Ming Ke Theater Chapter 141

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Just as Ayumi Yoshida fell unconscious, Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya saw a figure emerge from the wooden house. The person was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, the hood pulled over their head, and held the blood-stained axe in their hand.

Could this person be the killer hiding in the wooden house? Were they going to target them next?

The two children screamed in terror.

The person charged towards them! The two children realized they were powerless to get up and run, and they also had Ayumi Yoshida lying on the ground beside them! They couldn’t escape!

The person was close by. Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya instinctively chose to shield Ayumi Yoshida, intending to use their small bodies to block the axe. However, they didn’t expect the axe to land not on them, but on the door panel in front of them.】

Haibara Ai raised an eyebrow in surprise at their actions, “I thought they were unable to move, which is why they stayed there. I didn’t expect them to be protecting Ayumi.”

Kudo Shinichi said, “Didn’t you see it then?”

Haibara Ai said, “Of course. At that time, all I wanted was to quickly chop through the door and get them out. I didn’t notice their movements.”

“And you didn’t notice they were recording later either, did you?”

“…I was in a hurry to leave. It would have been difficult to explain if I ran into anyone else.” So she didn’t have time to pay attention to anything else.

This was indeed her oversight, Haibara Ai thought, but who knew that they, having just been rescued, still had the presence of mind to record, the reason being to remember the person who saved them.

These children always do unexpected things, like filming, and like choosing to protect their companions.

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Conan quickly identified the culprit as photographer Usagi Tobisaka. Faced with irrefutable evidence, he quickly admitted to being the murderer. He believed the victim, as a prank, knew he had claustrophobia and locked him in a lightless wooden house. At that time, he was terrified and swung the axe wildly, accidentally striking the victim’s back.

He shed tears of remorse and confessed to locking the four children in the wooden house and setting it on fire.

Conan and the others rushed over, and the police at the scene quickly took action, but the fire was fierce and already uncontrollable.

Just as Conan was about to rush in, the children, whom he thought had perished in the fire, appeared from the forest behind them and told everyone that they had been saved by an unknown woman. Haibara Ai wasn’t there because the woman had rescued her first and taken her to a safe place.

Conan instantly knew the woman’s identity: it was Haibara Ai, who had taken the antidote. He quickly followed the children’s directions to find her. Soon, he found Haibara Ai, who had turned into an adult. Besides the antidote, they also discussed some information about the case. They didn’t know at the time that Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya had filmed Haibara Ai and uploaded the video to Kogoro Mouri’s computer.

Masumi Sera’s expression changed dramatically when she saw the woman in the video.】

Heiji Hattori frowned, “Sera, you recognize Haibara Ai’s adult form? That means you know Sherry?”

Masumi Sera rubbed her nose, “How should I put it, I’ve heard of her, so I was very surprised to see her here. It was because of this incident that I started to suspect Haibara Ai’s identity, but I never expected her to be my cousin.”

“But, by rights, you wouldn’t have a way to know such confidential information about the Black Organization, would you? Do you have some secret channel?” Heiji Hattori asked.

“Well…” Masumi Sera couldn’t help but look at Mary Sera, her heart in a dilemma. How should she answer?

Mary Sera sighed. Some things would be revealed sooner or later, and Vermouth, who had caused her current state, was also present, so she spoke frankly, “I told her. I am an MI 6 agent from the UK. My husband disappeared while investigating the Organization, so I’ve been following their activities. Some time ago, Vermouth found me and fed me APTX 4869. I survived, but my body turned into its current state.”

An MI 6 agent? This identity was truly surprising. Kudo Shinichi thought for a moment and said, “Thinking about it, it seems quite normal. An ordinary person wouldn’t be able to cultivate people like Akai-san and Sera.”

Mary Sera said, “They grew up like this thanks to their own efforts.”

Both she and her husband were busy with their own affairs, and had too little concern for their three children.

Jodie, James, and Camel were very surprised. Jodie asked James, “James, do you know Shu… Shuichi Akai’s mother’s identity?”

James shook his head. The usually astute old man was a bit bewildered now. He said, “I don’t know, I just heard that his mother was British.”

Camel directly raised a question, “Why was Mr. Akai able to become an FBI agent?”

Shuichi Akai said, “It was my parents’ connections. They knew high-ranking FBI officials, and I didn’t intend to climb the ranks, so my mother couldn’t argue with me and could only provide some help.”

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Night, Mouri Detective Agency.

Mouri father and daughter were chatting and eating dinner upstairs. Ran Mouri seemed to hear some noise downstairs. Kogoro Mouri said it must be the wind; it was very windy today. Ran Mouri thought it made sense and didn’t pay any more attention.

Downstairs in the agency, Amuro Tooru snuck in, opened Kogoro Mouri’s computer, and entered the frequently used password Kogoro Mouri had revealed in a previous case.

5563.

Enter key, unlock successful.

He carefully examined the files on the computer and found that what was sent from Gunma Prefecture wasn’t photos, but a video. And the woman in the video was precisely the target he had been searching for recently: Sherry.

In the video, Sherry was holding Ayumi Yoshida and telling them, “Listen, before your friends arrive, you must hide well and don’t let anyone find you!”

She was actually staying in the mountains, and she was even discovered because she saved someone.

Amuro Tooru noticed she seemed to be wearing something on her hand, so he selected it and zoomed in. It was a ring, with “Mysterious Train Pass” written on it. It should be the boarding pass for the Suzuki Express.

At this moment, Amuro Tooru discovered that a hacker had infiltrated this computer. Who was it?

At the Kudo residence, Okiya Subaru was drinking Bourbon whiskey, sitting in front of his computer. In the dim light, his expression was surprisingly leisurely.】

Ran Mouri covered her mouth and gasped lightly when she saw Amuro Tooru secretly appearing in the agency to check the computer, “Oh my god, Mr. Amuro actually did something like that!”

In her impression, Amuro Tooru was a smart, enthusiastic person. It turned out he was doing something like this in secret.

Kogoro Mouri said grumpily, “Don’t you know his identity already? Then you don’t need to be surprised by anything he does.”

Kudo Shinichi said, “He just came to look for clues. He finally has some clues to report, so he’s probably secretly happy.”