Chapter 2580 2592 [Conan vs Vodka]
Conan stood on tiptoe at the front desk and asked the young woman who was happily playing with Jiang Xia's new business card: "Big sister, are you familiar with Otosaka brother?"
"Hmm?" The receptionist turned around and smiled happily at the cute child. "Not bad. After all, we are colleagues who spend every day together."
Conan's eyes lit up: "Can you tell me something about him? Anything is fine - Brother Jiang Xia asked me to ask."
…
The receptionist told him everything he knew, and Vodka heard the entire conversation.
Vodka: “…” He is very skilled at taking advantage of the power of others. Today he can use Jiang Xia’s name to deceive passers-by, and tomorrow he can harm the organization under the banner of Wu Zo… It’s really chilling to think about how this guy will look when he grows up. It would be great if this evil seedling could be nipped in the bud.
In an instant, countless ways to make this kid die easily emerged in Vodka's mind.
However, in the end, he could only take a deep breath and suppress his murderous intent.
"Calm down! Think about it carefully. Why did this kid come now instead of earlier or later?"
Vodka pushed up his sunglasses, his eyes wise. “Maybe this is the bait Uzo set for me. He guessed I was nearby, so he threw out this damn kid. If I was tempted to commit a crime and do something fancy... maybe that idiot Pisco is a lesson for me.”
…
Several walls away.
Conan, who was leaning against the front desk, felt a chill on his back. While listening to the receptionist, he couldn't help but look around quietly: "..." Could it be that Mr. Otosaka was aware of the current situation and wanted to kill this weak and helpless elementary school student?
Thinking of this, Conan couldn't help but be alert: he came alone this time. Although he had enhanced foot strength shoes and anesthetic needles in hand, if he was deliberately targeted by an adult who was familiar with the terrain...
“?!”
Just as he thought of this, his eyes paused and suddenly stopped at the decoration next to the front desk.
——This hospital pursues the original ecology, even the decorations are made into the shape of vines and petals. At this time, if you look closely, the inside of one of the "buds" seems to be wrapped with an inconspicuous black shadow.
Under normal circumstances, Conan would not have paid much attention to it, and would have thought that it might be a protruding part of the plastic. But at this moment, he was alert and was extremely careful about any abnormality.
While the receptionist was busy reminiscing, Conan moved over as if nothing had happened and quietly reached out to pull apart the petals.
The next moment, his eyes focused slightly: there was a small eavesdropping device hidden in this decorative flower!
...Why would anyone install something like this in an ordinary hospital?
Conan's expression changed slightly, and he calmly withdrew his hand, pretending that he noticed nothing.
After thinking for a while, he said to the receptionist, "I understand. There is one more thing. Could you please tell Brother Otosaka to come to the hospital lobby in half an hour? This is also what Brother Jiang Xia said."
The receptionist was a little confused as to why the child didn't tell Otosaka directly, but asked her to tell him instead. But thinking that children have a short memory, maybe they just forgot, she didn't refuse: "Okay."
After saying that, Conan stared at her eagerly, with a hint of urging in his voice.
Receptionist: “…”
She originally wanted to wait until she saw Otosaka, since there was still half an hour left, but now...
She sighed: "Okay, I'll go find him."
Conan followed.
After leaving the front desk and coming to the empty outdoors, Conan asked: "Is there anyone new in the hospital recently?"
"Well..." The receptionist couldn't help but glance at the child who had so many questions. Fortunately, she was used to being a receptionist and answered the questions very professionally, "Newcomers to the hospital? Do you mean those hospitalized patients?"
Conan nodded obediently.
The receptionist habitually answered every question: "There are not many people here recently. There are only two patients transferred from the geriatrics department and the psychiatric department."
"Geriatrics and psychiatry..."
"That's right." The receptionist remembered something and added, "You can ask our employees, but you can't disturb the guests - you will be asked to leave by the security uncle."
The words fell, but there was no response.
The receptionist turned her head in confusion and found that there was no one around her: the child had slipped away without her knowing.
Receptionist: “……?”
…
Conan slipped back into the hospital building.
After careful observation and confirmation that there were no surveillance cameras nearby, he went straight to the inpatient department, sneaked into the corresponding nurse station, and secretly looked through the inpatient list.
Soon, his eyes fixed on a new name - Taro Yamada.
Conan's expression changed several times: "..." If I remember correctly, Vodka used this name when he was in society.
"Although this name is very common, maybe it's just someone with the same name, but combined with the bug just now, it seems too coincidental."
Conan closed the list and thought: "The traces of the installation of the bug are very recent. If it was really installed by vodka...what is the purpose of that guy?
"First of all, he couldn't have really come to the hospital for hospitalization - how could a cadre of that organization have such serious psychological problems? Even if they did, they would never have come to see a doctor outside."
"So what on earth can a hospital be planning?"
Conan recalled the room number he had just seen and felt an urge to sneak in and take a look.
However, thinking about the questions he had asked in Jiang Xia's name, it was very likely that Vodka had overheard these questions...
Conan gritted his teeth and could only barely suppress the impulse.
"In Vodka's eyes, I now represent Jiang Xia." Conan touched the back of his head. "It's fine to investigate the case, but if it leads to Vodka... With my unfortunate experience as a lesson, I must not let Jiang Xia make the same mistake again."
"But if I just ignore this matter, when will I be able to collect enough clues to destroy that abominable organization?"
After weighing the options for a moment, Conan suddenly had an idea.
“Got it!”
The mini version of the famous detective pushed up his glasses, and a cold reflection flashed across the lenses:
"That bug is the breakthrough point! - As long as we can find a way to lead the police to discover the bug, they will naturally follow up the investigation.
"This way, the Black Organization won't have the impression that the detective went after Vodka. They will just think that it was Vodka who was careless and exposed his whereabouts.
"The wiretapping of information is different from the previous case where 'Mr. Yamada' lied about renting a car. The latter was just a little bit against the rules, but the former is suspected of being illegal.
"And judging from what Huibara said, if Vodka is taken to the police station for investigation..."
(End of this chapter)
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