Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

The Chevy turned around at the next intersection and headed back to the same street they'd been on.

"Xiaolan and I are in a safe place now. Xiaolan has a fever and has fallen asleep..."

There was a young man's voice in his ears, but Qingliu Binguang didn't pay attention. He sat upright, and all the month-long memories just flooded into his brain. He couldn't digest them for a while, and his head started to feel buzzing and painful.

"Qingliu?"

Someone next to him called out to him.

Aoyagi Binguang subconsciously looked at the people around him, and when he met Akai Shuichi's dark green eyes, he finally reacted.

"From Kudo's tone, they don't have a big problem there." He told him, and then continued to communicate with Kudo Shinichi, "As long as you are fine, what is going on? How did you meet him?"

Kudo Shinichi quickly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Qingliu Bin heard it in his ears, and at the same time in his heart, everything that happened on the other side in the past month gradually emerged...

……

A year ago, on the day when Rai failed to capture Gin and evacuated, Aoyagi Binguang met the rabbit and another red player [Greedy].

He made allies with each of them.

From then on, Aoyagi Binguang carried an oath, and as a special player, he opened the special ability of [enhancing player skills].

It's just that the enhanced abilities are also divided into camps, and the degree of increase in different camps is different. The red side that restrains him, that is, the skills given to him by Cornsheath and Rabbit, can only be strengthened to a limited extent.

[Wind and Rain Like Darkness] was given to him by Rabbit through a mission, and its power was cut in half. After the increase, the fog particles can move instantaneously through the coordinates, and can float out for tracking, positioning, eavesdropping, and surveillance. Tracking can be carried out by multiple people, but eavesdropping can only target one or two people. If too many are turned on at the same time, he himself will be confused.

In addition, it cannot attack or defend, cannot invade other people's brains, and read their memories. The main body and the clone cannot be used at the same time, only on one side.

Aoyagi Binguang's own "Big Lie" has increased the use time, the time limit has changed from one week to one month, and the forced disappearance condition has been cancelled. Even if the clone is seriously injured or even dies, it can remain in place for a period of time.

These two skills have provided Aoyagi Binguang with a lot of conveniences this year, and it is thanks to their help that the case in front of him has developed to this extent.

Before being found by the system two years ago, Aoyagi Binguang discovered the snake venom that he had escaped for many years and the factory where he used to store some equipment, but did not take action. After receiving Goldwasser's order, he began to rejoice at his choice and planned to take the opportunity to test something.

Just like two years ago, Aoyagi Binguang also decided to split up this time. After leaving the Bermod home, he used his skills to stay in the FBI as his main body, while his skill clone carried [Wind and Rain Ruhui] to perform organizational tasks.

One of his goals was to determine if there were any undercover agents in the FBI other than himself.

[Wind and Rain Like Darkness] is a very useful skill. When Aoyagi Binguang first obtained it a year ago, he used fog particles to track the FBI who was about to retreat after the mission failed, and determined who was involved in the arrest of Gin.

After that, he returned to the United States. Even if the people were still working as undercover agents in the zoo, he continued to pay attention using fog particles and quickly identified those people, plus the information of other agents close to Akai Shuichi.

So when he placed an order on the dark web and planned to create a serial murder case of the FBI, Aoyagi Binguang's clone gave those people's information to Snake Venom.

——If many agents die suddenly, and those agents have participated in secret arrest operations, the undercover agent will definitely inform the organization when he hears this news. The more alert organization executives will take the initiative to confirm the situation with the undercover agent when they see the news.

Aoyagi Binguang had already used some of the fog particles as bugs and stuck them on Goldwasser and Rum. They didn't hear any calls in that month.

The other arrested member, Ross, was actually not a member of the organization at all.

The organization will not want a guy who lacks tongue. Being unable to speak does not mean that he can keep secrets. It will only affect mission communication. He is just the person Aoyagi Binguang selected after looking at the FBI's internal arrest records.

There seemed to be several members that Ross came into contact with, but they were actually the disguise of Aoyagi Binguang. Qingliu Binguang specially dressed up as Venom, took him to the factory at a staggered time to familiarize himself with the environment, and told him to live nearby in the future for easy dispatch.

All this was done to make Ross think that he had joined a huge criminal organization, so that after he was captured alive, the FBI would also think that they had caught a member of the organization.

——Once a member is caught, most of them will be abandoned by the organization unless they have a special status or strong enough abilities. Hidden undercover agents will pay attention to this and decide whether to silence them depending on the situation.

Originally, it would have been better to let a real member be captured as a test, but Aoyagi Binguang, as the undercover sent out, had limited authority and could not command those people.

Aoyagi Binguang stuck the fog particles near the branch interrogation room, as did James Blake, who was in charge of the FBI's investigation organization. There was no abnormality on either side.

So he was probably certain that he might be the only undercover agent in the FBI.

His second purpose was to test the bottom line of the oath.

At that time, in order to form an alliance, Aoyagi Binguang and the two red players made four oaths. Two of them were made by him, and he was naturally willing to abide by them. One of them was to overthrow the organization, which was also within his will. Only the last one made him a little dissatisfied.

——When lives are not threatened, [Do not] intentionally injure or kill Red Team personnel and their relatives and friends.

Aoyagi Binguang himself does not have much aggressive tendencies. Unless there is a need, he will not hurt or kill people casually, whether it is a policeman or an ordinary person.

But it was different with an oath. Whether it was to ensure his own safety or because he was dissatisfied with being restrained, he wanted to test the critical line of violation.

He consulted the system about this, and the answer given by the system was [When violated, the Oath Thread will cause the player to feel pain, and this pain will continue until it is no longer violated or the player dies. 】

Aoyagi Binguang wanted to test it, but for the first time he didn't do it himself. This task was also given to Snake Venom.

He did not let the other party kill him directly (if he entrusted others to do so, it would be considered a violation, and there was no room for regret), but the torture methods gradually escalated, and he could stop and send him to the rescue area at any time to take away the other party's life, and Take a video and send it to him.

Those dozen videos only took pictures of the body and wounds, not facial expressions or screams. After all, Aoyagi Binguang was not a pervert who liked to appreciate the pain of others.

Based on the time of video shooting and his physical condition at the time, Aoyagi Binguang determined that letting others harm Hong Fang or Hong Fang's relatives and friends on his behalf does not constitute a violation of his oath.

There's just one thing he's not sure about, whether it's okay to entrust Black personnel to do it, or to entrust other Red players or ordinary passers-by... This point needs to be determined through more tests.

After confirming this, Aoyagi Binguang made another bold attempt and started to do it himself. He let snakes crawl through the pipes and planted mini-bombs on the walkway where Kamal was tied.

Once it explodes, people on the walkway will be affected. People with quick reactions can grab the railings, and people with slow reactions may fall. However, there are a lot of escape cushions on the first floor, so they will not fall to death. The bomb was successfully detonated, but Aoyagi Binguang was immediately punished. He himself asked the messenger to plant the bomb and put the two red parties in danger, which was a complete violation of his oath.

During the oath of punishment, both the main body and the clone felt pain. The main body didn't even know what was happening at first, and his hand began to hurt inexplicably, which almost made him lose control.

The lack of information was intentional by Aoyagi Binguang.

During this month, except that the main body first met the silver-haired murderer that Belmode planned to replace and had to communicate with the clone, there was no other communication between them.

He does not want to be the Riddler who deceives himself. This is so that the main body cannot know in advance who died, how he died, and when and where the case occurred, because only true ignorance can reveal the truest attitude.

Aoyagi Binguang originally had a good idea, and the main body did not participate because of the holiday, so as to avoid suspicion - anyway, the clone left fog particles in the New York branch, and no one needed to monitor him at close range - even if the branch director wanted him to join because of his ability, He can also be an ordinary detective and conduct investigations step by step.

But he didn't expect that there would be an accident in the middle.

On the first day of his vacation, he made an appointment to meet Kudo and his son for dinner. On the second day, he accompanied them to the music conservatory that he had longed for... It was originally a good itinerary, but he met the scene twice in a row.

In the passerby chat, he saw players who knew the plot complain about Kudo Shinichi's always encountering cases, but he didn't expect it to be so outrageous.

This was Aoyagi Binguang's negligence, which caused him to overturn the point of "completely clearing the suspicion".

……

The Chevy soon returned to the streets.

The rain continued to fall, and the detectives who were originally guarding the street arrived first and set up a cordon at the door of the abandoned apartment. As soon as the car stopped, they saw appraisers going in with tools.

A detective at the door saw them coming and reported to Akai Shuichi, who opened the door first and got out of the car: "The suspect has shot himself."

Akai Shuichi was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Where is the scene?"

The detective began to explain the location and general situation to Akai Shuichi, and Aoyagi Binguang got out of the car on the other side. He did not hold an umbrella and stood by the car holding his cell phone. The call was not over.

At this time, his phone vibrated silently and received a new email.

Aoyagi Binguang didn't check.

He could guess who sent it. After all, his avatar disappeared directly from this apartment. During this period, some things in the residence had not been cleaned up...

Akai Shuichi in front didn't seem to notice him at all and turned around and entered the apartment.

Aoyagi Binguang looked at his tall back and the long hair swaying behind him, and thought of what he said jokingly to Gin, and he was not in a bad mood.

"Teacher Aoyagi?"

Kudo Shinichi on the opposite side noticed that he hadn't spoken for a long time and called out tentatively.

"Did you go back to the apartment? How was it there?"

……

In the hotel, after giving Omei the medicine, Kudo Shinichi stood by the window, looking at the rainy scene outside while waiting for the man on the other end of the phone to reply.

"We arrived at the scene," Aoyagi Binguang said, "but we failed to catch him and he shot himself."

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

He had only been in New York for a few days and saw corpses almost every day. Even two hours ago today, he saw someone shot in the theater. Even so, something inside him still sank.

"Really..." he murmured softly.

"It's too late today. Please remind Mrs. Kudo to come to the branch tomorrow to make a record." Aoyagi Binguang said.

Kudo Shinichi calmed down, looked at Mao Lilan next to him and said, "I can, but Xiaolan may not be able to. She has a high fever now, and she probably can't remember what happened in the apartment just now."

"I understand." Qingliu Binguang paused, his voice gentle and soothing, "Let her have a good rest tonight, and I will explain it to the person in charge."

Kudo Shinichi responded.

The sound of rain outside finally gradually became quieter, making the surroundings seem quieter. Kudo Shinichi did not talk to the FBI opposite. He hung up the phone, tried the temperature on Mao Lilan's forehead again, and then left the room quietly. .

He sat on the sofa in the living room, turned on the TV, and turned the volume down to the lowest level. The media did not know that the silver-haired murderer had committed suicide and was now focused on reporting on the murder that had just occurred in the theater.

He watched, gradually losing interest - he liked the process of solving the case, not the subsequent reporting - and slowly turned his attention to the two tickets on the coffee table.

It was a game three days later and it included his favorite star, Ray Catis.

Kudo Shinichi sighed silently as he rubbed his cell phone, which was hot from talking while charging.

Now that the two major cases in charge of the FBI have been solved, I don’t know if he will be able to come to the game that day...

"Buzz."

Suddenly his phone vibrated.

Kudo Shinichi thought it was from his mother asking about the situation, so he lazily clicked on the screen again, but the moment he saw the sender clearly, he sat upright.

[I explained to the person in charge that she is considerate of Miss Maori’s situation. Considering that you are all minors, we will visit you tomorrow to do the transcript work...]

[...Do you still have your game tickets? Both cases can be declared closed. We have the opportunity to take turns taking a few days off, and I can accompany you to the football game. ——Qingliu】(End of this chapter)