Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 85 The Approaching Black Deadline

"Akai Shuichi, I executed him with a gun myself." Mizunashi Rena looked calm.

"And it's right in front of you, Gin."

"It's not in front of me, but through the surveillance camera." Gin did not put down the gun he raised.

"At that time, you still have a chance to do something."

"My every move is under the organization's surveillance. You were the one who gave me the order. You should stop your idle speculation and celebrate the disappearance of your enemy."

"I'm so excited now because if he's still alive, I can kill him again."

In the mall, Kogoro Mouri was asking the salesperson at the sporting goods counter.

"Why don't you remember that customer? Most people would have at least some impression of him. He made his purchases at the same time every week."

"I'm very sorry, but I really have no recollection of it." The salesperson could not give any more clues.

The middle-aged man with a bomb tied to his body came over and asked Mouri Kogoro about the progress of his investigation. While Mouri Kogoro was shocked, he also learned that Conan seemed to be fiddling with the clothes.

Conan had already arranged all the clothes into specific positions according to the folds on them, and was staring at them intently, thinking.

"These special postures really remind me of Sherlock Holmes's dancing man case. Could they be some kind of secret code?" A voice sounded beside Conan.

Conan looked back and saw that the person who was speaking was an old man with a mustache and a scar on his left eye. He was playing with an exquisite pocket watch in his hand.

"Sorry to interrupt your thoughts. Let me introduce myself. I'm José Badem, a sailing enthusiast and a former first mate on a ship."

"Hey, I've heard of you. When Lily was in school, she mentioned that she knew an old man who loved sailing. I think his name was Jose Badem. He also called you the 'Knight of the Sea'." Xiaolan exclaimed.

"Huh, is this how I appear in the eyes of that kid?" The first mate scratched his head.

[Cheerleader: Sea Knight is so cool.]

[First Mate: I always feel a little ashamed of this title.]

[Soul of the Umbrella: The shipwreck wasn't your fault, and there's nothing wrong with your desire to continue the family's glory.]

Xiaolan added, "Speaking of specific postures, could these be the postures and movements in cheerleading? Lily has demonstrated those specific movements in front of me before. Some specific movements even have specific nicknames."

At this time, Kogoro Mouri, who had rushed back, grabbed Conan's ear fiercely.

"Really? If I'm not careful, I'll mess it up right away."

Xiaolan quickly grabbed Maori Kogoro and said: "Conan, if you fold the clothes according to the creases, it might be a code."

After a while of thinking, Maori Kogoro decided to follow the postures of these clothes, but in the end it looked like Kamen Rider transforming, which made everyone speechless.

"Hey, Sister Xiaolan, you just said these poses might be cheerleading moves, so what exactly do they represent?"

"Ah, Lily only told me that once, I don't remember it clearly." Xiaolan was a little embarrassed.

"Let me tell you." The first mate took over.

"Hands crossed like this are called an 'X,' hands one high and one low on the same side are called a 'K,' and hands folded together are called an 'M'..."

The first mate was explaining while Conan was taking notes seriously.

“But some of these moves don’t look like they’re from cheerleading…” the first mate frowned.

"Thank you, uncle. We have a lot of clues." Conan thanked the first mate with a smile.

While Kogoro Mouri was arguing with the man with a bomb tied to his body, Conan ran to the salesperson on the side to ask for more information.

Conan investigated the snowy mountain accident on December 12 at the cashier counter.

Returning to the stacked clothes, the first mate saw Conan running over.

"Come to think of it, I remember there was another code that matched the way these clothes were placed."

"Shiploads often use flag signals to convey messages. I just interpreted it, and the combination of these actions means 'I see it was you who buried it.'"

"Uncle Jose, have you deciphered the code?" Conan walked to the first mate.

"Yeah, but what does this sentence mean..."

Conan, who had already made up his mind, immediately used an anesthetic needle to put Kogoro Mouri into the state.

"The bomb on that man's body was not tied in the mall at all. It was tied at the beginning before he came here."

"That's right, the bomber is you, an ordinary citizen with a bomb strapped to your body."

In the coffee shop, Judy found the night watchman.

"Please, you must know something about Shuichi. You made that deal with him."

"Please tell me."

The night watchman, who was so annoyed that he couldn't even eat his soup, said: "I've told you so many times that he's dead. Didn't you confirm it too?"

The night watchman twirled his hair with one hand and stirred the remaining half bowl of soup with the other hand boredly.

Fortunately, Cameron came out to smooth things over: "Isn't there an emergency upstairs? Why are you still eating here calmly?"

"Haha, it's not us who are in trouble. Big guy, why are you in such a hurry?" One of the three Will brothers put down the juice in his hand and laughed.

The pessimistic one among the three brothers disagreed: "Alas, the bomb might explode in the next second, causing terrible consequences. This is really too sad."

"Hey, don't be so pessimistic, Uncle Jose is still upstairs." The night watchman showed an expression that said "Why be pessimistic?"

"You still have members in this mall?" Cameron was a little surprised, then he looked at the three Will brothers. "After all, your organization, which even recruits children, has no sincerity in doing business with Mr. Akai."

"What do you mean 'insincere'? I've made it clear, our deal doesn't include any clause about protecting the FBI's personal safety." The night watchman paused. "Akai Shuichi must have his own reasons for doing this. Besides, aren't you a little too obsessed with him?"

"Also, stop interfering with our recruitment standards. Don't compare the people in our manor with those guys in the Black Organization. We are different from them."

Cameron was very angry, but he couldn't think of anything to refute the night watchman.

"After all, you're here complaining and blaming others just because you lost a companion, and you haven't even gotten over the grief yet. You're the ones who are a bit weird."

"But Mr. Akai is special..." Cameron wanted to argue.

The three Will brothers said in unison: "If the world is a stage, not everyone has the chance to star. There are annoying 'Catherines' everywhere."

[Dancing Girl: "Catherine" is the one who has always played the saint in your repertoire...]

[Broken Wheel: At that time, she was always the Saint on stage, and we could only play the wheel monsters defeated by the Saint.]

[Spider: It's okay, Will brothers, you can all be the lead actor now.]

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