Conan Rick's Investigator

"I... I'm playing hide and seek! Hehe~"

Conan thought that if he said he was catching Kid, no one would believe him, so he simply found something a child of his age should do.

Looking at Conan's childlike smile, Nakamori Ginzo couldn't blame him and could only ask for clues.

"Did you find any suspicious people here?"

"No……"

Nakamori stared at the street in the distance with gritted teeth, knowing that Kidd's accomplices must have escaped in the chaos.

The gems were completely stolen.

idiot!

……

On the other side, Qin Zhibo didn't drive too far.

After Kidd changed into normal clothes in the car, tore off Suzuki Jirokichi's fake face and replaced it with his real face, Qin Zhibo parked the car on the side of the road.

"Okay, take the bus home by yourself."

"There's no bus outside at this time. I thought you were going to take me home..."

After returning to his identity as an ordinary high school student, Kuroba Kaito complained a little.

However, Qin Zhibo had no intention of sending Kuroba Kaito back.

Kuroba Kaito's home is in Jianggutian Town, at least half an hour's drive from here, and it takes an hour to go back and forth. Being away for too long will arouse suspicion.

Among the characteristics of Kaito Kidd summarized by Hakuba Tan, one is that Kaito Kidd has poor patience. If he is chased by the police for about a quarter of an hour, he will give up the gems he has already obtained and retreat calmly.

Hakuba himself thought so, but in fact, Kaito Kidd just used the moonlight to confirm that it was not the gem he wanted, so he gave it up on his own initiative.

Therefore, if one recovers the treasure by oneself, the time taken should not be too outrageous.

"By the way, where did you put the real Suzuki Jirokichi?" Qin Zhibo called out to Kuroba Kaito before getting off the car.

Kuroba Kaito replied with a smirk, "Let them look for it in the green belt of Shiodome Park..."

Peng.

Kuroba Kaito closed the car door and tried to find a way to solve the transportation problem himself.

Qin Zhibo picked the car first, but he was not in a hurry to return to the Suzuki Museum.

Driving along the quiet seaside road, Qin Zhibo found a small alley, parked the car in the alley, and waited patiently for the right time to return with the treasure.

If you often read heroic literature and comics, you will know that heroes often do not appear to save the situation the first time a crisis occurs.

Heroes often appear when the crisis reaches its most serious stage and save everything, so that they can win people's hearts.

If I wait until Nakamori and others are completely sure that they have lost the treasure, and then take the treasure back, my social credit should soar.

Although social credit is generally improved through tasks, performing other non-task actions can also improve social credit normally, but the improvement is not as direct as that brought by tasks.

Qin Zhibo sat quietly in the car, waiting for the right moment to come while observing the movements outside the car.

It is the middle of the night, the streets are very quiet, and an orange halo of light shines on the uninhabited embankment near the seaside.

No police sirens were heard in the distance.

With Conan there, the police should not have failed to see through Kaito Kid's disguise until now. The police should have given up tracking Kid.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Qin Zhibo was about to drive back when a figure flashed in the dark alley next to him.

Qin Zhibo looked over and saw a tall and burly man standing in the alley.

Looking closely, the man turned out to be Walter Marsh Jr.

Qin Zhibo remembered that when he was on the broadcast vehicle, he watched Kaito Kidd's aerial performance with everyone else. He couldn't quite remember when he left the team to act alone.

Little Walter Marsh stood in the alley, with no human reference points around him, so it was difficult to tell how exaggerated his height was.

He glanced at the watch on his wrist from time to time, as if waiting for something.

After waiting for about a minute, another figure walked to the intersection of the alley from another direction that Qin Zhibo could not see.

The newcomer was tall and thin, wearing a dark green vest over a black suit. Under the baseball cap and sunglasses, half of his face was skinny and lifeless.

The two met in a dimly lit corner of the street, looked at each other, and then took out a power bank-sized object from their pockets and exchanged it with each other.

After the exchange, the two of them staggered their bodies and left in different directions, as if they were strangers.

The whole process was short and smooth. In less than five seconds, the alley was deserted again.

Qin Zhibo, who was sitting in the car, was a little surprised. The scene just now was a bit like a transaction scene between spies.

The reason for choosing this place to trade is that, on the one hand, it is midnight and there are few passers-by; on the other hand, the flow of people is now concentrated in the Suzuki Museum, and no one will come here which is going in the opposite direction.

The man who was trading with Walter Marsh Jr. clearly covered his face with sunglasses and a hat, so Qin Zhibo couldn't see the information above his head.

But Qin Zhibo soon guessed the identity of this person.

In Elena Miyano's audio tape, she mentioned that the company she used to work for, Baijiu Pharmaceutical, had an undercover agent in the organization. With the help of this undercover agent, she was able to successfully destroy the organization's laboratory and research data.

The backer of Baijiu Pharmaceutical is STK. The boss at that time was Walter Marsh Sr., and the current boss is Walter Marsh Jr., who may still be connected with the undercover agent.

Moreover, this incident happened 17 years ago. If the undercover agent is still alive, he would be at least 50 years old.

The man looked about the same age, with gray hair showing from under the brim of his hat.

Could that person be STK's undercover agent in the organization?

Just as Qin Zhibo was thinking in his heart, a burly figure suddenly appeared outside the front windshield.

Qin Zhibo, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was stunned for a moment, staring at the car window in disbelief. It turned out to be Walter Marsh Jr.!

He stretched out his arms and pressed his palms against the hood, staring at the window like a dead fish.

However, the car window was covered with film, and the lighting conditions outside were very poor, so he could only see darkness inside.

Then, he slowly lowered his hand and touched the air intake grille on the bumper.

It feels cool to the touch.

After a two-second pause, he turned and left.

Seeing little Walter leave, Qin Zhibo's straight back relaxed a little.

I didn't expect that this person was so suspicious and meticulous.

Fortunately, I parked the car early and the outer shell of the car had returned to normal temperature.

If he senses something is wrong, he will use brute force to open his car door and pull himself out like Schwarzenegger.

A Deep One with a Strength of 100 and a human hybrid could do this.

But after this little incident, Qin Zhibo didn't dare to drive the treasure back openly.

After making sure that little Walter had left, Qin Zhibo hurriedly got out of the car and threw the golden statue into a garbage recycling station in a nearby residential area.

Then he made a phone call and asked Kuroba Kaito to send a text message to Nakamori Ginzo, asking him to come and pick it up.

……

The next day, morning.

Qin Zhibo got up from the big bed on the third floor of the office, rubbed his sleepy eyes, fed Jerry a handful of melon seeds, and then went to the bathroom to wash up.

After washing up, he went to the refrigerator to get a box of Meiji milk, sat on the sofa on the third floor, and watched the morning news on time.

Last night, Qin Zhibo did not return to the Suzuki Museum, but called Mao Li Ran directly and said that he was sleepy and had returned to the office first.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo still needs to learn about the follow-up events of last night through the news.

On the TV screen, the female anchor Rena Mizunoshi's lightly made-up face is very attractive. Her beautiful face and neat ponytail give people a mature and charming feeling.

She reported the biggest and only crime news that happened in Tokyo last night in her standard voice.

It’s strange to say, but whenever Kaito Kidd shows up to commit a crime, the number of serious crimes that occur in Tokyo every day will drop to zero.

It seems that even the latent criminals are making way for Kaito Kidd's crimes.

For this reason, a folk legend has formed that whenever Kaito Kidd appears, the chances of survival for ordinary Tokyo citizens will greatly increase...

"At midnight last night, the Suzuki Museum's treasure, the 'Blue Miracle,' was stolen by Kaito Kid amidst the tight security of numerous Suzuki Group guards and helicopters. The owner of the Blue Miracle, Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi, was also attacked by Kaito Kid..."

"...But thanks to the police's quick response and swift action, they have successfully recovered the Blue Miracle."

"Inspector Ginzo Nakamori, the police officer in charge of Kidd-related cases, stated that they will continue to uphold justice and that the day will come when Kaito Kidd will be caught..."

"Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!"

The last sentence of this news was when Ginzo Nakamori faced the media camera and made a righteous and stern promise.

He had been drawing this pancake for eighteen years without realizing it.

However, Qin Zhibo felt that it would be difficult to expose the true identity of Kaito Kidd in his lifetime relying solely on his personal abilities.

He would never have imagined that Kidd was the brat who lived next door to him and was dating his girl, as well as the brat's father.

However, Qin Zhibo also believes that time is the best medicine to heal all wounds.

As long as Kaito Kid retires, after a few years, Nakamori Ginzo will gradually let go of his obsession.

And Kuroba Kaito is not enjoying stealing. If the mystery of his father's death and the mystery of the Beast Brotherhood can be solved one day, the identity of Kaito Kid will have no meaning.

If you want to solve the mystery of Kuroba Toichi, the first thing you need to do is find the painter named "Pickman", who may also be related to the ghouls.

Thinking of zombies, Qin Zhibo thought of Matsumoto Ryohei again.

Since leaving the farewell letter, Matsumoto Ryohei seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and he really disappeared completely.

The Zhongshi Art Museum has applied to the police for a missing persons investigation, and the police also came to Qin Zhibo's home to inquire about the situation, but Qin Zhibo evaded the question by saying, "I don't know either."

As for those things in Matsumoto Ryohei's suburban villa that were not allowed to be seen by others, Qin Zhibo also cleaned them up.

Those things are like the "seeds" in the computer. When a person is about to die, he still wants to maintain his dignity and does not want the world to know his dirty side.

However, Qin Zhibo relied on his intuition to believe that Matsumoto Ryohei was not dead.

He is still alive.

Just in an unknown place...

……

Time passed quickly and it was afternoon. Qin Zhibo was slacking off when the office received a special call.

The person on the other end of the phone claimed to be a staff member of Nichimi TV and said that he wanted to invite Qin Zhibo to record a food program on TV in a couple of days.

"Ms. Okino Yoko specifically asked us to invite you to participate in the recording of our "Good Morning 7" program. If you have time, please do not hesitate to come..."

It's Yoko Okino.

Qin Zhibo thought of the popular female star. Although they had some friendship, he was not as good at flattering as Maori Kogoro, and was still a loyal fan of Okino Yoko.

If the opportunity arose to appear on TV, Yoko Okino should have thought of inviting Kogoro Mori first.

"Am I the only one invited? Are there others?"

"This..." The staff member was speechless for a moment and had to tell the truth, "Actually, we have also invited Mr. Maori Kogoro to record a special program with the two of you as guests..."

The plan for this special food program was made by the director of "Good Morning 7" after he recently watched a competitive eating contest program broadcast on a local station in Okinawa Island. He felt that this plan had potential, so he made a temporary arrangement.

However, this young staff member felt that his colleagues were his enemies, and it would be difficult to invite two famous detectives to the same program at the same time, so he decided to play a trick and trick them over.

But the staff member miscalculated. Having Kogoro Mori was a plus point for the event.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll take this free job!"

"Really? Thank you so much! Thank you for your help!" The staff member was too excited, and because his ears were a little deaf, he heard "I took this job in vain."

"Of course, but try to choose a weekend for the shoot. I'm worried some people won't be able to come."

"can not come?"

The staff thought Qin Zhibo was saying he couldn't come because of work, so they quickly agreed: "No problem, we will coordinate the time to ensure everyone has time to shoot."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Zhibo was overjoyed that he could get another case for free.

And just then, the phone rang again.

Ring ring ring——

This time it wasn't the landline that rang, but a new phone, a call from the organization.