Chapter 327
Both Jodie and Ai Haibara looked at Conan Edogawa with confusion.
I had no clue about it just now, how come I suddenly understand now?
Fortunately, Conan Edogawa had a strong desire to explain things, and without them asking, he started explaining on his own: "They say it's the best hunting ground. AD is the nickname of Edward Hyde. Hyde Park in London was a hunting ground for nobles in the 16th century. Hyde sounds similar to haido, and P stands for park, so it's Haido Park!"
Dr. Agasa couldn't help but remark, "Most people probably think of Edward Hyde as EH, right? He really went to great lengths to prevent anyone from cracking his codename..."
Ai Haibara was more perceptive: "Was there something wrong with that email just now?"
How did it suddenly become clear after reading the email?
Conan Edogawa opened his mouth, intending to say "Usuha-nii," but then suddenly remembered that Usuha Saiki might not even be the other person's real name. Feeling a bit annoyed, he became less polite in his address: "I asked where that guy was, and he said he was at the Kudo house and might go to Beika Park later. That's when I suddenly realized it."
Ai Haibara raised an eyebrow in surprise. She hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that Saiki Usaku was also going to the place that organization was going to.
In that case, it's really hard to rule out suspicion.
It's possible that Usakabe Saiki just met at a different location than the other members of the organization... Although she still thought it was probably just a coincidence, because she really felt that Usakabe Saiki gave her a completely different feeling from the other members of the organization.
Before Conan Edogawa could say anything more, his phone vibrated again.
He quickly looked down and saw that it was another reply from Usoppō Saiki...
Conan Edogawa had mixed feelings because he was in a delicate psychological struggle. He didn't want to doubt, but he didn't dare to believe. He was worried that the new email would make him even more suspicious of the older brother he had known for several years.
He forced himself to open the email, only to find that the content read...
"Never mind, it's raining outside. The streets are all wet now, and the weather forecast says it might keep raining. I won't go. If you want to hang out, you can come to Kudo's house. I'll be there for an hour."
Conan Edogawa: "………………"
Ai Haibara looked at him questioningly: "What is it now?"
"It's nothing." Conan Edogawa replied with a twitching smile, then closed his flip phone. "Let's hurry to Beika Park."
If the organization truly ordered Bo Ye to carry out a mission at Beihu Park, it's impossible for him to refuse just because "it might rain again," right?
Such a willful personality would be considered a reason for being ostracized in a regular company, and it would certainly not allow him to survive in the Black Organization. It's clear that Brother Bo Ye has nothing to do with this organization's mission.
Ms. Jodie was unaware that she had just missed an opportunity to learn about a familiar codenamed member. Respecting Conan Edogawa, she didn't peek at his emails, her mind entirely focused on organizing today's mission. She was even busy calling Rena Mizunashi to ask who the people she was supposed to interview were, trying to warn them to change the date to avoid assassination.
Unfortunately, Rena Mizunashi was going to interview a candidate for the House of Representatives election today. The person in charge was receiving all sorts of assassination and bombing warnings every day and thought that his boss had a lot of bodyguards around him, so he didn't take Jodie's words seriously at all.
"There's no other way. Let's go to the scene and see if we can stop it."
The group drove to Beika Park, where Conan Edogawa had Jodie shoot and destroy the automatic sprinklers, so that passersby would think it was raining again and open their umbrellas, thus blocking the sniper's view.
Even when Rena Mizunashi's shoe was stepped on, the shoe with the bugging device stuck to it rolled away on its own. Conan Edogawa was eager to retrieve the bugging device, but Rena Mizunashi caught him red-handed, so he couldn't retrieve it and had to let Rena Mizunashi continue to follow the Black Organization's operations with the bugging device.
Ai Haibara was furious: "Why didn't you take back such a good opportunity? Do you know who would be in trouble if it were discovered?"
Conan Edogawa knew, of course, that if they investigated even a little about the people Rena Mizunashi had been in contact with these past two days, the organization would easily suspect Kogoro Mouri and might even try to kill him.
So he continued to follow the FBI to track the organization. Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara went back to find a way to leave Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri at Professor Agasa's house, so that if anything unexpected happened, the organization could easily find them at the Mouri Detective Agency.
Conan Edogawa sat in the FBI car, nervously listening to what the organization was saying, while Ms. Jodie discussed things with her FBI superior, James.
"Speaking of which, where's Xiu?"
"I don't know, I'm looking for him too... Have you explained the situation to him?"
“He told us about the bugging device and all that, and then we lost contact with him…” Ms. Judy sighed. “He’s become a bit withdrawn ever since his cousin in that organization died.”
James sighed, "The FBI really let him down. I thought they wouldn't go so far because of his researcher cousin..."
As Conan Edogawa listened, he began to sense that something was amiss.
As a detective, he had a strong ability to make connections. He quickly recalled Ai Haibara's older sister, who was silenced by the organization, and her long-standing dissatisfaction with the FBI.
"Um, you guys are talking about Mr. Akai's cousin in the organization... is her surname Miyano?"
Ms. Judy was surprised: "Huh? You knew about this too?"
"Haha..." Conan Edogawa chuckled dryly, "I know a little bit about it."
What a small world! So Mr. Akai is the FBI agent that Haibara mentioned who "suddenly jumped out and claimed to be their cousin, causing her and her sister a lot of trouble and indirectly causing her sister's death"!
Thankfully, Ai Haibara has already gone back with Professor Agasa, otherwise it might have exploded.
Professor Agasa drove Ai Haibara to the Mouri Detective Agency first, and then picked up the Mouri father and daughter and took them to his home, so that everyone could feel more at ease.
When she drove to her house, Ai Haibara subconsciously glanced at the Kudo residence next door.
Although she was quite confident in her intuition about the organization's members, Conan Edogawa has made her somewhat suspicious of Saiki Usaku now.
What if Usoya Saiki actually went to the organization and just gave a random address? It would be like fabricating an alibi...
Just as she was thinking this, Ai Haibara saw Saiki Usaba open the window, see them standing at Professor Agasa's door, and wave at them.
...It seems to be true; Brother Bo Ye has indeed been staying here until the rain stopped.
Ai Haibara was completely relieved.
Usakata Saiki leaned leisurely against the window, watching the group enter Professor Agasa's house before turning his attention back to the book in his hands.
System: [...Are you just going to laze around at the Kudo's house like this today?]
What a great opportunity! The organization has a mission, and Conan Edogawa is also tracking the organization. Instead of rushing to join the fun and increase his suspicion level, Saiki Usaba is at the Kudo's house making tea and reading books... He might send a couple of emails at most. He's practically living in a different world from everyone else!
Usakabe Saiki, legs crossed, leisurely remarked: "Going there now wouldn't just be raising suspicion points, it would directly confirm my identity with Edogawa Conan. Let's wait until Gin deals with the bugging device. What I've raised today is actually enough... Besides, who knows what next year will bring."
Next year?
[It's Gere. She's supposed to get into a car accident soon and be taken away by the FBI, then remain in a coma until next year. We need to increase her suspicion level while she's in that coma, otherwise, once she wakes up and reaches an agreement with the FBI...]
The system suddenly realized: [She'll reveal your identity to Conan Edogawa!]
It's one thing to deal with the other organization members, but now that Kir knows that Conan Edogawa and she both know Saiki Usuba, after reaching a cooperation agreement with the FBI, of course she has to warn her own people to be careful of Saiki Usuba.
The system panicked at the thought: [What do we do! Only two months left?! Wait, you knew this would happen, yet you still went to try and make your presence known to Gil?]
"Didn't we just happen to run into each other on the way?"
Unlike the frantic system, Usui Saiki showed no tension whatsoever: "Besides, it might not necessarily turn out that way; that's just the worst-case scenario. Actually, Kir might not even be reminding Conan of anything… In her view, her partner is the FBI."
The system still doesn't understand: [What happened to the FBI?]
Usakabe Saiki said with a smile, "[What do you think she'll say about me to Akai Shuichi? And what will Akai Shuichi say?]"
System: [...I don't know.]
"…Never mind, you don't need to worry about that. No matter what Kir says to people, I'll handle it." Usakata Saiki sighed, "You'd better hurry up and urge them when the undercover system will be finished repairing!"
Ignoring the system's anxiety, Usakabe Saiki insisted on finishing the book in his hand at the Kudo's house before washing his teacup and teapot and leisurely leaving.
As Ai Haibara glanced out the window of Professor Agasa's house, Saiki Usaba made a phone call to Vermouth.
"Huh? Potts?" Vermouth was listening to Gin explain how he dealt with the bugging device when she suddenly received a call from Usui Saiki. She was a little surprised. "I'm on a mission right now, you..."
"What mission? Can you take me with you?" Bo Yezhai asked with great interest.
Vermouth declined, saying, "No, if you want to play, wait until my mission is over before coming to find you. Right now..."
Vodka listened to Vermouth's phone call with a mixture of envy, jealousy, and resentment.
He couldn't hear what Usakata Saiki said, but he could roughly guess from Vermouth's words—damn it! Vermouth dared to reject Potts so directly! He wished he could be that assertive!
Vermouth calmed down Usaku Saiki with a few words and then hung up the phone.
Gin, who had been explaining enthusiastically but had fallen silent upon hearing the pronunciation of "Potnis," finally spoke up: "How was it?"
Vermouth sighed. "He said he wouldn't bother me anymore."
Although the problem of Usui Saiki has been resolved, the fact that Gin has received orders to kill Kogoro Mouri is also a problem!
She didn't want Ran Mouri to be sad because of her father's death!
Oh dear, what can be done... Is there any way to stop it? She couldn't think of anything. The only thing she could think of was to bring in Usui Saiki and see if the crazy Usui Saiki would cause trouble for Gin.
But Gin had just given her a look, threatening her not to let Usaku Saiki get involved. She couldn't go against Gin's wishes and agree, otherwise Gin would definitely think she wanted the mission to fail.
While Vermouth was feeling troubled and trying to think things through, Chianti suddenly opened the communication channel and spoke.
"Gin! Potts advised us not to go!"
Vermouth: "???"
So, the reason you hung up the phone so readily was because you went to ask Chianti?!
This kid, Usoppei... although she didn't know what his purpose was, this suggestion really resonated with her!
That's right! Everyone, don't go! Just let Kogoro Mori live!
Unfortunately, Usui Saiki isn't here right now, so he can't argue his way out of things. I wonder if his reasoning will be able to convince Gin...
Just as a glimmer of hope began to rise in Vermouth's heart, Chianti continued speaking.
"Let me make this clear first, I don't agree with it. I really want to go, but Potts's idea is that Gin can go alone, and Cohen and I shouldn't bother..."
Gin: "...???"
Vermouth: "...???"
Why?!
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Extra chapter tonight
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