Chapter 442
Rei Furuya was being cautious and planned to discuss it with Kagemitsu Morofushi before making a decision, so the matter of disguising Kagemitsu Morofushi was put on hold for the time being.
Usaku Saiki's suggestion made Furuya Rei somewhat reluctant to accept it immediately; he needed time to consider whether there were any pitfalls.
"What, you're worried that the person who disguised Kagemitsu isn't reliable? I should be the one worried! Disguising someone the organization is looking for is like handing them a handle, isn't it?" Usaku Saiki started to mock Furuya Rei when he heard Furuya Rei say he needed to think about it some more.
Jianggu Ling: "..."
What Bo Yezaki said makes some sense. If he really finds an unreliable person, Bo Yezaki won't get away with it either.
Usoppō Saiki has always had a good eye for people...
Rei Furuya was somewhat tempted.
But thinking about how Bo Yezaki had tricked him, he calmed down.
"...I've been a bit busy lately, so I was thinking of dealing with this after I finished what I was doing."
Rei Furuya made a few excuses and hung up on Saiki Usaba before continuing with his work.
A few years ago, he made a bet with Saiki Usaba, saying that it was impossible for anyone to have the real name Conan Edogawa. As a result, this year Saiki Usaba found a kid with the real name Conan Edogawa, causing him to lose the bet and have to apologize.
If that were all, he could have just assumed that Usaku Saiki had deliberately found this kid named Edogawa Conan to win the bet—Usaku Saiki always had some inexplicable competitive spirit, which Furuya Rei had noticed long ago.
The problem is that Rum soon sends him to investigate Kogoro Mouri, suspecting that Kogoro Mouri seems to know something about the organization that he shouldn't know, and Conan Edogawa happens to be living at Kogoro Mouri's house.
In that instant, Conan Edogawa's suspiciousness level immediately increased.
After all, he's close to the person the organization is investigating, seems to have some connection with Usui Saiki, and has such a bizarre name as "Edogawa Conan." Vodka wouldn't believe there's absolutely no problem with him!
After investigating the household registration, it was discovered that Conan Edogawa was an unregistered resident, so Rei Furuya then asked the Public Security Bureau to investigate the people around Conan Edogawa.
At this moment, a high school detective named Shinichi Kudo comes into Rei Furuya's view.
Rei Furuya pulled up a photo of Shinichi Kudo when he was a child and compared it with Conan Edogawa. He was stunned to find that without his glasses, not only did they look exactly the same, but even their hairstyles were identical.
Although there are always people in this world who look very similar, when investigating the whereabouts of Shinichi Kudo, who was supposedly missing and went to investigate a case, we found that there were several people who looked very similar to Shinichi Kudo, and it was easy to mistake them at a glance.
But just after Shinichi Kudo disappeared, a nobody named Conan Edogawa appeared, supposedly a distant relative of the Kudo family...
Rei Furuya felt like he had already written the outline for a shonen manga in his mind.
But reality isn't a comic book! A perfectly normal high school student suddenly shrinking to a tiny size is just too far-fetched!
The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed, so Rei Furuya discussed it with Kagemitsu Morofushi.
Looking at the photos of Shinichi Kudo and Conan Edogawa, and then at the time when Shinichi Kudo hadn't gone to school, Morofushi Hiromitsu suddenly fell into deep thought.
"Do you have any leads?" Furuya Rei asked.
Morofushi Kagemitsu hesitated, then said, "It's not exactly a clue, but... do you remember that group?"
"What group?"
"The group that Botness kicked me out of."
Rei Furuya suddenly realized: "The one who talked badly about Gin? What happened?"
"I remember before Shinichi Kudo disappeared, Potts took a picture of Gin and Vodka being detained as suspects in a murder case and posted it in the group chat. It seems like Shinichi Kudo was in the picture. Look for it and check the date."
After Morofushi Kagemitsu described it this way, Furuya Rei also remembered it, and with a very good memory, he recalled what mission he was doing at the time, and directly flipped to a similar date to check the chat history.
Furuya Rei cleaned up the records that needed to be cleaned up very quickly, but he kept the ones that shouldn't have been cleaned up. All the chat history of this group since its creation was stored on his phone, so that he could easily see what bad things Usui Saiki had said about Gin when needed.
Rei Furuya remembers Gin's mistakes very clearly, but Saiki Usui has been throwing around so many accusations that he genuinely can't remember them all. He can't even cooperate with the Boss anymore...
As the photo was zoomed in, Furuya Rei also noticed Shinichi Kudo in the corner, seemingly talking to the police.
Morofushi Kagemitsu said, "I was relatively free at the time, so I looked at the photos for a while longer."
Rei Furuya sighed.
He didn't remember it well, perhaps because the mission occupied most of his attention, or perhaps he was so busy agreeing with Usaku Saiki about Gin that he only remembered it after being reminded.
But the photos aren't the point.
They looked at the date the photo was posted and compared it to the date Shinichi Kudo took a long leave of absence from Teitan High School, and fell into deep thought.
Oh wait, it seems like Shinichi Kudo disappeared a week after meeting Gin and Vodka at the amusement park.
According to Inspector Megure, Shinichi Kudo was investigating a case that needed to be kept secret... but what kind of case could make a high school student disappear for so long?
"Anyway, let's find a way to get Shinichi Kudo's fingerprints."
Rei Furuya's expression was grave: "Gin has close ties with the lab and often gets his hands on experimental drugs. What if this is the result of some kind of experiment by the organization..."
That would no longer be a matter of unregistered residents and pseudonyms, but a matter that could shake the entire world!
Rejuvenation! If a successful experimental subject were to be revealed, the whole world would go crazy, especially those wealthy people who can't buy lifespan!
If this isn't big news, then what is?
Morofushi Kagemitsu was still scrolling through the chat history, deep in thought: "I remember you said that Potts was quite familiar with that Edogawa Conan, right? Do you think he knows the truth?"
Can you get the answer by simply asking Saiki Usakuba whether Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo?
“I’m even starting to suspect that this pseudonym was given to him by Potts.” Furuya Rei began to speculate maliciously, “Just because he still remembers the bet from a few years ago and is determined to beat me.”
Morofushi Kagemitsu blushed: "It can't be that bad, can it? He may be a bit competitive, but he should still be against cheating..."
“But his own alias is Conan Edogawa!” Rei Furuya held a deep grudge. “Besides him, who else would choose such an alias and conveniently appear next to Kogoro Mouri, leaving me with no way to avoid him and forcing me to admit defeat and apologize.”
Morofushi Kagemitsu: "…………"
His childhood sweetheart is great in every way, except that he can get carried away sometimes.
After so many years of undercover work, he seemed to have matured a lot, but when it came to matters related to Usakabe Saiki, he was still easily exposed.
However, there aren't many people who can remain calm when facing Usaku Saiki.
Morofushi Kagemitsu sighed, then said, "On the bright side, if Potness knew about it, it means he was hiding someone from the organization who shouldn't be being protected, and perhaps we won't have to doubt his stance anymore..."
Furuya Rei had given up hope of seeing Morofushi Kagemitsu's stubbornness, but putting everything else aside, Morofushi Kagemitsu was still alive thanks to Usaku Saiki, so he couldn't really blame Morofushi Kagemitsu. He could only complain a little: "You really know how to take advantage of every opportunity."
Morofushi Kagemitsu's words sounded reasonable, but Furuya Rei doubted that Usaku Saiki would do something that would get him into trouble.
Even if Morofushi Kagemitsu were to report the matter of letting him go, the organization's boss might not believe it!
After all, once the process went smoothly, it seemed that Vodka had alerted the enemy, and the exposure was caused by the low-level members of the organization not keeping their mouths shut enough. Usui Saiki, who had been saying for seven years that Scotland was like an undercover agent, was the most innocent.
Furuya Rei even suspected that Morofushi Kagemitsu's decision not to leave immediately after receiving the tip, for fear of affecting Usaku Saiki's matter, was also part of Usaku Saiki's calculations.
That guy, Usoppō Saiki, is both insane and cunning; he's truly terrifying.
Vodka still thinks that Usakabe Saiki just likes to act crazy, which is even more terrifying...
In short, let's confirm Conan Edogawa and Shinichi Kudo's fingerprints before we talk about the rest.
And so, Rei Furuya began planning his infiltration of the Kudo residence.
Meanwhile, Shuichi Akai, a resident of the Kudo residence at this time, was also troubled by the matter of Saiki Usubaba.
It's not anything else, it's just that Usaku Saiki asked him to stop Edogawa Conan, and he did, but then what?
He had been waiting for several days, but then Usakabe Saiki started playing dead again, just like always.
What about news regarding Akemi, who promised him?
Are you trying to play that tired joke with him, like "there's no news, which means Akemi is gone"?
It wasn't that he couldn't accept the fact that Akemi was truly dead; he had already prepared himself mentally in America. But he was willing to make a deal with Usakabe Saiki because he wanted clarity. Now, what were these unclear and ambiguous implications?
In addition, he secretly hoped that the news, which could be used for trading, might actually be good news...
These past few days, Akai Hide has been calling Usui Saiki every day to see when he'll be able to turn on his phone. He's practically developed tendonitis from all the calls. Finally, at some point, someone answered the phone.
Then, because Shuichi Akai had become so accustomed to hanging up and redialing the phone these past few days, he accidentally hung up the phone.
Akai Shuichi: "………………"
I'm drenched in sweat.
If he calls now and says he didn't do it on purpose, will Potts believe him?
No, whether he can even get through on the phone anymore is another matter entirely!
Fortunately, this time Bo Yezaki actually did something unusual and called back.
Shuichi Akai quickly answered the phone and immediately explained, "I've called you so many times these past few days that I accidentally dropped the phone."
It means that you haven't answered the phone for the past few days, which caused me to accidentally slip up, so it's not entirely my fault.
Bo Yezaki said quietly, "It's alright, why are you explaining this to me? I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges."
Akai Shuichi; "…………"
No, the tone of your voice clearly indicates you're holding a grudge! You're in your mid-twenties! Can you please stop being so childish!
Fortunately, he had already fled the organization, so it was impossible for Bo Ye Zaiji to complain to his FBI superiors... But if that were the case, it would be even harder to predict how Bo Ye Zaiji would retaliate, and he began to have a headache.
Shuichi Akai decided to strike first: "Do you remember what you promised me?"
“It’s just news about Akemi, my memory isn’t that bad,” said Bo Yezaki. “Just prepare yourself.”
Shuichi Akai's heart sank.
—It seems that Akemi is indeed in grave danger!
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