Conan: No, why aren't you following the script?

Seeing Kitagawa Isao's increasingly cold gaze, Robert shuddered and tentatively continued:

“From then on, Shinichi Takeda established a cooperative relationship with us. We provided his drugs, and the profits were split 30/70 between us afterwards. Of course, all of this was done in private, and nominally it was the remnant of a drug lord that had already been wiped out.”

After saying that, Robert sighed absentmindedly.

If he could, he wouldn't want to reveal all his secrets, but this matter had been weighing on his heart for more than three years, and he really needed to confide in someone. Kitagawa Isao gave him a good impression, and he didn't expect that once he started talking, he would be unable to stop himself.

The most important point, however, is actually their fear of Hattori Heiji.

Although Robert sees Heiji Hattori and Isao Kitagawa as both detectives, the latter is merely a private detective with no powerful connections.

But Heiji Hattori is different. With the backing of the Osaka Prefectural Police, he would never let the matter rest once he learned of your secret.

Kitagawa Isao threatened me over the phone just now for this very reason.

Robert dared not take any chances in this matter. He was caught in a dilemma, and all he could do now was trust Kitagawa Isao's credibility. Otherwise, once the matter was exposed, his life or death would be uncertain, and his family back home, who were being monitored by the CIA, would certainly have no chance of getting out of trouble.

Robert was well aware of this.

"Later, I came to Japan again, this time... because I received a mission to eliminate Shinichi Takeda and Akio Negishi. They were dissatisfied with the CIA's pricing and cuts, and since other people had contacted them and they had new sources of goods, they no longer needed to accept the CIA's high prices..."

"Furthermore, those people have always been dissatisfied with them, so after learning about this, they arranged for me to come here. After the mission is completed, they will arrange for new people to take over the drug trade in Tottori Prefecture. However, this will have nothing to do with me..."

"I didn't want to do this, but when I learned of Misa's death, I couldn't care less about anything else. Takeda Shinichi... that bastard drove Misa to her death, I must kill him to avenge her!"

In the end, Robert's eyes blazed with anger once more.

That was the final flame of revenge that erupted after learning of the death of his beloved.

Seeing him like this, Kitagawa Isao sighed and patted his shoulder again.

Although neither of them explicitly stated it, they were both well aware that the reason Shinichi Takeda forced Misa Takeda to her death was because Misa Takeda was not Shinichi Takeda's biological child.

She was the illegitimate child of Ryuji Takeda and Shinichi Takeda's wife, but there's no point in discussing that now.

Robert didn't care about Misa Takeda's identity, and it had nothing to do with Isao Kitagawa.

Rather than discussing these meaningless matters, he was more curious about who this person the CIA had contacted—the one who was replacing Shinichi Takeda in the drug trade in Tottori Prefecture—was.

As a young man from China in this new era, Kitagawa Isao doesn't care much about anything else, except drugs...

He felt really uncomfortable.

However, Robert didn't know much about his new successor either.

"They kept this from me very well. Because it involved a new line, someone else was in charge. The only task they gave me was to eliminate Shinichi Takeda and Akio Negishi. So... I'm really sorry, Mr. Kitagawa, I really didn't know about these things."

"fine,"

Kitagawa Isao sighed. "The information you've provided is enough. Next, I'll pretend to go and meet up with Ai and the others. You just drive around pretending to be on the run from a criminal. I think you should have your own escape route, right?"

Robert also wanted to avenge his beloved, so even if he really had the idea of ​​carrying out a mission, it was perfectly understandable.

Moreover, Shinichi Takeda and Akio Negishi were drug dealers, and now they've died at Robert's hands. It's their own fault, and regardless of Robert's true motives, in Isao Kitagawa's mind, he did something good.

Moreover, in Kitagawa Isao's view, Robert was just a small fry. He was neither a policeman nor Conan, and he had no intention of upholding justice in Japan.

Why not do someone a favor and get some reward points in return?

"Yes, the CIA will come to pick me up. As long as I can get to the town in Tottori Prefecture, that's fine. Thank you so much, Mr. Kitagawa!"

Regardless of Kitagawa Isao's true intentions, Robert was deeply grateful to see that Kitagawa was genuinely willing to let him go.

Although he was technically a member of the CIA, Robert knew in his heart that if he were captured, the first thing the CIA agents would do would probably not be to rescue him, but to kill him to cover it up!

He is able to continue living now, all thanks to Kitagawa Isao, so how could he not be grateful?

After sniffing, Robert rose solemnly and bowed deeply to Kitagawa Isao:

“Mr. Kitagawa, thank you for letting me go. In return, I have something else to tell you.”

"Hmm? What do you want to tell me?"

Kitagawa Isao blinked and looked up with some confusion.

"Actually... although I really don't know who this new intelligence agency has sent, I overheard some of the intelligence agency agents mentioning the person who had contact with Shinichi Takeda and Akio Negishi..."

"You mean those who supplied Shinichi Takeda with new drug supplies?"

"Yes, as far as I know... he was a politician from Tokyo, and I remember him well because his name was so distinctive,"

At this point, Robert frowned and thought for a moment before speaking, "If I remember correctly, the politician's name was Tonguchi, and he was a member of parliament in Tokyo. However, the agents seemed to be very wary of him, so we haven't heard any more news about him since."

Congressman... swallowed...

Could it be that politician named Shigehiko Tonoguchi?

Suddenly, Kitagawa Isao's eyes lit up.

He vaguely remembered that this senator named Shigehiko Tunguchi seemed to have appeared at the Beika City Hotel in the back.

and……

This was a peripheral member of the Black Organization, who was personally assassinated by Kenzo Masuyama, codenamed Pisco!

This... is really too much of a coincidence...