Stay away from Conan

Chapter 429 Prologue in the Night

In the bustling Tokyo, at night, neon lights are colorful, reflecting the whole city's lights, especially the high-rise buildings, which are shining brightly.

However, a building that stands out even among skyscrapers seems a bit out of place in such a city with many high-rise buildings - because the lights of this building are not illuminated.

On the roof of this building, two men in black were standing.

One of the men, with his back leaning against the roof railing, had long silver hair hanging behind him——

Gin looked up at the sky in the distance, took a lit cigarette out of his mouth, and then blew out the smoke into the sky——

"smell……"

"smell?"

Hearing Gin's sudden statement, another man next to him, the slightly burly Vodka, turned his face wearing sunglasses to him and asked strangely.

In response to this, Gin, who was smoking a cigarette, did not give a direct answer, but took out a photo from his coat pocket——

In the photo, there is a young woman with wavy brown hair and wearing white clothes. Her mixed-race beautiful face seems to have a slightly timid look when she looks at the camera.

"this……"

Vodka couldn't help but raise his shoulders when he saw the photo from the side, but he already understood what Gin meant.

Gin, on the other hand, stared straight at the woman in the photo as if he were staring at prey.

"Is this guy around here?"

Vodka was slightly surprised, looked around hurriedly for a while, and asked curiously.

"It smells like a woman who betrayed us."

As Gin spoke, he held the cigarette between his fingertips and put it out on the armrest:

"At night like this, I have a premonition that we are about to meet...'Shirley'..."

Gin raised the corners of his lips slightly and smiled.

In response, Vodka looked at Gin in disbelief and couldn't help but say:

"But...according to the investigation of 'Bourbon', it can basically be determined that 'Shirley' went to Shikoku..."

"Ah……"

Gin smiled coldly, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and said coldly:

"However, our people did not find any more traces of 'Shirley' in Shikoku after all... Since she could sneak away from Kyoto without anyone noticing, it is not impossible for her to sneak back from Shikoku secretly. "

Hearing this, Vodka didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only think about it and said:

"But brother... do we really not care about the Shiodome Gymnasium?"

"Hmph...what's there to worry about?"

With a sneer, Gin said in an indifferent tone:

"'Hennessy' made his own mistakes, why should we end it? And don't worry, according to 'Hennessy's' code of conduct, no one will find out about him..."

…

"I really didn't expect that there would be a secret passage in the Shiodome Gymnasium. This is really unexpected. I didn't expect that the truth would be so simple!"

Outside the Metropolitan Police Department, on a "Mazda RX7", a man named "Jinguji" sat in the passenger seat, took a stack of information from the driver's hand, and after looking through it, he immediately read the information in it. At the most crucial point, he expressed surprise, then nodded involuntarily and said thoughtfully:

"Zero, what is your purpose in just handing over the case information that is still under investigation to me?"

"Don't ask."

In the driver's seat, Toru Amuro, a young man with short blond hair and slightly dark skin, said with an indifferent expression.

"Then...what do you want to know from me?"

Putting the information in his hands together, Jinguji said with some clarity.

"What did you find out about the mastermind behind the Shinkansen and Mihua Library incidents?"

Toru Amuro asked as the driver got in the seat.

Regarding this, Jinguji thought about it and couldn't help but said:

"Although we are still confused about the mastermind behind it, at present, we have traced a suspicious transaction location through the incident in Mihua Library."

"where?"

Tohru Amuro asked.

"On an isolated island belonging to Tokyo, the name is - Moon Shadow Island!"

After saying this, Jinguji said no more, looked at the information in his hand, waved towards Toru Amuro, then opened the car door, got out of the car, and left.

However, after Jinguji left, a tall man wearing an olive suit, short black hair, a slender face, and dark oval-framed glasses opened the passenger door with a serious expression. Sit in-

"Mr. Fangtani... is it really useful to rely on the news from the Narcotics Suppression Department?"

The man who just came over looked serious and said somewhat seriously.

In response to this, Toru Amuro was silent for a while, then he couldn't help but smile coldly and said:

"Except for the incident at the Rice Flower Library, the Shinkansen and Shiodome Stadium incidents were all related to them at the same time... No matter how you think about it, I don't think it's a simple coincidence."

With that said, Toru Amuro looked at the person sitting in the passenger seat and asked:

"Kazama, how is the investigation of the person in that photo going?"

"No results yet."

The man named "Kazema" shook his head and replied:

"The images captured in the photo are limited, and it is difficult to find the target just by relying on this photo for the time being... Moreover, is this really useful?"

"At least for now, that's the only way."

Toru Amuro said:

"After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as we can catch the other party, the matter will be clear..."

Hearing this, Kazama stopped talking in this regard and was silent for a moment before asking:

"So, Mr. Furutani...are you going back to Shikoku to investigate again soon?"

"No."

Toru Amuro smiled calmly:

"I will stay here for the rest of the time!"

——After all, if the accident on the Shinkansen had not happened, what she showed during her escape and the fact that she would still accidentally leave traces of tracing details would still be understandable.

However, the ability and calmness she displayed when she encountered an accident showed that she should not have left such obvious flaws in the entire escape route——

Obviously, regardless of whether there is any helper behind her, all these details can only mean one thing - she is deliberately diverting attention...

That's right, compared to hiding in that kind of place... it's more likely... that she should still stay here!

…

"Gao Yuan! Run away -"

The tone was panicked, and the scream was long-lasting. As Xiao Ai woke up from her sleep, she couldn't help shouting out of her mouth.

Then, looking at the dim room with lights turned off at the moment, Xiao Ai took a big breath with lingering fear, and her mind could not calm down for a long time——

Recalling the black figure that was gradually approaching her from three directions in the dream just now, Xiao Ai touched her forehead with one hand and forced herself to calm down——

Fortunately, it was just a dream.

But, how could you... have such a dream?

Reaching out to touch the bracelet on her right hand, Xiao Ai looked a little indifferent as if seeking some comfort -

If that time really comes, I must not implicate him!

Secretly, Xiao Ai made up her mind...