Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

She acquired her current skills in the training camp, but ultimately she did not join the organization because the instructor let her go the day she stepped out of the base.

——"...You don't fit in here. I'll let you go and do whatever you want."

Pu Siqinglan's actions did not stop because of the memories. She aimed directly at Qingliu Binguang's heart and was about to pull the trigger.

Under the night vision goggles, everything around her glowed green. She could only see a blurry figure and could not clearly see the expression on the other person's face.

But for some reason, she saw the other person's lips seemed to move and raise up into a smile.

A chill suddenly burst out from Pu Siqinglan's heart, and a bad premonition arose.

"boom!"

Gunshots were heard in the darkness.

The voice was so close, and everything seemed to be happening again as if that night many years ago. Pu Siqinglan felt a pain in her palm, and something brushed against her gun-holding hand, knocking her gun flying!

"?!!"

Before Pu Siqinglan could react, another gust of wind passed by her eyes. She felt someone grab her shoulder and twisted it backwards. Suddenly, her body lost control and she fell forward.

The smell of a just-extinguished candle wafted past her nose, and then a broad, strong hand grabbed her face and "picked her up" from behind to prevent her from falling.

"Shh-"

A flashlight beam lit up.

"Shuashuashua——"

Countless white lights lit up in the dim tomb.

Also arriving was a person they had met in the morning.

The man in an olive-colored suit and glasses wiped his sweat with his hands against the wall. While directing the people behind him to come in quickly to take care of the other people present, he spoke to Aoyagi Akimitsu.

"Sorry, Mr. Qingliu, we are late. Are you okay?"

Pu Siqinglan's mind went blank.

Her first reaction was not where the lights came from or where those people came from. Her attention was all on what was in front of her.

She fell just now and almost hit the edge of a stone pillar with candles on it, but Aoyagi Akimichi caught her.

At this time, his palm was still covering her face, and one hand supported her entire weight. His fingers were not completely closed, and her right eye was barely visible through the gap. Her eyeball was only a few millimeters away from the tip of the pillar, and her eyelids could touch it if she blinked.

"It's okay." Aoyagi Hikari said gently, "Although it was a bit unexpected, everyone cooperated well."

Pu Siqinglan was pulled up only then.

Those men handcuffed her, and she finally reacted and looked at the others in surprise.

Natsumi Kosaka, who had been very nervous, patted her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief; Conan Edogawa wanted to take the egg, but was hit on the head by Kogoro Mori; the Russian secretary was surrounded by two people, and he shook his head at them, probably to indicate that he was fine.

None of them were surprised by the others' arrival.

"you……"

Aoyagi put away the pocket pistol he had used to shoot her. He pulled the emerald hair ornament from his hair, noticing her surprise, and smiled at her.

"I lied to you."

Qingliu Binguang's laughter was very light, which made Pu Siqinglan feel inexplicably familiar.

...But, it's not exactly the same.

……

At the same time, above the castle.

The door to the dining room was open, and Furiya Rei was leaning against a window with his finger on the communication headset.

The window next to him faced the sea. The sea, which had been sparkling in the afternoon, now looked like a bottomless abyss.

Not far from him, the art dealer grabbed one of the men's arms and said, "Mr. Policeman, I have followed your request and accompanied the dangerous killer all the way to this castle without leaking any information. Does this count as some kind of merit? Can I get a reduced sentence?"

"Sorry, smuggling is not our business..."

The Metropolitan Police Department SAT member who was grabbed by him broke free from his hand swiftly.

Fūya Rei didn't pay attention to the noise around him and listened carefully to the message in the headphones.

"Mr. Fūya, we have captured the 'Scooping', and no one is injured down there."

"That's good."

Furiya Rei's heart, which had been tense for hours and had been hanging in the air since he heard about Aoyagi Akiko's plan, finally relaxed.

……

Time returns to morning.

"Ms. Mizunashi Reina, we found the deceased's lost necklace in your room. Please cooperate with us for further investigation."

In the small conference room on the tenth floor of the hotel, everyone was stunned when they heard the noise outside the door and the undisguised voice of the Osaka police.

"what??"

Kogoro Mori, who loves beautiful women, made an incredulous sound.

Aoyagi Binguang glanced at the door, and it was unknown what he was thinking of, but he suddenly stood up and walked towards Furukaya Rei.

"Furiya," he called out, "I think I know who Spider is. Can you help me?"

Chapter 288: Rei Furuya: The Cunning FBI (Part )

The sound insulation effect of the small room is average.

Fortunately, everyone outside was paying attention to the Osaka police and Rena Mizunashi, and no one cared about the situation here.

Fūya Rei raised his eyebrows slightly. He did not directly ask about the other party's identity. Instead, he was curious about how Aoyagi Binkou made the judgment: "How did you guess it?"

Behind a door, Osaka police showed the bloody ring to others and explained their purpose. Aoyagi Akimitsu said in the background: "If it was the real Shi Kaobing, he would not make such a mistake. This is more like a frame-up."

Maori Kogoro reacted and said in a low voice: "Knowing that she had contact with Samukawa and was able to enter her room to put things... Could it be that Spider is one of her colleagues?"

Qing Liu Bingguang nodded and continued: "As for who Shi Kaobing is, I can't tell for now, but he will reveal himself in a while."

"Ah?" Maori Kogoro was extremely puzzled, "Exposed myself?"

"Yes. He will blow himself up."

Aoyagi Hiromitsu said with certainty: "As long as someone wants to leave after Mizuno is taken away, Shikaobing will definitely speak up to agree with that person."

……

A few minutes later, in the conference room.

Maori Kogoro walked out of the room. He did not question the fact that Mizunashi Rena was taken away. He put on an impatient expression: "Well, now that the suspects have been arrested, we can leave too, right? I still want to go back and catch up on some sleep."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a brief silence at the scene.

As they were waiting in secret, a female voice sounded.

"Excuse me, can we leave now? I haven't eaten anything since I was suddenly called up this morning..."

It’s Pu Siqinglan.

Fūya Rei's eyes shone, but before he could say anything, the art dealer Qian Jiangyi, who was not far away, actually agreed: "Yes, I wanted to watch the opening ceremony, but now it's almost over."

Suddenly there are two candidates.

Furutani Rei glanced at Aoyagi Akimitsu without leaving a trace, but the latter did not respond. He also ignored the Osaka police's look of inquiry. The other party had no choice but to make their own decision and temporarily let all the suspects in the room go.

As soon as the door opened, Pu Siqinglan and Qian Jiangyi left impatiently. Maori Kogoro watched their backs disappear, and then looked at Kosaka Natsumi who stayed in the room temporarily and looked hesitant, and the Russian secretary who had just returned, and his face was not very good.

"dad."

Mao Lilan and Edogawa Conan walked towards him, and her face still showed disbelief that the famous female host suddenly became a suspect.

Kogoro Mori did not respond. He looked at Aoyagi Akimitsu who was in hesitation. He knew that this kind of question could not be asked in public, in case there were accomplices of the other party here.

However, Qing Liu Bingguang didn't care. He even walked to the door openly, looked outside for a while, and then said to the people inside: "If everyone else is fine, please go away too."

Veins popped out of Rei Furuya's forehead instantly. The Russian secretary was equally unhappy, but unlike Japan, where there was a lot of mold growing at home, he could say bluntly: "This is not your America. We don't need to listen to your orders."

"Then you stay." Qing Liu Binguang was not angry, but followed the other party's words and said, "It just so happens that I want to ask you for help with something."

Maori Kogoro has seen a lot of people in all the years he has been a detective, and he feels okay with being ordered around. He said to Maori Ran, "Ran, you two take Conan away first. I'll stay for a while."

Realizing that he might have work to do with the police, Mao Lilan nodded obediently, and together with Suzuki Sonoko, she pulled the reluctant Edogawa Conan away.

After they left, Kosaka Natsumi and her housekeeper hesitated whether to leave or stay.

She looked at the foreign-looking Aoyagi Akimitsu and Furuya Rei, then silently turned her gaze to another police officer who looked completely Asian: "Excuse me, can we leave now?"

The police officer who was questioned went to see his boss, and when he saw the boss nod slightly, he said, "You can go too. If there are any problems, we will come to you."

Natsumi Kosaka quickly left with her butler, and the door of the conference room was closed gently but not locked.

Maori Kogoro had a lot of questions in his mind. He looked at Aoyagi Akimitsu and asked, "Why are you sure the person is among them?"

"Scott is a man who likes to take advantage of others."

Aoyagi Akimitsu began to explain. He seemed to believe that everyone present was "his own people" and directly said the name of the killer.

"With his collecting habit, he would not turn a Romanov dynasty artifact into a tool for framing. This is obviously Spider's personal behavior. Scoobing is impatient. After discovering this, he will rush to get rid of others and immediately run to question Spider."

Another police officer's eyes lit up: "So, if we just follow those two people immediately and catch them meeting with certain people, we can catch the two killers in one fell swoop?"

Fūya Rei gave him an expressionless look, and the latter sensed the dissatisfaction in his boss's eyes and fell silent instantly.

"The killer came to Japan with his men, and now we can't be sure where they are. They have been on the run for so long, and once Spider loses contact, they will immediately realize something is wrong and flee to other places to hide, becoming a hidden danger."

This is where the problem lies, especially since he knows that the people in these criminal organizations are very stubborn and it is not something that can be done in a short time to catch them and interrogate them to find out the whereabouts of others.

"And it's impossible to follow him or find his base. Most of these fugitives are very sensitive. He can also perform magic and disguise himself..."

Tracking a magician who can disguise himself in a huge crowd is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"So," Aoyagi Akimitsu stared at Furuya Rei, "we can only wait for him to bring them here on his own initiative."

His words were like a torpedo, causing everyone present to look at him in surprise.

The Russian secretary looked even more confused. He understood Japanese, but at this moment he did not understand what they were saying at all.