The Split-Actress in Conan's World

Chapter 146: One bus, half a struggle

How exactly does he form cliques and factions? It depends on the targets he is targeting.

Kaito Kidd? He usually steals gems, but he's not a bad person by nature. He's also proficient in disguise and magic. If you have the chance, you should get in touch with him more often. He's worth winning over!

Professor Lecter? He seems to be able to hypnotize people, and he has a very high IQ. He is also well versed in human nature. He did not cause any trouble after knowing Kudo Shinichi's identity. He is worth winning over!

What? You say he committed a crime, maybe killed an old woman?

Where is the evidence? Where is the technique? Where is the body?

No?

Then isn't he innocent?

Glenfiddich? He is proficient in explosive assembly and disassembly technology, and he is also the guardian of Huibara. He has a natural affinity! On second glance, he has a bad relationship with Gin, so doesn't he have to be brought over? It's worth winning over!

What? You say he is not a good person because he committed murder and arson? Didn't he report it after he knew about Kudo Shinichi? This shows that he has a repentant heart, a very repentant heart, and has a lot of room for improvement!

What? You said he is the target we want to deal with? Superficial, superficial! As the saying goes, it is the best strategy to cooperate with the enemy from within. It is easier to deal with the enemy if they have talents. As for after dealing with the organization——

Well, all we can say is that we will not wrongly accuse any good person, nor will we let any bad person go. Of course, the specific matters will be left to the law to judge.

How could he possibly help us? His vision is so narrow! The 21st century is an era of peace and development, where cooperation and win-win are the main themes. You see, he did not report Kudo Shinichi, which is benevolence; as the guardian of Huibara, when her parents died, he protected her and raised her safely in the organization, which is righteousness; after Huibara left the organization, he did not betray the organization, which is loyalty!

Such a kind, righteous and loyal hero, I believe that as long as you impress him with price... ideals and justice, you will definitely gain something!

And Lilith, although I haven't met her many times, but from her appearance, I believe I can tell that she is a righteous person. Now is the time when justice is being tested, and she is in great need of the help of magic, a righteous force. She is worth winning over!

From this, we can see that he now feels that almost everyone he meets can be of help. This is not difficult to understand. Every player who likes to play business development games should understand that when they pull someone on the street, they want to see his stats and talents. If they see that he is a rare talent, they can't wait for him to join their team immediately and become their right-hand man on the road to success.

Conan is in this state of mind now. It doesn't matter whether it is the FBI, CIA, or some other spy agency surrounding him. It's a good opportunity for him to observe them for a while and see how to use them.

It is better if his hands are not clean. On the one hand, it proves that he has good ability. On the other hand, he will be less ruthless in using him. Anyway, he will be sent to trial in the end. Before that, he can use him to do some good things for the public, which can be regarded as some positive effect.

Of course, although he is being used, Conan is not an omniscient and omnipotent god. Naturally, he cannot control other people at will, and they cannot allow themselves to be controlled by him. So Conan is still in a dormant period, silently observing all the suspicious elements around him, analyzing their every move, and weaving a huge net in his heart.

If Rin Chiha was here at this moment and could see through Conan's inner thoughts, he would definitely be surprised, because he is not unfamiliar with Conan's form. This is exactly the form that Director Conan appears in after various forces take turns to appear in the later part of the plot.

You know, Conan in the later period is more gray than pure white, and it is a deep gray. Compared with white detectives like Hattori Heiji and Hakuba Tan, he is more like Akai Shuichi and Kuroba Kaito, and sometimes does things that are obviously illegal, such as using Kusuda Rikumichi's body.

At that time, Director Ke was more inclined to outcome justice than procedural justice, which is probably why Kaito Kid and Akai Shuichi became closer to him in the later stages of the series.

However, the current Conan is naturally not as mature as Director Ke in the later period. He has just touched the edge of this path, and because the early plots have been connected and strengthened in various ways, he looks a little haggard. This is also a side effect of accelerated growth.

But at least one thing is certain, even if he has not grown to the level of the later Director Conan, he is still stronger than the original Conan in the early stage. At least if he is asked to face the situation on the night of the full moon now, he will not be stupid enough to change into Haibara's identity and go up to give himself up.

Shuichi Akai didn't know that he had now become one of the classic three-choices in this world, and that he had to choose two of three. Among the three people in the back row, there was an accomplice of the robber, and between him, Tomoaki Aida and Judy, there was a member of the organization.

These two choices made him automatically stand out in Conan's eyes, but Conan didn't dare to be too high-profile because of Judy and Tomoaki Aida, who were closer to him, so he didn't try to investigate the identity of the mysterious man in the knitted hat.

But even if Shuichi Akai knew, he didn't care, or maybe he had more important things to care about now.

Others might not have noticed, but as an ace agent, he observed everyone's reactions the moment he got in the car, including the "driver" who shouldn't have been there.

When he saw Glenfiddich, his first reaction was to turn around and get out of the car, but then reason stopped this instinct.

Why is Glenfiddich here?!

He knew that Miyano Shiho was special, but Grunfiddi appeared around this little girl too often, which made him think from an agent's perspective: would this become a weakness of this madman?

You know, he got on the car this time without notifying Judy. He was not here to help Judy keep an eye on Vermouth, but to observe the two little boys beside the little girl named Huibara Ai.

From Miyano Akemi, he learned that Haibara Ai was Miyano Shiho who had grown smaller. Then his suspicious nature began to become restless. Did Haibara Ai choose to mingle with a group of children? Was there any other purpose besides making herself inconspicuous?

In other words, are the other children also special?

He immediately began to investigate and found that there was nothing abnormal with the three normal-behaving children, but the other two little boys caught his attention.

One of them is called Edogawa Conan and the other is called Chiyoko.

Conan was lucky. The result of his investigation was clear at a glance. He was a relative of Dr. Agasa and was staying at the Maori Detective Agency. His mother had shown up before, but the flaw was also obvious. There was no trace of his previous life, as if he had just appeared out of thin air.

He found the flaw and thought he could follow the clues to uncover his true identity, but he didn't expect to get nothing.

This is of course, because shortly after Kudo Shinichi turned small, he was noticed by several people from Team Zero, and all the information about him was sealed up, and only a few people with high authority are qualified to access it. Although the FBI is powerful, this is the home ground of the Japanese Public Security Bureau after all, so they cannot bypass this layer of protection and discover Conan's true identity.

The investigation on Chiyoko was not going smoothly either. Although everyone knew that Chiyoko was the child picked up by Rin Shakuha, they knew nothing about his past. The Suzuki family was also careless and did not care about this blank past. Instead, they used the tremendous power of the Suzuki Group to protect his information very well.

Yes, he is an illegal resident, but as long as you can't find anything, you won't be able to discover that he is an illegal resident.

The Suzuki family’s idea is that simple.

As you can imagine, the FBI was unable to break through the blockade of the Suzuki Group, so they couldn't find any information about Chiyoko at all. They could only piece together the fact that he was picked up by Rin Shakuha from the daily words of the people around him.

The FBI failed miserably.

That's why he wanted to get on this car and observe the two little guys closely, hoping to gain something.

But who can tell him why this guy Glenfiddich is here? ! !

He's not fiddling with his bombs, but coming here to drive?!

The moment he saw Glenfiddich, the children and Miyano Shi's safety were no longer important. Thinking of the FBI headquarters gate that had been rebuilt more than a dozen times, and the nearly 20 million vehicle repair costs he had reimbursed, Shuichi Akai clenched his fists silently.

He looked at the robbers with a bit of pity in his eyes. It was their misfortune that they chose to hijack the car, and it was an even greater misfortune that they chose to leave a bomb in the car.

No one knew Glenfiddich's obsession with bombs better than the FBI.

He could only wish the robbers good luck in his heart.

Not to mention the ulterior motives of the various forces in the car, the simple robbers couldn't help but laugh happily when they received the news that the police had released Kunio Yajima.

The tall robber pointed his gun at the driving Glenfiddich, which made the fat robber's heart skip a beat.

"When you get to the tunnel, slow down the car."

He sneered and looked at the worried passengers in the back, "Hehehe, don't worry, we will keep our word and release the passengers safely..."

Fortunately, Glenfiddich did not attack suddenly. Instead, he nonchalantly took out a lollipop from his pocket, tore open the package and put it into his mouth, which made the fat robber breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey! The hairy boy with glasses and the guy who kept coughing in the back, both of you come to the front!"

Tomoaki Shinide patted Judy on the shoulder, motioning her to let him out. When he walked past Judy, she was slightly startled and felt a somewhat smooth cylindrical object stuffed into the palm of her hand.

She looked down calmly and saw that it was a lady's lipstick.

Looking at Tomoaki Aida's back, she seemed to understand something, she tightly grasped the lipstick, her eyes a little gloomy.

Although the most urgent task is to deal with these robbers, it is too ridiculous to ask her to cooperate with the murderer of her father.

Shuichi Akai didn't resist much. He walked past the old man in black and Dr. Agasa and came to the front.

The two robbers took off their ski suits, revealing their ordinary faces. The tall robber pointed a gun at Akai Shuichi and said, "Put on these clothes and pretend to be us."

He turned to Glenfiddich, who was driving, and said, "Drop us off in the tunnel in a while, then drive away quickly and continue driving around the city for an hour to attract the attention of the police."

After he said this, everyone understood how they wanted to get away. They were going to let the people in the car become the "robbers" instead of them, then lead the police away, and then they would leave in the dim tunnel.

"To ensure you do this, we will take one of the passengers hostage and release him once we are safe."

He looked around the passengers at the back, finally settling on the gum-chewing woman: "You, come here!"

The woman raised her hands in fear and walked over. She was grabbed by the neck by the robber Gao, who pointed a gun at her head. She seemed to feel unsafe, so the robber Gao added, "If you don't want to kill her, just do as I say!"

A few smart people looked at their poor acting and wanted to laugh.

It seemed that she was threatening others to do as she was told, but her real purpose was to take away her accomplices hiding among the passengers and escape, and this woman was the "pest".

It seems that her way of conveying the message is also clear. The two robbers could see her chewing gum through the rearview mirror, and she gestured to the two robbers by blowing bubbles and then putting the gum stuck on her face back into her mouth.

As for why they are said to be poor actors...

If they really wanted to release the passengers safely, they would not have taken off their ski suits in the car. No matter what form of kidnapping, once the criminal reveals his face, it sends a message - he is not worried that the kidnapped person will reveal it.

In other words, in their eyes, everyone in this car was already dead.

There is no doubt that the bomb in the car will be detonated within five minutes after they get off the car.

As the bus entered the tunnel, the light began to dim. Only the faint lights on both sides of the tunnel shone into the bus regularly as it moved forward, lingering on everyone's faces.

Shuichi Akai and Tomoaki Aride had already put on their ski suits and were standing in the middle of the aisle, silently watching the robbers waiting in front of the car door.

You can't blame them for not taking action; these two people just thought too much.

Shuichi Akai knew that Tomoaki Aride was Vermouth under the skin, so he wanted to wait for her to take action so that he could cooperate and take down the robbers. However, Vermouth did not recognize Shuichi Akai. Seeing his frail appearance, she was not confident that she could defeat those three men at once.

Although Shuichi Akai only cut his hair short and wore a mask, and even did not change the knitted hat, which was still the same style as before, revealing the iconic little strands of hair on his forehead, but this is the rule of this world. If there are no major flaws, even if he just wore a pair of glasses, it would be considered a disguise and other people would not be able to recognize him.

So Vermouth was also hesitating, and when Akai Shuichi saw her hesitation, he didn't have a good opportunity to take action, so this group of robbers lived safely until they finished putting on their clothes.

I have to say, these robbers picked a good time.

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