Chapter 339 Shameless Detective
"Never sold it..." When Dr. Agasa gave the bow voice changer to Conan, he wanted Conan to use Mouri Kogoro's voice to deduce things and make him a famous detective, and then get involved in cases related to the organization.
In this case, if the voice changer became widely circulated, this "double-act" way of solving the case would easily be exposed, so Dr. Agasa did not mass-produce and sell it.
"That was an important tool for creating the 'Detective Kogoro', and I have always kept it secret. Although you didn't have many opportunities to deduce before, you see, my 'double act plan' was successfully put to use in the case of Dr. Shin's family a few days ago."
Dr. Agasa couldn't help but boast about his foresight, then he stroked his broad chin and tried to recall:
"I did give one to Jiang Xia, but he said it didn't work. I adjusted it several times, but the effect was still poor, so I just left it here... This kind of thing actually needs to be used with a certain amount of false voice."
Dr. Agasa muttered to himself, feeling somewhat regretful that his creation had not achieved the expected effect.
At this moment, a small hand suddenly reached out and took the phone from him.
"There is a girl in the organization codenamed 'Vermouth'. She is good at disguise and is called the 'Thousand-Faced Witch' by some people. She can fake her voice."
Huihara Ai's voice came through the receiver, sounding unusually serious, with a slight tremor: "She was a ruthless person, who had countless lives on her hands... Did she come looking for you?"
"That's not the case yet...and I think it's not the person you are talking about." Conan was stunned. This was inconsistent with his previous speculation.
——It has been a while since the two phone calls. If it is true that the members of the organization knew his identity as "Kudo Shinichi", then Dr. Agasa and Haibara Ai would probably not be able to talk to him anymore.
Dr. Agasa thought about it and said, "Could it be that Xiaolan found a clue and thought you were Kudo Shinichi, so she teamed up with Jiang Xia to help her confirm it? - Xiaolan and Sonoko told you that you heard Kudo Shinichi calling her using Jiang Xia's phone, so the authenticity of the story cannot be confirmed. And the 'Xiaolan' you heard might be the real Xiaolan."
Conan shuddered and couldn't help but shiver.
Then he forced himself to calm down: "Impossible! Jiang Xia would never cheat me like this, he is very moral... and there was indeed noise of the concert on Yuanzi's phone, but there was no noise from Jiang Xia's phone - I heard that he had a commission this afternoon, so he didn't go to the concert with us..."
...Wait, commission?
Conan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt he had grasped the direction of the investigation.
He hung up the phone, pulled up the address book, and started searching through a long list of contacts.
——As long as we find the boss of Jiang Xia’s detective agency and ask him about the content and client of the commission he received today, maybe we can figure out the situation on his side!
Before he could find the number he wanted, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
The man said kindly, "Are you looking for me?"
“?!”
Conan was startled, and suddenly raised his head to look over, and saw the face of Amuro Toru.
…
Toru Amuro was sitting astride a delivery bike and was also waiting for the red light.
After waiting for a while, I found a familiar-looking elementary school student in front of me.
Seeing this somewhat strange child, Toru Amuro couldn't help but pay a little more attention to him.
Then I vaguely heard Conan's phone conversation, and it sounded like it was related to Jiang Xia.
After all, he was his employee and subordinate, so Toru Amuro put his part-time job aside for the time being, stopped and asked Conan who was staring at him blankly: "What happened?"
Conan: “…”
He quickly reviewed the phone call in his mind and realized that apart from calling Jiang Xia and the others by their names and not calling them "Brother Jiang Xia" and "Sister Yuanzi", he had not said anything suspicious.
Fortunately, fortunately...
Conan stared at Amuro Toru for a moment, thinking of the mysterious man with unknown intentions from Jiang Xia's side. After hesitating for a moment, he finally revealed some details: "Jiang Xia's classmate invited him to go to the concert together this afternoon, but Jiang Xia said he had a commission today and refused. And just now..."
He briefly described what had just happened.
Of course, all content related to "Kudo Shinichi" is omitted.
Toru Amuro listened in silence, and the more he listened, the more he felt that there was something wrong with this kid named Conan.
Although he is only a first-grade student, his logic and insight are not weak. If it were another child, he might be easily fooled by the voice changer and would not think that "there is someone pretending to be me on the other end of the phone."
However, speaking of first-grade kids, another figure emerged in Toru Amuro's mind.
——That was another little boy he met in the Izu Princess Hotel.
Although the child wrapped in the scarf was not as talkative as Conan, he was good at extortion, scheming, and was very accurate in acupuncture. Moreover, Amuro Toru was deceived by his appearance at the time and was careless for a moment, so he actually fell into his trap... With this comparison, the doubts in Amuro Toru's heart suddenly faded away.
Perhaps he has been away from childhood for too long and lacks a correct understanding of today's children... The flowers of the motherland are really growing stronger and stronger, but the direction of their growth is worrying. Especially the little boy who loves needles.
…
Toru Amuro was distracted for a moment, but his thoughts quickly returned to normal.
Although he knew the general situation from Conan's description, he was currently unable to use this information to figure out the purpose of the person who took Jiang Xia's phone.
In addition, speaking of "voice change", he thought of someone.
Vermouth, known as the "Witch of a Thousand Faces".
According to Toru Amuro's information, Vermouth had secretly come to Tokyo from the United States not long ago.
...If it was her, she could indeed do such a thing. But her motive was puzzling - why would a newly arrived cadre target the innocent Jiang Xia?
Amuro Toru: "..." Wait, if you insist, it doesn't seem to be "innocent". As far as I can remember, Vermouth hates Shirley very much, and part of the reason she came to Tokyo was to track down the bottle of watered-down wine that had escaped.
Among Shirley's few interpersonal relationships, Jiang Xia obviously ranks among the top.
If I remember correctly, Gin had approached Jiang Xia about this.
I didn't expect that after such a long time, Vermouth would come again.
...And Amuro Toru remembered that Vermouth always liked to consume members of the organization, and had a special relationship with the boss. If this continued, even if Jiang Xia did nothing, she might be innocently persecuted.
Thinking of this, Toru Amuro gradually frowned.
"Leave this to me." He patted Conan's head, got on his bicycle and left. "Children, don't meddle in adults' affairs. Go home and study hard."
Conan: "..." Hey! Why don't you tell me about the commission Jiang Xia received today?
…
Toru Amuro left Conan's sight and called Jiang Xia to try to confirm, but no one answered.
After thinking for a moment, Toru Amuro dialed another number.
(End of this chapter)
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