Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 429 Scared People Away

Jinpei Matsuda stood in front of the smuggler, holding the bomb that had started the ten-minute countdown, and continued to point his pistol at him, looking calm and composed:
"How about this? Ten million. Sell me 180 kilograms of bombs and I'll remove the fuse."

"…There are only ten minutes left. How are you going to dismantle it?!"

After being stunned for a few seconds, the smuggler suddenly lost control of his emotions and yelled, "Are you fucking sick? You want to get all the bombs for free with 10 million and you want to take me down with you! Are you human?!"

The sharp voice made Matsuda Jinpei shake his head uncomfortably and move the bomb forward:

"Why do you care how I demolish it? I just want to ask you whether you will sell it for 10 million?"

"What the hell..."

The smuggler's nose was crooked with anger.

In fact, he is not afraid of death...but he feels sorry for his goods!

As the saying goes, if you lose your life, you can still have it in the next life, but if you lose your goods, they are really gone.

If there is an explosion here, the bombs in the entire underground warehouse will explode, and it is estimated that the land here will be blown up into the sky...

Moreover, the other party was holding a bomb and a gun, so he didn't dare to shoot, for fear of hitting the explosive pack or Matsuda Jinpei shooting at his other bombs...

but.

In such a short moment of distraction, there were only seven minutes left in the countdown.

The smuggler closed his eyes in despair and roared:
"I'm selling it! Is it okay to sell it? Please get rid of this bomb!"

Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure you want to sell it?"

"Sell, sell, sell! Stop asking questions, you bastard! Demolish this bomb right now!"

The smuggler hugged the shelf, almost crying, and even threw away his pistol.

He has been smuggling bombs for so many years, and today he ends up being killed by a madman?

"It would have been better if it had been this way."

Jinpei Matsuda curled his lips into a smile, turned the bomb bag over, and looked at the countdown that showed six minutes left.

Well, there is still enough time. He can now defuse the bomb in about five minutes...

However, just as he was about to start the demolition, a fiery voice suddenly rang out in this dimly lit underground warehouse:
“Ding ding ding~ The test was passed! It took thirteen minutes, and I finished ahead of schedule, so I get ten extra points!”

The all-too-familiar voice made Matsuda Jinpei's hands tremble three times, and he turned his head away speechlessly.

I don't know when Lie followed me and sat on the box closest to the secret passage. He was wearing a gray cloak and a mask on his face.

"What are you...?"

Matsuda Jinpei had never seen Retsu dressed so "formally" before, so he was inevitably surprised.

Besides, he seemed to have just negotiated with the smuggler, right? How come the assessment was over?
“Yes, it’s you?!” The smuggler, who had just been frightened, reacted more violently than before and jumped up directly: “You, you, you…how did you get here?! Are you in the same group?!”

Matsuda Jinpei: “…(⊙-⊙;)”

This reaction... Could it be that the person who didn't follow the rules before was referring to Lie?
"It's me~ Are you surprised? I was afraid that you would find me, so I stayed far away!" Lie's eyebrows curved under the mask, and his voice sounded particularly happy, "You are really mean~ I bought something from you last time, and you actually secretly renovated the intersection. It's really too much..."

"Can you call that buying?! You're just getting away with it for free!"

The smuggler's face was filled with grief, anger and despair.

He was wondering why this time there was another bastard who wanted to spend 10 million to buy all his bombs...it seems like they are in the same group!
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

I see. Actually, Lie got the other person's bomb for free, and the other person got scared, so they changed to a secret passage. Then when Lie wanted to come over to get it for free again, he found that he couldn't find the intersection, so he sent him to be used as a gun, right?

What a cunning plan.

After making a small complaint, Matsuda Jinpei saw Rei turn his head and look at him with a smile in his tone:

"Xiao Pingzi did a good job, but the money was too much. Next time, just give me a million or eight hundred thousand as a token of your appreciation..."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

Poor smuggler, but he deserved it for meeting Lie. Smuggler: "..."

He is not a human being anymore!
"Oh and more~ Xiao Pingzi, you are too nagging. Next time if he doesn't behave, you will do this!"

Lie shook his finger, then walked to the front of the smuggler, grabbed his collar and lifted him up: "Hey! Where are the bombs? How many are there? Take out all the stock! If you dare to sell them to others without permission, you will be dead~"

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

Excuse me for being blunt, but it seems more appropriate to call this robbery, or the kind of plundering by force.

Smuggler: “…”

Very good, he remembered these two people! And this guy named Xiaopingzi with a sissy name... I will never open the door when I see these two in the future!
After completing a series of demonstrations, Lie turned his head and said, "How is it? Did you learn it?"

"...It will." Matsuda Jinping raised the bomb in his hand expressionlessly, "But it will explode in two minutes. You deal with it."

The smuggler looked at the bomb that had counted down to two minutes and one second, his expression full of despair: "My life is over!"

Two minutes...

This is something that even gods can’t tear down——

"Crack~"
But he saw the masked man he was trying to avoid shake him off, jump up to Xiao Pingzi, take out a long needle and poke it into the bomb bag.

Then a crisp sound was heard, and the countdown stopped at one minute and thirty-seven seconds.

"It's done. Xiaopingzi needs more practice."

"...Please, I'm not you."

"Eh~ That doesn't matter. As long as you practice more, you will definitely catch up with me. I'm counting on you~"

Lie gave Matsuda Jinpei a sign of encouragement, then turned around and picked up several more bomb bags in addition to the one he had just defused. "Let's go! It takes a long time to transport the bombs, we have to hurry!"

"understood."

Matsuda Jinpei originally wanted to ask Rei if he was afraid that the smuggler had run away, but when he turned around and looked at the smuggler with an idiotic look on his face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he ignored him and emptied the first shelf on his own.

It was unknown how long it had been since Rei and Jinpei Matsuda left that the smuggler came to his senses. He looked at his empty shelf and felt like crying but had no tears.

...Forget it, forget it. These two guys are definitely not human. There will be no benefit if you go against them.

The smuggler tried to comfort himself.

But after thinking for a long time, he made a heavy decision:

He wants to move!
This location is indeed very good, and I also stock up on a lot of other goods here...

But if this goes on, if that bandit comes a few more times, he will definitely lose everything!

The smuggler picked up a pen and tremblingly wrote a few words on the paper, climbed up the hidden ladder next to him, picked up his simple luggage, and left the secret passage with a haggard look on his face.

……

After half an hour.

When Rei and Jinpei Matsuda returned here after moving the bomb, they were surprised to find that the smuggler had disappeared.

"It seems you scared people away." Jinpei Matsuda sighed.

"Uh~ This is not my fault, right? He must be too timid." Lie blinked innocently and picked up the paper on the ground, "Huh? What is this?"

Jinpei Matsuda leaned over to take a look.

[You two bandits! One day I, Nicholas Daniel, will come back! Just wait and see! *****! ]

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

This duck is not necessary.

(End of this chapter)