Chapter 961: Trying my best but unable to defeat
The angry Mouri Kogoro stepped heavily into the hotel lobby and immediately saw Edogawa Conan sitting on the sofa waiting.
Maybe it was his daughter's comfort on the phone that had an effect, or maybe it was the two punches he just punched Takada that made him somewhat angry. Mouri Kogoro's expression was still calm.
He stood next to Conan, looking at the watch firmly clasped in his hand with a serious expression.
This is something like a reminder.
"What did Xiaolan mean just now?" Remembering the way his daughter had just put it on his hand, Mouri Kogoro took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions, "Are you...?"
There was some blame in his words.
Mouri Kogoro, who was vaguely aware of Conan's situation, was relieved to let his daughter leave with the child just now because Conan was taking care of him.
He and this brat may have differences on many issues, but when it comes to Xiao Lan, their thoughts are definitely the same.
Conan raised his hand, made a silent gesture, and pointed to the ID on his hand.
After all, he is a madman who has already used a bomb. Can the bomb be installed without a bug? We can't assume that the prisoner really has such good intentions.
Mouri Kogoro took the note he handed over, carefully read the content on it, and relaxed his frown a little.
Well, luckily Dr. Agasa had the foresight and it would be nice if no one except Conan himself actually wore it and was threatened.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he lowered his head and looked at the piece on Conan's wrist.
The ID card with the LCD screen already lit up is slightly fluorescent under the light. The fonts used are even round numbers designed to fit the user. They look cute, gentle and harmless.
"What about you, doesn't it matter?" Mouri Kogoro, who was a little awkward, raised his chin and signaled.
Conan, who didn't expect to receive his concern, was stunned for a moment, and then looked down at his wrist.
Of course, the danger in his watch was solved by the wild handsome guy who suddenly appeared together with Xiaolan. However, due to the sensitive identity of the other party, it was difficult to say this to Mouri Kogoro.
So Conan just touched the beast with its fangs removed and smiled confidently: "Anyway, we just need to get rid of it before ten o'clock in the evening, right?"
Mouri Kogoro's brows twitched, he looked at his face that was particularly stinky because of his confidence, and clicked his tongue.
"You kid...why are you still standing here? Get in the car."
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The time agreed by Ito Suehiko and Mouri Kogoro to meet was nine o'clock in the morning.
Since the process of tricking the children into wearing watches is omitted, the time spent is very short.
As a lunatic who is proficient in time management, Suehiko Ito has a very busy schedule for himself. He will next start meeting other detectives hired by him with high salaries.
At half past nine it was Akechi Goro's turn.
"It can be seen from this that the order in which he met was arranged according to his worth." When Tang Ze walked out of the car and threw the car keys to the doorman, he said this to the other end of the communication.
"...What do you mean?" Hattori Heiji's brows twitched because he was the second to last one.
"I, the last one in the queue, didn't say anything, so don't complain, Hattori." Koshimizu Nanatsuki's voice suppressed him in time.
"It doesn't matter if you go overboard. Don't worry, let us run it. I'm confident that your price will exceed the previous level within half a year."
"Hey Akechi, you..."
Karasawa, who had teased him for a while, took advantage of the fact that he had arrived at the hotel and naturally kept his mouth shut. Ignoring Hattori Heiji's protest in his voice, he turned off the communicator, smiled and shook hands with Secretary Takada, whose smile was not sincere. Walked into the conference hall that Mouri Kogoro once entered.
When the watch used as an ID card was placed on the table, Karasawa just lowered his eyes and glanced at it, nodded indifferently, ignored Takada's lame excuse, and casually pressed it on his wrist. .
Putting aside the fact that he has more than one bomb disposal department in his team, what if it explodes?
If you can, try blowing me up.
Secretary Takada, who finally got cooperation, was visibly relieved. He stopped fussing when he pressed the remote control to close the curtains, and stepped back quickly, putting some distance between himself and the detective who looked like a prince.
He had inquired beforehand and found out that all the detectives invited today, except for Koshizui Nanatsuki, who is a woman and is not yet well-known and does not know the strength of the other party, all of them have at least one taijutsu skill. Mr. Mingzhi has a special gun certificate and a special nationality, so it's better to keep a distance.
The conference hall fell into darkness, and Ito Suehiko's mysterious image was shown again.
"Good morning, Detective Akechi. I am the client this time. Regarding this commission..."
"...Do you want me to investigate your robbery case, sir?" Karasawa said it bluntly without giving Ito Suehiko time to show off.
The figure on the screen swayed significantly.
"It's not a good habit to be mysterious, Mr. Client, especially when you are the one who really needs help." Tang Ze crossed his fingers and put them on his chin, making a relaxed and leisurely gesture, "You choose Maori Mr. Kogoro is actually quite suitable. The price is suitable to show your efforts. He is also a traditional detective who meets your requirements in all aspects. It is really irrational to focus on me."
Karasawa pushed the back chair behind him, adjusted his sitting position, and faced the direction of Ito Suehiko's surveillance camera - although he knew that Ito Suehiko was blind and couldn't see even if there was a camera, he still had to do the work that needed to be done. - Putting his hands on the armrests, he laughed relaxedly.
"Mr. Maori and I are not as famous as we are now. Most people who know him also know me. This may have caused you some misunderstandings, but you have to find out about this client. I am dedicated to serving wealthy families. Private investigators who serve powerful people, my long-term clients are everywhere You are spread all over Japan, including Yokohama where you are. You don’t think that you are the richest man in Japan, right? Oh, by the way, the richest man Suzuki Consortium is also a long-term customer of mine. I’m afraid you don’t know. Let me tell you.”
Compared with the previous ridicule, this passage has a stronger yin and yang flavor.
Even if they don't know Goro Akechi's relationship with other wealthy families, his long-term cooperation with the Suzuki Consortium is obvious to everyone.
Of course, Karasawa did not rule out that some people might ignore the weight of this relationship because Kogoro Mori was also closely associated with the Suzuki family, so he kindly reminded Ito Suehiko.
"As for me, unlike many of my colleagues, I am in the business of wealthy people. Rather than a detective, I prefer to be called a hired consultant. I am not only responsible for the things that regular detectives do. . To be honest, I don’t really care about your ideas and plans. The only reason I come to see you is that your bid is high enough. I like to talk to people who are sincere, so that communication is more efficient.”
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Having said this, Tangze took the initiative to take out a few photos from the suitcase and pushed them on the table.
This is exactly what he showed to the high school detectives earlier, a group photo of Ito Suehiko's club during his college days, as well as close-up photos of his former friends and girlfriend. Probably because of his blindness and the need for on-the-spot reporting, it took a few seconds for Ito Suehiko's reaction to come through.
The figure on the screen was obviously choked.
"I prefer the feeling of clear transactions, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. What do you want me to do? Reveal the truth of the case for you? Find your missing ex-girlfriend? Or exonerate you and let you completely get rid of this trouble? Get out? Let’s talk about it first, the last option is not the current price.”
Looking at the screen with a smile, Karasawa skillfully performed the image of a detective played by Kumail, which was very in line with the organization's expectations.
So after a few seconds, there was a "click" and he felt the tight buckle of the watch on his wrist loosen.
The ID card containing the deadly thing was automatically unlocked and fell heavily on the table.
Looking at that look, it seemed more like she wanted to stay away from him than giving up after compromising.
Tangze pulled off his tie with satisfaction, turned to look at Takada who was cowering in the corner and didn't dare to make a sound, and raised his hand.
"A cup of black coffee, thank you. Please open the curtains for me. I don't like to watch the screen in a dark environment. It's bad for my eyesight."
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After Akechi Goro, naturally Hakuba Tan, and then Hattori Heiji.
Although the two of them were not traveling together, because they left the office at the same time, they were only ten meters apart when they entered the hotel.
Seeing Goro Akechi sitting leisurely in the coffee break area of the lobby reading a newspaper, the two of them had weird expressions for a moment.
According to their previous reasoning, shouldn't Suehiko Ito want to impose some threats or restrictions and require them to solve the case according to their own wishes?
Although they are preparing to crack down on match-fixing, they still have to put on a show, right?
They saw Secretary Takada coming to pick him up. They couldn't express the problem directly, so they could only exchange a look and go upstairs together.
Tangze drank the coffee that he secretly stuffed with a lot of sugar cubes to dilute the bitter taste of concentrated black coffee in his mouth. After waiting for another ten minutes, he finally met the two people who ran down quickly.
"How's it going?" Tangze asked after pushing the coffee he ordered for them.
"It's done." Hattori Heiji wiped his nose and showed Karasawa the masterpiece on his wrist.
The ID card from Suehiko Ito was indeed pressed firmly on his wrist, but there was a white gap exposed in the buckle position. It was not difficult to tell that he should have caught something in the middle.
As long as you find a slightly sharp object and open it along the gap, this so-called difficult-to-remove device will be easily pried open.
After all, no matter how top-notch the mechanical structure is, it cannot match Ke Xue's superhuman strength.
The white horse detective turned his bound wrists and pulled up his sleeves like a magic trick. When he pulled them open again, the locks were suddenly loose.
"...Why is there a magic part?" Hattori Heiji's lips twitched.
"Oh, this is a little trick I picked up while studying Kidd's affairs." The white horse detective smiled implicitly.
Hattori Heiji had no reaction to this, but Karasawa glanced at him strangely.
Could it be that after the last magic fan gathering, you felt it was too embarrassing to go home and saw the handcuffs, so you studied how to do the handcuff magic? Let's learn from the barbarians and use their skills to control the barbarians.
But you can rest assured, Kidd himself will probably cut off the handcuffs just like you when he goes back.
After each presented the results, Hattori Heiji began to explain how they coerced Takada into allowing the two of them to be interviewed together, and then how they used off-site information and real reasoning on the scene to hide Ito Suehiko, who thought he was himself, behind the scenes. The guy who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai was so forced that he could only use explosives to threaten him in embarrassment.
No matter what you say, a guy who can see through lies is indeed a good liar.
It’s hard to say how good the two of them are in acting. This serious reasoning relies on such a limited amount of information. It’s both profiling and psychological analysis. It’s really very bluffing, and Ito Suehiko can’t handle it at all. .
As for Suehiko Ito's self-motivated so-called search for the truth and the completion of his own plan, it's hard to say whether he can realize that he is a fool now, but he must have realized that he is a fool.
By chance, he meets the reasoning genius Gossōji, but he tries his best but cannot defeat him.
At least now he should realize that his so-called perfect plan is based on fact.
"Where is the hint he gave you?" Karasawa, who was too lazy to calculate Ito Suehiko's psychological shadow and focused entirely on analyzing the possible keywords of the palace, asked directly.
"Here."
The two of them each took out their notebooks and placed them on the table. While discussing, they drank coffee slowly.
So, when Nanatsuki Koshimizu, the last one to attend the meeting, arrived, Takada, who came down to pick him up, saw Goro Akechi and two other detectives of similar age, each holding a coffee cup and talking and laughing, and he broke out in a cold sweat. .
"Detectives, you, you..." Taking courage and approaching, Takada couldn't help but stammered, "Didn't I say that the deadline for the commission is ten o'clock in the evening..."
You guys are sitting here chatting so leisurely, why don't you go out to look for clues quickly?
Not to mention, if they go to Akechi Goro directly, it is really possible to quickly solve the so-called commission of the president and solve the problem quickly...
"That's right, isn't it ten o'clock in the evening? There are still twelve hours left, plenty of time." Baima Tan glanced at him and had no good impression of this evil spirit who was helping others to do evil.
"I'm just a hired detective, not your employee. Even if I'm your employee and complete the work within the specified time, I'm not required to not be able to relax and rest?" Hattori Heiji even squinted his eyes with disdain from the corner of his eye. "Why, is this also a breach of contract?"
Takada looked at them for a long time and felt that the words were clearly written on both of their faces, "I'm playing with my life, why are you so anxious?"
After thinking about it, he really couldn't refute it, so he could only swallow his anger and quickly headed upstairs with Koshizu Nanatsuki, who greeted Goro Akechi with a smile.
Two minutes later, Koshimizu Nanatsuki, who was sitting in the conference hall, looked at the dark and unopened screen in front of him, and a question mark slowly appeared on his head.
Um? She just heard from the communication that it was said that Suehiko Ito had used video conversations?
What's going on? The camera is broken?
(End of chapter)