Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

Inside the apartment.

"Please take a seat."

Shirakawa Qiu pushed the tea in front of Amuro Toru. His face still looked a little pale, with a gentle smile on his face: "Thank you very much for coming here specially, Amuro-kun, otherwise I don't know what happened."

Amuro Toru took the teacup and replied thankfully: "I'm just worried about your situation. I'm glad you're okay."

Baichuan Qiu smiled brightly, then asked with some distress: "But how did Amuro-kun know that I had an accident? To be honest, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have thought it was just a dream."

Amuro Toru: "Yes... Mr. Maori told me that Kaito Kid seemed to have taken your identity and hoped that I could confirm your safety. However, no one answered your phone, so I took the liberty to come and disturb you."

Baichuanqiu understood: "It's okay, I really have to thank Mr. Maori. I will thank them later."

Amuro Toru hummed a few times, his eyes already observing the apartment subtly.

The apartment is actually not very big, with two bedrooms and a living room, totaling only about 90 square meters. The furnishings and decorations look just like those of an ordinary rental apartment, no different.

The purple-gray eyes flashed with solemnity again.

So what is the reason that makes Gin target Shirakawa?

Sometimes Toru Amuro even thought about just coming clean and asking Shirakawa Akane what was going on.

But Toru Amuro held himself back again.

He is no longer the same Rei Furuya, the Rei Furuya who could trust his friends wholeheartedly.

He couldn't expose himself directly before finding out the other party's background.

Amuro Toru opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the ringing of Shirakawa Akane's cell phone.

The word "Matsuda" flashed by, and then the screen was blocked by a white hand.

"Feel sorry."

Shirakawa Akane smiled apologetically at Amuro Toru, stood up and walked to the bedroom to answer the phone.

"Hey."

"Baichuan, we encountered some problems today. Can we get together in the evening?"

Bai Chuanqiu nodded without hesitation and agreed: "Okay."

He lowered his eyes, his voice deepening: "It just so happens that I have something to tell you."

Matsuda Jinpei chuckled: "Okay, see you later."

"See you later."

Baichuan Qiu walked out of the bedroom and saw the blond clerk standing at the entrance looking at the painting hanging at the door.

"That was left by the landlord." Bai Chuanqiu walked over and said, "He likes flowers and plants very much."

It was an oil painting about sunflowers. It looked very beautiful, full of sunshine and warmth.

Amuro Toru nodded, agreeing with the landlord's taste: "He must be a person who loves life."

"Amuro-kun, are you going back to Poirot soon?" Shirakawa Qiu asked, "I wonder if I can get a ride."

Amuro Toru was stunned for a moment, and thinking about the phone name he had just seen, he vaguely guessed that Shirakawa Akane might have an appointment in the evening.

On the opposite side, they should be Matsuda and Hagiwara.

"of course can."

Amuro Toru took out his car keys and said, "Are we leaving now? Ms. Enomoto is alone in the cafe, and I'm worried she won't be able to handle it."

Baichuan Qiu had no objection.

So they tidied themselves up casually and walked out of the room.

Just as they walked out of the apartment building, they ran into a middle-aged couple head-on.

The man was wearing a clean, new suit, his face was thin and his back was slightly bent, while the woman was wearing a rose-red dress, her face was thickly made up, and her eyes were full of meanness and arrogance.

Baichuan Qiu didn't know them, so he walked forward without looking around. However, when the couple saw Baichuan Qiu, their eyes lit up.

"Xiao Qiu——"

The woman yelled and pounced on Baichuan Qiu.

Shirakawa Akane and Amuro Toru were both startled and quickly dodged to the side.

"Xiao Qiu, you can't just ignore your brother—"

The woman didn't catch him, so she started crying. The man also cried out to the sky: "Xiao Qiu, we borrowed a large sum of money from your family back then. You can't not pay it back now!"

Amuro Toru's eyes were sharp, and he dodged immediately, protecting Baichuan Qiu behind him: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Baichuan Qiu recognized their voices and his eyes moved slightly.

It was the couple who called them a few days ago.

"I don't know you." Baichuan Qiu said in an extremely cold tone.

"You can't just deny it!" the woman wailed. "Your brother is still lying in the hospital, waiting for this life-saving money! Don't you own a coffee shop? Why not sell it and use it to pay for your brother's medical treatment? We are your only family!"

Baichuanqiu's relatives?

A cold look flashed across Toru Amuro's eyes.

Seven years ago, Bai Chuanqiu was in a car accident and his life was hanging by a thread. They asked everyone but couldn't find Bai Chuanqiu's so-called distant relatives. In the end, the critical illness notice was signed by the squad leader. And now -

These guys just magically appeared.

And you're asking for money? How ridiculous.

If he hadn't maintained the last bit of his sanity, Toru Amuro really wanted to question these guys.

Who gave you the face?

Bai Chuanqiu also frowned and said, "I have never heard of you. What is your relationship with me?"

The woman immediately replied, "I'm your aunt! This is your uncle!"

The woman's name was Mizuka Mie, and her husband's name was Mizuka Nobuo. (A woman takes her husband's surname after marriage)

"Then do you know who my parents are? What evidence can prove our relationship?" Baichuan Qiu asked calmly.

"You, your name is Shirakawa Qiu, you're 28 years old, and you own a coffee shop. Your parents are businessmen from Nagano Prefecture. They lent us a large sum of money to start a smuggling business, but then the plane crashed, leaving you alone. We didn't come to you for money back then because you were so young, but Xiao Qiu, this time is really different. We're only looking for you because we're in urgent need of money!"

Toru Amuro sneered in his heart: Liar!

After gaining some real power in Team Zero, he also helped his friend check on his friend's parents.

But shockingly, he did not have sufficient authority to access it.

what does this mean?

Either Shirakawa Qiu's parents held very high positions during their lifetime, with authority higher than that of Furuya Rei, and the documents cannot be browsed at will; or Shirakawa Qiu's parents were involved in something that was very secretive and needed to be protected by higher authorities; or... someone with higher authority deliberately hid their information.

No matter which one it is, it is terrifying to think about it carefully.

Amuro Toru had once speculated that Shirakawa Akane's parents were likely part of the system; otherwise, the information wouldn't have been hidden so thoroughly. While it was highly unlikely they were from the National Police Agency, they certainly weren't simply businesspeople, as the woman in front of him claimed.

Bai Chuanqiu didn't believe this woman's nonsense at all. Instead, he almost laughed out loud: "Since you can find me here, you must know that I was admitted to the police academy back then, right? Do you think that police academy can be entered casually? If my parents are really like you say, how could I have passed the political review? Are you kidding me? Are you deliberately trying to extort money?"

Mitsuka Mie immediately corrected herself: "I remembered it wrongly. It was just an ordinary business, but it went bankrupt later..."

Bai Chuanqiu said expressionlessly: "The family members of the dishonest personnel will also affect the political review."

Although he didn't know what the original owner's parents did, he would not allow others to slander the original owner's parents at will.

"It seems like you're scammers. I'm warning you, if you dare to try to claim to be relatives again, I'll call the police."

Mitsuka Mie became even angrier, stiffening her neck and saying, "I don't care. If you have the guts, call the police! I'm telling you the truth today. You have to take this money, or we'll go to your cafe every day and make trouble, making it impossible for you to do business normally!"

Bai Chuanqiu narrowed his eyes: "Okay, you can't produce any evidence, so you're just trying to scam me, right? Then go to the police station, who's afraid of who?"