Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 221
Although there was a little awkwardness in his heart, Belmore explained the situation of Grace in detail after listening to Ishino's thoughts.

"I investigated that mafia a year ago, but I found that there seemed to be other forces hidden behind them, so it was difficult to investigate further. Now it seems that the other party's power may not be small, otherwise it would not be possible to control the outside like the organization. Kill the members as they say." After describing the situation described by Grace, Belmore made his own preliminary inference.

"At present, it seems that the purpose of the mafia is not to kill Grace. Otherwise, there is no need to take her away and lock her up. It would be more convenient to kill her and silence her." Ishino, who had a general understanding of the situation, added.

After hearing this, Belmore nodded and agreed with the other party's judgment: "I think so too. It seems that Grace's status in the entertainment industry should still be of value to them, so they chose to keep her alive. Of course The premise is that Grace is willing to listen to them.”

"No matter what, it is definitely not possible to let her stay in the United States. It is impossible for the organization to randomly conflict with other criminal organizations for a little girl, so do you have any better suggestions?"

"Of course there are ways, it just depends on whether you are willing or not." Hearing Belmore's somewhat unconvinced question, Ishino raised the corners of his mouth slightly, stretched out two fingers and said with a smile, "The first method is Letting her join the FBI's Federal Witness Protection Program should be a pretty safe choice for her."

Hearing Ishino's plan, Bellmore frowned slightly and objected with an unhappy expression: "No, the FBI's behavior is not as upright as you think. It is not ruled out that they will use Grace as bait or throw her away after using her." There is a possibility of her going aside, and I don’t think the FBI’s capabilities can completely eliminate the threat to her from the enemy.”

As someone who had personally removed tainted witnesses from the protection of the FBI, Bellmore obviously did not think that the other party could protect Grace well. What's more, she scorned an agency like the FBI that had almost been reduced to a tool for political struggle, so she didn't even think about it. I rejected the first option immediately.

"Since you think the first method is inappropriate, the second method should suit your taste." Ishino, who had long known that Belmode would react this way, saw the other person staring directly at him and raised his head He made a downward slashing motion with his palm, and said with a fierce smile, "That's how to kill this mafia in one fell swoop and eradicate it all!"

Seeing that Ishino's serious tone didn't sound like a joke, it actually frightened Bellmo, who had always been known to be ruthless. He couldn't help but look at the other person with caring eyes, put his hand on the other person's head and said doubtfully: "He doesn't have a fever either." Oh, you are just talking nonsense, this is the United States, not Japan, even if you are an ordinary gangster, everyone carries a gun!"

"Or do you think the police will just go and cause trouble with gangs just because of what a little girl says?" Belmore rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Even if the captain of the New York Police Department, Radisson Revue, He was a friend of mine when we were Sharon, but from what I knew of him, he was also the kind of person who would never let go of the rabbit before he saw it.”

"Unless we have tangible evidence of the Mafia's crimes and can take down the mafia without causing police casualties as much as possible, relying on the power of the police is tantamount to wishful thinking. Don't you think that with just a few of us? Can you clean up those gangsters with your bare hands?"

Seeing that Belmore looked like he was going to stand up for the little girl because he was afraid of being overheated, Ishino didn't intend to refute. He spread his hands and said helplessly: "I didn't expect that the terrifying Thousand Faced Witch would also give in. Since you If you feel unsure, forget it.”

In fact, when Ishino proposed this plan, he didn't really want the other party to agree. He just wanted to see if the other party would make some radical moves because of Grace's appearance. At present, it seems that although the other party wants to protect the girl, overall Still in a sane and calm state.Just when Belmore looked evil and tried to attack him with his eyes, Ishino avoided the opponent's knife-like gaze, noticed a small head sticking out of his room behind him, and reminded him loudly: "Okay. Okay, it seems that the little girl has finished dressing up, please don't forget the villain, how about we go back to the room first?"

Belmore, who felt the gaze behind him, turned around when Ishino warned her. When he saw Grace looking towards him, he ignored Ishino's previous rude remarks and returned to the room.

Seeing Belmode's reaction, Ishino suddenly thought it would be fun to tease this senior sister who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, so he followed the other person's pace and walked towards the room.

But as soon as he stepped into the door, the cell phone placed in his trouser leg suddenly rang. However, the moment he saw the caller ID on the cell phone, an unpleasant premonition that something happened suddenly appeared in his heart.

Bellmore, who was looking at Grace's clothes, heard the ringing of her cell phone from behind and turned around to ask if it was Natsumi who was calling. However, when she saw the change in the expression on Ishino's face, she couldn't help but feel a shiver in her heart. , silently watching the other party answer the phone.

"Tell me, why are you contacting me so urgently? What? I understand, you continue to follow them, I will wait for Natsumi to come back before making plans." After communicating with the other end of the phone in a brief conversation, Ishino's face The original relaxed look had completely disappeared, replaced by a stern expression and chilling eyes.

"Who made the call? What happened?" It was the first time he saw the other party showing such an expression. Belmode realized that the matter might be more serious than he thought, and immediately asked about the situation.

"It's Kaito. He has been following Qingzi these past few days. A few minutes ago, he discovered that a group of men in black took advantage of the lack of people on the road to drive up to Xiao Ai. After tying her into the car, he and the Xiaolan, Qingzi and Yangzi who were with her all pushed into the car."

"Because the other party had a gun in his hand, Kaito did not act rashly and rushed to save them. He is currently tracking the other party's car and we don't know where the other party's destination is yet."

"What?!" Bellmore looked horrified when he heard this sudden change, but he quickly made a guess, "Did the mafia group mistook Xiao Ai for Grace? What about the others? how's it going?"

Ishino nodded when he heard this and said: "At present, this possibility is the highest. As for Natsumi, Xiaosaki and Qinglan, they were not attacked because they walked a distance behind them, but Xiaoai and the others were Those who were kidnapped in front of them should be calling soon.”

(End of this chapter)