Chapter 206

After entering the yard and closing the door, Conan immediately put away his previous obedient smile, looked up at Okiya Subaru with a serious face, and asked tentatively:

"Mr. Okiya, you just..."

However, Subaru Okiya immediately waved his hand and interrupted Conan.

"Come with me. I'll take you to the study."

Conan's expression froze, he nodded, and quietly followed Okiya Subaru into the house.

This room was originally the home of Conan Edogawa, and even after it was lent to Shuichi Akai temporarily, he had been here more than once. So Conan knew very well that the original study was now filled with various books collected by Yusaku Kudo, as well as various testing instruments brought by Shuichi Akai.

It was no coincidence that Shuichi Akai had just offered to take him to the study. Combined with his sudden alertness and defensiveness after opening the door, Conan had guessed that he was being followed, and Shuichi Akai wanted to take him to check if there was any monitoring equipment installed on him.

Even the powerful Mr. Akai would be so cautious to deal with the stalker, and the possible existence of eavesdropping that requires professional instruments to confirm. Who is the person who is secretly following and monitoring me? What is his purpose?

It only takes half a minute to walk from the yard to the study, but Conan has already been frightened into a cold sweat by the enemy who is lurking in the dark.

"Relax."

Akai Shuichi suddenly reached out and patted Conan on the shoulder, saving him from the tension just now. Conan looked up and saw that the other party had opened his eyes, with a hint of concern in his dark green eyes.

Conan took a deep breath, stretched out his arms, and let Shuichi Akai take out the detector and scan him back and forth. However, surprisingly, there was really no monitoring equipment installed on Conan.

After repeatedly confirming that the detector had not suddenly malfunctioned, Akai Shuichi nodded to Conan, who looked anxious.

"Okay. It's safe to talk here."

Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately asked:

"Mr. Akai, what happened just now?"

"It's obvious that someone is following you, and the person must be very skilled. It's also a good thing that I'm here. If it were a less skilled professional, they might not even notice it."

Akai Shuichi looked calm and composed, lowered his head and stared at Conan, and said in a deep voice:

"So, boy, have you come into contact with anyone of special status recently?"

Conan's pupils shrank when he heard this, and he immediately recalled what he saw and heard in the banquet hall. There was no mistake, it must be the member of the organization who disguised himself as a waiter and pretended to be an undercover police officer!

"It seems that you already have the answer in your heart." Noticing the change in Conan's expression, Akai Shuichi said calmly.

Conan calmed down and recounted what happened in the banquet hall today. Then he added:

"Before I came here, I went to the Poirot Cafe to tell him about someone impersonating an undercover police officer who died in the line of duty. But unfortunately, he didn't come to work today. Maybe he had other tasks to attend to."

"The real identity of Xingchuan Heming is actually the son of the organization's experimental subject? And the organization member Baifu is actually his secret protector?"

Even someone as cold-faced as Akai Shuichi showed a look of astonishment when he suddenly heard the news.

Conan had been standing opposite him, and Shuichi Akai was not on guard against Conan, so at that moment, Conan saw Shuichi Akai's clenched fists and the fleeting look of regret and unwillingness on his face.

"Mr. Akai..." Conan couldn't help but shouted worriedly.

However, Shuichi Akai had already controlled his emotions earlier than Conan, and quickly regained his usual calmness, thinking rapidly in his mind.

"It is clear that Xingchuan and Ming have long known the identity of their experimental subject's son, and even know something about the organization to a certain extent. Although I don't know much about Baifu, I know that he has always been a loner, and I have never heard that he is anyone's protector.

If the information you heard at the time was true, then he and Baifu must have had some contact a long time ago, and it was a secret exchange that was hidden from everyone."

Akai Shuichi seemed to be thinking about something. He walked to the desk far away from the bookshelf and sat down.

"That makes sense. If we exclude the issue of stance, the biggest thing that Hoshikawa and Baifu have in common is their eyes. Maybe the reason their eyes glow is related to some experiments of the organization."

Conan also spread his thumbs and put the base of his thumb against his chin to think. His eyes lit up when he heard that, and he caught up with Akai Shuichi in a few steps, leaned on the edge of the desk, and said loudly:

"That first tower murder!"

Seeing Akai Shuichi turning his head to look at him, Conan quickly calmed down and explained:

"Mr. Akai, do you remember the murder case that happened next to Hoshikawa Kazuaki's apartment? On the day of the case, Xiaolan met a mysterious man wearing black clothes, a hood and a mask downstairs. After analysis, we suspected that it was Momotani, a member of the organization who had just returned to Tokyo recently."

Shuichi Akai nodded. Because of this incident, Conan called him over from afar to help, but he made a mistake and sent innocent Hoshikawa and Akira to the hospital. This was a mistake that should not have happened to Shuichi Akai, but it happened inexplicably, as if he was controlled by the secret thread of fate, so he was deeply impressed by this incident.

"At the time, we suspected that Baifu was there to fulfill some ulterior motive, but now it seems that he was more likely to go to find Xingchuan and Ming. Because they knew each other, and the relationship between them was even stronger than we thought. It's not just Baifu who deliberately concealed this, even Xingchuan and Ming were deliberately covering for each other."

The more Conan thought about it, the more he felt that Hoshikawa and Akira must have had some kind of tacit understanding with Baifu a long time ago. They clearly trusted each other to the extent that they could entrust their safety to each other, but they pretended not to know each other in front of other people. If he hadn't accidentally overheard Hoshikawa and Akira meeting with the organization members, he would have been kept in the dark until now.

He suddenly felt a chill all over his body. What unknown side did this friend of his who was full of secrets hide?

Akai Shuichi's expression remained unchanged as he analyzed in a steady voice:

"Hoshikawa Kazuaki has always been a calm and self-sustaining person, and his ability to control the situation is far beyond the level of his age and experience. If even he thinks that the danger he faces has reached the point where he needs to seek external help, then the situation must be more dangerous than we thought."

Conan suddenly felt something strange in his heart. He turned to look at Akai Shuichi who had a calm face and found it hard to understand.

Mr. Akai is definitely not the kind of person who acts on emotion, but why do I suddenly feel that Mr. Akai knows Hoshikawa Kazuaki a little too well? And his concern and worry for him have exceeded the level that he should have for an ordinary citizen who is involved in trouble?

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