Chapter 711 Ireland: I don’t quite understand you perverts
“Refund the commission fee? Senior Maori, I don’t quite understand what you mean. Is there something I didn’t do well here? As for the price, I also understand. , you are now a well-known detective, even if you have additional requirements..."
"Miss Tokiwa, I think you understand what I mean," Mouri Kogoro interrupted Mio Tokiwa seriously. , "No need to test, I really have no intention of taking the opportunity to blackmail for a higher price. I have done a preliminary investigation in the past few days, and I have already informed you of the conclusion I came to. I want to go from now on unscathed." It is impossible to escape from this predicament.”
Although Mouri Kogoro did not intend to help Mio Tokiwa trip up Oki Iwamatsu wholeheartedly from the beginning, he still accepted the commission out of professionalism. , communicated with Mio Tokiwa several times.
First of all, many of Omu Iwamatsu's methods are illegal and illegal. This is an ironclad thing. There is no need for detectives to take action. Any ordinary person can detect the evil that this guy has gathered with his simple social experience. Money, power and interests have long surpassed the level of ordinary politicians.
But the question is, didn't Mio Tokiwa find Oki Isomatsu because of his ability and unscrupulousness in this area?
What she wants is a politician who will do anything to achieve his goal regardless of the means. It is best to be greedy for money and lust, easy to bribe, and can solve problems with krypton gold without paying extra network resources. At first, he will Finding Oki Isomatsu to help advance the skyscraper plan is a necessary condition.
But as things progressed step by step, Oki Iwasatsu's appetite grew bigger and bigger, and he even set his sights directly on Mio Tokiwa himself, making her unable to resist and eager to get away.
Therefore, Kogoro Mouri also euphemistically stated in the previous communication that if you have to find out the clues about Oki Isomatsu, it will be impossible not to involve yourself.
"I also said that as long as I can find a suitable way to break the situation, even if I pay some appropriate price, I can accept it..." Mio Tokiwa took a deep breath and tried hard to control the trembling of his fingertips. .
She is now standing on the 68th floor of Building B, looking through the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the room at the building opposite.
That was a building that she had worked hard to build for the benefit of the group.
This is her hard work, and it is her current foundation. Standing in her current position, she seems to have a choice, but in fact, she has no way out.
Earlier, the Tokiwa Group had no way out. She just tried her best to support the collapsing building for a while longer.
But now, the bright red logo, which was daubed on by someone unknown when, hangs there so dazzlingly, indicating that her group, her building, and even herself have become Become someone else's prey.
It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid, but if I feel fear now, it is already too late.
"Miss Tokiwa, I don't know what you are insisting on. The things printed on your building have already given you many answers." Mouri Kogoro sighed and slowed down his tone slightly, " I can't say that I have dealt with them, but because of my experience, I did have a lot of contact with those people. Since Representative Oki is indeed full of misdeeds, the Phantom Thieves will definitely use their methods to make him pay, so you don't have to worry too much. "
"But, but...in that case, our group's problem..." Mio Tokiwa's breathing quickened for a moment, and he quickly realized his gaffe and recovered, "Resident Ohgi's Many industries are already highly related to us. If he is really killed because of this Phantom Thieves, many losses will be completely irreparable."
"Tokiwa-senpai..." Mouri Kogoro shook his head helplessly and did not answer. This was her blunt defense.
Everyone knows the real reason.
As the blue-haired boy said in the afternoon, no one can be sure that the target of the Phantom Thieves is really just a specific person. Maybe the entire banquet guests are within their hunting range.
The most likely result is not that Damu Yansong is deposed, but that they pack up and go squat together.
"In short, I really can't do anything about Representative Oki's problem. With the intervention of the Phantom Thieves, he will soon no longer be a threat to you. Sorry, I will pay the upfront fee according to your payment channel "Return."
Mouri Kogoro calmed down and firmly expressed his refusal again. He no longer listened to Tokiwa Mio's eager persuasion on the other end of the phone and hung up the communication.
After saying all these words, Mouri Kogoro watched his daughter busily looking for materials and preparing to go to the bank to refund Mio Tokiwa's deposit. Suddenly, he felt like he was in another world.
If he hadn't been half-dragged and half-dragged to comply with the strict regulations prepared by Eri's daughter and Karasawa, this deposit might have been in his hands just like the entrustment fees for large commissions in the past. He threw it into the card game table or the racetrack at will. When he discovered that the case was full of problems and was not as easy to handle as expected, he had spent all his deposit and had no time to escape.
It’s hard to say whether this should be attributed to this painful supervision, but it feels good to have the right to refuse and not let the situation get out of control because of temporary desires. It makes him think back in a daze. It reminds me of when I was still a policeman.
The work is busy, the salary is not generous, but the young self is fulfilling and hopeful, and full of ambitions. Perhaps he does not want to live such a messy life now.
Finding a thread in this mess may not solve the whole mess, but it gives people a real sense of change and hope.
Is it really possible for people to enter a new stage in middle age? He wasn't sure before, but now, he thinks it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it a try.
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"...Huh?"
"What's wrong? How has the situation changed?" Toru Amuro, who was skillfully checking the circuit and stuffing new things in the middle, He keenly caught the slightly surprised movement coming from the other end of the call and spoke out to confirm.
"Nothing, I saw something strange. When did you find a part-time job as a plumber, Mr. Amuro." Karasawa waved his hand and waved away the rankup interface that suddenly popped up.
Forget it, this was not the first time that his coop had a sudden enlightenment for no apparent reason. For a man as old as Mouri Kogoro, if he suddenly thought of something, he didn't have to report it to him.
"I have been doing it for a long time. This is a job that does not require full-time work. With a little exposure, you can work as a part-time job."
"Okay, it is indeed very convenient."
"I want to confirm with you how the installation progress is on your side. Do you need me to continue to the upper floors to check?"
"The explosives on the 66th floor have been installed. For Building B, please contact A direct break of the bridge may affect the evacuation of the crowd. After seeking advice from consultants, I plan to readjust the detonation sequence, so for the time being, only key detonation points below the 40th floor have been installed.”
“… ...It feels really weird to hear you call him a consultant.”
"Shouldn't this be a very common practice? To exchange information or technology with criminals who have been jailed. This is called a 'plea bargain', right?"
Browse your head Amuro Toru, who was in a pipeline, couldn't hold back anymore when he heard this.
"Where did you hear this and just use it blindly?" He was wearing headphones and making calls this time. He didn't even have the chance to stare at the phone. He could only roll his eyes silently, "The plea bargain is It happened before the trial, and we are not very likely to do this. At best, this can only be recorded as a positive performance of cooperating with the official to reduce the sentence.”
“Oh, yes, it seems to be true. It's more commonly used in the United States. Please understand, senior, I am Akechi Goro now." Karasawa didn't care and replied lightly.
“You are just pretending to be American, but you are not really American!”
Toru Amuro's emotions were fully conveyed to Karasawa through his raised volume and tone, making Karasawa couldn't help but take away his phone a little.
"Oh, there is no difference...Okay, okay, I have to work, no more chatting."
There is indeed no difference. Karasawa's core production areas are not on both sides. To this day, Tang Ze still speaks in Chinese when talking to himself.
——By the way, when Karasawa and Leon spoke in Chinese and Japanese, it sounded very strange. Only they could have a smooth conversation. This was something Karasawa didn't have from the beginning. One of the reasons for doubting Lyon's position.
After hanging up the phone, Tangze readjusted the smile on his face, put away his phone, and walked out of the subway station with his suitcase.
As he walked, he held his mobile phone and paid attention to the marks left by Noah on the navigation of the mobile phone.
A red dot marked as a hostile target flashed gently on the map.
[Joker: Ireland is still following me, right? 】
[Ark: Well, not far or close, but still tracking. If his previous inference was correct, he would probably send the address to Belmode soon. 】
[Joker: Okay, keep monitoring him and don’t alert him. 】Exiting the chat page, Karasawa walked through the intersection leading to 2-chome, and before walking into the community, he pretended to check the surrounding area.
Standing in the distance, Ireland, who had not walked into the streets of Ni-chome at all, watched his every move through the telescope. He lowered his head after seeing Goro Akechi, who had carefully checked the surroundings in the camera, walking into one of the houses. , circled a location on the map.
He had tried to track Bourbon and Kumel before, but found nothing. Instead, he was hit by Kumel during the tracking process, and in turn suffered a lot. Ireland had already given up on this. Two people find a way to find flaws.
That’s not to say it’s completely impossible. There is no such thing as a perfect person in the world. However, compared to those who do things simply and neatly, there are too many tasks that need to be busy. Gin will inevitably make omissions and look for conspirators. The price/performance ratio of pigtails is really low.
If it hadn't been for Belmode's strong request, and his subsequent tasks would require help from people who were proficient in disguise, he would never hold his nose and start this painful job again.
However, after several days of chasing the erratic Kumail at all costs, Ireland really found such a suspicious place.
After drawing the circle on the map, Ireland picked up the camera and took a picture of the marks on the map and the route instructions he had drawn in the past few days. He also used a telephoto lens to take a picture of the direction of the block, and then They were all packed into the mailbox and clicked the send button.
After pressing the button, he moved his joints and felt relieved.
The amount of exercise is 40,000 steps in the Tokyo citywalk every day. During this period, he has to worry about tracking, stay focused at all times, and be careful not to be discovered by Kumail. He really feels very tired.
But looking at Kumail walking around with a big gun all day long, he deeply suspected that the training and experiments Kumail received in the organization may be to transform super soldiers or something.
Considering Kumail's slender figure and Ireland's own muscular body, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this conjecture might be quite reliable.
Oh, maybe Bourbon has also been transformed, or maybe this is what these energetic perverts are like.
Fortunately, this mission has little to do with Ireland. He just needs to collect a little intelligence.
Strictly speaking, if the person who is determined to dig out the inside story is Ireland himself, this is still a tricky thing.
Just looking at Kumail’s cautious look, coupled with this little pervert’s style of speaking and doing things, it would take a lot of preparation to break into the safe house or secret place he left for himself.
However, anyway, he only provides information. How to find a way to get in is Belmode's business, so there is really no pressure at all in Ireland.
After closing his notebook and completing his mission, Ireland easily put away his equipment, climbed down from the rooftop, and walked away in the opposite direction to Kumel's position.
Unlike Ireland, which threw the blame away and was relieved, Belmode opened the email when he walked out of the port. Before he could confirm the text content, the picture caught his attention.
The photo shows a regular single-family residential area. The extremely large area of each household fully illustrates the middle-class and above attributes of the community.
This is a place that Belmode is very familiar with.
Holding the phone, she frowned and fell into thinking and confusion.
"Is this the house next door to coolguy's house? Why would Kumail choose this as a safe house..."
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"Ms. Mio Tokiwa We insisted on holding the banquet on the weekend. We tried to persuade her many times to consider postponement, but she didn't listen at all. "
"Well, she may have some other concerns," Mouri Kogoro. Looking at Megure Thirteen and Shiratori Rensaburo sitting on the sofa opposite, he shook his head and did not fully tell the results of his investigation out of care for his old acquaintance.
As the only daughter of the Joban Group's generation, Mio Joban is the heir apparent in everyone's eyes. The Joban Group, which has been involved in the field of computer software early, has a brighter future. It is about to develop into a larger-scale multinational enterprise. .
But after actual contact, although Mouri Kogoro had no business sense, he still smelled a dangerous atmosphere.
Mio Tokiwa is so actively establishing subsidiaries and rapidly promoting the construction of skyscrapers at all costs. It is probably because there are problems with the management of Tokiwa Group. Mio Tokiwa is reeling after discovering this. Try your best to use various methods to increase the confidence of investors and the market in the Tokiwa Group.
Why did it develop to this point? Mouri Kogoro didn't know, but one thing he was sure of.
Jiban Mio has already made a desperate move, and she will never give up this opportunity.
"Not only that, after we visited twice, she handed this to us instead." Megure Thirteen took out an envelope from the inner pocket of his clothes and handed it to Mouri Kogoro.
After taking it apart, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at the contents inside.
“Is this an invitation to the banquet?” Mao Lilan, who came over to look at it, looked at the rows of names written on it and was very surprised. “Not only are you invited, dad, but everyone else’s names are also included... "
She managed funds for Kogoro Mouri, and she was responsible for refunding Mio Tokiwa's commission fee. She did not expect that her father's school girl was unexpectedly a very easy-going person.
She thought that for this reason, Mio Tokiwa would never invite them again.
"Ah? Are we even there?" Conan, who was still sorting out the Phantom Thieves' targets while holding his diary in his hand, couldn't help but be stunned.
Of course he knew what Mouri Kogoro was doing, and besides Maori Lan’s thoughts, he thought about more.
I don’t even know if they have cleaned up the Phantom Thieves logo. Judging from their attitude, it is clear that they are going to do something special at the opening ceremony banquet.
Leaving aside the issue of the rigid relationship between Kogoro Mouri and Mio Tokiwa, if too many outsiders were really invited over, it would be embarrassing and it would be embarrassing for Dafa.
Think of the grand occasion when the residents of Moon Shadow Island broke through the threshold of the police station, and then think of the scene where many particularly tough-talking guys vomited black mud all over the floor...
Tokiwa Mio is quite brave...
"Really, I don't understand what she is thinking." Megure Thirteen held up his hat, puzzled.
To say that Tokiwa Mio is really upright and not afraid of the shadow, and has no regrets, so it is okay to turn a blind eye to the threat of the Phantom Thieves. Looking back on the other party's performance when they came to visit, Tokiwa Mio's state was obvious Something is wrong.
I dare not face the challenge of the Phantom Thieves directly. I haven’t even issued an official statement to the media in the past few days. I have allowed the rumors to ferment, but I have refused to cancel the banquet, as if the banquet is more of a threat than the Phantom Thieves. A declaration of change of heart seems even more terrifying.
I don’t understand what these capitalists think.
"I'm afraid it's because canceling the banquet at this time will completely break the positive momentum she has worked hard to create these days." Mouri Kogoro read the invitation letter over and over again and guessed.
In addition to Mouri Kogoro, this invitation also included everyone who entered the building with him on the day of the visit.
Perhaps Mio Tokiwa’s target is not herself, but Sonoko Suzuki who seems to have been added inadvertently.
"Bluffing will not increase the real chance of winning." Mumu Shisan shook his head in disapproval.
Moori Kogoro was noncommittal: "Maybe if they delay for a while, they will have a chance to dispose of the shares and get out of it. Who knows."
Tokiwa Mio may have more unspeakable concerns, but since he is unwilling to say it to this extent, he can only express his wish for happiness.
(End of this chapter)