Hattori Heiji returned to his seat with a somewhat complicated mood. He smiled and greeted everyone as usual, then put down the tray and took Conan away.
"What's wrong?" Conan Edogawa looked a little surprised.
"..." Hattori Heiji exhaled and said in a low voice, "I just met that boy with a mouth habit again."
Conan only took a second to react: "The brown-haired member of the organization!?"
"Yes, I had a brief chat with him." Hattori Heiji scratched his head and repeated to Conan what he had just said to the little sheep Jiang Lai. Finally, he concluded, "To be honest, I don't think this boy is a poor and vicious person. I wonder if he was deceived into that organization." He shrugged.
As Hattori Heiji continued to describe, Conan's expression gradually became serious, and he began to think: "Is he really a high school student... Could that brown-haired boy's face be his original appearance?"
Hongshu is not an uncommon name. If you search the Internet casually, you can find many people with the same name. However, they don't know what kind of person the "Hongshu" mentioned by the brown-haired boy is. Maybe he is an ordinary person who can't be found on the Internet.
He said he wanted to go to school with Hiroki. Did something happen to Hiroki? That's why he and the brown-haired boy are both not going to school.
There was too little information about the brown-haired boy, so Conan decided to focus on another aspect: "Why did the organization come to this cruise ship..."
Before he could finish his words, a terrified scream came from the other side of the restaurant, instantly drawing everyone's attention!
In the corner, a tall man with dirty pigtails was lying stiffly on the ground, surrounded by broken pieces of fallen plates and food remnants. The brown-haired boy sitting next to him was stunned and silently put the small cake back to its original place.
Little Sheep Jiang Lai: What a coincidence, the victim is right next to me!
The security personnel on the ship and the gathered detectives arrived quickly. Although Jiang Lai, the little sheep, was not suspected of committing the crime, he was still called in for a talk as he was the person closest to the victim at the time.
Little Sheep Jiang Lai: I never thought that one day I would be shortlisted as one of the three murderers!
When the detectives asked about the surveillance problem, the restaurant manager kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief and whispered: "There seems to be a problem with the surveillance just now...it's all black screen, and the system can't be opened at all...the technicians said it is very difficult to repair, and there is a high probability that it cannot be repaired..." He explained hesitantly.
Jiang Lai looked down at his phone, which vibrated with a new email. Akai Shuichi had assigned him a few new tasks. He quickly typed a reply: [Received], paused for a few seconds, and added [Something happened, wait a moment].
Akai Shuichi replied indifferently: [30 minutes.]
Jiang Lai saw the reply as he expected and smiled secretly.
Looking around at the familiar detectives (Conan, Hattori and Amuro Toru), and glancing at the other two suspects, Little Sheep Jiang Lai wiped the cake crumbs off his hands and said with a playful smile: "Is the system broken? Maybe I can help." His words were spoken with casual confidence.
Finally, I will try to improve my impression score, hoping that they will have a deep enough impression of me, remember that I know how to use computers, and then associate my identity with the Internet. Jiang Lai, the little sheep, thought to himself.
As for the reason why he took action——of course it was because Akai Shuichi arranged the task and set a deadline. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, he had to solve the trouble in front of him first.
The brown-haired boy blinked and said, "Don't worry, I'm only responsible for repairing the system boot and won't touch the monitoring content. Your technicians can keep an eye on me. Let me go as soon as you can. I have other things to do."
The monitoring system was deliberately destroyed by someone, but the method was very low-level for Xiao Mianyang Bingjiu, just implanting the virus. He successfully repaired the loopholes, eliminated the virus, and successfully started the monitoring system. After starting it, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not operate it again.
Because of the timely discovery, the contents inside had not been completely destroyed by the virus, and the technicians found the restaurant's surveillance and successfully discovered the previous records. Based on the semi-complete surveillance video and previous clues, the detectives quickly found the murderer.
After dealing with the suspicion and completing the task assigned to him by Akai, the little sheep Jiang Lai had no more contact with Conan and the others and went straight back to his room.
Too frequent contact makes people suspicious, so the little information revealed naturally is more real. When Conan comes into contact with Hiroki of Noah's Ark, he should be able to connect something.
In the evening, after a tiring day, the little sheep Jiang Lai sat comfortably on his bed, chatting in the "Loving Family" group, tapping flexibly on the mobile phone screen with his fingertips.
After a quick wash, Shuichi Akai walked out of the bathroom. He glanced at the brown-haired boy who had been sitting on the bed and tapping on his phone, and frowned slightly: "Are you still chatting with your friend?" Of course, he still remembered the message that Xiao Mianyang Bingjiu had said when he boarded the ship today.
"Yes, I was telling Hongshu about our first cruise today, but I only revealed a little bit." Little Sheep Jiang Lai was very interested. He didn't look up and continued chatting with the other person. "I want to keep it suspenseful and tell him the whole story after we get off the boat!"
Hiroki. Akai Shuichi remembered the name and looked away: "It's your turn to wash up." He said calmly, "Lights out in fifteen minutes."
"Huh? You're so strict? It's still very early." The little sheep Jiang Lai complained, but still got out of bed, put on his slippers, and trotted to the bathroom to wash up.
Akai Shuichi walked to his bedside, lowered his eyes, and sent a message on his phone:
[The transaction mission has been completed. We will cooperate in the execution of the traitor tomorrow.]
His dark green eyes glanced at the phone that Xiao Mian Yang Bing Jiu had thrown on the bed. The black screen made it impossible to see what the chat content was. But Akai Shuichi didn't care.
——Whether it is childish daily conversations or the transmission of traitorous messages, they have entered the countdown to the end.
After the lights were turned off, the room was very quiet, and the sound of the waves outside could be vaguely heard. The curtains had been drawn long ago, but the moonlight still soaked the curtains softly, squeezed in through the tiny gaps, and flowed onto the bedding of the boy sitting by the window.
"Lei." In the darkness, Little Lamb Ice Wine suddenly spoke, and he whispered, "Are you still awake?"
"..." Of course Shuichi Akai hadn't fallen asleep yet, but he didn't answer.
There was a rustling sound coming from the other side, probably from the brown-haired boy turning over and over in bed.
"You're suffering from insomnia? Is it because it's your first time on a cruise?" Although Akai Shuichi didn't reply, Little Lamb Ice Wine still said to himself, "I wonder if Hiroki has ever been on a cruise... I think the ship will shake a little, but it won't make me dizzy."
"I have saved a lot of money now." Little Lamb Ice Wine paused for a moment, then said with a playful smile, "Your support is a big part of this, Mr. FBI."
The word "FBI" made Shuichi Akai's heart skip a beat. Even though the gentleman had trained him many times, he still had a subconscious reaction to this word and felt a bit of an exciting headache.
Shuichi Akai should have been suspicious of this, but his keen scrutiny and suspicious instincts towards these phenomena were suppressed by the command of "obey" engraved in his brain.
The reason he reacted to this word was probably because of deep hatred, Akai Shuichi thought. Because the FBI was the enemy of the organization, and was the reason why he made a serious mistake.
The memories in his mind were like broken mirrors, glued together in a distorted manner. But the gentleman said that if someone called himself FBI, then this person was an enemy of the organization - but Ice Wine was indeed a traitor and would be executed tomorrow.
After the brown-haired boy uttered that title, the atmosphere around Akai Shuichi suddenly turned cold, but Little Lamb Ice Wine continued to speak without noticing anything.
"But it's not a scam... No, it's not a scam at all!" Little Lamb Ice Wine muttered, emphasizing quickly, "It's a legitimate transaction where money is exchanged for goods!"
"Quiet." Akai Shuichi spoke coldly, and finally said the first sentence.
"Hey? You really didn't sleep!" Little Sheep Jiang Lai raised the last part of his voice, and sensing the coldness emanating from Akai Shuichi, he pouted again, "Why are you suddenly angry? Could it be that you are still thinking about those small amounts of money?"
Akai Shuichi did not reply, he had no recollection of such content.
"If it's work-related, you can ask the FBI headquarters for reimbursement." The brown-haired boy continued.
Akai Shuichi didn't want to hear it anymore, especially since the other party mentioned this word again, so he interrupted him coldly: "No."
"What do you mean?" Little Sheep Jiang Lai half-crouched on his elbows, and jokingly said, "I have no intention of making money from you at all?"
Akai Shuichi said calmly: "Yes."
After hearing this reply, Little Lamb Ice Wine's laughter suddenly stopped, like a loudspeaker with the pause button pressed.
The brown-haired boy was silent for two seconds, then smiled again and said, "If I don't pay you back, you won't report me for fraud in the future, right? You really don't remember us..."
Akai Shuichi opened his dark green eyes, exuding a chilling aura. He said calmly, "Have you said enough?" He had no memory of the things that Little Lamb Ice Wine had mentioned.
The soft and slightly green voice stopped abruptly again.
Although it was dark in the room, we were able to see each other after we adjusted ourselves.
Little Lamb Ice Wine's eyes stayed on the black collar around Akai Shuichi's neck for a few seconds, then he lowered his head and muttered in a low voice, "How could you forget something as important as money..."
Akai Shuichi closed his eyes and ignored him.
Little Lamb Ice Wine pursed his lips, lay down again, struggled to cover himself with the quilt, and then lay flat on his back.
The room fell into a long silence again.
The sound of the waves outside the house was getting louder and louder, or perhaps it was because the cruise ship was getting quieter and quieter. Both the sea and the ship were swaying gently in the embrace of the moonlight, and they entered the distant dreamland safely.
Akai Shuichi closed his eyes and gradually fell into a light sleep. Before falling asleep, he heard the boy's low voice coming from the window again:
"…Lei is a big idiot."