Conan: The Mechanic

Chiyu decided to leave the team and act alone - because he has his own ideas, and this idea is obviously not in sync with the others.

Well, although it is said to be acting alone, it seems that this is completely impossible at this time. As for the reason...

"Are you going to check the duty roster?" Walking beside Qianyu, Haibara asked curiously. "You... think the virus was carried on the airship yesterday, so you suspect that there are ghosts in the staff?"

"Yes," Qianyu nodded. "That's the most plausible explanation, otherwise it's almost impossible to ship in total secrecy in quantities large enough for one person to omit an entire bag of methamphetamine."

"Is there a more detailed goal?" Haibara asked sadly. "If the procedure we saw a few days ago is correct, the whole inspection process should be handled by a lot of people at the same time, right? If none of them found methamphetamine, doesn't it mean that there are many people inside the ghost?"

"No," Qianyu shook her head. "Except for the taste, that bag of meth is quite similar to ordinary rock candy. If it is an ordinary person who is not familiar with food, I am afraid that they will not realize the difference at all. Even if the ice is sealed and the taste is placed In front of them, many people can't identify it at all - don't look at me like that, you are an expert, so you can identify it, and a rookie like an ordinary person can't tell it apart at all."

"Maybe," Haibara Ai shrugged. "Then, how will you distinguish which of the many handlers of those materials is the inner ghost?"

"I don't know," Qianyu continued to shake her head without hesitation. "So let's take a look at the names in the roster. If you just rely on the information you have now, it will not be enough to get enough information."

"In that case, will we be able to get enough information?"

"Not necessarily, but if you go to the loading port of the cargo with the information and carefully check the specific process, there will probably be a higher probability to deduce the information we need.

……

Cargo loading port.

"It should be here." Together with Haibara Ai, they came to the loading port where the goods were put into the storage compartment. Chiba looked at the rather complicated group of machines and pouted. "Well, I admit that this is a fairly technical security inspection system - of course, this also means that there are definitely internal ghosts in these systems, otherwise even if methamphetamine can fly, it will not be able to pass the inspection safely."

Having said that, the two started checking from the very beginning of the conveyor belt, where the goods were sent into the security inspection system.

"If the measures they gave there are correct, not all machines will be turned on when checking rock candy," Chiba and Haibara Ai stood on both sides of the conveyor belt, and put one hand on the conveyor belt together, while walking As he moved, he let his fingertips lightly swipe across the conveyor belt, making a rhythmic rubbing sound. "That is to say, there are only a few machines that can be opened. Among them, there are machines capable of checking that the ice candy bag is filled with meth instead of rock candy..."

"The first security checker," Haibara looked sadly at the security checker in front of them. "and also……"

"It's gone in the back," Qian Yu said after a glance. "The following procedure only has a flotation tank to check the tightness and a pulse sterilizer, neither of which have the ability to check the contents."

"Who is in charge of the security checker?" Haibara Ai immediately responded.

"Staff," Chiba shrugged. "In any case, it's always right to find that staff member. But just in case, you need to find Uncle Jiroji to obtain the necessary authorization before that, otherwise there may be trouble."

……

"Consultant Suzuki?" The female employee looked at the warrant in her hand and was stunned for a moment. "You... how come you have a warrant from Advisor Suzuki?"

"Of course, because Consultant Suzuki allowed us to ask you questions," Chiba spread her hands. "So, can we start asking, Miss Kawasaki?"

"What do you want to ask?" Miss Kawasaki sighed and asked. "Speak, I know everything I can say."

"Where were you last night when the airship was carrying out the cargo loading task?" Qianyu asked.

"I'm controlling the security screening machine," Kawasaki frowned slightly. "You've all come to me so eagerly, why haven't you even investigated this?"

"Then, have you detected anything unusual?" Chiba asked again. "For example, the security screen found something strange or something."

"Strange thing?" Kawasaki's expression seemed to indicate that she didn't know anything. "What kind of weird stuff? I don't know if anything weird got through security, but at least the alarm didn't go off at all."

"?" Qianyu frowned. "No alarms?"

"What kind of strange thing are you asking about?" Miss Kawasaki asked rhetorically. "Can you at least give me a range? If you ask directly like that, I have no clue."

"Anything is fine," Chiba paused after speaking, and then turned on the comparison system and video recording system of the auxiliary unit. "I'll give an example, think about it."

"OK."

"Have you seen any dangerous items such as knives or guns going through the security check?" Qianyu asked for the first time~www.readwn.com~No. "

"Has the security checker been closed for some reason halfway through, potentially causing some cargo to be brought onto the airship without going through the security checker?" Qianyu continued to ask.

"I think...there shouldn't be."

"Then, have you brought anything through the security check by yourself, or acquiesced to the fact that any goods did not pass the security check?" Chiba seemed to be dissatisfied with Kawasaki's answer just now. "Answer me with the most succinct yes or no word, no other parts needed."

"No."

"Okay," Qianyu nodded. "So, did you check the rock candy you brought on the airship yesterday?"

"Have."

"Did you check all those rock candies last night?" Qianyu continued to ask. "There shouldn't be a single bag of rock candy missing, right?"

"right."

"Did you find that the rock candies you checked yesterday were actually methamphetamine?" Qian Yu asked such a question with the same indifferent tone as before.

"Ah?" Kawasaki seemed to have completely forgotten her previous request for a simple affirmative or negative answer, and lost his voice. "Ice poison?"

"..." Qianyu frowned slightly—of course, not because Kawasaki's answer was unexpected, but because of the analysis based on the video of the auxiliary unit, Kawasaki's current surprise is genuine surprise, not a fake. something out.

"Just kidding," Qianyu immediately shook her head. "I just wanted to ask you if you can be sure that no one has sneaked anything onto the boat."

"No." Kawasaki, who was startled, paused for a moment before replying, in a similar tone as before.

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