student, the courier could call the contact person to go downstairs to pick it up instead of asking a passing nurse to notify the upstairs.

Ran Mouri, Sonoko and other classmates all know Judy's phone number.

Shuichi Akai immediately hid sideways by the window, carefully observing whether there was anyone watching outside the window, especially the building opposite.

James took out his phone and contacted the nearby FBI agent, who immediately went downstairs to the hospital to check what kind of package it was.

"Shuiyi, you stay here to protect Judy. I'll go downstairs now."

James left the ward. Akai Shuichi continued to stare at the window.

Judy on the bed couldn't sit still anymore, so she quickly put on her slippers and prepared to deal with any emergency at any time.

Is this Vermouth's revenge?

On the night of the full moon, Judy still remembered that Vermouth promised Haibara Ai to let everyone else go, but not herself.

The hatred from twenty years ago, coupled with the fact that he shot her in the knee that night, had already made the two of them mortal enemies.

Therefore, Judy's expectation was completely met with revenge from Vermouth during her hospitalization.

But she didn't expect revenge to come so quickly.

……

Downstairs, James gathered with FBI agents who had arrived nearby.

Under James's command, several people dispersed and soon found a large unclaimed express box in an empty space in the parking lot.

This express carton is more than one meter long, wide and high, and is quite large. If it were a bomb, it would be enough to flatten the entire parking lot.

Several detectives, with serious and sharp eyes, quickly surrounded the scene, and one detective carefully stepped forward to check.

The agent walked cautiously to the front of the cardboard box, but saw a label on the note with some crooked handwriting on it.

Not a bomb, not a bomb, not a bomb

[There are living things inside, please do not use sharp objects to dismantle violently]

【Thank you for your cooperation】

The agent's face was shocked, and he quickly took off the label and handed it to James.

James looked at the strange label paper and felt it was very strange, not understanding what the trick was.

But in the end, he asked one of his men to open the package alone.

The man walked up to the express box and used the safest method to cut the sealing tape on the carton without touching anything inside.

As for the others, they all stood behind the car, ready for action.

When the express box was opened, the subordinate stood there in shock.

Seeing this, James and others hurried over to check.

Inside the cardboard box, a female body was curled up. Even though her mouth was wrapped in white cloth and her hands and feet were tied with ropes, it couldn't hide her beauty.

It's the actress Chrissie Wynyard!

wrong!

It's Vermouth!

Chapter 904 Shifting Position

The FBI agents, led by James Blake, were so shocked when they saw the woman in the box that they were speechless.

This is Vermouth, without a doubt.

Even though these people have never seen Vermouth's true face, they have seen the female star Chris Wynyard on the poster.

"This is……"

An FBI agent muttered, and everyone was a little dazed.

It was James who reacted first. He quickly asked his men to check whether there was a bomb in the box. Then he repacked the box and took it upstairs to Judy's ward.

Soon, the box was checked inside and out, but no bomb was found, nor was there any on Vermouth's body.

Several people repacked the boxes, pretended to be porters, and worked together to carry them up to the hospital building.

This scene was seen by Qin Zhibo who was in a Ford car not far away.

Everything went just as he planned, and the FBI accepted this special delivery.

That was his deal with Vermouth.

Back to last night, Qin Zhibo disguised himself as "Michael" and negotiated a deal with Vermouth.

"What deal?" Vermouth asked warily.

"It's simple. I need you to give me something of yours."

"One of my things? What is it?"

Vermouth couldn't imagine that she had something that would be coveted by the organization's boss's confidants.

Wealth? Fame? Women? These are definitely impossible, too cliché.

status?

This is very possible, but if he, the boss's confidant, wants to go further, he can only...

Just as Vermouth was guessing in confusion, Michael uttered a noun.

"I want your Parnester fragment."

"..."

Vermouth frowned slightly in confusion, but still asked, "What is this?"

"A fragment made of black rock with dark green fluorescent substance on it." Qin Zhibo described the Panester fragment he had obtained from Mr. Clock.

However, Vermouth's expression was still somewhat confused, and she asked puzzledly: "I don't understand what you are talking about. Is it a kind of gem?"

Qin Zhibo was not surprised by Vermouth's reaction.

Because Mr. Clock's information was that the boss of the organization secretly gave the fragment to his beloved woman, and she herself didn't even realize it.

Qin Zhibo continued to remind him, "This fragment was given to you by 'that master'. Even though you don't know it, it must be in your hands now."

"You don't want to see that kid named Conan executed, do you? Then give me the fragment..."

Qin Zhibo took a gamble, betting that Vermouth cared very much about Conan's life and death.

And Qin Zhibo did win the bet. When Conan was mentioned, Vermouth's face changed and she glared at Michael fiercely.

She hated being controlled by others, but Conan's safety forced her to bow her head.

In the end, Vermouth agreed to the deal with Michael.

It's just that before, Vermouth attacked Michael and was subdued, so she disappeared for a day. She didn't reply to the boss's text message in time, and the injury from the amputation had not yet healed. She returned to the organization openly like this, and she couldn't explain this series of events to the boss.

So the two planned that Vermouth would pretend to be captured by the FBI, and then the organization would send people to rescue her, and then she would return to the organization naturally.

That’s the deal.

Seeing the FBI take up the cardboard box containing Vermouth, Qin Zhibo also took out the repaired Vermouth phone.

Qin Zhibo showed this phone to Dr. Agasa this morning, and there was no signal transmitter inside.

There's no chance of a bug because it would interfere with the phone signal.

So apart from the hypnotic gas device on the hood, it's just an ordinary phone.

With the help of Dr. Agasa, the phone was restored and the information inside was still preserved.

Qin Zhibo opened the text message sent by his boss and replied.

[Vermouth is injured and is now in the hands of the FBI]

The content of the text message was very brief, just a friendly reminder to shift the organization's investigation direction to the FBI.

Once the organization realizes that Vermouth is missing, they will probably start a frantic search.

However, so far, I have not received any call from the organization. I guess it is because there is no specific direction to search, so there is no way to launch large-scale operations.

But with this tip, it's different.

……

Rice Flower Hospital, Judy's ward.

Shuichi Akai and Judy did not receive any information from their teammates below, and were still on guard against possible attacks around them at any time.

At this moment, James and a group of FBI agents suddenly came back from the door, carrying a large cardboard box together.

Judy jumped up from the bed in shock and asked, "What is this?"

James did not answer immediately, but asked Shuichi Akai, who was guarding the window, to draw the curtains.

In the dim light of the room, James opened the box and found a woman lying inside.

As one of the few people who had a head-on confrontation with Vermouth, Judy immediately recognized her. This was the criminal the FBI most wanted to catch, Vermouth!

"This, this is?!"

Judy was so shocked that she couldn't utter a complete sentence. Even Akai Shuichi, who was always calm next to her, widened his eyes in disbelief.

James started to explain, "We found this in the parking lot outside with this sticky note on it."

He handed the note in his pocket to Shuichi Akai. The handwriting on it was crooked, but it was still clear after a little deliberation.

Shuichi Akai looked at the note, then looked at the unconscious Vermouth in the box, still a little bit unbelieving.

In order to confirm the other party's identity, Shuichi Akai reached out and pinched Vermouth's face.

Pinch~

It feels very firm, it is indeed real facial skin.

At this time, James also expressed his own inference.

"This Vermouth was most likely sent by the man named 'Michael'."

"The last person Judy saw with Vermouth on the dock that day was a blond foreigner."

"Plus, this person is the brother-in-law mentioned by the little girl, and unlike other members of the organization, this is even more likely."

"He handed Vermouth over to us, is he intending to use it as a gift for surrender?"

James' tone was still uncertain, but for the FBI, this was indeed a gift that could not be ignored.

As long as Vermouth is there, the FBI will be able to obtain a lot of evidence of the black organization's crimes, and may even be able to directly capture the organization's boss behind the scenes.

And since "Michael" handed Vermouth over to the FBI, it shows that this person's position is rather wavering. With a little contact, he might be able to recruit him and make him work for his side.

"It seems that it is very necessary to contact this 'Michael'..."

"His next assassination target is the little girl named 'Shirley'. We can first arrange for people to surround her, and then we will have a good chance of contacting Michael..."

James was planning the next plan with several FBI agents, while Shuichi Akai had already taken Vermouth out of the cardboard box and placed her on the hospital bed.