Conan's other self

Bourbon, who was suspected of being disguised as Shuichi Akai, appeared in places other than the vicinity of Judy and others, which made both Conan and Judy pay special attention.

"Where? Where did you see it?" Conan asked.

Seeing that the man was about to leave, Judy rushed forward and grabbed the man's arm, "Answer quickly!"

"Ah?" The other party looked a little dazed.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman not far away ran in the crowd while shouting in a panic, "There is a thief", attracting the attention of people around her.

She seemed to be in a panic, and then she bumped into Judy and fell to the ground.

Feng Yuan watched quietly from the side.

First, Teacher Judy happened to be recognized by someone, and then this happened again...

I always feel like it's a bit too coincidental...

Fengyuan, who was wary, subconsciously turned his head and looked towards Haibara Ai. Just a few steps away, Haihara Ai was lining up with the elementary school students, preparing to receive water from the shrine to rinse his mouth.

This is also a kind of prayer activity.

Feng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the movement just now also attracted the attention of the primary school students, who also left the team and ran towards this side.

"it hurts!"

"Auntie, are you okay?" Ayumi asked worriedly.

"It's okay. Someone just put their hand into my bag, so I panicked..." The middle-aged woman shook her head.

Haiyuan Ai, who was slowly walking towards this side, cast a questioning look at Fengyuan. Fengyuan shook his head slightly to indicate that nothing was wrong.

Then he looked back at the middle-aged woman who fell to the ground and saw that the woman had stood up with Judy's help.

"There are many people in this place, and it is indeed easy for thieves to be found. Please be more careful!" The man who had spoken to Judy before reminded him kindly.

"Yes, yes..."

The middle-aged woman patted the dust on her clothes and was slightly stunned when she saw the face of the man in front of her. She responded casually and turned away.

The primary school students also went back and continued queuing.

"Then," Judy looked back at the man, "You still can't remember? Where did you see that man?"

"I slept all day yesterday because of a cold, so my memory is a bit..."

"The voice is so hoarse..." Conan said.

"Could it be that you met in front of a coffee vending machine?" Judy asked next.

"Does he like coffee?"

"Yes, I drink it often. At that time when the organization might attack the hospital at any time -" Judy recalled the scene at that time, "Speaking of which, he couldn't even hold coffee at that time..."

She was referring to the operation that sent Reina Mizuna back. Akai Shuichi was holding a can of coffee while talking to her, but accidentally dropped the coffee on the ground.

"He must be so tired that he even dropped his coffee on the floor. So, what about the attack?"

"Ah, no, no!" Judy covered her forehead, trying to clear her mind, "He is not the same person as the one who was burned!"

"Aha?"

The middle-aged man was in a daze, and Judy's actions just now seemed to have some effect, and he looked a little normal. She then took out her business card from her pocket and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Forget it, please contact me right away when you remember something."

"Ah, okay."

The conversation ends.

The middle-aged man turned and left.

The elementary school students finished rinsing their mouths and went on to line up for the coin and bell ringing. Maplehara and the others watched from the side of the line. And because they were a little curious about what Fengyuan and the others were talking about, so was Haibara Ai.

Feng Yuan stared at the direction the man left, glanced at Judy's cuffs, and then looked at Haibara Ai beside him.

He thought there was something strange about that man.

The man was a little too curious about people with facial burns.

If he had some strange feelings because of experiencing a bank robbery together, he was not very interested in Teacher Judy and did not mention the scene at that time.

Moreover, although he, Haibara and the doctor went shopping together and were not at the scene of the robbery, he also knew that there were many prisoners at the time, and there should be no reason for the familiar hostages to blindfold each other...

Also, Judy just said a lot of things that shouldn't be said.

If this is because of the other party's deliberate guidance, then there is something wrong with that person...

That's what Feng Yuan thinks.

But the problem was that his own radar, which sensed whether Haiyuan's radar was responding, had no response.

"What's wrong?" After realizing that Feng Yuan was looking at her, Hui Yuan Ai turned around and asked.

"Ah, nothing..."

If Haiyuan's radar doesn't respond, then it's better not to express your worries, so as not to affect her mood...

but--

Haiyuan Ai put one hand on his waist, half-closed his eyes, looked at Fengyuan suspiciously for a few times, and then moved closer.

"Let me tell you," Hui Yuarai lowered his voice, "You have peeked at me several times. Are you still thinking about strange things?"

Normally, she would not think about this, but not long ago, Kudo showed such a look...

Fengyuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his behavior of observing her reaction seemed to have been misunderstood.

"No..." Fengyuan thought about his words.

But, speaking of that kind of thing…

Feng Yuan still glanced at Hai Yuan Ai's lips subconsciously.

…Oops.

"..."

"...This is a public place," Haibara Ai rolled his eyes at Fengyuan, "Mr. Detective, can't you pay attention to your image?"

"In public..." Fengyuan blinked.

"Big pervert!" Hui Yuan Ai pulled away a little, "I didn't realize you were like this before..."

Hey, hey, you've obviously told me a long time ago that I'm a pervert...

Fengyuan argued in his mind, and just as he was about to speak out his words, he heard his cell phone ringing.

It was a call from the doctor.

Hearing the sound of the phone, Conan and Judy in front also looked back curiously.

"Doctor, what's wrong?" Fengyuan answered the phone.

"Oops, that's bad, Xiao Kong!" The doctor's voice on the phone sounded a little panicked, "It's a murder! I witnessed a murder!"

"Murder? Doctor, what happened?"

The faces of several people nearby became serious.

Conan deliberately leaned close to Fengyuan's ear to listen to the call, but found that Haiyuan Ai had already occupied the position.

"Anyway, come quickly!" The doctor continued, "Because there are many people coming to watch, it should be easy to find!"

Feng Yuan looked back and saw that there were indeed many people surrounding him in the distance.

"The Doctor witnessed a murder."

Maplehara said something to Conan, then left the team and walked over there, then spoke to the doctor, "Then what? Did you see the prisoner?"

"I only saw his figure standing under the shade of a tree, and he was beaten back and forth several times with a stick of about 30 centimeters."

The doctor hurriedly went to bring the policeman on duty. There was no danger. Fengyuan hung up the phone first and squeezed into the crowd with Haibara Ai and others.

As the only adult, Judy is naturally the main character.

When they finally squeezed through the crowd of onlookers, they discovered the deceased woman leaning against the outer wall of the toilet, her head hanging down and covered in blood. This was the person they had just seen.

"Isn't this the aunt who bumped into Teacher Judy just now?" The primary school students who finished ringing the bell also followed.

Judy stepped forward and briefly checked the woman's condition, and then concluded: "It hasn't been long since she was killed."

Maplehara noticed three five-yen coins blackened with a marker on the right side of the corpse.

"Is it Kurobei?" Conan also noticed this.

"Kurobei?" Judy was a little confused.

"It's another name for a thief." Conan explained, "It's called that because he stuffs three black five-yen coins into the person who is being stolen."

"Why do you do this?"

"Because the three black five-yen coins are collectively called five black three, which has the same pronunciation as 'Thank you for your hard work,'" Maplehara said. "It means - I took away your hard-earned money."

"Mr. Police, here." The doctor also squeezed into the crowd.

"Who are you?" The policeman who followed the doctor came in and looked at Judy beside the body. "Stay away from the body."

"I'm FBI agent Judy St. Timilion!"

"F-FBI?"

"Hurry up and seal the entrance to the shrine and call the detectives!"

"Yes Yes!"

"Is the prisoner the Kurobei?" Seeing the policeman running out of the crowd again, Judy turned back to Maplehara and Conan and asked.

"No…"

"The coin purse is filled with black five-yen coins." Conan checked the deceased's wallet. "Maybe she is Kurobei!"

"What?"

"Also, the bundle of banknotes tied with a rubber band in the wallet has a GPS transmitter inside..."

"Transmitter?" Judy was stunned for a moment, "There are banknotes mixed with this kind of thing in the pickpocket's wallet, which means..."

"Yes, the prisoner should be a victim who was stolen by Kurobei." Maplehara looked at Conan, "Haihara and I will go find him."

"Okay." Conan nodded.

"What are you looking for?" Judy watched Fengyuan leave in confusion.

"Pickpockets usually only take the cash after stealing the wallet, and then throw the wallet away." Conan explained, "If she were here, she would probably throw the wallet into a trash can or something like that. Just investigate around here. You can find the wallet she stole."

By investigating the remaining contents of the wallet, there is a chance to find the owner of the wallet, the suspect who dropped the GPS transmitter.

Feng Yuan returned to the crowd and spoke to Hai Yuan Ai and others, and the elementary school students who also received the task prompt began to take action.

Although it is not very decent to rummage through the trash can, Ayumi and others are full of motivation just because it helps solve the case.

Totally worthy of a high moral praise...

Fengyuan thought to himself and opened the lid of the trash can.

…

On the other side, it was Megure Police Department and Officer Takagi who came to the scene later.

"That's not okay, Miss Judy."

Officer Takagi said, "Even if you are the FBI, this is Japan! And didn't you come to Japan for vacation? If you issue investigation orders without authorization, the face of our Japanese police..."

"I'm sorry, I accidentally committed an occupational disease..." Judy said embarrassedly, then looked back at the location of the body, "But the murder scene is far away from the entrance and exit of the shrine, and it hasn't been long since the death of the deceased. Time, so by blocking the entrance and exit of the shrine, the murderer cannot leave the shrine, right? Right, Conan?"

"Um!"

"Is it true? The woman who was beaten to death was Kurobei, the pickpocket that Section 3 has been tracking for years?" Megure Police Department squatted aside to look at the body.

"The coin purse this aunt was carrying was filled with black five-yen coins." Conan said.

Officer Takagi nodded, "Indeed, every time Kurobei succeeds in stealing, he will stuff three black five-yuan coins into the victim's arms."

"Then what? Dr. Ali, you said you saw this pickpocket being beaten to death. Is it true?"

"Yes, yes. I saw it when I passed by here after going to the toilet. But it's very dark here under the shade of the trees. At first I thought it was someone driving piles or something."

"What about the murderer's appearance?"

"I only saw a figure from behind. I knew he was wearing a hat and holding a slender stick about thirty centimeters."

"Is that the murder weapon?"

"Does the murderer have other characteristics?" Officer Takagi then asked.

"Well..." The doctor thought for a moment, "By the way, I saw him dragging one leg while walking. I also asked him if it was okay..."

"And where's the murderer?"

"Ignore me and walk away... When I found out that he was actually hitting the woman, he had already walked into the crowd."

"You're still dragging your legs when you want to leave as soon as possible..." Officer Takagi looked at the Megure Police Department.

"It's not like the murderer was pretending to divert attention, right?" Police Department Megure responded, and then looked at the crowd of onlookers, "Even so, among so many guests who came to enjoy the flowers, it's really hard to find the murderer... "

"We should be able to narrow down the scope." Conan raised his head, "There is something strange in the banknotes in this aunt's wallet."

"weird stuff?"

"It's a GPS signal transmitter wrapped in banknotes," Judy said.

"Why, why is there such a thing?"

"Kurobei was never caught once, so there was no way to identify her until she was stolen and the black five-dollar coin was found."

Judy explained, "This was deliberately to let her steal the wallet with the GPS transmitter, then use her mobile phone to confirm her location, and then wait until she went to a secluded place to kill her."

"Then the victim Kurobei stole was the murderer?"

"However, generally pickpockets commit crimes with multiple people," the Megure Police Department put forward a new conjecture, "so it is not ruled out that they kill people after internal strife."

"Kurobei probably lives alone." Conan said, "She even shouted "There is a pickpocket" and caused a commotion."

"Ah, what's going on?"

"This is a method often used by pickpockets. When most people hear a pickpocket, their first reaction is to check the wallet, so the pickpocket can know where the target of the pickpocket keeps his wallet. If there is an accomplice, he should let the accomplice cause a commotion." Conan As he said that, he looked at Judy, "So probably Teacher Judy also..."

Judy's face changed slightly and she searched in her arms.

"Ah! My wallet is missing!"

"Was it stolen when you were helping her up after pretending to fall?"

"..."

"But, the pickpocket himself is dead, how can we find the victim?"

"that…"

Conan trailed off and looked at the crowd.

Feng Yuan and Hai Yuan Ai returned here with the elementary school students, holding four wallets wrapped in white cloth.

The blue wallet belonged to Judy, but because of the testimony of the Junior Detective Team, she was immediately ruled out as a suspect.

Of the remaining three wallets, the black wallet contained a driver's license, the red wallet contained a signature paper with Xiaoji written on it, and the remaining wallet had a sticker on it.

Because the elementary school students happened to have the impression, the three owners of the wallet were quickly found with the help of the Junior Detective Team.

"If any of these three people carries a stick of about 30 centimeters, the murderer can be identified, right?" Megure Police Department said.

"Even if you don't have it with you, you should know it right away." Conan said.

"ah?"

"Why?" The doctor was also a little confused.

"Because the murderer also placed three five-yen coins next to the body as revenge. Such unique black five-yen coins are not easy to prepare."

"In other words, the one among the three who does not have three black five-yen coins on his person is the murderer, right?"

"That's right!" Conan nodded.

It's a pity that all three of them are carrying it.