Chapter 347 This detective is my achievement (combined chapter)

Piske put the purple commemorative handkerchief he had just received on the muzzle of the gun to cover up the flash of fire that might be produced at the moment of firing.

Jiang Xia estimated the angle and felt that the timing was perfect, so there was no need for an anonymous photographer to appear.

So before the reporter pressed the shutter, he dispersed the puppet and his consciousness returned to his real body standing next to Inspector Megure.

Almost at the same time, a shutter click sounded and a dazzling flash of light burst out in the room.

The host was startled, but soon smiled and said, "It seems that everyone likes Director Sakamaki's collection very much, but you can't take pictures of the slides with the flash on."

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Pisk, who was aiming, moved his ears and noticed the movement in front of the banquet hall.

But he was quite far away from that place, and the host's words also diverted Piske's thoughts. He thought the camera was facing the wall in front of him, not his side, so he didn't take it to heart and continued to focus on the work at hand.

He pointed the muzzle of the gun at the light chain of the heavy chandelier and pulled the trigger.

Bang--

KALA——

The gunshot and the sound of the chain breaking rang out almost simultaneously.

Pisk accomplished his mission, sneered silently, and hid the gun again.

…

In the darkness, Conan was anxiously rushing to Councillor Tunkou based on his memory before the lights went out, but suddenly he heard those two strange noises.

He intuitively felt that something was wrong and was wondering what the noise was when a loud crash was heard in front of him.

The crisp sound of shattering glass, the twisting sound of metal, and the ominous muffled sound that made one's teeth ache - combined with the location where the sound came from, Conan suddenly remembered the huge crystal chandelier hanging quietly on the ceiling of the banquet hall.

The light fell down?

...I hope it won’t hit anyone.

Other people in the banquet hall also fell into panic, especially those who were near the chandelier.

They were eager to get rid of this blind state, and shouted in the dark to the staff: "Turn on the lights!"

Before the lights came on, a purple handkerchief floated down from the air, carrying a faint smell of gunpowder, and covered Conan's head.

Conan grabbed it in confusion.

At this moment, as the staff pressed the light switch, lights on all sides of the banquet hall suddenly lit up. The suddenly bright environment made Conan squint his eyes.

Before I could take a closer look at the handkerchief, I heard a scream from the side, followed by another one.

Following the sound, I saw a luxurious chandelier with a diameter of two or three meters falling to the ground, splattering glass fragments all over the floor.

Under the chandelier, there was a man who died with his eyes wide open. Councillor Tunkou was buried under the chandelier, with only his head exposed. His eyes were wide open, blood foam was constantly flowing out of his mouth and nose, and his back was pierced with countless wounds by the diamond-shaped decorations on the chandelier. A pool of blood formed under him, expanding.

Jiang Xia looked from afar and saw a Shikigami floating out from under the chandelier, passing through the crowd with resentment, and hanging on Pisk's legs.

…The first ghost has been found.

He calmly withdrew his gaze and looked at Inspector Megure beside him.

Inspector Megure was also startled. After he came to his senses, he took out his ID and shouted, "I am Megure from the Metropolitan Police Department! Please stay where you are!"

Several police officers who were in the crowd searching for suspicious persons also reacted. Together with the staff, they quickly stepped forward, moved the chandelier away, and revealed the somewhat deflated congressman's mouth underneath.

Officer Sato walked over, squatted down, and felt the councillor's neck, whispering to his colleagues: "...He's dead."

Inspector Megure strode towards the corpse.

After taking two steps, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to look for his younger brother who was good at solving cases.

But Jiang Xia, like other people who were unaware of the situation, was standing cautiously in place, looking in the direction of the chandelier and Councillor Tunkou.

When Jiang Xia noticed that Inspector Megure was looking at him, he first looked at him blankly, and then, as if he had just remembered that he was a detective, he walked around a few people and came to Inspector Megure, intending to go and see the crime scene.

"..." Inspector Megure looked down at his slightly dizzy footsteps, then thought about his drunken reaction just now, and raised his chubby little hand to stop the man.

…Forget it, let’s take a break first. Don’t let him fall asleep and fall on the broken glass while checking the scene, or he will have to find time to call an ambulance for this lawless high school student while handling the murder case.

Tsk, when Jiang Xia sobers up, I must find a stern person to take him to the police station for ideological education.

Thinking of this, Inspector Megure's eyes fell on Sato Miwako.

Then he nodded secretly: Well, when it comes to the candidates for ideological education, we must first exclude this subordinate of mine who has become accustomed to Jiang Xia's "next time" and will even help him cover up...

…

The scene was quite chaotic, but one thing was very consistent.

All the people questioned by the police claimed that it was an accident and asked the police to lift the blockade immediately and let them leave - celebrities did not want to have anything to do with the police.

Jiang Xia had no interest in the bickering between adults without ghosts.

He casually glanced at Conan and Haibara Ai, and saw that Haibara Ai was also looking at him.

The two sides looked at each other, and Huihara Ai's face turned pale. She suddenly looked away and pressed the hat on her head tightly, feeling guilty.

Jiang Xia told her to stay at home, but she not only ran out, but also tried to stop the organization's mission, which seemed to be related to Jiang Xia...

Since she hadn't seen the person directly before, Haibara Ai just felt conflicted.

Now that they looked at each other, her conscience suddenly ached. She felt like the snake in the story that was frozen and picked up by the farmer and hidden in his clothes, but turned around and bit the farmer after recovering its body temperature... Even if she had her own reasons, it was too much for her to come and sabotage Jiang Xia.

She nudged Conan, who was in deep thought, with her elbow, urging this trouble-making detective to leave.

Now that she had failed to stop the assassination, Huihara Ai felt that there was no need for her to stay here any longer. If she dragged on, it would only cause more trouble for Jiang Xia. The member of the organization responsible for the assassination had now completed his mission and must have more energy to look around. What if that person happened to be someone who had seen her before...

Conan didn't notice the brief exchange between the two neighbors.

He came back to his senses from his thoughts and followed Haibara Ai to the door of the banquet hall.

Conan certainly didn't want to go home just like that, but the clues he had just collected in the banquet hall gave him new ideas.

He planned to go to the registration book at the door and check who had received the purple handkerchief - although there was no clear evidence yet, Conan felt that this would be a breakthrough.

Once a member of the organization is captured, he can get information about the organization from him, and then find an opportunity to catch all these men in black, get APTX4869 and then research its antidote... When Conan thought of this, his motivation continued to increase +1+1+1.

…

As a murder had just occurred, the police cordoned off the hall and prohibited guests from leaving.

But the two children who "wanted to go to the bathroom" were not suspects.

Haibara Ai and Conan were released smoothly.

The moment the door opened, the two men and the policeman guarding inside were all shocked - outside the banquet hall, a large group of reporters had blocked the way, and as the door opened a crack, a tide of questions poured in.

The people in the banquet hall were attracted by the noise and looked towards the door with frowns.

This includes Pisk.

His eyes swept across the reporters and soon fell on the two children at the door, especially the little girl.

——The flash lights outside the door rose and fell like waves. The little girl seemed to be very afraid of the camera. She subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it, her face facing the inside of the banquet hall, revealing most of her beautiful mixed-race face.

That face startled Pisk, and he suddenly had a strong sense of déjà vu.

Looking at the strands of hair hanging from the edge of the hat, the special color suddenly made a name pop up in his mind - Miyano Shiho.

Piske was familiar with Miyano Shiho's parents in his early years. He had heard them mention the mysterious drug that was still under development, and had also seen Miyano Shiho when she was a child.

Coupled with Gin's previous instructions to "capture Shirley", Pisco's breathing suddenly became heavy, and he realized that he seemed to have discovered a huge achievement.

——The value of capturing the defected Shirley and capturing Shirley as an experimental subject cannot be equated at all.

With a little excitement, he took out the laptop from his arms, tapped the keyboard quickly, and entered "Sherry" into the organization's database.

After pressing Enter, a copy of Shirley's relevant information appeared on the screen, with a clear ID photo in the upper right corner.

Pisk looked at the photo and recalled the little girl's face he had just glimpsed, and smiled a little.

What good luck...

He closed his computer and leaned towards the door calmly.

Judging from the atmosphere in the banquet hall, the police would not be able to stop this group of celebrities for long and he would soon find an opportunity to leave.

...If the celebrities are not strong enough, the worst that can happen is that he loses face and falls to the ground to get his hands on something. The police will probably not dare to forcibly detain a man in his seventies.

As Pisk thought about the steps to capture Shirley.

In the corner of the banquet hall, a pair of eyes followed his back silently, with warm and expectant eyes.

…

Although there were many reporters at the door, fortunately they did not pay attention to the children - young children could not provide much useful information, and forcing interviews might lead to attacks from public opinion.

Conan and Haibara Ai were therefore ignored by the media and successfully squeezed out from the gap between people.

After passing through the group of reporters blocking the door, the two children breathed a sigh of relief.

Haibara Ai was about to leave, but after taking two steps, she felt that no one was following her.

When I turned around, I found Conan lying on the registration desk next to the banquet hall, looking up and talking in a low voice to the staff.

I don't know what he said. When Haibara Ai walked back, she saw a staff member bring up a list, turn to a certain page, and then smile gently at Conan:

"A few others have already left. Now there are only these seven people holding the purple handkerchief. In fact, don't worry if you can't find the owner. If they find that the handkerchief is lost and want it back, they will come to us on their own initiative."

Conan thanked him and moved closer to take a look.

Soon, his sight stopped at a certain place and he was slightly stunned.

Haibara Ai looked over and saw Jiang Xia's name on the paper.

The fingers in her pockets trembled guiltily, and she forced her tone to calm down: "Why are you checking this?"

Conan was also surprised to see Jiang Xia's name at this time, but he didn't think much about it for the time being and just thought it was a coincidence.

He carefully memorized the seven names on the page and planned to tell Haibara Ai his reasoning.

But before he could say anything, he heard the already noisy noise at the entrance of the banquet hall getting even louder, and suddenly there were countless overlapping excited shouts like "He's let in!" and "He's out!"

Such a commotion made Haibara Ai and Conan, and even the staff at the registration counter, unable to help but look over.

As soon as I looked over, I saw that the blockade was lifted and a group of people in suits and ties rushed out of the door impatiently, wanting to leave the banquet hall where someone had just died.

——The police were ultimately unable to hold back this group of powerful people for long, and could only let the celebrities leave, planning to find clues later and then look for them through the registry.

Everyone pouring out of the banquet hall wanted to get out as quickly as possible, but the reporters were eager to stop a few people and ask for details.

As soon as the two sides clashed, the corridor instantly became extremely chaotic.

Haibara Ai struggled to avoid several people who almost stepped on her. When she came to her senses, she had been separated from Conan and there was no familiar person around.

She was trying to struggle to walk to a less crowded place nearby.

However, at this moment, an old man who passed by from behind bent down, picked her up and ran away. At the same time, he took out a handkerchief soaked with anesthetic from his pocket and covered Huiyuan Ai's mouth and nose with it.

Haibara Ai was frightened and took a breath.

Then he lost consciousness.

Pisk seized the easy win and hurried into the bathroom.

He changed into cleaner's clothes, hid Haibara Ai in a cardboard box, pushed the cleaning cart quickly through the corridor, and headed towards the wine cellar of the old building.

This was originally the second plan prepared by the organization - if Councilman Tunkou did not stand under the chandelier as they instructed, they would use this equipment to transport him away and then slowly kill him.

Unexpectedly, it comes in handy in capturing Shirley.

…

Someone just died in Beihu City Hotel. There are police at all the entrances and exits. It is too risky to take an unconscious child out now.

Piske then planned to keep the man in the wine cellar for a while, and then find an opportunity to take him away when the police relaxed their guard.

Entering the wine cellar, he threw the unconscious Haibara Ai to the ground, then took off the cleaner's clothes, opened his laptop, and was about to send a message to Gin, urging him to come quickly.

But at this moment, Pisk suddenly thought of something.

——When he went out just now, he saw the high school detective who was suspected of having an affair with Shirley, still standing in the corner of the banquet hall, distracted, and did not leave.

It's so chaotic everywhere now. It's a rare opportunity to find such a thing. Why not trick him into coming here and deal with him together? That young man looks like a good student who won't refuse an old man, and he's drunk. Although I don't know why Gin is so afraid of him, there's no harm in trying...

(End of this chapter)