"What are you thinking about?" On the way home from school, Haihara Ai asked Conan, who was looking down in thought.
"Ah, it's about Onymar..."
Conan was carrying his schoolbag and walking forward as he spoke.
"Although Officer Megure had entrusted this matter to his uncle before, Onymar has not appeared since the incident at El Pharmaceutical. Even if he wanted to investigate, there is no way to start..."
When Officer Megure first entrusted the investigation of Onymar to his uncle, Mouri Kogoro was actually very motivated.
But as Onymar refused to show up, the uncle's energy in these three minutes quickly ran out, and he turned back into the good-for-nothing uncle who squatted behind his desk all day watching Ms. Yoko's show.
Really...
Conan, who has long been accustomed to this, doesn't even want to complain.
"Onymar?"
After listening to Conan's words, Haiyuan Ai thought about it and asked curiously:
"Didn't you say that he is probably related to the Andrew Kingdom? Was Mr. Maori's assistant there recently? Didn't she find any information?"
Conan had briefly mentioned the matter of Onymar and Karasuma Ying to Haibara Ai before.
"No." Shaking his head slightly, Conan explained: "I called and asked Xiaoying before, but she didn't find any information related to Onymar.
However, the Kingdom of Andrew seems to be in trouble recently. I heard from Xiaoying that even the commander of the palace guard was murdered. Of course, she didn't tell me the more specific situation... Ah, by the way. "
Suddenly remembering something, Conan took out his phone and pulled out a photo of a beautiful blue gemstone.
"This photo was sent by Xiaoying before. I heard it is the blue sapphire, the royal secret treasure stolen from the Kingdom of Andrew."
"Is there anything wrong with this gem?" Haiyuan Ai took a look and asked.
"This gem is exactly the same as the blue gem that Onymar stole from El Pharmaceutical." Conan frowned.
Karasuma Ying sent this photo back just to ask if the two gems were the same, and Conan, who had seen the blue gem of El Pharmaceutical with his own eyes, gave a positive answer to this.
He remembered correctly, the two gems were identical in appearance at least.
Does this mean that the blue gemstone studied by El Pharmaceutical is actually the stolen royal secret treasure of the Kingdom of Andrew?
But why? Let’s not talk about how this blue sapphire traveled thousands of miles to Japan. What value does it have that deserves to be studied?
And Onymar's move to snatch it away...could it be that Onymar is actually a member of the Andrew royal family? The purpose of his trip is to get back his country's secret treasure? After achieving this goal, he left quietly?
No, this is a bit outrageous...
As soon as he came to this conclusion in his mind, Conan quickly shook his head to dispel the thought.
Not to mention other things, Onymar's previous murderous behavior alone cannot be explained.
What's more, if Onymar is really here to retrieve the secret treasure, he can use other more official means, and there is no need to go through so many twists and turns.
There must be something wrong with this gem. It is definitely not an ordinary gem. But Conan still doesn’t know what the problem is...
There is also El Pharmaceutical, a pharmaceutical company that researches sapphires.
In the past two days, Conan has conducted a more detailed investigation of this company, which allowed him to learn a lot about the company's past history.
El Pharmaceutical was established very early, and it has been more than 20 years ago. More than ten years ago, due to the success of the company's operations, it once became a global mega-enterprise with great fame.
But also more than ten years ago, I heard that El Pharmaceutical made an investment abroad. It was said that this was an extremely failed investment, and the huge losses directly led to the bankruptcy of El Pharmaceutical.
Afterwards, the president of El Pharmaceutical at the time resigned, and the company was replaced by a new president, and the company was reorganized and listed after introducing new investments.
Over the years, although El Pharmaceutical has not returned to its previous heights as a global enterprise, at least in Japan, it has gradually become one of the leading companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
As for the foreign investment that led to the bankruptcy of the first-generation El Pharmaceutical, Conan did not find any relevant information.
There was no detailed explanation in the newspapers at that time, but it was simply written that El Pharmaceutical went bankrupt due to investment failure.
It always feels like something is being hidden...
"That person... seems to be Officer Takagi, right?"
Next to her, Hui Yuan Ai suddenly spoke. Conan followed her line of sight and saw a sneaky figure next to the telephone pole not far ahead.
It was none other than Takagi Wataru, an acquaintance.
"Officer Takagi? What are you doing here?" The two walked up and asked curiously.
"Huh?! Ah? Conan Xiaoai? Why are you here?" Gao Mushe was startled and looked at the two of them in a panic.
"We just happened to be passing by, but it was Officer Takagi..."
Conan froze mid-sentence. He looked in the direction Takagi Wataru was looking at before, and saw three people in the cafe across the road.
A strong black man wearing black clothes, and a woman wearing a windbreaker, a beret, and sunglasses.
Opposite this pair of men and women was Freya.
The mysterious woman who also pretended to be Onymar was arrested by the police and then asked to be released by the Kingdom of Andrew using diplomatic privileges.
The three of them were sitting in the coffee shop, seemingly communicating with each other. Freya's face could be seen to be very solemn.
[Who are the men and women opposite Freya? Are they also from the Kingdom of Andrew? 】
Confused, Conan looked up at Takagi Wataru and asked cutely:
"Hey, Officer Takagi, are you spying on her?"
"Supervise, monitor? Hush, hush!"
Being exposed by Conan's words, Takagi Wataru quickly made a booing gesture, feeling a little nervous.
"Conan, how did you..."
"I heard it from Officer Megure and my uncle before... Officer Takagi, hasn't she left Japan yet?"
"She was just asked to leave the country within a time limit. She should be leaving within the next two days..."
"I see. Then, Officer Takagi, are you following them because you are worried that they will do bad things again?"
"That's it, although they seem to have done nothing in the past two days, haha..." Takagi Wataru smiled sheepishly.
Just as the two of them were talking like this, the three people in the coffee shop suddenly stood up and walked out together.
"Shh!" Upon seeing this, Takagi Wataru hurriedly ducked back behind the telephone pole.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
At this moment, a yellow-haired gangster shouted loudly behind the three people.
Chapter 2 a little later
(End of chapter)
