Conan Rick's Investigator

Michael!

The last time Vermouth called Conan, Michael from the organization was about to go out and come for herself and Conan.

Could it be that his brother-in-law, Michael, is already near this house?

Conan, who was standing next to her, glanced at Haibara Ai's horrified expression, guessed what she was thinking, and comforted her lightly.

"It can't be that man."

"If it was him, he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to alert us of his arrival."

"To be able to turn this place into this in just one afternoon, it would take at least two people to complete it... I think Professor Agasa must have offended someone without knowing it."

Conan walked up to Dr. Agasa again and asked, "Doctor, could it be that your invention has caused trouble to someone?"

"Invention?" Dr. Agasa asked doubtfully, "But I haven't made any public inventions recently..."

Dr. Agasa's words came to an abrupt halt, because speaking of inventions, in addition to making equipment for Conan, he actually had an invention that was made public recently.

"Could it be a sprayer?" Dr. Agasa muttered.

Conan: "A sprayer? What's that?"

Dr. Agasa reminded him in a low voice, "That's what Mr. Qin brought to me for analysis. I built a portable sprayer based on the principle of that sprayer and used it to participate in an invention competition..."

After analyzing the internal principles of the sprayer, Dr. Agasa used a similar principle and improved it with his own understanding to create a portable sprayer and a pocket sprayer.

Because I felt that the pocket sprayer was of little use, I gave it to an old friend with whom I had a long-term cooperation.

However, after using it, this old friend said the effect was good and even paid for mass production.

The portable sprayer was exhibited at international exhibitions and received considerable response.

"Could it be that the original inventor saw the invention being exhibited and was dissatisfied with my unauthorized changes, so he took revenge?"

There are many examples in history where the inventors who made improvements are more famous than the original inventors, such as Watt who invented the improved steam engine.

Moreover, Dr. Agasa improved the other party's invention without the other party's permission.

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Dr. Agasa did not intend to pursue the matter and even wanted to find the other party to apologize in person.

The only person who knew the origin of the sprayer was Qin Zhibo, who had sent it.

"Mr. Qin, that..."

Dr. Agasa wanted to find Qin Zhibo to ask about the inventor of the sprayer, but Qin Zhibo was standing five meters away from the storage room under the stairs and made a hushing gesture.

Dr. Agasa was stunned for a moment, not understanding what it meant.

But the quick-witted Conan immediately noticed the gap under the wooden door of the storage room, where the sleeve of a piece of clothing was stuck.

It was obvious that someone had entered the storage room with the clothes, closed the door, and had not left yet.

There's someone else in the storage room!

Conan quickly asked Dr. Agasa to bend down and gave him some instructions in his ear.

Dr. Agasa was shocked. Could it be that the inventor of the sprayer was hiding inside and hadn't left yet?

But in Conan's eyes, no matter who it is, breaking into a private house and causing extensive damage is breaking the law.

Moreover, the possibility that the other party is the Black Organization is not completely zero. It’s just that in order to comfort Haibara Ai, I chose to downplay it.

……

Under Conan's command, Dr. Agasa quietly led the three little ones and Haibara Ai out of the door to prevent the other party from becoming desperate and taking several hostages.

Conan turned the knob on his foot-strengthening shoes. As colorful arcs of electricity lit up on the shoe surface, a surge of power flowed through his feet.

The anesthetic watch on his wrist was also in combat posture, with the crosshairs on the watch glass aimed at the white wooden door of the storage room.

Conan's equipment alone is enough to deal with two invaders.

This storage room can't hide more than four people at most, so Qin Zhibo is enough to deal with the other two.

Just as Conan was calculating the fighting power of both sides in his mind, Qin Zhibo pushed the fallen sofa alone, using the slight friction between the sofa fabric and the floor tiles to push the sofa towards the storage room.

Conan: "?"

Qin Zhibo slowly pushed the sofa to the door of the storage room, blocking the wooden door of the storage room.

After doing all this, Qin Zhibo patted the dust off his palms.

"Okay, now you can call the police."

Conan: "Hmm?"

What Conan didn't expect was that Qin Zhibo didn't want to confront the intruder inside head-on at all. Instead, he trapped the other party first and then called the police.

What kind of brain circuit is this? !

Just as Conan was wondering, there was a sudden loud crash in the storage room.

Bang!

There was a loud bang, and the wooden door shook violently, causing the sofa against the door to tremble as well.

Qin Zhibo was shocked. This strength was no longer within the normal range.

Bang!

There was another loud bang, and ashes fell from the gap of the wooden door. The door hinges were broken, revealing the hardware inside, and the sofa at the door was knocked even more crooked.

Bang-!

With one last loud bang, the wooden door of the storage room was completely knocked open and the sofa was knocked aside.

A figure quickly rushed out from inside, seemingly holding something in his arms, and rushed towards the exit of the villa.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo rushed forward to stop him. He jumped into the air, but only grabbed the lower body of the figure.

The figure's speed suddenly slowed down, and everyone could see the invader's appearance clearly.

A Japanese man with an ordinary appearance, a flat head and a square face, the kind you can find in large numbers on the street.

But this ordinary-looking man, even though Qin Zhibo grabbed one of his legs, still ran at a fast speed, dragging the body of an adult towards the door.

Conan was stunned with surprise, then came to his senses and quickly aimed the watch-shaped anesthetic needle in his hand at the man.

Having practiced countless times on Kogoro Mouri's neck, Conan's acupuncture skills are incredibly accurate, and he can insert the needle directly into the invader's neck.

But just when Conan thought that this man with no drug resistance would fall down soon, the man was still walking fast, unaffected at all.

This is impossible!

Conan couldn't believe that there were humans in this world who were not affected by anesthetic needles.

At this time, Dr. Agasa, who was standing at the door, also recognized the box in the invader's hand. It was used to store "Vesbania Ore".

"He has the ore!"

Dr. Agasa screamed, and the three little ones beside him also screamed at the man who was running towards them.

The piercing scream made the man freeze in place.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Zhibo took out the [kitchen knife] he had just picked up from the prop bar, held the handle backwards, and stabbed through the man's calf with one blow.

But the moment the kitchen knife entered his body, Qin Zhibo felt something was wrong.

When he took back the kitchen knife, he found that it was not stained with bright red blood, but green mucus.

Not only that, there is a layer of dark red substance under human skin. This substance has no texture, but instead looks a bit like a red shell.

Qin Zhibo was shocked and realized that the invader was not human.

It's Mi-Go!

At this time, the "man" turned his head towards Dr. Agasa and several children who were blocking the door, as if he had made some decision.

He opened the box in his arms and took out the ore.

As the "man's" hands touched the ore, a bright white light emanated from the ore.

The white light became very intense within a few seconds, and the dazzling light made it impossible for everyone in the room to open their eyes.

Conan shielded his eyes with one hand and vaguely saw a human figure being torn and deformed in the endless white light, as if some alien monster was born inside a human body.

Conan gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and flew towards that direction desperately.

……

White light, endless white light.

After a moment, the white light gradually dimmed, and colorful colors flew past at the speed of light, forming colorful ribbons.

When Qin Zhibo opened his eyes, the strange scene that seemed to have passed by in a flash had disappeared.

Looking around, he found that he was not in Dr. Agasa's villa, but on a busy street.

The pedestrians on the road walked past Qin Zhibo one by one, casting puzzled glances at him, but no one stopped to ask.

How is this going?

Qin Zhibo slowly stood up with the help of the wall behind him, and looked around. The street scene in front of him felt both strange and familiar.

This is... Beika-cho 5-chome?

Qin Zhibo recognized this street. It was the street where Maori Detective Agency was located, but this location was still some distance away from Maori's agency.

But wasn't I at Dr. Agasa's house just now? How did I suddenly appear here?

And it gets dark so fast...

Qin Zhibo looked up at the sky. The night sky was dotted with stars, and it had been at least an hour since dusk.

what happened?

Why did I faint?

Why did you come out of Dr. Agasa's house?

And an hour's memory disappeared out of thin air?

Qin Zhibo frowned, and the last thing that happened in his memory echoed in his head.

He first pierced the calf of the intruder of Dr. Agasa's house and discovered that the intruder was a Mi-GO.

Then the invader took out the ore, and the ore glowed white...

Could it be that the mineral has the ability to make people unconscious?

Qin Zhibo could only guess that the light from the ore had caused everyone present to fall into a coma, and MI-GO took advantage of this opportunity to escape.

I was thrown here, probably because I was holding my hands too tightly, so MI-GO ran here and freed me from my unconsciousness.

That piece of ore indeed possesses special abilities that humans have not discovered.

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and took to heart the mineral's ability to cause people to become unconscious.

It’s a pity that the ore has now been taken away by Mi-Go, so there’s no point in writing it down.

But fortunately, he was still alive and Mi-Go did not kill him, so it was not a loss.

Qin Zhibo dusted himself off and prepared to go back to Dr. Agasa's house to check the situation.

But at this moment, a strange noise came from the trash can in the alley next to it.

The half-person-high trash can swayed slightly, and the sound of knocking on the wall continued to come from inside.

Boom, boom...

Qin Zhibo opened the lid of the trash can and found a Conan curled up inside!

Conan couldn't stand up in the soft garbage pile, so he could only knock on the trash can to attract the attention of people outside.

Qin Zhibo looked at Conan inside and asked, "What are you doing in the trash can? Are you sorting your trash?"

Conan: "???"

Qin Zhibo pulled Conan out of the trash can, preventing him from being sent to the garbage disposal plant the next day.

Qin Zhibo didn't think much about Conan's experience.

I guess Mi-Go felt uneasy and brought another hostage.

Qin Zhibo didn't want to communicate too much with Conan about what had happened before. In addition, both of them were in a mess, especially Conan, who was pickled and had a sour smell all over his body, which made many passers-by pinch their noses.

"This is near your home. Let me take you home first."