A Detective: I Believe in Science

Chapter 81 The Woman in Black
"This painting is my brother's favorite painting because his idol is Natsume Soseki."

Natsume Soseki is the portrait in the painting. Toshiya explained that this painting was completed by his brother after many days of hard work, and he took it to the exhibition.

Seeing that Conan was interested in this painting, Jun also told a strange thing that appeared at the exhibition at that time.

"Among the paintings participating in the exhibition, only my brother's painting is a portrait. Many people at the scene did not like this painting, and only one person agreed with my brother."

"What does that person look like?"

"A strange woman. She wears a black hat with a wide brim, her face is hidden under the brim, and she is dressed in a black suit."

Following Shunya's description, Conan remembered two other black figures, could it be them?
"At that time, was there anyone else around that woman who wore the same dress as her?"

"Yes, there are two men standing next to him, all in black."

…It’s really them. At this time, Conan has already determined with a high probability that the people who kidnapped Toshiya’s brother are the group of people who made themselves smaller. They are interested in Toshiya’s painting skills of Natsume Soseki, and they are making counterfeit banknotes.

Seeing that Conan's face was getting serious, Haibara's mouth curled into a smile, and she could see that this detective probably regarded these people as members of the organization.

It's a pity that he will be disappointed. The people in the organization will not do this kind of thankless work, and they may cause a lot of trouble. If they are short of money, there is a high probability that they will rob or threaten the rich.

"Your brother's bicycle is still at home, which means that your brother was kidnapped near your home. Let's go find it."

"Conan is right, maybe someone saw your brother at that time."

Pulling Junye's wrist, he ran out of Junye's house eagerly. Conan is now very concerned about this kidnapping incident. It is related to whether he can change back. He will do his best to solve this matter. The members of the detective team naturally booed and followed.

Noah and Huiyuan didn't follow them closely, they kept hanging not far behind, watching Conan and the others kept asking nearby residents, convenience stores, video game stores, and every place where there were people would come forward to ask about it. Fan.

"Hey, Xiao Ai, why don't you join them to play together?"

"It's enough to have a few of them. I think they will most likely be disappointed. Those kidnappers won't stay in the same position forever."

"That's not necessarily true."

Haibara wondered why Noah would say that, did he find out, and when he was about to ask, Shunya pointed to a black figure and whispered in Conan's ear secretly.

"That person was the one next to the woman in black back then, and he asked me some basic information about my brother."

At this time, they were in a video game store, and the man in black was playing video games seriously. Conan motioned them not to move, and he went to check the situation.

Sitting in the empty seat next to the man in black, Conan pretended to be a tourist and played the video game in front of him, but his eyes were carefully observing this person. To Conan's disappointment, this person was not one of the two people he had seen.

There is a long scar on this man's face, which adds to his hostility. His eyes are full of rage when he is playing video games, and he smashes the machine in front of him. Because of this appearance, the boss is afraid I didn't dare to come up to persuade, I could only look at my machine with distress.

The man in black didn't play for long, and was called away by a phone call. He got up and left the store. Conan and a few friends took the opportunity to follow this man to see if they could find their address.

The man in black just left the video game store, turned around and entered a convenience store next to him, and came out within 2 minutes after entering. Conan ran in and asked the clerk what the man bought just now.

"A pack of cigarettes."

"Then what kind of money did he use to settle the bill?"

"It's strange to say that he took out a neat stack of thousand-yuan bills from his pocket, and took one out of them for me, but he obviously has change."

"I want to exchange this old one for the new one just now?"

Noah understood what Conan meant, and took out an old thousand-yuan note from his pocket to exchange for the new one in the clerk's hand. The clerk had no reason to refuse such a request and agreed.

He handed the new thousand-yuan bill to Noah, and before Noah took it over, Conan had already snatched it away for observation.

"no watermark"

Just as he guessed, the money turned out to be counterfeit. Those people were really making counterfeit banknotes. Before he could explain, Conan ran out to follow the man in black again.

"Uncle, did you drop this note on the ground just now?"

Looking at the brand-new thousand-yuan banknote in Conan's hand, the man in black looked coldly, grabbed the banknote, turned his head and left without saying any thanks, Conan looked at the man in black's back, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Conan, why are you running so fast, that person just now was so rude."

"I think you should have tampered with that thousand-yuan note, otherwise why would you stand here and not leave?"

It was Noah who knew him best, and Conan did something tricky. He pasted the signal sticker invented by the doctor on the banknotes, so that no matter where the other party went, he could find his location.

The man in black didn't notice the tricks on the banknote. At this moment, he wanted to go back to his residence wholeheartedly. Just now, his leading lady called him again, urging him to go back quickly.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. This group of men in black understood this sentence to the extreme. Their residence is actually next to a guard room, an old residential building.

Watching the man in black walk up to the residential building, Conan hesitated standing there. If this group of people were really the ones he saw, they were probably carrying guns. It was too dangerous for these children to follow him, so he quietly took Noah away. pull aside.

"What to do, I'm not sure if those people have guns in their hands. It's too dangerous for these children to follow us."

"It's simple, just go up by yourself, and I'll watch them from below."

"...Can you show some face and let me go on an adventure as a child."

Conan and this person couldn't urinate in the same pot, and their thoughts were not on the same level. In the end, the result of the discussion was still what Noah first proposed, and Conan went up by himself.

Seeing Conan enter the residential building arrogantly, Yuantai and the others looked at each other and rushed in, so that they would not let Conan show off alone.

"Why don't you stop them, aren't you afraid of accidents?"

"Why didn't I stop them? I'm already standing in front of them. How else can I stop them?"

Noah spread his hands helplessly. These brats really don't remember to fight. They always apologize after making a mistake. They will return to their original nature after a few days.

Noah and Huiyuan then entered the residential building. Unexpectedly, there were no lighting items installed on the stairs of this building, and those bear children had already disappeared.

Huiyuan has resisted the darkness instinctively. She has lived in an organization since she was a child, and her spirit is tense every day. She feels fear and fear of the darkness from the bottom of her heart, and she is a little at a loss when she stands there.

Suddenly, a big warm hand grabbed Huiyuan, calming down Huiyuan's fearful heart instantly, and Noah's gentle voice came from the side.

"Follow me and watch where you step."

(End of this chapter)