Chapter 214

Dr. Agasa was working on his new invention in the studio. He heard the doorbell ringing non-stop, so he had to go out to check. He didn't expect that there was suddenly a person at home, who seemed to be very familiar with Haibara Ai. He looked at the strange man who suddenly appeared at home, with a confused look on his face.

"Don't worry, I'll be gone soon."

Baifu replied politely, walked to the door calmly, opened it and looked outside. As expected, Okiya Subaru was standing outside the door with a steaming pot in his hands and a smile on his face.

Strictly speaking, this is not the first time that Baifu and Okiya Subaru have met. Although they have never met formally in the organization before, in a recent burglary and murder case, Hoshikawa Kazuaki once wrote a script specifically for Akai Shuichi. At that time, Baifu, who happened to be passing by, was asked to play a righteous passerby. The two teamed up to severely trick Akai Shuichi. Fortunately, in order to keep his identity secret, Baifu also wore a mask and a hood to cover his face throughout the whole process, and also deliberately changed his behavior and way of speaking. This person is not similar to the current one.

Later, when they met in the underground parking lot, Baifu did not hide his skills, but he also did not reveal his true face. However, today, because he had taken off his mask when he met Shirley, Baifu now faced Akai Shuichi with his true face.

Before coming here, Shuichi Akai had learned the real identity of Momotomi from Conan. When they met for the first time, he actually felt a sense of familiarity in the other person's face. It was a familiarity with a shadow of police officer Tadahiko Nishihara. Shuichi Akai thought of some of Conan Edogawa's speculations about Momotomi's identity, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. His eyes, which were already narrow, suddenly narrowed to the point where he could not see anything.

One of them had a blank expression on his face, while the other had a fake smile with narrowed eyes. An invisible confrontation took place between the two of them.

The door was left open, and the night air was getting a little cooler.

Haibara Ai suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis erupting from the two people in front of her. Although it was different from the aura of the organization she had felt before, it was a bit more severe, making her whole body tremble violently.

"Xiao Ai, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Dr. Agasa was a little confused about the situation at first, but when he saw Haibara Ai's expression, he was suddenly shocked. He quickly reached out and pulled her inside, while looking at the two people who were confronting each other vigilantly.

Balvenie had not expected that his confrontation with Rye Whiskey would affect Sherry, so he frowned in annoyance and was the first to withdraw his momentum. Okiya Subaru also withdrew his edge at almost the same time, and once again returned to the image of a smiling big brother next door.

It was as if the strange atmosphere from before had never existed.

"Excuse me, Dr. Agasa. I made too much dinner today. One person can't finish it, so I thought I'd like to ask you two to help me taste it. But since you have a guest tonight--" He turned his head, narrowed his eyes and bowed to Baifu, "It would be great if this guest could help eat it."

Baifu sneered.

"That's a shame. I don't have time to play house with you here."

After saying that, he walked right past Okiya Subaru who was blocking the door and left without looking back.

Subaru Okiya did not stop him, but turned his head and watched Baifu leave with his peripheral vision until his figure disappeared at the alley. However, when he turned back, he saw Haibara Ai staring at him with disgust, and then, as if venting her anger, she threw something at him. Subaru Okiya reached out to catch it, and when he looked down, he saw that it was the eavesdropping device that Subaru Okiya had secretly installed, which was found and crushed by Baifu before.

Haibara Ai snorted heavily, gave him a big eye roll, turned around and went back to her room, leaving Okiya Subaru standing outside the door with a pot in his hand, his smile turned stiff.

Oops, I was discovered.

By the time Conan arrived on his skateboard, everything had settled.

Although Akai Hideto left, the pot remained. The professor happily ate the beef stew with potatoes that Okiya Subaru brought over, and sighed in his heart that Okiya Subaru's cooking skills were getting better and better. It had evolved from the level of not being able to cook it well at all to the level of being able to eat it directly without adding a spoonful of curry and the taste was surprisingly good.

Since Ai Haibara began to firmly restrict his food intake, Dr. Agasa has not eaten freely for a long time. I don't know what happened to Ai today. She has not come out since she entered her laboratory. She said she wanted to complete the research of some medicine as soon as possible. Even Conan who wanted to go in to ask questions was rudely driven out.

Dr. Agasa was a little worried at first, but Conan said it was okay, he was just too excited about the large amount of research data he suddenly got, so he didn't have the energy to pay attention to other things. Dr. Agasa was finally relieved after hearing this, and then he thought of the delicious stew, his eyes lit up immediately, and he decided to satisfy his hungry stomach first because he was too devoted to the research.

"So, Doctor, what does the strange man you saw in the living room just now look like?"

Conan couldn't get an answer from Haibara Ai, so he immediately turned his target to Dr. Agasa, who also saw Momotani's true appearance.

"Well, what does it look like? This one actually looks familiar to me, but I can't remember where I've seen it before."

Dr. Agasa put down the dishes and saw that Conan's curiosity was about to overflow. He felt uncomfortable and began to recall.

"He looked to be in his twenties, his hair was red as fire, and his eyes were dark red. Oh, and there were marks on his face from wearing a mask for a long time."

Conan's eyes lit up. There was no mistake. This person must be Baifu. He stood on tiptoe anxiously and asked:

"Then why did the doctor feel that he looked familiar? Could it be that he had seen someone who looked very similar to him before?"

"Uh, well, let me think about it..." The doctor was sweating profusely due to the questioning, but he couldn't remember anything.

Conan was so anxious that he kept shaking his head. His eyes scanned the furnishings in the room and suddenly stopped at the TV.

"That's right! I can find the old video records of that person for the doctor to see if that person is the same person as Baifu."

Conan immediately took out his cell phone and searched for photos of Tadahiko Nishihara on the Internet, and then easily found his previous interview records.

"Doctor, look, is this the person you saw before?" Conan raised his phone towards the doctor.

"Let me see, huh? Isn't this the police officer named Nishihara? Conan, did you find the wrong image?" the doctor wondered.

Conan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the doctor actually knew Officer Nishihara. So, the Baifu who just came here is really not Officer Nishihara? It seems that his previous speculation that Officer Nishihara might be a fake identity specially created by the organization to let Baifu go undercover in the Metropolitan Police Department was wrong!

So, although I have not touched Officer Nishihara's face and cannot be sure whether he has changed his appearance, I have indeed found no trace of a hidden voice changer on his neck. And according to the doctor, since there are marks on Baifu's face from wearing a mask for a long time, what the doctor saw must be his true appearance.

Is there really someone else who created The Balvenie? And who is he?

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