Conan: The Mechanic

When Qianyu and the others returned to the hotel where they were staying, it was already late at night, but they found that none of them fell asleep.

"What the **** is going on?" Mitsuhiko asked. "Did you go to Shinsaibashi where we went before?"

"Yeah?" Chiyu replied after glancing at the expressions of Mitsuhiko, Ayumi, and Genta.

"Did you go to Umeda?" Mitsuhiko asked again. "Probably the location north of Shinsaibashi."

"Why are you asking this?" Qianyu asked Mitsuhiko in confusion.

"We were watching TV before," Dr. Agsa said. "Then a message was suddenly broadcast, saying that Umeda had found something strange, and the police were intervening, and a detailed report will be given as soon as possible."

"Is there anything specific?" Qian Yu frowned. "We were there and a group of guys calling themselves red Siamese made a statement on TV and then claimed that they had placed several small container bottles with banknotes in the smoking room on Shin-Umeda's Shido Street - from the statement It looks like they may have published something similar the other day."

"Red Siamese? That terrorist group from a few years ago? But the tone of the TV coverage sounds like they don't know anything about what you're saying that's been published before - if the people you're talking about really claim to be The red Siamese cat, and if it really made a statement a few days ago, the TV station will definitely scramble to follow up on it, and we can never know nothing about it like this." Dr. Li frowned. "What exactly is going on?"

Just when they were confused by the contradiction between the information obtained by the two sides, the latest urgent news came - the TV station said that the police headquarters will hold a press conference on the status of the suspected biochemical attack launched by Umeda at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The follow-up status description will also be followed up in the next program.

Just then, the phone in their room rang.

"Hello, there is a young man who calls himself Hattori Heiji and claims to be your acquaintance. Would you like to give him your room number?"

"Heiji Hattori?" Chiba and Ai Haibara exchanged a surprised look.

What is this guy doing here now? It's definitely not here to hang out. Could it be that there is something to ask them who have just returned from Umeda?

……

In the room, Chiba opened the door and saw the figure of Hattori Heiji.

"We met again," Hattori Heiji patted Chiba's head. "I'm here to find you. I want to ask you what happened to Umeda."

"What exactly is the situation on Umeda's side?" Chiba asked back. "They said on TV that they had made a public statement two days ago, but the news reports looked like they didn't know anything about the previous public statement."

"The police headquarters know something about the red Siamese cat itself, but don't know much about this incident in Umeda," Hattori Heiji shook his head. "So I'm here to ask you the details—you're the most reliable witness we can count on right now as an eyewitness. After that, I'll tell you everything we know."

……

"That's why you know about the previous two public statements," Hattori Heiji thought after listening to Chiba's account. "It turns out that they are picking this up..."

"So what is going on here?" Qianyu asked. "What exactly are the first two public statements?"

"First of all, I told you about my previous relationship, a day or two ago," Hattori Heiji sighed. "On the night of July 7th, the National Tokyo Microbiology Research Center was invaded by outsiders, and the virus inside was stolen. Then just two days ago, the TV program you were watching suddenly received a call from the red Siamese cat, Then they claimed responsibility for the previous virus theft on the show that day, while claiming that they were throwing money at Osaka Castle."

"Actually?" Chiyu asked. "Did they really throw money at Osaka Castle?"

"Yes, at the same time." Hattori Heiji nodded. "After inspecting the unsold amulets, we identified the banknotes inside, and they were all fake banknotes with very fine workmanship. Although the banknote detector can detect the problems of these banknotes, it is found that the authenticity of the banknotes is very high. Gao, it is very easy to get away with manual banknote inspection - we invited the bank's banknote counters to conduct manual inspection, only half of the staff found counterfeit banknotes from ten banknotes when they were informed in advance that there was one counterfeit banknote , and in the experiment to find all the counterfeit banknotes from 30 banknotes, less than one-third of the banknote counters correctly distinguished the fake banknotes from the real banknotes."

"How much did they sprinkle?" Qianyu asked again. "Also, why check for amulets that didn't sell?"

"Not much," Hattori Heiji shook his head~www.readwn.com~ They did tricks in an amulet shop and put some money in some amulet bags. Based on the sales volume and the contents of the remaining bags, we estimate that half of the amulet bags sold contained a banknote in addition to the amulet, with a total value of around 200,000 yen. "

"Why did they do this?" Qianyu's expression was quite puzzled. "To attract attention?"

"It looks like, after all, ordinary criminal gangs probably wouldn't go to such trouble." Hattori Heiji shook his head. "Because of the seriousness of the situation, the police headquarters interviewed the newspapers and asked them to only report the fact that there were counterfeit bills in the amulet bag itself, and to avoid talking about the red Siamese cat-in fact, today Umeda It's not the newspaper's intention that this incident was reported, but a certain Leng Touqing who was interviewing nearby brought it out."

"Tsk!" Qian Yu was speechless. "This is just the announcement for the first day? What about the second day?"

"The next day, they installed a money-spraying device on the top floor of Tsutenkaku, and at the same time that a second statement was released on the same show the next day, the tourists at Tsutenkaku noticed that there were many small bags falling from the sky, Inside was a thousand-yen bill and an information card about the virus they stole."

"Is it the data card of the virus that was robbed?" Qianyu was stunned. "What is the main emphasis? How to distinguish between symptoms and..."

"It emphasizes infectivity and lethality." Hattori Heiji said solemnly. "So although we don't know the specific situation, people who know about it are probably panicked... Especially when only the TV station in the Osaka area received the announcement of the red Siamese cat, many people may think that they The next terrorist act will be launched in the Osaka area."