"Tape?"

Conan looked at the four tapes lying in the paper bag with some surprise, carefully picked up one of them, and observed the number on it.

There are four groups of numbers, 1~5, 6~10, 11~15, 16~20, but other than that there are no identifiers, which makes people feel confused.

Dr. A Li also came over, saw the tape, and said worriedly: "New... Conan, these tapes are not sent by those people, are they?"

Conan shook his head seriously, "It's hard to say. Let's listen and see what the specific content is. Doctor, do you have a tape player at home?"

"Oh, um, of course."

Dr. Ali said that even if you don't have a tape machine, you can still use one on site.

...

Soon, Dr. Ali found a tape player and, at Conan's signal, a headset.

After all, there are bugs in Dr. Ali's house now. Conan knows this and cannot let the people on the other end of these bugs hear the contents of the tapes.

Conan inserted the tapes numbered 11 to 15 into the warehouse. Dr. A Li was a little confused by his operation.

"Don't you normally listen in numerical order?"

"Well, but because of this, we can't abide by this rule..."

Conan didn't play by the rules because he didn't want to fall into the trap woven by the person who sent the tape, no matter what kind of trap it was.

Click.

As the play button is pressed, the shaft inserted into the tape hole begins to rotate.

Waiting——

"How's it going? Is there anything in it?" Dr. Ali asked without a headset.

Conan: "...No sound yet."

After a few minutes, the sound finally came out suddenly.

"Happy birthday to my 11-year-old Shiho."

"You should have a boy you like at your age, right? You still remember my first love..."

The gentle words come from a mother, and her soft words soothe the listener's ears like a spring breeze.

Conan looked stunned and was shocked when he heard the name of the narrator in the tape.

Shiho is Haihara Ai’s real name.

Judging from the tone and content of the words, I'm afraid this is Haihara Ai's mother, Miyano Elena.

Seeing Conan's surprised expression, Dr. Ari thought he had heard something remarkable and quickly asked.

"New... Conan, did you hear something?"

"Um."

Conan responded solemnly, pressed the play button, and took the headset off his head.

"But this is not something that outsiders like us can hear... Go and wake Haiyuan up, and we'll talk about it in the basement."

...

After a while, Haibara Ai, who was wearing light purple pajamas and slightly dizzy, was taken to the basement by Dr. Ali.

After a careful search, it was found that this was the only location that could not be covered by outside bugs and was suitable for secret conversations.

"Why did you ask me to come here specifically? Is there anything you can't say above?" Haihara Ai didn't know about the bugs yet, so Conan deliberately didn't tell her in order to prevent her from thinking too much.

"You should listen to this first."

Conan handed the headset to Haiyuan Ai, who took it doubtfully and sat on the chair to listen.

As soon as the voice on the tape appeared, Haihara Ai's eyes widened.

This voice is so strange and familiar, giving people a feeling that the fate of the speaker is intertwined.

She immediately recognized whose voice it was.

Although the memory of childhood has long since disappeared, Haihara Ai still recognized it.

mom.

The expression on Haibara Ai's face changed from shock to a gentle and happy smile. Conan and Dr. A Li on the side were also very pleased.

Congratulations, Huiyuan.

This is indeed the tape left by Haihara's mother, and the numbers on the tape should refer to different age groups.

But for Conan, the tapes themselves are not the problem, the question is who put the tapes into Dr. Agas' mailbox.

It happens to be at this time again...

"Dr. Ali, I thought about it for a moment. Could it be that person who sent the tape?"

"That person?" Dr. Ali was puzzled.

"That's Haiyuan's brother-in-law, the man in the organization, Michael."

Dr. Agasa recalled her thoughts and remembered that Haibara Ai had been injured at the Cupido Hotel before, and it was a mysterious person who sent Haibara to Narumi Hospital.

At that time, Conan speculated that this person must be a member of the organization. He knew that Haibara Ai was Shirley who had defected, so he did not send her to a general hospital.

If he is a member of the organization, Haihara Ai thinks that the only person who might be able to help him is the lover that his sister mentioned several times back then.

Browsing through the people who were wearing purple handkerchiefs at that time, only Michael seemed to meet Sister Haiyuan's criteria for choosing a mate.

Although Michael is a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes, Haiyuan said that his family is of mixed race, so the possibility that his brother-in-law is a foreigner cannot be ruled out.

Michael and actress Chrissy Wynyard were the only two people to disappear after that incident.

Chris Wynyard is a woman, and it is impossible for Sister Haiyuan to find a woman as a partner.

So after elimination, the only option left was Michael.

The later Itakura Taku software trading incident at Xianqiao Station also proved that Michael was indeed a good person and let go of Conan who was hiding in the locker.

"According to my analysis, the person who placed the bug in the Miyano family's old house and took the tape from the toilet should be Michael."

"We just went to Miyano's house yesterday and received these tapes the next day. This is definitely not a coincidence."

"That man should have been observing us secretly..."

Conan's eyes were a little scary, which made Dr. Ali a little worried.

"Are you saying that the suspicious person who has appeared around recently is Xiao Ai's brother-in-law?"

Conan shook his head, "It's hard to say. Maybe we were targeted by many people at the same time."

"But no matter what, I am becoming more and more interested in this person..."

Conan grinned and smiled very sinisterly, but Haihara Ai came over and interrupted Conan's wanton smile.

"What are you interested in?"

"Ah?" Conan's face was shocked and he quickly changed his tone, "It's Dr. A Li's new software~ Dr. A Li has made a very interesting game software..."

Faced with Conan's obvious pretense, Haibara Ai didn't care about it and asked directly: "Where did you get these tapes?"

"This is...yesterday, I went to the toilet alone and found it~"

"real?"

"real!"

Facing Haiyuan Ai's soul-searching eye roll, Conan quickly interrupted with a smile, "Haiyuan, why don't you continue listening?"

Hui Yuan Ai said angrily: "You are all standing here, how can I calm down and listen?"

As he spoke, Hui Yuan Ai's face couldn't help but burst into a smile.

This was a sincere smile from the inside out. She hadn't shown such a smile for a long time since Mingmei's death. Most of the time, it was just a smile that made fun of herself.

"Thank you, Kudo."

"Ah?" Conan scratched the back of his head. Although he was a little embarrassed, he felt disrespectful to this thank you.

"You're welcome~"

As soon as Conan finished speaking, the doorbell rang from upstairs.

jingle--

Dr. A Li and Conan quickly went upstairs to check, but the person who came was not Shenlong's missing brother-in-law, but Cheng Shi.

Chengshi came again to deliver porridge and medicine to the sick Haiyuan Ai.

...

Zhibo Detective Agency.

Qin Zhibo slowly opened his eyes and sat upright from the boss chair.

When Dr. A Li was expected to check his mailbox this morning, Qin Zhibo had been monitoring the activities at Dr. A Li's house.
To be continued...