Maori Detective Agency.
The phone rang as if to remind me.
Mao Lilan stepped forward and picked up the phone.
"Hello, this is the Maori Detective Agency..."
"What? Something happened to Dr. A Li?" Mao Lilan opened her eyes wide instantly and covered her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from screaming subconsciously.
Edogawa Conan, who was lying on the sofa reading the newspaper, instantly sat up, jumped off the sofa, ran over and took away the phone.
"...Unfortunately, when the police arrived at the scene, Dr. Ali had already lost his vital signs..."
Edogawa Conan's head was buzzing, and it seemed that he only heard this sentence in his ears.
Dr. Agasa lost vital signs?
Dr. Agasa...is dead?
His palms curled up unconsciously and he held the phone tighter, as if he could hear the sound of the phone about to collapse due to stress, but this was just an illusion.
The phone was still intact, and the voice on the other side still kept thinking of it, with some regret and regret, and continued to inform about this tragedy.
"Conan... what's wrong with you?" Mao Lilan looked at the short primary school student with worried eyes.
There wasn't even an expression on the other person's face, but...
She sensed that the other person was in a state of extreme sadness.
Edogawa Conan didn't reply, he just dropped the phone with a cold face and ran away.
Looking at the opponent's back, Mao Lilan seemed to see another, taller figure belonging to a high school student from beside him again.
They are so similar that they can overlap without any contradiction, as if they are the same person.
Shinichi would have the same reaction if he heard the news about Dr. Agasa's accident.
Mao Lilan watched the other person's retreating back with a worried expression. After thinking about it, she picked up the backpack hanging on the coat rack and followed him in a hurry.
…
Dr. Agasa's house.
The police were still conducting searches and investigations at the scene, and outside the house surrounded by yellow police tape, some people gathered in whispers.
"Hey..." Officer Megure sighed as he looked at the people gathered outside.
I don't know which family living nearby sold the news to the news agency about an extremely brutal murder that occurred here, so that the hound-like reporters rushed over without stopping, carrying long guns and short cannons.
The police could not drive them away and could only let a group of people block the door.
"Brother Tsushima... look at this...?" Officer Megure looked at a quiet figure in the corner of the room with a headache.
The black coat he was wearing was so well worn that it made one wonder if there was a shelf of the same style in the closet. His expression was calm and a little indifferent, and the exposed kite-colored left eye seemed to have been used to life and death.
So I don't feel sad about the death of an acquaintance.
But his expressionless look made him look like he was deeply saddened.
"The murder case of deliberate revenge was handled very cleanly at the scene. The murderer left no trace, not even a hair..." The young man with slightly curly black hair and an immature appearance due to the baby fat on his face spoke calmly.
"Obvious professionalism." He commented coldly.
"What do you mean...the murderer is a professional?" Officer Megure quickly understood the meaning of Tsushima Shuji's words.
"This mentality of calmly cleaning up all traces of the scene after killing people means that the murderer is either a professional killer, or... he is a wanted fugitive who has several lives on his hands." Shuji Tsushima sounded as if There was a slight smile, but the expression on his face was extremely cold.
"I don't know how Dr. A Li could offend such a person..." He said quietly, looking around the room with a vague look.
"Xiao Ai seems to be missing. There is no body at the scene... Then she must have been taken away by the murderer. This means that the murderer's target may be Xiao Ai. Dr. A Li is just implicated..."
"As for the tragic situation of Dr. Agasa..." At this point, Tsushima Shuji paused for a moment.
"Perhaps it's because the murderer thinks he's in the way." The black-haired boy with wild eyes said calmly and coldly.
Such an attitude made Officer Mumu feel cold for no reason, and the hairs on his body stood up unconsciously. He folded his arms and touched his arms: "But how can a little girl like Xiao Ai provoke such a dangerous person... …”
He still doesn't quite understand.
But the memory flashed through my mind. It seemed that the children in the Youth Detective Team had encountered trouble more than once or twice. It was hard to guarantee that they would have provoked that kind of person.
"Of course an ordinary little girl wouldn't... As for her..." Tsushima Shuji stopped talking and looked out the door.
A figure passed under the cordon and rushed into the crime scene.
"Conan..." Officer Megure looked at the sudden figure with some unbearability.
"Where is Dr. Agasa?!" The little figure grabbed Officer Megure's clothes and asked anxiously.
"..." Officer Memu lowered his head and said nothing.
He didn't know what to say, saying that when the police came, no human-like creatures could be found at the crime scene?
No complete body parts could be found at all, and the skin, flesh, and bones had all been stripped off.
There was blood and minced meat everywhere.
Even as police officers, they couldn't help but feel sick when they saw this scene.
It's so cruel.
Edogawa Conan didn't get the answer, so he had to let go of Officer Megure's clothes and use his own eyes to find the answer he wanted.
But when his eyes touched the blood everywhere and the fine human tissue that had not been cleaned, he was still shocked and lost the ability to speak.
There were no white trace anchor lines at the scene, which meant one thing - the scene was littered with traces, and the deceased was found without a complete body.
As long as he thinks about it for a moment, the cruel truth of Dr. Agasa's suffering will be exposed in the eyes of Edogawa Conan, or Kudo Shinichi.
Needless to say, Edogawa Conan took two steps back in despair and bumped into Tsushima Shuji's waist.
Tsushima Shuji stood firmly on the spot. Even if he was hit, his posture did not shake even a little. He just stretched out his bandaged hands and pressed on Edogawa Conan's shoulders.
"Haiyuan is missing and has not been found yet. It is most likely that he was taken away by the murderer organization." He emphasized the tone when talking about the organization.
"Haibara? Oh..." Edogawa Conan responded in a confused manner, as if he had never thought of Haibara Ai's existence before.
This is indeed the case. Before that, he only cared about Dr. Ali.
After all... that is equivalent to watching him grow up, staying with him maybe longer than his parents, being like a teacher and a friend.
Tsushima Shuji seemed to sigh. Edogawa Conan didn't know if it was his imagination. He only saw the other person bending down and looking directly into his eyes.
"Look, I told you before that you should leave the Maori family." The black-haired and wild-eyed boy said with regret and pity.
"Dr. Ali has nothing to do with all this." He said.
(End of chapter)
