Conan quickly pretended to be a child, and answered the person in front of him with a milky voice with wide eyes.

"Ahaha, grandpa's house is so big, I'm curious about what it looks like inside, so I can't help but take a look at it when I pass by."

"Oh~ is that so?" The old grandfather made a playful voice.

"Uh-huh!"

Conan nodded frantically, he just wanted to quickly find a reason to run away.

"My family is quite big, very welcome, just enough to satisfy your wish."

After the words fell, the suspicious-looking old grandpa took the child's hand and walked into this mysterious mansion.

During this process, Conan tried his best to escape from the clutches of his uncle, but his hand remained motionless.

It's even more outrageous than Uncle Maori!

Sister Xiaolan - help!

In this way, Conan, who was screaming for help in his heart, was forced to enter the suspicious mansion.

He had imagined various schemes to get in there, but he never imagined that he would be caught and caught.

The inside of the mansion is basically the same as the outside, and as soon as you enter it is a vast and resplendent hall, with expensive flowerpots and paintings and other decorations everywhere, which is a common European aristocratic style.

Through the two stairs that meet in the middle of the hall, you can go to the left and right sides of the second floor.

This mansion has a full six floors, and because it is incorporated into the adjacent area, the floor area is twice that of the Kudo house next door.

Conan has traveled all over the world with his parents since he was a child. After returning to Japan and encountering a black organization, he also followed Mouri Kogoro to contact all kinds of rich and local nobles.

These did not cause waves in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be the first time he saw a child here.

"Wow~ it's so big and beautiful here, grandpa."

"As a temporary residence, it's not bad, but you don't seem to be very shocked, kid. It seems that you have seen a lot of it with your parents, right?"

"Ahaha... My home is a detective agency. I have seen a lot with my uncle detective, but the grandfather's house is really beautiful, and it is definitely one of the best."

Seeing that the other party could easily see through his disguise, Conan immediately changed his way of boasting. Bean-sized beads of sweat fell from his forehead. He understood that he must not let go of the child's character at this time, otherwise he would probably be swallowed by the person in front of him. exhausted.

"Really? That's really amazing, the kid of the detective agency, shouldn't it be Mr. Kogoro Mori, the famous detective?"

There is no question mark, the amiable old grandpa is the affirmative statement.

Conan swallowed his saliva. The man didn't even think about it, and directly concluded that he was the child of Kogoro Mouri.

Even if Uncle Mori is often on TV and news for his own reasons, his reputation is small in Japan.

There are hundreds of detective agencies in Tokyo, and it is not uncommon for him to be on a par with Uncle Mouri. It is outrageous to determine that this person is Kogoro Mouri in an instant.

"Ahaha, grandpa, you are so smart."

"After all, the reputation of Kogoro Mori in Tokyo is known to everyone. Before that, he was a famous high school detective."

Hearing the words of the high school student's famous detective, Conan trembled for a moment. He didn't have much conversation with the old grandfather, and most of the information in the whole process was taken out, and it was all related to him.

However, I didn't know much about the old grandpa, and the only thing I could count was the keyword "temporary residence".

Expensive Western-style oil paintings on the walls, expensive vases and rugs around are common collections of the wealthy.

Most of Conan in the oil paintings know him.

Works by the world-renowned artist Leonardo di Serpiero da Vinci: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Virgin of Benois, the Rite of Christ.

Works by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh: Almond Blossoms, Starry Night, Mulberry Trees and Sunflowers.

Basically, they are all rare paintings. Conan has seen them in museums, and they can be regarded as fakes that are very similar to the real ones.

With his power of observation as a detective, there is no problem in identifying the authenticity of ordinary items. Generally speaking, the items displayed by the rich must be fakes, because the whereabouts of most of the genuine items are unknown, and even if they do, they are taken by some nobles and wealthy people. firmly protected.

But... these paintings in front of him, Conan can only feel [perfect], every part is coordinated, he even thinks that these are genuine.

But... the traces are still very new, and they should have been drawn recently.

A perfect fake that is 100% similar to the original? The price of each pair is definitely hundreds of millions of yen or more.

Who is this old man?

"Okay~ After visiting the first floor, let's visit the second floor."

As soon as the amiable grandfather finished speaking, the first door on the right opened, and the girl with silver hair and golden eyes with an unhappy face and the girl with blond golden eyes and expressionless faces walked out.

"If it weren't for you, the cold-blooded woman, I would have solved that **** just now."

"Hmph, I think it's all because of you, Assault Girl."

They are all wearing dark clothes, one is a dress, the other is a black tank top? Shorts.

"Well, stop arguing, you two, there are children watching."

The amiable old grandpa ran to be a peacemaker, and the two girls snorted each other and turned their faces in other directions.

"Humph." x2

"Aiya, continue to quarrel, but it will make that adult unhappy."

"!?"

That adult?

Conan watched the whole process, calmly collecting information.

This title that can make two people who are quarreling immediately stop is really full of mysteries.

"No way, forgive you first, next time I will solve it alone."

"That's my line."

After the quarrel, the expression was so rich that the silver-haired girl turned her attention and looked at Conan.

Compared to the grandfather's penetrating gaze, the silver-haired girl's gaze reassured Conan a lot, at least not all of the people here are high IQ.

"Professor, what are you doing with a little brat? Does he have any special relationship with you?"

"It's related and not related, maybe it's just because I saw the shadow of an old friend."

The old man called the professor responded with an ambiguous answer to the silver-haired girl.

"Oh, 'old friend', who doesn't know you—"

The silver-haired girl smiled contemptuously, and just as she was about to sneer at her mouth, she was covered by the blond Sanwu girl next to her.

"Well!"

"Professor, we still have something to do. Let's go upstairs first."

"Go on, I'll take this kid around and take him home."

Watching the backs of the two girls disappear, the professor smiled 'kindly', continued to hold the hand of Conan-kun with a bitter face, and continued the journey to the mansion.

From an outsider's point of view, they are really a harmonious pair of grandfathers and grandchildren, although Conan's face is uglier than crying.

"Smile, smile, people who don't know see this picture, I'm afraid they think I'm a kidnapper."

The professor put his left index finger and right index finger at the corners of his mouth in a cute pose.

If there is a beautiful girl in front of you, this pose will be very eye-catching, but the reality is cruel.

The person in this pose is a disrespectful old grandfather, wearing a suit and a face that looks like a villain no matter what.

"......"

【You are more terrifying than the kidnapper】

Conan didn't dare to say anything at all, he could only show an embarrassed smile.

Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Nine The Trajectory of Spider Silk

After coming out of the mansion next door to his own house, Conan was completely confused. That old grandfather was really terrible.

Fortunately, Haibara has been paying attention to this side, and seeing that I didn't come back, I immediately went to find Dr. Agasa.

Through Dr. A Li's door-to-door inquiry, he finally broke away from his clutches.

Really, Conan's secret that he almost thought he was Shinichi Kudo was revealed.

If the Black Organization knew that he was Kudo Shinichi, they would definitely not let him survive. After all, the research on rejuvenating drugs in their hands is an earth-shattering secret.

"Welcome next time, Conan kid."

"Thank you, grandpa, I will come to play~ (I will never come!

and many more....

Conan suddenly thought of the conversation when he left, and he didn't tell the grandfather his name at all.

So since when did Grandpa know his name?

"Dr. Li, did you tell him my name?"

"Yes, after I rang the doorbell, a very beautiful maid came out, and then I asked if my nephew was here, his name was Conan, he was a primary school student, about this height, wearing a blue suit all day. "

"Did the maid tell him? That's all right."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief. If the old grandfather knew he was Conan from the beginning, and had deliberately invited him in, he would probably have begun to suspect Kudo Shinichi's identity.

In short, through this brief observation, although Conan is not sure that the grandfather is the black organization, he should have a relationship or association with the black organization.

【professor】

This is usually an honorific title for a learned scholar, but the silver-haired girl like a witch didn't have the slightest respect in her tone, instead, there was a sense of ridicule.

For [the lord] in the mouth of [Professor], it is a mixture of respect and fear, which belong to two extremes.

But if you think about it in terms of organizational relationship, the silver-haired girl and the old grandfather should be colleagues at the same level, and the mysterious [that adult] is the leader of the organization, the real mastermind behind the scenes.

[Professor] Mostly it's a code name, but unfortunately I didn't know the code names of the blonde girl and the silver-haired girl this time.

After carefully sorting out the information that he learned, Conan handed it over to Haibara Ai, and asked her to investigate the master of the 20th class.

The next morning, Haibara Ai told Conan about the newly obtained information.

"The investigation has made it clear that the 20th is owned by the Babylonian consortium, which is now the world's number one super consortium.

Originally it was a small consortium called the Iruma Consortium, but it was suddenly acquired by a man named Gilgamesh just a week ago and changed its name to the Babylon Consortium.

Immediately after the rapid development of a large number of funds, the general managers and shareholders of the former third, sixth, eighth, and ninth consortium suddenly announced that they would be merged into the Babylon consortium as vassals. The largest conglomerate in the world today.

Since the source of funds and procedures are all legitimate, the general manager and shareholders of the company are of the same caliber, and even local government agencies have not received much real information. "

"??"

This is too magical. In a week, the world has been reshuffled. An unheard of company has become the world's number one, and then the world's number one consortium bought his house next door as a base.

However, after knowing this, the fog can be considered to dissipate a little.

Gilgamesh, like the professor, is also a code name.

Gilgamesh was the son of Lugarbanda, the demigod king who ruled the Sumerian city-state of Uruk before BC. Not just a legend but a real person,

Recording his work as "The Epic of Gilgamesh"

A masterpiece of ancient Babylonian literature, it is the earliest epic in known world literature.

The name of the consortium is Babylon, and the code name is the ancient king Gilgamesh. This intention is too obvious. He is promoting his wealth and power.

Could the adult the professor said be him?

No, it doesn't feel possible. According to the logic of the behavior of the boss behind the black organization, it is impossible to appear in this world in an upright and open manner, and to promote it. It's too strange, and it should be a shield.

"In addition, they seem to be trying to buy the whole Maikancho 2-chome and send away the original residents at twice or even more than four times the price of the house they lived in, not only 20th, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14 , 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30 are also all theirs."

As the saying goes, money can make a ghost run the mill, and I heard that the surrounding area of ​​my house was basically empty except for Dr. A Li.

Conan's expression was very helpless, and at the same time, his unstoppable curiosity also poured out, why did the world's largest consortium buy a large number of houses in Mikacho.

What is the purpose?

The lord, the professor, the blonde girl, the silver-haired girl, Gilgamesh.

What does it have to do with the Black Organization?

The fog grew again, making Conan more and more eager to know the answer.

"Ah, I can only take it slowly. Personal strength is simply not enough to fight against the Black Organization and the Babylonian Consortium."