Vermouth's Suspicions About Conan / Conan Catches a Cold

Thinking about it this way, Japan really has suffered a lot of disasters.

In short, a theft occurred at the gunpowder depot, and the Nisame Association obtained the explosives. The culprit was likely the one who purchased the pistol and explosives from the Nisame Association.

Given the slippery, mud-like nature of the Nisame Association Ginseng Nisame Association, finding out who has bought bombs from them is probably not an easy task.

Jiang Hang hasn't finished dealing with the Black Organization matters yet, so he's not in a hurry to provoke that Nisame Association.

"Conan, what do you think now?" After thoroughly investigating the entire hotel, Jiang Hang asked Conan.

Conan, in a very predictable manner, rested his chin on his hand and replied, "I think this case is very strange."

"Although the three suspects identified by the police all had motives, there are some suspicious points about each of them that can rule out the possibility that they are the murderers."

Conan shook his head. "Rin Jinno is only 1.6 meters tall, which does not match the characteristics of the culprit you deduced at all. Toshiya Odagiri has been secretly watched by the police all along. Even if the hotel explodes and plunges into darkness, he would only have a few dozen seconds to escape the police's surveillance at most, so he would not have had the time to commit the crime."

"Although Makoto Tomonari is the prime suspect and we don't know where he is hiding now, he didn't stay at the scene for very long. Even if he might have used a disguise or some other method to sneak back into the hotel, it still doesn't quite make sense."

Furthermore, if Makoto Tomonari return to the hotel to attack Miike Sato, how did he know that Miike Sato went to the bathroom?

The fact that the flashlight was placed in the bathroom beforehand suggests that the murderer planned to kill Miike Sato in the bathroom.

Even if no one else in the lobby noticed his presence, Miike Sato, who knew she might be attacked, clearly remembered that she hadn't seen any suspicious people on her way from the lobby to the restroom.

In other words, the perpetrator must have noticed Miike Sato going to the restroom in the hotel lobby before detonating the bomb.

Add to that the transparent umbrella with a hole in it, and everything suggests that the perpetrator was in the hotel before committing the crime, and remained in the lobby afterward to undergo a gunpowder reaction test.

Conan originally wanted to investigate Kyosuke Kazato, as he felt that the psychiatrist might be hiding some secret.

But the bugging device that appeared in Ran's room this morning was too strange.

Kyosuke Kazato immediately conducted tests on Ran and confirmed her amnesia. If he were the culprit, there would be no need for him to install a bugging device in Ran's room, right?

Of course, he didn't know that this was just a rather strange misunderstanding.

Chapter 208: Chapter 206: Vermouth's Suspicion of Conan

After a brief discussion with Conan, Jiang Hang decided to split up with Conan to investigate.

Conan just needs to continue his investigation at his own pace. Following the usual pattern, Conan should be able to identify the most important suspect soon.

In addition to searching for the culprit, Conan also needs to spend more time with Ran and try to help her regain her memories.

As for Jiang Hang, if they can get the people at the Nisame Association who know about this matter to talk, and find out who bought the guns and bombs from them, they will probably be able to find out who the real culprit in this case is.

Compared to brain-intensive reasoning, this method of obtaining information is indeed more suitable for him.

But this time, Jiang Hang had just had this idea in his mind when another person had already infiltrated the Nisame Association before him.

This person is none other than Chris Vineyard, the famous actress who just announced her retirement from acting in the United States last week.

Of course, at this time, she should be addressed by her code name "Vermouth" from the organization.

"I never expected so many things to happen so soon after I arrived in Japan," Vermouth muttered to herself.

She finished filming her scenes in the United States in the shortest possible time and announced her retirement from acting to avoid trouble. Besides the fact that the That Man had urged her once, the more important reason was that she had two people she cared about back in Japan.

Of course, these two people are not Gin and Vodka, but Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mori, who are outside the organization.

A year ago, she was saved by the two of them without their knowledge because of some things that happened. Since then, she, who originally felt that she was not favored by God, called Ran Mori "Angel" and Shinichi Kudo "Cool guy".

Although a year has passed, Vermouth still can't help but smile faintly when she occasionally recalls the incident.

She came back this time to see how the two young people were doing after a year.

However, she did not expect that she would learn about Shinichi Kudo's disappearance not long after arriving in Japan. During her subsequent investigation, she discovered that Shinichi Kudo's name appeared on the organization's drug trial list, and she also found out that the person who fed Shinichi Kudo the organization's Apotoxin 4869 was Gin.

Shinichi Kudo's death was confirmed by Sherry, who was still in the organization at the time. After Sherry was taken away by the "Brotherhood," everything related to Sherry was thoroughly investigated again.

This naturally includes the death of Shinichi Kudo.

Of course, with Jiang Hang's help, the Black Organization would obviously not discover that Shinichi Kudo was still alive. Even Vermouth initially believed that Shinichi Kudo had died at the hands of the organization.

However, when she came into contact with Ran, she sensed something was wrong.

The reason for this strange situation is the elementary school student named "Conan Edogawa" who is currently living in Ran's house.

Twenty years ago, she and another actress studied under a famous magician to learn the techniques of disguise and voice changing, and the two became friends during the learning process.

The actress in question is none other than Shinichi Kudo's mother, Yukiko Fujimine, a once-popular Japan actress who is now known as "Night Baron" Yukiko Kudo.

For this reason, she not only knew Shinichi Kudo, but also saw photos of Shinichi Kudo child.

Aside from the glasses that she could tell at a glance were not prescription, Conan and Shinichi Kudo looked exactly alike.

Without much effort, she, disguised and in disguise, managed to get information about Conan from Kogoro Mouri.

Because she possesses this ageless appearance thanks to the organization, Vermouth is quick to think of things that are hard for ordinary people to imagine.

Therefore, given that the time of Shinichi Kudo's disappearance and the time of Conan's appearance were almost exactly the same, coupled with Conan's precocious behavior and the fact that Shinichi Kudo was given the drug by Gin himself at the Amusement Park, yet the police still haven't found Shinichi Kudo's body.

Vermouth was almost 50% certain that the unfinished Drug Apotoxin 4869 developed by the organization had an unimaginable effect on Shinichi Kudo, turning a seventeen-year-old boy into the child he is today.

But before she could establish a suitable identity in Japan for normal contact with Conan and Ran suddenly got into trouble.

Faced with Ran, who was under police protection but had lost her memory, Vermouth used some tricks this morning to install a listening device in Ran's hospital room.

Although the bugging device was only present for a few hours before Jiang Hang arrived and discovered it, it still served a purpose, at least confirming that the matter was related to the Nisame Association.

"Jiang Hang ..." Vermouth murmured the name. She knew that it was Jiang Hang who had discovered the bug she had hidden. At the same time, she began to recall the "The Pioneer Foundation" behind Jiang Hang.

After arriving in Japan, she had been wondering whether she should appear in front of Jiang Hang, and now it seemed that his insight had exceeded her expectations.

"Truly worthy of being called a 'pioneer'," she said softly, but for Vermouth at the moment, Jiang Hang's matter was not in a hurry.

At this point, Vermouth had already used her superb disguise skills to impersonate a member of the Nisame Association in Tokyo.

Nisame Association is, to some extent, a competitor of the Nisame Association the Black Organization, so intelligence organizations have always been collecting information about it. In addition, given Nisame Association's flamboyant style, the organization often subtly shifts blame onto them.

Under the That Man's directives, Vermouth, ostensibly investigating the "Brotherhood," easily obtained information about the Nisame Association Society from those organizations.

With her disguise skills, which are no less than those of Kaito Kid, and acting skills worthy of an Oscar-winning actress, Vermouth obtained a purchase list from a man who claimed to be a bomb expert without much effort after infiltrating the Nisame Association.

After combining this list with the list of guests who attended the thank-you banquet last night, the identity of the real murderer becomes self-evident.

Next, she began to think about how to subtly convey this message to Conan.

Chapter 209: Chapter 207: Conan Has a Cold

Jiang Hang was unaware that Vermouth had arrived in Japan and was so concerned about Ran's amnesia. Moreover, the two of them were on the same page, both wanting to start with the Nisame Association.

After obtaining some information about the Nisame Association from Takagi Wataru, he went to the Nisame Association's territory that night, hoping to gather some information within the Nisame Association.

However, Takagi Wataru himself didn't know much about the Nisame Association, and he couldn't compare to the sake the Black Organization that regarded the Nisame Association as its biggest competitor and scapegoat in Japan.

Vermouth could easily find out the identities of several key figures in the Muddy Ginseng Association's Nisame Association dealing in Tokyo using information from the Black Organization, and thus uncover the identity of the perpetrator in just one day.

Jiang Hang was completely unaware of this information. He could only rely on Takagi Wataru told him about the activity areas of the Nisame Association and start his investigation from the lowest-ranking ordinary members of the Nisame Association.

If Vermouth's side is easy, then Jiang Hang's side must at least be at least hard.

After a busy night, Jiang Hang finally figured out the location of a small stronghold of the Nisame Association. However, he didn't get any information about gun dealing from those people. Instead, he collected a bunch of other criminal records, which he could hand over to Takagi Wataru later so he could figure out how to deal with them.

As things stand, it's unclear how long it will take Jiang Hang to find the information he wants by investigating step by step.

There has been no new progress with Takagi Wataru and Conan.

Because of the transparent umbrella that Jiang Hang discovered that could prevent the body from generating gunpowder, he conducted another investigation on the guests who came to the thank-you banquet, and also conducted a more thorough investigation on those who were over 1.8 meters tall.

However, another day passed, and the police did not find any suspicious individuals among these people.

After all, before Miike Sato was shot, the police had already investigated all the suspects in last year's "Tamotsu Jinno suicide" case, and after several rounds of elimination, they left the current three suspects.

The police leadership now largely suspects that Makoto Tomonari is missing.

As for Conan, based on the existing clues, he believes that the culprit may not be Makoto Tomonari. However, the listening device installed in Ran's hospital room has blocked his train of thought, causing him to consider that this case may be a group crime.

What's worse for Conan is that, because he got caught in a heavy rain yesterday, he caught a cold as the weather turned cold, and he even had some difficulty getting out of bed by himself this morning.

With his daughter suffering from amnesia after an accident and Conan catching a bad cold, Kogoro Mouri has no choice but to ask Jiang Hang to take care of Conan again.

Jiang Hang, busy investigating the Nisame Association, sent Conan to Professor Agasa's place.

"I'm going to investigate the other suspects today. I'll contact you if anything comes up."

Although Jiang Hang said that, Conan still wanted to get out of bed after he left, and it seemed that he still wanted to continue investigating the case.

"Shinichi, your cold is so bad, you should take a good rest for a day," Professor Agasa advised Conan.

"I advise you not to be stubborn," even Miyano Shiho rarely came out of her laboratory. "I know your partner has amnesia, but what can you do in your current state?"

With that, Miyano Shiho walked over to Conan's side.

Conan replied somewhat helplessly, "Yesterday afternoon, Ran saw an advertisement for Tropical Land, and then she seemed to remember going to that Amusement Park with me before I shrunk."

"So Uncle Mori and Sonoko are planning to take Ran to the Amusement Park today to see if it can help Ran feel better. I was going to go with them too, since the murderer still hasn't been caught and I suspect he might take this opportunity to hurt Ran again. But in my current state, Uncle Mori doesn't want me to go to the Amusement Park with him. Instead, he just dumped me on Jiang Hang."

Although Conan trusts Jiang Hang's skills, he still hopes that he can protect Ran himself.

"Isn't this normal? If you go to the Amusement Park other people like this, they won't be able to enjoy themselves properly either. I suggest you take a nap now," Miyano Shiho said, then reached out and grabbed Conan's arm.

It wasn't until now that Conan noticed that Miyano Shiho was holding an empty syringe.

"Ahem, even at a time like this, you're still thinking about drawing my blood for your experiments?" Conan said to Miyano Shiho with a hint of helplessness.

"You are currently the only survivor who took the drug. As a medical researcher, I naturally need to test you in all your states," Miyano Shiho replied calmly to Conan. At this point, she had already begun preparing to draw Conan's blood.

"As a medical researcher, can you produce a cold medicine that will cure my cold right now?" Conan asked Miyano Shiho.

"I'm actually more interested in medicine that makes people catch a cold than medicine that cures it," Miyano Shiho said as she drew some blood from Conan. After doing all this, she returned to the drug research lab to conduct her research.

With Professor Agasa watching him, Conan, feeling weak all over, couldn't sneak out. After taking some cold medicine, he fell into a drowsy sleep.

Around noon, Conan ate a little something and felt much better, so Conan began to think about his plan to sneak out.

It was at this time that someone Conan knew came to Professor Agasa's house.

"Dr. Araide?" Conan seemed somewhat surprised when he saw the person who had arrived.

Tomohaki Niide is the son of a victim in a case he committed more than two weeks ago. He is also a top student who graduated first in his class from the Todai Medical School, and his future is very promising.

Conan was surprised that the other party would arrive at this time.

"I heard about Miss Mouri, so I asked Mr. Mori about her. Then I heard from Mr. Mori that you seemed to have caught a cold, so I came to see if there was anything I could help you with." Tomohaki Niide looked at Conan with a smile on his face.

Chapter 210: Chapter 208: The Information Brought by Tomohaki Niide

The Tomohaki Niide was able to get into the Todai Medical School and graduate first in his class speaks volumes about his talent.

Besides his talent, he is also a very handsome young man. Coupled with his kind and helpful personality, he could easily become a warm and caring person if he wanted to.

Just like this time, when Tomohaki Niide learned that Ran had an accident and lost her memory, and then learned that Conan had a cold and no one was taking care of him, he called Jiang Hang's office after being told by Kogoro Mouri. He then asked Shizuka Sakaki, who answered the phone, for the location of Professor Agasa's house and rushed over.

"After all, Mr. Mori helped me so much, this is what I should do," Tomohaki Niide smiled at Conan while taking Conan's temperature.

"It looks like just a common cold. There's no need to use suppositories. Just take your usual cold medicine and rest for a couple of days."

Hearing that he didn't need to use suppositories, Conan breathed a slight sigh of relief; he didn't really like using those kinds of things.

After giving Conan a brief examination, Tomohaki Niide Conan asked him, "I heard that Miss Mouri. Mori?"

Conan nodded, then asked with a hint of curiosity, "Do you know Dr. Araide, Dr. Kazato?"

"Because Kazeto-senpai was also a top student who graduated from our Todai Medical School. I heard about Kazeto-senpai when I first entered university. Back then, he was known as the 'youngest first-class surgeon' at the Tokyo University Affiliated Hospital."

Listening to Tomohaki Niide's explanation, even though his mind was a little slow due to a cold, Conan quickly found the key question in Tomohaki Niide's words, "Surgeon? Isn't Dr. Kazato a psychiatrist?"

When this was mentioned, Tomohaki Niide sighed, "I don't know much either. It seems that during a surgical operation six or seven years ago, another doctor made a mistake and accidentally cut his wrist. Although his life was not in danger, he could no longer perform those delicate surgical procedures. So he eventually left the Tokyo University Affiliated Hospital and was transferred from surgery to psychology."

Then, Tomohaki Niide showed an admiring expression. "But Kazato-senpai is really amazing. In just a few years, he has achieved so much in the psychology department. I heard that many police officers go to him to relieve their psychological stress."

After Tomohaki Niide finished speaking, Conan frowned deeply.

A surgeon who became a psychologist after injuring his wrist, and many police officers also went back to him to confide in him about their psychological stress.

These clues sound rather suspicious.

Subconsciously, he rested his chin on his hand on the bed and began to think about Kyosuke Kazato, but his head was still a little dizzy and he couldn't sort out his thoughts for a while.

"Hey, Dr. Araide, do you know which doctor cut Dr. Kazato's wrist back then?"

This question seemed to have touched on a blind spot for Tomohaki Niide: "It is said that he is a doctor with poor character and is not very responsible. He has caused several accidents in the past, but I haven't heard anything about him recently. Maybe he was fired by the hospital."