Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 114
Hearing Mori Kogoro's question, Shiratori Rensaburo immediately asked the policeman who was in charge of on-site investigation: "Excuse me, did she collapse while eating chocolate?"

When asked about the case, the police officer in charge of the scene gave an affirmative answer, and took an evidence bag wrapped in chocolate to show in front of him: "I heard that this gift was placed in her office." In the mailbox."

"Jikoba chocolate?!" Mori Kogoro stared at the contents of the evidence bag carefully with wide eyes, and said in surprise, "There is a paper flower on it?!"

"This is the pattern in the Q of Spades!" Mouri Kogoro and Conan came to a conclusion at the same time after knowing the meaning of the previous short sword under the prompt of Ishino.

"So, the criminal designed such a code by linking Eri's surname 'Concubine' with the English word 'Queen'!" Mori Kogoro quickly made a judgment.

Shiratori Ren Sanlang understood Mao Li's explanation, and asked aloud: "I know that spades have the meaning of death. Could it be that the criminal wants to carry out the murder plan in the order of the playing cards?"

"This possibility is not ruled out. According to this rule, the name of the next target should contain the number 11, or have the same meaning as the knight represented by the English word Jack." Kogoro Mori nodded in agreement with this deduction, but there was still Question, "But if you can't find the common ground between Officer Megure and Eri, it will be difficult to judge who the next target is..."

In fact, Conan has been thinking about this issue since the very beginning. Now that Uncle Maori also mentioned this key point, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted at the other party: "I think the commonality between the two is obvious, because they are both Maori. Uncle's acquaintance!"

Maori was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought about Conan's words for a while, and felt that he was indeed the key person who could connect the two, so he began to carefully recall the people around him, trying to find out who might become the next target.

"At present, it is indeed possible, but there seems to be no one who is satisfied with the jack of spades among the people I know..." Mouri Kogoro sighed helplessly after thinking hard and failing to find the answer.

Conan was also thinking, but obviously he didn't think about an acquaintance who didn't use his real name, so he fell into confusion for a while.

"No, there is actually one person who meets this condition." Seeing that Maori and Conan couldn't find an answer for a while, Ishino decided not to wait any longer, and directly turned the table to show his cards, "That is Dr. A Li."

"Dr. Ali?" Mori Kogoro was taken aback when he heard the words, then waved his hands and laughed, "Although the word 'shi' for a doctor can indeed be regarded as ten and one, it is only his degree, not his name..."

"No, I think what Mr. Ishino said is correct, it should be Dr. A Li." Conan had already figured out the joint at this time, and helped explain, "Because Dr. A Li's name is the Chinese character for 'doctor', only But the pronunciation is different from what we usually call it."

Shiratori Ren Sanlang suddenly realized when he heard the words, and asked curiously: "So that's the case, but why does Mr. Ishino know the name of Dr. A Li?"

"Because Dr. Ali is now an expert consultant specially hired by the Kasaka Foundation, and his employment contract was signed in front of me, so I can know his full name." Ishino did not hide anything, and directly stated his relationship with Dr. Ali Informed the other party.

Shiratori understood what he said, so he continued to talk about topics related to the case: "Although it is not 100% sure that the next target of the prisoner is Dr. A Li, just in case, the police will make preparations in advance. Do a good job of patrolling around the doctor's house to protect the other party's safety."

"I don't think it's appropriate." Hearing Shiratori's plan, Ishino directly retorted regardless of the other party's embarrassment, "This can certainly prevent Dr. The other party is temporarily hiding."

"But there are only those who are thieves for a thousand days. There is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days. It is impossible for the police to protect them 24 hours a day. Therefore, it is better to take this opportunity to sit on the sidelines and take down the criminals directly to avoid future troubles." Ishino said in an unquestionable tone. out of their own judgment.

"But in this way, Dr. Ali will become a bait and may be in danger. I think Officer Megure will not agree..." Ren Saburo Shiratori thought of his boss's attitude towards using civilians as bait, A little embarrassed, he looked at Mori Kogoro aside, hoping to get his support.

However, Kogoro Mori's reaction made his wish come to nothing: "I support Mr. Ishino's point of view. If the opponent's goal is to kill someone, then it is not ruled out that the opponent may attack Officer Megure and Eri again in the future. We cannot sit still , As for Officer Megure, I would like to ask Officer Shiratori to keep it secret."

In fact, Ren Saburo Shiratori also somewhat agrees with the other party's views. Seeing that Detective Maori and Ishino's attitudes are so firm at this moment, he no longer obstructs him, but reminds him in good faith: "Since this matter cannot be known to Police Officer Megure, then We cannot use the power of the Metropolitan Police Department to assist the two of you."

But then he added: "However, I can bring a few colleagues and subordinates to cooperate with you within the scope of my authority. If you need anything, please tell me. After all, I also want to immediately catch the police officer who injured Megure. bastard!"

Seeing Officer Shiratori's statement, several people present looked at each other and smiled, and began to study the specific arrest plan...

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Early the next morning, Ishino drove to the door of Dr. Ali's house, waiting for the target to appear.

Although he had known for a long time that the other party would ride a motorcycle to the door of Dr. Ali's house during the day and shoot him when the other party heard the sound of broken glass and opened the door to check, it is naturally impossible to directly contact Dr. What others have said.

Therefore, he chose to discuss with other people to construct a siege network, taking into account possible assassination actions and escape methods of the other party as safely as possible.

Since Dr. Ali stayed at home all day long and rarely went out, everyone believed that if the prisoner wanted to attack him, the most likely action would be to carry out the operation near the other party's home or door.

Considering that the opponent used the crossbow weapon at the beginning, it is very likely that the same method will be used again to try to shoot Dr. Ali, and to quickly evacuate the scene after the action, there must be a basic means of transportation, similar to a car , motorcycles, or at least bicycles.

In order not to startle the enemy, police cars are naturally not allowed to appear around. Although Shiratori and the others have their own private vehicles, they are not familiar with the road conditions in the vicinity, so the task of monitoring the door of Dr. Ali's house fell to Ishino's head.

(End of this chapter)