Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

She looked at herself on the screen and slowly widened her eyes.

The exciting, touching and beautiful love between the policeman and the girl who voluntarily lured the enemy, and the romantic pictures she painted with her own hands, emerged in her mind at this moment.

——She realized how she could help her boyfriend!

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Sorry, there are not many perspectives of the protagonist in these chapters_(:з」∠)_

Chapter 96 The real goal is

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“—You can’t do that.”

At night, in the task force office of the Metropolitan Police Department, many police officers turned their attention to the two men in the front.

They were standing in front of the desk of Inspector Tadayoshi Uno, confronting each other.

Jinpei Matsuda looked coldly at Hakubato Suzuki, one of his classmates in the police academy.

The black suit he was wearing looked wrinkled. These days, all the members of the task force were living in the Metropolitan Police Department. When they were tired, they put a few chairs together and used them as beds to rest. Everyone looked in a dishevel.

Baijiu, the only one who looked better, was holding a cell phone, on which was an email his girlfriend had sent him more than ten minutes ago.

[Shuyue, I can help you. I volunteer to act as bait for the police to lure out the murderer who targeted the red-haired man...]

Baijiu was stunned when he saw the email, and then realized that this was a good idea.

He praised his girlfriend, then immediately found the person in charge, Police Officer Tadayoshi Uno, and proposed the bait plan.

As a result, Matsuda, who happened to be reporting nearby, heard it and tried to stop him.

Baijiu asked angrily, "Why?"

...Could it be that Matsuda wanted to steal the credit? After all, China was his girlfriend, and if she was used as bait, the credit would be his!

Jinpei Matsuda stared at Baijiu, without a trace of smile on his usually carefree face.

Even when he encountered a very troublesome bomb, he never put on such a serious expression.

"Your girlfriend is just an ordinary citizen. She has no training and no ability to protect herself. Using her as bait is like sending her to her death."

"If we really need to find bait, it should be the police in charge of the case. Ordinary people should never take the risk!"

Jinpei Matsuda's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth; he was angry.

Baijiu almost rolled his eyes when he heard these high-sounding remarks. But there were so many people around him, and it would be embarrassing to do so. He always cherished his image, so he tried his best to restrain himself.

But he still felt even more disgusted with Matsuda, and said with a hint of contempt: "We have tried everything you said, is it useful?"

The identities of the victims in this serial murder case are all very troublesome, including an international student, a gangster's illegitimate child, a diplomat, and a call girl who has received many officials. Their pressure is increasing.

In order to solve the case, they did consider finding bait, having police officers wear red wigs or dye their hair red and go in and out of different bars - except for the first one, all the other victims had been there before their deaths.

Miwako Sato from the Criminal Division and several female police officers from the Traffic Division heard about the plan and offered to help, saying that the criminal might be more relaxed around women.

But all failed, the criminal was very cunning and had amazing observation skills. He seemed to be able to tell whether the red hair was real or fake, and he only targeted people with natural red hair due to foreign ancestry.

Jinpei Matsuda stopped talking.

Bai Jiu noticed that Matsuda clenched his teeth, but did not say anything to refute. This made him feel that he had won, and he felt happy for several seconds.

The entire office was silent. Inspector Tadayoshi Uno was holding his head with a frown on his face. The voices of other people around him entered Baijiu's mind.

[Hurry up and agree. What is Matsuda doing? Does he want to keep going like this?... He wants to continue. I've had enough...]

[Can it finally end? ]

[It’s too much to ask your girlfriend to do this...]

Baijiu heard that most people supported him.

——But they all strongly supported it in their hearts, but no one really stood up and said anything.

He was somewhat dissatisfied, which was understandable. After all, if the police asked ordinary people to be bait, it would cause controversy among the public and attacks from the media.

“…We can’t do that.”

Jinpei Matsuda spoke again, insisting and repeating his previous words.

"The police shouldn't let ordinary people take risks."

Baijiu sneered: "I say, what does this have to do with you? My girlfriend naturally listens to me. What does what she wants to do have to do with you?"

This anxious look is so ugly. What does Yuanxiang like about him? His face?

"Being a boyfriend and girlfriend is not a reason for you to let her die!"

Jinpei Matsuda, who had been very calm before, or who had to remain calm at all times as a bomb disposal police officer, finally became completely angry. He stepped forward and grabbed Baijiu's collar forcefully.

Bai Jiu was stunned, and the next second he was furious. He tried to struggle, but failed. He saw Matsuda Jinpei's eyes staring at him behind his sunglasses.

"Matsuda!!"

Superintendent Uno Tadayoshi quickly stood up and tried to stop Matsuda Jinpei.

Jinpei Matsuda was still staring at Hakuba.

But he had calmed down. He loosened his hand, stood a few steps away, and said coldly: "Even if you are husband and wife, you are not qualified. No one can decide to send another innocent person to death."

"She won't die. She is actually very safe. We just need to catch the criminal before he attacks."

Bai Jiu straightened his collar. He was so angry that he was about to explode because the man had pulled his clothes and embarrassed him on the spot. He gave Matsuda a sarcastic look.

"Why, Matsuda, do you think that everyone here is useless? So many people can't protect her? - I'm different from you. I believe in the abilities of my colleagues here."

He deliberately framed him, hoping that everyone would support him and stand against Matsuda.

Matsuda Jinpei was not offended by these words. Maybe he would have been offended when he was in the police academy, but now he is not offended at all.

The atmosphere was completely tense until a police officer from the Criminal Division broke in.

"Uno police officer!"

He reported to the top person in charge here, "We just received a report that another victim of the Red Hair Case was found near Ginza Station in the Chuo District!"

"The deceased has been identified. Many people have seen him on TV... He is the youngest son of the current president of the Bank of Japan, a mixed-race child with European ancestry, who is only in middle school this year..."

Hearing the age of the deceased, Matsuda frowned.

Bai Jiu was secretly happy and he almost laughed out loud.

Look, God is helping him! Another heavyweight death. Now, no matter how reluctant Matsuda is, he has to accept his plan.

At the same time, the greater your contribution will be if the plan succeeds!

Sure enough, as Baijiu expected, Uno Tadayoshi looked at him with a vigilant look.

"Matsuda, you and the others go to the scene. You will be in charge of the search. Baijiu, you... please contact your girlfriend and tell her that the police need her help."

Jinpei Matsuda did not move.

He looked at Bai Jiu, then at Uno Tadayoshi, and said, "...Where are you going to carry out the bait plan?"

"Didn't you notice?"

Bai Jiu was in a very good mood. The depression caused by Matsuda's obstruction was swept away, and there was a hint of uncontrollable pride in his voice.

"The first four cases were in Shibuya, Shinjuku, Bunkyo and Chiyoda, and now the fifth is in Chuo - all in the central area of ​​Tokyo, and in a clockwise direction."

"The location where the sixth case will occur is easy to guess. It's in—"

"Minato."

Jinpei Matsuda interrupted him and mentioned the place name.

If bait is to be sent, the most suitable location is in the port area where the next crime is most likely to occur.

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port area.

The night wind blew on Toru Amuro who had just walked out of the bar. He felt an inexplicable chill crawling up his back, making him shiver all over.

He looked around and didn't see anyone suspicious, so he took out his vibrating cell phone.

[Catch the woman who is related to Goldwasser as soon as possible! Quickly! - Rum]

The angry words caught his eye. Amuro Toru could fully imagine the mood of the impatient boss who sent this urgent email.

Toru Amuro has been looking for the red-haired mistress of third-in-command Goldwasser for so many days and has been to so many bars, but there is no clue at all.

He even began to wonder if Rum had made a mistake, the wrong place, or the wrong facial features.

——Or maybe this person doesn't exist at all, and it's Goldwasser who is deliberately making trouble for Rum who is always targeting him.

Amuro Toru also sent an email to Morobushi Keimitsu, asking him if he had met Anisete recently. The red-haired woman was her father's mistress, and she might know something about it.

Zhu Fu Jingguang replied that Anisete said her father had more mistresses than the hair on his arms, and she was too lazy to get to know them.

While drinking, she praised his looks, especially his eyes, saying that he was so handsome that a female writer who appreciated male beauty would spend hundreds of words describing him in detail so that people could recognize him at a glance.

This kind of teasing is completely meaningless and does not contain any useful information.

While thinking about how to reply, Toru Amuro glanced in a certain direction.

He saw Binga again. This was the second time he had met him. Binga was also looking down at his phone after coming out of the bar.

…It seems that he also gained nothing.

Toru Amuro withdrew his gaze, feeling helpless and relieved. He sent an email to Rum and then went to the next bar.

Chapter 97 Bait and the Police

Outside a bar in the harbor.

The cold night wind blew through the streets. Bai Jiu stood in front of a van parked in a remote corner, his heart pounding.

Beside him, Kotomine Qina was also very nervous.

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