Conan: I am definitely not a kid

Chapter 194 Akai Shuichi’s speculation

"Madeira may know my identity." Akai Shuichi said on the phone with a solemn tone.

"what?!"

Even with James' mentality and experience, when he first heard this sentence, he was so shocked that he almost had a heart attack. He suddenly stood up from behind his desk, and it took him a long time to hold on to the desk to regain his breath. He asked in a trembling voice as calmly as possible: "...What's going on?!"

Listening to his boss' defensive tone on the phone, Rai felt very calm and explained calmly: "In the previous mission, I mistakenly thought it was Madeira's test of my undercover status, but the facts proved that her That’s not the focus.”

James had heard a little bit about this mission. After all, Ley and him were half a world apart. When reporting the situation, he could only give a rough outline of the situation, but it did not delay James from learning that the well-known politician had been sniped to death through the news. information.

On this matter, although the FBI superiors do not necessarily hold the same view, James supports Shuichi Akai: "That matter was not an error in your judgment, but more due to insufficient intelligence. When reporting to the headquarters afterwards, I’ll explain that.”

James is clearly prepared to take the responsibility for this task on his shoulders.

After all, if Shuichi Akai contacted the FBI headquarters in the United States, he might be able to solve the intelligence problem. Politicians would not be sniped to death in broad daylight, which would bring another negative impact on the security of the United States.

But while Akai Shuichi is doing this, he will also be restrained by orders from his superiors, making it difficult to maintain his undercover status in such an assassination operation involving political figures.

James agreed with Shuichi Akai’s judgment that he should prioritize keeping his undercover status.

Even if a review later confirms that Shuichi Akai made an error in judgment, James still does not feel that this is a problem of his personal ability.

"...Well, if the blame is really laid, neither you nor I will be able to escape." Rai was naturally very emotional about his boss's protective action, but when he mentioned this topic, he was not blaming himself or arguing. Attribution of responsibility: "I realized at the time that there was something wrong with Madeira's judgment. I thought she was planning to use Gin's help to investigate my identity after introducing me to Gin's people."

This happened when the organization first conducted an investigation into the undercover agent in Whiskey. During that time, Ley noticed that someone in the organization was observing his whereabouts and immediately suspended James' contact. Therefore, in the first time During the interrogation, Mori Yura opened the back door and took him away, clearing the suspicion.

Shuichi Akai took into account Gin's important role in the second interrogation and Mori Yura's connections among the organization's operators. The FBI later analyzed and speculated that the people who followed him that time were most likely from Gin.

"Yes, we here also agree with your inference." James didn't know why, "What's wrong?"

Akai Shuichi's eyes were cold: "But there is another explanation for this matter - the reason why Madeira did not observe my movements through that assassination operation was because she already knew that I was from the FBI and knew that with the size of her subordinates at the time, , on American soil, it is difficult to obtain evidence at once.”

The United States is the headquarters of the FBI, and besides Shuichi Akai, the only person Mori Yura can use is Morofushi Kagemitsu, who is also an undercover agent. Even if she can mobilize people from Belmod's staff, if she knows that her opponent is an elite organization like the FBI, using peripheral members to fight against the FBI is simply a drop of an egg.

It is not uncommon for U.S. official departments to have the ability to send out undercover agents. Unlike other small-scale agencies or the CIA's loose style of acting, the FBI often operates in departments or groups. Internal communication and joint police dispatches are not uncommon, which is different from what was used at the time. In contrast to the situation where peripheral members surrounded and killed Zhu Fu Jingguang, here the FBI had the advantage over the organization.

But the premise for making such a judgment is that Yuro Mori knows that Shuichi Akai is from the FBI, not any other department in the United States.

James did not easily believe this speculation: "But this makes no sense! How did she know?" "I don't know, I'm just speculating." Rai narrowed his eyes, "But a few days ago, she was creating serial killings There was something amiss about the behavior in the case that gave me this suspicion.”

James asked: "What's wrong?"

"That treatment method was too rough." Ley recalled the scene at that time. "Even if it was run over with wheels, it's hard to say how many marks the four tires could have corrected. I'm sure I left a second person's footprints at the scene. .”

"If you want to avoid this, the best way is to have Scotland take the body away from the scene and dump it at a secondary site where the traces are easier to clean. But Madeira did not do this."

He just dragged the body to the trunk. Akai Shuichi firmly did not believe that Mori Yura would have a mutated love brain. In order to let Zhu Fu Jingguang work less, he took unnecessary risks in the mission.

and……

"After so many days, there is still no news of a second person participating in the crime in the reports of the case."

As a major case that has killed more than ten serial killers in a row, the FBI is naturally responsible for this case.

"I privately asked a colleague who I had interacted with before, and she said that her boss took away the second footprint sample on the pretext that the person who appeared at the scene was a policeman who was undercover in a gang. There must be someone in the FBI. An undercover agent sent by the organization."

Ley asked: "Have you received any recent inquiries about my whereabouts?"

James was already shocked and shook his head: "...No."

"Of course, this may also be a lie told by the organization's FBI informant." Considering that there are many undercover agents in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who eventually tricked Zhu Fu Jingguang, this kind of speculation is not impossible, but Rai does not want to trust the big one. , "But this kind of lie can be said to be exposed easily. Isn't Madeira worried that the investigators must verify this clue and report to their superiors to confirm the identity of this so-called 'undercover'?"

If Shuichi Akai came from the CIA or other secret departments, it would be impossible for the FBI to find this kind of information. Unless Mori Yuro has confirmed it, the FBI can confirm during the investigation that Shuichi Akai is really an undercover agent sent by the official!

——Yura Mori is very confident that Shuichi Akai is indeed from the FBI!

James was in a panic: "What, what should we do? Do we want to evacuate..."

Ley interrupted the incoherent James: "She has no evidence."

Although he didn’t know how Moriyuro guessed it, Rai was quite convinced that Moriyuro was determined to use evidence that he was an FBI agent to bring down Rum. If there was evidence, it would have been impossible for him not to take any action until now.

"I will prepare to evacuate, but not now." Shuichi Akai narrowed his eyes, "I will return to Japan soon."

(End of this chapter)