"Oh no! My bug is still stuck on Ms. Mizunashi's door frame! I have to go retrieve it."
Conan quickly found an excuse and told Mouri Kogoro.
"Uncle! I suddenly remembered that Dr. Agasa asked me to go to his house today. He said he had new game software. Let's get off nearby, I can go by myself!"
Mouri Kogoro, not suspecting anything, grumbled, "Kids are always so troublesome," and told the driver to stop the car.
After getting out of the car, Conan immediately Ran back to the apartment building where Mizunashi Rena lived at top speed.
He arrived at the door, panting, and eagerly reached out to retrieve his bug.
But to his surprise, the chewing gum he had stuck there, along with the bug inside, was gone!
Gone?!
Conan's heart sank, guessing that it might have been cleaned up by a cleaner or by Mizunashi-san herself.
He immediately activated the bug's positioning function through his detective glasses and switched to listening mode.
The bug's signal was not far from here, but it was still moving.
Listening to the rhythmic footsteps coming through his earpiece,
Conan instantly understood that his bug, wrapped in chewing gum, had not been cleaned up, but had somehow fallen off.
Then, it had coincidentally stuck to the sole of a passerby's shoe and been carried away by that person.
Just as Conan was about to give up on this miniature bug,
Mizunashi Rena's voice came through the earpiece.
"It's me, I'm so sorry. I ran into some trouble and turned off my phone."
"It's alright, it's nothing big."
"I just emailed that matter to that gentleman."
Listening to what Mizunashi Rena said, Conan deduced that the bug had accidentally stuck to the sole of Mizunashi Rena's shoe.
And Mizunashi Rena was currently on the phone with someone.
"Mmm, no problem, let's meet at 10 as agreed."
Mizunashi Rena's call came to an end,
"Gin."
"Gin?!"
The moment he heard that name, Conan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body froze in place.
"No way? How is this possible?! Isn't Mizunashi Rena a newscaster for Nichiuri TV? Is she also a member of the Black Organization?"
Conan stared intently at the flashing positioning signal on his glasses.
He noticed the signal was moving rapidly, and getting faster and faster.
"This speed of movement…"
Conan combined this with the map and found that the place where Mizunashi Rena's speed increased was a parking lot.
He guessed that she must have gotten into a car.
If he relied solely on his two legs, it would be impossible to catch up with a car.
Conan didn't hesitate for a moment, immediately pulled out his phone, and quickly dialed Dr. Agasa's number.
"Hakase! Emergency! I've found a clue about the Black Organization!
I need you to pick me up! I'll share my location with you! Hurry!"
Conan spoke extremely fast, quickly explaining the situation.
Dr. Agasa on the other end of the phone was a bit flustered. "Shinichi, what's wrong? What happened? Okay, okay! I'll be right there! You stay put!"
In less than ten minutes, Dr. Agasa's familiar yellow Volkswagen Beetle sped over, braking sharply and stopping in front of Conan.
Conan pulled open the car door and quickly squeezed in.
"Hakase, hurry! Follow the signal on my glasses!" Conan immediately gave directions as soon as he got in the car, his eyes fixed on the moving light dot.
It was then that he noticed there was someone else sitting in the back seat.
Haibara Ai was looking at him with her arms crossed.
"Haibara? Why are you here too?"
Conan was a bit surprised and turned to look at Dr. Agasa in the driver's seat with a look of astonishment.
"Hakase, why did you bring her too?"
Dr. Agasa chuckled awkwardly twice, explaining.
"Well… I was too anxious when I got your call, and I made a bit of a commotion, which woke Ai-kun up. She asked what was going on, and I couldn't keep it from her. Besides, I thought that if there was any information about the Organization, she could help analyze it if she was here…"
Hearing this, Conan didn't say anything more and recounted his accidental discovery that Mizunashi Rena was a member of the Black Organization from beginning to end.
After listening to Conan's encounter, Haibara Ai said calmly.
"It seems the great detective's luck is exceptionally good. Just solving a prank doorbell case, and he runs into a core member of the Organization. Should I call it fate's favor or the beginning of misfortune?"
Dr. Agasa also sighed while driving. "Yes, Shinichi, your luck is truly incredible."
"Good luck?"
Conan adjusted his glasses, watching the signal move, and grumbled.
"I think it's terrible! If Mizunashi Rena found the bug on her shoe, and the Black Organization traced it back, the first one to be suspected would be Uncle Mori, who just investigated the prank incident!"
Haibara Ai added coldly.
"Exactly. Given the Organization's modus operandi, once they discover they've been bugged and suspect Mouri Kogoro, they would not hesitate to silence Detective Mouri to eliminate any potential risks."
She paused, her voice growing colder.
"And, if necessary, everyone closely associated with him, like Ran, like us, could also be eliminated."
The temperature in the car instantly dropped.
Dr. Agasa's palms began to sweat as he gripped the steering wheel.
Haibara Ai frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, and raised a question.
"However, there's one thing I find a bit strange. If Mizunashi Rena truly is a member of the Organization, given their modus operandi,
when faced with this kind of persistent harassment, she should resolve it privately in her own way. Why would she so conspicuously entrust a famous detective to handle it?"
Conan also pondered this question. "It is indeed suspicious… Perhaps she has some unavoidable reason?"
Just then, Conan noticed that the signal on his glasses was moving significantly slower.
"Hakase, slow down! Her car seems to have stopped, she should have reached her destination," Conan whispered.
Dr. Agasa was about to ask what to do next, but Conan immediately raised his index finger to his lips, signaling him to be quiet.
"Shh—! Don't talk!"
Conan listened intently to the sounds coming from the bug.
Besides the idling engine sound of Mizunashi Rena's car, there was also a distinct car engine sound approaching faintly.
"That unique, unequal-length engine idle sound… It's a Porsche! Gin and his group are here."
Upon hearing Gin's name, Haibara Ai shivered.
Immediately after, Gin's cold voice indeed came through the bug.
"Kir, you're late."
Kir? So that's Mizunashi Rena's codename in the Organization!
Conan's eyes narrowed slightly.
Mizunashi Rena replied calmly. "Sorry, Gin. On the way here, I noticed a suspicious car seemed to be following me, so for safety's sake, I took a slight detour."
Hearing this, Conan's heart tightened abruptly.
Could our car have been discovered?!