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

It was in this atmosphere that Kudo Shinichi finally calmed down a little.

But he couldn't calm down because he didn't see the person he wanted to see in the ward.

Looking at the expressions on Officer Morifushi and the others' faces... they don't seem particularly sad or worried... Could he really be wrong?

Kudo Shinichi looked at Furuya Rei, who was closest to him, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing the struggle on his face, Furuya Rei was a little confused, then chuckled: "Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Furuya Rei, you don't have to call me Amuro anymore."

Kudo Shinichi said dryly, "Oh, okay, Officer Furuya."

Then he looked around and asked casually, "Officer Fūya, didn't Mr. Shirakawa come today?"

There was no extra emotion on Furuya Rei's face, he looked neither sad nor happy: "Shirakawa ah——"

Before he could finish his words, the door of the ward behind them was pushed open again, and the young man's desperate voice came out: "Ida, come and save me, your daughter is pulling me!"

Kudo Shinichi turned back in astonishment——

I saw a white-haired young man holding a small baby carefully, his body stiff and his face full of tears.

——It was the absent Shirakawa Akane.

……

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Jinpei Matsuda held his stomach and laughed loudly with all his might.

Baichuan Qiu sat on the bench, wiping the stains off his body while saying speechlessly: "Matsuda, you've been laughing for five minutes! Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Hahaha, who told you to be so cocky?" Matsuda Jinpei almost gasped with laughter.

There's no way around it. Among the "uncles", the little girl likes to stick to Baichuan Qiu the most. It seems that the "transparent" attribute of Baichuan Qiu has no effect at all in her eyes, which makes others envious and jealous.

Although Baichuan Qiu has never taken care of a child and is not very interested in children, he likes to show off. Seeing that others are envious, he took the initiative to volunteer to carry the child for a walk.

Well, the retribution came.

"It's probably because Shirakawa is holding the child incorrectly," Ida Ko explained as he changed the child's diaper with his back to him. "Normally, when a diaper is worn, it won't leak onto an adult."

Then he began to talk incessantly about the key points and movements of holding a child.

Bai Chuanqiu felt dizzy after hearing this. He smiled bitterly and held his forehead: "Forget it, you should be the daddy, class monitor. I'm dizzy."

Hearing Baichuanqiu's words, everyone laughed again.

Natalie was considerate. She pointed to the wardrobe nearby and said to Baichuan Qiu, "Ahang brought some clean clothes. If Baichuan doesn't mind, you can wear his clothes first."

Baichuan Qiu was extremely moved: "Thank you, Sister Natalie!"

Then he picked up a white T-shirt and as soon as he turned around, he met Kudo Shinichi's strange eyes, as if he was watching some strange spectacle of a zombie.

"Kudo, you're here too. How are you feeling? Are you feeling alright?"

Baichuan Qiu asked nonchalantly, with a barely perceptible dark glint in his light golden eyes.

"I... feel pretty good." Kudo Shinichi laughed awkwardly. "Mr. Shirakawa... have you been doing well lately?"

"I'm fine." Bai Chuanqiu tilted his head slightly, seeming very confused. "What's wrong?"

Kudo Shinichi had nothing to say and just shook his head.

Did he guess wrong?

……

While Shirakawa Akane was changing clothes, Kudo Shinichi got more information from everyone's conversation.

It turns out that Natalie was born on the day they went on the mission.

It’s no wonder that Officer Date was not seen later. It turned out that after the pirate incident, Date Ko received the news that Natalie was about to give birth. So after confirming that Furuya Rei did not need help, he hurried back to Tokyo from Tottori.

It was a coincidence that as soon as he arrived outside the delivery room, the crying of a baby was heard. Yi Dahang was officially upgraded from a man to a father.

Holding his lovely little daughter, Ida Ko, who has always been a tough guy, felt soft-hearted and his face was full of joy.

Later, Fūya Rei and others also received the good news. After temporarily putting aside the affairs of the organization, they hurried back to Tokyo to witness the birth of a new life together.

The reason they came this time was because Natalie had almost recovered and was ready to be discharged from the hospital, so they came to visit and help.

As Kudo Shinichi listened to their words, his expression became more complicated.

"What about the organization? How are they doing?"

Kudo Shinichi pulled Furuya Rei and asked in a low voice.

"This operation is actually a cross-national joint operation. In addition to our capture of Karasuma Renya in Tottori, there are also people in charge in other places."

Furuya Rei briefly explained the situation to Kudo Shinichi.

Generally speaking, everyone gained something. The public security department obtained a large amount of evidence of the crimes of the Karasuma Group headed by Karasuma Renya, and although the FBI and CIA were outside the field, they also arrested a large number of code-named members within the organization. Everyone's cooperation was quite pleasant.

Kudo Shinichi listened for a while, and finally couldn't help asking, "Officer Furuya, did you recover the bodies of Gin or Vodka at the scene?"

Furuya Rei shook his head regretfully: "We can only confirm that they didn't come out of the elevator. As for the bodies, they haven't been found either."

They did not confirm the deaths of Gin Vodka and Vermouth at the scene, and their bodies were not found during the subsequent salvage operation.

Fūya Rei had a vague premonition that Gin and the others must not have died, but had escaped.

"Besides that, Officer Furuya, did you find anything else?" Kudo Shinichi continued to ask, "For example, who helped us when the elevator shaft exploded?"

"Unfortunately, not yet." Furuya Ling sighed softly, "But there were indeed public security personnel who died in this operation. Perhaps it was one of them."

Listening to Furuya Rei's words, Kudo Shinichi's guess became more and more firm in his heart—

The "Vodka" at that time was definitely not the real person! It was Mr. Shirakawa in disguise!

Now that I think about it, the plan to use him as bait to penetrate deep into the organization was proposed by Mr. Shirakawa from the very beginning!

So, as the person who proposed the plan, how could Mr. Shirakawa not personally participate and confirm the success of the plan?

The more Kudo Shinichi thought about it, the more it seemed very reasonable.

But he still had no evidence, everything was just speculation.

……

Shinichi Kudo was still thinking about this question until everyone left the hospital.

"Kudo."

A voice called out to Kudo Shinichi.

Kudo Shinichi turned his head and met Shirakawa Akane's light golden eyes.

"Mr. Shirakawa."

Kudo Shinichi called out softly, frowned, and finally decided to ask directly, hoping to get an answer to the doubts suppressed in his heart -

"That day, was it you?"

Shirakawa Qiu was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Kudo Shinichi had not given up on this answer, and then he chuckled.

"It's Mr. Shirakawa after all!" Kudo Shinichi got the answer he wanted from his attitude.

"How did Mr. Shirakawa escape? Was Mr. Shirakawa injured? Why didn't Mr. Shirakawa tell Officer Furuya and the others about what you did for everyone? Mr. Shirakawa—"

"I thought you wanted to ask if Gin was still alive."

Shirakawa Akane's words brought Kudo Shinichi's endless questions to an abrupt halt.

Shirakawa Qiu looked at the young detective in front of him leisurely.

However, after a brief silence, Kudo Shinichi shook his head: "I'm glad that Mr. Shirakawa is okay."

Baichuan Qiu was very surprised.