Conan's Self-Destruct Truck

Seeing Conan's Ai Haibara expression, Ai Haibara felt much less resentful.

So she said truthfully, "Although I don't know if she has any connection with Shuichi Akai, I didn't find a similar feeling in her, nor in James last time."

"No?"

Upon hearing this, Conan twitched his chin, his brain starting to work at lightning speed.

Practice proves the truth, Ai Haibara's radar early warning function is highly credible.

He didn't understand the underlying principle either, but it seemed...

It works quite well?

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "But what exactly is the principle behind this feeling you have? Is it really a sixth sense?"

"Almost..."

Ai Haibara lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, "The people in the organization all have a strange aura about them, like the fear that animals feel when they encounter their natural enemy, a fear that is felt at the genetic level... Although I don't know why, they just have that kind of unpleasant smell about them."

Conan rubbed his chin and said seriously, "Then wouldn't you become the little rabbit being chased by the big bad wolf?"

Ai Haibara: "..."

I'll give you a look; think it over before you speak.

"Ahem!"

Conan coughed lightly and continued, "But if you really could smell it, why didn't you say so when you met Pisco?"

"I'm not sure if it's him."

Ai Haibara lowered her eyes in thought, "Back at the venue, I also sensed another chilling and repulsive aura..."

She paused, then frowned again. "That's the same aura that the Doctor Shinide carries."

"Doctor Shinide?"

Conan was stunned. "How could he possibly..."

"There can't be any mistake."

Ai Haibara narrowed her eyes slightly and said seriously, "Even if I die, I will never forget that feeling."

Conan always felt a little confused by the other person's serious demeanor.

Then, he continued, "But since Jodie doesn't have any aura of the organization, does that mean she's not a member of the organization?"

"I can't say for sure."

Ai Haibara with a hint of helplessness, "Although she doesn't have any aura of the organization, aren't your reasons for suspecting her already quite sufficient?"

"I only have doubts."

Conan pondered, "That man was in the vicinity recently, and then she happened to ask about the stalker. It's hard not to think they're in cahoots... It could be a coincidence, but it can't be this coincidental."

Although it's somewhat vague, it does prove that Jodie has no connection to the organization...

Maybe he was just asking casually and he was overthinking it?

"Hey, Fujino, you're here too!"

When Juzo Megure arrived at the scene, he was surprised to see Fujino and greeted him.

"Um."

Fujino stood up. "I happened to be having tea with Ran and the others at a nearby restaurant when the murder occurred."

"Ran and the others are here too?"

Juzo Megure was taken aback. He looked around and spotted several people outside the scene.

This lineup is really not surprising.

"Hi, Inspector!"

Jodie greeted her cheerfully, "I'm so happy to see you again!"

"Haha... Miss Jodie is here too."

Juzo Megure gave an awkward laugh, then asked Fujino, "So, bro, how's the deceased?"

"The deceased's name was Katsunori Nakajo. Judging from his business card, he should be the president of Credit Investigation Agency. He was a detective like me, but he specialized in economic detectives... The deceased was found twenty minutes ago. After the power went out, we found him dead here."

Fujino lowered his eyes and explained, "The cause of death was severe internal injury from a stab wound to the abdomen, resulting in blood loss and shock. In addition to the murder weapon left at the crime scene, there was also a death notice on the file folder he was holding in his chest."

"Very good! Now let's leave it to the Forensic Science Division!"

Megure silently applauded Fujino's initiative in investigating the identity of the deceased, then called out to Takagi, "Takagi, go investigate the cause of the power outage."

"Yes!"

Takagi, whose job had been taken from him, responded with a sound.

"This is the death message... written in blood?"

After Takagi left, he picked up the file folder in front of Nakajo, glanced at it, muttered something, and then asked Fujino, "Brother, do you have any clues?"

Fujino: "..."

So why do I have to ask him about everything?

Inspector Megure's brother heavily addicted?

Why can't you use your own brain?

After a moment of silence, Fujino took a deep breath and glanced at the file folder. "There's actually a bloodstain on the edge of the file folder, didn't you notice it, brother?"

"Edge?"

Juzo Megure glanced at it and said, "There does seem to be a bloodstain."

"I think what Brother Fujino meant was that there was other information involved."

Conan leaned over and pointed to the file folder. "That bloodstain, maybe the deceased wrote it somewhere else when they wrote down their death notice."

"Oh!"

Juzo Megure, however, seemed unfazed by Conan's behavior and glanced at him, saying, "If that's the case, then it is indeed possible..."

"If we're going to investigate, I think it would be better to investigate the escalator steps."

Conan pointed to the step pedal next to him. "Although the step pedal is no longer moving, the elevator must have been moving when the deceased wrote down the code, so the code he left behind must have been covered up at the bottom."

"Hey kid, the handrail was still working before the police arrived."

Sonoko Conan, noticing the attention on Conan, couldn't help but walk over and retort, "That bloodstain was probably wiped clean by the elevator a long time ago."

Even if it's been rubbed clean, you can still tell.

Conan raised his hands above his head. "As long as you spray Luminol reagent on the pedal, the blood-stained pedal will magically glow!"

"Luminol..."

Sonoko was speechless for a moment. "How do you know so much, you little brat?"

"I learned all of this from Ms. Gunta!"

Conan quickly explained with a smile, "I saw Ms. Gunta using Luminol reagent to test bloodstains last time!"

"Tsk!"

Sonoko clicked her tongue. "This little rascal still loves to show off."

"Suzuki-kun, does this kid often do this?" Jodie looked at Conan curiously.

"Yes."

Sonoko nodded and sighed, "He's so precocious, always trying to show off, and always causing trouble at crime scenes."

Jodie laughed and exclaimed, "Looks like a cool kid!"

"Coolkid?"

"Yes, these kinds of naughty kids are usually pretty cool."

Jodie smiled and answered Ran's question.

"Hey-hey..."

Conan chuckled awkwardly, glancing at Jodie out of the corner of his eye.

"..."

Fujino stood aside, silently watching Conan stand out from the crowd.

He did see through the kid's intentions.

A self-destructing truck, right?

Use eye-catching actions to test the other party's attitude.

To be honest, Fujino felt that this kid was a bit reckless.

He didn't know where this kid got his confidence from, being able to be so sure the other party wasn't from the Alcohol Company.

Thank goodness it was the FBI; if it were real alcohol, they'd be dead a million times over...

But then I thought about it again, and it seems that apart from Gin, there aren't any smart people in the Alcohol Company.