The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Chapter 1074 More money is needed...

Qin Zhibo jumped off the plane with Conan in his arms and ran quickly toward the outer perimeter of the airport under the cover of night.

After a while, a luggage tractor drove along the runway towards the plane that had just landed.

However, the person sitting in the tractor-trailer was not an airport employee, but a man wearing a red suit.

Conan looked back in Qin Zhibo's arms. The man's appearance immediately reminded him of the voice that had just appeared on the wireless intercom.

"Lupine the Third?"

"should be……"

Qin Zhibo also stopped and took a closer look.

But at this time, the man in red in the tractor seemed to be sensing something and cast his gaze this way.

Qin Zhibo immediately lowered his body and crouched on the grass, blending into the night.

The man in red just glanced here one more time, then looked away, and jumped from the lowered gangway to board the plane.

Conan looked at the man's back, still feeling a little worried.

Although Lupine III seems to be in the same group as Mine Fujiko and should not harm Mine Fujiko's entrusted target, this person is a thief from a parallel world after all, and no one knows what kind of person he is.

How could he not be worried about leaving Princess Mira in the hands of a monster thief and a female thief?

Especially Mira looks so much like Mao Lilan...

Qin Zhibo lowered his head and glanced at Conan, knowing that Conan was worried.

In order not to affect the world line, Qin Zhibo had already proposed the best solution to Princess Mira before leaving, which was to continue to follow Fujiko Mine.

Someone in the palace wants to kill the princess. It would be dangerous if someone calls the police and gets the news first.

Although Fujiko Mine is a bad woman, she at least takes money to do things, so it would be safer to stay with her.

At the moment, their primary goal is to study how to return to the original world, rather than truly becoming the "big-headed son and small-headed father detective combination" of this world.

"Okay, let's evacuate as soon as possible..."

…

On the plane, Princess Mira looked at the unconscious Fujiko Mine and didn't know what to do next.

If you call the police, you will undoubtedly be taken back to the palace by the police, back to the place you least want to go back to.

And that man allowed himself to follow her...

Just when Mira was confused about what to do next, a figure quietly boarded the plane from the cabin door, making a noise like a monkey.

"Yoho~ Fujiko~"

"I'm here!"

A lanky man with a monkey-like face rushed into the cabin quickly, scaring Mira so much that she took half a step back.

"Who are you?"

Mira's voice trembled a little. The sudden intrusion of this unknown man reminded her of her experience of being chased by a killer last night.

"Huh?" The man looked directly into Mira's eyes, and after just a slight distinction, he said, "You are the princess of this country, right?"

Mira was shocked, "Do you know me?"

"Well, you and your mother have very similar eyes..."

The man passed by Mira and went straight to Fujiko Mine, checking his breathing and pulse one by one.

"Do you know the Queen Mother?" Mira turned around and asked the man's back.

"We had a chance encounter decades ago, and he is considered an old acquaintance of the Queen..."

"Decades? Then who are you?" There was a hint of surprise in Mira's eyes. This man didn't look that old.

"Lupin..." After the man checked and confirmed that Fujiko Mine was still alive, the heavyness in his eyes relaxed a little, and he turned around with a smile.

"Lupine the Third."

"Lupine? III?" Princess Mira frowned. The Vespagna royal family should not have any relatives with this surname.

Lupine III didn't care about Mira's doubts, and asked while holding the unconscious Princess Fujiko Mine in his arms.

"How did this woman get like this?"

Mira hesitated for a moment and briefly described what happened.

When he heard that it was a man who took advantage of the trick and knocked Mine Fujiko unconscious, Lupine III inevitably had a surprised expression on his face.

Is there a man in this world who can match Fujiko Mine?

It's really not simple...

"Did that man leave any identity information?" Lupine III asked again.

Mira shook her head now.

Lupine III stopped delving into it and walked out of the cabin with Fujiko Mine's body in his arms.

When they arrived at the hatch, they saw Mira still stunned.

"What? Aren't you going to leave with me?"

"Me?" Mira was surprised, "Why should I leave with you?"

Lupine III smiled slightly, "Your country is undergoing a power transition. For your personal safety, it is safer to stay with me..."

"Of course, this choice lies with you, Your Highness Princess."

Mira's face remained alert, and she was also thinking in her heart.

The man who got off the plane just now told him to follow Fujiko Mine, but now that Fujiko Mine has been taken away by this man named "Lupine III", can he also trust him?

And it sounds like he is an old friend of his mother...

"Okay, I'll go with you."

After thinking about it, Mira decided to follow the other party first.

"Hehe~ That's right." Lupine III gave a somewhat naughty smile and kicked the carpet under his feet with his leather shoes.

"Then please help me, Miss, to carry the suitcase inside. My hands are not enough just to hold the beauty..."

The place Lupine III pointed to was the place where the parachute was placed, and it was also where Fujiko Mine hid her luggage.

Mira was a little surprised, "How did you know there was something here?"

"Of course~" Luban III showed a rather confident expression, "Fuerko and I have been old partners for many years!"

In fact, this is Mine Fujiko's usual trick. He puts all his important luggage in a place with a parachute bag to make it easier to run away.

No one else knew about this, but he, Lupine the Third, had been fooled by Fujiko's trick more than once.

But after a second thought, Lupine III realized something was wrong.

"Then how did you know?"

Mira answered matter-of-factly, "It's the father and son just now..."

As soon as Mira opened her mouth, she immediately realized that something was wrong, and she had revealed the identity of the father and son just now.

"Father and son?"

Lupine the Third rolled his eyes, but he didn't expect Fujiko Mine to fall into the hands of a "father and son" this time.

Are there any peers of the father-and-son duo in the arena?

Is it Kaitou Kidd?

But Kaitou Kidri's "father"...

Forget it, let’s withdraw first.

Under the command of Lupine III, Mira reluctantly took on the responsibility of a baggage carrier and carried Fujiko Mine's suitcase.

The three of them took a luggage tractor together and drove away from the airport.

…

Qin Zhibo and Conan climbed out of the airport wall, came to the road, took a taxi and went straight to the city center.

U.S. dollars are accepted here, and with the two wads of bills I got from Fujiko Mine, I don't need to worry about money in a short time.

Arriving at the city center, Qin Zhibo felt very tired and booked a hotel with Conan first.

After the room was booked, the hungry duo went to the streets to find food and get acquainted with the overall environment of the country.

Walking on the street, Qin Zhibo found that the overall architectural style here tended to be that of some countries in the Eurasian plate.

Although Vespania is a small country, its capital is quite well-constructed. It does not have the high-rise buildings and steel jungles of developed cities, but it has a lot more exotic charm.

Arabesque wallpaper, Byzantine-style architecture, European carved furniture...

But this does not mean that it is backward. On the contrary, people here live a prosperous life, and even the street vendors always have smiles on their faces.

But the strangest thing is that...all the citizens of this country speak Japanese.

In an Asian and European country, everyone speaks Japanese, which inevitably makes people feel awkward.

Qin Zhibo and Conan found a restaurant on the street, which only provided Western food, but fortunately the food was not as big as some traditional high-end Western restaurants.

There were no outsiders here, and Conan was able to take off the brown paper bag and eat skillfully with a knife and fork.

When the two of them were full of wine and food, Qin Zhibo called the waiter to pay the bill.

"Your bill totals 6,700 Queen's dollars."

"Can US dollars be used?"

"Of course, if converted into U.S. dollars... it is 47 U.S. dollars."

Qin Zhibo took out a US dollar bill with a face value of 100$ and handed it to the waiter.

"Wait a minute, I'll give you change."

While waiting for the waiter to go to the front desk to find money, Qin Zhibo turned to look at Conan again.

"Are you full, son?"

Conan was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Well..."

"But let's talk about it, can you not call me son?"

"What's wrong? Don't I look like your father to outsiders?" Qin Zhibo asked matter-of-factly.

Conan: "..."

"It's not a matter of likeness or dissimilarity, it's..."

Conan thought for a moment and realized that he was his "son". He had already told him on the plane, so there was no use changing his words now.

"Forget it, you can say whatever you want."

Anyway, I will leave this world soon, and I don’t care what I call this time.

"Hey, good son~"

Qin Zhibo put his hand on Conan's head opposite him and rubbed his head affectionately. Conan was still unable to refute.

Just then, the waiter came back with the change and the printed bill.

"Here are your bills and change, please keep them."

Just as the waiter was about to turn around and leave, Qin Zhibo stopped him.

"Wait a moment……"

"Do you have any other orders?"

"That's right, I want to ask you about one thing, that is, the Visbania ore field was attacked last night. What is the specific situation at that place? Can you tell me about it?"

The waiter's eyebrows trembled, and he looked at Qin Zhibo's foreign face, with a serious expression on his face.

"This is not something we ordinary people can know..."

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and picked up the change he had just changed with his two fingers. It was a 5$ bill.

"I forgot to tell you, as long as you can tell me some news, I can also provide some tips..."

The waiter looked at the fluttering 5$ card, his eyes brightened, but his words remained unmoved.

"You are joking, how could those messages come from us civilians..."

Before Qin Zhibo could finish speaking, he picked up another 10$ bill.

“You don’t need accurate information, just a little bit of gossip is fine~”

"I won't let you speak in vain, and no one will know what you said, just think that you are a tour guide for foreign tourists..."

Qin Zhibo's few words were like the whispers of a devil, infinitely minimizing the consequences of this incident, causing the waiter's behavior to gradually change.

He looked greedily at the other change in Qin Zhibo's hand, took out a small book in his hand and pretended to order food for the guests, but in fact he made an extremely low voice from the bottom of his throat and negotiated with Qin Zhibo.

"Well, cough, cough...you have to pay more..."

Conan, who was watching next to him, was stunned by the sound of "add money."

Is this okay?

Who are these people?

Qin Zhibo snorted and was not annoyed by the other party's greed. Instead, he put all the change he had found in the waiter's notebook.

With a snap, the waiter closed his small notebook at the speed of light and put it into his trouser pocket.

While pretending to clear the tableware, he whispered the information.

"It is said that the place was a natural mine discovered after an earthquake occurred not long ago. Officials went to check it out..."

"Judging from the path of the military vehicle, it seems to be in the nature reserve northeast of the capital..."

"I haven't heard much about the people who attacked the mine yesterday. It seems like there were only two people..."

"The army even used planes and artillery, but they couldn't catch those two people..."

After saying that, the waiter took the arranged tableware and turned around neatly and left.

After hearing these gossips, Qin Zhibo put his hands on the table with his fingers crossed, and he was also making calculations in his mind.

Earthquake + natural mine, this is very similar to Mi-Go's approach.

The only disadvantage of the seismic mining machine used in Mi-Go mining is that it causes earthquakes during mining.

In Japan, a country prone to earthquakes, some less serious earthquakes obviously do not attract much attention.

But Vespania is different. The earthquake caused by mining caused the entire mine to be discovered by a human exploration team.

Coupled with the discovery that the ore can shield radar detection, this mine will naturally receive unprecedented attention and be strictly protected by the military.

However, two "people" were able to escape from the army's tight defense...

Is that still a "person"?

Qin Zhibo had some suspicions, but there was no conclusive evidence.

But with the approximate location of the mine, I can go and check it out tomorrow.

As for not setting off tonight, it’s because I’m just too tired today.

…

When Conan heard this information, he didn't make too many connections, but he was interested in Qin Zhibo's method of asking for information just now.

Using money to induce insiders to reveal information is a common method used by Holmes.

Sometimes it only takes a small amount of money to get many low-level people who know the intelligence to reveal key information.

However, those people Holmes questioned often did not know how critical the information they provided was to the case, and were only motivated by immediate interests.

But the waiter just now clearly knew that he was betraying his country by revealing his country's information to foreigners.

But he did it anyway...

Conan shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but sigh that the world was deteriorating, and "Japs" were everywhere.