Cannon Fodder Collection [Comprehensive]

The Anne & Field circus show has a long-standing reputation. This time it was a tour in Japan, which attracted countless audiences to watch, and it really lived up to its name. The circus performance was very exciting, and it attracted applause from the audience from time to time.

Conan had a cold face.

Indeed, as Hui Yuanai said, he lacks interest in circus performances, so it is better to let him solve the case.But speaking of puzzles, Conan couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, and looked at Lin Ning who was sitting in the four rows behind him from the corner of his eye. However, Conan noticed that her lips moved slightly, as if she was talking to someone.

Conan looked into her ear subconsciously, but his movements became louder in this way, and the next moment he looked at Lin Ning so straightforwardly.

Conan: "..." Hey, do you want to be so sharp?

The next moment Conan's cell phone moved, he took it out to have a look.

'What do you want to know?Kawashima'

Conan thought about it and asked directly.

Soon he received another text message.

'I came with my friends.Kawashima'

Conan: "?"

'friends'?Are there her friends in this circus show theater?He meant friends hiding elsewhere.And her lips move slightly, is she using this to pass the news to her friends?But after thinking about it, I have known her for so long, but I have never heard that she has other friends.Besides, why did she want to meet with her friends, as if they were meeting in secret?This is so strange.And those two vacant seats, Conan didn't think it was her trying to cover it up, this kind of cover-up was too rough, Conan thought she would never be so smart.

hateful.

Could it be that she was giving him a question?

Conan didn't feel disgusted when he thought about it like this, but cheered up, and it was bound to make this matter clear.Thinking of this, Conan pinched his chin and began to think, Haibara Ai said lightly: "Can you settle down for a while? I still want to finish the show well."

Conan: "...Are you watching?" He didn't say, look at the excited audience around, even Dr. Ali who came with them also waved the flag and shouted, just like Ayumi and others, only him And Huiyuan Ai, he lacks interest, Huiyuan Ai is expressionless, simply out of tune with the surroundings.

Wait, out of place?

Yes!

The demeanor of those who came to watch the performance with full attention and those who came with other thoughts must be different, and he only needed to use this to tell the difference.

But here comes the question, how can he, sitting in the first row, observe the demeanor of so many rows of audience behind him without attracting attention?Wait, he remembered that there were auditoriums on the second floor of this theater, and there were nearly [-] seats in a row—isn't this really difficult?

Then you can only start from other aspects.

Lin Ning, who was missed by him, didn't move his eyebrows. He put his mobile phone back into his trouser pocket and continued to watch the circus show with full attention. Ning and Nepenthes 'watch' a circus show.

And the pitcher plant, which also took up a ticket, is still lying on Lin Ning's shoulders at the moment, which is a waste of ticket money to some extent.

But who cares.

—Conan racked his brains.

The Anne & Field circus show ended successfully, especially the performance of the white lion, the treasure of the circus, was full of applause.Speaking of this circus again, its owner is Randy Hawke, an oil tycoon who was born in Oklahoma City in the southern United States. Anne and Field are the names of his two daughters. It is said that the circus world tour , he followed along the way.

Lin Ning will pay extra attention to this point because James Black and Randy Hawke are at least [-]% similar in appearance, and most people may be mistaken at first glance.

Another thing worth mentioning is that James Black was born in Baker Street, London, England.

That's right, it's the Baker Street where Sherlock Holmes is.

Let’s not talk about the Baker Street in Lin Ning’s memory, but as far as this world is concerned, there really is a Baker Street there, but Sherlock Holmes is still the great detective described by Conan Doyle, not a real one. The same virtual character is of course Sherlock Holmes' enemy, James Moriarty.

That is to say, James Black, born on Baker Street and named after Napoleon Moriarty in the criminal world, eventually became the top of the FBI.

It's a little subtle.

Lin Ning was thinking wildly, and then cleared away his complicated thoughts, picked up the pitcher plant and was about to leave the show with the crowd, but the White Queen said: "Emilia, Morikawa Jiazheng's assistant called , ask me to confirm your itinerary, and ask when you can meet with the Morikawa family."

Lin Ning was a little puzzled. She had rejected the invitation of Morikawa Jiazheng before. Besides, she had already made key progress in the case of the three thieves, and now she only needed to investigate, and she thought there was nothing better than the case of the three thieves. Being arrested can calm the restless heart of the Morikawa family even more.But Lin Ning also knows the White Queen very well, so she must have made new progress if she said so.

Sure enough, the White Queen said later: "There is a collection in the museum, which is one of Karasuma Renye's collections that we have found." Karasuma Renye was a well-known collector during his lifetime. A total of more than 300 works of art have been collected, each of which is the envy of other collectors. It can be said that more than 300 works of art are invaluable, and such works of art disappeared 40 years ago.

Lin Ning has always wanted to find out the accident that happened that year, so he wanted to start with Karasuma Renye's collection.No matter how the collection disappeared back then, it is impossible for them to leave no traces, and its next unknown owner will not keep them for decades and prevent them from being seen again.It would be even better if the collections disappeared because of their surface value. The priceless collections circulating in the market are like throwing stones into a pool of water, which will cause circles of ripples. Even if the ripples disappear soon, but the traces have been left, it will not be smoothed out.

Furthermore, even if the collection disappears, other information about them does not mean that it disappears with them. The family that knew Karasuma Renye back then is still there, and they will still remember Karasuma Renye's collection more or less.Lin Ning patched together the list of collectibles, and the next step is to find their whereabouts in the market, and this matter is part of the data flow allocated by the White Queen as a daily task, but now it is Inadvertently inserting willows and willows into shades.

Later, the White Queen also sent the detailed information of the collection. Of course, the detailed information only included a brief introduction of the collection and its artistic value.As for how the museum obtained this painting and where it was obtained from, it is unknown, so Lin Ning has to continue to deal with the museum director, Morikawa Jiazheng, and find out more information from him.

It seems that the case of the three thieves must be solved as soon as possible.

But she has come to the circus show to watch the show, so she has to contact James Black head-on no matter what.

And Shuichi Akai.

It seems that she has to make a new plan, Lin Ning thought so.

But I forgot that there is such a saying, "plans cannot keep up with changes".

James Blake came out of the circus show first, and was about to contact Shuichi Akai who came to pick him up, but he didn't want to be surrounded by reporters who rushed to report the show.

"Mr. Hawke, how do you feel about returning to Japan after three years?"

"Mr. Hawke, I heard that you will donate half of the income from the performance to zoos around the world. Is it true?"

"Mr. Hawk, even if it's just one sentence, say something."

James Black: "...no, I'm not Mr. Hawke."

The reporters laughed: "Haha, you are joking again."

James Black: "..."

The reporters sent the microphone to his face again, and they had to force him to say something. James Black couldn't help but feel that it was a wrong decision to arrange the meeting place outside the circus, and he pretended to look around casually. Xiuyi didn't even see the 'Kawashima Jun' who was accidentally discovered in the performance show, but he found an even more unexpected figure.

Is it a surprise?

No matter what, let's get rid of these reporters who are stupid enough to admit the wrong person.

It was Conan and his group that James Black thought was a surprise.Conan was still a little absent-minded at first. He thought that he would have to ask Lin Ning when he came out. He only listened to Dr. Ali's introduction to Randy Hawke, and then heard a sentence in English blurted out by James Black. Conan was startled suddenly, Then he turned his head and said to his partners: "Let's go help him, I think these reporters have misidentified the person."

"Huh?" x4

Huiyuan Ai was slightly taken aback, and glanced at James Black, who was surrounded by reporters. For some reason, she had a strange feeling. It didn't feel like when she bumped into a member of the Black Organization, but she always felt that James Black Blake is unusual.But before she could say anything, Conan, who saw the injustice, went up to help. He tangled with Ayumi and the others, and rescued James Black from being surrounded by reporters.

A group of people turned onto a nearby pedestrian bridge, but the reporters did not follow.

After introducing each other and exchanging pleasantries, James Black suggested: "By the way, I finally got to know each other. As a return gift, I invite you to have a big meal at my favorite restaurant."

Ayumi's three children immediately cheered when they heard the words.

However, the car Dr. Ali drove was obviously not enough for them to ride. James Black said it was no problem: "Then drive the car I rented, and I will go get it right away."

When James Black left, Haibara Ai looked back and asked Conan, "Do you have any feelings for that person?"

Conan was taken aback: "Nothing."

Hui Yuanai lowered his eyes: "It's really good."

Conan thought for a while that there was nothing unusual about James Blake. Besides, compared to this foreigner from Chicago, Conan wanted to know who Lin Ning's friends were.After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone, but before he was about to dial a number, he caught sight of Lin Ning walking towards this side, so he put the mobile phone back and waved towards that side: "Big Sister Chuan Dao——"

Lin Ning came over, "Hi."

Conan: "...um."

Lin Ning looked at him silently for two seconds and said, "Then goodbye."

The corner of Conan's mouth twitched: "Wait, what case did you come to see the circus performance this time?"

Lin Ning: "Are you still thinking about the three seats?"

Conan said stiffly: "I care a little bit, can't I?"

Lin Ning shook his head: "That's your business."

Conan: "..." He was unable to refute.

Conan slowed down, and then reorganized the language, and was about to hit the nail on the head, but Lin Ning made a stop gesture.

Conan: "?"

The next moment he looked at Lin Ning's ears. He couldn't see clearly when he was inside the show due to the dim light, but now he can see clearly when he is outside. It is not easy to find that she is wearing it in her ears. The earphones are like a layer of skin pasted on.

So are you still in touch with her friends?Sure enough, it is a case.

Strictly speaking, Conan guessed right.

It’s just that the one on the patch earphone side is the White Queen. She brought some interesting news to Lin Ningdai: “James Black was held hostage by the second of the three thieves we are looking for.”

The White Queen also added: "Before that, James Black had a friendly exchange with Edogawa Conan and his group."

Lin Ning: "..." This is the real unintentional intrusion. You must know that she has not investigated the secret transaction of the retired policeman, and she only knows the facial features of the three thieves. I bumped into it by myself, but still bumped into the hands of the FBI who came to Japan.After thinking about it, Lin Ning understood the motive of the three thieves. I am afraid that they recognized James Black as the oil tycoon Randy Hawke and held him hostage in exchange for a huge ransom. However, James Black was successfully held hostage. It was a little bit beyond Lin Ning's expectation, so he had to consider that the three thieves had not only police cars, but also guns and other dangerous weapons.

Then again, James Black had nothing to do with her, and if she could, she would like to see how he would get out of it.

Conan asked, "What's wrong?"

"The case has made a critical progress, so goodbye." Lin Ning put his hand into his coat pocket and said to the curious Conan.

Conan didn't want to ask more questions, so he nodded: "Goodbye."

Lin Ning still nodded to Hui Yuanai and Dr. A Li, and when she walked away, Dr. A Li couldn't help touching the back of her head: "She still hasn't changed at all."

After the three members of the Boy Detective Team came back to their senses, they scrambled to say:

"Conan, who is that big sister?"

"She didn't even say goodbye to us."

"I seem to have seen her somewhere, yes, it was in the newspaper."

"what? What?"

"I remembered, the newspaper said she was a detective comparable to 'Sleeping Kogoro', she seemed very powerful."

Conan turned his back and twitched the corners of his mouth. These are all messy reports.

Over there, Lin Ning sat back in the car, looked at the video captured by the surrounding cameras, and learned that James Black invited Conan and the others to have dinner together, and that James Black was disguised as a policeman in the parking lot The scene where the real thief "strikes up a conversation".Lin Ning tried to read their lips, and then expressed concern about the professionalism of the thieves.

First, they don't even think about it. As an oil tycoon and host of a circus performance, Randy Hawke has attracted the attention of the media. How could he run outside the circus show without a bodyguard?Furthermore, Randy Hawk is now attracting the attention of the Japanese media. Even if his itinerary is not fully disclosed, if he is a professional kidnapper, shouldn't they do a good job of investigating in advance?

The second is that the thieves pretended to be policemen and came forward to "strike up a conversation", but they spoke Japanese as soon as they came up, and they didn't even mention their names.You must know that James Blake is an out-and-out foreigner. Shouldn’t the Japanese police speak English when they approached him for questioning?Even if you don't speak English, you should ask if the person can speak Japanese, and at the same time confirm the name of the person, but the two 'policemen' took it for granted that James Black could speak Japanese, and their performance clearly showed that they Know who James Blake is.In this case, they mistook James Blake for Randy Hawke, who was reported to speak fluent Japanese, so the overall performance of the two of them was to know who he was and pretend not to be. I know, it's not suspicious, what else is suspicious?

And if James Black didn't notice this, then Lin Ning would have to worry a little bit about the FBI.

However, the video shows that James Black recognized them as fake police officers and left a reminder before being forced into the fake police car.

Lin Ning raised her eyebrows. She didn't want to get involved in this so-called detective game. Besides, no matter how you look at it, James Black was holding back. Even if he was threatened by a fake policeman with a pistol, he wanted to pass this matter. Whoever comes to test, let him test it, anyway, it has nothing to do with her.

Lin Ning gave a "tsk" in his heart, and put the matter aside, except to tell the White Queen: "When the police catch those three fake policemen, remember to tell me."

"it is good."

Lin Ning drove away like this, and after a brief preparation, he boarded the train to Osaka.

After she left gracefully, Conan and the others waited under the pedestrian bridge for 10 minutes, but James Black still did not come back.The group of them couldn't wait any longer, so they decided to look for a nearby parking lot. It didn't take long to find the car rented by James Black in a parking lot, because there was an Anne Field under the windshield of the car. The white lion pendant around the circus show, and James Blake mentioned earlier that he is a loyal fan of the Anne & Field circus show. In order to buy a white lion pendant made in Japan, he did not hesitate to come to Japan from the United States.

The door of the rental van was ajar, the car keys hung on it, but there was no sign of James Black.

After being reminded by the children playing ball around, James Blake was taken to a side alley by two men in windbreakers. After Conan chased him out, he only picked up a white lion pendant with the letter "P" on it. ” and “A” were neatly smeared with blood.

"I thought Mr. James might be involved in something."

Conan held the white lion pendant and said, "Then P, & and A may be hints he left for us, but what exactly are they?"

·

Lin Ning, who knew more, went to Osaka, and she did not forget to bring the pitcher plant with her.On the train, Lin Ning went through the bombing again. The reason why she went to watch the circus at this stall was because she wanted to contact James Black head-on, but James Black was kidnapped by the three thieves she was chasing. Second, as far as the bombing itself is concerned, she had a breakthrough.

Didn't she ask the White Queen to call out the bank statements of Shinichiro Nakajima (one of the suspects in the billion-yen case) family members? Lin Ning discovered something suspicious after browsing through them.Shinichiro Nakajima's family background is not good. He works as a taxi driver in Tokyo and sends more than half of his wages back to his hometown in Osaka every month. In his hometown in Osaka, his father passed away a few years ago, leaving behind a The mother who relies on a company as a cleaner to subsidize the family, and two younger siblings who are at school age, it can be said that before Shinichiro Nakajima participated in the one billion yen case, his family was supported by him.

Nakajima Shinichiro's mother, Nakajima Keiko, was also diligent and thrifty in managing the family. Their bank cards still had a balance before Shinichiro Nakajima died, but once Shinichiro Nakajima left, they lost their support and their lives became embarrassing.During that time, the direction of the bank bills was normal, and the direction of the next period of time was also normal. Except for Keiko Nakajima’s monthly salary, they had no other income, and Keiko Nakajima’s salary was paid on the same day very soon. It was taken away, and the younger brother and younger sister of Shinichiro Nakajima, who were going to school at that time, went to school one after another, and the family couldn't afford to support them.

And it was at that time that the police surveillance of them was canceled in order not to waste police force because they had found nothing for several months.

Half a year later, the bank statements of Shinichiro Nakajima's family began to appear abnormal.First, Keiko Nakajima’s wages were no longer withdrawn on the same day when she was paid, but later on she simply stopped withdrawing her wages and put money into it every month.The amount of savings is still very stable, and has been fluctuating within a range. At the same time, Shinichiro Nakajima's younger brother and younger sister also returned to school.

Another thing worth mentioning is that after the tragic death of Shinichiro Nakajima involved in the one billion yen case, the Nakajima family moved once, and they moved again a year after their bank statement became abnormal.It's just that they didn't touch their deposits when they moved, at least they didn't touch their deposits in the bank.

Is this normal?

Obviously not.

So Lin Ning guessed that the island family received relief from another suspect, and this time she had a trip to Osaka.

Because of the move, Keiko Nakajima no longer works as a cleaner in the company. She now runs a small shop, and the monthly income is barely enough for her and her two children.She was stunned when she saw Lin Ning, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.

Lin Ning: "You know me."

Keiko Nakajima brushed her broken hair, pointed to the small news stand outside the small shop: "I saw it in the newspaper."

Before Lin Ning could say anything else, she pursed her lips, "Come in, please."

She didn't ask why Lin Ning came here, or she had expected this day long ago.

Lin Ning's eyebrows moved slightly, and after following Keiko Nakajima in, Lin Ning sat down in the specially separated rest room behind the small shop. Lin Ning didn't have any extra words, she directly took out the bank statement of Nakajima's family, She had already circled the questionable income and expenditure on the train before, and then said bluntly: "I tend to think that another suspect sent you a sum of money after the police canceled the monitoring of your family's finances."

When Keiko Nakashima heard the word 'stolen money', she clenched her hands tightly, but instead of becoming hysterical, she calmly said, "Does Kawashima-san know how long the police questioned our family? A month! There are several days and nights. Our family is old and young. We just lost such a pillar as Shinichiro. How can we stand the police's interrogation? But the police didn't ask anything in the end, no For another reason, because we don't know anything."

Lin Ning: "What about the extra cash?"

Keiko Nakajima said without hesitation: "Shinichiro's younger brother Jiro was hit by someone six years ago, and that person paid our family a lot of money. If Kawashima-san doesn't believe it, I still have Jiro's diagnosis report at that time. "

"I know about this matter, and I know very well about Jiro Nakajima's injuries at that time, Mrs. Nakajima." Before Lin Ning came, he could check everything in detail, so naturally he would not miss Jiro Nakajima's car accident. When she said that, Keiko Nakajima's expression suddenly changed.

Lin Ning continued with no ups and downs in his tone: "If I were to speculate again, I would say that it was another suspect who hit Jiro Nakajima."

"If he committed that kind of thing with Shinichiro back then, would we still be living a tight life now? He has a billion dollars that Shinichiro exchanged for with his life!" Keiko Nakajima said, her eyes were red, panting After a few rough breaths, she calmed down, stared at Lin Ning and said word by word: "Kawashima-san, you guessed wrong this time, we don't know the driver who caused the accident at all. You are not that kind of profiler Profile? You can profile me to see if I'm lying now."

Lin Ning said in a normal tone: "You have misunderstood the profiling."

Keiko Nakajima: "..."

Lin Ning continued: "But I can see that you are not lying."

Keiko Nakashima was taken aback.

Lin Ning didn't finish his sentence: "But you don't know the driver who caused the accident, and that doesn't conflict with the fact that the driver who caused the accident is the suspect I'm looking for."

"Actually, you vaguely guessed that the driver who caused the accident was Shinichiro Nakajima's accomplice, right? Jiro Nakajima was only slightly injured, but he paid a large sum of compensation, and it was in cash. I think at that time He didn't even go to the bank to withdraw money, but he just took out a bag of money, as if he was waiting to give the money to you, didn't he?"

Keiko Nakajima didn't say anything else, just gritted: "I don't know him."

Lin Ning said calmly, "It doesn't matter, you just need to meet him."

But Keiko Nakajima didn't buy it: "That was all six years ago, I still don't remember what he looks like."

Lin Ning still said the same thing: "It doesn't matter, you just need to meet him."

Keiko Nakajima: "...What do you mean?"

Lin Ning didn't mean anything else, she just helped Keiko Nakajima recall what happened six years ago, and based on her description, she got a sketch of the suspect.After confirming that Keiko Nakajima's description was correct, Lin Ning put away the sketch, stood up and said, "Farewell."

Keiko Nakajima didn't react for a while, and said in a daze, "That's it?"

Lin Ning didn't quite understand: "I said 'Farewell', isn't that enough?"

Keiko Nakajima: "..." Didn't she mean that, did she want to say that she should not tell the police about this, and let the police take back the money the family received?However, being teased by Lin Ning, Keiko Nakajima stopped asking. In fact, even though their family had a lot of money to support their livelihood in the past few years, she always felt uneasy, and she was afraid that one day this matter would be discussed. The police found it out, but she didn't want to be found out by the police. Even when she saw Lin Ning coming to the door, Keiko Nakajima felt even more anxious when she had the idea that this day would finally come. livelihood.

Keiko Nakajima was so upset that Lin Ning left her without paying attention, until Jiro Nakajima came back from school and called her, and she came back to her senses. Facing the young son with a concerned face, Keiko Nakajima was in a state of panic for a long time. No words came out.

·

After Lin Ning got the sketch, he got on the train back to Tokyo without stopping.As soon as she got in the car, the White Queen told her that the three fake policemen, the three thieves who deliberately robbed the museum exhibits, had been caught, and James Blake was unharmed except for the finger he injured for leaving a reminder.When he was still in the Metropolitan Police Department to make a catalog for him, he took advantage of the chaos and got in the car of Shuichi Akai who came later and left, avoiding the record.

Lin Ning raised his eyebrows.

Before the White Queen could talk about the details, Lin Ning's cell phone rang, and it was Conan calling.

Lin Ning picked it up: "Jun Kawashima."

Conan came to send information: "It's me. I saw that passenger named Akai Shuichi, or twice. Once outside the circus show show, and once when we tracked down and kidnapped Mr. James. Oh, By the way, Mr. James’ full name is James Black, and we met outside the circus show.” At that time, after Conan suspected that James Black was involved in some incident, he began to speculate on what P, & and A were mean.After some reasoning, Conan finally figured out what this prompt is, that is, & in English means AND, which is combined with P and A to form Panda, which is a panda, and in this scene the panda represents the police car.

The color of the police car is white and black, and the Japanese police will call the police car a panda.In addition, James Blake grew up in London. In the past, the body of British police cars was also painted black and white. That was the first police car named Panda introduced in the police station in the summer of 1965.A police car is equal to a panda, which has already taken root in the hearts of the British. There is also a saying of a panda car in the English dictionary, but this kind of saying is mostly used by elderly people.

Lin Ning: "Mr. Black."

Conan: "Huh?"

Lin Ning: "I mean the correct way of addressing you."

Conan: "...Don't pay attention to the small details. The focus of my discussion with you is the one named Shuichi Akai. He is on the list of the four members of the black organization that we suspect. Appeared around us, I thought he was suspicious."

Lin Ning asked, "Is he wearing all black?"

Conan thought for a while and said, "It seems there is. Wait, are you asking me seriously?"

Lin Ning said without any ups and downs, "Ah, you found out."

Conan: "..."

Lin Ning: "James Black."

Conan cheered up: "What? Have you noticed the meaning of his name? I mean Black is black, James is the name of Professor Moriarty, and James, no, Mr. Black was born on Baker Street , the street where Sherlock Holmes lived, but I don't think there's anything wrong with him, he looks quite amiable."

Lin Ning stated unceremoniously: "He is a senior agent of the FBI." James Black is a senior FBI agent, so of course Lin Ning, the former FBI, must know him.

Conan: "...!"

Conan subconsciously touched his slightly hot face, not like this, but after Lin Ning said this, Conan remembered the subtle disharmony: "Speaking of which, we stopped the police car used by the robbers. Later, Criminal Sato wanted to ask him to take a record, but he couldn't be found in a blink of an eye. According to the situation at the time, he may have been hindered by the fact that his FBI identity was not easy to expose, and someone should have driven him away at that time , Speaking of which, he mentioned before that he came to meet a friend. Another thing, his rented car was parked in the parking lot, and the robbers disguised themselves as policemen and asked him to go to the alley opposite the parking lot However, he was able to leave hints in the police car surrounded by the two robbers, indicating that he might have seen that it was a fake policeman early on. If this is the case, then his mind is very clear. Wait, Do you think that Shuichi Akai is the friend he mentioned? After knowing the identity of Mr. Black, I think it is very possible."

At this time, Conan remembered Lin Ning's former FBI status, and asked bluntly: "Then do you remember that there is an FBI named Shuichi Akai?"

He realized it was wrong after asking, "I withdraw this question, if you knew you would have said it yesterday." He didn't know that he was telling the truth this time.

Lin Ning said without any flaws: "It seems that you are good at putting an afterthought."

Conan: "...Hello!"