Conan Rick's Investigator

When he arrived next door, Kogoro Mouri reached out and pressed the doorbell, but there was no response.

The apartment hadn't been occupied for half a year, so the doorbell's batteries had naturally never been replaced and had long since died.

Kogoro Mouri changed to knocking on the door manually and turned the doorknob, but there was still no movement from inside.

"Sure enough, the door is locked. It would be great if I could get in. Maybe I could find some clues about that man..."

Kogoro Mouri's words reminded Conan who was standing behind.

Entering through the door isn't the only way to get into a house like this.

While Maori and others were still discussing whether they could call the apartment manager, Conan quietly returned to Rena Mizunashi's apartment and came to the balcony.

As he expected, in order to facilitate fire escape, there was only a trapezoidal partition between the balconies, which was easy to climb over.

Just as he looked around, trying to find something to tiptoe on to help his short stature climb over the railing, a bench slid beside him at the right time.

"Ok?"

Conan looked at the bench at his feet, stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the kind person who handed him the bench, and it turned out to be Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo smiled and asked, "Aren't you looking for someone who stands on tiptoe?"

Conan looked at the man in front of him and felt indescribable discomfort in his heart.

He really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to be alone and ask what this "organization" was and whether it was the organization he knew.

If so, could you please share the information you know?

But when he thought that Qin Zhibo might tease him, and might even increase his vigilance for tomorrow, it would block his possibility of obtaining all the information.

Forget it, I still have to rely on myself to get information.

You must rely on yourself in life!

"Thank you, uncle."

Conan smiled and thanked Qin Zhibo, then went to "break into a private house."

Qin Zhibo watched Conan, the child offender, and had no intention of stopping him.

Because during dinner he had asked Minase Yomu to go through the wall to the next room to check, and there was no one in the next room, and there was no sign that anyone had lived there for a long time.

Qin Zhibo suggested that Maori and others go to the next door to look for someone, and also sent Conan away because he wanted to wander around Mizunashi Rena's house alone.

Time was limited, so Qin Zhibo quickly came to the innermost bedroom, which was Rena Mizunashi's bedroom.

When I opened the door, my first impression was that the bedroom was very tidy, but also too ordinary.

There is a single bed covered with light blue sheets, and next to it is a desk and a large wardrobe.

There are a few books and magazines on the desk, as well as a picture frame.

The photo frames did not contain family photos or landscape photos, but work photos of Rena Mizunashi doing live reporting alone.

In the photo, Rena Mizunashi looks younger than she does now. She is wearing a dark jacket and a fire truck can be seen in the background putting out a fire.

Apart from these, there are no more personal items that reflect personal hobbies.

Qin Zhibo reached out and turned off the light in the room, and the room instantly fell into darkness.

But in this darkness, there is still a hint of unnatural light that seems a little abrupt.

【Survey√】

[This is a monitor, the sound quality is good]

The eavesdropping device was located in the gap between the chandelier and the ceiling, almost embedded in the wall. If it weren't for the light from the investigation point, it would have been difficult to find.

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong.

This method of installing eavesdropping devices is no longer like that of an ordinary stalker. The method is very professional, and the number of eavesdropping devices is too large.

When Qin Zhibo was sneaking around Rena Mizunashi's house normally, he had already found eavesdropping devices in the living room and kitchen.

Qin Zhibo turned on the light in the room and went to the second bedroom to investigate using the same method, and found another bug.

In this way, the entire apartment was under monitoring, except for the bathroom, which had no monitoring device.

But if it's a perverted stalker, the sounds in the bathroom should be what he wants to hear the most, right?

……

Qin Zhibo returned to the living room with doubts, and Mao Li and others who had returned empty-handed also returned to the entrance.

Kogoro Mouri originally wanted to ask the apartment manager for the key to open the door, but Rena Mizunashi said that she had already troubled the manager for this matter last time and was afraid that the other party would not provide the key again.

The administrator is a stubborn old man, and even with the added bonus of being a famous detective, he won't give me any convenience.

However, Conan, who returned from the balcony next door, found a clue.

"Uncle, I saw someone write this on the window of the balcony next door..."

Conan tore off a piece of paper from the notebook in his arms and wrote "Kimiwa" on it.

"Mu, Mei, Kazu? What does this refer to?"

Maori Kogoro held the paper and used his brain's associative ability, "Beautiful woman? Japanese cuisine? Thursday?"

Kogoro Mori played a word puzzle, guessing the possible Japanese words based on the pronunciation of these words.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the three words on the piece of paper and did not see the investigation point.

This shows that this is not a secret code, but three words with simple meaning.

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo remembered that if the FBI had been monitoring Rena Mizunashi recently, it should be possible for them to see who was in the next room.

Just as he was about to go out and make a phone call to inquire, he felt something was wrong.

If the FBI wants to monitor Rena Mizunoshi, it is obvious that this building facing the balcony can capture more information, with the living room, entrance, balcony, and master bedroom all in full view.

But in fact, the FBI chose to monitor the side of the building facing the apartment door.

In that place, apart from being able to see Rena Mizunashi's front door, you could only see an unused second bedroom through the window.

Why didn't the FBI choose to conduct surveillance in a building facing a balcony?

Unless there is some reason why they cannot choose to monitor from the building opposite the balcony.

"Could it be some handwriting by the police?"

Qin Zhibo's sudden shout stunned the others in the discussion.

"Do you mean that the person who wrote this word is a policeman?" asked Kogoro Mouri with a frown.

"I just think it's possible..."

Since the FBI cannot monitor the building on the balcony side, it is possible that someone is also monitoring the building on that side. It is easy to be discovered if the buildings on both sides are monitoring each other.

If the person monitoring you is a policeman, you need to stay out of his sight even more.

"But will anyone at the Metropolitan Police Department write down 'Kimiwa'?"

Kogoro Mouri rubbed his chin, not quite believing Qin Zhibo's guess.

But the words of Qin Zhibo and Maori Kogoro reminded Conan who was standing aside.

“Maybe there really is one~”

Mao Lilan bent down and asked curiously, "Who is it?"

"How about I call that person and ask?" Conan took out his flip phone and called an old acquaintance in the Investigation Section.

After a while, the person on the other end picked up the phone.

"I'm Megure."

"Inspector Megure, it's me."

Inspector Megure, who was far away in the Metropolitan Police Department, was stunned. When he heard the childish voice, his expression immediately became happy, as if he had received a surprise gift during overtime.

"It's Conan! What happened?"

"..."

Conan was speechless. Why should the phone call he made be linked to the "case"?

"This isn't a case. I want to talk to Officer Takagi."

"Oh..." Megure felt depressed for a moment and was about to transfer the call to the line connected to Takagi's desk.

But after staring at the numerous buttons on the phone for a few seconds, he gave up struggling and greeted verbally instead.

"Takagi, there's a call for you on the first line!"

Takagi, who was chatting with a colleague not far away, heard his boss's greeting and subconsciously turned around to answer the phone.

But just after he picked up the phone, he remembered that Megure could directly transfer the call to the internal line and let him answer it, so he didn't have to greet him verbally.

"Inspector Megure, didn't I already teach you how to cut off the internal line on the phone?"

Takagi's face was full of confusion, and Megure also smiled awkwardly to express his helplessness.

Can you blame him?

For him, learning to use electronic devices is even more difficult and brain-burning than solving murder cases.

"Don't worry about it, it was Conan who called you."

Takagi looked at Inspector Megure helplessly, knowing that this was probably how his life would be.

Takagi picked up the phone and heard Conan's voice on the other end.

"Officer Takagi, I'm wondering if you were on surveillance duty in Room 305 of an apartment in Haido-cho?"

"Well, I have been there...huh? How did you know?"

"Did you write on the glass? Did you write 'Takagi Miwako'?"

"what!"

Gao Mu immediately blushed with shame and screamed in the office.

Everyone in the office immediately cast suspicious glances at him, including Sato Miwako. Takagi quickly tried to ease the embarrassment by laughing awkwardly and scratching his head.

"Conan, how do you know all this?"

Hearing Takagi's answer, Conan smiled slightly, knowing that he had guessed it right.

"Okay, Officer Takagi, goodbye."

"Hello! Hello?"

Dudu——

Before Takagi could ask what was going on, Conan hung up the phone.

……

At the apartment, Conan explained to several people what had happened in the next room.

It turned out that Takagi had previously gone to the next room for surveillance due to a certain surveillance mission, and of course he obtained the key with the help of the apartment manager.

That night, Rena Mizunashi saw a figure running out from next door. It must have been Takagi Wataru who was suddenly recalled by headquarters.

"And the 'Kimiwa' on the glass is Officer Takagi's imaginary future when he marries Officer Sato, and Officer Sato's name becomes 'Takagi Miwako'."

"He forgot to wipe the words off the glass before he left, and over time only the three words in the middle remained."

Conan was very unkind and directly gave Takagi a public death.

When Maori Kogoro heard that he wasn't a stalker, he twisted his lips and complained, "Really? A police officer is daydreaming while on duty?"

Mao Lilan smiled sweetly, "It's not really a daydream, I think Officer Takagi has a chance~"

Mizunashi Rena, who had been listening, gave a forced smile. "So, the shadowy figure I saw earlier was only the officer named 'Takagi'?"

"That puts my mind at ease..."

"By the way, it's getting late now. Let me arrange accommodation for everyone."

……

Rena Mizunashi's apartment is not big, but it is more than enough to accommodate several people.

Rena Mizunashi still lives alone in her own master bedroom, while the Mouri family lives in the second bedroom. Xiaolan and Conan sleep on the bed, and Kogoro Mouri sleeps on the floor.

In the end, Qin Zhibo slept alone on the sofa in the living room.