Since they had to go to Trojan Horse Village the next day, the three children did not play for too long before saying goodbye and leaving with Conan.
Had dinner.
Ye Gengyi returned to the basement and continued coding.
Haibara Ai followed and mentioned the phone call Conan received from Judy Stelling after school:
"Edogawa's expression was very strange at that time, and...it was his initiative to come to the doctor's house to play games."
What did the FBI discuss with the little detective?
Ye Gengyi asked: "How long have they been chatting?"
Haihara Ai briefly recalled: "Well... probably less than a minute."
"Well, I understand."
Ye Geng nodded.
Less than 1 minute sounds short, but if it is placed on a phone call, the amount of information that can be conveyed is immeasurable.
As for whether it was about Hondo Yingyou, or Bourbon or something else, he was not prepared to speculate until he got more clues.
Moreover, speaking of the strange reaction of the little detective... Ye Gengyi asked: "That Sugiura should be just an ordinary primary school student, right?"
"Um?"
Huihara Ai didn't understand it at first. After his brain successfully understood the meaning behind this sentence, he sincerely admired Ye Gengyi's vigilance:
"Don't worry, even though Sugiura Kaito also showed a special attitude of wanting to get in touch with Edogawa, but...if the organization really knows that taking that drug will turn you into a child, I should be the first to bear the brunt. "
"Well... let's talk about this tomorrow."
Ye Gengyi stood up without comment and said, "Let's go to your bedroom first."
"Ah?" Huiyuan Ai was startled.
"I have upgraded the security software and asked the doctor to test the attack and defense together. If the effect is good, I will install it on your computer as well." Ye Gengyi said.
"Oh..." Hui Yuan Ai nodded.
…
With Ye Geng taking the lead, the three of them got busy right into the second half of the night.
Half past two in the morning.
A piercing, continuous loop of fire truck sirens suddenly cut through the silence of the night.
Hui Yuan Ai yawned and looked feebly towards the bedroom door, and finally gave up the idea of going out to check.
Brother Geng Yi is so serious about striving for excellence in scientific research. The six and a half hours of offensive and defensive drills from eight o'clock to now are not enough. The doctor just provided some ideas, and he took him to the basement again. Keep exploring.
I was so tired from listening to him that my brain started to feel confused. Now... it would be better to do less than to do more. Just be a salted fish and run to bed in a hurry.
…
The next day.
After a night of intense mental exertion.
When Huihara Ai got up from the bed, it was already close to 11:45 noon.
Passing by the doctor's bedroom, I heard snoring coming from inside.
Haihara Ai didn't interrupt, and went to the kitchen to make a simple lunch for herself. At 1 o'clock, she put on her coat and went out to gather.
…
The warm afternoon sun penetrated the clouds and fell on the devastated black ruins.
Mika-cho, Mokuba-sou No. 23, 2-chome.
The group of five people looked at the scorched earth and wreckage of various objects in front of them and fell into a long silence.
"Really or not..." Yuantai finally couldn't help it and broke the oppressive atmosphere.
"Sugiura-san's home...is this right?" Mitsuhiko still couldn't believe it.
"Why, it turned out like this." Ayumi also had a look of astonishment on her face.
"I remembered," Hui Yuan Ai's eyebrows were full of solemnity: "I heard the fire truck's siren in the early hours of yesterday. I didn't expect it to be here."
Conan continued to remain silent. Showed a completely different attitude than usual.
Ayumi worriedly said: "What about Sugiura-san? He, he shouldn't have..."
"Do not worry."
At this time, the arsonist searched a group of Yumaga Police Department and walked around the ruins of the building. "If the Sugiura-san you are talking about is the little brother named Sugiura Kaito, he only suffered a little burn." , currently resting in the hospital."
"Ah! It's the Gongchang Police Department." Conan came back to his senses and greeted over there.
"Oh, I just said it looks familiar. You are the kid from Maorijia."
Police Chief Gong nodded slightly, "We haven't seen each other since the red horse incident."
"Yeah..." Conan responded and quickly asked: "Did anyone die because of this fire?"
Yesterday, after hearing Sugiura Kaito mention that a tenant was acting suspiciously, he thought it was Shuichi Akai, who temporarily changed his name to Subaru Oki, but while conducting a secret investigation, he was accidentally seen by the other party.
During this sensitive period, he felt that it was not safe to make phone calls or send emails. He might as well pretend to accept Sugiura Kaito's commission today and come to find an opportunity to secretly remind Mr. Akai to pay attention to covert operations next time.
As a result...a fire actually broke out here!
In this case, is the person who behaves suspiciously really Mr. Akai? Could it be that he was discovered by someone in the organization, so the other party came after him and directly took action to silence him?
Thinking of this, the codename 'Bourbon' emerged uncontrollably in Conan's mind, and at the same time, a sense of powerlessness filled his nerves.
I have been very careful, but I am still no match for the endless cadres of that organization...
He is still thinking wildly.
On the opposite side, the Gongchang Police Department was actually hesitating whether to reveal the truth to these children.
Forget it, looking at the worried look on this kid's face, he might be very good friends with that Sugiura Kaito.
There is nothing to hide anyway... He coughed lightly and said:
"Fortunately among the misfortunes, no one has died so far. Even the father of Kairen's child, who suffered the most serious burns, has just been out of danger, but he has not yet woken up."
"Huh? No one died..."
Conan came to his senses and asked hurriedly: "Are you sure? What about the tenants? Are they all safe?"
"Yes," Gongchang Police Department spread his hands, "There are three tenants in the apartment. They were not at home when the fire broke out. It is said that they only returned here in the morning."
"You weren't here when the fire broke out?"
Conan frowned, "...Didn't the fire start in the early morning?"
Police Chief Gong said: "After all, the three of them are adults. Even if they stay away all night, it is not something surprising."
"But... wouldn't it be too much of a coincidence for three people to go out together?" Hui Yuarai murmured in a low voice.
Yuantai guessed: "Maybe the arsonist is among the three of them!"
"What?" Police Chief Gong was confused, "Why do you think so?"
"That's because Sugiura-san asked our boy detective team to help investigate a very suspicious person!"
The three children told me the contents of yesterday's commission word by word.
"There's a tenant who does something fishy every night?"
Police Chief Gong said in a deep voice: "Then what exactly did he do?"
"We don't know this."
Mitsuhiko explained: "I came here today to investigate what the other party was doing. Unexpectedly, the entire apartment was burned down by fire."
Conan had good eyesight and saw three adults gathering together on the other side, talking about something unknown.
His eyes fell on one of them. After confirming that the other person was safe and sound, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to say:
"Excuse me, are those three residents the three people next to the police car?"
