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

No matter how much attention a case attracts from the outside world, no matter how many people work hard all night for it, the sun will always rise as usual the next day.

10 am, at Agasa's house in Beika Town.

Dr. Agasa happily walked towards the dining table with breakfast. When he passed behind Edogawa Conan who was staring at the computer screen, he paused.

"Shinichi, your face is too close to the screen." He advised, "You are still young, you must protect your eyes, otherwise you will become nearsighted like Yusaku."

In order to watch the case video more carefully, Edogawa Conan, who was almost pressing his face against the monitor, turned back and showed speechless half-moon eyes: "No, I used to stay up late to read novels, and my eyes were fine."

Dr. Agasa put breakfast on the table not far away and turned on the TV. Seeing that Edogawa Conan was still motionless, he couldn't help but ask again: "Did you see anything?"

"Not yet."

Conan Edogawa was looking at the computer, which was playing a video of the Suzuki Tower. The uploader was a tourist who was at the scene at the time, not far from them. When the sniper attack occurred, he was holding a DV and filming the scenery outside, and the camera was aimed at the direction where the bullet came from.

The camera swept across the faces of many tourists around and aimed at the beautiful scenery outside, but this only lasted less than a minute before the glass shattered, blood splattered, and the crowd screamed and fled in all directions.

With a serious expression, he locked onto a certain bright light on the screen. That was where the sniper was at the time. However, even if he used the black technology invented by Dr. Agasa to continuously zoom in, he could only get a very blurry picture.

“I just can’t figure it out.”

Edogawa Conan crossed his arms and frowned, "The deceased was a real estate agent, not a special person. There was no protection around him. Why did they kill him in a high tower like that? It would have been better to do it quietly on his way home."

It is a common method for detectives to think about the case from the perspective of the criminal. Dr. Agasa looked at him in confusion: "What's the difference?"

"It's a big difference." Edogawa Conan said, "I've seen the distance from that building to the first-floor observation deck of the Suzuki Tower. Only an elite sniper can hit it accurately. This can directly help the police narrow down the suspects."

Dr. Agasa thought about it and realized that it was true.

If a person is stabbed while walking alone on the street at night and then runs away, and there is no surveillance around, it will be very difficult for the police to search for the criminal.

"Besides, the crime scene was at Suzuki Tower. The Sonoko family is one of the largest financial groups in Japan. If there is a sniper attack there, the police will definitely step up their investigation... If an ordinary murderer kills someone, they certainly don't want to attract too much attention, right? But this murderer did the exact opposite."

Hearing Edogawa Conan start to talk to himself with his chin in his hand, Dr. Agasa interrupted him: "Didn't you say that the case on the Suzuki Tower was related to the United States?"

"Yes."

When this was mentioned, Edogawa Conan looked helpless.

"According to the content of the meeting I heard, the scene of the missing soldiers and the embassy explosion both had the same chess pieces as in this sniper incident... But I didn't hear more details, and I can't collect relevant information now."

"The same thing happened with yesterday's explosion. No further details have been released yet."

The explosion that Edogawa Conan mentioned was the incident that occurred yesterday afternoon.

A box truck that was used to transport food ingredients exploded in front of a cooking class in Nerima Ward, killing the husband of the cooking class's founder who was trying to pick up the vehicle.

The cooking class was in a residential area, which was full of villas, and each house was far apart, so apart from the unlucky husband, only one woman who participated in the food tasting event was injured. She was hit on the back by the iron door that was blown out, but fortunately her head was not injured.

Originally, this case was nothing serious. There were occasional bombings like this in Tokyo, but the problem was -

The bodies of the five missing American soldiers were all in the cargo box at the back. According to the police report, they were burned to death while conscious, and there was still a lot of accelerant in the wreckage.

First the embassy was bombed, then the soldiers were kidnapped and burned alive. Now, let alone Japan and the United States, even people from other countries will probably pay attention to these heinous cases out of curiosity.

Dr. Agasa nodded and murmured: "That's right. After all, the next few cases involve foreign countries, and we won't reveal too many details to the general public..."

He paused at this point and said, "By the way, Shinichi, did you retrieve the cuff bug that you left on Officer Takagi?"

"This one……"

Edogawa Conan scratched his face in embarrassment.

"Actually, I called Officer Takagi yesterday. He has been working overtime these past two days. He said that the cufflink fell off again and he didn't know where it fell, so... uh, I guess I have to trouble you, Doctor, to make two more for me." This time it was Dr. Agasa who showed a speechless look: "You are too careless. That's the Metropolitan Police Department. What if other policemen pick it up and find out that it is a bug and suspect Officer Takagi?"

"That was an accident. Officer Takagi found the wrong person, and Uncle Maori called me out of the blue..."

Edogawa Conan explained with a dry laugh, and at this moment, the cell phone he placed in front of the computer suddenly rang, and he quickly picked up the call.

"Sorry, Doctor, it's Xiaolan calling. I'll go answer it!"

Looking at the shrunken detective's back as he quickly ran to the side, ostensibly to answer a phone call but actually trying to avoid this embarrassing topic, Dr. Agasa sighed.

"Shinichi, you need to be more careful..."

Due to the long distance and his lack of eavesdropping habit, Dr. Agasa didn't hear what they were talking about. He was eating breakfast while watching TV.

The TV was broadcasting the news, and on the screen there were many angry people holding banners and blocking a park.

Dr. Agasa recognized that it was a park flat area near the Yokosuka military base.

【Protest violence! 】

[Protest the government's concealment of multiple US military crimes! ]

[Protest the police for working for criminal American soldiers! ]

[Protest the police for working for criminal American soldiers! ]

[Protest the police for working for criminal American soldiers! ]

Under the blue sky and white clouds, at least a thousand people held high red slogans with a yellow background, which looked like a dazzling wave from a distance.

"This is……"

Dr. Agasa had a complicated expression.

Crimes committed by US troops stationed in Japan have been a problem for decades. The missing soldiers are all from the Yokosuka base. Although the local resentment is not as deep as in Okinawa, the Japanese police's search for suspects and investigation of former victims still caused strong dissatisfaction among the people.

"They must be in a difficult situation now, right?"

A familiar young female voice sounded behind Dr. Agasa. He was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw Haibara Ai.

The night owl girl stood there, she raised her hand and yawned, glancing at the screen with a look that was not at all like a child's.

"Ai, who are you talking about?" Dr. Agasa asked subconsciously.

"Japanese police."

Huihara Ai's tone was cold.

"The upper echelons of the government bear the pressure from the United States, and then pass it on to the police. The front-line police bear the pressure transferred and increased by the upper echelons, and at the same time face the doubts of most of the people and the insults of some extremists."

Local homicides happen one after another, and the police can't solve them. Many of them have to be solved by detectives;
Now when foreigners get into trouble, especially a few foreigners who have committed crimes in Japan, a large number of police forces are immediately deployed to visit and investigate everywhere.

——Let’s not talk about whether the case can be solved in the end, it all depends on the degree of concern. Even a person with a good temper would have doubts in his heart, right?

After realizing this, Dr. Agasa didn't know what to say and could only sigh: "Indeed, they are under a lot of pressure..."

At this time, Conan Edogawa came back after finishing his phone call. When he saw Haibara Ai, he nodded and greeted her, then looked at Dr. Agasa.

"Doctor, I have to go back later." He said, "Xiao Lan said she would come to pick me up." (End of this chapter)