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

Chapter 724: Past Chapter - Lianzhu-08 Five Stars
Year after year.

Before the coldest season of winter, this place is still a world of ice and snow.

Three years later, the restricted area was gradually lifted.

However, the businesses nearby are still relatively backward compared to the outside world... but at least they have improved compared to the beginning, and there are many places for entertainment and recreation.

For example...a bar.

Two men in dark coats sat at the bar at the back, their sinister eyes constantly roaming around as if they were looking for their prey.

The newly appointed bartender in the hotel was intimidated by the two men, and his movements were a little unsteady when he served the drinks...

Fortunately, these two people did not take his rude behavior seriously.

After that, the bartender returned to the bar.

When there was no one around, the two gloomy men began to communicate in a low voice:
"Zhiping, will the informant you mentioned really come? It's not that I don't trust you, but it's really too unbelievable that someone from a place like this would have information about that big shot..."

"Believe me, old friend, I can't lie to you.

I was actually quite surprised at the identity of that informant. It can be said that those of us who work in this area have to rely on their intelligence.”

"I hope so... You may not know that I've been cheated too many times before. I'm really scared of it."

The two grown men had gloomy expressions, but their words became more and more plain, and they even complained with expressions as if they were about to chop someone.

People who don't know might think they were discussing how to slice up a human body...

"Ding, bell~ding..."

The bell on the bar's doorframe rang.

The sound was slightly different from the normal sound of pushing the door open. It was a bit like someone was slowly scraping the bell with a board and then scraping it back. The sound was very obvious, ringing three times.

Hearing the ringtone, the two men sitting at the table who were complaining with gloomy faces were stunned for a moment, then turned their heads and looked towards the door.

A child about seven or eight years old just came in, wearing a loose and worn short-sleeved shirt and shorts, holding a rag bag in his hand, and without even wearing shoes.

There were still some snowflakes on his body, and his silver hair was a little eye-catching.

His bright green eyes revealed a maturity that was not typical for his age.

After entering the door, he only glanced a few times, and his eyes locked on the table of the two men, and walked towards it. During this time, the new bartender saw a child coming in, and just as he was about to drive him away, he was dragged away by his boss and said a few words, and then he could only pretend not to see it...

"Hello sir, please tell me... do you two need a newspaper?"

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Kurosawa Jin stared at the two customers in front of him with burning eyes.

An old customer, a new customer...

These two men are bounty hunters who specialize in some dirty work. Kurosawa Jin likes to deal with such people the most.

——For no other reason than that most bounty hunters respect contracts.

As long as they can reach a deal and their interests are aligned, they are the best partners.

Although there are many bounty hunters with extremely low credibility who often do things that go back on their words, Kurosawa Jin feels that he is lucky... at least he has not encountered such unreasonable hunters.

This time, two of his clients have their eyes on a big one.

...The two men were going to assassinate a local chaebol leader who was quite famous. In order to get the information of that big shot, Kurosawa Jin spent a lot of manpower, energy and material resources.

But this intelligence transaction alone was enough to recoup their investment and exceed the resources they spent several times over.

Therefore, Kurosawa Jin is now more alert: he is afraid that these two people will escape.

"...Oh! Newspaper? Give me one." After a few seconds of hesitation, the bounty hunter named 'Zhiping' reacted, a smile appeared on his gloomy face, and he handed a folded envelope to him inconspicuously, "But I don't want the ones from these days, I just want the newspaper from the evening of December 3rd last year." "Okay, no problem."

Kurosawa Jin grinned, calmly put the envelope into the torn bag, then took out a slightly old newspaper and placed it on the table.

Then, he acted like an ordinary newspaper seller, selling his newspapers to people at every table, and then left with brisk steps.

Now he needs to find a place to hide and count his money.

Based on the feeling just now, the compensation given by the other party should be correct, but it still needs to be confirmed.

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The bar counter at the back of the bar.

The other man with a gloomy face didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until his 'Zhiping' friend looked at the newspaper and laughed foolishly.

"The informant you mentioned...is a child??"

"Hey! Totally unexpected, isn't it?" Zhiping smiled proudly, "This is what I think is so clever about this organization... Who would have thought that in a place like this, they would use children to gather intelligence and pass on information?"

"Indeed...but is it okay for such a young child?"

"The child just now was the one I handed over to last time. Do you think he is an ordinary child? He must have been specially trained by them.

And children of this age are easier to control.”

"That makes sense..."

My friend seemed to accept this statement.

After the two worked together to decipher the code on the newspaper, they got the information they had been longing for. The friend made a decision, "Thank you, Zhiping. If it weren't for you, this bounty would have gone to waste... By the way, can you tell me the contact information of that organization?"

Zhiping nodded, "Of course, this organization calls itself 'Five Stars'. If you see five five-pointed star logos on the decorations of newsstands or shops where children gather, it is the temporary contact point of the organization.

If the clerk asks you what you need, you can say, "I need an old newspaper." The clerk will then ask you what kind of old newspaper you want, and you should answer, "I want an old newspaper that can help me find my old friends."

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Dilapidated residential area.

Originally, this was the core area of ​​the "forbidden zone".

But now that the blockade has been lifted, the area is starting to become a little more populous.

The most obvious change is:

The number of children here has obviously increased a lot.

However, judging from their clothes, most of them came from other areas. The children who were born and raised in this place were mostly still in tattered clothes, which made them stand out.

In an inconspicuous corner.

Next to a snow-covered shed, a white-haired boy fiddled with a pile of branches and put them on the ground to make a fire.

But he tried for a long time and couldn't light the fire.

Next to him was a younger boy, who looked only four or five years old, and he was watching the white-haired boy's actions very attentively, as if he wanted to remember everything with his eyes...

Then as I watched, my head started to nod.

"Alin, Azhe, what are you doing?"

Kurosawa Jin came back hurriedly carrying a small torn bag, and was just about to share the joy of making a lot of money when he saw his two kids doing some confusing things outside.

Continuing from the previous extra content, the time period is ten years after the protagonist traveled to Conan.

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