Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo followed James out of Judy's ward, and Akai Shuichi followed behind. The three of them walked towards a more remote location in the hospital.

Before walking to a room in the corner, James nodded to the FBI standing guard at the door, then pushed open the door.

This is a room without windows. Qin Zhibo has an impression of this room. When Chengshi first planned the hospital, this room was converted into a warehouse because it had no windows.

In just one day, this place was cleared and became an ideal location to imprison Vermouth.

There are no windows here and almost no furnishings. It is difficult for Vermouth to tell where this place is based on the surrounding environment.

Although there was a main light in the room, it was not turned on. Only a dim desk lamp was lit, which also prevented Vermouth from being able to clearly see the surrounding situation.

Vermouth lay quietly on the hospital bed, and an FBI agent who was reading a magazine was monitoring her.

James brought people in, and the FBI quickly stood up from their seats, pretending that they were not slacking off at work.

James did not criticize the FBI agent too much for reading magazines at work. He just nodded and walked to Vermouth's bedside.

Qin Zhibo looked around, silently noted the personnel deployment in the room, and then walked to the end of Vermouth's bed.

Vermouth had her eyes closed, was not wearing any medical equipment, was covered with a quilt, and had her bare feet sticking out of the quilt.

Before Qin Zhibo could stand still, Akai Shuichi immediately walked forward, stretched out his fingers and pinched Vermouth's left big toe hard.

However, Vermouth's feet did not respond at all, and it seemed that she had not yet regained consciousness.

Akai Shuichi looked a little disappointed. Ever since she picked up Vermouth, she has been in a coma.

However, Chengshi had already diagnosed her. The only external injury on her body was a gunshot wound on her knee. There were no obvious scars on other parts of her body, and her brain had not suffered serious damage. Logically, she should not be in a coma.

So Shuichi Akai is more inclined to believe that Vermouth is pretending to be unconscious now. She is a smart woman and wants to use this method to delay time.

In order to make Vermouth wake up on her own, Shuichi Akai arranged for people to conduct surprise checks on Vermouth's big toe every once in a while.

If she lets it go once, she won't be able to hide it anymore.

Qin Zhibo stood here and watched Akai Shuichi pinching Vermouth's toes, which were on her left foot.

Her left foot hasn't recovered much yet, so this probably won't work.

So Qin Zhibo reached out and pinched the big toe of his right foot.

Pinch~

However, Vermouth still didn't react at all.

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised. How could he tolerate this?

At this time, James took the lead in explaining: "She is the American actress Chrissie Wynyard. Her real identity is an important member of that organization. Her code name in the organization is 'Vermouth'. She killed Judy's parents 20 years ago."

"It is because of this that we can get clues from her..."

It is a coincidence that the FBI originally did not focus on Vermouth's other identity.

But just a few months ago at Sharon's funeral, the media photographed Sharon's daughter Chrissie Wynyard attending the funeral.

At the funeral, Chris said to her mother's grave, "Secrets make a woman more feminine." Judy accidentally saw it on TV and began to doubt her.

Qin Zhibo pretended to be surprised, nodded, and said nothing.

Because he knew that Vermouth must be pretending to be unconscious in order to deal with the FBI investigation.

Although the FBI's torture had no effect on her, the only way to avoid revealing any information was to pretend to be unconscious and refuse all communication.

The three of them walked out of the room and returned to Judy's ward again. Cheng Shi was also in the ward at this time.

"You're recovering well. Just change the dressing regularly. I'll prepare some light meals for you."

"Thank you."

Judy nodded to Chengshi. Chengshi was wearing a white coat and it was hard to tell whether he was dressed as a woman or a man underneath.

But whether it was the voice, tone, posture, or the attentiveness with which he treated others, if she hadn't heard it from Conan himself, she really wouldn't have believed that this was a man.

After giving the instructions, Cheng Shi was about to turn around and leave when he ran into Qin Zhibo and others coming in.

Seeing Qin Zhibo, James and Akai Shuichi walking in together, Cheng Shi was startled and stopped.

Qin Zhibo looked at Cheng Shi, his tone somewhat helpless, "You are still involved..."

Qin Zhibo also knew that if Cheng Shi had not nodded in agreement, the FBI would not have been able to force them to stay here.

Cheng Shi lowered his head slightly like a child who had done something wrong, but immediately raised it again and looked directly into Qin Zhibo's eyes.

"I also want to do my part to catch the criminals!"

"If we catch those bad guys soon, Ai will be able to live a carefree life in the future!"

Cheng Shi cares very much about Haibara Ai and takes care of her as if she were his own sister. Qin Zhibo knows this.

Qin Zhibo had nothing to say about this, so he just nodded and said, "You go ahead and do your work, we still have things to discuss..."

Chapter 909 The “King in Yellow” is coming!

After Cheng Shi left, Qin Zhibo talked with James and others about the deployment situation.

There are currently 12 FBI personnel in Japan, including the injured Judy in Chengshi Hospital, making a total of 7 personnel.

Another five are on missions elsewhere.

James didn't say what the specific mission was, but Qin Zhibo roughly guessed that it was probably to monitor Haibara Ai.

If the FBI wants to further expand its victory, it must catch "Michael" who is about to take action.

Combined with what Qin Zhibo saw and heard in the hospital just now, there should be two FBIs guarding the reception area, two FBIs guarding Vermouth's hospitalization area, and James and Akai Shuichi providing support at any time.

"Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

After collecting the information he wanted, Qin Zhibo waved his hand and turned to say goodbye.

James and Shuichi Akai looked at Qin Zhibo's back as he left, and looked at each other. They seemed to see words in each other's eyes, but no one said anything.

"All right……"

"It's time to figure out how to wake up that guy who's pretending to be asleep."

Shuichi Akai brought up a new topic.

……

Evening, 11:30.

The desk lamp was placed on the ground, and the dim light in the room made people drowsy.

On the hospital bed, Vermouth lay quietly, her silver hair like a waterfall, her eyes closed, like the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale.

At the end of the bed, near the door, an FBI investigator was standing with his arms folded and his head buried.

His head moved up and down like a praying mantis, and he was already half drunk.

At this moment, there was a "click" sound and the door of the room opened, waking up the FBI, who quickly stood up and looked to the side.

But the person who came in was none other than the owner of this hospital, Dr. Cheng Shi.

"Ms. Chengshi? Why are you here?" the FBI asked.

Cheng Shi smiled and said gently, "I made some midnight snacks in the kitchen. You and the guy standing guard at the door should go and have something to eat. It's not good for your health to be hungry like this."

The fbi looked at Cheng Shi's pretty face, and her face unconsciously turned red. She raised her hand to look at the watch on her wrist. There were still 30 minutes before the shift change.

"I still can't do that now. My shift will be over in 30 minutes."

The FBI agent still had principles, shook his head and did not agree immediately.

But Cheng Shi continued to persuade: "It's okay, I will help you watch her during this time. If she wakes up, I can notify you the first time."

"But..." The FBI was still a little hesitant.

"It's nothing to worry about. If you're worried, you can eat quickly and come back later~"

"Your companion has already gone..."

Faced with Cheng Shi's persuasion, and the fact that the companion at the door had indeed disappeared, the FBI still wavered.

"Okay then, I'll be right back after dinner."

"Here's the intercom for you. If you need anything, just call me..."

The FBI picked up the walkie-talkie on the ground, handed it to Cheng Shi, and then left towards the kitchen.

When the FBI guarding him left, Cheng Shi's eyes changed, instantly switching from gentle to cold, and he looked at Vermouth on the bed with slightly narrowed eyes.

He closed the door gently, placed the intercom on the chair where the FBI had sat, and slowly walked to the bed.

Chengshi put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and looked at Vermouth on the bed with an indifferent look.

In the dim light, Mo Hu's figure was projected on the quilt covering Vermouth, until the figure showed some changes.

Cheng Shi raised his right hand which was in his pocket, and a dagger slowly emerged.

He raised the dagger and stabbed at Vermouth without saying a word.

The cold light approached rapidly, and at the critical moment, the originally calm quilt surged, and a hand stretched out from the side and accurately grabbed Cheng Shi's wrist.

It's Vermouth's hand!

Cheng Shi was shocked and wanted to withdraw his hand but it was too late. Vermouth suddenly stood up and grabbed Cheng Shi's wrist. With a skilled knife-grabbing technique, she took the dagger and put it against the white neck.

This set of actions was very fast. Before Chengshi could react, he had already controlled Vermouth.

"Hmph... I knew you would attack me sooner or later."

Vermouth snorted coldly, with a smile that contained a hint of mockery and contempt.

"H-Have you woken up?"

Cheng Shi looked frightened and his speech was incoherent.

Vermouth smiled coldly, "I woke up a long time ago, I was just waiting for you to make a move."

"After all, you'd do anything for that woman, right?"

The "woman" that Vermouth mentioned was Shirley.

In her understanding, Cheng Shi was the person who helped Shirley escape from the Beihu Hotel and helped Shirley fight against the organization.

After the FBI untied the cloth from her mouth, she quickly regained consciousness, but she did not wake up immediately, otherwise the FBI would have been more wary of her and interrogated her.

Originally living in a large hospital, she thought she could only wait for rescue from the organization.

But when she arrived at Chengshi Hospital, she realized that her chance had come.

Although she couldn't open her eyes, she guessed that this was Chengshi's private hospital just by listening to the voices of the people around her.

As long as Cheng Shi, who has been protecting Shirley, can't suppress the urge to get rid of her, she will have a chance to escape from here.

"Hey……"

Vermouth gave a sinister smile, maintaining her upper body posture, while her lower body nimbly got out of bed.

Although the skin on her left foot was still a little numb, it was at least under control. This recovery speed really surprised Vermouth herself.

She stood opposite Cheng Shi with a smug smile on her face and said, "I'll trouble you to lead the way from now on. We might run into the FBI outside, but with you as a hostage, they'll be wary of any wrongdoing."

"Turn around."

Cheng Shi gritted his teeth, and although there was a look of reluctance on his face, he had no choice but to do as he was told and slowly turned around.

Looking at Chengshi's defenseless back, Vermouth was about to step forward and continue to hold him with the dagger, but she felt a warm touch on her ankles.

She looked down and saw two large hands reaching out from the darkness under the bed and tightly grabbing her feet.

Vermouth was shocked and took a deep breath.

But before she could react, the two hands suddenly pulled hard, and Vermouth's body instantly lost balance and fell heavily to the ground.

Ding--

The dagger rolled to the floor, and the door of the room was pushed open at this moment. It was the FBI and others who went to the kitchen for a midnight snack.

Vermouth, who was in great pain from the fall, gritted her teeth and looked at the FBI agents entering the door and Akai Shuichi crawling out from under the bed, her face full of disbelief.

"You are……"

Akai Shuichi dusted himself off and sneered, "If it weren't for this, I'm afraid it would take you a long time."