“According to what you said, Sera’s identity is really suspicious. Granburch gave up that excuse, he must be hoping that you would just tell the police. He knows that you will help him to cover up the lie because of Xiaolan, but why does he believe that Sera will help you lie to the police? Unless he is sure that Sera will definitely help to conceal it…”

Chu Ming only said half of what he wanted to say, leaving the rest to Conan to imagine. For things like this, the more Chu Ming talked, the more likely it was that there would be mistakes, and Conan would truly believe what he thought of himself.

In fact, the reason why Granburch was sure that Sera would help to lie was simply because he had read the original work and knew that Sera was originally investigating the reason why his mother became smaller. Meeting Granburch today was like seeing hope. She was also planning to use this opportunity to get more information from Conan. How could she just tell everything so openly?

On the way back, Conan kept thinking about what Chu Ming said. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense to him. He couldn’t help but reflect on himself. Because of their time together in the past period of time, he had unknowingly relaxed his vigilance towards Sera. He was really too lax.

But as he thought about it, he said with some distress: “Brother Chu Ming, do you think I should continue investigating?”

Chu Ming raised his eyebrows: “From what you said, you don’t want to give up?”

“Several lives are at stake!” Conan frowned and muttered, “If I don’t continue investigating, then…”

“The police and the FBI are already tracking this matter. They will definitely be able to stop Timothy from committing more crimes.” Chu Ming comforted him halfheartedly, “And Xiaolan still has the nano bomb that Granburch mentioned. Do you really want to continue?”

Conan shut up when his vitals were pinched. He couldn’t just ignore Xiaolan’s life, so he could only lower his head.

“Don’t worry, Granburch only warned you not to continue, but he didn’t say that he would not allow others to investigate.” Chu Ming looked calm and said, “Don’t interfere in this matter, leave the rest to me.”

He will definitely send everyone to hell safely.

Conan had no idea what Chu Ming was thinking and was deeply moved: “Brother Chu Ming, thank goodness you are here——”

Chu Ming accepted Conan’s thanks without hesitation and sent him to the door of the doctor’s house. The other children from the doctor’s detective team had already arrived and were gathered on the roof playing with fairy wands. It was said that they had to complete their summer homework together tomorrow to make a model of the BELL TREE tower and surrounding buildings.

Although Conan invited him warmly, Chu Ming successfully got away by using the excuse that he had to investigate the relevant information of this case, and by the way, he also improved Conan’s favorability.

Chapter 729: Stronger than Afu

After Chu Ming returned, he sent all the police arrangements to Kevin, and also sent the organization’s investigation information about the specific location of his next target, Moriyama Ren.

After Moriyama Ren broke off his engagement with Hunter’s sister, he quickly found a new love. He would go out at 7 o’clock every night to pick up his wife from cooking class. This was the best time to make a move.

Originally, if it were only Kevin and Timothy, it would certainly not be easy to investigate the whereabouts of Moriyama Jin. However, with the assistance of the organization’s huge intelligence network, it was easy to investigate the whereabouts of these people.

Kevin initially agreed to join the organization only out of revenge and Gin’s attitude that he would die if he didn’t join the organization. But now, the intelligence was delivered to his door without him having to investigate, and Timothy Hunter had already discussed the shooting location with him. He only needed to set up the sniper and wait for the enemy to automatically walk into his gun, so Kevin was unsurprisingly tempted.

Chu Ming could already hear some respect for the organization from his words.

However, Chu Ming did not chat with him for a long time. After this mission was over, he would have plenty of time to get along well with the new team members.

The next day, Chu Ming did not go to find Conan, but pretended to go out in a hurry. In fact, when he arrived at the alley, he disguised himself as Shotake Yusuke. After all, he had promised Conan to investigate the case carefully, so he had to show some effort.

After changing his appearance, he had nowhere to go so he could only wander around the base to see if he could find Vermouth to have some fun with, but he couldn’t find anyone.

Chu Ming opened the system to check her location and found that she and Xiaolan were both in the same place, in the mall.

Ever since Vermouth was brought to Xiaolan by Chu Ming, he seemed like a mouse that had entered a rice jar. He probably went to play with Xiaolan early in the morning and had completely forgotten about helping his poor brother with the task.

Conan said yesterday that because he had to do his summer handicraft homework, he would be staying at the doctor’s house for the next few days, so Vermouth didn’t even have time to take care of her godson and was obsessed with sticking to her angel.

As for Gin Bourbon and the others who were originally at the base, they had a lot to do because they wanted to lure Akai Shuichi to show up. In addition, they also needed the help of Bourbon, the head of public security, in order to get Curacao to infiltrate the Metropolitan Police Department. So they were very busy these days and didn’t even have time to return to the base.

Chu Ming’s only task during this period is to assist Kevin and complete his revenge. By the way, he can evaluate Kevin’s performance during this period. If he finds anything abnormal, he can kill him on the spot. Of course, if there is no mistake in the mission, after his revenge is completed, the BOSS should directly give him a code name and let him join the action team.

Originally, Chu Ming wanted to push the task to Lafitte, but Lafitte has been obsessed with art recently. After hearing that Van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” that was suspected to have been burned in the attic of an old house in Arles, France, he couldn’t sit still and went to France immediately. He has not been in the country for this period of time.

It’s difficult, too difficult. He is the heir after all. Why can’t he just stay in the base every day, eating, drinking and waiting to die like the BOSS?

Chu Ming took a nap at the base and slept until nightfall. He groaned and walked towards the place where Kevin had set an ambush.

The time is almost up, it’s time to perform my duties as an examiner.

Chu Ming looked around. There were not many tall buildings near Moriyama Jin’s house, and there were only a few possible sniping positions. But since Kevin planned to kill Moriyama Jin the moment he drove out, he had to take into account the angle of looking down. The only visible sniping position was the top floor of the tall building facing the garage door of Moriyama’s house.

When he walked to the rooftop, he found Kevin lying on the ground in the dark, carefully observing the situation below. He didn’t notice his arrival at all. He couldn’t help but say, “When Hunter taught you sniping, didn’t he tell you not to lose sight of the end?”

Startled by Chu Ming’s sudden voice, Kevin turned his head sharply and instantly turned the muzzle of his gun towards him. When he found out it was Chu Ming, he lowered the muzzle of his gun a little, but he still couldn’t hide his vigilance: “What are you doing here?”

“You need to consider carefully before joining the organization. Does the organization want you to join without any assessment? I am your assessor, and the organization’s code name is Granburch. If you pass the assessment this time, the boss will also give you a code name.” Chu Ming stepped forward and pushed Kevin’s gun away. “Why are you still pointing at me? If I wanted to kill you, you would have died several times when I came up just now.”

Kevin was indeed a little afraid of Chu Ming’s skills. It’s not that he didn’t care about what was behind him when he was sniping. On the contrary, in addition to staring at the target position, he also kept at least three points of attention on the stairs at all times. But he didn’t hear any movement of Chu Ming coming up.

Kevin felt a little pressured to have such a person as his examiner. Looking at that organization, it was not simple at all. But because of this, he had more confidence in avenging Hunter.

“Someone is about to come out.” Chu Ming reminded him. He saw a little light in the garage from afar. Someone must have turned on the car lights. He probably just got in the car and started the engine. He should be able to come out soon.

Kevin lay on the ground, holding up the sniper rifle on the ground with one hand, aiming it steadily at the garage opposite, and pulled the trigger the moment Moriyama Jin drove up.

The bullet followed the predetermined trajectory and accurately pierced Moriyama Jin’s heart.

Kevin stood up, and after confirming through the telescope that Moriyama Jin was really dead, he took out a dice from his side, turned to side 3, and placed it on the ground together with the bullet shell.

Chu Ming watched his series of movements and nodded imperceptibly. His shooting skills were accurate, his actions were quick and decisive, and he even knew to confirm afterwards. It was okay, much better than Afu.

This level is at least mid-level in the organization.

After doing all this, Kevin took out a security guard’s hat from his side and put it on, then glanced at Chu Ming and said, “You’re not in disguise?”

Chu Ming shook his phone, with a hint of smile in his eyes: “I don’t need to disguise myself, there will be no trace of me in the surveillance video.”

Kevin also smiled, with a bit of pride: “I have destroyed all the cameras. The disguise is just to deceive the eyes of bystanders.”

Chu Ming also praised him: “It seems that I gave Mr. Kevin a low score.”

The two of them walked downstairs while talking. The moment they walked out of the stairs, they saw Conan rushing in like a cannonball. Sera, who was chasing after him, kept muttering, “Conan, slow down, this is really messing around. Hunter is probably still nearby!”

Hunter quickly turned sideways to hide himself, and frowned as he looked at the elevator door that was about to close: “Those two people…”

Chu Ming looked at Conan, who said he would not pursue her, but was still following Sera around the streets. He snorted and laughed in an ambiguous way, “I’ll take care of those two people.”

Chapter 730 The rumbling wind

After Conan and Sera took the elevator up, Chu Ming and Kevin separated at the door. He did not go anywhere else, but went straight back to the base to wait for Vermouth.

In order to help Conan learn his lesson, Vermouth has to get involved.

After shopping and having dinner with Xiaolan, and making an appointment for the next time, Vermouth hummed a tune and returned to the base. As soon as she walked into the hall, she was startled.

There was no one in the base these few days, so the lights in the hall had not been turned on. In the dim hall, only the moonlight shining in from the window fell on the sofa in the hall.

And with this ray of moonlight, Vermouth could clearly see that half of Chu Ming’s face was hidden in the darkness. He was sitting upright on the sofa, staring at her dimly.

“Huh?” Vermouth was startled. She had only glanced at him casually, but now she turned around and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Chu Ming did not answer, but asked, “Do you have anything to do tomorrow?”

It was rare to see Chu Ming with such an expressionless face. Belmode was a little flustered, but she didn’t show it on her face. She just brushed her hair and walked towards Chu Ming, sitting opposite him, smiling: “What’s wrong, do you want to date your sister tomorrow?”

Chu Ming raised his eyelids, glanced at her, and said nothing, but his eyes seemed to say everything.

Seeing Chu Ming like this, Belmode stopped laughing and asked seriously, “What happened?”

“Conan’s heart was raised by you.” Chu Ming said lightly, without mentioning his role in it, and threw all the blame on Vermouth. “For this mission, I showed up and warned him not to interfere, but he probably saw you there last time, so he didn’t listen to my warning at all. Just now when Kevin killed his revenge target, I saw him appear at the scene again, and it was not a coincidence, but he went there to find me.”

Seeing that Vermouth was silent, Chu Ming snorted and leaned back on the sofa: “Why don’t you say anything? How about I help you make a decision and kill him directly, once and for all.”

“Don’t!” Vermouth spoke subconsciously. Seeing Chu Ming looking at him leisurely, he said silently, “I will take care of this matter. Please give me some time…”

“I’ve given you a lot of time, and you only advised him not to act rashly. Did he listen?” Chu Ming stood up and looked down at Vermouth who was sitting on the sofa, with a sense of oppression. “For someone like him, even if he is hurt, he will not learn his lesson. Only when the people around him are in danger because of his recklessness, will he remember it deeply.”

Vermouth knew this truth very well, but she always loved the people around him, and because of Xiaolan and Conan, she couldn’t bear to touch the people around him.

“What do you want to do?” Vermouth hesitated. “Who are you going to use to intimidate him?”

Seeing that Vermouth was about to compromise, Chu Ming sat back down and tapped his knuckles on the armrests: “I have already planned this, just follow the plan when the time comes.”

*

Because the police determined that the suspect in these sniper murders was Hunter, the next two targets hid in the hotel and did not show up. The hotel they stayed in was also under tight control of the police, and even plainclothes ambushes were arranged in the high-rise buildings around the hotel.

So even though he knew the location of those two people, Kevin still chose not to take action these days.

Chu Ming was also very curious about how he planned to kill the target when he was surrounded by the police and even full of traps.

Chu Ming has not left the base these days. Since Kevin is not taking any action, he naturally doesn’t need to follow him.

But just as he continued to do nothing and fish around in the base, he received a call from Conan that morning, saying that Hunter, who had always been considered the murderer, was sniped and killed in a hotel room last night.

“What did you say?” Chu Ming sat up from the bed with a start, his face looking a little ugly, “Hunter is dead? And we found dice and shells at the sniper position?”

How is this possible? Didn’t Kevin want to help Hunter get revenge? Even the condition for him to join the organization was to help investigate Hunter’s enemies. How could he kill Hunter?

Chu Ming hurriedly said a few words to Conan, saying that he would come over as soon as possible. After hanging up the phone, he immediately called Kevin.

As if he had expected Chu Ming to call, Kevin picked up the phone immediately but did not say anything.

Chu Ming didn’t want to play the riddle game with him, so he asked directly, “Why?”

“I knew you would ask me.” Kevin chuckled on the other end of the phone, his voice a little hoarse, “I’ve noticed before that your organization is very nervous about unexpected events like this. As long as things are not within the scope of the plan, then -“

Chu Ming could sense that he was not in a good mood, and seemed to be using long-winded words to cover up his emotions, but he was not a psychologist, so he was not responsible for helping him sort out his psychological condition. He directly interrupted him and said, “I can kill you without asking why.”

“I’m willing to call you now because I’m too lazy to take action before I see the evidence. But not everyone in the organization is as good-tempered as me, so you should just answer my questions directly and don’t talk nonsense.”

Kevin was choked by Chu Ming. He didn’t want to be a riddler anymore. He paused and said in a somewhat bleak tone: “This is a test given to me by Hunter, and also a help for me. The first two people tested whether I could successfully complete the task when I was stuck in the extreme range of MK11 and encountered a moving sniper target in the dark. Killing Hunter last night was training me… No matter who the sniper target is, as long as I receive the order and get the gun, I will shoot the bullet into the body.”

“As for the help, Hunter will leave a notebook before he dies. In the notebook, he will explain that except for the first victim who was killed by him, all the others who died in Japan were prey taken away by an unknown sniper. In this way, Jack Waltz and Bill Murphy will relax their vigilance and give me the opportunity to take action.”

Just to train a real sniper? What kind of one-time coach is Hunter…

But this is indeed a good thing for the organization. As long as there is an order, anyone can open fire… Tsk tsk, it is indeed a handy and easy-to-use tool.

Coincidentally, he is the most important part of Chu Ming’s action to make Conan remember this lesson.

Because several people were killed by snipers in a row, Hunter, who was originally listed as a suspect by the police, was also killed. For a time, the whole of Japan was in a panic. Many media even took the opportunity to spread rumors to increase the panic, saying that these sniper incidents were actually indiscriminate killings. As a result, many people are now staying at home and dare not go out. Even if they go out, they have to hold an umbrella to ensure safety.

Chapter 731 Protagonist’s Halo

As Hunter and Kevin expected, Jack Waltz and Bill Murphys, who had been hiding in the hotel since the news of Hunter’s death came out, suddenly stood up, especially Jack Waltz, who had always been arrogant. He didn’t trust the Japanese police at all and thought they were a bunch of trash. He asked them for protection before only out of helplessness. Now that he had the chance, he wanted to fly back to the United States as soon as possible.

Bill Murphy has always followed Jack’s steps, both when he falsely accused Hunter and now when he followed him back to the United States.

Jack packed up to leave, so of course he had to follow, but unfortunately, neither of them could leave this time.

Kevin tricked Bill into coming to Tokyo with a threatening letter, intending to kill him on the express train.

As the assessor of his mission, Chu Ming had the confidence to ask Kevin to pick him up nearby before he left.

In fact, Chu Ming shouldn’t have ridden in the same car with him. After all, if he failed in his mission, Chu Ming would have to run with him.

But Chu Ming had just met Conan in the morning and already knew the progress of Conan’s investigation. He found that he had touched upon part of the truth. Chu Ming could guess that he would definitely cause trouble today, so he had to be on guard.