Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 106 Yingsheng: I'm just a passerby
"Please remain restrained, sir, I'm just an innocent passerby." Yingsheng raised his hands in surrender and turned around.

"Pedestrians won't talk like you." Kudo Shinichi still held the pistol steadily, without relaxing at all.

"I was really scared. Are you a policeman? Or a gangster? On my way home from get off work, someone was holding a gun to my head. Oh my god, is this still Tokyo? It was really scary."

"Don't speak in such a strange tone! Return to your original voice!" Kudo Shinichi pressed the hammer of the revolver, his eyes cold and stern: "Also, take off your mask!"

"That's not a good idea. Why don't you just tell me what you want? If it's money..."

"Don't think I don't dare to shoot!"

"Hmm? So?"

Yingsheng was surprised and said, "You have to tell me what you want. I'll skip the two items just now."

Kudo Shinichi's scalp was twitching and he really had the urge to shoot, but he barely held it back. The local police in Kabukicho finally arrived. Seeing this stalemate, a young man took the initiative to step forward and tried to pull off the mask on Hotaru's face.

Yingsheng's right little finger trembled.

"Do not move!"

Kudo Shinichi shouted suddenly, and his index finger on the trigger was almost pressed halfway.

The young police officer froze, and stood still several meters away from Hotaru. Hotaru shrugged helplessly. The police officer thought Kudo Shinichi was talking about Hotaru, took a deep breath, and was about to step forward again, but was immediately stopped:

"Don't come near! He's dangerous!"

Kudo Shinichi's tone was very stern. The police officer swallowed his saliva, hurriedly stepped back, and also pointed a gun at Hotaru.

This series of actions made Yingsheng raise his eyebrows slightly. Is Kudo's prestige in the police so high?
But to say that he is dangerous is really unfair, Yingsheng shook his head helplessly:

"How can you insult someone's innocence out of thin air?"

"..."

Kudo Shinichi didn't want to talk about useless things with this suspicious person, but his instinct told him that it would be better not to go forward, so he simply asked directly:
"who are you?"

"A passerby, if that's not enough, then I'm a little pony in the Mud Club."

Kudo Shinichi didn't believe a word of this, but he continued to ask:

"what are you doing there?"

"See how things here are concluded, and then report to my boss."

"Who is your boss?"

"It has nothing to do with this matter, so skip it."

"Who was that person that just spoke to you?"

"My fellow passerby, you probably only heard the last sentence. You just replied without knowing why."

Yingsheng tilted his head to look at the skateboard that had hit the trash can and broke into two pieces, and raised his right hand to give Kudo Shinichi a thumbs up:

"How dare you skateboard downhill so fast, warrior? And the slope of this road is not that steep. Did you kick it first and then jump up directly from a high place?"

Kudo Shinichi's skin jumped. Could this guy also be a detective?

And what confidence does he have? Now there are new policemen rushing over and there are three guns aimed at him, but he still looks nonchalant.

"Is there such a possibility?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "I am really an innocent passerby. If you have any doubts, feel free to verify them." "..."

Kudo Shinichi really wanted to say, with your overly calm behavior now, you can't be a passerby.

But as a detective, he certainly couldn't say such nonsense. After thinking for a while, he held the gun in his right hand without moving, and took out the cell phone of the victim of attempted rape from his pocket with his left hand. He flipped to the top call record and called. Three seconds later, he was told that the phone was turned off.

"I can't get through to Mr. Harada on the phone. Do you have anything to say?" asked Shinichi Kudo.

Yingsheng was puzzled: "Let's not talk about who that person is. He can't get through on the phone. Does it have anything to do with me?"

"I'm going to search you."

"Do you really have to do this? I will sue you later."

"I'm sorry, but I hope you can cooperate. If I have wronged a good person, I will compensate you."

"I want a million."

"..."

Kudo Shinichi didn't say anything. He concentrated and walked slowly towards Hotaru. When he was within three steps, he suddenly grabbed the mask on Hotaru's face. Hotaru tilted his head back slightly, narrowly avoiding the grab, and sighed helplessly:

"Sir, please don't make things so awkward."

The surrounding policemen were all alert and ready to go. Kudo Shinichi waved his hand at them, signaling them to stay calm, and put away his gun:
"Sorry, I'm just curious."

"I can understand that, but it'd better not happen next time."

"Since you insist you are innocent, why don't you dare take off your mask? And your hat brim is pulled down very low?"

"I'm very ugly, I'm afraid I'll scare you."

Kudo Shinichi felt that this man was talking nonsense, but from his actions just now, it can be seen that his skills are definitely not bad. Coupled with his rational thinking, if he really had a problem, it makes no sense that he didn't know that running away at the beginning would be the most likely option.

But not only did he not run away, nor did he control the hostages like the previous police officer did when he was reckless. Instead, he allowed more and more police officers to surround him, making it increasingly impossible to escape...

Did he really guess wrong?

The location of the reverse tracking was only that store, and the person was not directly locked. Moreover, he was walking very slowly before...

Thoughts kept coming and going in his mind, but Kudo Shinichi did not stop searching the body. He soon found a black feature phone and an crocodile leather wallet. He wanted to open the wallet, but before that he looked at Hotaru and only opened it after seeing him nod.

Over 100,000 yuan in cash, seven bank cards, and no identification documents.

Kudo Shinichi memorized a bank card number and planned to ask the police to investigate it later.

He opened his phone again and found a password.

"Four four."

Before he could ask, Yingsheng told him. Kudo Shinichi opened his phone and went straight to the call log. All the numbers were unfamiliar to him. He thought for a moment and asked:
"Can I try to hit two?"

"This request is a bit excessive, but if you insist, just say that you are a violent police officer. It is barely acceptable for those rude people to investigate me like this, so as not to embarrass me too much in the underworld."

Kudo Shinichi nodded and made three phone calls to confirm that Yingsheng was indeed a member of the Nizhan Society, known as Sanchuan. This made him silent for a long time before he said:
"Someone just asked you when you would pay him back the money you owed him. Why did you pretend to groan?"

Yingsheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "What do you think? If you hadn't died so quickly, I would have wanted to borrow some money from him again, claiming that you beat me up."

Kudo Shinichi was silent for a few breaths again, took a few steps back, and bowed deeply:
"Please come into the bakery with me!"

(End of this chapter)