Chapter 654 Could something have happened?
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On a quiet and peaceful day, after school at Teitan Elementary School, a pink-haired boy with purple eyes called out to the Junior Detective League.
"By the way! Do you guys want to come to my house to play?" Kawasaki Machi's eyes held a hint of anticipation.
"Really? We've never been to Machi's house before!" Ayumi and the others looked delighted.
From the time they met until now, they have not only never been to Zhenzhi's house, but they don't even know where Zhenzhi lives.
Kawasaki Machi slung his backpack over his shoulder and nodded vigorously, "Of course."
Conan looked at him, sensing something was off, and asked, "Did something happen?"
Upon hearing this, Kawasaki Machi's eyes darkened slightly, and he nodded slightly.
Everyone immediately became worried and asked him what had happened.
"It's like this, I always feel like there are strange people around my house, or they're watching me from the shadows. My brother isn't home right now, so I'm a little scared." After changing her shoes at the shoe cabinet, Kawasaki Machi left the school with them and explained to them on the way.
Mitsuhiko asked, "What? Did you sense what the other person looked like?"
Kawasaki Machi thought for a moment, then shook his head. "No, because I'm not sure if the other person is really paying attention to me."
"We'll find out when we go and see."
The apartment where the Chuan brothers lived wasn't exactly close to the school, but it was also quite far—almost a 20-minute walk away.
Kawasaki Machi pointed to the rather upscale-looking apartment in front of him and said, "I live here now."
Wow! What a beautiful apartment!
“I live on the eighth floor.” Zhenzhi led them into the elevator and then pressed the button for the eighth floor.
As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, Conan and Ai Haibara both felt like they were being watched, but neither of them showed it. They followed Machi to the room at the very end of the corridor.
Taking out his keys and standing on tiptoe, Zhenzhi opened the door and looked at the five people behind him. "Please come in!"
Upon entering the foyer, Conan first briefly observed the living room.
The furnishings are simple, clean, and tidy.
After putting down her schoolbag, Kawasaki Machi ran to the kitchen. "Make yourselves at home, I'll go get you some drinks!"
Conan put down his schoolbag and wandered around the living room, his gaze settling on the window next to him.
The curtains on the window were drawn, and if you lifted them, you could see another residential building across the street.
After bringing out the juice, Zhenzhi saw that they were all crowded around the window, so she said, "I usually open that window to let in some fresh air, so every time I feel like there are people from the apartment buildings across the street looking at me."
He walked to the side and pointed to a window directly opposite, "In that room, I can sometimes see small lights and shadows in that spot at night."
Although Machika Kawakita said he wasn't sure if the other person was observing him, Conan felt it was pretty much certain.
After all, Kawasaki Masuru had once told him that Machi was being watched.
It could be either the Black Organization or Death.
If it's the Black Organization, then they might be after some kind of chemical substance within Shinji's body.
If Death, as Kawasaki Maru said, is related to this organization, then it is very likely that Death is their experimental subject. They either want to destroy this escaped experimental subject or they want to capture this experimental subject and bring him back.
Regardless of which one it is, they all have ill intentions.
"But why would they target Makoto?" Ayumi frowned, looking as if she couldn't figure it out.
"I don't know either." Zhenzhi spread her hands with a confused look, then put her hands on her hips with pride. "Maybe it's my brother? Because my brother is very capable, he has caught a lot of criminals."
Ayumi and the other two remained silent, and after thinking about it, they realized that it was indeed very likely.
“If that’s the case, then it will be very difficult to find any useful clues.” Ai Haibara crossed her arms, leaned against the wall, lowered her head slightly and pondered for a moment before speaking calmly, “After all, your brother usually doesn’t show up in front of the police even if he catches a criminal.”
Kawasaki Machi nodded slightly. "Hmm, that's true. He said that being too high-profile would be detrimental to his investigation in secret."
Upon hearing this, Ai Haibara seemed to glance at someone, her voice indifferent, as if she wasn't mocking that person, "If a certain famous detective had the same idea, things probably wouldn't have turned out this way."
Conan: "..."
"It's okay, my brother will be back soon. We can leave the investigation to him. I just feel really sick today, so I'm asking you to come and keep me company."
Kawasaki Machi waved his hand to tell them not to be too nervous, and then pulled Conan and the others back to the center of the living room.
"My brother bought me a really interesting mystery game! Let's all play it together!" He happily took out the game disc and put it into the game console.
I don't know if it's because they were there, but I didn't feel like I was being watched today.
This suspense game is really interesting; even Conan is starting to like it.
When it was time for everyone to go home, the Junior Detectives picked up their schoolbags and prepared to leave.
Conan and the others walked out the door, refusing Machi Kawasaki's offer to accompany them downstairs.
"Just stay home and rest. We'll go downstairs ourselves. Just be careful not to open the door if anyone knocks," Conan carefully instructed him.
Zhenzhi nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I understand."
"Bye-Bye!"
Ayumi and the others stood in front of the elevator and waved goodbye to Machi.
After they all entered the elevator, a dark figure suddenly ran out from the room next door and quickly covered Kawasaki Machi's mouth and nose.
He struggled violently, but could not make a sound.
Chuan Shengzhenzhi closed his eyes and immediately fainted.
Okay, okay, they all love to act.
When she got down to the apartment building, Ayumi suddenly realized that the charm she had been hanging on her backpack had fallen off at some point, and she was about to go back to get it.
"I'll go with you," Ai Haibara said calmly, glancing at her.
"Yes! Thank you, Ai!"
Ayumi nodded, a sweet smile on her face.
"Then I'll go with you," Mitsuhiko said quietly, raising his hand.
A few black lines appeared on Conan's forehead. "Then let's go back together."
So they took the elevator back to the eighth floor in a grand procession, and rang the doorbell in front of Kawasaki Machi's house.
But after a while no one came to open the door, Ayumi couldn't help but worry, "Could something have happened to Machi?"
"Probably not? Maybe she's in the bathroom or something." Genta thought optimistically.
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