Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1392 Hunting Plan

"Yes, everything has been investigated clearly."

"The people from the Mori Detective Agency and the children will take the Suzuki Express on their day off this week..."

Amuro Toru on the other end of the phone changed the subject, "But why are you asking about this?"

Vermouth sat on the bench, gently swaying the goblet with her fingers. The translucent liquid in the goblet emitted a gem-like clear light under the neon lights outside the window.

"Because Shirley..."

"Shirley?"

Amuro Toru narrowed his eyes slightly, "You mean that the traitor of that organization, Shirley, is among these people?"

"That's not something you need to know..."

Vermouth took a sip of the vermouth in her cup. "All you need to know is that Shirley will be on that train when the time comes."

"Don't you think that's the best hunting ground?"

"In that Mercedes cage, we just need to apply a little fear like hunting a deer, and she will stand in front of the gun obediently."

Toru Amuro: "..."

Vermouth continued, "This hunt still requires your strength, Bourbon."

"I'll take care of the train pass. I'll let you know the detailed plan later..."

After hanging up the phone, Vermouth gently stroked the loose hair that fell on her forehead.

She walked slowly to the French window, staring at the steel forest in front of her, and recalled the message she had left for Conan after being captured by Michael.

He said that he would not attack him and Haibara Ai again, and the next person who would attack would be Michael.

However, times have changed and Michael is most likely an undercover agent planted by MI6 into the organization, so there is naturally no question of killing Haibara Ai.

So that "promise" is naturally invalid.

"But the one who wants to kill her is not me, but Bourbon..."

"Isn't that a break of promise? Silver Bullet brother."

That woman must not be allowed to survive.

If you want to hate someone, hate Shirley who created you...

……

Kudo House.

Toru Amuro sat at his desk, staring at the information he had collected on the computer with a serious face.

Since the Mystery Train has been held for several years, there is a lot of information about this train, and it can basically not be considered "mysterious".

Every year, the Suzuki train chooses a certain route as the travel route of the mystery train, such as Kyoto the year before last and Fukuoka last year.

In theory, passengers don't know their destination until they board the train.

However, in fact, as long as you find out which normal train line was temporarily cancelled during that time period, you can know which line was replaced by the mysterious train.

This year, the destination of the mystery train is Nagoya.

Did Vermouth intend to kill Shirley on the train?

Since exchanging information with Qin Zhibo, Amuro Toru also knew that Haibara Ai was actually the traitor of the organization, Shirley, whose real name was Miyano Shiho.

Although APTX-4869 can shrink people, this fact shocked him.

  But this is the fact before us. Even Shuichi Akai can come back to life from the dead. What else is there in this world that we cannot believe?

And the fact that Vermouth asked her to investigate the whereabouts of Kogoro Mori and others, and was ready to start a "hunt" on the mysterious train, shows that she may have known that Shirley's current identity is that girl.

  How did she know?

Toru Amuro was concentrating on thinking when the doorbell suddenly rang.

Ding……

The doorbell broke the silence in the room, and made Amuro Toru raise his head suddenly, and his brain reacted.

  It's so late, who could it be?

He stood up from the chair, walked along the corridor to the entrance hall, and looked outside through the window on one side of the entrance hall.

I saw a brown figure standing outside the big iron gate of Kudo's house.

Is it Qin Zhibo?

What a coincidence.

Originally, Toru Amuro wanted to discuss this matter with Qin Zhibo, and Qin Zhibo just happened to come over.

Toru Amuro pressed the button next to the entrance and the big iron door opened automatically.

"Mr. Qin, is there anything wrong so late?"

"Well, there are some things that we should talk about first."

……

The two of them sat down in the living room, but in order not to be too ostentatious, they did not light up the large crystal chandelier in the living room, but only lit up the table lamp on the low table next to the sofa.

"What's wrong? You seem very anxious..."

Toru Amuro brought a cup of tea from the kitchen and was not in a hurry to tell his side of the story.

Qin Zhibo picked up the teacup and drank it all. "It is indeed an urgent matter, and it has something to do with you."

"Is it related to me?"

Amuro Toru refilled the teacup in front of Qin Zhibo, "I'm all ears..."

Qin Zhibo looked around the dim living room and asked, "Is there any news about Akai Shuichi recently?"

Amuro Toru shook his head and said frankly: "No, my men are also searching in secret, but there is no trace of that man."

"If he wants to hide in this city, I don't think anyone in this world can find him."

There was something hidden in Amuro Toru's words, meaning that Akai Shuichi was not lost, but left with premeditated intention.

"Maybe he has recovered his memory and has returned to the FBI..."

Toru Amuro's words gave Qin Zhibo something to think about.

You should really ask the FBI.

Before Shuichi Akai disappeared, he was worried that the FBI would suspect that he was involved in the incident, so he had been avoiding the FBI intentionally or unintentionally.

So the two parties have not been in touch for some time.

"I'll ask when I have time..."

"But this time I want to talk about something else...Have you watched the evening TV show called "Unsolved Cases"? "

"A great revelation of a cold case?"

Amuro Toru thought for a moment, "Isn't that a midnight show? When did it get moved to the evening?"

It seems that Toru Amuro knows about this show.

"It's just a temporary adjustment. This episode of the show will only be aired in the evening..."

"It seems that you haven't watched this program, so I will briefly describe its content."

Next, Qin Zhibo introduced the content of the program in the most concise language.

The main part is the part about the soul detective Kaito Hotta.

"I have heard of this soul detective. He was famous for finding many bodies of missing persons through 'psychic communication'."

"But later, after the perjury was exposed, his reputation plummeted and he disappeared for a while."

Toru Amuro is worthy of being called the encyclopedia of Tokyo. He knows something about everything that happened in Tokyo.

"It is indeed him..."

Qin Zhibo's tone was solemn, "But just after he participated in this program, he was murdered in the hotel where he was staying. I just came back from the murder scene."

"Really?"

Amuro Toru looked a little surprised, but his emotions did not fluctuate too much. "Did you find out something about me?"

"Yes."

"I now suspect that the murderer of the Soul Detective is most likely Scotch whisky."

Hearing this, Toru Amuro's pupils suddenly dilated and his scalp felt numb.

Qin Zhibo paused for two seconds and continued, "At present, I only suspect that it was him. An elderly cleaner at the scene had seen the murderer before, but she couldn't remember his appearance clearly." "If there are old photos of Zhu Fu Jingguang, maybe they can help her remember."

At this time, Amuro Toru came back to his senses.

"I understand what you mean. I will ask Kazami to do this immediately."

Yu Kazami is also a direct subordinate of Morobushi Kagemitsu. He was injured and stayed in the hospital for a while, but now he has officially returned to his post.

Just hearing that his childhood playmate might have killed someone again, Toru Amuro felt even more depressed.

If it is inevitable to take the lives of some targets during the undercover operation, it is allowed within the rules of public security.

But if not...

"It's getting late, I'll go back first."

Qin Zhibo stood up and was about to leave when Amuro Toru called him.

"Wait a minute, I have something to tell you too."

"It's about Shirley."

Shirley?

Qin Zhibo knew that he was actually talking about Haibara Ai, but because she was undercover in the organization, he was more accustomed to calling her by her code name.

Toru Amuro took the laptop and showed the contents to Qin Zhibo.

"A few days ago, Vermouth contacted me and asked me to investigate the whereabouts of everyone in the Maori Office, including Professor Agasa and the group of children called the 'Junior Detective Team'."

"At first I didn't know Vermouth's purpose, so I could only take it one step at a time. I told her that they were going to take the mysterious train on their day off this week."

"I just spoke to her on the phone and learned that she wanted to 'hunt' Shirley on this mysterious train."

What is displayed on the computer screen is the official event page of the Mysterious Train.

The main body of the webpage is dark red, with a photo of a vintage steam locomotive above it.

"I wonder if Vermouth has already known Shirley's true identity?"

Qin Zhibo looked at the introduction page of the mysterious train and of course knew why Conan and others participated in this event.

Last time, because of the sinking of the "Aphrodite", Yuanzi, as the host, chose this event again to compensate several people.

I didn't expect this would be targeted...

"I'm afraid Vermouth knows the true identity of Haibara Ai."

"But did she tell me how she was going to do it?"

Facing Qin Zhibo's question, Amuro Toru shook his head, "She hasn't told me the specific plan yet, but I also want to be involved, so she will tell me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo began to think silently.

Hunting on a moving train is Vermouth's style.

But on the other hand, this is also a good opportunity to arrest Vermouth...

No.

Qin Zhibo thought about it for a moment and felt that something was still wrong.

After all, this plan requires Bourbon's participation. Once something unexpected happens to Vermouth, Bourbon will be the first person to be suspected by the organization.

Although Vermouth knows the boss's secrets, she is also very loyal to the boss and it is difficult to get information from her easily.

It is not a good deal to sacrifice Bourbon, the most important undercover agent in the organization, for a piece of information that is uncertain whether it can be obtained.

"I originally thought that Vermouth had given up on hunting down Haibara, but it seems that she hasn't..."

"The only way to deal with it now is to carry out her plan while preventing her plan from succeeding."

Qin Zhibo groaned, "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Vermouth's plan will be conveyed to you, and we will counter her plan."

"What time does the Mystery Train leave?"

Upon hearing this question, Toru Amuro was obviously stunned.

What kind of kindergarten problem is this?

"It's on the morning of the day after tomorrow..."

"That's it, I know."

With the help of Toru Amuro, Qin Zhibo confirmed the departure time of the train.

"Then let me know once Vermouth has given you the exact plan."

"Also, I'll leave the Soul Detective to you to investigate..."

……

The next day, the hotel was sold.

A cleaning lady was pushing a cleaning cart in the corridor, cleaning each room one by one, when a tall, thin man wearing glasses walked up to her.

"Hello, my name is Yuya Kazami, and I'm a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department."

Yuya Kazami showed his ID, then put it back into his arms and took out a stack of photos.

"Regarding the murder of Kaito Horita yesterday, I have a few photos that I need you to identify."

"Please indicate who the suspicious man you saw yesterday is most likely to be..."

Yuya Kazami placed the photos one by one on the cleaning cart next to him.

There are a total of 7 half-length photos of men, and each of them meets at least one of the following criteria: medium-length black hair, delicate looks, and black clothes.

The cleaning lady squinted her eyes and looked back and forth among the photos. Suddenly, her gaze fixed on one of the photos, and her eyes lit up slightly.

"It looks like this person..." The cleaning lady pointed at the man in the photo.

"Are you sure he's the most similar to the suspicious man among them?"

The cleaning lady nodded affirmatively.

"Thank you for assisting us in our investigation..."

Yuya Kazami put away all the photos quickly and said.

"I am from the secret department of the Metropolitan Police Department. This matter concerns our important mission, so I ask you not to disclose the identification of the photo to the ordinary police officers yesterday."

"Otherwise, if it affects our mission, we have the right to pursue legal responsibility against you."

Upon hearing this, the cleaning lady immediately nodded obediently.

Seeing this, Yuya Kazami nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left through the exit of the corridor.

As soon as he got back to the car, he immediately called Toru Amuro.

"We have already investigated it, Mr. Furuya."

"The cleaning lady identified the photo as Mr. Morobushi's, and was very sure of it."

Hearing this, Toru Amuro on the other end of the phone felt depressed. After hesitating for a few seconds, his eyelids drooped slightly.

"I see……"

"Thank you, Kazami."

After hanging up the phone, Toru Amuro, who was serving dishes in the restaurant, stood there with a melancholy look in his eyes.

  Jingguang, where are you now?

……

On the rooftop of a skyscraper.

A figure in a black windbreaker stood on the edge of the rooftop, leaning on the railing with both hands and staring into the distance.

The stubble made his originally handsome face look a little haggard, and his slightly confused eyes were no longer as sharp as they used to be.

Suddenly, the phone in my arms vibrated and buzzed.

He pulled out his phone and opened the text message.

[Get rid of that woman, cleanly and quickly! Scotch whisky]

When the man put away his phone, his confused eyes were once again filled with murderous intent.