Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 706 Before Valentine's Day (Two in One)

It was already noon when we returned to Chihiro Detective Agency, and Toru Amuro was fulfilling his duties as a resident detective.

Seeing Qin Zhibo's return, Amuro revealed a happy expression on his face.

"The teacher is back!"

Toru Amuro was not just pretending to be happy. If he didn't follow Qin Zhibo's "main line" these two days, Toru Amuro would be bored to death.

Although Toru Amuro is still in command of a group of public security subordinates headed by Yuya Kazami, he will not let these people rashly follow the organization cadres.

The cadres of the organization are all top experts in reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance. Sending out subordinates who are not high enough will inevitably scare the snakes and even kill them.

Therefore, to obtain Qin Zhibo's information, Amuro Toru had to come in person.

Amuro warmly took the suitcase from Qin Zhibo, weighed it, and casually asked Qin Zhibo what he was doing these days.

Qin Zhibo didn't shy away either, and bluntly said that he had handled a case about "show affection and die quickly".

Qin Zhibo briefly described the case, and Amuro nodded clearly.

"So the teacher already knew that there would be a murder case there, so he went to that villa?"

"In a way, yes"

If he can know the itinerary of the Maoli family in advance, Qin Zhibo can indeed be a "prophet".

Unexpectedly, Toru Amuro put on a serious expression and began to think seriously about his casual bragging.

Oops, he took it seriously.

"Actually, I went there only after I received an entrustment from the boss there."

Hearing this, Toru Amuro was relieved, fortunately he did not miss the main line.

The master and apprentice were sitting on the sofa chatting when there was a sudden knock on the office door.

Pop, pop, pop—

Toru Amuro walked over to open the door, and there was a man with sunglasses in a suit and leather shoes standing at the door.

"Hello, this is Zhibo Detective Agency. Is there anything you want to consult and entrust?"

After receiving customers during this period, Toru Amuro has already mastered the reception process of the detective agency, even more skilled than Qin Zhibo.

The man held a small gift box in his hand, "You must be Mr. Toru Amuro, right?"

"Well, I am." Toru Amuro nodded, and carefully glanced at the gift box.

Due to professional reasons, Toru Amuro is very wary of boxes brought by unknown persons.

"That's right, this is a gift from Ms. Sonoko Suzuki. Thank you for saving your life in the department store last time. Please accept it."

The man in the suit solemnly presented the gift, Toru Amuro accepted it with a dazed expression, and the man left.

Amuro Toru, who received the gift, returned to the sofa, and Qin Zhibo immediately urged: "Take it apart and see what's inside?"

In Chaodu Mountain Villa, Qin Zhibo knew that Yuanzi had sent Kyogoku real fabric and a hand-knitted sweater, and now he was a little curious about what Yuanzi gave Amuroto.

Toru Amuro was not reserved, and directly pulled the ribbon on the gift box, unwrapped the wrapping paper, and opened the box.

Inside is a peaked cap, green in color.

Toru Amuro picked up his hat and looked around.

Strictly speaking, the hat is green and white, with a knuckle-wide white strip at the brim, and the design is quite nice.

But still can't escape the definition that it is a green hat.

"The hat is nice and pretty."

Toru Amuro tried it on, and Qin Zhibo praised it sincerely.

In fact, I got this gift because Tohru Amuro said that he likes green, so Sonoko thought that it would be more suitable to give hats to friends.

Green + hat = green hat.

But in fact, Toru Amuro has no favorite color. He only likes green because he hates red.

Akai's red is equivalent to red.

Toru Amuro threw the useless ribbons and wrapping paper into the trash can, as if he was going to leave work wearing a hat.

It's pretty darn good.
"By the way, teacher, tomorrow is Valentine's Day, do you have any special arrangements?"

Qin Zhibo froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"There should be no arrangements, why? Do you have arrangements?"

"Me neither"

"Ha ha."

The two single men looked at each other and smiled.

As night fell, Qin Zhibo ordered takeaway as usual.

I ordered a large bowl of Lanzhou ramen with hot and sour potato shreds at a Chinese restaurant that I often eat.

After ordering takeaway, Qin Zhibo stood by the window, opened the blinds a little, and observed the street outside.

In a convenience store across the street, a man was sitting on a seat used for snacks.

Ever since Toru Amuro got off work, this man was standing on the opposite street, wearing sunglasses and watching the office from time to time.

Maybe it was dinner time, so he went to the convenience store opposite and ate while watching.

Qin Zhibo knew that this was the person sent by Tomono Kinoshita to monitor him.

Before Kinoshita Satoshi thought that he had reached a deal with Baron Samedi to save his life.

In order to complete this transaction, Qin Zhibo must also kill people to provide Baron Samedi with his soul.

Kinoshita Tomo wants to use this to seize his own handle.

Regarding this, Qin Zhibo wanted to stand still and pretend not to know.

When the Sabbath comes, the Voodoo believers headed by Kinoshita Tomonorio will be wiped out in the Toujin Forest.

On the electronic map of the navigator, Qin Zhibo has already found the location of Toushen Forest.

Toushen Forest is located in Gunma County, under the jurisdiction of the policeman who calls himself "Monster Hunter" - Yamamura.

And this week's Sabbath is the day after Valentine's Day.

Late at night, Chengshi Hospital.

Hui Yuan Ai, who was still asleep a second ago, suddenly got up from the bed, put on her slippers, and walked out of the room.

This is not sleepwalking, but conscious action.

As a nocturnal animal, even on days when she doesn't stay up late, Hui Yuan Ai will get up late at night, walk around the laboratory, and check the conditions of the experimental mice before going to bed.

While wandering around Chengshi Hospital, Hui Yuan Ai noticed that the lights in the kitchen hadn't been extinguished, and the sound of pots and pans colliding occasionally came from inside.

Walking over and pushing the door open, I saw that Asahi was really busy in the kitchen.

"You are here."

Hui Yuanai walked to the back and asked in a low voice, which surprised Cheng Shi.

"Ah! Xiao Ai, why are you awake?"

"Did I wake you up?"

Hui Yuanai didn't answer right away, but his eyes drifted to the kitchen counter, on which some brown sticky matter was flowing.

There is a hint of sweetness and a faint smell of paste in the air, this is.
"Are you making chocolate?"

Aso looked back at the messy kitchen, and smiled sheepishly, "Yeah, but it's not going well, I don't have any experience in making chocolate."

Haibara thought for a while, tomorrow seems to be Valentine's Day, which is one of the consumption traps carefully set up by chocolate manufacturers.

"Hey--"

Hui Yuanai let out a long sigh, rolled up his sleeves, moved a stool and stood beside the console.

"Let me help you, it should speed up the production progress."

"Xiao Ai, can you make chocolate?"

Aso was really a little surprised. During the time spent with Hui Yuan Ai, apart from knowing that her physical resilience is different from ordinary people and has a mature personality like an adult, she also found that she has some professional medical knowledge.

Occasionally, when there are many patients in the hospital, Haibara Ai will make some simple diagnoses.

These diagnoses turned out to be correct in hindsight.

A little girl full of secrets.
If it wasn't for Qin Zhibo's confession that there is no need to ask, Cheng Shi would have wanted to ask "Where are you sacred?" in person.

"I can't make chocolate"

Hui Yuan Ai shook his head, denying that he had this skill, and then said lightly: "But you can try it, this thing shouldn't be difficult to make."

"It is to melt the chocolate you bought, pour it into a mold to shape a new shape, and put it in the refrigerator to re-solidify"

Before Hui Yuanai finished speaking, he was stunned when he saw the various materials on the console.

Operating table with roasted cocoa beans, cocoa powder being ground, cocoa butter, powdered sugar, and a mill.
This is not the same as the agreed process!

Hui Yuanai looked at these complicated tools, and cast a puzzled look at Aso Shi, "Are you making handmade chocolate?"

Cheng Shi was a little embarrassed when people saw the fruits of his labor during this period, "Yeah, shouldn't chocolate be like this?"

"."

Hui Yuanai was silent for a while, and asked, "So, who do you want to give the chocolate to?"

Ma Chengshi felt a little embarrassed on his face, "He is a very important person to me"

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Hui Yuanai was silent again, and a figure of a man appeared in his head.

"At this rate, we won't be able to make a finished product until dawn."

"Eh—?" Cheng Shi was surprised.

Hui Yuanai, who is habitually venomous, looked at Cheng Shi, with a faint smile on his lips.

"But I can help you make the chocolate."

"Really!"

Cheng Shi, who already felt a little powerless, was happy, but then thought that Haibara Ai would have to go to class tomorrow.

"It's okay, I'm a nocturnal animal, I won't get sleepy."

"And I also want to do my best, so it's a thank you."

Hui Yuanai made a pun, and the person she wanted to thank was not only Dr. Chengshi.

Just like that, the two girls started to get busy in the kitchen, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this moment when thousands of houses are sleeping with lights on, Toru Amuro is also not sleeping.

But Toru Amuro didn't stay up late to make chocolate for someone, but he was used to going to bed late.

As the mainstay of the Zero Division of the Japanese Public Security Secret Forces, although the current main task is to undercover the black organization, it is not a full-time undercover.

In addition to undercover tasks, Toru Amuro also has to deal with some other affairs assigned by the public security.

During the day, you have to disguise your identity, and at night you have to deal with official business.

Sometimes when his subordinates encounter cases that cannot be settled, Toru Amuro must personally go out to bring the criminals to justice.

Then he brushed off his clothes and hid his achievements and fame deeply.

Therefore, staying up late and working overtime is completely normal for Amuro Toru, and 996 and so on are completely pediatrics for him.

Today's staying up late is also a part of his daily life.

Toru Amuro was using the internal system of the police to check the information on the case that Qin Zhibo mentioned during the day, thinking about going to bed after reading these contents.

At this time, the phone next to the low table vibrated suddenly.

I looked up at the clock on the wall, it was already 1:[-] midnight.

It's so late, who could it be?
Toru Amuro was puzzled for a moment, but he still answered the phone.

"Hey?"

A very sexy female voice came from the other side.

"Bourbon, I'm Belmode."

Toru Amuro was a little startled, but replied calmly, "It's you, what's the matter?"

Belmode didn't go around in circles, and asked straight to the point: "You haven't forgotten the agreement between us, have you?"

"How do you say that?" Toru Amuro was puzzled.

Although he may not tell Belmode truthfully after investigating the information, it is not that he has given up investigating the boss's cronies.

"Hmph" Belmode snorted coldly, "I saw you shopping with the daughter of the Japanese consortium, are you in a relationship?"

Toru Amuro narrowed his eyes slightly, as if Belmode saw him again?
Could it be that she was by his side without him noticing?
"How do you know? Are you following me?"

"what?"

Bellmode's doubtful voice came from the phone, and he replied in a somewhat joking tone: "Your matter was photographed and published in the newspaper, and the whole of Japan knows about it."

"You don't know that the daughter of the consortium is a topic of conversation recently, right?"

Reminded by Belmode, Toru Amuro thought of the paparazzi he had dealt with. Could it be that there was not only one paparazzi in the mall at that time?
"I just happened to be caught in a photo, and the meaning was misinterpreted. As a big star, you should understand my situation, right?"

"However, it would be nice if I could really become boyfriend and girlfriend with that consortium daughter, so I don't have to work hard."

Toru Amuro said the second sentence in a joking tone, and Belmode also responded in a joking tone with a warning.

"With your handsome face and ability, maybe you can really capture the heart of that little girl."

"But I want to tell you that with the ability of the organization, a small consortium can't protect you."

In Belmode's mouth, the adjective for the Suzuki Consortium, which runs the business circles all over Japan, is "small".

"I know this, so your doubts about me are superfluous"

Toru Amuro did not doubt Belmode's words. It is easy to block the open gun, but difficult to defend against the hidden arrow. It only takes a few subtle assassinations to make the consortium irreversible.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

At this time, Belmode restrained the sharpness in his words, and asked in a charming voice: "Today is Valentine's Day, do you want to receive my chocolate?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it."

Toru Amuro didn't even think about it, and refused decisively.

He can probably guess that if he accepts, the other party will ask him for his current address.

"It's a pity, I have already made a piece of chocolate here, and I plan to give it to a certain man~"

The tenderness in the microphone was like water, but Toru Amuro remained unmoved.

"I'll hang up if there's nothing else to do."

beep --

Toru Amuro hung up the phone, quickly opened the webpage, and searched for the keywords "Suzuki daughter" and "boyfriend".

Not surprisingly, Toru Amuro found the photo with a tricky angle, Suzuki Sonoko was holding his arm, and it really looked like a boyfriend and girlfriend.

Is this also taken by the paparazzi?

But I have obviously taken away his memory card.
Toru Amuro quickly took out the memory card from his pocket, rummaged through the photos inside, and found that they were indeed photos taken after the murder, not before.

hateful!Was put together!
Toru Amuro was a little angry, because he was manipulated by an unknown person.

But at this moment, Amuro Toru's eyes scanned the photos displayed on the computer, and suddenly found something wrong.

In the photos secretly taken by the paparazzi at the photo exhibition, there is an inexplicable and strange black figure behind a man.

The translucent humanoid appearance is exactly the same as the shadows in the previous two "shadow murder" cases.

This person is
that photographer?
　Thanks for the 500 reward for a big bowl of saliva!

　　Thank you for the 008 tip from Tomorrow's Death 500!

　　Thanks for the tip of grape pineapple ice!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)