The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Looking at Kuroba Kaito walking to the side, Kudo Shinichi already had a guess in his heart.

It is estimated that the person is also in this small town now...

Although the purpose of the two people coming here is not clear for the time being, they should not come here simply for sightseeing, right?

At this time, Qin Zhibo was waiting in the restaurant, and the phone on the table suddenly vibrated.

He picked up the phone, and Kuroba Kaito on the other side told him what he knew.

Qin Zhibo was very surprised to hear that Mao Li Ran was kidnapped, and the kidnapper explicitly asked Kudo Shinichi to come here.

"Uncle, I am a little worried that the kidnapper of the horned girl may be from the Beast Brotherhood?"

"In that reincarnation prophecy, it is mentioned that the resurrection of the Black Pharaoh requires not only gems, but also a human reincarnation..."

"If that girl is the reincarnation..."

The guess raised by Kuroba Kaito is exactly what Qin Zhibo is worried about.

Although Mao Li Ran is easy to win the lottery, it is really suspicious that the kidnapper does not ask for money when she was kidnapped at such a sensitive time.

But if Mao Lilan is a reincarnation, why did she specify Kudo Shinichi?

"It is indeed possible..."

"The signal of the gem has been around Wiltshire for a few hours, which means that the other party's final destination should be somewhere in the county."

"Now you can only follow Kudo Shinichi, and tell me at any time if there is any situation."

Qin Zhibo still believes that with Conan's ability, he will find a way to rescue Mao Lilan.

For this reason, if the zoo organization is really the one who kidnapped Mao Lilan, there will be a chance to see the other party's complete plan in advance.

After all, it is not a solution to be led by the unstable gem signal.

Damn, if the locating spell can be used...

Qin Zhibo tried the locating spell last night, but the effect was very poor and it was in an unusable state.

After all, there are many similar things like gems, whether real or fake, they look the same in appearance.

In addition, he felt that the "Scarlet Tears" itself was also like a shield, rejecting the search of the locating spell.

This is normal. Otherwise, if they could find it directly by using divination, the zoo organization would not have to hide until today.

…

At Qin Zhibo's instruction, Kuroba Kaito took the phone and returned to Kudo Shinichi.

"My boss agreed~"

"Let me help you rescue your girlfriend!"

Kuroba Kaito patted Kudo Shinichi's shoulder very familiarly, and the two seemed to be old friends who had not seen each other for a long time.

Especially the similar Asian faces of the two, which made passers-by cast surprised eyes.

Looking at Kuroba Kaito's familiar appearance, although Kudo Shinichi looked disgusted, he didn't know why in his heart, he didn't dislike the other's behavior.

The two returned to the parking lot outside Salisbury and prepared to return to Dr. Agasa's car to discuss the next thing.

When passing by the parking lot, Kudo Shinichi glanced at the many vehicles in the parking lot and guessed that one of them should be the car of Kuroba Kaito and his companions.

Because according to the passport, Kuroba Kaito is not old enough to drive, so he must be accompanied by an adult.

This person is likely to be Michael. As long as he stays here, that person will definitely appear...

As soon as this thought came to Kudo Shinichi's mind, he immediately took it back.

Although this may be the closest time to Michael's true identity, rescuing Xiaolan is the most important thing.

So, Kudo Shinichi can only honestly take Kuroba Kaito back to Dr. Agasa's car.

Dr. Agasa, who was sitting in the front driver's seat, saw two identical Kudo Shinichis walking out of the car window, and he was stunned.

He stared at the two of them in a daze until they walked to the side of his car.

Kudo Shinichi took the initiative to sit in the front passenger seat, while Kuroba Kaito sat in the back seat.

"Shinichi, this is..."

"Doctor, you have seen Kuroba Kaito." Kudo Shinichi briefly introduced.

Dr. Agasa was stunned, and then he remembered that there was another boy in the world who looked almost the same as Kudo Shinichi.

"You..."

Dr. Agasa wanted to ask how they met, and this time it was Kuroba Kaito who took the initiative to answer.

"I was traveling here and happened to meet this famous detective..."

"I heard that you were in trouble. I just happened to have some time, and with the invitation of this famous detective, I came to help you~"

Facing Kuroba Kaito with a frivolous tone, Dr. Agasa turned his head and looked at Kudo Shinichi.

After getting a positive look from Kudo Shinichi, Dr. Agasa was relieved.

When he was about to speak, a phone rang with a vibrating buzzing sound.

Kudo Shinichi and Dr. Agasa's pupils trembled, and the former quickly took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

It was Ran Mouri's mobile phone that rang.

He picked up the phone, and the familiar voice changer sounded on the other side.

"Have you arrived in Wiltshire?"

"Yes."

"Come to the entrance of the highway on the north side of the town. There is a black van parked there. Get in directly."

The kidnapper changed the subject and said sternly: "Don't play tricks, otherwise..."

The voice on the phone suddenly paused, and the next second, a familiar voice sounded on the phone.

"Shinichi, don't come over!"

"Xiaolan!"

Kudo Shinichi immediately recognized that the voice belonged to Xiaolan, and was about to say a few more words, but the microphone was controlled by the voice of the voice changer again.

"come quickly……"

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone again.

When he heard the call was hung up, an angry Kudo Shinichi punched the center console in front of him.

hateful!

Mao Lilan's heart-rending scream just now made Kudo Shin lose his cool in an instant.

Now, he wanted to wedge the football in the kidnapper's face.

It's a pity that after his body grew bigger, the Conan version of the foot-strength-enhancing shoes invented by Dr. Ari could no longer fit into his normal feet.

"Shinichi, what should we do now?" Dr. Ali asked softly.

Kudo Shinichi, who regained his composure, also gave his answer.

"The only way now is to do what the other party says..."

Hearing this, Dr. Ali couldn't help but have a worried look on his face.

If he fully complies with the kidnapper's request, Kudo Shinichi himself will become the other party's hostage.

At this time, Kudo Shinichi continued to analyze: "Our side is not completely at a disadvantage now, as long as we have the high technology invented by the doctor..."

Soon, Kudo Shinichi took out all the equipment that Conan had changed his identity from.

Among them, prisoner tracking glasses are the top priority.

Only this time, the prisoner tracking glasses were not tracking the prisoner, but Kudo Shinichi himself.

By wearing a signal transmitter and a pocket bug, Kudo Shinichi can let Dr. Agasa and Kuroba Kaito in the car know the movements and situation in real time.

Kudo Shinichi hid these two things on his body, got out of the car and went to the location requested by the kidnapper to go to the appointment alone.

…

After passing through the town area of ​​Salisbury, Kudo Shinichi arrived alone on the road on the north side of the town.

I saw a black van parked on the side of the road at the entrance of the highway.

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath and walked over there with a solemn expression.

When he came to the back door of the van, he reached out and knocked on the door.

The door opened immediately, and two people wearing brown trench coats were sitting on the seats on both sides of the van.

Kudo Shinichi was stunned when he saw the faces of these two people.

Because judging from their faces, both of them are Asian.

The two people got out of the car and searched Kudo Shinichi.

This made Kudo Shinichi feel nervous.

Fortunately, the signal transmitter and button-type pocket bugging device invented by Dr. Ali were both cutting-edge technologies. The two fumbled around and found nothing unusual.

"Get in the car."

After a body search, Kudo Shinichi was taken into the car.

When the door is closed, the small ceiling light in the car turns on, which is the only dim light source in the car.

Since he couldn't see what was going on outside, Kudo Shinichi could only feel the car starting slowly and getting faster and faster.

This made him secretly glad that thanks to Dr. A Li's invention.

Otherwise, I would not know where I was taken in this way.

He sat on the seat on the side of the van and looked at the two people opposite. They didn't look like kidnappers making phone calls. They were probably just underlings running errands.

However, in order to probe for information, he still asked: "Where is Xiaolan now?"

A person sitting opposite replied: "You will know when you get there..."

"Now, shut up."

As he said that, the other party took out a pistol and put it on his knee, pointing the gun at Kudo Shinichi.

This made Kudo Shinichi look heavy and could only remain silent.

Now he can only hope that people outside can track the location.

At the same time, Dr. Ali was driving in a white car 5 kilometers behind the black van.

Since Dr. Agasa is short-sighted and cannot take off his glasses, the task of using the prisoner's glasses to indicate the direction is left to Kuroba Kaito.

In the passenger seat, Kuroba Kaito stared at the translucent light screen in front of him.

Taking the green dot in the middle as the center of the concentric circles, a moving green dot in the northwest is the tracking target.

Judging from the distance marked on the coordinate system, the longest tracking distance of this black technology is 20km.

This invention is amazing...

Kuroba Kaito secretly marveled, if this thing was installed on himself as Kaitou Kidd, and he didn't discover it in time, he might really be in trouble.

After all, sometimes, the place where he took the gems was quite close to Kuroba's house.

The two of them followed the little green dot ahead from a distance.

During this period, in order to save the power of the glasses, Kuroba Kaito would turn on the tracking function every ten minutes to confirm that the position was not lost.

This tracking lasted for more than two hours, and then the green dot in front stopped moving.

Kuroba Kaito asked Dr. Agasa to follow him and stop the car, while reviewing the entire route in his mind.

Although the car drove for a long time, Kuroba Kaito discovered based on his extremely keen sense of direction that the car was not driving in a straight line.

Instead, it made a huge circle on the map.

Kuroba Kaito marked his current location on the map, which was actually 6 kilometers north of Salisbury.

At the same time, Kudo Shinichi also felt the car stop shaking.

The dull air and the smell of gasoline emitting from the car almost made his brain fall into coma several times.

Fortunately, when the back door of the car was opened, the smell was diluted by a relatively sober smell.

"Get out of the car."

Kudo Shinichi got out of the car and found himself in a garage.

You still can't see outside from the garage. With the help of the small chandelier on the ceiling, you can see some farm tools placed in the corner.

Although the farm tools don't look new, they are still in usable condition.

"Don't look around, go forward!"

The brown-clothed man behind him pushed his shoulder, and Kudo Shinichi had to obey his wishes and move forward.

From the garage to the house, he followed the two to a basement.

Under the narrow and musty wooden steps, there is a relatively spacious basement space.

In the bright area in the middle of the basement, Mao Lilan was tied to a chair with her hands behind her back.

"Hey--!"

Mao Lilan had a towel tied to her mouth, and she could only warn with a muffled groan from her throat.

But when Kudo Shinichi saw Mao Lilan, he didn't care about these things?

He rushed forward regardless of his own safety, but just halfway through, a figure walked out of the darkness behind Mao Lilan, holding a pistol in his hand.

"Stand there, don't move."

Kudo Shinichi was shocked and stood still.

When the man came out of the darkness, Kudo Shinichi could see his face clearly.

Under the wide-brimmed hat was a fierce face. In addition to the fierce eyes, the most iconic thing was the two mustaches on his mouth.

Looking at Kudo Shinichi standing opposite, the man's mouth corners slightly raised and snorted gloomily.

"Hehe... I finally see your real body."

"Kaito Kid."

When these words came out, Kudo Shinichi, who was originally planning to negotiate, was stunned and didn't know what to say for a while.

What is he talking about?

Say I am Kaito Kid?

What an international joke!

Kudo Shinichi quickly explained: "Is there something wrong? I am not Kaito Kid!"

"I am Kudo Shinichi!"

Mouri Ran, who was tied to the chair, also nodded repeatedly, agreeing with her man's statement.

Before Kudo Shinichi came, she had heard from this man more than once that his purpose was to force Kaito Kid to show up.

But what does forcing Kaito Kid to show up have to do with Kudo Shinichi?

Shinichi can never be Kaito Kid!

"Humph..." The man snorted again, "Are you still pretending? Kaito Kid..."

"This is indeed the most unexpected disguise. The world-famous Kaito is actually a high school detective."

"As a return gift for your repeated "care" during this period, I decided to give you a bullet..."

As he said that, the man suddenly pulled the trigger.

Pia——

A bullet spurted out from the dark muzzle and shot through Kudo Shinichi's right shoulder.

Kudo Shinichi endured the severe pain of being pierced by the bullet and did not scream, but he also knelt on one knee in pain.

He covered his shoulder with one hand and was still struggling to support himself.

"Hey——!"

Seeing this scene, Mao Lilan on the chair suddenly shrank her pupils and made a sound from the bottom of her throat.

At the same time, 5 kilometers away on the road, Kuroba Kaito was using criminal tracking glasses to eavesdrop on Kudo Shinichi's situation.

When he heard that Kudo Shinichi was identified as Kaito Kid, he was stunned.

What?

I became a substitute?