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Who is that person with Grappa?!

Seeing that there was no one on the opposite side, Conan could only stand there regretfully to think, but suddenly he felt someone pulling his skirt.

"Kudo..." The girl in red trembled slightly, which reminded the detective of something, and he immediately asked, "Could that be..."

Huibara Ai nodded, her pale face looking a little weak.

"Ai-chan, you..." Hagiwara Kenji beside her also immediately noticed the girl's strange expression, and wanted to help with concern, but was interrupted by Conan:

"Officer Hagiwara, Ai isn't feeling well. I'll take her to the infirmary. Regarding the transcript..."

"You guys go ahead," the gentle police officer said with a smile, "you can fill in the notes later."

Hearing this, Conan thanked him and helped the girl leave. Hagiwara Kenji looked at the backs of the two children leaving, thoughtfully.

"What's wrong?"

A voice came from behind, waking Hagiwara Kenji from his thoughts. When he turned around, he found that it was a young boy, Natsukawa Hikaru, the younger brother of Natsukawa Sora.

The other person's face, which was similar to Morobushi Kagemitsu, made Hagiwara a little dazed, but then he calmed down and asked softly, "Xiao Guang, you are here too?"

"I was supposed to go skiing with everyone." Morobushi Kagemitsu pretended to be sad, then asked, "What's wrong with Conan? You've been looking at him."

"Don't you think Conan is too smart?" Hagiwara Kenji stroked his chin and said, "But so are you, Xiaoguang."

"You were the one who was covering for Conan, right? You did a great job. You looked very mature."

If this were said to Conan, he might have tried to get away with it out of guilt, but this was Morobushi Kagemitsu, he just smiled and said calmly: "After all, I lived in the United States with my brother before, and encountered similar situations."

Kenji Hagiwara was speechless when he immediately thought of the robbery statistics in the United States.

On the other side, after Conan and Ai got on the ambulance, a simple checkup revealed that they only had minor scratches and were released by the busy hospital. The two started discussing again on their way home.

"That person is a code name member of the organization." The girl who had been silent the whole time finally said this bombshell, which instantly caused a wave of shock in Conan's heart.

Haibara Ai naturally knew Amuro Toru, even though their identities were completely unrelated, but as both were Grappa's "scandal targets", she had run into each other before. It sounds a bit strange to say this, but in fact, she only ran into Bourbon who was looking for Noel when she was examining Noel's body during a research seminar in the United States. She could never forget his overly conspicuous light blonde hair and chocolate skin, as well as his extremely dangerous temperament.

"Don't get close to them, Kudo." The girl said this a little anxiously, and her cold voice carried such urgency.

"This is impossible for a detective." Conan said helplessly, "But I will be careful."

Haibara Ai sighed as if she had guessed the other party's decision, and said nothing. Conan really wanted to ask more information about the man, but seeing that the other party was still trembling slightly, he finally did not ask.

The dark-skinned, blond-haired man, Conan recalled the person he saw again, and suddenly felt familiar, isn't this the person that Kong Ge was dating?!

Then the detective laughed a few times. How could it be possible?

Let's go back and ask Dr. Agasa to check it out.

———

Officer Hagiwara handled the case calmly and seriously. When he returned to his apartment, he saw Matsuda Jinpei waiting for him. He had called him over to discuss one thing:

Who is the person with Kojiro?

"Let me tell you, Xiao Zhenping, that guy was eating Western food there with a really cool look on his face," Hagiwara Kenji was sitting at the table, showing off his barbecue skills while describing the scene in an exaggerated manner, his tone as rhythmic as an opera actor, "and the guy across from him looked very fierce and hard to mess with."

"Did that bastard see you?" Jinpei Matsuda opened a can of beer and asked casually.

"No, that guy's attention was clearly on the guy opposite him." Hagiwara Kenji stroked his chin and carefully recalled the scene at that time, and said uncertainly, "Although I didn't see the person opposite him clearly, his temperament was quite dangerous."

At this point, Hagiwara Kenji glanced at his young son, who was wearing a black suit, and said seriously, "He looks a bit like you, Xiao Zhenping."

"Me?" Matsuda Jinpei repeated subconsciously. Before he could think about anything else, he heard the person opposite him suddenly say with disgust: "I didn't expect that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Kofuku, would actually have a double one day...ah——"

Matsuda Jinpei kissed his own innocent face with his fist, then calmly flexed his wrist as the other party screamed, apparently ready to do it again at any time.

"Xiao Zhenping, you've changed!" Hagiwara Kenji covered his face and complained, "You weren't like this before. You were a super arrogant idiot who would get angry if teased. Why are you pretending to be cool and aloof and ruthless now?!"

"What do you think?" Jinpei Matsuda felt his fist itching again, and even wanted to drag the other party to a long-awaited fight. Although the two have been getting along like this for many years, they still feel disgusted sometimes.

"Hahahaha—" Hagiwara Kenji just smiled guiltily at this. It's strange to say, both of them had experienced a near-death crisis, but while Matsuda became more stable, Hagiwara became more outgoing and maintained a very good relationship with everyone.

I always feel like this guy is hiding something.

Matsuda thought so, but he decided to give the other party a chance to speak out himself. Of course, if he never spoke, he would not mind torture.

"Okay, let's continue discussing Kofuku," Hagiwara Kenji also opened a bottle of beer and said while drinking, "Apparently, as we speculated, he has infiltrated a certain organization now."

"With his ability, he should be doing pretty well now."

"It's not easy for a stubborn guy like that." Matsuda snorted coldly, which immediately attracted a subtle look from Hagiwara. "Are you talking about yourself, Xiaozhenping?"

Seeing the other party flexing his muscles again, Hagiwara immediately said seriously: "Although it would be best if we don't get involved in Kofuku's mission, there is a problem in front of us now."

"Is the organization he is working for the same as the one we are investigating now?"

———

Who is that boy?

After saying goodbye to Grappa, Toru Amuro immediately began to investigate, which was not a difficult task for a public security officer.

Soon, several documents appeared in front of him.

Hikaru Natsukawa and Sora Natsukawa, a pair of brothers?

Amuro Toru carefully looked at these files and found nothing wrong. Even though the boy looked very similar to Hiro, his life trajectory was very clear and he had complete interpersonal relationships. His brother, Natsukawa Sora...

Toru Amuro looked at the photo in the file. The guy with black hair and green eyes looked very gentle, his life experience was also normal, and there was complete case information about his parents' death in a car accident. They seemed to be a pair of brothers who had gone through hardships but were still strong.

There is nothing wrong with the information. Could it really be just a boy who looks similar to Hiro?

But this is normal, the blond man suddenly covered his face and laughed at himself, Hiro has only one biological brother, his parents are dead so naturally he can't have any younger brother, he probably knows all his other relatives, it's just a child who looks similar to him, why does he get so nervous... Even if they are really related by blood, what's the point?

Hiro is dead, dead. This is the reality that I have tried so hard to accept, but it was easily broken just because of a boy who looks similar to me...

That's ridiculous.

The man sighed, and his cell phone rang at the right time. Was it Gras?

Hiro's murderer... This thought instantly popped up in Amuro Toru's mind, and then he controlled his surging emotions and answered the phone:

"Toru, how's the investigation going on, about Ikaros?"

Grapasha's hoarse voice came from the other side. Amuro Toru listened to his own voice and answered calmly:

"It's a pity that there's not much progress," the man said in a gentle voice mixed with a hint of sarcasm, "Although we found a lot of traces of him, he looks like a pretty idle guy, saving people everywhere. Haha, is this some kind of savior complex?"

Although he knew that the other party was acting, Noel felt very uncomfortable when he suddenly heard such an evaluation of himself, and could only reluctantly say: "Then you should do your best. I have completed all the recent tasks and will not organize it during this period."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, the blond man frowned. He had felt more than once that when Grappa was working with him, he always liked to take over his tasks. He originally thought that he was just loyal to the organization and wanted to complete the tasks as quickly as possible, but after investigation, he found that he only did this when working with him. Was he competing with him? He always felt that there was another reason...

But no matter what, it is a good thing to have a partner who is efficient but does not steal credit. Amuro Toru did not ask any more questions and simply said, "Got it. I will contact you next time when there is a mission."

Noel breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone, and also confirmed some things. Apparently, Toru Amuro had not yet found out that he was on the same level as Sora Natsukawa, otherwise his attitude would not be so calm. It seems that the highly-Photoshopped photos in the public security system can still play a very good misleading role.

But considering the other party's character of collecting intelligence everywhere, it is only a matter of time before he finds out. I still need to make more preparations. Suddenly, I feel a little regretful that I have completed the task ahead of time, because this will make it easier for the other party to find me when he has more time.

I just couldn't help it...

The reason why Noel competes with Amuro Toru for the mission is very simple. For the mission of killing people, it is much more suitable for the organization member Grappa to do it than the undercover Bourbon. He still abides by the agreement he made with Xiaoguang. In the end, he must let Toru return intact to Xiaoguang. Of course, this also includes the psychological situation. There are many undercover agents who are obliterated by guilt.

But these are not the point. The problem now is that Itakura Taku is dead!

The man who facilitated Conan's first contact with the Black Organization in the original novel died just like in the original novel. It was really careless.

Can't this contact be stopped?

Thinking of the extremely tense box-opening scene in the original book, Noel felt a headache. It was difficult to explain why he had gotten involved in Gin's mission. How could he stop the little detective from taking risks?

Why not just tie him up?

A dangerous and bold idea flashed through Noel's mind, and he felt that it was feasible. Suddenly, he heard someone behind him shouting in surprise:

"Brother Kong? Why are you here?!"

Noel turned around and saw the boy in the jacket, who was running towards him with a look of surprise on his face and waving his hands.