Conan: Goodbye, Brewery, I'm running away

"Sister Akikawa, who does the person from behind in this photo look like?" Conan said in a low voice.

Looking carefully at the photos in the camera, these are not photos taken on the spot by Kogoro Mori. They look a bit like photos taken by Sanyutei Ki himself in his bedroom.

Sanyutei Ju's room is on the same side as Maori Kogoro and the others, and the balcony also faces the villa courtyard, so this photo was also taken inside the courtyard.

"This angle..." Akikawa Sarana recalled carefully, "Is this the position of the damaged camera No. 3?"

When the photo is enlarged, there is a blurry figure in it. The face cannot be seen clearly due to the angle, but it is definitely a female.

Akikawa Sarana looked at the watermark time on the photo in the camera again. It was 2:20 in the morning.

"Are there any other clues?" Akikawa Sarana asked Conan in a low voice.

Conan shook his head. He hadn't connected the rest of the things yet, so there was no point in saying anything now.

Seeing that he had no other clues, Akikawa Sarana turned to look at the three people not far away, "Toru, Mr. Mori, there are clues in the camera."

Akikawa Sarina had said before that she had asked them about looking through the camera, so Mouri Kogoro did not express any dissatisfaction and was happy about finding new clues.

"Here, after zooming in, it should be a person." Akikawa Sarina handed the camera to Amuro Toru who walked beside him, and pointed to the photo in the camera.

The photo she showed to Toru Amuro was not enlarged. The figure was only the size of a black dot. Compared with the environment around the black dot, the figure was like an ink dot on white paper.

Toru Amuro immediately noticed the time and angle of the photo, and then he enlarged the photo and confirmed that it was a female figure.

He handed the camera to Kogoro Mori.

Hattori Heiji, who also saw the figure in the camera, raised his hand and turned his hat. "When they mentioned the timeline just now, none of them mentioned going to the villa yard."

Not only that, the two most suspicious people did not even admit to leaving the room.

Toru Amuro spoke first: "Mr. Maori, I'm going to ask Mr. Sanyou about the photo."

Maori Kogoro naturally would not refuse, he nodded, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Amuro."

"I'll investigate the villa again. Such a big villa..." Hattori Heiji pressed down the brim of his hat and picked up Conan who had quietly left Akikawa Sarina and stood next to him, "Leave this kid Conan to me."

Maori Kogoro glanced at the grinning Conan and said, "Just don't make any trouble, the two of you."

He took out his phone and took a look at it. Seeing that there was still no signal, he sighed helplessly, "The snow has stopped. I hope the organizers will call the police when they see the broken bridge when they come."

Amuro Toru smiled and said, "It's okay. When the snow stops, we'll go to the broken bridge and make a mark for them to call the police."

"Don't worry Mr. Maori."

Seeing that Maori Kogoro was worried, Akikawa Sarana took the initiative to speak for the first time, "I told Hagiwara before that I would share the photos of this outing with them last night."

Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up when he heard this. "They found that they couldn't contact you, Miss Akikawa. With the sharpness of Officer Hagiwara and the others, they will definitely realize that something is wrong..."

Then Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief, "This way we can rest assured. Officer Hagiwara and the others must know that it's snowing heavily here. They may have already started preparing to rescue us."

Yesterday, the housekeeper Mr. Kitajima said that the organizer would come, but none of them knew when the other party would come, or how many people would be left alive by the time the organizer realized something was wrong and came here.

These are the things that Kogoro Mouri is worried about. Even he has already noticed that there is something abnormal about those people, and the murderer is likely to continue committing crimes.

So in Kogoro Mori's mind, the sooner the police know the news, the better.

"Yeah, that's great." Hattori Heiji also laughed, as if he had never known that Akikawa Sarana and Amuro Toru were members of a criminal organization, and had never speculated about their identities.

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Akikawa Sarana did not go with Amuro Toru to see Sanyutei Itsuki, but went alone to the room on the top floor of the villa where Amuro Toru found the Thorn Crow last night.

When she went upstairs, she received messages from Vermouth and Tomoko. Akikawa Sarina chose to read Vermouth's message first, and after reading it, she replied to Vermouth with an "OK".

Then she opened the email sent to her by Tongzi, which contained the intelligence information that Tongzi could find at this stage regarding Chizuru Kokubo and Mika Nishikawa.

Meanwhile, the restaurant on the first floor.

After everyone else left, Kogoro Mouri planned to go back to the scene to check if there were any missed clues, but he was stopped by the maid Chizuru Kokubo.

Chizuru Kokubo showed some hesitation on her face, "Mr. Mori."

Maori Kogoro looked at the hesitant person in front of him. His intuition told him that what Chizuru Kokubo wanted to tell him was very important. "What's the matter, Ms. Kokubo?"

Chizuru Kokubo tightened her grip on her apron, as if she had finally made up her mind. She took a deep breath and whispered, "That's right, Mr. Mori..."

[You mean you found out that someone had tampered with Nishikawa Mika's information while checking the information?] After quickly reading the information, Akikawa Sarana put her phone back in her pocket and communicated with Tomoko in her mind.

[That’s right, and the method used to hide the data is exactly the same as the organization’s usual method, so the data that has been destroyed cannot be recovered.]

[It doesn't matter. What you found is enough. ]

Akikawa Sarina continued to go upstairs, "Finding evidence and catching the murderer is the job of the police and detectives, not my job. 】

Her mission was the shadow.

Inside the restaurant, since the conversation had already begun, Kokubo didn’t hesitate like before, “I slept lightly last night because I was worried that Mika would see Mr. Yokoyama’s body.

It was around 2am when I heard some rustling noises. I thought it was the criminal, but when I wanted to call out to Mei Xiang, I realized that the source of the noise was Mei Xiang.

After hearing what she said, Kogoro Mouri, who had some guesses in his mind, looked serious. He did not interrupt Chizuru Kokubo, but motioned for her to continue.

"After I found out it was Mika, I gave up my original idea and chose to pretend to sleep."

Having said this, Maori Kogoro knew what happened next by looking at her expression, "She left after confirming that you were still asleep."

Chizuru Kokubo nodded repeatedly, "Yes. However, I was worried that Mika would find out that I didn't go out with her. But I looked at the time she came back, it was 3:35. Moreover, I felt that when she came back, she was cold all over, as if she had come back from outside."

She had been in the warm room and clearly felt the coldness on Mika's body at that time.

Maori Kogoro looked serious, "Ms. Kokubo, can you confirm this?"

Now that she had said it, Kokubo would no longer be timid. She nodded solemnly to Maori Kogoro, "I can be sure that I can be responsible for what I said."

She hesitated before because Mika Nishikawa was half her friend, but out of suspicion of Mika Nishikawa's behavior, after some hesitation, she decided to tell Kogoro Mori the truth she knew.

"okay, I get it."

Maori Kogoro thought for a moment, and then told Kokubo: "Miss Kokubo, keep what you told me confidential for the time being. Don't tell anyone else. From now on, just pretend you don't know anything about it."

"I see, Mr. Maori."

"Where is Miss Nishikawa now?" Kogoro Mori asked again.

"She was called by Mr. Kitajima to go to the warehouse to help pick out ingredients for lunch."

Mika Kokubo looked outside the door worriedly. If Mika wasn't there, she wouldn't dare to go directly to Mr. Mori like this.

Hearing that Nishikawa Mika was not there, Maori Kogoro reminded again: "Okay, then Miss Kokubo, go and do what you need to do first. If you feel any danger, come to me or Amuro and the others as soon as possible."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Mori." Chizuru Okubo said seriously.

Maori Kogoro shook his head and said, "Ms. Kokubo, you are too polite. I should be the one thanking you for providing the important clue."

On the top floor, Akikawa Sarana had already arrived at the door of the room according to the location that Amuro Toru had told her before.

She didn't do anything sneaky, she was as open as if she was back home. She put her hand on the door handle and turned it lightly to open the door.

This so-called study only has two bookshelves and a table. There are no windows or balconies. It is like a completely enclosed space. The whole room depends entirely on lights for light.

At this time, all the lights in the study were on, as if they were waiting for Akikawa Sarana to arrive.

Akikawa Sarana, who had scanned the entire room through the third-person perspective of the system monitoring at the door, did not hesitate. She opened the door and went directly into the room, and then closed the door behind her.

"You don't look like what the rumors say." Akikawa Sarina's familiar voice came from behind a bookshelf.

As the voice was heard, Kitajima Koichi also walked out from behind the bookshelf. He no longer had the gentlemanly and distant smile he had when facing everyone. Instead, there was a hint of gentleness and closeness that made Akikawa Sarina feel a little suspicious.

Akikawa Sarina didn't say anything, but looked Kitajima Koichi up and down.

Kitajima Koichi also let Akikawa Sarina observe him, "You are as bold as your mother."

"Sure enough, the person you know is her."

Akikawa Sarana took off the mask on her face and walked straight to the only chair in the room. When she passed by Kitajima Koichi, she sat down on the chair without any pause.

"Although there are many codename members in the organization who have seen my true face, it's actually not that many. You can recognize me directly..."

Akikawa Sarana crossed her legs and tapped the thorn crow pattern on the table with her gloved fingers. "Did you recognize me based on her appearance?"

Kitajima Yukikazu also turned around and faced Akikawa Sarina following her movements. He was obviously much more relaxed when he saw that she took off her mask and her voice returned to normal, no longer having the stuffy nose she had after catching a cold.

Hearing Akikawa Sarina's words again, he smiled and replied, "Not entirely, and I have only seen you when you were 14 years old."

Hearing him say this, Akikawa Sarana paused, "No wonder you were so sure and let him see this directly."

She tapped the thorn crow twice again.

"Are you talking about Bourbon?" Kitajima Yuki's smile faded a little when he mentioned Bourbon, but only for a moment, and then he returned to his previous amiability.

"Have you seen Bourbon too?" There was no change on Akikawa Sarana's face, and she even controlled her heartbeat at a specific rhythm.

"I haven't seen him." Kitajima Yukichi shook his head slightly. "However, it is widely rumored in the organization that you and Bourbon are together, so the person who appears next to you and is so close to you can only be Bourbon."

Seeing his tone, which was kinder than when Karasuma Renya spoke to her, and the hidden dissatisfaction when he mentioned Bourbon, Akikawa Sarana narrowed her eyes, "What is your relationship with my mother?"

[Could this guy have some kind of bloody love-hate relationship with my mother? If my mother were still alive, he would be about the same age as my mother.] Akikawa Sarina complained to Tomoko in her heart.

[Is it really possible?] Natsuho Niino, who was with Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda, pretended to be looking up information, but in fact she was completely immersed in the conversation between Sarina Akikawa and Koichi Kitajima.

When Kitajima Yuki heard her ask this question, his smile turned a little bitter, "As expected of you, you hit the nail on the head."

He looked at Akikawa Sarana with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, "Before your father, I was a partner with your mother for a long time, and she once saved my life."

"Do you like her?" Akikawa Sarina didn't have any shyness in discussing the feelings of her elders, and her face remained cold and expressionless.

"I don't like it."

Unexpectedly, Kitajima Koichi shook his head and said, "He is my lifesaver."

Akikawa Sarana didn't say anything, she looked like she was thinking, smacking her tongue in her heart, "He's just a lifesaver, it seems I've read too much nonsense. 】

It's no wonder she made a mistake. This person's eyes lit up when he mentioned her mother...

But then again, when she was 14...

Akikawa Sarina recalled what happened back then, "After the rebirth experiment was over, was it you who caused Rum's surveillance of me to go awry?"