Chapter 2662-2674 [Plan Failed]
"That's right." Akai Hide nodded, "Send two people to Himemiya Nobuko's residence immediately, and make sure to find the notebook before anyone else - if Usa really learned magic from Mr. Masakage, there might be clues left in that kind of private notebook."
Judy nodded seriously and contacted two relatively reliable colleagues.
After sending the message, she realized something belatedly: "It's so rare to have clues about that person, why don't you handle it yourself?"
Shuichi Akai shook his head: searching for hidden items is after all a basic skill of the FBI, and the house being searched belongs to a female magician who is not very vigilant - this mission sounds urgent, but it is actually not difficult.
In comparison...
"If this clue is correct, then Hashimoto Maya appeared here tonight probably to silence the female magician."
Shuichi Akai recalled the organization's mission process: "I will focus on the situation on his side first - if he will report to Uzo later, then there is no doubt that this will be a faster shortcut than the magic manual."
Judy: “!” Great.
"But... it's a pity that your bug with positioning was placed on Suzuki Sonoko instead of Hashimoto Maya." Judy sighed, "I hope he won't be far away when we get there."
As she spoke, she turned up the volume, hoping to catch Hashimoto Maya's next move from the conversation on the other side.
…
Maya Hashimoto had indeed not gone far, and he was still hanging out with a few high school students.
——Although the case has come to an end, Jiang Xia seems to be very interested in his experiences during this period and keeps chatting with him.
Hashimoto Maya wanted to say goodbye and run away several times, but then she thought: the person in front of her is both her colleague and her official superior... Since she is here, she might as well stay with him to the end just to leave a good impression.
"Alas, a wonderful magic gathering turned out like this."
Next to her, Suzuki Sonoko was shaking her head and sighing: the food on the table was all made by her and Xiaolan. Although they managed to eat a few bites while the police were investigating the clues, the hastily swallowed dinner was completely incomparable to the pleasant magic dinner they had imagined.
"It's not too late yet." Jiang Xia glanced at Suzuki Sonoko's pocket, then turned to look at Conan. After thinking for a moment, he suggested, "We have nothing to do anyway, why don't we go to the KTV and have some fun?"
He pointed to a building in front of him, with a striking KTV billboard hanging on the side of the building: "I remember that store's fruit plate was very good, and there were some limited-time snacks - you can eat while singing, just like making up for dinner."
"Yes!" Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up. "Why didn't I think of that? Come on, I must try all the delicious food in his house! The few bites I took just now didn't fill me up at all."
She took two classmates and happily trotted towards the KTV.
Hashimoto Maya: “…”
The KTV box is so dark and the noise is so loud, if someone stabbed him in the dark... he might not even notice it.
He was hesitating and wanted to slip away, but at this moment, a small hand suddenly reached out from the side, like a stalking water ghost in the dark, and grabbed his trouser leg tightly.
"Brother Hashimoto, let's go together." Conan saw the intention of this suspicious person.
The more the other party wanted to do something, the more he couldn't let him do it. Thinking of this, he shouted loudly: "Brother Jiang Xia, Sister Xiaolan, wait for us!"
Hashimoto Maya: “…”
…
Finally, the group walked neatly across the street and entered the lobby of the KTV.
As he entered the door, the detective badge in Conan's pocket fell to the ground beside him.
He cried out "Ouch!" and squatted to pick it up, while secretly glancing around the corner: "..." He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt like someone was following him - yes, it was the middle-aged man with a black baseball cap, a pair of dark glasses on his nose, and an untidy beard!
This time of looking back, Conan confirmed his thoughts: it was not a coincidence, and he and his group were really being followed.
"I remember this uncle. I just ran into him at the traffic light. He was looking around for something, and when he saw us, his eyes fixed on us, as if he had found his target."
Conan stroked his chin, thinking solemnly, "Could this be Hashimoto Maya's accomplice, who came here in person because he didn't come back?"
When Conan turned back under the pretext of picking up something.
Next to him, Maya Hashimoto also pushed up her sunglasses and pretended to look down at him, but in fact her eyes turned in the direction of the stalker.
"His tracking skills are average, and he doesn't look like someone from an organization, but he's quite sturdy... I have to be careful. If this guy sneaks into the box we're in, I'll immediately look for cover to avoid being accidentally injured."
Hashimoto Maya instinctively formulated a life-saving plan, and then had time to think: "By the way, who is this guy, and why did he suddenly follow us? Could it be... could it be that tonight's stage did not end with the disbandment of the magician gang, and Lord Uzo has prepared stage number 2?!"
While Hashimoto Maya and Conan were thinking about their own things.
A little further back.
The other two suspicious persons were also staring at the stalker, thinking quickly about similar questions.
"This... this is not our man." Judy, who had just arrived nearby, sat in the car and carefully identified the middle-aged man near the KTV through the front window.
Suddenly she remembered something and turned to look at Akai Shuichi in the passenger seat: "Could this be another one of your informants?"
Akai Hide lit a cigarette and shook his head in the rising smoke: "I won't use this kind of informant who hurts 800 enemies and 80,000 of my own - his stalking is too obvious, I'm afraid he has already been discovered by the people ahead."
Originally, he planned to follow Hashimoto Maya quietly when she had just completed her task and was relaxing.
But now...
Obviously, the guy in front had already alarmed the enemy for them.
"This guy..." Judy couldn't help but clench her fists. She wanted to knock out the man with poor tracking skills with one punch, and then pack him up and throw him 800 miles away. However...
"Who is he following?" Judy asked with a frown. "Just now, when Hashimoto Maya turned around to look at Conan, he hid back. It seemed that he had no intention of communicating with Hashimoto Maya and was also very worried about being discovered by the other party. So the two of them should not be in cahoots... Oh, right! There is another possibility - could this be one of Jiang Xia's fanatical fans?"
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Thanks to the big guys for the [monthly tickets] (σ≧▽≦)σ.
(End of this chapter)
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