Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

"Sorry for the wait. I'm Hans, the European police officer."

"Thank you very much for waiting for us here so early in the morning."

After Judy expressed her gratitude, Mark and James behind her also greeted each other.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Mark."

"I'm James."

Judy, who was standing opposite Hans, said with a sad face: "...I'm sorry about Nina."

"Do you have a good relationship?"

"Yes, we exchanged contact information when we were assisting Europol in the investigation..." Judy said, recalling Nina.

The two had investigated together in Frankfurt and discussed the case in a café. Nina was an exceptional woman.

pity............

Hans was as sad as Judy. He frowned in regret and bit his lip. "Let's go! I'll take you to the Europol surveillance video network center."

As he spoke, Hans walked towards the car parked nearby.

In the evening when Belmotte and Baijiu were in the lobby of Hachijojima Airport, a helicopter from the Metropolitan Police Department landed on the helipad on the Pacific buoy.

Inspector Megure Juzo and Deputy Inspector Sato Miwako walked down from the helicopter.

Shiratori greeted the two and immediately took them to the cafe in the facility for questioning.

Megure and Sato's group, and Shiratori and Kuroda's group questioned the engineers separately, while Megure and Sato were responsible for questioning Grace.

"When did Miss Grace get here?"

“I was hired five years ago to do technical work.”

Grace answered Megure's question, then remained silent, as if thinking about something.

After that, she said hesitantly: "That..."

"Now that this has happened, I think we should temporarily shut down this system..."

Conan hid behind Grace, behind a box where flowers and plants were grown, and listened to their conversation.

After Grace comes Makino.

Megure and Sato walked to other seats and began to question Makino. Conan also walked to a seat not far away and observed the situation.

Megure suggested temporarily suspending the use of Pacific buoys.

"No, you can't do that!" Makino immediately refused.

"But, but..."

"Shutting down the system on the same day will damage the prestige of Interpol!" Makino, who had lost his composure and was very excited, banged the table hard.

Leonhardt's inquiries were handled by Shiratori and Kuroda.

"Why are you in charge of the investigation?"

As soon as Leonhardt sat down, he showed great aggression, but Shiratori did not waver and continued to ask questions.

“When did you start working for Interpol?”

"Can the Japanese stop talking to me?"

Not only did Leonhardt answer the question irrelevantly, but he was also extremely angry. Conan, who was hiding nearby, also heard his roar.

Shiratori suggested temporarily suspending the use of Pacific buoys.

"I objected because I rarely get the chance to use this amazing system myself."

Ed was operating the console, and images of various European cities were displayed on the screen.

"Before this, you seemed to be working for a world-famous company?"

Hearing Kuroda's words, Ed stopped, turned his head and glanced at Kuroda, then turned his head back and continued typing: "It's more worthwhile to work here, and you can encounter exciting things like today."

Conan hid under Naomi's console and listened to Ed's words silently.

In the evening, Xiaolan and her group had dinner at the hotel's western restaurant.

There is a huge pool in front of the restaurant. Under the lights, the water surface emits a blue glow.

It gives people a feeling of being trapped in a fantasy world.

Sitting at a table with Sonoko, Kogoro and Ran, they stared at the pool under the lights in a trance.

“It’s beautiful! The food is delicious and the atmosphere is outstanding!”

Receiving Xiaolan's praise, Sonoko smiled slightly.

"Well, in summer too—"

"That's great! Ha~~~~" Kogoro drank the wine in the glass and raised his flushed face and shouted.

“…It really ruins the atmosphere…” Sonoko said helplessly.

Xiaolan glared at Kogoro and said, "Dad! Don't be so loud! It's so embarrassing!"

The restaurant's dishes are mainly local dishes from Hachijo Island.

Island sushi made with fresh fish from the nearby sea, such as sea bream and flying fish, and dishes cooked with seaweed called "grapes".

Yuantai and others at the next table also enjoyed the tempura made with island vegetables such as ashitaba.

"It's delicious! But this ashitaba is so bitter."

"Indeed."

“This sushi is so delicious.”

Sitting in front of Genta and others who were eating and chatting, Conan and Haibara ate in silence.

"Where have you been?" Huibara asked quietly.

"Pacific buoy," Conan replied gently.

Huibara glared at Conan: "As expected."

What did you do?

"Nothing..." Conan avoided Haibara's sight, and Ayumi, who was sitting opposite him, called "Conan".

"The whale jumped into the sea immediately. It was amazing! Uncle Whale also told us where the whale would appear."

Ayumi reported happily, and Mitsuhiko added, "I also checked it on my tablet."

"Uncle Whale?" Conan asked in surprise.

Dr. Agasa, who was sitting next to him, took out his cell phone and said, "Look, this is the person."

The screen of the phone showed a photo of Professor Agasa and Ushio, arms around each other on the boat and giving a thumbs-up.

"Ah~ We really have similar interests!"

(What? This photo?) Conan looked at the photo helplessly. Huibara glanced at Conan, smiled secretly, and continued eating.

Dr. Agasa, who was happily looking at the photo, seemed to remember something, raised his head and said, "That's right! Let me use the knowledge about whales I taught you to help you digest it!"

The children who were wolfing down their food immediately looked up in surprise.

"No way!"

"Guess the riddle with a whale~!"

Dr. Agasa opened his arms and smiled. Conan said, "What is the whale riddle that helps digestion?"

Dr. Agasa quickly gave the questions.

"Everyone's favorite whale! So, where can you tell if a whale is angry?"

"One, ears. Two, nose. Three, mouth. Three, eyes. Which one do you choose?"

The children began to think: "Hey, when a whale gets angry?"

"Ears, nose, mouth, eyes..."

"I don't know, any clues, Conan?"

Genta asked Conan for help, and Conan said: "Well, how do you say 'angry' in another way?"

Conan thought this was a simple and easy-to-understand clue, but the children were even more confused and tilted their heads to think hard.

Conan was just about to give them another hint.

"Yoshida, make an angry expression," said Haibara.

"The expression you make when you're angry? Like this?"

Although Ayumi didn't understand what Haibara meant, she still raised the corners of her eyes with her index fingers and made the same mouth shape as when shouting "Yeah".

"Where are your fingers pressing?" Huihara asked.

Mitsuhiko looked at Ayumi's face and said, "The corner of the eye...?"