Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

[Looking like he does, there's really no need to worry...]

Baijiu's hands hanging by his side moved and he soon calmed down.

"Okay, Section Chief."

They packed up their things and left the office together.

This is Baijiu’s mission today.

Originally, he had agreed to go to the Beika Central Hospital where another bomb in the original work was located, but he found an excuse to fool Hojo Toika and was about to go to the hospital in Haido.

The gangster that Investigation Section 4 is tracking was involved in a car accident in Beihu late last night. Their colleagues from the Traffic Section told them the news in the morning and they are going to the hospital to investigate.

But this is only on the surface. The fact is that the member is related to the Black Organization. It was the organization that sent people to hit him last night, but he was not killed by accident and was sent to the intensive care unit which is difficult for ordinary people to get into. So they asked the policeman Katsutoshi Teraoka, who was in charge of the case, to silence him.

This kind of investigation is usually conducted in teams of two. Katsutoshi Teraoka chose to bring Hakubato with him, not because he valued his abilities or wanted to help him gain merit, but because his internal credibility had plummeted due to the Red Hair Serial Murder Case not long ago - even if he discovered something unusual during the process and told others about it, no one would believe him.

This is an exploit.

However, this is also an opportunity for Baijiu.

The two walked past the door of the Investigation Section 1 office. Bai Jiu saw the curly-haired figure flipping through a newspaper, waiting for a fax, and coldly withdrew his gaze.

The bomber is missing, and the person most suitable to shift the blame is not here, so Matsuda cannot do anything for the time being - he even doubts that the Ferris wheel will not explode today - since this plan has to be shelved, he will deal with another matter first, which is to reverse the unfavorable public opinion about him in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Catching a corrupt policeman who has been bribed by a criminal organization is a good way.

Baijiu couldn't report it in advance. After all, he discovered it through mind reading. He couldn't expose his system skills to the natives of this game... He could only catch them in the act.

Looking at the section chief who was walking in front of him and whom he originally respected very much, Bai Jiu secretly clenched his fists.

Even if it wasn't for changing public opinion, he didn't want those people who looked down on him and took advantage of him to have an easy life!

……

The white dove left.

Jinpei Matsuda, who was in the Investigation Section 1 and was worried about the fax from the bomber, put down the newspaper in his hand and had an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness.

He looked outside and saw several more officers from the explosive ordnance disposal squad running past the door.

"…Is the situation there so serious?"

Matsuda Jinpei was puzzled. He had been in the explosive ordnance disposal team before, and he was very familiar with the number of people. With the current number plus the ones who left before, the bomb disposal police in the Metropolitan Police Department were almost gone.

A colleague who just came back from outside heard what he said and gave an answer.

"No, they are going to other areas. Just now, many local police stations received calls from the public saying that they found other suspicious objects that looked like bombs!"

Chapter 127: Scotland's Mission

Cupido Town.

An inconspicuous black car was parked on the side of the road, and Morobushi Keimitsu was talking on the phone with Kazami Yuya.

"Don't worry about the shrine for now, just focus on your work at the hospital..."

As an undercover agent, he pressed his aching temple and patiently reminded his colleagues whose jobs were far less dangerous than his.

Although the public security police are called police, their actual work is more like that of spies and they are responsible for intelligence and national security.

An explosion occurred in the shrine half an hour ago. At the time of the explosion, there were at least ninety officials inside, who were from various political parties in Japan.

The motive is unclear. It could be a struggle between different political parties, personal revenge, or the work of foreign spies. This incident will definitely be handled by the public security police. In addition to the two teams of explosive ordnance disposal police, a large number of public security police from the Metropolitan Police Department and even the National Police Agency will also go to the scene.

However, this kind of work has nothing to do with the undercover agent Morobushi Kagemitsu for the time being - unless it is discovered that this was done by the organization - he once again reminded Yuya Kazami of another task.

"I know, Mr. Moruobushi," Kazami Yuya replied, "The staff at the Haido Central Hospital are ready, and they are just waiting for the councillor to leave the prison in 10 minutes."

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked around and asked, "How is Teraoka?"

"He will go to the Haido University Hospital today. The person involved in the case they recently investigated was sent there after a car accident yesterday, and..."

Yuya Kazami paused and continued, "Last night, our people found that the Porsche 356A appeared again in the surveillance near the hospital - and this time it was clearer. The person sitting in the front driving is most likely Vodka, a member of the organization!"

Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned.

He and Ling handed over the facial features of some organization members to the police, and some of them were secretly photographed, so there would be basically no mistakes.

What a coincidence! The two hospitals are very close, less than 2 kilometers away. Plus, Gin's car and his little brother are there... The undercover police officer became alert: "Have they sent anyone over there?"

"We have sent them!" Feng Jianyuya said immediately, "Please rest assured, our people will keep a close eye on both sides!"

"That's good."

Zhu Fu Jingguang checked the time and sighed, "I have to hang up now. The organization will contact me at any time. I'm afraid I won't be able to contact you in the next few hours... If there is any emergency, you can try to contact ZERO for advice."

He was really worried about his colleagues in the Metropolitan Police Department and couldn't help but give them another reminder.

Moscow time is 6 hours behind Tokyo time. It is now past 11 o'clock in Tokyo, but only 5 o'clock there. The organization rarely operates at this time, especially in the cold winter, so it is not a big problem for the police to call them.

"Yes!" Feng Jianyuya responded.

Zhu Fu Jingguang ended the call, carefully put the phone into his inner pocket, took out another phone, fixed it next to the steering wheel, and put on the earphone on one ear.

He looked in the rearview mirror, drove the car into the side lane, and headed east of Beido Town.

There were a lot of vehicles on the road. The explosion in Chiyoda District did not affect other places, so everyone else was doing what they were supposed to do.

As expected, just 10 minutes after I put on the headphones, Anisette called.

"Hey, can you hear me - are you in your car, or on a tram or bus?"

"I drove my own car and there was no one else around me," Zhu Fu Jingguang replied.

Aniset ordered: "I sent out the second mission target and her movement trajectory yesterday. At this point, go to the supermarket and subdue her. Go to the nearest base and interrogate her in the interrogation room."

Zhu Fu Jingguang responded, and then asked: "What about the tequila..."

"He's going too."

It was very quiet over there on Aniseite's side, and I didn't know where she was at the moment.

"The target's family recently bought a new refrigerator, which is expected to be delivered today. I called the merchant to ask them to postpone the delivery for one day. Tequila can pretend to be a courier and go to the target's home to complete the interrogation..."

There was a red light ahead, so Zhu Fu Jingguang stopped the car and opened a document while maintaining a cell phone call.

There are photos of four people on it. There is a red cross on the last one, which indicates death. The girl in the third one is smiling sweetly.

There is a name under each photo, and the three of them have the same surname, so they are a family.

——Hojo.

……

Zhu Fu Jingguang had heard about this mission a few months ago.

A case written by a writer involved an official who had connections with an organization. The organization first sent people to kill several minor officials who had made big mistakes, and then dealt with the remaining doctors. Finally, they planned to investigate the writer to see whether she wrote the case by coincidence or knew the inside story.

He forgot the name of the writer, but he remembered that she was a young female writer.

Originally Lei was in charge, but somehow, the task fell into the hands of Aniset.

"I talked to the girl online and also had someone contact her in person a few times."

"According to her mind, that story was not something she came up with herself, but something she saw or heard somewhere else, then wrote it down and published it under her own name."

"Her father was an undercover agent. He was still hiding when the Moon Shadow Island case happened nine years ago. The underworld organization he belonged to once went to the island to do business... and her mother was from Moon Shadow Island. Although she hasn't been back in recent years, she has correspondence with her old friends there."

"So the target this time is her parents. The undercover agent is target number one, and his wife is target number two."

"I am quite lenient with my subordinates. I don't want you to be overloaded with work. Each of you should be responsible for one task and ask them if they know any intelligence about other organizations and where they heard it from..."

——This is what Anisette said to them when they met at the bar yesterday.

The red light ahead ended, Zhu Fu Jingguang came to his senses and set off again.

He drove past Beihu Commercial Street and took a look outside.

This place is very close to the two hospitals that Feng Jian and the others are going to. There may be some kind of event going on in the commercial street today. Several large hydrogen balloons are floating in the air with different colored slogans tied underneath, and many people are gathered around.

At the same time, Anisette's words continued to come from the headset.

"Scotland, you are more capable than Tequila. If you sneak into the high-end apartment where the Hojo family lives and interrogate the former undercover, your success rate will be higher."

"However, I also have to find a chance to train Tequila...so this time I can only leave the simple one to you. I hope you don't mind."

Her voice was gentle and caring.

"I have no opinion."

Zhu Fujingguang said calmly, but at the same time, his heart sank a little bit.

He knew that Mr. Hojo was an undercover agent who had managed to return alive.

He knew that Mr. Hojo had handed over all the intelligence he knew to the public security on the day he returned, and there was no information about the Black Organization among them.

He knew that the public security had been monitoring and protecting the Hojo family for a long time since Mr. Hojo went undercover, and he was sure that there was no clue about the organization in Mrs. Hojo's correspondence.

He knew—they were innocent, they knew nothing.

But he couldn't save them.

It is very risky for an undercover agent to rescue someone, and whether to save someone or not does not depend on one's own feelings or the goodness or badness of the other person, but only on the value of that person.

The father of the Hojo family is a former public security undercover agent who can no longer work, the mother is an ordinary housewife, and the daughter is a high school dropout who can no longer continue writing because she can use novel techniques to achieve her goal... Such a family does not have that kind of value.

Zhu Fujingguang's rationality and responsibility told him that completing the tasks given by the senior members of the organization and working hard to win their favor and climb to a high position were more important than saving an ordinary family - only by defeating the organization as soon as possible could more people be saved.

...Emotionally, even if he wanted to save the former undercover agent's family, the public security leaders would not agree. They would only give him the same excuse and refuse to provide any help.

"..."

Even though he was mentally prepared, Zhu Fu Jingguang's heart still felt like it was being pressed on a branding iron. A sharp pain that he would never get used to exploded deep inside his body, constantly tearing him apart.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Anisette asked him to interrogate Mrs. Hojo... She is an innocent person, but at least she is not the undercover senior, so the possibility of her being a test is not high...

The black car continued to move forward and drove across the Beihu Central Bridge connecting the east and west areas.

An oil tanker truck, which is rare in the city, came from the opposite direction. It was driving slowly and passed by Zhu Fu Jingguang.

Zhu Fujingguang calmed down his mood and said in a normal tone, "Where are you now?"

"I'm sleeping. I'll come to your place first in a while. Remember to turn on your phone. I'll contact you at any time."