The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

This is...

Bai Ma Tan rubbed his fingers, put the liquid in front of his nose, and immediately smelled the blood in it.

It's blood!

Bai Ma Tan first subconsciously glanced around, and did not see any sharp protrusions or traps on the ground.

Suddenly, he realized something in his mind, and his eyes suddenly changed.

Squeak--

At this time, a figure had quietly stood out from the shadow behind the door of the room.

Although the owner of the figure moved very weakly, the floor of the room was too old and still made a sound.

Bai Ma Tan's ears trembled, and his head slowly turned back, trying to peek at the other person's appearance.

However, the man was in a dark position, and he could only see that the man was holding a pistol in his hand and pointing it at himself.

At this moment, Bai Ma Tan's nerves were extremely tense.

However, he still forced himself to calm down and said calmly: "If my reasoning is correct, you should be sent by the descendants of the owner of this manor?"

"Do you feel that someone is investigating..."

The owner of the figure did not reply, but slowly moved his steps and came to the range of the flashlight on the ground.

When the light dispersed the shadow, Bai Ma Tan saw the face of the person clearly.

What surprised him was that this person was actually a woman.

This woman wore round-framed glasses, had long golden hair and a beautiful face.

What surprised him even more was that this woman looked exactly like the suspect in the murder of Ingles at Blythe University.

Bai Ma Tan's pupils dilated, and he immediately realized that this person was the murderer of Ingles, Sera Elena.

Sera...

The last name of Spencer Lane's mother behind the photo just now was Sera.

This couldn't be just a coincidence, right?

At the moment of meeting, Bai Ma Tan thought a lot.

But now he had to find a way to get through the current difficulties, otherwise even if he knew more secrets, he would have to take them all to the grave.

Elena looked at Bai Ma Tan squatting on the ground with an expressionless face, the muzzle of the gun in her hand was aimed at the forehead of the young man, ready to pull the trigger at any time to take his life.

But she didn't do it immediately, but asked coldly: "Who else knows about this?"

Baima Tan: "What?"

Elena: "What you came here to investigate, and what you are investigating."

"Well..." Baima Tan groaned and replied: "Even if I tell you, will you let me go?"

Piu!

As soon as Baima Tan finished speaking, the bullet of the silencer pistol shot his forearm.

"Squeak~"

The pain that he had never felt before instantly stimulated Baima Tan's cerebral cortex. He clenched his teeth and his injured arm trembled slightly.

"Speaking out can at least save you some torture."

"If you have personally investigated the body of that man, you should know that I am very good at torturing people, right?"

Bai Ma Tan knew that the "man" in the woman's mouth was the astronomy researcher Ingels.

According to the autopsy report, Ingels suffered a certain degree of torture before his death.

And this woman also admitted in disguise that she was the murderer of Ingels.

Bai Ma Tan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he sneered twice, "Haha, then I really have to thank you for your 'kindness'..."

"But I have nothing to say to you."

Bai Ma Tan's tone suddenly became tough, not because he had thought of a way to survive.

On the contrary, he thought he was dead this time.

Although many people knew that he was investigating the castle and the manor, they didn't know that he came here directly tonight.

In order to get clues as soon as possible, he neither notified the local police for assistance nor notified anyone of his itinerary.

This was also the most surprising thing when Bai Ma Tan found out that he was found by the killer.

This is obviously a manor that has been abandoned for at least decades, and most of the things inside have been emptied. If he hadn't found the letters and photos left in the drawer, I'm afraid he wouldn't have found any valuable clues.

But even so, someone was still particularly vigilant about this matter, and even arranged someone to deal with the investigator.

What is the reason for this cautious attitude?

"Hmph, it seems you want to resist."

"Then it will be painful next..."

Elena also snorted coldly, with a cruel smile on her lips, and the muzzle of the gun gradually moved down, aiming at Bai Ma Tan's knee.

But just when she was about to pull the trigger, a cold voice sounded at the door.

"Elena, put the gun down."

The Bai Ma Tan and Elena looked in the direction of the voice at the same time, and there was another thin figure standing at the door just now.

However, this person did not intend to hide his identity and walked directly into the range of the flashlight.

In the dark room, the three people were in a situation of a mantis catching a cicada, while the oriole was behind.

And this "oriole" was still a woman, with short golden hair and a small curly hair hanging in the middle of her forehead, and a large frame.

The cold dark green eyes stared at Elena.

Bai Ma Tan was completely unfamiliar with this new woman.

Elena showed a slightly shocked look and murmured, "Mary..."

"Put down the gun, Elena." Akai Mary warned again, "I don't want to hurt you, but if you don't cooperate, I will..."

Under Mary's warning without any personal feelings, Elena had to raise her hands and throw the pistol on the floor next to her.

The pistol fell on the floor twice, making a hollow "clang clang" sound.

Mary still pointed the pistol at Elena who raised her hands, and said at the same time: "Masumi, come in and see the condition of the injured."

At this time, another person came in from the door, bypassed Mary and Elena, and took two steps at a time to come to Baima Tan.

"Hey, where are you injured?"

"Here, here..."

Baima Tan looked at the short-haired girl in front of him and slightly raised the arm that was shot.

Sera Masumi gently lifted the shot arm of Baima Tan and placed it on her thigh, then rolled up her sleeves for it, revealing the bloody wound underneath.

Then, she took out a bandage from her arms and quickly bandaged it.

Since Sera Masumi had learned bandaging techniques from Mary, her movements were very skillful.

Looking at the slightly familiar girl in front of him, Bai Ma Tan just couldn't remember where he had seen her.

However, seeing the other party bandaging him seriously, Bai Ma Tan's face was slightly ruddy.

While bandaging here, Mary also communicated with Elena.

"Elena, I heard that you died 17 years ago..."

"Really?" Elena responded frivolously, "Maybe it's just a rumor."

Seeing this, Mary didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "Who are you working for now?"

"What about Miyano Atsushi? Is he still alive?"

Facing Mary's question, Elena smiled lightly and still answered frivolously, "It's not about working for, it's just cooperation..."

"As for Miyano Atsushi... Who is this person you are talking about?"

Hearing this, Mary's eyes changed slightly, and her hands holding the pistol tightened.

Looking at Elena in front of her, although her appearance has hardly changed from Elena in her memory, as an older sister, she is increasingly unable to understand her younger sister.

Elena had a strange personality since she was young. She was taciturn and always looked gloomy.

For this reason, her parents took her to see a psychologist, but no mental illness was diagnosed in the end.

Later, as she grew older, Elena began to gradually become normal. Although she still spoke very little, she could at least communicate normally and listen to her family.

It was only when she was about to enter university that Elena had a serious disagreement with her family.

Elena's academic performance has always been very good. With her excellent grades at the time, she could choose Oxford or Cambridge.

But she hid it from everyone and chose the biomedical major at the University of Brychester.

Her parents were very angry about this. They rarely talked directly with Elena during college. It was Mary, the older sister, who acted as a liaison officer between the two sides.

Later, Elena fell in love with Atsushi Miyano, who came to the UK as an exchange student, and went to the United States with him despite the opposition of her family.

This time, Elena completely cut off contact with her parents at home, but Mary never gave up.

No matter what Elena did, she treated her as her irreplaceable sister.

Mary even attended the wedding of Atsushi Miyano and Elena without telling her parents.

Later, the Miyano couple went to Japan and joined a pharmaceutical company controlled by American capital.

25 years ago, the pharmaceutical company went bankrupt, and the Miyano couple opened a small clinic and lived a simple and peaceful life.

However, such a peaceful life did not last too long. As the Miyano couple decided to join the research institute under the Karasuma Group, the Miyano family seemed to have evaporated from the world.

17 years ago, Mary came to Japan for refuge due to the warning of Akai Tsutomu, and also investigated the whereabouts of the Miyano family, but there was no result.

It was not until recently that Mary got a definite clue from Qin Zhibo that the Miyano couple had been confirmed dead.

This made Mary think that everything had been settled, and the poor sister finally paid a painful price for her willfulness.

But what she never expected was that with the exposure of the suspect in the Ingalls case a few days ago, Mary saw the trace of "Elena" again.

Not only that, Mary also saw Elena with her own eyes during the operation to capture Vermouth.

This made Mary determined to find the truth again.

According to the clues of the license plate and body in her memory, she used the monitoring network built by MI6 and the super computing power of artificial intelligence Hiroki Sawada to find the trace of the Hummer that rescued Vermouth.

She went all the way north and chased to Shrewsbury just to confirm whether the current "Elena" is still the Elena before.

Or...

"Tell me, Elena."

"Has the Elena I know not existed since a long time ago?"

Although Mary's expression was firm, she couldn't help showing a hint of tenderness in her eyes when facing her own sister.

And Elena still raised her hands, with a smile on her face, and did not answer the question.

Masumi Sera, who had just finished bandaging Hakuba's arm, glanced at her mother, Mary, and then glanced at Elena.

Mom, aunt...

When Masumi Sera was in a daze, Mary saw that Masumi Sera had already finished bandaging, and urged her sternly, "Get out of here!"

"There is a high possibility that her accomplices are around here."

When entering the manor just now, Mary did not see the Hummer, but followed the surveillance to this road, and found that this place looked suspicious, so she decided to come in and take a look.

Hearing Mary's order, Sera Masumi stopped watching the excitement and prepared to work together with Baima Tan to carry the injured Afu out first.

But at this moment, there was a rustling sound at the window.

Then, the glass in the room shattered, and the lush bushes outside the window flashed with fire, and several bullets attacked at the same time.

"Be careful!"

Mary shouted, and quickly turned the gun to aim at the window.

Elena took the first moment when Mary turned the gun to run towards the door of the room and quickly disappeared in the dark corridor.

Baima Tan, who had just lifted half of Afu's body, subconsciously pounced on Sera Masumi.

Mary, relying on her many years of experience as an agent, evaded with tactical movements, and calmly fired back at the moment her body landed.

Although the bushes outside the window were too dense and dark, she had memorized the location of the shot the moment the muzzle flame flickered.

Pia, Pia, Pia!

After a few shots, there was no movement outside the window.

Mary pulled out a new magazine from her waist and replaced it. When she approached the window, she picked up the silenced pistol that Elena had discarded and took it in her hand.

She crouched down, carefully touched the wall by the window, and then counted three numbers in her heart.

3, 2, 1...

Suddenly, Mary appeared from the window, holding two pistols and firing at the bushes outside the window.

But after firing a few shots, she immediately stopped firing.

The enemy outside the window had already run away, and she heard the sound of a car engine starting in the manor.

"Humph..."

Mary snorted coldly and put away the pistol.

If she was young, she would definitely choose to chase.

But now, even if she is more experienced, she has not performed missions for many years, and her overall quality is definitely not as good as it was back then.

Besides, her daughter was still with her, so safety was the priority.

Otherwise, how could she explain to her father whose life or death was uncertain?

Mary turned her head and looked at the floor. At this time, Bai Ma Tan was still pressing Sera Masumi in a slightly indecent posture.

"Hey, the enemies are gone, you should get up too, right?" Sera Masumi said unhappily.

It was not that she didn't have the strength to push Bai Ma Tan away, but she also knew that Bai Ma Tan did this to save her, so she didn't want to treat him too roughly.

But after she said that, Bai Ma Tan didn't respond at all.

She was embarrassed at first, so she quickly tilted her head to look at Bai Ma Tan, but saw that the latter had closed his eyes.

Mary also noticed something wrong at this time, and quickly squatted down to check.

She realized that the bullet that was fired from the window just now hit Bai Ma Tan's back near his heart.