Qin Zhibo has indeed never heard of this country.

"This country is..." Dr. Ali was about to introduce it, but quickly changed the subject, "It doesn't matter where it is, I just hope you can keep the secret of the ore and don't tell anyone, including me!"

"Okay, I promise you."

Qin Zhibo nodded sincerely, "Is that piece of ore here with you now?"

"Well, it's at my house."

"Oh... apart from absorbing electromagnetic waves and releasing cosmic radiation, is there really no other discovery?"

"No more..." Dr. Ali frowned, "But isn't this enough?"

Dr. A Li seriously doubted that he had not clearly explained the importance of this special ore to Qin Zhibo.

"Oh, that's okay."

For Qin Zhibo, who knew the story behind the ore, this effect was indeed not enough.

MI-Go's extensive mining of special ores on Earth probably isn't for this trivial purpose.

However, since the ore itself is not dangerous and has no other uses except for high-tech weapons, in order to show his sincerity in agreeing to keep it secret, Qin Zhibo said: "Then let's put this piece of ore in your home first, Doctor. How about it?"

Dr. A Li raised his chin and considered it seriously, "That's fine. The space here is quite large, so it's not easy for people to find me."

Qin Zhibo felt a little helpless, and Dr. Ali was a little too cautious.

Who would go out of their way to find it? It’s just an ordinary-looking stone.

Just when the two of them finished negotiating, the three little ones had almost eaten.

"Doctor, didn't you ask us to help you find something?"

"Yes, let's start quickly!"

"After we find something, we can start playing games!"

Dr. Ali switched to a smiling face in a second, walked among the children, and told everyone what he had thrown away.

It turns out that what Dr. Ali is looking for is a letter. The letter contains a reply about whether to attend the wedding banquet of a friend's son. The letter was originally intended to be mailed out today.

But because I was too busy yesterday and there were a lot of clutter at home, it was mixed with other clutter. Now the letter can no longer be found.

Qin Zhibo looked at the pile of debris in front of the TV in the living room. Various newspapers, user manuals, books, notebooks, and magazines were all placed randomly on the floor. It was hard to even find a place to stay.

"Wow! So messy?" Ayumi sighed.

Dr. A Li smiled and put his hands away, "That's why I asked you to help me search together..."

The three little ones were very enthusiastic and didn't think much. They immediately rushed into the pile of debris and started rummaging through it.

But in the eyes of detective Qin Zhibo, isn't this too deliberate?

No matter how slovenly a normal person is, they would never throw debris everywhere, and each debris should be about the same distance apart.

This is obviously because Dr. Ali wanted to invite the three little ones to play at home, but he was worried that the three little ones would get bored if they came to play often, so he found an excuse to come and help.

One of the evidences for this reasoning is that Haihara Ai has never moved forward and is still standing behind.

As Dr. A Li's personal assistant, if something important is really lost, Haibara Ai cannot help.

Maybe this pile of junk was "created" with the help of Hui Yuan Ai.

Seeing this situation, Qin Zhibo did not want to put forward the constructive suggestion of "write a new letter if you lose it".

This old...middle-aged man really took great pains to find some atmosphere where his children and grandchildren live in his house.

Coupled with Dr. Ali's grand speech just now, Qin Zhibo felt that this "old man" was cute, kind, and respectable.

…

In the living room, the three little ones were either crawling or squatting, rummaging through various debris on the floor.

Qin Zhibo, Conan, Haibara Ai, and Dr. A Li were standing nearby with their hands behind their backs, watching. They all smiled and said nothing, seeing through but not speaking out.

During this period, Qin Zhibo looked up and forgot about the time. It was already 12:20 noon.

By some calculation, Tohru Amuro must have moved to Mokuba Manor with his luggage, right?

Qin Zhibo walked to the window and looked towards the wooden horse village next door, but did not see anyone moving near the window.

At this moment, a faint voice came from the side.

"Uncle Qin, I want to ask you a question."

Qin Zhibo looked down and saw that it was Conan.

The boy who asked this question was probably asking himself what kind of commission he had received, right?

"Okay, you can ask."

Qin Zhibo originally thought of fooling him casually, saying that he was going to catch someone having an affair, but Conan probably wasn't interested. After all, Mouri Kogoro is a professional in this field.

However, when Conan's tone changed, the childishness on his face instantly disappeared, and his serious expression did not look like a child's.

"It's about the case that happened on the American island. I want to know Uncle Qin's true opinion."

Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment. This case had already passed a long time ago, at least in his own sense of time.

Why is Conan now like "an old sow thinking of ten thousand years of chaff" again?

"What's your true opinion?"

Conan put his hands in his pockets with a cool expression of "I already know everything", "Uncle Qin should know, right? The longevity woman on the island is actually the shrine witch in disguise?"

"There is no longevity woman on that island at all, so the people who have been pretending to be longevity women should be the shrine maiden's family."

"In this case, when there was a fire in the warehouse three years ago, the mermaid bones found inside should be the person pretending to be the longevity woman, that is, the mother of the shrine maiden."

"Because Changshou Po was very short in stature, she had to wrap her legs up at all times. This resulted in the bones found after the fire being much shorter than those of ordinary people."
Chapter completed!