Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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Thanks to those two big-mouthed cops, after listening to them today, it's basically confirmed that Bourbon has something going on. Should we tell Gin later?

Just as Amuro Tooru was desperately surrounded by a group of incompetent colleagues who were about to betray him, leading Vermouth to suspect that he had a serious problem, Conan, who was searching for Pisco and protecting Shigehiko Tomonochi in the distance, also saw Amuro Tooru.

Seeing that Amuro Tooru was able to leave openly after being arrested in Izu last time, and that he could stay peacefully with police officers like Kojo Kita and Inspector Megure this time without any conflict, Conan immediately guessed that Amuro Tooru was probably a police officer who had infiltrated the liquor company, rather than a liquor company executive who had infiltrated the police force.

If the person who infiltrated the brewery and became an undercover agent for the Public Security Bureau discovered that he was codenamed Bourbon, Amuro Tooru, who was arrested, would probably not have been released and would still be able to operate openly outside.

Ai Haibara was also by Conan's side. When Jiang Chengbei walked towards Amuro Tooru earlier, she had seen Bourbon get a severe beating from Jiang Chengbei last time. Logically speaking, she shouldn't be afraid of Amuro Tooru, this fake alcohol. But for some reason, Ai Haibara was still afraid. When she looked in Amuro Tooru's direction, she always had a feeling of fear, as if there was a terrifying being there, and she would be killed if she walked over.

With Jiang Chengbei and Inspector Megure as his two incompetent teammates, Amuro Tooru couldn't explain why they seemed to have such a close relationship with him. Watching the smiling Vermouth trying to get information out of her clueless colleague who was completely unaware of the woman's problem, Amuro Tooru was so desperate that he just gave up.

Now that things have come to this, what else can he do? Can he stop it, or try to pass on a message to those two idiots who can't understand human language or hints?

Once Vermouth discovers that he intends to obstruct her investigation, he will no longer be able to explain his close relationship with Jiang Chengbei and Inspector Megure by claiming that he simply wanted to obtain information from the police.

While Inspector Megure's men were aimlessly searching for an assassin with no information, and while others were scattered among the crowd protecting Shigehiko Tobuchi, the memorial service finally entered the moment of remembering the deeds of the late director Sakamaki.

As the host introduced the scene, the lights in the hall were turned off, and then a slideshow began to play, with the host introducing director Jiu Juan's artistic achievements one slide after another.

Then, with a loud "bang," followed by the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground and many panes of glass shattering, Conan removed a handkerchief that had fallen on his head and began shouting, "Turn on the lights! Turn on the lights! Turn on the lights right now..."

Under Conan's direction, the lights in the hall, which had been turned off, were finally turned back on, and everyone saw a person lying in the center of the hall under the fallen chandelier.

"You two guard the door and prevent anyone inside from leaving. You two move the chandelier..."

Under Conan's command, the panicked plainclothes police officers began to act in an orderly manner.

After moving the chandelier and checking on the person who had been hit by it, Conan finally realized that the person lying there was the one he needed to protect—Member Shigehiko Tobuchi!

And just like the people he was supposed to protect before, Jiang Chengbei was right this time too. Despite his protection and that of so many police officers, he still died.

Under Conan's aura of reduced intelligence, the police who rushed to protect Shigehiko Tobuchi after receiving the news of his assassination attempt consistently appeared incompetent. Apart from seeing them panicking and acting like headless flies, they did nothing else but prove that Vermouth was not a suspect and that she did not commit the murder.

After all, when Shigehiko Tobu was killed, three police officers—Kita Enoki, Tooru Amuro, and Juzo Megure—were standing nearby. They could testify that Vermouth was standing next to them when the slideshow was being shown, so she had no chance to act and was innocent.

Of course, after seeing that Shigehiko Toguchi was killed by a falling chandelier, the social elites present, who were unaware of the assassination attempt, unanimously believed it was an accident; the chandelier's iron chain had broken due to its age and killed the unlucky guy.

If they hadn't received prior information that someone wanted to assassinate Shigehiko Tonoguchi, the police officers present would have thought the same thing. However, since they had received information from Shinichi Kudo beforehand, what a coincidence! So, Megure and the others stepped forward and immediately ruled out that it was an accident, but rather a meticulously planned murder.

Everyone present could be the murderer. Apart from Sister Bei, who has three police officers as witnesses and can prove her innocence, no other socialite is more innocent than her.

Chapter 245 Sister Bay, where is your purple handkerchief?

Although Genta Kojima was not present at director Sakamaki's memorial service, his spirit will live on forever.

While everyone was still searching for the murderer and investigating the case, Conan suddenly recognized the baseball team owner, Yasuo Sanpei, whom he had introduced to Jiang Chengbei and Ai Haibara. This bald man with a full beard perfectly inherited Genta Kojima's gluttonous nature when Kojima was not around. He actually picked up a plate of curry rice from the table and stood next to the corpse, eating it with relish, as if no one else was there.

Only someone with an empty stomach and a greedy mouth would be unable to resist standing right next to a body at the scene of a murder, while everyone is busy investigating. Especially now, with world-renowned celebrities gathered at a memorial service, they greedily eat curry rice in full view of everyone, under the contemptuous gazes of all!

Even an Indian from the Ganges River couldn't be more Indian than him!

After being ignored by several social elites who kept their distance and pretended not to know him, or after being mocked by a few sarcastic social elites with disdain, this bald man named Sanpei Yasuo finally bit into a brick wall. After his teeth ached from the hardness, his emotions finally fluctuated. He angrily spat out a large glob of something on the ground, and with a "pui," he spat the thing that had hurt his teeth all over Conan's head.

"Ouch!"

When Conan's face was covered in curry rice, he felt a sharp pain in his forehead, as if he had been hit by something metal.

After the object hit his forehead, Conan instinctively reached out and caught it as it fell.

Just like the purple handkerchief that fell on his head in the darkness, the small piece of metal that hit his forehead this time was half an iron ring from the chain, and its color and shape were exactly the same as the iron ring on the chain that was responsible for suspending the chandelier.

Without a doubt, this thing was the iron chain and ring from the chandelier. As the chandelier fell, it also fell into the curry rice on the table.

Seeing Conan holding half an iron ring in one hand and the purple handkerchief he had picked up earlier in the other, it's clear that the chosen one of this world is indeed the chosen one of this world. Even various clues seem to have eyes and are raining down on Conan's head.

Seeing the clues in Conan's hand, and remembering that as a senior executive of the Black Organization, he must have killed many people, including Shigehiko Tomonochi today, he thought that capturing him would give him a chance to transform into Gomera.

So, Jiang Chengbei took the purple handkerchief and half an iron ring from Conan's hand, glanced at them, and said:

"I understand now, Pisco the murderer's method."

He first coated the iron rings of the chandelier with fluorescent powder, and then after the lights in the hall were turned off, he covered the silenced pistol with a handkerchief that everyone was given, and fired a shot at the fluorescent-coated iron chain of the chandelier, causing the falling chandelier to kill Shigehiko Tsubaki below.

Look, there's fluorescent powder on this iron ring, and this handkerchief has burn marks and smells of gunpowder.

After showing the iron ring and handkerchief in his hand to the people around him, Jiang Chengbei continued:

"This handkerchief is given to each person after registering at the door. As long as you get the registration book at the door and find all the people who received the purple handkerchief, whoever doesn't have it is the murderer Pixar."

After speaking, Jiang Chengbei took out a purple handkerchief from his pocket and showed everyone the words "Special Supply for Director Jiu Juan's Memorial Service" embroidered on the two purple handkerchiefs.

After showing them all, Jiang Chengbei instructed Takagi Wataru, "Takagi, go and bring in the roster from the doorway."

"Yes, officer."

As a gofer, Takagi Wataru always maintained a proper attitude, whether it was Inspector Megure's orders, Conan's orders, or now Jiang Chengbei's orders. He always kept his position in mind. After hearing the order, he immediately stomped his foot to show Jiang Chengbei and the others the standard police attention posture before turning around and running to carry out Jiang Chengbei's orders.

When Takagi Wataru returned with the list, Jiang Chengbei took a look and, lo and behold, the list listed the people who received the purple handkerchiefs, which were exactly the seven people Conan had just introduced to him and Ai.

Including Jiang Chengbei and Amuro Tooru, the nine people who received the purple handkerchief this time were exactly nine.

With the list and clues in hand, under Jiang Chengbei's instructions, Inspector Megure and his team immediately called over the several purple handkerchief figures who happened to be nearby and asked them to hand over the purple handkerchiefs they had obtained.

Jiang Chengbei's method of finding the murderer Pisco was exactly Conan's idea, so he was full of confidence in this operation and felt that he would definitely find the murderer. However, the reality was a bit beyond his expectations. When he saw several suspects around him taking out purple handkerchiefs from their pockets one after another, Conan was shocked.

When everyone except Amuro Tooru and Vermouth took out silk scarves from their pockets, Jiang Chengbei was taken aback for a moment, and then glanced at Masuyama Kenzo, the chairman of the car company, a few more times.

It's unbelievable that this 72-year-old man, who would be retired by ordinary standards or a senior member in other organizations, is a workhorse in the winery, still having to do dirty work and struggle on the front lines. It's truly pitiful.

Since he was able to pull out a purple handkerchief from his pocket, it must have been given to him by Vermouth, who had a brief contact with him just now.

Considering that Sister Bei had been with the three police officers the whole time, and that the three officers had provided alibis, it's understandable that she dared to give her purple handkerchief to Pisco.

As Vermouth predicted, Conan and the other police officers frowned and pondered deeply after seeing the situation, completely refusing to let Chris Vineyard and Amuro Tooru, who had not yet taken out their purple handkerchiefs, produce them to prove their innocence.

After all, as mentioned before, the four people who stayed together during the murder—Jiang Chengbei, Megure Juzo, Amuro Tooru, and Vermouth—could vouch for each other's innocence.

In particular, among the four of them are two police officers in name only, Jiang Chengbei and Inspector Megure, as well as Amuro Tooru, who, although not officially a police officer, is known to everyone as an exposed police officer.

Since it was already stated that the four of them were innocent and not the murderers, is there a problem that Amuro Tooru and Vermouth aren't taking out the purple handkerchief?

So Conan and the other police officers, who considered the four of them to be good people, were completely oblivious to the fact that Amuro Tooru and Vermouth were taking out their handkerchiefs to look at.

While Conan and the police were frowning and trying to figure out what went wrong, Jiang Chengbei felt his trouser leg being tugged a few times. Looking down, he saw Ai Haibara trembling with fear. After being terrified for a while, she finally mustered up the courage to come to this place that terrified her and asked to go back.

Perhaps it's because Pisco's storyline has reached its peak, while Vermouth's hasn't. When Pisco first saw Ai Haibara, he curiously glanced at her a few more times after seeing Ai appear next to Jiang Chengbei. Meanwhile, Vermouth, who harbors hatred and wishes she could kill the Miyano sisters immediately, still hasn't recognized Ai Haibara. This might be due to the power of the safe house skill provided by the system.

Pisco's lingering glances and thoughtful expression were noticed by Jiang Chengbei, who was watching him and Vermouth, the two brewery executives. Jiang Chengbei then deduced in his mind that Pisco must have recognized Ai Haibara.

In the following situation, due to the presence of police officers at the scene, Pisco was inconvenient and did not want Vermouth to share the credit. Therefore, Pisco did not tell Vermouth, who was not far away, about the little girl who looked like Shiho Miyano when she was a child. Of course, under the surveillance of the surrounding police officers and Conan, he didn't seem to have the opportunity to do so.

Because Jiang Chengbei's method of searching for the purple handkerchief failed, and the people who demanded the purple handkerchief were social elites whose status was so high that they didn't even dare to conduct a body search or examine the gunpowder residue on their arms and clothes, the cowardly police immediately backed down when they said they wanted to leave. After being scolded like dogs, Inspector Megure and his men left one after another.

They could leave, but it wouldn't be so easy for Sister Bay to get away. Before she could leave, Jiang Chengbei suddenly mentioned the people on the list. Now, only Amuro Tooru and Chris Vineyard hadn't taken out the purple handkerchief. Perhaps, although they weren't the ones who directly carried out the attack, they might be accomplices of the murderer. It's possible that they handed over the purple handkerchiefs they were carrying to the murderer.

After Jiang Chengbei's reminder, the police, unaware of Amuro Tooru's identity, immediately surrounded Amuro Tooru and Chris Vineyard, while Conan, Megure Takagi, and others, who knew Amuro Tooru's identity, targeted Chris, the Hollywood actress.

After betraying Vermouth and being targeted by her son Conan, Jiang Chengbei didn't care how she would get out of the predicament. He took Ai Haibara to find Pisco Masuyama Kenzo, who had just left.

Because Jiang Chengbei had planted a hidden transmitter and listening device on Masuyama Kenzo, Jiang Chengbei found the old man Pisco, who was hiding in the wine cellar and searching for information about Sherry online, in no time at all.

Upon seeing Jiang Chengbei suddenly burst in, Pisco, who had just found Shirley's information on the organization's website, immediately pulled out a silenced pistol and aimed it at Jiang Chengbei, the man who had just been with the little girl who looked exactly like Shirley when she was a child.

Because Pisco was a veteran member who knew more than Gin and Amuro Tooru, even Gin, the third-in-command, didn't know what the organization's ultimate research goal was, but Pisco did.

The distillery is a strange organization. Everyone knows what kind of core secrets the organization is researching. This 72-year-old man, who outwardly has a legitimate identity as the chairman of a car company and is a socialite, still needs to carry a gun and work on the front lines as an assassin. It's truly a tragedy.

Why did Pisco have to step in when a Cohen or Chianti could have solved the problem? Was it to purge useless senior officials and make way for younger people?

Anyway, after checking the organization's information and confirming that Shirley's research on the anti-aging drug was successful and that she had turned herself into a child, Pisco immediately realized that the little girl who had just appeared at Jiang Chengbei's feet was the shrunken Shirley. Seeing him sneaking around, he immediately pulled out his gun and pointed it at Jiang Chengbei, ordering him to bring the little girl to him.

Although it wasn't certain that the gun Pisco was holding was the same pistol he had used to shoot the chandelier, it was also equipped with a high level of silencer, far exceeding the level of silencers in reality. Jiang Chengbei happily pulled open his clothes to show Pisco that he also carried a gun, and that he wasn't afraid of him.

Seeing Jiang Chengbei reach for his handgun even with his gun in front of him, Pisco was furious. He wasn't one to waste words, and seeing that his warnings hadn't stopped Jiang Chengbei, he immediately and swiftly fired at him.

After dodging Pisco's bullets and receiving the two kill coins Pisco brought, Jiang Chengbei realized that Pisco was no longer useful. Suddenly, Jiang Chengbei had a pistol in his hand and shot him in the head, killing the 72-year-old Pisco who hadn't retired and was still working as a hitman despite being the chairman of a company.

After Jiang Chengbei shot and killed Pisco, Ai Haibara, who had been hiding outside, finally came in. Then, following Jiang Chengbei's instructions, she ran over and looked through the computer that Pisco had just used.

Seeing her own information on the computer, Ai Haibara felt a wave of fear. Luckily, she had been being monitored the whole time, and Pisco, who hadn't contacted anyone outside during that time, had been killed; otherwise, she and her sister would have been in danger.

After Ai Haibara breathed a sigh of relief, she began searching for useful information by following the organization's internal network that Pisco had accessed.

Although she got the ATPX4869 data disk back from Professor Hirota Masami last time, it was infected with the Dark Duke virus and couldn't be opened yet, so it was practically useless. This time, Pisco happened to log into the organization's internal website using the organization's laptop, and Ai Haibara immediately had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to download a copy of the A drug data.

"Jiang Cheng, do you have a USB drive with you now?" Haibara Ai immediately asked, thinking of Jiang Chengbei's amazing ability to get whatever he wanted and the need to download information on Drug A.

"Huh? What did you call me?"

"Um...brother-in-law..."

Seeing Ai Haibara roll her eyes and reluctantly give in, Jiang Chengbei took a USB drive out of his pocket and handed it to her.

Inserting the USB drive into her laptop, Ai Haibara quickly found the information on Drug A. Unfortunately, opening and downloading required a password, and it had been changed—it wasn't the old password she used when she was a researcher.

After trying several times and finding that she was wrong, Ai Haibara began to seek Jiang Chengbei's help.

As an ordinary person who has only watched the famous detective show, Jiang Chengbei can solve cases by recalling the plot, but he can't crack codes. However, he has the hacking skills of Vodka. After buying various cracking programs from the system store, Jiang Chengbei started working on the computer.

"Jiang Cheng, are you technically capable? I think it's too reckless of you to try to crack the password with computer technology. How about you try reasoning instead?"

The previous secret was a password made using the English names of characters or authors from detective novels. Unfortunately, I tried all the names I knew, such as Charlotte Holmes, but none of them worked.

I can't think of any other mystery novel character names right now. Why don't you try thinking of some mystery novel character names?

"What? This password is the name of a character from a novel? Are you serious? Your winery sets passwords this casually?"

Upon hearing Ai Haibara's words, Jiang Chengbei was initially surprised, but then, realizing it was an anime, he understood.

Chapter 246 I, Pisco, want to retire. Gin, do you have a problem with that?

With the clue that Ai Haibara gave him and that it was related to Sherlock Holmes, Jiang Chengbei successfully deduced the password for Drug A through computer big data search. The password was Sherrinford, the English name of the protagonist originally intended by Conan Doyle, which was later changed to Sherlock Holmes.

Detective Conan is an anime that is full of Sherlock Holmes influences, with Sherlock Holmes or related puns everywhere. Now that the code for drug A is so simple, there's no problem.

Having guessed the password correctly, downloading and copying the data for drug A was simply a matter of waiting; there were no major problems.

While they were in the wine cellar in Jiangcheng North, Sister Bei faced Conan's relentless pressure, and they began a battle of wits, constantly exchanging verbal sparring.

Ultimately, under Conan's pressure, Vermouth, having lost the verbal battle, had no choice but to pull out her purple handkerchief, catching Conan completely off guard.

In the original series, the six suspects produced five purple handkerchiefs. In the end, the seven of them somehow managed to get away with it and were all released by the police. This was because Conan was not present, and the matter of checking the purple handkerchiefs on them was handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Now, Conan is overseeing the investigation into the purple handkerchiefs on them. His intelligence has increased significantly. All six suspects with strong suspicions have produced purple handkerchiefs. The police were originally going to let it go and abandon this lead, looking for a new direction to solve the case. But fortunately, Conan is here. Even if the previous suspects have produced purple handkerchiefs and those suspects have been eliminated, only one last possibility remains.