Conan Rick's Investigator

Far away in Tokyo, Japan, Mao Lilan and Conan had just finished school in the afternoon and returned to the office.

"Dad, we're back~"

When Mouri Ran and Conan put their schoolbags on the sofa, they saw Mouri Kogoro watching the small TV intently and not even paying attention to them.

Normally, if it weren't for the program related to Yoko Okino, Kogoro Mori wouldn't be so focused.

"Dad, what are you looking at so intently?"

"Aliens..." Kogoro Mouri answered hurriedly.

"alien?"

Hearing this, Conan, who was about to do his homework, felt his ears twitch, and curiosity drove him to climb onto the edge of the table.

On the screen of the small TV, there was a video of a black cloud flying across the sky, accompanied by the host's explanation.

Conan looked at the video above, his face showing shock, and his rational mind immediately guessed some possibilities.

"Uncle, could this video be a composite of special effects?"

"Special effects synthesis?" Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan suspiciously. How come this kid even knows this?

"What do you know, little brat? This isn't a special effects film. This is a real event that happened in the United States. Someone recorded the scene of aliens appearing on the scene."

"Aliens?!" Mao Lilan was shocked and stared at the screen carefully. "Is this really an alien?"

Kogoro Mouri looked serious, leaning back on the backrest and pretending to be deep.

"That's not clear yet, because last night was the day Kaito Kidd announced his crime..."

"And it's said that someone saw Kaito Kidd flying in the sky with this 'thing'. Maybe the two of them are in cahoots?"

Mao Lilan covered her mouth in surprise, "Kid is an alien?!"

"Stupid!" Maori Kogoro taught his daughter mercilessly, "I'm talking about accomplices, of course humans!"

"Huh~ Aliens? If aliens exist, what's the point of a detective like me?"

Adhering to the fine practice of not believing in or spreading rumors, Kogoro Mouri adjusted his collar handsomely and turned off the TV with a snap.

"Dad, I want to see more~" Mao Lilan protested.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it, it's all a bunch of nonsense. Instead of worrying about it, you might as well think about what to eat tonight!"

Although Kogoro Mouri's words may seem like those of a foodie, they actually make sense. Even if the sky falls, you have to take care of your stomach first.

Although Mao Lilan wanted to see what was going on, she was not really interested in aliens.

She wanted to find some special topics recently so that she could discuss them with Shinichi on the phone.

In the entire office, the person who was most interested in this topic was Conan, who said almost nothing.

As a true materialist, he believed in everything that could be seen and proved to exist.

Even if it is the "aliens" that have been an illusory urban legend for the past few decades, Conan is willing to believe it as long as it really appears.

And last night, if I remember correctly

If so, the trailer for Kaito Kidd is about stealing a gem in Las Vegas, USA...

"Sister Xiaolan, the doctor told me that he has a new invention that needs to be tested. I'm staying at the doctor's house tonight!"

Mao Lilan looked at Conan who was packing his schoolbag at the speed of light and said quickly: "Is it so sudden? But I was planning to stew fish tonight..."

Conan had already put on his small schoolbag, ran to the door and opened it.

"Eating fish now is not good for your health... I'm leaving, Sister Xiaolan!"

Mao Lilan: "Hmm?"

……

When he arrived at Dr. Agasa's house, Conan immediately explained his purpose, only to find that Dr. Agasa and Haibara Ai were watching the "Alien" program on TV.

"Conan? Why are you here?"

"Dr. Agasa, can I borrow your computer?"

"Okay, the computer is...there..."

Before Dr. Agasa could finish his words, Conan had already put down his schoolbag, opened the laptop on the bar with ease, and searched for news about Las Vegas on the Internet.

Compared with Japanese TV programs that still need to be manually translated into Japanese, the original English news searched on the Internet is more comprehensive and reliable, and can eliminate information errors caused by language differences.

Soon, Conan found reports from English channels, which detailed the time, place, and a large number of videos exposed on the scene.

There are also many photos that Japanese TV stations have not released, such as Kaito Kidd and a black version of Kaito Kidd breaking through the window of a building.

Two Kaito Kidds?

Conan frowned slightly, feeling that things were becoming more and more beyond his imagination.

After a careful search on the Internet, I found out that this thief covered in black is called "Crow Thief". He has not been in the industry for long and only commits crimes in Las Vegas, so he is not well-known.

Apart from the two Phantom Thieves, the most eye-catching creature is the one described as the "Black Meteor" by English websites.

The official news is still relatively rigorous and has not yet clearly defined it as an alien.

However, judging from the large number of videos and photos released at the scene, this "black meteor" is not a real meteor. It has its own flight route and floats in the air.

Some clearer photos even captured a bright red spot among the "black meteor", which looks a bit like an eye?

"Shinichi, are you concerned about this matter?"

Conan was so focused on checking the news that he didn't notice that Professor Agasa and Haibara Ai were standing next to him.

"Um……"

Conan responded and said in a low voice: "Doctor, do you remember the fungus plants I asked you to look for before?"

Dr. Agasa paused for a moment before he remembered.

"Oh! You were talking about that time you found the remains of something resembling a fungus near the temple where the Mist Tengu was spotted. You took out your camera to look at it, but it disappeared again, right?"

"Ah."

Conan nodded. Although only a month had passed, the incident seemed like a long time ago and was gradually fading from his memory.

But this "alien" incident reminded him of how he felt when he first saw the remains of fungi in the river.

Shocked.

It feels like the once unbreakable worldview has been broken.

It's just that Conan was unwilling to believe it at the time. He hoped to find some strange plants through the plant encyclopedia to prove that his worldview was correct.

But of course we didn't find it in the end. There is no pink fungus in the world that is that big and looks like a crustacean.

If you can comfort yourself by saying that it was a coincidence when you met once, then can the second time you met still be a coincidence?

"Dr. Agasa, are there really aliens in this world?"

Conan pondered for a long time and asked a very profound question.

Dr. Agasa looked at the mature Conan and didn't know how to answer.

Out of the romance of a scientific researcher, Dr. Agasa certainly hopes that aliens exist.

Because Dr. Agasa could feel that in recent decades, human technology has almost reached a bottleneck.

Without the support of extraterrestrial technology, it would be difficult for the current scientific level of the Earth to make rapid progress.

Unless we vigorously develop science...

But if he said that aliens existed, Dr. Agasa was worried that Kudo Shinichi would care too much about it. After all, the existence of aliens could turn many impossible inferences into possibilities.

"……Um……"

"It's hard to say, but my friend just told me the results of the mineral that Mr. Qin Zhibo asked me to test yesterday."

"He said he detected cosmic radiation in the ore, which is very similar to the unknown ore found in the Kingdom of Vesbania..."

Chapter 1020 Pickman's News

"ore?"

Conan also remembered that Qin Zhibo had sent a piece of ore before going to the United States and asked Dr. Agasa to help test it.

"Is there anything special about this ore?" Conan asked.

"Of course!"

Dr. Agasa raised a finger and began to popularize science to Conan, who is known as the "King of Popular Science".

"An unknown mineral recently discovered in the Kingdom of Vesbania. Scientists have discovered that the mineral itself emits unknown radiation that can absorb electromagnetic waves and also produce EMP phenomena."

"Imagine if a piece of this ore is embedded in the nose of a missile, it will be able to easily pass radar detection and at the same time produce a large-scale EMP."

Dr. Agasa's introduction opened Conan's eyes, and then a question arose.

"Where did Qin Zhibo get such a powerful ore?"

Dr. Agasa shook his head. "I don't know... but even if they are occasionally found in the wild, the stock should not be large enough to be of any use."

"Because the unknown radiation emitted by this ore has been confirmed to be not a type of energy radiation known to Earth, its source can only be the universe outside of Earth."

"It is generally believed that this mineral fell to Earth via meteorites, so the probability of forming a huge mineral vein is low."

"But according to news, the Kingdom of Vesbania has discovered a complete mineral vein. The ore reserves are enormous, even enough to change the world!"

Change the world order?

Like his idol Sherlock Holmes, Conan doesn't know much about politics, but the name "Kingdom of Vespania" sounds like a backward monarchy.

"Where is the ore now? Have you told anyone else about this?"

Dr. Agasa shook his head. "Here, except for my friend, no one else knows about this."

Conan tilted his head, lost in thought.

Since this kind of mineral is very rare on Earth, how did Qin Zhibo find it?

He had seen the appearance of that piece of ore before. It was no different from an ordinary stone. If he just picked up a piece of stone from the ground, there should be no need to send it for testing, right?

While Conan was thinking about the "stone", Haibara Ai, who had been operating the laptop silently next to him, said.

"Look at this..."

Conan and Dr. Agasa looked back and saw some photos of Las Vegas last night posted on the Internet by other netizens at the bottom of the webpage.

A broom hanging in the air, a city emitting red light, the Crow the Phantom Thief firing flares on the streets, the Phantom Thief Kidd flying in the sky, the looting mob...

These photos are very rare, but Haibara Ai's mouse did not stay on these photos.

One of them was a rather unremarkable photo of a hotel lobby.

In the hotel lobby, some people who looked like bodyguards in black were escorting two people, one of whom was Qin Zhibo, who had a blush on his face.

Conan was shocked, "Qin Zhibo?!"

"Mr. Qin was also in Las Vegas last night?"

Dr. Agasa was also a little surprised. "It seems that Mr. Qin has done something wrong and was caught by the staff..."

For the famous detective, this was a scandal.

But fortunately, Las Vegas is far away from Japan, and compared with the many major events that happened in Las Vegas last night, the detective's drunken behavior is not worth mentioning at all.

Kogoro Mori often gets drunk and acts crazy in various izakayas and bars in Tokyo. Who reports it?

"Qin Zhibo is in Las Vegas... Is he traveling?"

Conan held his chin in thought for a moment, remembering that Qin Zhibo loved traveling, so he often met him and Maori father and daughter at tourist destinations.

But as a famous detective, knowing that the two thieves had foreshadowed the crime, he still got drunk? And was caught for causing trouble in a hotel?

Could it be that he... is really playful?

Conan frowned slightly, feeling that things were not that simple, but he had no clue at all. After all, the details of last night had not been published online.

"It seems I can only wait until he comes back and ask him carefully..."

"And there's the matter of ore."