Chapter 2626-2638 [Scapegoat]

Vodka frowned and thought as he returned to his ward.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Takagi who came back with a lot of bags, smiled sinisterly, and had some thoughts in his mind.

"Officer Takagi." Vodka whispered, "Look, I have a plan and I need your cooperation."

Takagi Wataru looked at the patient with sympathy: "You tell me, I'll try my best to help."

Vodka glanced at his expression, and his eyes twitched slightly. In order to make this temporary helper pay attention to the next action, he suddenly had an idea and imitated Conan's way of raising a big flag, and whispered: "I discussed this plan with Jiang Xia before, and he said it is very feasible."

"!" Officer Gao Mu's attitude suddenly became serious. He looked like he wanted to take out his notebook to take notes. "You talk, I listen."

"..." Vodka felt sad for a moment because of this unequal treatment, but quickly calmed down. "If I suddenly fall asleep again today, you can pretend that you have something to do at the Metropolitan Police Department and say goodbye to the doctors and nurses. Wait an hour, then quietly return to my ward - remember, don't let anyone see you."

Officer Takagi: “…” What kind of plan is this? It’s so incomprehensible… But there must be a reason why Jiang Xia agreed to it.

Thinking of this, Officer Takagi nodded: "Okay."

…

Time flies and soon it is night again.

In the parking lot near the hospital, a motorcycle came at high speed and blended into the carport.

Jiang Xia got out of the car, took off his helmet, and looked at the building with great interest.

After that, he avoided others and walked into the building through the side door in a low-key manner.

Although he promised not to visit Vodka today, he didn't say he wouldn't come to the hospital tonight - Vodka has been quite generous recently, and the production is not low. I'm free anyway, so I might as well come and join in the fun.

…

Vodka failed to notice a colleague who was gradually approaching, because after summing up countless lessons, he once again took sleeping pills by mistake because of a new routine and fell into a miserable sleep.

Officer Takagi did as he said, pretending to leave, and then quietly returned to the ward after a while.

"Mr. Yamada" still hadn't woken up. Officer Takagi looked around vigilantly but didn't find any danger.

After a moment of confusion, he sat on the recliner, intending to ask Mr. Yamada what the plan was after he woke up.

Time passed by minute by minute. I don’t know how long it had been. Suddenly, a shrill bell rang, breaking the silence of the night.

Officer Takagi, who was so sleepy that he was confused, sat up with a start. He looked towards the bedside table and was surprised to find an alarm clock ringing on it.

"Why set the alarm at this time..." Officer Takagi turned off the alarm with lingering fear. At the same time, he turned around and found that Vodka on the bed next to him was also awakened by the sharp sound that was like a soul-stirring wake-up call.

Officer Gao Mu was about to talk to him when a bright light suddenly appeared in front of him. He looked up in surprise and saw that the light in the room opposite the window suddenly turned on.

As the lights came on, two figures suddenly appeared in the room. The two people stood one in front and one behind. Suddenly, the person standing behind took out a knife, raised it high, and stabbed it into the vest of the former.

“?!!”

Officer Takagi never expected that he would actually see the same "illusion" that Mr. Yamada saw for two consecutive nights. In other words... this was not an illusion, but someone was really killing someone in the hospital? !

Thinking of this, Officer Takagi stood up suddenly and wanted to rush to the other side to investigate.

However, at this time, Vodka chased out from the ward: "It's not that room - it's the third warehouse from the left on the side! The reason it looks like the side is just because of the reflection of light."

"Reflex?" Officer Takagi didn't quite understand, "But..."

Vodka: "Anyway, go to the place I mentioned immediately. According to our analysis, that's the real crime scene! If you're worried..."

He grabbed the security guard who was patrolling and said, "Then let's split up. You go to the warehouse, and I'll take this security guard to the other side."

"This..." Officer Gao Mu hesitated, but human lives were at stake, and now was not the time to hesitate. Based on his trust in the detective assistant in front of him, he finally nodded, "Okay, let's do it."

Vodka had a sinister smile on his face, but he rushed forward anxiously with everyone else.

"Forget about that little bastard. With Uzo here, how could he 'accidentally' let me overhear the cause of the murderous illusion?"

Vodka muttered to himself: "So there is only one truth! - According to my thinking, in order to protect myself, I will lead a group of people to rush to the fake crime scene, just like I did with the bank robbers a few days ago, trying to take the initiative and nip the danger in the bud.

"Now that I know the truth, in the script, I will rush to the real crime scene, which is the warehouse on the side."

"And all of this is actually under Uzo's control. In other words, the real danger is actually the warehouse on the side! If I hadn't thought about this level and rushed over numbly like before, I would probably be in fatal trouble immediately. But now..."

Vodka looked at Officer Gao Mu who was leading the charge and smiled cunningly: "With this scapegoat here, it's a good opportunity for him to go in and test the waters... Speaking of which, I have to stay away - I remember that the warehouse door here is not very strong. If there is someone with a gun in the side room, and he shoots randomly, and hits me through the door, it will be troublesome."

Thinking of this, while Officer Gao Mu rushed into the side room warehouse, Vodka said to the security guard he had just pulled over: "Keep going forward, to the place I've been to twice before!"

——He had used the organization's connections to investigate beforehand. The security guard on patrol today had good interpersonal relationships, a normal temper, no debts, both parents alive, and no childhood sweetheart who had died inexplicably. He should be a relatively safe guy. It would be better to take this guy with him than for him to act alone.

"?" The security guard looked at the police and patients who were divided into two groups, and a puzzled question mark slowly appeared above his head.

But in an emergency, when a clear instruction is suddenly given, most people will subconsciously obey. Seeing that Vodka insisted, he did not refute it. The two of them flashed past the warehouse in the side room and rushed to the so-called "crime scene" that they had been to several times before.

As he was running, the security guard's eyes moved and he suddenly discovered something - although the light was very dim, based on his years of patrol experience, the tall potted plant placed next to him seemed to be a little different in shape than usual.

He stopped, walked behind the flower pot, looked left and right, and finally pulled out a child from the shadows: "Little boy? Why are you alone in the hospital so late?"

Conan looked at Vodka who was running away in deep thought: "..."

(End of this chapter)