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“Sizzle—”

The lean and fat pork belly is gently placed on the baking tray. The charcoal fire below instantly wraps around it, making a sizzling sound. The fat is roasted into golden oil, emitting an alluring aroma under the dim light.

"Don't you want to eat, Conan?" Hagiwara Kenji turned over the meat skillfully and asked the young detective. After all, according to past habits, every barbecue was a competition of hand speed. If a detective with a childish appearance did not take the initiative to grab it, it would be a bit childish for him to fight with Matsuda for it.

Upon hearing this, Matsuda turned to look at the detective who had remained silent, his eyes full of doubts.

Why don't I eat? Don't these two people have any idea in their minds? !

Conan felt that his stomach was full of complaints, and for a moment, they were stuck in his throat and he couldn't swallow any other food. He could only sigh and ask, "When did you find out?"

"Did they find out that you are the savior of the Japanese police, Kudo Shinichi?" Matsuda Jinpei took the initiative to continue, deliberately emphasizing the pronunciation of savior, and then looked at the detective whose ears turned red in an instant with interest.

“That’s what the media wrote.”

Conan immediately said that although he did not deny that he felt somewhat happy when he heard so much praise, this title was too exaggerated, and when it came from the mouth of the police, it sounded like a scene of shameful social death, which he could not bear to look at.

"As for your identity, I can only say that Conan, your acting is too bad." Hagiwara put the pork belly on Conan's plate and heard the other party's subconscious thanks. His childish voice was a little nasal and soft like a dumpling, "It's better not to pretend."

"Even so, it's impossible to confirm it directly," Conan immediately retorted: "And Officer Hagiwara, you also mentioned the organization." At this point, his diamond-blue eyes held a hint of accusation. Obviously, the shock just now was enough to make the detective resentful for a long time.

"Indeed," Hagiwara nodded in approval, and then said, "By the way, I recorded what happened just now. Do you want a copy?"

"Officer Hagiwara!" Conan's originally calm expression was finally filled with shock, and he almost shouted out loud. Matsuda Jinpei recommended at the right time:

"Do you want to beat me?"

"Ahem, let's talk business now, business." Hagiwara immediately turned serious. "I asked you to come here today just to synchronize intelligence with me."

"Is your current situation caused by the organization?" The pair of purple eyes looked at the detective's petite figure again. The police officer sighed and handed over a few pieces of meat.

"Thank you... It's Gin, a member of the organization," Conan said while looking at the expressions of the two police officers. Seeing that they didn't show any strange expressions, he continued: "He was fed a drug at the time and became what he is now."

“Don’t they know the effect?”

"It should be poison, but a peculiar reaction occurred."

"So you changed your identity and lived your life?"

"That's right," Conan said after explaining his situation. He then quickly asked, "Officer Hagiwara, the information about the internal organization of the police station..."

"no."

"What?" Although Conan had already guessed it from Inspector Megure, he still asked with a hint of hope.

"With my current authority, I cannot find their information in the police archives."

Conan looked a little depressed after hearing this, but he quickly cheered up and asked: "How did Officer Hagiwara find them?"

"You really don't doubt us at all?" Hagiwara Ryo asked with interest.

"If even police officers like Officer Hagiwara and Officer Matsuda are their people, then there is really no hope of successfully confronting them." The detective said frankly, his eyes full of seriousness. This was also the reason why he quickly figured it out in the car just now.

Just as Hagiwara Kenji was about to say something touching, he heard the detective add, "In fact, I am still a little skeptical, Officer Hagiwara, but when I think about how Officer Matsuda grew up with you, it is impossible that he would not have discovered it with his observation ability."

"Indeed," Matsuda Jinpei nodded seriously, then looked at the boy with admiration and nodded, "As expected of a famous high school detective."

"Officer Matsuda, thank you for the award," Conan nodded shyly, and then couldn't help but say, "I really admire your bomb disposal skills, Officer Matsuda. It would be even better if I could take a closer look."

"Are you interested in these?"

"I'm a detective."

The two of them obviously hit it off and the atmosphere became harmonious, so Hagiwara Kenji interrupted with a resentful look: "Hey, hey, what do you two mean? One of you just said something very hurtful to me, and the other not only didn't help, but also showed off his barbecue while I was talking just now."

"Who told you to be slow?" Matsuda Jinpei gave him a condescending look, expressing that he would not condescend to talk to those who couldn't get the barbecue, and quickly put the last piece of barbecue on the plate.

Why do I feel like these two are so childish?

Conan watched as Kenji Hagiwara stretched out his chopsticks and pointed directly at the grilled meat on Matsuda's plate. The latter was no less aggressive and used chopsticks to defend himself. The attack and defense were very intense. Conan could only sigh why they had to talk at the dinner table and once again took on the important responsibility of steering the topic back to business.

"So how did you find out about the organization?"

"It's a bomb case," Matsuda quickly stopped Hagiwara from attacking again, and explained, "Many bomb cases used the same model, and in the end nothing was found."

"Yes, they often use bombs!" Conan said immediately.

"Which case?" Hagiwara asked quickly.

"The attempted Shinkansen bombing," Conan replied, then paused and said, "There is also the port warehouse bombing."

Haibara's biological sister died in that explosion...Thinking of this, Conan lowered his head, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.

Hagiwara and Matsuda looked at each other, and it was obvious that they had thought of something.

I made the right choice by coming to find the little detective. It seems that he really found out a lot.

"Officer Hagiwara, Officer Matsuda," Conan raised his head and said seriously, "They are really dangerous, more dangerous than you think. You must pay attention to safety during the investigation."

"We should have told you this." Hagiwara rubbed Conan's head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Just leave it to us from now on."

"Hmm...wait a minute," Conan immediately responded, "I want to investigate too."

“This is not what you should do.”

"I'm a detective."

"But you are not an adult yet, you are still a student."

"I..." Conan was about to say something when he realized that it would be useless to the two police officers, so he made up his mind and said directly: "Otherwise I will refuse to exchange information."

"You're still threatening me?" Matsuda Jinpei's expression suddenly turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll force you to confess."

“I don’t believe it!”

"Xiao Zhenping, your threats are really useless, hahahaha." Hagiwara Kenji laughed unceremoniously, "It seems that this guy is as stubborn as you were back then. It's hard to convince him."

"Anyway, exchanging information is the key right now." Matsuda Jinpei put away his expression and stuffed the successfully guarded meat on the plate into his mouth. Although it was already cold, it was enough to increase the taste as a trophy.

"Yeah," Hagiwara continued grilling the meat and suddenly asked, "Conan, you have a very good relationship with Xiaokong."

"Hmm," Conan suddenly became alert, and seeing Hagiwara Kenji's half-smile, he frowned and said, "Are you suspicious of Kong?"

"You discovered it too?" Hagiwara quickly saw something from the detective's expression and said, "Xiaokong was there the whole time."

"Wait," Conan interrupted immediately, "Officer Hagiwara, didn't you know Kongo a long time ago?"

"Yes," Hagiwara nodded. "I had just graduated and was participating in a bomb disposal operation. He was there too."

Conan had naturally never heard of this before, so he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"The apartment building had been evacuated, but he was still there. If the bomb hadn't luckily not exploded, Xiaokong and I might have died there." Hagiwara noticed that Matsuda Jinpei moved his wrist when he said this, swallowed his saliva, and quickly said, "His personality at that time was completely different from what it looks like now."

"So cold, he ignored me."

Conan wondered, "It's just a change in personality."

"But later investigations showed that someone was dead in that apartment," Hagiwara looked at Conan's shocked expression and continued, "and the deceased had some connection with the organization."

"Wait, what do you mean? It's impossible that it was Kong who killed him. At that time, he was..."

"Thirteen years old." Hagiwara Kenji said directly, "According to the age on his ID."

"What do you mean?" Conan was stunned, but his brain had already told him the answer. The age on the ID? Could it be that it wasn't actually the age?

"Although he didn't look short at the time, based on the development of his Adam's apple and his facial features, he should have been smaller." Hagiwara changed the subject and said, "I'm very good at this. Those of my peers couldn't compare to me."

"In addition, I also investigated the case of the Xiachuan couple. There are too many suspicious points. Even the record of death in the car accident is missing."

"But Kong can't be a bad guy," Conan couldn't help but retort, "He wouldn't be."

Although his thoughts were suddenly confused by the huge amount of information, the fact that Kong Ge was Ikaros was enough to confirm that he was not in the same mind as the organization.

"What else do you know?" Hagiwara immediately realized that the other party had something that he didn't know, and this was exactly what he urgently wanted to know. It was evidence that could prove that Xiaokong was not an enemy. He needed this.

Conan didn't say it because he knew too well how dangerous Ikaros' identity was. Although Officer Hagiwara and Officer Matsuda were trustworthy companions, I'm afraid Kong Ge didn't want others to know about this.

"Kong Ge wouldn't be willing to work for that kind of organization," the detective could only state the facts he was sure of, and then fell silent.

But how can this be explained? Every time a member of the organization appears, they are with him. Even Ikaros' identity cannot explain it. And what about what Vermouth said, does Kong Ge have any difficulties?

Hardships?

Conan was stunned when he thought of this. The organization didn't know about Icarus, and neither did the two police officers Hagiwara and Matsuda. So they would think that Natsukawa Sora was related to the organization. What about them? If the organization didn't know either...

"Is it possible that Kong Ge was forced to have contact with the organization or join the organization?" Conan suddenly raised his head and asked.

This guess made Hagiwara pause, and he subconsciously said, "Since seven years ago when he was still a child? Wait..."

"Mr. and Mrs. Natsukawa!"

They said in unison.

"If, if Kong's parents were members of the organization, then it's very likely that Kong was forced to join since he was young." Thinking of the experience of the Miyano siblings, Conan felt more and more clearly, "And with Xiaoguang here, it's impossible for Kong to leave on his own with his brother-con. "

That's why the identity of Ikaros appeared. Was it for the purpose of rebellion?

"Kong's mental state has always been dangerous, and he even showed suicidal tendencies. Is this the reason? Damn it, I should have noticed it earlier. Wait, he was so weak on Moon Shadow Island before, and Grappa was there too. Is there any connection between them? And he was always so weak after he came back from not being able to find anyone. What Vermode said can also explain it..."

"Wait," Hagiwara suddenly interrupted.

"Damn it, we should go find him now, Officer Hagiwara." Conan was so overwhelmed with regret that he turned around and asked, "What did you just say?"

For the first time, Hagiwara Kenji stopped smiling in front of Conan. Through the smoke from the burning charcoal, he asked softly, "Suicidal tendencies, what's going on?"