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

Tokyo, Metropolitan Police Department.

Because they witnessed the sniping incident on Suzuki Tower at close range, Conan Edogawa and Ran Maori came to the Metropolitan Police Department again after a few weeks.

Suzuki Sonoko was also there this time. This was the first time this young lady had been to the police station since she was a child. Considering that they were two young girls and a child, the Investigation Division arranged for policewoman Sato Miwako to take their statements.

"Thank you very much for all your troubles."

The record was successfully completed, and Sato Miwako thanked them and opened the door of the interrogation room. Edogawa Conan walked out and came to the office area of ​​the Investigation Section 1.

He looked around, somewhat puzzled. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the atmosphere in the Investigation Division was much more tense than the last time he came. Some police officers were whispering to each other with serious faces.

Just as Edogawa Conan was about to ask Sato Miwako, he saw Mouri Kogoro, who had come to pick them up, standing not far away, talking to a foreign man.

"Speaking of alcohol, beer is the best. You won't get too drunk even if you drink a lot. Of course, I've tried a lot of foreign liquors, and I like..."

Maori Kogoro was talking while making a drinking gesture, and Maori Ran walked over and said, "Dad!"

Hearing the noise, Maori Kogoro turned around and asked: "Have you finished taking the statement?"

The foreign man saw the three of them coming and took the initiative to say goodbye to Maori Kogoro: "It seems that your daughter is here, so I'll leave first. If you need anything in the future, you can call me."

Kogoro Maori waved at him.

Edogawa Conan followed Maori Ran and walked in front of Maori Kogoro. He watched the foreigner's back as he left: "Uncle, who is this foreign uncle? Is he your acquaintance?"

Before his body shrank, he rarely went to the Mouri Detective Agency and didn't know much about Mouri Kogoro's social circles.

He remembered that this foreign man was a witness who happened to be standing next to the victim when the sniper attack took place. He was covered in blood, but now he was chatting with people as if nothing had happened, which showed that he had a very good mental quality.

Edogawa Conan, who also has a good psychological quality, became curious about the other party's identity, and Maori Kogoro said:
"I don't know him. I saw him waiting for someone to take a statement, so I chatted with him for a while."

Maori Kogoro said as he rummaged in his pocket and handed a card to Edogawa Conan: "He seems to be the president of a car rental company. I said I often rent cars, so he gave me his business card."

Edogawa Conan took the business card and browsed the information on it.

Jack Waltz, president of Tokyo Seal Car Rental Co., Ltd., provides cargo transportation and military vehicle rental services. The company's address is: 3-42, Beido-machi, Tokyo.

Military vehicle?

After reading the business introduction, Conan Edogawa seemed to be thinking about something, and then returned the business card to Kogoro Mouri.

The person who came to pick up Suzuki Sonoko had not arrived yet. She stood beside Mao Lilan and sighed deeply: "Xiaolan, I suspect I am cursed. Last time I went to my sister's villa, I encountered a case. This time I visited the newly built tower, and I encountered a case again. It has only been a short time..."

Her condition was not bad. The moment the glass shattered and Edogawa Conan shouted that there was a sniper attack, Mouri Ran immediately protected her and lay on the ground. This time she did not see the corpse with her own eyes.

Mao Lilan, who had experienced more cases recently, shuddered for no reason and patted her best friend comfortingly: "No, Sonoko."

While they were talking, several detectives from the Investigation Division came in. They walked quickly and looked very unhappy. As soon as they came in, the others surrounded them.

From where Conan Edogawa was standing, he couldn't hear what was being said there, but this strange atmosphere made him sure that something had definitely happened - and it was much more serious than the sniper attack on Suzuki Tower.

"Uncle, do you know what other major cases happened today besides the sniper?" Conan Edogawa quietly asked Kogoro Mouri who had just been outside.

Maori Kogoro glanced at him and said, "There was a show with Ms. Yoko this afternoon. I didn't watch any news, but..."

He paused and looked at the detectives as well.

"…While they were talking, I accidentally heard something. There was an explosion in the port area. It seemed that some diplomats were killed in the explosion."

Edogawa Conan widened his eyes in surprise.

"Everyone, pack up. We will have a meeting in the conference room on the tenth floor in ten minutes."

Megure Juzo walked in and announced loudly to the others. After he finished speaking, he noticed Edogawa Conan and his group: "Brother Mori, are you here to pick up Xiaolan?"

Maori Kogoro nodded, then he looked at the other detectives and asked in a low voice: "Officer Megure, is this meeting about the case this afternoon? Is the situation that serious?"

Megure Jusan coughed and said, "I'm sorry, this case is special and I can't reveal anything to outsiders. If everything is ok, you should take Xiaolan and the others home quickly. They also encountered a case today and need to have a good rest."

Hearing his tight-lipped response, Edogawa Conan, who also had his ears pricked up, lowered his head in frustration.

"Then I'll go downstairs and wait for my family's car to pick me up." Suzuki Sonoko said, turning her head to look at Mouri Ran, "Ran, I'll ask the driver to take you back, so you don't have to squeeze on the tram." Mouri Ran did not refuse.

The group walked outside and Edogawa Conan followed.

He reached into his pocket, intending to send a message to Dr. Agasa, asking him to help collect information about the afternoon's case.

But just as he pulled the cell phone out of his pocket, the two cufflink-shaped eavesdropping devices were pulled out with it, fell to the ground, clattered twice, and slid under an office desk.

Conan Edogawa didn't expect that what happened in the hotel last week would happen again, so he hurried over.

He originally thought that the policeman at that desk was not there, but when he got closer he found that he was there, but he was half-kneeling on the ground, reaching his hand to feel around under the desk.

The back view looks quite familiar.

"Strange, where did it fall..."

A more familiar voice came.

"Takagi, what are you doing?" asked Sato Miwako in surprise.

"The cufflinks on my clothes accidentally fell off." Takagi Shigeru said helplessly.

"Let's look for it when we get back. We have to go to a meeting now." Sato Miwako advised. Suddenly she noticed Edogawa Conan standing next to her. "What's wrong, Conan, do you have anything else to do?"

Edogawa Conan came back to his senses: "Something of mine accidentally dropped and slid under this table."

"found it!"

Officer Takagi made a sound of surprise, he stood up straight, and without looking closely, he simply pinned the cufflink he had picked up back on the cuff of his shirt.

He picked up the materials for the meeting, and after hearing what Edogawa Conan said, he lowered his head and said to him a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Conan-kun, Officer Sato and I have to go to a meeting, so we can't help you."

"It's okay, Officer Takagi, you guys go quickly." Edogawa Conan said hurriedly.

The two officers left together, and the other detectives also walked out. Many people saw Edogawa Conan squatting by the desk and groping, but because he was a child, they didn't take it seriously.

One of the police officers, a male police officer with short curly hair and wearing sunglasses, stopped to observe him for a while, but soon walked away.

"——Hey! Conan! Where have you been?!"

When Kogoro Mouri walked to the door, he finally realized that someone was missing. When he turned around, he saw what Conan Edogawa did. He was so angry that he forgot about the child support he had just received, and his fists were itching again.

"Wait a minute! I'm looking for something!"

Edogawa Conan fumbled for a long time, felt his fingertips touch a small hard object, and immediately took it out. He held the cufflinks in his hand and ran back to the others.

"I'm sorry, I dropped something by accident." He apologized again.

Maori Kogoro wanted to give him a lecture, but Maori Ran stopped him and said, "Okay, Dad, Conan was just careless. Let's go quickly. The police officers are going to have a meeting."

Her consolation worked, Kogoro Mouri stopped blaming him, and they all left the office.

There were not many people near the elevator. This meeting might be very important. While they were waiting, an elevator came up from downstairs. A group of policemen walked out and headed towards the meeting room. Then the elevator continued to move up.

Conan Edogawa's mind was not on going home at all. He thought about the sniper attack by Suzuki Tora and the explosion in the port area, as well as the tight-lipped look on Inspector Megure's face just now, and felt helpless.

Two major cases happened in succession today...Cases involving diplomats must be kept strictly confidential. A European diplomat also died in the red-haired serial murder case three years ago. His father wanted to help at that time, but was rejected by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Realizing that even if he was still Kudo Shinichi, he might not be able to intervene in this case, Conan Edogawa sighed imperceptibly.

The elevator reached the top floor and began to descend. Conan Edogawa looked at the numbers jumping on it and realized that the cufflinks were still in his hand. He spread out his hands, wanting to check if the bug was broken before putting it away.

However, when he saw clearly what was in his hand, he froze instantly, and at this moment it seemed as if all the blood in his body rushed to his brain.

What he held in his hand was not a bug at all, but just an ordinary cufflink!

——Officer Takagi took the wrong thing!! (End of this chapter)