Chapter 399

Although he had to apologize to Usui Saiki because of a child's name, Bourbon was flexible and only apologized once. He quickly adjusted his mindset and was glad that he hadn't made any troublesome promises because he took the bet too lightly.

As for the hint from Usoppō Saiki...

Bourbon could only say it was as if he hadn't received any hints. He couldn't figure out what else was wrong with that coffee shop. It might be related to the FBI. He could only ask his subordinates in the Public Security Bureau to investigate again when he had the chance.

Over the years, Bourbon has come to realize that while he can't completely ignore what Usakata Saiki said, he also can't take it too seriously. He'll keep it in mind and investigate it when the opportunity arises.

Compared to things that are far away and could suddenly backfire, Bourbon is more concerned about his current goal—getting close to Kogoro Mouri.

Soon, he found an opportunity to apply for a waiter position at the Poirot Cafe downstairs from Kogoro Mouri's house. Then, he spent money to persuade Kogoro Mouri to become his top disciple under the guise of "Detective Tooru Amuro".

The identity of a detective is quite useful; getting close to Kogoro Mouri won't arouse suspicion.

In the past few days, he has become familiar with Kogoro Mouri under the identity of "Toru Amuro". He would often cook at the coffee shop and then send the food upstairs for Kogoro Mouri's family to enjoy. Of course, he would pay for it out of his own pocket, but in reality, he would ask the organization to reimburse him, since this was a mission given to him by Rum.

Amuro Tooru felt that the most useful thing Saiki Usaba had ever said to him over the years was how to fleece the organization.

Vermouth is also an expert in this regard. She has absorbed the best of both of them and is now a qualified worker who can live a good life even without spending a penny of her own money, relying on the organization's reimbursement.

Today, as usual, he carried the sandwiches he had made up upstairs, intending to observe Kogoro Mouri solving cases up close.

Upon entering, Amuro Tooru first saw Conan Edogawa.

He paused for a moment and looked away—every time he saw this child, he felt like complaining.

However, checking household registration in Japan is quite troublesome. School enrollment doesn't even look at household registration, only the place of residence. Moreover, the various departments are not connected online, and a lot of paper data is not entered. It might be faster for him to ask Ran Mouri directly.

After Amuro Tooru spoke to Kogoro Mouri, Conan Edogawa observed Amuro Tooru with a thoughtful look in his eyes, keeping a low profile.

He often suddenly felt someone was watching him from behind, but when he turned around he found nothing, as if it was all his imagination... But several times he saw Amuro Tooru right behind him, doing something as if nothing was wrong.

Because of the message sent by Rena Mizunashi, they were told to be careful of the person codenamed Bourbon who was sent to Tokyo. Conan Edogawa was always wary of the strangers around him. This detective, whose eyes seemed to be blind and who insisted on becoming Kogoro Mouri's apprentice even if it cost him money, was very suspicious.

After all, it's just suspicion, without any evidence. Perhaps there are people in the world who are blinded by idol worship. Conan Edogawa can only observe from the shadows and can't actually do anything to expose himself.

However, something strange soon happened, diverting Conan Edogawa's attention.

The client had agreed to meet at the Mouri Detective Agency, but the location was changed and the person refused to show up. When everyone realized something was wrong and returned to the agency, they found two more people there. One of them had died in the bathroom after hearing a gunshot, and the other was bound with duct tape.

They had no choice but to call the police.

After the survivor was taken home, new bodies were discovered, suspected to have been killed by the survivor. This suggests the survivor may not be as innocent as everyone thought, but most importantly—

The fake survivor, the real murderer, seemed to have sensed something was wrong and kidnapped Conan Edogawa.

"My mind is so confused..." Ran Mouri said, rubbing her forehead in anguish.

As a police officer, Amuro Tooru was also worried about the child's safety, but at this moment he could only remain calm and offer a few words of comfort: "Conan is very smart, and he may have followed him on his own initiative... Maybe he will secretly send us a message later."

Ran Mouri seemed to have been reminded of something, and suddenly her face lit up with surprise: "That's right! If it's Professor Agasa, he might know where Conan is?"

Toru Amuro was confused: "Dr. Agasa?"

"The detective badge on Conan-kun has a transmitter function, which was made with the help of Professor Agasa. Professor Agasa also has a gadget that can locate the detective badge..."

Toru Amuro: "…………"

Are elementary school kids playing with such high-tech toys these days?!

He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since there's something so convenient, let's ask Professor Agasa for help right away."

Ran Mouri nodded immediately: "I'll call Professor Agasa right away."

Professor Agasa's house—

"What? Conan has been kidnapped?" Professor Agasa was dumbfounded.

Ai Haibara, who hadn't swallowed a single bite of food, choked slightly.

The person sitting opposite her said in a surprised tone, "Is this how the organization he provoked uses things? Why would they bet that a primary school student would be kidnapped by them in the middle of the night? The probability is too low, isn't it?"

Ai Haibara wanted to retort, but due to insufficient information, she didn't know how to respond, especially since she didn't actually want the other party to know too much. She could only say dryly, "...I don't know."

The person who seemed to know very little about the organization was none other than Usoppō Saiki, who had come to freeload a meal.

He went to Kudo's house to borrow books today and read them until a little late. Before leaving, he habitually stopped by Professor Agasa's house next door to say hello to him.

Because Usuiba Saiki is a child whom Kudo Yukiko likes, and even when they were in England a few days ago, the Kudo couple told Usuiba Saiki about Shinichi Kudo and the organization, and Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara knew about these things, so to them, Usuiba Saiki was already considered one of their own.

Although Ai Haibara is cautious by nature and somewhat annoyed that another person knows about the organization's affairs, she had already anticipated this situation after the other party learned that Conan Edogawa was Shinichi Kudo. She could only compromise and ask Conan Edogawa to promise not to reveal her identity.

Conan Edogawa sighed at the time: "Then you'd better improve your acting. Usopp-san has a sharp eye."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes: "It's my own problem if I get discovered, it's your problem if you tell others!"

Her current persona in front of Usui Saiki is that she is a distant relative of Professor Agasa, trusted by Shinichi Kudo, because she is thanks to Professor Agasa. She knows a little about the organization, but she herself has no connection with the organization... That's roughly the setup.

In short, although Ai Haibara was still somewhat secretive about Usuiba Saiki, they actually talked quite openly about certain things, even discussing the organization directly at the dinner table... mainly because they had no choice but to be open! Usuiba Saiki's attitude made it seem like he assumed everyone already knew from the start!

Dr. Agasa quickly grasped the situation and explained after hanging up the phone: "It has nothing to do with the organization. He's been caught up in a case and kidnapped by criminals. We have to catch up with him right away... Oh no, my car is still under repair!"

Usakabe Saiki raised his hand: "How about we ask Mr. Okiya next door? He looks like he's good at racing."

Ai Haibara's expression wasn't good—that Subaru Okiya was extremely suspicious! He always gave her the feeling of being a member of an organization, but Conan Edogawa and Saiki Usaku both seemed to trust him quite a bit, making her the only one with paranoia.

She was about to refuse when, as if on cue, Subaru Okiya appeared at the door carrying a pot.

Akai Subaru Okiya, who always uses the excuse of cooking too much to show up at someone's house: "I think I heard someone calling me...?"

Ai Haibara was still reluctant to act with Subaru Okiya, but Conan Edogawa's safety was the priority, so she reluctantly accepted the plan for Subaru Okiya to drive.

Furthermore, because they were worried about Conan Edogawa, she and Professor Agasa didn't want to just wait at home, as they felt too anxious and wanted to do something to put their minds at ease.

Usakabe Saiki followed and sat in the passenger seat: "What a pity, we didn't get to eat the stewed beef made by Mr. Okiya."

Subaru Okiya: "...Who told me to have such bad luck today?"

That's what he said, but what Subaru Okiya really felt was that it was too much of a coincidence.

Usui Saiki doesn't come to the Kudo family often, and today was the first time he stayed at Professor Agasa's house for dinner. As a result, Conan Edogawa got into trouble the moment he turned around...

Is this really unrelated to Usaku Saiki? Did he do something?

Because of his psychological trauma from Usaku Saiki's genius, Chido, Subaru Okiya was filled with suspicion.

In fact, today's events cannot be considered a coincidence.

After learning that Amuro Tooru had become Kogoro Mouri's apprentice, Usaku Saiki sent Amuro emails every day, asking him if he had any interesting cases, and then used this information to deduce the day when Conan Edogawa was kidnapped.

So, he did indeed make a deliberate trip to see what the commotion was about.

However, for Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa, everything felt perfectly natural.

In the past, Usaku Saiki would often go and say hello, but he would never stay. Or rather, if he wanted to stay and freeload a meal, Ai Haibara would be very resistant.

But wasn't it not long ago that the Kudo couple suddenly confronted him in England?

Today is the first time that Saiki Usaba has come here since returning from England. The reason he stayed for dinner was to celebrate the further progress in everyone's relationship... Ai Haibara scoffed at this reason, but she couldn't resist Saiki Usaba's persuasive talk and tacitly agreed.

Conan Edogawa had to get into trouble today, who would have thought? Anyway, Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa didn't suspect Usui Saiki at all.

Only Subaru Okiya silently contributed a lot of suspicion points, and the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Five minutes after he started driving, he was already blaming Usuo Saiki for why Professor Agasa's car needed repairs today, because that would implicate him in the scheme of borrowing his car today, and that he might have been plotting against him from the start... He was really getting into the charade.

As Sugata Shiki watched the suspicious points rapidly increase, the corners of his mouth curled up higher and higher. This scene was witnessed by Subaru Okiya, which only exacerbated his paranoia.

Despite suspecting he'd fallen into a trap, Subaru Okiya decided to go along with it since he'd survived so many of Usui's schemes and was still alive, and would save Conan Edogawa first.

Subaru Okiya drove fast, and Conan Edogawa's location was finally in sight. Professor Agasa quickly called Ran Mouri and told her, "Conan-kun is in a blue car on xxx road, the license plate number is xxxxx."

Ran Mouri relayed the intelligence to Tooru Amuro, who immediately spotted the car, swerved, and gave chase.

At this point, Subaru Okiya and Tooru Amuro's car were actually very close.

To save Conan Edogawa, Subaru Okiya secured himself with the seatbelt, opened the car door, and tried to pull something out of his clothes to deal with the kidnappers' car in front.

Just then, a car came up from behind. Subaru Okiya subconsciously turned his head and met the gaze of the driver in the driver's seat through the passing car windows—it was Tooru Amuro who had caught up.

Okiya Subaru: "…………"

Toru Amuro: "…………"

In that instant, they both recognized each other's faces.

—Isn't that Bourbon/the guy who was in the coffee shop back then?! What's he doing here?! Was this also part of Potts's plan?!

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Bourbon: The café's hint! You're using it already!

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In the next chapter, Sera Masumi will also meet Usuha.

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Japan doesn't input a lot of paper documents... and they're not even connected to the internet... It's really stupid. You can check out the complaints from people who studied in Japan.