Chapter 45

"Alice?"

The name was unfamiliar but a little familiar. Edogawa Conan subconsciously repeated it several times, and then immediately recalled the scene he saw last time at the hot spring hotel in his mind, "I I remember she was..."

The doctor in the white coat threw himself in front of the blonde girl with tears in his eyes, and cried in a pitiful tone as if he was about to cry. He cried himself to sleep every night without Alice. What else could he do despite Alice? Silk ran away from home but was forgiven because she was so cute.

And the words that shocked everyone when the blonde girl in the red dress said it with an expression as if she had succeeded in her prank.

"I wanted to know if Rintaro would be worried about me if he disappeared suddenly, so I did this. I wanted to make Rintaro cry."

Recalling the whole process, Edogawa Conan said again: "..."

He couldn't help but confirm: "That Is Alice, Mr. Mori's daughter? The one I saw at the hot spring hotel last time?" "

That's right," Nakahara Chuuya nodded with a very serious face, "Even Miss Alice is missing. Now But it’s troublesome.”

The case here has only been sorted out, but the prisoner’s home has been found over there. This is like putting a difficult problem in front of the students. The students have just finished reading the question and are thinking about how to solve it. , but in the blink of an eye the answer was spoiled by the top student.

And there is still no process answer.

Question, how should the student make up a random process and write it down to submit the paper?

The red-tie elementary school student didn't know what the people in front of him were thinking in just a few seconds. Although he felt very awkward when he thought about the conversation between the two people at the hot spring hotel, but now that everyone is missing, it's hard to think about it again. These.

So after a brief moment of awkwardness, Conan quickly put aside these miscellaneous thoughts, raised his head and asked: "That child disappeared in the commercial street? What is the specific situation?" Several other parents also turned their nervous gazes

. Central Plains.

Nakahara Chuuya: "..."

Nakahara Chuuya was silent for a few seconds, and then said calmly: "Mr. Mori and Miss Alice were shopping, and they accidentally separated from Miss Alice in the middle of the trip, because this kind of thing has happened before. , so I thought this time it was the same prank as before, but I found Miss Alice's bow in the corner." After hearing Chuuya

Nakahara's words, Mouri Kogoro's brain automatically recalled the memories before he felt worried. The shocking scene he saw at the hot spring hotel automatically played in his ears the blonde girl's words "I want to make Rintaro cry".

At the same time, Mouri Kogoro realized belatedly that if the girl named Alice was really kidnapped by the same group of kidnappers... that is to say, the kidnappers kidnapped the people from the armed detective agency.

Kidnapped people from the armed detective agency.

Kidnapped the man from the armed detective agency who specializes in beating criminals to solve crimes.

Mouri Kogoro: "..."

Mouri Kogoro: "...I feel like there is no need to investigate further."

Anyway, those people are dead.

"But like I said, because many such things have happened before, I can't be sure that Miss Alice's disappearance must be related to the kidnappers. I can only judge that there may be a relationship," Nakahara Zhongya said calmly

. He looked around and said, "No matter what, since Miss Alice also disappeared in the commercial street, it will definitely not be wrong to investigate the commercial street now." Going to the commercial street to investigate was something that was originally agreed upon

. No one had any objections, but one parent was a little worried: "But with so many of us going together, is there really no problem?"

Sancheng Yezi was obviously very hesitant: "Yeah... but it should be okay? Since they all allow it, If we find a detective..."

Mouri Kogoro's expression also became a little hesitant: "It seems that both sides are reasonable. Damn kidnapper, wouldn't it be better to make it clear from the beginning! What on earth is going to be done!" "Probably not necessary

. Worry," Zhongyuan Zhongya pressed his hat and glanced at Sancheng Yezi beside him, "It would be better if someone came to warn you." At this point, the orange-haired young man raised his brows, showing his high spirits, and his tone was full

of Full of pride:

"If those guys dare to come, they will be

caught in one fell swoop." Several other parents were shocked. They couldn't help but whisper to Sancheng Yezi, "Mrs. Sancheng, are you sure the amusement park issue is solved on TV?" Are they really them? You won't be deceived, right?"

"No!" Sancheng Yezi said subconsciously, but looking at the orange-haired young man in front of her, she became obviously silent, "...it shouldn't be possible, right? Maori Don't you know them?"

"Then it's possible that Mr. Maori was also deceived! What did this person say about invading the system just now? No matter how you look at it, these people don't look like..." Sancheng Yezi defended dryly

. Said: "But, maybe this is their style? Anyway, don't think about it for now. Anyway, we have Mr. Maori with us, so there won't be any big problems!" The others nodded doubtfully: "

... That's right. And we can't contact the police now."

After making a very problematic statement, a group of people walked out of the Maori Office and walked towards the commercial street.

Toru Amuro, who was making a sandwich with Poirot, raised his head as if aware of it, and happened to see several people leaving together. He was stunned for a moment, and then placed the cut sandwich on the plate as if nothing had happened: "Guest,

yours The ham sandwich is ready."

The guest exclaimed, picked up a piece of sandwich and enjoyed it with satisfaction.

As Toru Amuro turned around to get new materials, he watched the group of people outside walk away with his peripheral vision. Then he looked away, lost in thought.

"Teacher Mori actually went out with people from the Armed Detective Agency," he washed the vegetables in his hands, "and were all the clients following him?" What kind of commission is it...'

"Brother Amuro! Let's have some tomato meat sauce pasta!"

The blond man smiled naturally at the guest and responded as if nothing happened: "Okay, guest, please wait a moment. , the pasta will be ready soon."

Others did not realize this episode and continued to move forward. When they reached the vicinity of the commercial street, they heard the miserable sound coming from the commercial street before they saw the shops. Call.

"Alice-chan - Alice-chan -"

"Alice-chan, where are you? QWQ!"

The decadent doctor in a white coat walked up and down the street, shouting with a sad expression, looking for him.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Why did you disappear suddenly? I'm so worried! Alice-chan -"

Mouri Kogoro: "..." This scene is not unexpected at all. Does my daughter control this guy?

The other parents didn't have any strange expressions. Instead, they were moved by the sad cry of the slumped doctor in white coat, and became empathetically angry: "It's too much! How far are these kidnappers going to go?!" Zhongyuan Zhongya didn't seem to hear it

. What the person behind him said, he stepped forward and stood in front of Mori Ogai: "Mr. Mori."

When the club members and a bunch of unknown people stood in front of him, the depressed doctor seemed to have finally put away his tearful eyes. Wangwang's expression, but the whole person still looks pitiful.

"Ah, Chuuya-kun," Mori Ogai's voice was full of frustration, "Did you find any trace of Alice when you came here?"

Nakahara Chuuya: "...Sorry, no."

Nakahara Chuuya: "These are the families of the missing children. The missing children are similar in age to Miss Alice, so I guess Miss Alice's disappearance may be related to this case." Mori Ogai: "Is that so?"

He He showed a slightly more serious thinking expression, "In other words, if we solve this request, we can find Alice-chan. Then hurry up! Where is the situation now?" "Others are also here to go shopping

. And after the missing ones were located in reverse, they were left to Akutagawa and Nakajima to trace." After saying

this, Nakahara Chuuya briefly recounted the incident, and finally concluded, "Because Their news is disconnected from here, so I thought I might find something if I come here."

Mori Ogai put on a thoughtful expression: "Were you threatened at the door of the police station and monitored? ?...But there is no such feeling of being watched around here."

Putting aside Mori Ogai who has been sitting in the office for a long time, Nakahara Chuuya is the first combat force, even if he is aiming at a distance with a sniper gun, It will also be discovered by this gravity user at the first time.

Mori Ogai's back was facing the sun, and his purple pupils were covered with dark colors. At this moment, Mori Ogai looked completely different from the depressed doctor just now, as if he had merged with the darkness, looking cold and dark.

The others swallowed instinctively.

The next second, the feeling of darkness seemed to be driven away, and the black-haired doctor showed his depressed look again, touching the back of his head and sighing: "How are Atsushi-kun and Akutagawa-kun doing? If Atsushi-kun is here, It should be a very simple thing to find the target."

"Nakajima should still be on his way there now."

After saying this, Nakahara Chuuya paused and asked, "Do you want Nakajima to come here? ?"

"Well, that's true. It will be convenient to investigate if you come here, but..." Mori Ogai thought for a few seconds before replying, "No need for now. Let Nakajima and Akutagawa investigate together, maybe they will There's an unexpected surprise, if it's those two people."

Nakahara Chuuya was silent and didn't speak. But after hearing what Mori Ogai said, Edogawa Conan, who was standing behind Nakahara Chuuya, twitched his lips and wanted to ask. In one sentence from this decadent doctor, are you really sure that those two people working together will produce surprises rather than disasters? No matter how you think about it, the possibility of them fighting is greater than finding the kidnapper.

Of course, it is also possible to find someone while fighting, and finally beat up the kidnapper and hostages together.

Just as Edogawa Conan expected, after the meeting between Nakajima Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the atmosphere was not friendly.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was leaning against the tree with a black aura all over his body. After he vaguely noticed the approaching aura behind him, he turned around and kicked with his free foot without thinking, "You're too slow, Renhu!"

Nakajima Atsushi took a step back as expected, and at the same time stretched out his arm to block it. The emotions in his purple-gold pupils fluctuated violently: "Akutagawa...!" Just as the atmosphere between the two became increasingly tense,

Akutagawa Ryunosuke The cat and dog in his hands suddenly began to huff fiercely at each other.

The calico cat is full of murderous intent: "Hoo——"

The puppy is ferocious: "Buzz...!"

At the same time.

Atsushi Nakajima is full of murderous intent: stare.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa is vicious: Stare.

The old man passing by saw them, blinked, and then walked past them.

As he walked, he sighed to himself: "Today's young people really treat pets as if they are their owners."

Chapter 46

Doting like his master?

Him and Akutagawa/Jintora? ?

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "???"

Nakajima Atsushi: "???"

The two subconsciously lowered their heads and looked at the cat and dog in Akutagawa's hands, which were looking at each other angrily.

Feeling the murderous gaze coming from above, the cat and the dog were furious at the same time.

"Meow!"

"Buzz!"

The calico cat meowed angrily at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, baring its teeth and waving its claws to threaten him. The puppy was held up by its neck, and could only glare fiercely at Atsushi Nakajima in front of him.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who was bitten off guard, became even more angry. He even glared at Atsushi Nakajima with his eyebrows.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: This cat is really doting on its owner, no wonder it is so annoying!

Fighting when two people don't get along has become a regular routine of the detective agency. Nakajima Atsushi didn't want to think about why Akutagawa was angry again. Anyway, he hated Akutagawa, so Nakajima Atsushi coldly stretched out his hand: "Nakaya-sama asked me Come to investigate the mission, give me your mobile phone."

This point happened to hit Ryunosuke Akutagawa's explosive point. Working with Tora was the thing he hated most in the detective agency. The second before he couldn't bear it anymore and was about to explode, his hand The puppy in the room made new moves. The puppy tried hard to bring the tip of its nose to Nakajima Atsushi's finger and nuzzled it. It seemed to be very affectionate.

Nakajima Atsushi, who had been stared at by the puppy just now, was slightly stunned. In this stunned moment, the puppy bit his fingertip without hesitation, grinding it several times like a molar stick.

Atsushi Nakajima was shocked: "???!!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa sneered: "You deserve it."

Atsushi Nakajima: "...Akutagawa, let your dog loose its mouth."

Although it is inappropriate to describe it as doting on its owner, but This dog is indeed Akutagawa, so annoying!

Akutagawa Ryunosuke seemed to have not heard anything, being interrupted by the puppy in his hand. The black-haired boy's anger subsided a little, and he reluctantly accepted the fact that he would act with Tora next. He put down the puppy in his hand, He took out the evidence bag containing the mobile phone from his bag and handed it to the other party.

The puppy rolled softly on the ground in a circle, making itself dizzy. When it saw the long fluffy snow-white strip hanging down in front of it, it sniffed in confusion, and then bit down hard.

Calico cat: "Meow!!!!"

Although it was bitten, the puppy's teeth did not even bite the skin of the fingertips. The task was top priority, and Nakajima Atsushi no longer paid attention to the puppy at his feet. , take the phone out of the bag, then bring it close to the tip of your nose, sniff it gently, trying to find some clues from the complex smell.

Felines have a very sensitive sense of smell, but the smell on the phone is so complex that it is not easy to trace the source.

But it doesn't matter whether you can smell it or not, just like Nakahara Chuuya and Mori Ogai in the commercial street didn't reason conscientiously according to conventional methods.

The kidnapper has given the answer to the detective agency. Even if he doesn't cheat, he will feel sorry for the kidnapper's kindness.

Nakajima Atsushi put down his cell phone and moved his gaze in a certain direction as if he had some realization: "The smell is coming from that way, but..." Without hearing the

rest of the content, Akutagawa Ryunosuke turned around and walked in that direction. Go, Atsushi Nakajima stopped him subconsciously: "The smell is very complicated, I can't be sure yet-"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: "Is that so? Just continue to investigate and you will know."

Atsushi Nakajima frowned, showing a worried look. : "But Miss Alice has also been arrested. We must find out as quickly as possible without delay. What if Miss Alice is injured?!" Ryunosuke Akutagawa solemnly said: "Then I will kill

you for Alice. Ms. Si apologizes."

Atsushi Nakajima: "...Hey!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa did not use this topic to talk about it anymore. He looked ahead and said in a cold tone: "Even if there is no surveillance here, the kidnappers will not choose to follow the crowd. The calico cat struggled again, with cat hair floating in the air. Akutagawa covered his mouth and coughed twice, "There is no need to pass the smell. It can be inferred."

Nakajima Atsushi: "...You are actually thinking."

Nakajima Atsushi: "Then go over and have a look."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke had already ignored him and walked over there with the cat.

On the other side, the investigation on the commercial street was also halfway through. In a certain store, several parents were standing at the back, with red eyes, listening to a few familiar detectives asking questions from the front.

Mouri Kogoro kept saying the same thing over and over again, almost tired of it, so he cheered up and said, "Excuse me, boss, I have something to ask you." He briefly described the general appearance of several girls, "You... Have you seen them in the past few days?"

"That group of girls?" Several children came out to play together. The shop owner still had some impression of them, but when he saw a bunch of adults asking, he couldn't help but be a little wary, "Yes, I saw them. But... who are you? Why are you asking these questions?"

Speaking of this, Kogoro Mouri felt no longer sleepy. He proudly patted his chest. Before he could introduce himself, he was interrupted by Nakahara Chuuya on the side.

"Those children haven't gone home yet," Nakahara Chuya said calmly, "We are very worried, so we came here to ask if anyone remembers where they went." Hearing this

reason, the store owner relaxed. , he tried to recall: "Let me think about it... those children must have come the day before yesterday? One of them said what gift she wanted to buy, and then the other children accompanied her to choose for a long time... Finally, they bought a small brooch. Just left."

Nakahara Chuya: "Have they mentioned where they are going to play next?"

The store owner shook his head: "I don't know about that."

That brooch is not the most expensive thing in the store. , but it is also a big burden for primary school students, so the store owner will have some impression of what these girls picked, but that is the limit, not to mention he is not interested in listening to what a group of children are talking about. .

Zhong Yuanzhong also expected this and was not disappointed. He then asked: "Do you remember when they left?" The

shop owner shook his head again: "There were other customers at that time, so I didn't pay attention. Time."

Edogawa Conan raised his head and looked at the cuboid on the ceiling, his face full of innocence: "Uncle, what is that thing on your head?" The

store owner subconsciously looked up and saw that the surveillance camera was working conscientiously. .

"You're talking about this," the store owner lowered his head and patiently explained to the primary school students, "That's a surveillance camera, kids. It's like a video recorder." "Then it must have recorded those sisters

. Leave!" Edogawa Conan's voice was sweet, as if he said unintentionally, "Can you show us that, uncle?" The

store owner was stunned for a moment, a little repelled: "This..." His eyes swept over There was a pitiful decadent man in a white coat on the side and a few women with red eyes and anxious faces behind him. The shop owner sighed and said softly, "Okay, I'll bring it out for you to see." Nakahara Zhongya nodded

. : "Thank you."

Because the main force of the investigation was detectives, and there was no police leadership at the scene, there were only a few shops that agreed to let them take a look.

The surveillance was quickly called up, and several elementary school students led by Ryoka Mitsunari appeared on the screen. The jewelry in the store was mainly in a light and mature style. The children couldn't open their eyes as soon as they came in. They gathered around the shelves and discussed excitedly. What.

Looking at the time at the bottom of the screen, it was already past three in the afternoon.

The surveillance did not have the function of recording sounds, and several children had their backs to the camera. It was impossible to judge what they said by identifying their lip shapes. The store owner adjusted the time and moved the surveillance to the period when the children were about to leave the store.

A girl in a pink skirt showed the thing in her hand to others. She seemed hesitant, but was reluctant to put it back. She repeated it several times before finally making up her mind and walking to the cashier to pay.

One of the parents covered his mouth and cried: "Asami...!"

Although he couldn't see it very clearly through the surveillance camera, he could roughly tell that it was a brooch with a more mature style and would not be used by elementary school students. So, It’s self-evident who it was bought for.

At this time, the time below the monitor has passed four o'clock, and several children have been in this store for almost an hour.

Zhongyuan Zhongya turned his head and asked, "I remember you said that your daughter planned to go home for dinner around four o'clock?" "

Huh?" Sancheng Yezi was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yes, but children are playful, so four I didn’t think about anything when I didn’t come back after 5 o’clock. I didn’t realize anything was wrong until after 5 o’clock.”

Zhongyuan Zhongya looked back thoughtfully and looked at the other parents: “Have your children mentioned what time they will be back? "

I didn't say this in particular, but every time my kids go out to play, they always come back for dinner, around seven o'clock." "

Asami said she would be home before six-thirty."

"It's also six-thirty at my house."

Nakahara Chuu didn't say much, just nodded to show that he understood.

The other children told their families that they would go home later than Sancheng Liangxiang. No wonder only Sancheng Yezi was the first to realize that something was wrong.

Edogawa Conan also heard this information while chatting along the way. He vaguely noticed something was wrong. His eyes kept wandering among several parents. Suddenly, his pupils narrowed violently and he quickly pulled Nakahara Chuuya. The corner of his clothes reached the back of the crowd.

Edogawa Conan's strength was certainly not enough to pull Nakahara Chuuya away. The orange-haired young man followed him semi-obediently to the back of the crowd, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter, little detective, have you made any new discoveries?" "Brother Nakahara.

" ," Edogawa Conan asked in a low voice, "How long did it take Aunt Mitsunari to call that Ryoka sister?" Since the two of them had the same last name, Conan called her by name directly.

"Around five o'clock," Nakahara Chuya only wanted to use force to solve the problem, so he didn't want to use his brain. But it wasn't that he was not smart. When Edogawa Conan mentioned this, he quickly reacted, "You think the time is wrong?" Edogawa Conan didn't

. Answering this question, he persisted and asked: "Is it really five o'clock? What's the specific time?"

Nakahara Chuya didn't look carefully at that time. He took a quick glance and couldn't determine the detailed time: "It should be a few minutes past five. I haven't looked at the specifics. I'll look at it later and find a reason. Is there really a problem?"

Edogawa Conan nodded with a serious expression.

It was after four o'clock when they left the jewelry store. According to the surveillance of what the children were carrying, they had not bought clothes at this time, so they should have gone to the clothing store after coming out of the jewelry store.

They had gone to the clothing store to inquire before. Although the owner of the clothing store did not let them watch the surveillance, the boss was watching a TV series when the children went to buy clothes. According to the time of the series, the children spent more than half of the money to buy clothes. Hour.

"In that case, they should have left the clothing store around five o'clock."

But Sancheng Yezi couldn't get through when he called at around five o'clock. Is the time so perfect? Sancheng Yezi happened to call the gangster when he succeeded?

"Although they are all children, the large number of people makes it easy for people to leave an impression. It is impossible for so many children to be kidnapped in a short period of time without anyone noticing." Edogawa Conan thought while holding his chin. , unless these children took the initiative to go to a remote place after leaving the clothing store and were taken away.

"...Wait a minute." Conan Edogawa suddenly froze and stayed where he was, "No, maybe only Ryoka Mitsunari's phone can't be reached at that time."

Because Mitsunari Yezi said she couldn't get through at five o'clock. Mitsunari Ryoka's call, so everyone subconsciously thought that something happened to the children at five o'clock, and the children should not have left the commercial street around five o'clock.

But if only 30% of Ryoka's mobile phones were unreachable at that time, then the time when the children had the accident would be moved from five o'clock to before six thirty - that is, the time when the parents received the threatening text messages - at this time, several children would have already I just left the commercial street and I don’t know where I went.

"If you could see the surveillance video of the entire street...!"

Of course this is possible, but the police would have to coordinate it, which is obviously not possible now. Edogawa Conan subconsciously looked at Nakahara Chuuya, "Brother Nakahara, can you get the surveillance video of this street?" ...

Wait, this seems to be an intrusion into the police surveillance system, which is illegal!

As soon as he finished speaking, Edogawa Conan realized that he had said something that shocked the police and made him cry, and his whole body felt bad.

But Zhongyuan Zhong was also very happy and said in a gratified tone: "Not bad, Conan, you have understood the essence of the detective agency so quickly. If you work harder, you will be able to integrate into the detective agency soon." He bent down and patted him as if to commend him. Conan's head.

Edogawa Conan: "..."

He thought desperately, is this detective agency really poisonous? ! Do I need to break the law before joining your detective agency? !

Chapter 47:

"Don't show that expression," Nakahara Chuuya raised his eyebrows, flicked Conan's forehead lightly, and then explained, "The detective agency has special investigative powers in emergencies. We can just make up a report afterwards. Come on, don't think about it."

Edogawa Conan: "...Special investigation powers for emergencies?"

This word seemed a bit familiar, and he couldn't help but ask: "The Armed Detective Agency is a branch of the public security police?"

If so. In this case, Conan suddenly understands a little bit more. After all, the public security police are famous for investigating information by any means. Not everyone knows it, but it's almost enough.

Zhongyuan Zhongya shook his head and denied, "Of course not."

It's just that the card he lost happened to contain a red Fangtuo card that turned into a police officer.

Edogawa Conan: "...Huh?"

Then where do you get your confidence from? Because you never get caught beating up criminals? !

That's because of logic, of course! Zhongyuan Zhongya smiled confidently.

The members of the Armed Detective Agency are public security police - the public security police can conduct illegal searches to a certain extent - the Armed Detective Agency can violate the law.

The logic is smooth and there are no problems.

Edogawa Conan saw the confidence in Nakahara Chuuya's demeanor, and suddenly felt very tired. He was about to change the topic, but suddenly paused.

……etc.

The reason why these people from the Armed Detective Agency beat the prisoners is because they can directly ask for evidence and truth from the prisoners' mouths, thereby solving the case and saving the time of careful investigation. In a sense, this behavior can also Classified as a "special emergency investigation."

No wonder the Megure Police Department doesn't care about the armed detective agency beating prisoners. This style is very public security police! At first glance, he is the son of a public security policeman!

But Toru Amuro is obviously a public security policeman, so his behavior is much more normal than that of an armed detective agency, right? Then I thought about it, the public security police were also born in the police academy. No matter what, they would definitely not beat up the prisoners at the slightest disagreement (or even without a word) like the Armed Detective Agency.

Although he was curious about why the Armed Detective Agency had such privileges, Conan knew that he would not get an effective answer if he asked. Now that there is another case, he simply put this matter aside for now.

Edogawa Conan rubbed his face, but before he put his hands down, he heard Nakahara Chuuya saying to himself: "As for the surveillance video of the commercial street...just check the period from five o'clock to six o'clock." With a

red The hair on the bow-tie boy's hair was about to explode at that moment. He didn't care much. He pulled Nakahara Chuuya to stop him and said: "No need, Nakahara brother! No need! Really really!" The voice was too loud, and the

front Several people couldn't help but turn around, just in time to see Conan pulling on the orange-haired young man's clothes and acting coquettishly.

Mouri Kogoro said dissatisfied: "Hey Conan! Don't cause trouble to others!"

Edogawa Conan froze, squeaking for a moment, not knowing what to say, Nakahara Chuuya rubbed his head in a funny way and said casually : "Nothing, just a kid who wants to ask something about Kaitou Kidd."

The store owner was shocked: "Hey!? Have you seen it?!"

Not only have you seen him, but he also made Kaitou Kidd take the blame.

Of course, this cannot be said casually. Zhongyuan Zhongya smiled calmly: "That's right. Anyway, thank you very much, boss."

"It's okay, it's okay," the store owner forced to suppress his excitement. He seemed to want to continue asking, but he knew it was important to find a child, and he was eager. He looked at Nakahara Chuuya with great reluctance, "...you guys go find your children quickly."

After saying that, he looked at Nakahara Chuuya suggestively, "I'll give you a discount here in the future."

He left the store. , everyone stood at the door, as if they didn't know where to go next. Sancheng Yezi hesitated and said: "How about continuing to ask? The children should have disappeared in the commercial street. Maybe if you ask more, there will be news?"

Maoli Kogoro nodded: "That's right."

Edogawa Conan's mirror flashed, and he looked innocent again when he raised his head: "But there are so many people in the commercial street. If the kidnappers take action in the commercial street, then Someone should have discovered it and called the police, right?"

Mouri Kogoro thought for a few seconds: "That's right, if you want to take away so many children, the noise will not be small."

Mitsunari Yezi seemed to be convinced: "What he said makes sense. But Liang Liang The incense disappeared at this time. If you don't ask here, where can you ask?"

"Huh?" Mouri Kogoro said, "This, this also makes sense."

Both sides have their own reasons, which is really disappointing. Can't choose! Mouri Kogoro instinctively turned his gaze to the orange-haired young man aside.

However, Nakahara Chuuya did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked at the depressed doctor in a white coat in front of him: "Mr. Mori?"

Mori Ogai straightened up with a troubled expression: "Conan-kun is right," he said in a frustrated tone. "But Alice-chan disappeared around here. I still want to look for it around here." Mitsunari said with a sigh of

relief: "Then let's ask the remaining stores? Maybe there are new discoveries!"

Edo Conan Kawakawa had already realized something and said anxiously: "But -"

"Okay, okay, Conan-kun," Mori Ogai raised his index finger and smiled slightly, "Don't be anxious."

Edogawa Conan still wanted to say What, but the moment he saw Mori Ogai's raised index finger, a sentence shot through his brain like lightning.

——To strike first is to be stronger.

They stayed in the commercial street to investigate, but there were two people from the Armed Detective Agency who were not restrained.

Edogawa Conan exhaled from his chest and asked in a low voice with a serious face: "Um, Uncle Mori, nothing will happen to the prisoner, right?"

The smile on Mori Ogai's face seemed to freeze for a moment: "...Don't worry, they Proper."

Edogawa Conan twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling even more worried.

What is the appropriate measure for the Armed Detective Agency? As long as he didn't kill him, he was considered to be well-measured.

And can those two people really do it without losing their lives? He didn't know what happened to the white-haired Atsushi Nakajima, but Ryunosuke Akutagawa was definitely beating people to death.

Edogawa Conan resisted the urge to search online to see if the arrested non-staff members of the office could escape, and followed the others to investigate in the shopping street.

On the other side, Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa were hiding in a leafy tree, observing the building next to them.

"There is such a place in Rice Flower Town." Atsushi Nakajima frowned slightly, "Is there a mark on the map?" The

tourist map of Rice Flower City has all the typical building names, including hospitals, restaurants, and even Polo. The small coffee shop also has a name, but the map does not indicate the tightly guarded building in front of it. Not only does it not have a name, it does not even indicate that there is a building here.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke endured: "...the smell of new paint. It was installed recently."

Atsushi Nakajima smelled more than him: "There is also the smell of medicine."

He clenched his fists: "It's a laboratory. He paused and said in disgust, "Human experimentation."

...No wonder he just threatened the parents not to call the police, but didn't put forward any conditions. It turned out that he just wanted to delay time.

There was some anger in the purple-gold pupils, but the black-haired boy next to him remained very cold, as if nothing else in the world could affect his emotions except Human Tiger (and things that looked like Human Tiger) and Dazai. matter.

"Now that we have found the lair, let's deal with them directly."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa said coldly, "Bury the victims with their blood."

Atsushi Nakajima nodded in agreement and objected: "Father will not allow it."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: "Dispose of the corpses."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "They were originally dark and filthy people. Even if they disappeared, the police would just think they had escaped." When it comes to

handling corpses, no one knows how to be inconspicuous and inconspicuous better than the two former port mafia guerrilla captains. Undetected.

Nakajima Atsushi was about to answer, but he suddenly smelled an unusual smell at the tip of his nose, and his purple-gold pupils trembled: "Dazai-sama...!" Akutagawa Ryunosuke's pupils shrank violently,

and when Nakajima Atsushi reacted, his black hair The young man had already rushed to the door and kicked one of the bewildered guards. At the same time, he knocked open the door with a roundhouse kick.

"Dazai-sama——"

He rushed inside and a familiar figure appeared in front of him. A boy who was younger than Akutagawa himself was wearing a coat and waved hello happily: "Ah ~ long time no see!" And

he Opposite me, the girl with blond hair and red dress stepped back continuously, making a big X with her hands. Her face was full of rejection, and there was even audible fear in her voice: "Dazai! Don't come over!"

Chapter 48

"Ah ah ah, don't come here!"

Alice put her hands on her chest and made an "X" sign. Seeing Dazai Osamu approaching her with a smile as if nothing had happened, the blonde girl stepped back with a frightened expression, and glanced at a familiar figure behind her from the corner of her eye. Behind the figure, Alice rushed over as if grasping the last straw, "Akutagawa!" Help!

However, at this time, Akutagawa only had Osamu Dazai in his eyes. After running straight in front of Osamu Dazai, he froze up and stared at him. It was unclear whether he was excited or murderous. In short, he was in a very emotional state. He was so excited that he didn't even notice Alice next to him.

The kite-eyed boy was not at all frightened by his eyes. It was as if he had just noticed a person standing next to him. He turned around and looked up and down, then compared the height difference between the two of them with his hands, and pointed it out in a serious way. Nodding: "You have grown taller, Akutagawa."

Dazai-sama! Praise him! Has grown tall!

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was so excited that he couldn't care about anything else. He took a few steps forward. He had thousands of things to say in his heart. The only thing he could say in the end was: "Dazai-sama, why-" With great difficulty, he grabbed his

coat and hid behind him. Alice behind him was ruthlessly exposed because of his action. Osamu Dazai noticed this and winked at her mischievously.

Alice: "..."

Why is this Akutagawa so unreliable at all! Help! Save her!

After teasing Alice, Dazai Osamu looked away. At this time, the white-haired boy walked in closely behind him. He seemed calmer than Akutagawa, but compared to usual, it was already considered a gaffe.

He seemed to have a lot to ask, but in the end he just stood in front of Dazai Osamu as before and lowered his head: "Dazai-sama."

Alice looked up at Akutagawa, then looked sideways at Nakajima Atsushi, weighing the comparison. For a moment, he decisively sneaked behind Nakajima Atsushi, carefully pulled his sleeves and poked his head out from behind him.

Atsushi Nakajima looked down at the blonde girl, then blocked her behind him.

Alice: "!"

Not bad! This is reliable!

Dazai Osamu seemed to have lost his toy, his expression collapsed, and his tone was full of frustration: "It's too much, Alice. We haven't seen each other for so long, and you are so cold." Alice stuck out her tongue at the kite-eyed boy

: "Yue!"

The kite-eyed boy puffed up his face and looked at Atsushi Nakajima again: "You have grown a lot taller, Atsushi." Before Atsushi Nakajima could answer, he looked away and looked at the three people in front of him. Zhongjia turned around and chuckled, "Are you here to find Alice?"

Alice tightened her grip on Nakajima Atsushi's clothes instantly, her eyes full of vigilance.

Atsushi Nakajima looked down at her, and then nodded slightly: "There is a mission."

"Hey," Osamu Dazai drawled his voice lazily, as if he was thinking, or simply lost interest, " For the sake of those children who were caught here recently?"

With a determined tone, Ryunosuke Akutagawa said with a serious face: "As expected of Dazai-sama, even this has been investigated!"

Nakajima Atsushi: "Dazai-sama is here too. Are you the one who handled this matter?"

"That's right?" A lively smile appeared on the face of the young man with bright eyes again, "You can actually find it all the way here..." His eyes glanced at the slight bulge in Nakajima Atsushi's arms. He picked up the square object, "I see, is it based on smell?"

He praised: "It's very impressive, Atsushi. It seems that you have worked hard during my absence and have not forgotten my teachings."

Kite The eyed boy looked at Atsushi Nakajima with an expression of relief on his face.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke gritted his teeth: "Human Tiger...!"

The boy in the black coat was full of anger, and black flames ignited behind his back, as if an evil ghost crawling out of hell was about to throw it at the white-haired boy not far away. Life rope.

Atsushi Nakajima didn't notice the anger of Ryunosuke Akutagawa at all. He was a little overwhelmed by the sudden compliment and could only subconsciously respond: "Yes." The young man with kite eyes didn't

seem to be as angry as he had just been. Consciously, he turned to look at Ryunosuke Akutagawa very naturally, like a parent pointing at other people's children to teach his own children: "Akutagawa, you should learn from Atsushi." Ryunosuke Akutagawa's whole body turned gray

. : "...To that kind of guy?!" After the graying, there was anger rising to the sky.

The volcano originally erupted from the inside out at once, but now the Akutagawa volcano wants to swallow the human tiger next to it directly, without peeling off the skin, it will directly break into thousands of pieces.

Alice looked behind Atsushi Nakajima, with an unbearable expression on her face. She whispered, "Nakajima is so pathetic."

The two men must have been fighting even more fiercely now than before.

Osamu Dazai definitely did it on purpose, and Chuuya was still the worst.

The kite-eyed boy still had a lively smile on his face. He seemed not to notice Alice's whispers behind his back. Dazai Osamu asked: "So, what are you going to do now?" The two of them did not realize what Dazai Osamu said

. There was something wrong with what he said. He just regarded it as a test for himself. Nakajima Atsushi thought for a while: "Rescue the children first. As for here, submit a report to the police for processing." If a laboratory building can be built here, it will

also The location of this experimental building has been wiped off the map. There are not many people who can do this, but not many. It is most convenient to leave it to the police.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "Deal them all, leaving no one alive."

Osamu Dazai tilted his head, looked up and down at the black-haired boy in front of him, and sighed: "You haven't changed at all in this regard, Akutagawa." Akutagawa

. Ryunosuke was a little reluctant: "The people here are all illegals and unknown to everyone. Even if they are all solved -" "

Then the detective agency will be destroyed in a boom in the middle of the night," said Dazai Osamu. Liang said, "Mr. Mori might cry because of your actions."

At this point, Dazai Osamu paused. He seemed to have thought of something, and a mischievous expression appeared on his face: "This seems not bad. Well! Although I'm not interested in the middle-aged uncle crying, but if I take a photo..." The tail tone

was slightly prolonged, and a smile like a little devil appeared on the face of the young man with kite eyes: "You can make the middle-aged uncle cry in the street. Print a thousand copies of the photo of his expression and post it in the detective agency and in the streets downstairs everywhere where people can see it! Or it would be good to print it on business cards so that the members can send it to clients without knowing it." He

said He clapped his hands and said, "That's right! The Metropolitan Police Department needs to be covered with stickers too! In this case, a thousand copies doesn't seem to be enough, so I might as well just cheat and print a few more copies." Alice: "!!" "How about it?

"

Dazai Zhi said bewilderedly, "Do you want Alice to come? If it's Alice, it's okay to let that person pose in any pose, right?"

Alice: "...I don't want it!"

Alice resisted: "You can wear your own skirt then. Coax him!"

Dazai Osamu: "Then let Chuuya get dressed."

What Dazai Osamu wants to do will definitely succeed in the end, so after hearing these words, Alice couldn't bear to look away and sighed with pity. .

How pitiful Chuuya was that he would meet Osamu Dazai in such a wonderful life.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke couldn't bear it and said: "If anyone dares to attack the detective agency, I will definitely kill them all!" "

——So, I said from the beginning that this kind of proposal is unreliable," Dazai Osamu said like He was talking to the person in front of him, but he seemed to be talking to himself, "Even if the mafia becomes the party to save people..."

He stopped here and said no more.

The expression of the kite-eyed young man suddenly turned cold. He turned around halfway and waved his hand: "Don't you still have to bring those children out? Time is running out." "Yes," he heard

Dazai Osamu's words. , Nakajima Atsushi was obviously stunned for a moment. His excited brain calmed down because of the other party's unclear words, and finally began to feed back the information from the tip of his nose: "Those children should be underground... Huh?" The wings of his nose were slightly inflamed, distinguishing the air

. When the brain analyzed the representative meaning of these smells, the white-haired boy's face suddenly changed: "The smell of fire/medicine?!" At the same time, Akutagawa

Ryunosuke also reacted, he vigorously pulled it aside and put it away There was a very simple time bomb placed inside the iron door with a fire hydrant.

"It's such an old style. Do people still use this now?" Osamu Dazai said with disgust: "This kind of thing can be dismantled in less than a minute. It's a rough and inferior product." However, the countdown on the timer only

had Less than five minutes later, Osamu Dazai said: "But now it seems that you don't have time to dismantle

them one by one." At this point, the young man with the kite eyes looked at them, his tone was still lazy, as if he didn't feel the threat of the bomb about to explode at all: " Next, let me see what you have learned after being a detective for so long."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa ran out like a wild horse.

Atsushi Nakajima suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and forcibly resisted the urge to run out. He turned around, half-crouched and said to Alice, "Miss Alice, this is very dangerous. Please leave as soon as possible." "Okay,"

Alice She glared at Osamu Dazai and said angrily to Atsushi Nakajima, "Be careful." Then she turned around and ran outside.

Osamu Dazai hummed a tune very relaxedly and watched Atsushi Nakajima running past him and heading towards the room where the child was kept.

"It's over over there,"

the young man with the kite eyes took out his phone, looked at the text message he just received, and muttered to himself, and then curled his lips, "Gin is really good at squeezing people, or else just inherit the name Gin... Forget it, stay away from this kind of unknown name full of toil."

The young man walked away, his voice becoming increasingly unclear.

"If you put it this way, bourbon is the same. Should I change it to rye? ...No, this sounds very tiring..."

Atsushi Nakajima was still moving when he rescued the captured girls. Even though he is gentle, Akutagawa Ryunosuke is not gentle at all towards other researchers, and his actions can even be said to be cruel.

After all, no one would throw someone directly from the second floor when rescuing someone.

Atsushi Nakajima counted the number of people, and his nose realized what was wrong before his brain did: "Where is Ryoka Sancheng?"

Several children had been injected with drugs and were still dazed at this time. One of them forced himself to glance at it. Room: "It seems...she was taken to other places." My weak fingers grabbed a small piece of clothing, "...please...save her..."

There are still a few people lying in the nearby rooms. People who have been injected with drugs, but Ryoka Mitsunari is not in these rooms.

Nakajima Atsushi was vaguely aware of something, but he had no time to think about it at this time.

"I'm offended."

The people here didn't have the strength to escape on their own. In order to save more people, Nakajima Atsushi held one on his shoulder, hugged another on his back, and ran back and forth for several times in a posture of man-defense. During the trip, Ka carried everyone out seconds before the explosion.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa has been waiting below for a long time: "Hutora, you're too late."

Atsushi Nakajima: "...Do you want to throw all the people down like you?"

There is no good person on the ground. , was thrown down and either had a broken leg or a broken foot. At this time, they were holding the injured place and moaning in pain.

"There is no time to find a rope," Ryunosuke Akutagawa said matter-of-factly: "In addition, all the people here are prisoners. Even if they are not thrown down, their legs must be broken to prevent them from escaping." Atsushi Nakajima: "...

"

Nakajima Atsushi: "I'll notify Mr. Mori."

... Within an hour

,

the detectives, the victim's parents, and the police all arrived.

The scene was chaotic.

Complete and literal chaos.

The victim who had been injected with an unknown drug and the effects of the drug had not worn off and was now dazed, the researchers in white coats who had their hands and feet broken off nearby were crying collectively, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Naka who were beaten from the street to the ruins of the building. Island Atsushi.

Looking closer, Nakahara Chuuya vaguely heard Akutagawa's angry question. Atsushi Nakajima couldn't answer, and then the two of them got into a fight again, and the knife narrowly passed in front of the evidence-collecting policeman on the side.

Evidence-collecting police officer: "...!?"

Nakahara also had a bad premonition. He walked in and heard clearly the content of Akutagawa Ryuuzuki's question.

"Why would Dazai-sama praise you?!"

"Reflect on yourself!"

Then he beat him even harder.

Nakahara Chuuya: "..."

Nakahara Chuuya punched the broken wall on the side: "Tazai Haru!"

This guy definitely provoked it on purpose! Next time I'll definitely beat that guy until he's embedded in the wall!

At the same time, the Megure Police Department standing in front of the ruins had trembling hands and looked at the decadent doctor standing next to him in disbelief: "

You have actually started blowing up the building?!"

Mori Ogai: "..."