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

In the dim corridor, it was so quiet that only the sound of breathing seemed to remain.

As a newcomer who was directly allowed to join the Public Security Bureau this year, although he has the support of his superior father, Eto Daizo's fighting level is still up to standard.

Therefore, when he realized that he was being held hostage—even though the face behind him was someone he knew—he immediately chose to fight back!

While his hands were not controlled, Eto Daizo quickly reached out to Aoyagi Akimitsu, trying to grab his other hand and throw him over his shoulder. However, the next second, he felt a pain in his right calf. Aoyagi Akimitsu saw that he was about to struggle and stepped on it from behind.

He fell forward to his knees, and the hand that was covering him loosened.

Before Eto Daizo could try to grab the gun and fight back, Aoyagi Akimitsu's helpless voice sounded from behind:
"Officer Zhu Fu is still waiting for you downstairs. Are you sure you want to go to the rooftop and die now?"

Eto Daizo's hand holding the gun paused.

"……what?"

……

a few minutes ago.

the other side.

Zhu Fu Jingguang held his cell phone with a look of surprise and doubt.

He ignored the looks from the two people, one big and one small, opposite him, opened the cover of his phone and took out the SIM card.

He will send this phone to public security technicians for inspection. Regardless of whether there is a problem or not, this kind of phone that is suspected to have been touched by the enemy must never be used again.

After putting the empty phone back into his pocket, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at Qing Liu Bingguang again.

The FBI agent in black had an indifferent expression and considerately did not ask why the phone was suddenly taken apart. He looked at Morobushi Keimitsu, then at Edogawa Conan who was standing beside his legs with an anxious look on his face, as if he wanted to say something.

As a result, at this moment, a vibration sound was heard.

This time it was Aoyagi Akimitsu who took out his phone to check the message. Due to the angle, Morobushi Keimitsu, and Edogawa Conan due to the height, neither knew what he saw specifically.

They only saw him put his hands down and said in a calm tone: "The support I called for is coming soon, let's retreat now."

Conan Edogawa was stunned: "Backup? When did you call for it?"

"When you helped tie up the criminals."

Qing Liu Bingguang said straightforwardly, raising his hand to touch the kid's head: "If you can borrow the power of others, try to use it, don't be shy. If you only know how to go forward every time you encounter danger, it will be easy to die."

It was a rare occasion for Edogawa Conan to be touched on the head by Aoyagi Akimichi, who knew his identity. After a while, he just said "oh" in a daze.

"But Huiyuan..."

He suddenly realized the real purpose of his coming up this time.

Aoyagi Binguang didn't care.

"——As long as the enemy is gone, she will be fine."

Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned slightly.

He was a little worried about the missing girl, but he was currently injured, his colleagues were missing, and he could see that the two were hiding something... After comprehensive consideration, he had no choice but to keep silent and leave with them.

The three of them passed through the gap in the kitchen door and made their way to the safe passage.

Seeing Qing Liu Bingguang walk straight through the door, Zhu Fu Jingguang spoke again: "How did you get up here just now?"

"I took the stairs to the parking lot, and took the elevator when I came up because I was in a hurry." Aoyagi Akimitsu said, "The elevator here is an independent system, there is no control room, there is no possibility of someone deliberately controlling and locking it. The other criminals are not now..."

Before he finished speaking, the three people present heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from the safe passage.

The footsteps were not clear through the door, and passed by like the wind. They came quickly and left quickly. Zhu Fujingguang's body had just tensed up when he heard the sound running away.

"…It's nearby now."

Aoyagi Akimichi finished his words as if nothing had happened. He turned and looked at Morifushi Keimichi: "Officer Morifushi, please take Conan down first. I'll go up and take a look."

Zhu Fujingguang's eyes jumped violently. Zero didn't care about "the FBI actually enforced the law across borders" or "it's embarrassing to let others catch your own target", but he was more concerned about this... He was worried about Qing Liu Bingguang's identity.

Although he was only a low-ranking attaché, Aoyagi Akimitsu was a diplomat after all. Especially since his family background had connections with the US judicial system and military, it was hard to imagine such a diplomat risking his life for the sake of Japanese criminals...

The Japanese police began to feel uneasy.

"Mr. Qingliu——"

Conan Edogawa tried to stop him but was interrupted by Aoyagi Akimitsu.

"I'm just going to take a look. I won't take any risks," he told them. "Don't worry. I value my life."

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at this FBI agent who had been an undercover agent and whose work experience showed that he had no chance of cherishing his life, and wanted to say something, but in the next second, he met Qing Liu Bingguang's eyes.

The pair of light brown eyes looked at him quietly. Zhu Fujingguang was in a trance and did not even open his mouth to object to him.

"Your injuries need to be treated as soon as possible."

As Qing Liu Bingguang spoke, he stretched out two fingers and pointed at a certain place behind his ear: "And when I examined you just now, I saw that there was a new needle hole behind your ear. It's best to go to the hospital for a detailed examination."

"?!!"

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Zhu Fujingguang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he subconsciously touched the back of his ear. Now there was no pain or itchiness there, and there was no blood spot when touched.

But he had already believed what Aoyagi Binkou said.

At the same time, another thought quietly crossed his mind.

——Sure enough, someone pinched his ears when he was unconscious.

……

Edogawa Conan walked down the stairs and thought of the conversation in the kitchen and sighed softly.

Aoyagi Akimichi went up alone, while he and the public security policeman named Morufushi took the elevator downstairs. When they were almost at the fifth floor, Officer Morufushi said he still wanted to check out the safety passage, so they got off the elevator on this floor and started walking down.

Mr. Aoyagi is a mature and reliable FBI agent. Facing one or two armed gangsters should not be a problem. What worries him most is Haibara.

She ate more cake than him, but she should have turned back into a child now. I hope she hasn't been caught and the people in the organization haven't discovered that adults can become small...

Edogawa Conan was lost in thought, then looked up at Morobushi Kagemitsu who was walking beside him.

He was really curious about why the organization targeted this public security officer, but due to the other party's identity, he could not ask the same questions as he would when facing the public or ordinary police.

In the end, he remained silent, and Zhu Fu Jingguang spoke first: "Conan-kun, are you tired?"

"Ah?" Edogawa Conan was stunned.

Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled and said, "If you are tired, you can tell me and I can carry you."

Edogawa Conan looked at his abdomen. Although he was already dressed, he remembered the following scene: "I'm not tired. I just walked up a few flights of stairs."

"That's good." Zhu Fu Jingguang said, he paused, and added: "Stay closer to me, if there are other criminals nearby, I can protect you."

Edogawa Conan blinked, and in response to such well-intentioned remarks, he obediently took a step closer and grabbed the hem of Morobushi Kagemitsu's clothes from an angle that would not hinder his movements.

With such contact, he couldn't help but want to say a few more words.

"Officer Morifushi—can I call you that?"

Seeing this seemingly good-tempered public security officer nod, Edogawa Conan asked tentatively: "Are you here today to catch the bad guy who attacked you?"

If he directly mentioned the dead congressman, he would inevitably be suspected of not being childish and asked if it would be better to catch the bad guys. He remembered that Ayumi and the others liked to ask this question when they met the police on the road.

“Yes, we have a lot of work to do.”

Edogawa Conan felt a little depressed when he heard this tone that didn't arouse any suspicion but was just meant to fool the children. He was about to ask from a different angle for more details but he suddenly stopped.

Not far ahead, a bloody smell filled the air. (End of this chapter)