Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 158 The Unlucky Thieves
The membership structure of the five-star group is roughly divided into six levels.

The first level... which is the highest level, belongs to the leaders, there are only five of them, and it is also an absolutely irreplaceable level.

The second and third level members are star heads and star clans respectively.

Under each leader are two star leaders, the Earth Star Leader and the Sky Star Leader, who are responsible for managing the information and movements of the 108 star elements.

There are also two types of stars, with thirty-six Tiangang stars and seventy-two Disha stars, corresponding to the Tianshou and Dishou respectively.

——Members of these three levels are basically equivalent to the bearings of the five-star group, ensuring the overall operation of the five-star group.

Going further down, there are core members, secondary members and external members.

"…According to those in the know, everyone except external members is allowed to develop."

Tian Yong drank some water to moisten his throat. "And insiders are like you, who learned about the Five Star Group through other members, or knew the name of the Five Star Group, which also counts as..."

"If the insider does not accept the assessment after being explained, then he is an external member. If he has not been explained, he is a marginal insider and is not included in the category of organization members. Is this understandable?"

Matsuda Jinpei scratched his hair and twirled a pen in his hand, "Maybe..."

Why does it sound complicated?
"Then I will continue."

Tianyong smiled and continued:
“As for external members, they actually refer to those who know some of the contents of the Five-Star Group but have not participated in the assessment.

Although these members will not receive mission assignments and do not receive salary benefits, they still have to bear certain risks... For example, if a high-level member in the action team exposes the organization, then these external members will be used as "smoke bombs" by us at certain times to disrupt the outside world's vision.

Of course, since they themselves have not received any mission assignments, they will not be accidentally injured..."

"It's just to block the gun, right?"

Matsuda Jinpei sighed.

Fortunately, I chose to join... otherwise I might end up lying in state one day without knowing why.

Tianyong smiled even more brightly: "Yes, Mr. Matsuda's summary is very insightful!"

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

What a brilliant idea! You almost said the word "take the bullet", right?
"As for the associates and confidants mentioned earlier, they can only be developed by the top three members, and there is a certain limit on the number of people." Tian Yong continued, "I won't explain this in detail... This is roughly the member structure. Do you have any other questions?"

"How do you communicate with your superiors and subordinates?"

Jinpei Matsuda raised a question.

Tian Yong still smiled: "I need to pass the assessment and become a formal member before I can tell you this question."

"…What about the promotion principles for members?" Matsuda Jinpei settled for the next best option.

"Assessment results, task completion, learning progress... these are all promotion indicators. For more details, please refer to this member promotion guide."

Tian Yong took out a document with a smile: "Also, if Mr. Matsuda passes the assessment, he can develop an insider... For the insider, at most he can only mention the name of the organization and the basic structure of the members, and nothing else is allowed... And the insider who is directly developed needs to report to the superior."

"What if you don't report it?"

Jinpei Matsuda narrowed his eyes.

"Well..." Tianyong tilted his head with a distressed expression, "I'm not sure if anyone under my command is in the Metropolitan Police Department."

After saying that, she gave a sly smile.

Jinpei Matsuda understood the hidden meaning behind his words and was a little speechless.

Okay, you are so cruel that you even have people from the Metropolitan Police Department...

Tianyong blinked: "Any other questions?"

“…That’s all.” Jinpei Matsuda responded weakly.

He hadn't recovered from the previous explosion yet, and hadn't rested for long, but he came here early in the morning to take this assessment.

"Please don't worry too much, the test is very simple."

Tian Yong probably saw Matsuda Jinpei's fatigue and consoled him, "The assessment is divided into a literary test and a martial arts test. The results are only used as a reference for future promotions. You can pass with a zero score."

Matsuda Jinpei: "?"

What did he hear? The literary test, the martial arts test, and zero score... 'I see, by examining a person's overall quality, can it also help him relax his vigilance...'

Jinpei Matsuda thought he saw through everything.

However, the moment he saw the test questions, he became completely emo.

What the hell is this?!
The first question is all in Chinese characters. If Matsuda Jinpei hadn’t learned a little Chinese, he might not have been able to understand it:

"Two children were arguing about what part of the sun they were arguing about..."

The options are color, shape and size.

Jinpei Matsuda looked up at the ceiling.

Very good, he can’t answer the first question…

-

I saw Jinpei Matsuda start to concentrate on the questions and put his whole heart into it.

Tianyong felt relieved and left the study room, closing the door gently.

……

In the attic.

The two men, one fat and one thin, had a large piece of cloth stuffed in their mouths and their faces were tied with ropes, so they couldn't vomit even if they wanted to.

The two people's bodies were trapped together and couldn't move.

They could only whimper helplessly, looking at the sunshine outside the window and shedding crystal tears:
They regret it so much!
I shouldn't have come to this shabby place to look for the stolen goods that the previous leader had embezzled!

"Crack~"

The attic door made a slight noise, as if someone had unlocked it...

However, the two tied men did not show any surprise on their faces. They just looked at the door in extreme fear, as if a god of death was standing there...

Are they going to die here today?

squeak-

The attic door made an old grinding sound, causing both men to shiver.

"It's really hard for you to come in so early in the morning."

The person who came in from the door was Tianyong, who had just been explaining things to Jinpei Matsuda downstairs.

But at this moment, she had a gun in her hand, pointing it at the two men - this was her trophy.

Tianyong pulled the cloth out of the skinny man's mouth and said with a smile: "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

This morning, she was preparing for a newcomer assessment, and she used the house left to her by her grandfather as the assessment site...

Unexpectedly, when she was halfway through preparations, two men sneaked in with guns and asked her to tell them where the 'thing' was.

Tianyong didn't even think twice and just beat the two men until they disarmed.

However, before she could ask what the two were doing here, Matsuda Jinpei arrived...

Tianyong had no choice but to tie the two men up in the attic and go deal with the new recruit assessment first.

It just so happened that the test could not be completed in a short time, so she came up to interrogate him first...

Tianyong thought that if they were just ordinary robbers or thieves, he would just hand them over to the newcomer named Matsuda. After all, he was a policeman, and it would be a shame not to use such good human resources.

However, if these two were the enemy of the Five Star Group...

Tianyong narrowed his eyes.

——Then we can only solve it on the spot.

(End of this chapter)