Chapter 18891897 [Probe from the Organization]

"The breath of death surrounds this floor, and the ugly desire to kill is reflected in your hearts."

The female leader's somewhat crazy lines rang out in the room, instantly bringing everyone into the scene on the stage: "If one of us is about to die, then there is no night more suitable than tonight. Don't waste this extreme darkness - all right, let's drink!"

A group of people gathered around with different expressions, picked up the wine glasses on the cart, and drank them all in one gulp.

Hashimoto Maya: “…” What the hell is this line? It sounds so unlucky. Could it be that what that kid Saburo Izuka said was true, and someone is going to kill someone here?

He looked over there with a slight sense of caution.

Then I realized that I was probably overthinking it - when I looked closely, I saw that the cups on the cart were empty. A group of actors were just drinking the air seriously, which was not poisonous enough to kill people.

However, just as I was thinking this, the next moment, a skinny man suddenly covered his throat, and made a bellows-like buzzing sound as if he was out of breath. Then he took two steps back and fell to the ground with a thud in pain on his face.

"Ah!!" Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko were startled. After screaming, their honed instincts awakened, "It looks like cyanide poisoning, call the police, call the police!"

Jiang Xia looked at the man who had fallen to the ground and felt something was wrong: "Wait, he didn't seem to..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold voice interrupted him: "Why call the police? Stop causing unnecessary trouble for the police."

Jiang Xia paused and turned around, only to see the female police officer from Hokkaido leaning against the door with her arms folded, as if she had been watching for a long time.

When Suzuki Sonoko saw her, her eyes lit up and she ran over quickly, trying to pull her to the scene: "You are actually here - go and take a look, there is a murder here!"

Fuwa Narumi pushed her hand away impatiently: "Don't you have brains? The assassination before was a show, and the poisoned wine here is also a show! Look carefully at the cup, where is the wine in it?"

After saying that, she turned around to look at Officer Sato who came running over after hearing the noise, and snorted coldly: "Keep a good control on these students you are in charge of. It's annoying enough to listen to a group of actors performing a murder scene every day, and this group of audiences are actually forcing more drama - if I hear any more random screams coming from this side, I will kick you all out."

"acting?"

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko turned their heads to look over.

The actor who was "poisoned" just now got up with a laugh. "What? Are you scared? But it's true. With the audience here, it feels like a rehearsal. My acting skills seem to have improved."

Jiang Xia: “…” No wonder this man didn’t show up as a ghost after his death, and the murderous aura from the people around him didn’t diminish at all.

Suzuki Sonoko stood beside him, her fists equally hard: "..." So this bastard just deliberately lay down and couldn't get up, causing her to lose face in front of the police? ... But it's good that he's still alive. Humph, actors are so dramatic.

Conan was also a little speechless: this actor's acting skills are really good. He actually believed it just now and really thought someone was poisoned. He even started to wonder who put the cyanide where.

But speaking of it...

Conan turned to Jiang Xia and thought of something sadly: judging from Jiang Xia's reaction just now, he seemed to have realized that this was just acting... Damn, is there really such a big difference between his observation skills and that of this neighbor?

Conan stared at the actor pretending to be dead, recalling his actions just now, slowly replaying them frame by frame in his mind like a movie.

After a while, he finally realized it and said to himself: "..." With plenty of time, he thought about it slowly and realized that there were indeed quite a few flaws.

...But Jiang Xia actually sensed something was wrong at first sight in such an emergency. Hiss, it seems that I have been slacking off during my time as a primary school student. I need to spend less time fooling around with the Junior Detective Team and watch some documentaries to hone my detective skills.

Conan: "..." But thinking about it carefully, when I was with the Junior Detective Team, I seemed to encounter more cases than watching movies. Because those kids were always too naughty, running around, and then they would run into murders that should have been covered up in some corners.

…So should I play with them or not?

The elementary school student touched his chin, frowned, and fell into deep thought for a short time.

At this moment, a questioning voice floated softly in my ear: "What are you thinking about?"

After all, Conan is a detective who answers questions. When he heard someone ask a question, he was distracted and answered it by himself: "I was wondering whether I should care about my naughty classmates after I go back."

After answering, he came to his senses and turned around suddenly, and saw that the person who asked him was the lingering "Mr. George".

...Oh, that’s not right. I heard from Jiang Xia before that the name this person used in Japan was “Hashimoto Maya”.

Conan: “…” So why did you change your name repeatedly?

Moreover, compared to the name "Hashimoto Maya", "George" is so perfunctory that it seems like a pseudonym - why did this person use a pseudonym to approach Jiang Xia when he first met her on the plane?

Conan suddenly had a suspicious question mark in his mind. He felt that there was something wrong with Hashimoto Maya, and it was a big problem. Even as early as the time on the plane, he had vaguely suspected that this person was related to the Black Organization.

He really wanted to try it out.

...Unfortunately, there are too many classmates here who are familiar with each other, and there are countless innocent citizens watching the mystery drama downstairs. And according to the arrogant attitude of that organization that dared to bomb the Shinkansen, if we alert the enemy, things will be very bad.

After weighing the matter for a moment, Conan had no choice but to bear it and decided not to ask too many questions.

beside.

Maya Hashimoto didn't notice the elementary school student's forbearing look.

——In fact, when Conan suspected him, he also felt that the elementary school student next to Jiang Xia was a little strange.

Previously on the plane, this elementary school student kept hitting his head and fainting, but he didn't show any reaction, so Hashimoto Maya didn't take it too seriously.

But later, especially after she began to pay attention to Jiang Xia, Hashimoto Maya had to pay more attention to this elementary school student who always appeared near Jiang Xia.

Afterwards I didn’t find any major problems with Conan, but I just felt it was weird, very weird, with a vague sense of indescribable incongruity.

So just now, when the crew announced the end of the rehearsal and everyone went back to their rooms to prepare, Hashimoto Maya passed by the door and saw Conan showing that solemn expression that didn't belong to a child again, so he casually tried to test him.

The conclusion is that -

I must have been overthinking it.

Hashimoto Maya: “…” Haha, no matter how smart they are, elementary school students are still elementary school students. They are actually thinking about such a cute little thing as “whether to play with friends” with such a serious expression.

(End of this chapter)