That night.
Conan arrived at Dr. Ali's house late at night.
"What did you say? Sneaked into the search meeting..."
There was only one lamp on in the living room. Dr. Ali sat on the sofa opposite Conan and asked in surprise, "Are you from that organization?"
"Shh..." Conan quickly reminded Dr. Ali, "Don't be too loud."
Dr. A Li covered his mouth and looked at the iron door leading to the basement.
Conan also looked over and asked softly, "Haiyuan probably didn't hear it, right?"
"It's okay," Dr. A Li also lowered his voice, "She should still be in the underground laboratory."
Conan nodded and continued softly, "I guess the person disguised as a detective wearing glasses is Belmod. While waiting for the elevator, he reported the results of the meeting to the boss via email..."
"I see, and then I happened to be heard by Police Officer Yamamura. When I entered my email address, I heard the key tone with a tone similar to "Seven Children"," Dr. Agasa wondered, "But why on earth..."
"Really," Haibara Ai was still wearing the white coat she wore during the experiment, but she walked out from behind the sofa where Dr. Ali was sitting, and calmly walked to the two of them, "I'm still wondering what you are doing secretly. "
He hid the information from her again!
"Hui, Huiyuan?" Conan sweated.
Hui Yuan Ai looked up at Conan and asked calmly, "How could you tell that it was Belmode just by the sound of the key presses?"
Seeing that Haibara Ai had heard it, Conan said truthfully, "I also saw Gin's Porsche."
Hui Yuan Ai's pupils shrank and his face became stiff.
Conan was helpless. He thought Haibara was no longer afraid of those guys. He continued his analysis, "If they want to sneak into the Metropolitan Police Department with their true colors, the risk is too high. If they are in disguise, then Belmode is most likely to take action. In short, this series of events must have some connection with the dark organization, so I also want to investigate this event, are you willing to help?"
"I don't care." Dr. A Li hesitated and glanced at Haibara Ai.
"Even if I ask you not to interfere, you won't listen, right?" Hui Yuan Ai had already calmed down, sighed, and warned sternly, "But you must be cautious. I think you should be very clear. If your Their true identity was discovered..."
"I know," Conan suddenly remembered the nightmare he had that night and said solemnly, "I know this very well."
That night, he thought he had a nightmare due to the sudden change of sleeping environment and the threat from raki deep in his heart. But after what happened today, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.
Dr. Ali felt that the atmosphere was too depressing, so he took the initiative and asked, "Then how can we help you?"
Conan came to his senses and took out a small notebook from his pocket, "During today's search meeting, Brother Chi proposed two directions of investigation, which I also considered..."
"Wait a minute," Haiyuan Ai's face changed slightly, "Why did Brother Fei Chi go to that search meeting?"
"Didn't I say it before..." Conan paused, guessing that Haibara Ai might not have heard what he said to Dr. Ali at the beginning, and explained again, "This search meeting is because of the recent cross-regional incident. In the case of serial murders, Matsumoto management invited Uncle Maori and Brother Chi to attend the meeting as special advisers. Don’t be too sensitive. Belmod has noticed him a long time ago. If the purpose of the organization is to prevent the police from investigating, then It's useless for him to start. I think even if Brother Chi proposes an investigation direction, it won't cause him any trouble. However, I will try to avoid contact with him during this period."
"Even if that woman comes to Brother Fei Chi, Brother Fei Chi won't tell her about the case that the police haven't disclosed yet, right?" Haihara Ai looked at Conan.
Either she felt that it was not good to avoid him, or she felt that Edogawa was a little strange today.
"Yes, but this is just in case. It won't do him any harm." Conan smiled, lowered his head and opened his notebook, put it on the table, and pointed to the circled record on it. Said, "In short, I want to ask for leave from the school and let the doctor drive me to the crime scenes of the six incidents. The police only took photos near the bodies. Maybe there may be some clues about the location and surrounding environment. Even if I don’t have a clue, but after I went to the scene and watched it, I can confirm whether there are religious factors.”
Dr. A Li nodded, "Then tell the school that you are sick and have a cold!"
"Later, I will draw the front of the mahjong tile with a red circle, and the back with vertical straight lines and English letters engraved on it," Conan said seriously when he saw Haibara Ai looking at the contents of the notepad. , "Haiyuan, I leave it to you to investigate the scratches and smear marks on the mahjong tiles. I think you can't go wrong by focusing on the culture, legends, and religion that Brother Chi mentioned."
Hui Yuan Ai nodded and said, "I'll help you investigate in the next two days."
"As for the meaning of 'Qixi, Jing', and the vertical straight line..." Conan looked down at the 'vertical straight line' that Chi Feichi reminded and cannot be ignored, frowned and thought for a while, "I don't have a clue yet."
In the next two days, Conan asked for leave and asked Dr. Ari to drive and take him around various regions.
Haibara Ai went to school as usual, paying attention to whether there were any abnormalities in the school. When she got home, she helped Conan look up documents.
On the other side, there was no progress with the police, so Chi Feichi helped Belmode deliver meals for two days.
It has been eight days since Matsumoto Kiyonaga was tied up. He has been tied to a chair in a cabin, and his mouth is mostly sealed with tape. He is guarded by people in shifts 24 hours a day, and is fed a small amount of rice and water regularly.
If you need to go to the toilet, you have to do it at gunpoint, and the rope on your body will not be completely untied.
After being locked up like this for eight days, even if Matsumoto Kiyonaga didn't collapse physically and mentally, he really didn't have much strength to escape from the wooden house, let alone escape from the target of a gun.
Finding that someone else had brought food and water, Matsumoto Kiyonaga sat on a chair. When the guard finished eating and came forward to tear off the tape that sealed his mouth, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What do you want? What do you want?"
From the moment he was kidnapped, he realized that this kidnapping was not easy just by looking at the skill of the man in black robe who attacked him.
When he first woke up, he saw that the person guarding him had a gun in his hand, which confirmed his idea - he could not act rashly.
If the other party wanted to kill him, they would have done it long ago. Taking advantage of him being unconscious would be a good opportunity.
The reason why these people don't kill is that they are either waiting for something or want to get something from him, so there is no need to run away in a panic. They can pretend to lose the ability to escape, let the other party relax their vigilance, try to release a distress signal, and observe at any time whether there is any counterattack or opportunities to escape, and at the same time, you can also speak to interfere with the guards and create opportunities for yourself.
It's just that these people are more difficult to deal with than he imagined.
The guards rotate every eight hours, ensuring that there is always an energetic person guarding him with a gun.
The guards all wore hats and gloves, and spoke to each other in lowered or lowered voices.
At first, he seized the opportunity when a guard was feeding him water and tried to talk to him. Unexpectedly, after only a few words of conversation, the other party received a call on his mobile phone. After a few words, he hung up the phone and then shut up. Say nothing.
It was then that he discovered that there was a miniature camera on the door facing the room. After that, he never saw the man who had said a few words to him again. Maybe it was because he was transferred and punished for making a mistake, or maybe because He didn't know what the worse outcome would be, but since then, no one had said a word to him. The guards fed and watered him like a robot, and then immediately sealed his mouth.
What’s even more crazier is that every time the meal-delivery man wearing sunglasses and a square face comes over, he has to check the house and the rope that binds him. Not only does he clean up many traces of the caretaker’s activities in the house, It also eliminated the possibility of him escaping.
He originally thought about secretly wearing off the rope bit by bit, but the plan was only implemented the morning after he was tied up. When he was just fraying the rope between his wrists behind his back, the food delivery person came over. At that time, he was discovered and immediately added another hemp rope to his wrist...
If he had not been unconscious for more than a day, he should have been kidnapped for eight days. After eight days, these people have not relaxed at all. The guards are still guarding energetically, and the food delivery people are still checking every time, as if they will never get tired of it. , you can keep him locked up like this forever.
Even the key members of violent societies cannot be so restrained and orderly. All he can think of are international criminal organizations.
But the sky is the limit. He found that there should be a forest outside, and it was quiet all day long. Beetles would fly in and crawl in through the ventilated windows. He could take the opportunity to hide one, and take advantage of the opportunity to leave the chair temporarily while going to the toilet. , using the hands tied behind his back to pull off the packaging sticker on the lunch box, and stick the sticker on the beetle, then find an opportunity to let the beetle go, and let the beetle crawl out with his signal for help...
In order to avoid his little tricks being discovered, he only dared to pull two short pieces of stickers each time. So far, he has only let out five beetles. He also had to avoid doing anything when the food delivery person came. Others are keen, and if the other party senses something is wrong and moves him elsewhere, then everything he does will be in vain.
This is a difficult road to survive, but he must persevere alone and should not give up until the last moment.
Just like tonight, he asked, 'What do you want?' He just took advantage of the opportunity to speak, but he didn't actually have much hope for the other party's answer...
Matsumoto Kiyonaga's hunch was accurate.
Chi Feichi stood at the door with his 'food deliveryman' disguise. He looked at the caretaker who had finished dinner, then moved his eyes to Matsumoto Kiyonaga. He signaled for food and water quickly and then sealed his mouth. He did not chat with Matsumoto Kiyonaga at all. Intend.
He can use a fake voice and ensure that he is not tricked, but the guard may not be able to deal with an old detective.
In this environment, Matsumoto Kiyonaga was still able to find a way to send out a distress signal, which was difficult enough.
With this kind of perseverance and mentality, I should be prepared to be promoted when I go back, or at least be entrusted with an important task or something.
As for the organization, from the very beginning, the rule was 'no talking to Matsumoto Kiyonaga'. Guys who don't abide by the rules are not cool now, but if they find an opportunity to take advantage of it again in the future, they will soon be cool. .
As a core member, he certainly cannot take the lead in talking to Matsumoto Kiyonaga.
After the guards fed him food and water, Matsumoto Kiyonaga seized the last chance and asked in a low voice, "It's been several days. Is your goal almost achieved? So, when are you going to kill me?"
Change the question and see if you can get the other person to say a few words this time. Just a few words, and you might be able to find a breakthrough.
Chi Feichi stepped forward and checked the rope that tied Matsumoto Kiyoshi as usual.
The man guarding him remained silent as he tore off a new piece of tape and sealed Matsumoto Kiyonaga's mouth again.
Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "..."
He is strong...his mentality is not so easy to collapse!
