Conan: The Mechanic

The next morning, Chiba and Haibara Ai met in the corridor. Just when Chiba wanted to say something, the door of Haibara Ai and Ayumi's room was suddenly closed.

Both Haibara Ai and Chiyu looked at the door with a slightly subtle expression.

"What did you do?" Haibara Ai turned her gaze to Chiba again. "She went back to the room crying last night, and then she seemed to be avoiding you just now - wait a minute, you won't bully her, will you?"

"Why should I bully her..." Chi Yu looked at Haibara Ai's rather displeased expression, spread her hands, and showed a wry smile. "But... there are indeed some more troublesome problems..."

"Oh?" Hui Yuan raised an eyebrow. "What's the meaning?"

"Let's talk while walking," Qianyu shook her head. "She came and asked me a question that I couldn't help with..."

On the way to the restaurant, Chiba gave an overview of what happened last night.

"This question..." Haibara Ai was as helpless as Qianyu's expression just now. "This problem can't be dealt with at all! It's better to tell him directly that Conan can't be with her."

"But isn't that too hurtful?" Chiba hesitated. "Although it's true, it's a bit too hurtful..."

"She will realize this sooner or later," Ai Haibara pointed out the problem. "Long pain is worse than short pain. It's better to let her recognize the reality earlier. If she doesn't give up, it will be more painful in the future."

"But I can't suddenly go to her now and say this." Qianyu sighed. "Forget it, if she comes to ask next time, let's talk about it..."

Having said that, the two entered the restaurant.

"Are there too many people?" Qianyu suddenly realized that something was wrong with the people dining in the restaurant. "And they all seem to be raw faces?"

Just in the restaurant, several men from the face, led by Officer Nakamori, were all sitting on the same side of the small restaurant, eating food that was not part of the high-end menu in this restaurant.

"Oh..." Haiyuan Ai glanced at it, and then also found the problem. "They all seem to be sitting next to Officer Nakamori? It feels like they all respect Officer Nakamori"

"It should be his subordinates, otherwise it's impossible for them all to sit together..." Qian Yu agreed. "Six police officers... They really did their best to catch the phantom thief Kidd on a stage with such small ears..."

"Yes," Haibara nodded sadly. "There are probably more than 30 people on this airship. If a few more police officers are sent, the material reserves may not be able to meet the needs of this voyage."

If it is just an ordinary trip, the airship will only take about three days to fly directly from Osaka to Seattle. Considering the passenger capacity, as long as the food reserve for about 1,000 passengers and the food for 150 passengers can guarantee a one-way trip Flying food supply. (The crew of the Pearl Tree is set to 30 staff members + 10 temporary personnel, and the upper limit of passengers is based on the Hindenburg, which is designed to be full of 80 people.) Although the number of people on the airship is far from full, but because of this astronomical Due to the observation, it needs to stay over the Pacific Ocean for more than 12 days, which also determines that the Pearl Tree must prepare more food than normal commercial flight conditions to meet the supply. Each additional police officer brought by Nakamori is equivalent to an increase A point of food storage pressure.

In this way, the two chose a table far away from the police, and then went to choose breakfast.

……

Just when they were eating, Suzuki Jiroyoshi appeared, and after taking a plate from a respectful waiter, it looked like it had just been prepared, and it seemed to be the breakfast that Suzuki Jiroyoshi had ordered in advance, and then went straight to Officer Nakamori. Go away from the table - there is always a vacant seat opposite Officer Nakamori, which seems to be prepared for Suzuki Jiroyoshi.

"Are all your people here?" Suzuki Jiroji put the dinner plate on the table and asked.

"It's all here," Officer Nakamori said after he had finished eating and put the plate on the plate that his subordinates also finished eating. "Are there any other guests over there?"

"The reporter named Takamichi Fujioka should have four other film crews who are not in place, but they are all here." Suzuki Jiroyoshi nodded. "According to this process, we should be able to leave on time this afternoon."

"In this way, that's seven film crew members?" Officer Nakamori curled his lips. "That's quite a lot of fanfare, if it's just for the purpose of filming Kaitou Kidd - it even makes it difficult for us to identify. If Kaitou Kidd sneaks in among them, we will have a hard time."

"Don't worry about these film crews," Suzuki Jiroji looked quite relaxed. "Maybe my crew members may have been infiltrated by Kidd, but their people are all selected by themselves, and they all have considerable professional knowledge. Once Kidd tries to infiltrate. It will definitely be revealed immediately.”

"That's good, but your crew is quite large," Police Officer Nakamori reminded. "This is a very serious problem!"

"What about your police officers?" Suzuki Jiro Yoshi spread his hands. "My crew members are really not very easy to distinguish, but your police officers are very important, right? If they are infiltrated, then we might let the thief Kidd protect the glass case. "

"We have an interesting method here, which may be useful," Officer Nakamori smiled quite comfortably. "We just got advice, but maybe it really works."

"Is it reliable?" Suzuki Jiroyoshi asked. "Phantom Thief Kidd is not stupid."

"Don't worry, it's definitely possible this time," Officer Nakamori nodded and boasted in a very loud voice. "This time, we let our police officers remember each other's personal information. As long as he asks the phantom thief Kidd, he will not be able to answer! This time, we are very sure that the phantom thief Kidd will Unprepared."

His volume was quite loud, and everyone in the restaurant and the waiters had turned their heads to look at him.

"That's it," Suzuki Jiroji frowned, looked around at the movement of the others in the restaurant, and then turned around and nodded noncommittally. "Since you are so confident, then I will go back and arrange something like a code word for the staff, hoping to limit the effect of Kidd's ability to disguise as much as possible."

……

Somewhere in the restaurant, the corner of a young man who was adding new food to the buffet container slightly raised his mouth.