Chapter 3383 3395 [Judy's Black and Red]

Hattori Heiji was also a little confused, but after hesitating for a moment, he said frankly, "Actually, there's no need to worry too much. I wasn't sure before I came here, but now, I'm more inclined to believe that your foreign teacher is not a member of that Black Organization."

Conan was not too surprised by this conclusion, but asked cautiously: "How do you say that?"

Hattori Heiji: "Didn't you say that the members of that organization value secrecy and will try their best to avoid the police? - Teacher Judy looks like she's used to dealing with the police, but that doesn't fit that description."

Conan frowned. "But maybe it's because she's been dealing with the police so much that she's developed this skill. After all, it's such a large organization, it's impossible for everyone to be afraid of the police."

Hattori Heiji shrugged. "Okay, let's continue. When I exposed her suspicious behavior to her face, she was just a little surprised. She didn't show any murderous intent towards me, nor did she want to silence me."

Conan sighed when he thought of this: "You are too reckless. What if she is really a member of that organization and really wants to kill you after hearing what you said? What are you going to do?"

Hattori Heiji wasn't afraid at all: "Then wait until she does it, and then charge her with attempted murder. Weren't you worried about how to detain the Black Organization members without evidence? Now the evidence is delivered to your door."

Conan's head was even bigger: "What if she succeeded in murder?"

Hattori Heiji laughed heartily. "I'm not like you, powerless. Besides, I'll ask Uncle Otaki and the others for help. If we catch her illegally carrying a gun before she does anything, things will be much easier."

Conan pinched his eyebrows weakly: "..." Forget it, there's no way to reason with this confident guy.

"Okay, why bother worrying about something that hasn't happened yet?" Hattori Heiji glanced at him and continued:

"Another thing is, when Teacher Judy was helping us with the experiment, she actually drank too much and fell asleep. She almost fell off the building. There's no way someone from the Black Organization would be so relaxed in front of the police."

Conan nodded: "That's true..."

But if you think about it carefully, let alone the members of the organization, any normal person would not be able to sleep if they lay on a bed where someone had just died.

In a sense, it was very abnormal that Teacher Judy was sleeping so soundly that she didn't even notice that her bed and body were moved to the side.

Maybe the other person had great acting skills, or maybe she had underestimated her alcohol tolerance...

"When facing an opponent like that, we can't let our guard down easily." Conan hesitated, "I do have a way to confirm it, but..."

Seeing that he hadn't said anything after a long while, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask, "Stop keeping me in suspense. What's the solution?"

…

As the two high school detectives were whispering and discussing.

The other side.

It was too late, and it was not appropriate to go to the police station to take a statement on the spot.

Jiang Xia then made an appointment with the police, said goodbye to them, and went to the coffee shop across the street.

Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him and asked quietly, "Is everything settled?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "If you are very curious, you can actually go over and take a look just now. Inspector Megure and the others shouldn't mind."

"That won't do!" Mao Lilan shook her head repeatedly:

"My presence here will definitely attract Teacher Judy's attention. If she guesses that I saw the photos in her house and becomes more alert, then our investigation will be difficult to carry out.

"Besides, Conan is there too. He has a very good relationship with Shinichi. If he sees me, he will definitely wonder why I am here so late at night.

"If he tells Shinichi about this later, Shinichi will definitely think a lot about it - then again, he's been so busy investigating that he's even neglected his studies. It must be a dangerous and complicated case. If he gets distracted by something he can't help with and gets into danger, that would be terrible."

"..." Jiang Xia nodded, admiring the two students' identical ways of thinking.

Mao Lilan thought of something else, and her expression became complicated. After struggling for a long time, she spoke carefully: "Hattori and Conan...why did you come to see Teacher Judy so late at night?"

Although Jiang Xia kept talking to her in a friendly manner, trying to share the case-solving process with her, an off-site detective... the signal in that high-rise building was really bad, and most of the time all Mao Lilan heard was intermittent noise.

Jiang Xia was slightly startled when he heard this question: "I was so focused on solving the case that I forgot to ask - maybe he came here to practice speaking."

"..." Mao Lilan obviously did not accept this naive reason. She hesitated again and whispered, "Just now, when Teacher Judy came out, her hair was wet, as if she had just taken a shower. That, if, if she..."

Jiang Xia looked at this high school girl who had been involved in many cases with Maori Kogoro, and considerately extinguished her thoughts that had gone astray: "But Hattori and Conan's hair are dry, aren't they?"

Mao Lilan: “!”

That’s right!

If a high school teacher really had her hands full with high school and elementary school students, she couldn't be the only one taking a shower. Thinking about it this way, practicing speaking seemed to make sense.

She wanted to ask something, but Jiang Xia looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late. It's time to go home."

"Okay..." Maori Ran nodded and stood up reluctantly - Maori Kogoro had indeed called her just now to ask her where she was going. If she didn't leave now, she would probably be scolded when she got home.

The questions stopped, but the thoughts did not.

——Unfortunately, today's operation to follow Teacher Judy was interrupted by a sudden murder.

Fortunately, there is still time. As long as she persists in investigating, she will definitely be able to figure out the strange behavior of this foreign teacher and what the purpose is behind it!

…

"A-choo!"

After sending away the troublesome police and high school detective, Judy finally relaxed.

She lay down on the sofa and exhaled weakly: "What is going on..."

Before coming to Tokyo, her goal was very clear, which was to overcome all difficulties, catch Vermouth, and bring that evil woman to justice.

But now... Vermouth was obedient and didn't move at all. It looked like they could catch her at any time if they closed the net. But the problem was, another, even more sinister entity had emerged.

"It would be great if we could catch Vermouth and get away." Judy muttered to herself:

"But the current situation... I'm afraid that after we capture her, the higher-ups will learn that there's an even more dangerous 'Uzo' in Tokyo, and they'll want us to stay here and continue to hunt him.

"After all, compared to our other inexperienced colleagues, our group has had more contact with Uzo, and it seems our chances of catching him are higher..."