Chi Feichi consciously took the paper cup and took three glasses of warm water. After Mouri Kogoro and Conan sat down one after another, he handed the two glasses of water forward and looked sideways at the crowds of people outside the window.
Mouri Kogoro was so flattered by the compliments that he felt that such an arrangement for the holiday was not bad at all. He took the water glass with a smile and said, "Thank you, Fei Chi."
"Thank you, Brother Chi." Conan responded obediently, picked up the paper cup, and turned to look out the window like Chi Feichi.
He's not really a first-grade elementary school student, so how could he eat snacks from other girls?
One minute……
ten minutes……
twenty minutes……
"Whoa!"
Half an hour later, the curtain of the dressing room was opened.
Conan turned around and looked around, and saw Mao Lilan coming out with a dress in her arms and shaking her head. Knowing that the waiting would continue, he reluctantly looked away and finally started looking at the snacks in the drawer, "Brother Chi, do you want some snacks?"
When Chi Feichi saw a young man dressed as a knight passing by in the crowd on the street, his eyes paused, and he quickly looked away, turning to talk to Conan, "No, are you hungry?"
Conan was worried that Chi Feichi would run away to buy him food, so he smiled obediently and said, "No, I'm not very hungry, but it's just too boring to wait like this."
On the street, a young man dressed as a knight turned to look at the clothing store. He saw that there seemed to be young people and children sitting in the rest area. He looked away in confusion, and soon showed a gentle and harmless smile. He looked up and talked to the shop assistant on the street. .
In the dress store, Chi Feichi didn't look at the street anymore. He took out his mobile phone and quickly sent an email to the Feimo Legion's station in Akihabara. He opened the game "Plants vs. Zombies" again, lowered his head and raised the zombies with Feichi. .
He also didn't expect that a trip to Qiuye, a place with so many people, would actually be fruitful.
The young man on the street just now was about fifteen or sixteen years old. He had short black hair on his forehead and long hair tied casually on the back of his head. He had delicate features and was wearing a white knight uniform. He looked like an elegant and decent man from the Middle Ages. A knight with a soothing expression and a smile when speaking. With such a good appearance, it is easy to win the trust of others.
Among the information collected by Ark, there is a treasure hunter with the codename "Crow", whose true face has been exposed. He is the seemingly harmless fifteen-year-old boy just now.
This is also a character worth talking about. So far, Ark has collected eleven cases of crow's treasure hunting and reselling operations, and most of these operations are not uncommon, but the remaining three treasure hunting and reselling operations are quite legendary.
The other was in France. A certain collector learned that a famous painting was missing in the collection room of a declining family. At the same time, treasure hunters of all sizes also received the same news and set their sights on the painting. They were waiting for a group of When people rushed there, they found twenty identical paintings.
No one can be sure whether the original works are hidden in these paintings.
The collector brought mercenaries there that day. He immediately showed a ferocious face, went to the owner of the paintings and forcibly bought all the paintings. When he was about to take the paintings back, one of the twenty paintings was missing. The collector felt uneasy. I was in the mood to find an appraiser, and it turned out that it was true—none of the remaining nineteen paintings were authentic.
Three days later, Crow put the famous painting up for sale on the black market, and was bought by the collector at a high price. He also received a commission and helped the collector identify two paintings whose authenticity could not be distinguished.
Looking at it this way, Crow's actions are quite characteristic of the Phantom Thief. However, judging from the information learned afterwards, when Crow was identifying the paintings for the collector, it seemed that he just wore black clothes and a mask and went to the designated exhibition hall to take a look. The whole process took less than three seconds, and the authenticity of the two paintings has been a matter of long-standing controversy among many appraisers.
Is it possible that crows randomly designated a painting as authentic?
According to bounty hunters' occasional bad taste, it's not impossible. When you don't understand the mood of the person involved, everything is possible, but the shrewd collector completely believed in Crow's judgment, which also made Crow The statement "You're right" is supported by more hunters.
As for how Crow found the authentic paintings from twenty paintings before, and what happened during that period that made the collector entrust Crow with the identification work, and that made the collector believe in Crow's judgment, outsiders have no idea. .
After that, someone paid attention to Crow's actions and discovered that none of the treasures sold by Crow were fake.
In addition to treasure hunting and reselling, Crow also received many appraisal commissions, and he also did not miss a single appraisal commission.
Although "seeing without mistaking things" is considered a basic quality of a treasure hunter, no matter how experienced a treasure hunter is, there will be times when it is difficult to determine the authenticity and special means are needed to verify it.
The crow is different. The ability to tell the truth at a glance is a very mysterious personal characteristic.
In the bounty hall, this kid is also nicknamed the 'crow appraiser', and there are jokes like 'it would be a pity not to be an appraiser' and 'crows just like shiny treasures'.
This 'crow appraiser' is not well-known in the outside world, but the wanted price is not low. The people who are offering rewards are some collector enthusiasts and antique resellers, and they want to catch him alive.
Raising a 'crow appraiser' and getting rich is not a dream.
The second operation was related to these 'living' bounties. More than one Qingdao hunter had tried to round up the 'Crow Appraiser', but they all failed. It was rare to organize a group of people and design a trap that was difficult to detect. The whole process was kept highly confidential, but the 'crow appraiser' noticed it when he stepped into the trap's periphery, allowing the ambushing Qingdao hunters to escape.
The third operation is much more interesting. It took place a year ago. It is said that the "crow appraiser" was involved in the FBI operation when he was hunting for treasures in the United States. At that time, the FBI was preparing to round up a man who had committed serial murders. A villain, and when an agent was pretending to be an ordinary person, he was secretly approached by a curious little Shota. When he was pestered by the young Shota and asked, "Will the FBI arrest me?", the villain was alerted and escaped.
Seeing that the operation failed, the FBI decided to arrest the 'crow appraiser' who sabotaged the operation and interrogate whether the two were accomplices, but...
When two experienced FBI agents and strong men faced off against a seemingly frail fifteen-year-old boy, their arrest failed. Even surrounded by the FBI, 'Crow Identified' Shi' also managed to escape unscathed, and even killed the escaped gangster in the end and sent his head to the FBI.
This is the first time Crow's murder record has been exposed. As for how Crow escaped the encirclement, the FBI did not disclose relevant information. There is not even an accurate account of the specific process, making it difficult for the outside world to know.
After that, the 'Crow Appraiser' was put on the FBI's wanted list and was approved by the head of the FBI authorities. The price in the bounty hall also skyrocketed.
Some people also speculate that Crow was originally an informant placed by the FBI among the treasure hunters. The so-called sabotage operation was just a lie to numb the hunters. After all, among all the leaked intelligence, although this young man's fighting ability and physical fitness are stronger than those of his peers, But he is not so outstanding that he can be compared with well-trained adults. In that situation, escaping from the encirclement is impossible no matter how you think about it.
However, the FBI's attitude was also very ambiguous. It issued a wanted notice, but did not actually hunt down the crow. It did not even provide any exclusive information, as if it had no intention of actually catching the crow.
For this reason, when he was eyeing this 'crow', he asked Fang Zhou to find every possible way to investigate this shot.
After such a search, more interesting information was found.
For a long time, the background of this 'crow' has been a mystery. No one knows whose child this is, and no one knows where this child learned his skills or when he became active. It seems that this child suddenly appeared. A character.
However, during Ark's comprehensive monitoring, it was discovered that Shota, who was suspected to be a crow appraiser, had been to a certain cemetery and found some search records of this crow, which completely revealed the crow's background.
Not only is the Crow Appraiser not from the FBI, but on the contrary, the Crow Appraiser also has a blood feud with the FBI.
A few years ago, there was a Japanese appraiser named 'Nobu Saito' in the United States. His industry standard at that time was in the middle and upper reaches. He began to be employed by a well-known auction house. He occasionally helped people conduct paid appraisals and gradually opened up contacts. After his circle and his own appraisal level were also improved, he invested in an auction house with a wealthy businessman and was responsible for confirming the auction items before the auction.
Nobu Saito has a clean identity, and his life has been going smoothly day by day. He associates with celebrities and elegant people, has a lovely wife, and a smart son. He is a standard template for overseas successful people.
However, seven years ago, the FBI lost the opportunity to obtain a piece of confidential information and temporarily decided to install locators and eavesdroppers on the auction house's lots. At that time, Saito Nobu had confirmed that the items were genuine and the auction was about to begin. The person in charge The agent in charge of the operation made a decision - to replace the original item that was about to be auctioned with a fake one with a bug.
Due to the high degree of counterfeiting, the counterfeit was not noticed by the buyer, and the FBI successfully monitored its target.
When the matter has reached this point, it seems that no one has lost anything. As long as the FBI replaces the fakes after closing the network, it will neither affect Saito Nobu nor expose his own side's action process.
It was just that the person in charge of the FBI operation delayed the replacement of the fakes in order to obtain more intelligence, which led to the discovery of the bugs inside and the detection of the fakes.
The relationship behind the target targeted by the FBI is complicated, and many of them are gangsters. It is difficult to expose the fact that the FBI is targeting them, but in the anger of being calculated, in the fear of almost having the FBI find out everything, in the face of Zhai Amidst the suspicion of the auction hosted by Fujinobu, telling the outside world about the fakes became the only way to escape.
There is no shortage of jealous people in the world, and there is also no shortage of people who deliberately stir up trouble.
'Is this intentional or a mistake? '
'It's better to send the previous auction items for inspection...'
'What an excellent means of forgery. I heard that Saito Nobu once contacted a master of forgery. Could it be...'
Amid such comments, Nobu Saito's reputation plummeted, and the auction house was forced to close.
After that, the FBI found Nobu Saito and said that he could take responsibility for it. He hoped that Saito Nobu could survive this period of time. After everything is over, the FBI's replacement of the authentic product will be announced to prove Saito Nobu's innocence. Here During this period, the safety of Saito Nobu and his family will also be protected.
A very commendable attitude, but the FBI made another mistake——
Saito Nobu's only son Saito Hiroshi was kidnapped.
When Nobu Saito learned the news, the slander outside had put this proud and confident man under a lot of pressure. After learning that the child had been kidnapped, he and his wife began to complain and argue with each other, which led to his wife's collapse and despair. He jumped from the top of the building and died.
About a month later, the FBI closed the network and announced some of the methods used during the search, helping clear Saito's reputation and expressing its willingness to help Saito get back on his feet.
For the man who lost his wife, children, and family because he was involved in the FBI operation, it was too late. After that, Nobu Saito stopped working as an appraiser and spent his days drinking in a muddle. Illegal drugs.
It seemed that in the midst of drunkenness and dreaming, this man could return to his happy time, but the reality was that two years later, Nobu Saito died in a drunken accident.
The FBI was ashamed of this operational error and decided to take a warning. At the same time, for the sake of the FBI's reputation, it slowly let all this be submerged in the noise and endless new things.
This is the version known to insiders, a complete tragedy, and the protagonist who performs the tragedy is Saito Nobu.
From the information investigated by Ark, he got another version of the tragedy, and the protagonist who performed the tragedy was Saito Hiroshi. (To be continued)
