Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 311 Only one of Yingsheng and Qingzi can survive!
After answering some basic questions and verifying the effectiveness of the drug, Toru Amuro got down to business.

"Did you kill your parents?"

"No, no..."

Ying's anger was so weak that it sounded like she was going to die in the next second, but she still answered decisively.

Toru Amuro raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head and looked at Miwako Sato, wanting to ask what was going on.

Is the organization's truth serum so ineffective?
"Then do you admit to killing the Shuiyue couple?"

Before Amuro Toru spoke, Kiyoko, who had been watching coldly by the shelf, spoke.

"It seems... that's the case."

Hotaru's voice was quite hesitant, but Amuro Toru could tell that he was not struggling for the reason of killing those two people. He was just being stubborn and didn't want to admit any crime.

Amuro Toru frowned: "You don't think the Shuiyue couple are your parents?"

"It wasn't originally."

"Then who are your parents?"

"I was born without parents."

"Then how were you born?"

“Xuantian…Xuantian!”

A ray of light flashed in Hotaru's dilated pupils again, and Amuro Toru could almost see his own reflection in it.

Yingsheng's muscles tensed instantly.

Bang-!
Toru Amuro's eyes were dark and he threw another heavy punch.

After the screams and groans, Hotaru's struggle disappeared, and Amuro Toru continued to ask in a cold voice.

"Who is Xuantian?"

"North Pole Xuantian God! This body, this heart, this thought, are all shaped by Xuantian and bestowed by Xuantian!"

Yingsheng's speech before was clearly intermittent and his consciousness was unclear, but when he said this, his tone and logic were extremely clear and firm.

Toru Amuro knows the working principle of truth serum, which suppresses people's higher-level thinking activities and makes it difficult for them to organize logical lies.

When asking questions in this situation, the part of the other person's words that has the clearest logic is more likely to be true.

And Yingsheng's current behavior undoubtedly shows that his belief in the God Xuantian comes from the bottom of his soul.

This made Toru Amuro look at him with a hint of pity in his eyes. This man was really crazy.

The thought only flashed through his mind, and Toru Amuro continued to ask questions.

"So who do you think the Shuiyue couple are?"

"Stranger, NPC."

"You don't remember anything about what happened before that?"

"do not remember."

"Where's Xuesong Qingzi?"

"A woman who is born to be a lover can provide me with love."

Hotaru's words were very unclear, but to simplify it, this is how it was. Amuro Toru turned and looked at Kiyoko.

Qingzi's face was as if she was wearing an exquisite ice and snow mask, and she didn't react at all.

"Why do you need affection?" she asked.

"I will die without love," Yingsheng said.

"why?"

“I don’t know, but I will die.”

"Who else but me can provide you with love?"

"Hope... Huaying hope."

"anything else?"

"Nothing."

"You're lying, where's Kanhara Chiyoko?"

"She and I just get what we need, haha...it's an adult thing, just a transaction."

"What about Mao Lilan?"

"Lan... Xiaolan... I don't know why, maybe she doesn't love me at all."

Qingzi frowned slightly: "Then you are still with her?"

Yingsheng chuckled: "I'd love to."

Qingzi remained silent.

Amuro Toru looked at her and Hotaru for a while, and continued to ask: "Is Mao Lilan your companion?"

"Yes."

"What did you do?"

"Wanguan Co., Ltd., beat the crap out of you; the underground casino in Kabukicho, continue to beat the crap out of you."

Amuro Toru didn't hear what happened next for a while, and frowned and said, "Continue."

"Go home, go to bed, do..."

"I'm talking about you breaking into the research institute!"

“…#%…&￥%…&#…”

Hotaru's words were quite unclear. Amuro Toru moved closer and found that he seemed to be chanting something, but it was not in Japanese, so he could not quite understand it.

Fortunately, there were many brains connected to his headphones, and they quickly gave a translation.

——"They looked at each other from top to bottom, and their expressions were dependent on each other."

——"Be intentional and subdue your thoughts."

Toru Amuro frowned. This guy is really a religious lunatic. What kind of spell is he chanting at this time?
"It could be that he is still using his faith and willpower to fight the effects of the drug, or it could be that he is unaware of the situation and cannot answer." The intelligence officer behind the headset said, "Based on the doses injected into the target before, we are more inclined to the latter. We suggest changing the question for verification."

So Toru Amuro changed the question: "Why are you targeting the NMC?"

Yingsheng said in a hateful voice: "Because they deducted the fruits of my labor! It was my first day as a gigolo, and I worked so hard, but they only gave me 500,000 yen. They basically treated me as a volunteer! I really didn't go there for the money, but they absolutely couldn't not give me the money!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Quite a few people were speechless after hearing this. Just for this matter, do you know how much damage you have caused to Nicanhui?
I'm afraid it has been paid back tenfold or a hundredfold by now.

Toru Amuro shook his head and continued the interrogation. Hotaru's words were sometimes confusing and sometimes clear, but he never said the information that everyone wanted.

Especially on Friday night, Amuro Toru carefully asked Hotaru what he had watched, and the result was something like...

Yeah, very exciting content.

The kind that can't be written.

This made Toru Amuro couldn't help but complain in his heart, wondering if Japan has been westernized too much, and whether today's high school students are so open-minded.

The interrogation lasted for nearly an hour and a half. Thanks to Hotaru's good memory, Toru Amuro already knew what he ate every day.

But, after all, there was no gain at all.

Amuro Toru tilted his head to look at Kiyoko, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "On Saturday afternoon, you poisoned his food. He found out immediately and went downstairs to buy milk to induce vomiting. He also ate a lot of barbecue to neutralize the remaining poison with protein."

Qingzi said in a cold tone: "I don't think he noticed. He is just cautious by nature."

"That's right, otherwise you would probably be dead. This guy is a lunatic."

Amuro Toru sneered: "But, Qingzi-kun, the information you provided is not accurate enough. It is true that as you said, there are many suspicious points in his whereabouts, but you just heard that he is either playing with women or on his way to play with women.

To be honest, my life goals are quite simple.

A beast that thinks purely from the bottom of his body."

"I just told you what I know. He didn't tell me a lot of things. How could I know the truth beforehand?" Qingzi smiled. "And is this matter so important? He admitted that he told the police about your affairs. He is more or less a little mouse."

"Oh, you mean, we each take what we need?"

"No, it's all for the sake of the organization."

Toru Amuro was silent and looked at Kiyoko for a long while. Seeing that her eyes were still as calm as water and had a gentle smile on them, he couldn't help but sigh.

Toru Amuro put his hand on the side of Hotaru's neck, knocking him unconscious. He shouted outside, called in two special police officers, and tapped Hotaru with his chin.

"Take him down, wash his head, and send him to the hospital for emergency treatment."

He glanced at Yingsheng's legs, who were hung upside down. "This position allows blood to flow downward, so the bleeding is not too excessive, so he won't die."

The two special police officers responded quickly and respectfully.

"Yes, Master Bourbon."

Watching the two of them moving forward, especially the bright armbands, Toru Amuro frowned slightly.

"Hurry up and take off this layer of black skin from your body. It's disgusting to look at."

Naturally, the two men did not dare to disobey and immediately did as they were told.

Toru Amuro frowned even deeper as he looked at their movements that would earn him zero points according to the manual.

He simply stopped looking and walked out of the warehouse, speaking in an indifferent tone.

"Gin, it seems you miscalculated."

A long-lost deep sneer came from the other side of the headset: "Bourbon, do you really think everything he said is true?"

"What do you mean? You should have watched the surveillance video the whole time."

"I mean, even that woman Gil can resist the truth serum, why can't Mizuki Hotaru?"

"Kil didn't really hold up, and that wasn't a normal dose."

"But he's not just any guy."

Toru Amuro has already walked out of the warehouse. The special police who had previously filled the alleys have disappeared, and there are only two people left on the rooftops of the surrounding warehouses.

Brown-red mushroom head, Chianti.

The serious-faced old man, Cohen.

In the center of the open space right in front of the warehouse door was a burly Slavic man wearing sunglasses and a black top hat. He nodded to Amuro Toru without saying anything.

Amuro Toru felt inexplicably heavy: "Where did the organization get so many special police equipment?"

“The power of organizations is far greater than you can imagine.”

Gin smiled playfully: "Why, Mr. Bourbon, are you, the CIA agent, going to use your American superiority to interfere in Japan's internal affairs again?"

Amuro Toru's eyes were gloomy, and he didn't respond: "What are we going to do here? Are we going to kill Mizuki Hotaru?" "It would be a pity to kill such a good seedling."

"You want to hide it? That's unrealistic. In Shuiyue Yingsheng's eyes, this interrogation was led by the police. After he was able to move freely, he would definitely hide as soon as possible and then test the attitude of the police. According to what you said, he is very perceptive and will find the flaws sooner or later."

"When did I say I would hide it?" Gin said lightly.

"Just tell the truth?" Amuro frowned slightly, "Even if he would not choose to be the enemy of the organization out of rational considerations, but in his heart..." Amuro paused, shook his head and laughed, "I think too much, the organization does not care what he thinks in his heart."

"Heh, let me tell you a little bit, Bourbon. Even if it's a wild horse, the organization is confident that it can be subdued."

"Biotechnology? Brainwashing?"

It seemed as if Toru Amuro was simply asking out of curiosity.

Gin didn't comment: "Maybe, and it won't be that difficult to subdue Mizuki Hotaru. He's a religious lunatic and not a good person. When he wakes up, it will probably be enough to let him kill the betrayer himself for revenge."

The traitor is naturally Qingzi, who is thrown away after use, which is the organization's specialty.

"I see."

Even if his real identity is an undercover police agent, Toru Amuro will not show any mercy to a venomous woman like Yuzuki Kiyoko who is about to die.

Realizing that Gin was probably in a good mood, Toru Amuro took the opportunity to ask about some other matters of concern.

"Is that Sato Miwako real?"

"Of course." Gin said.

"From what I've heard, she's not one to give in."

"Everyone has weaknesses. Even if she is unwilling to kill, she can accept being asked to deal with the hated Xuesong Qingzi and her accomplices."

There is some truth to this, but not much.

Toru Amuro knows Sato Miwako and knows that she is not that kind of person, so Gin must be hiding something.

But given his current rather embarrassing status, he could no longer ask any further.

Gin also turned his attention to another direction: "Haven't you found that little mouse of Gil yet? Bourbon, you're not trying to play a double agent, are you?"

Amuro Toru said calmly: "Kil and I didn't know each other's true identity in the past. After I found out about this, I told the organization immediately and led the organization to eliminate many CIA bases. Isn't that enough to show my sincerity?"

Gin sneered: "Who knows if those are necessary sacrifices? Bring back Gil's head, and your pledge of allegiance will be complete."

"I'll get it done, but what about what I want?"

"I'll give you a copy once the research and development is complete." Gin said jokingly, "I'm curious, Bourbon, what kind of woman could make a guy like you betray the CIA after finding out the organization's goals."

"Maybe it's just a lie."

"Relax, as long as you do your job well, the organization won't dig into you."

Gin obviously thought he was just worried.

At least that's how it looks on the surface.

The conversation ended there. Amuro Toru heard some noise behind him and turned around to look.

The two peripheral members of the organization had already taken off their SWAT disguises, and were carrying the unconscious Yingsheng out of the door, one in front and one behind, and walking towards the black van on the side of the open space.

Yingsheng's face had been washed and wiped with clean water, his wet hair hung down, revealing his handsome face as gentle as jade.

His eyes were closed naturally and his expression was serene, as if he was just asleep.

An idea suddenly occurred to Toru Amuro that people like Mizuki Hotaru would probably be better off dead.

Not only because of his past evil deeds, but also because he has no respect for life. After he completely obeys the organization in the future, he will be a very troublesome enemy.

Moreover, although from today's interrogation, Hotaru's style of doing things was very simple, Amuro Toru just felt that something was wrong.

The main reason is that it's just too coincidental.

On Saturday night, he was invited by Yingsheng to the bar, and was plotted against that night, which made it impossible for him not to be suspicious.

Although according to reports from colleagues in Group Zero, Hotaru behaved normally that night and went straight back to the Mori residence.

My cell phone kept going around in circles, and the signal finally disappeared in Tokyo Bay.

This doesn't seem to mean anything, but when Amuro Toru learned that the three investigation departments also had doubts about Hotaru, his doubts became stronger.

When Gin proposed this trial plan to him at noon today, he agreed almost without hesitation.

It doesn’t matter if the guess is wrong. Mizuki Yingsheng was not a good person anyway, and his death is a relief to the people.

Bang-!
The van closed its door and started slowly.

Amuro Toru sighed in his heart. He and Mizuki Hotaru became mortal enemies, and such a villain was not dead yet.

This is definitely the worst one among all the development directions that he had originally calculated.

Vodka got into an old Porsche 356A and followed the van. Two snipers also jumped down from the roof of the warehouse.

Cohen put his gun away and got into the passenger seat of the blue Dodge Viper without saying a word.

Chianti looked Amuro up and down and gave a nasty smile: "Mr. Agent, when can you teach us how to sniper?"

Toru Amuro ignored her and turned to walk into the warehouse.

Kiyoko Xuesong had taken off her gas mask and was leaning against the shelf, playing with her hair boredly.

"Am I going to die?" she asked.

"do not know."

Without even looking at her, Toru Amuro took off his gas mask and walked towards the cabinet by the wall.

"Can't I even let her live as a pet? She's very beautiful, isn't she?" Qingzi said in a sad tone.

Toru Amuro put the gas mask into the storage box, turned off the signal jammer here, and glanced at her.

Qingzi pursed her lips and smiled softly, stretching out her hands to him, with a light mist in her eyes, revealing infinite charm.

"Mr. Amuro, can you take me away?"

To be honest, that unprecedented charm did make Amuro Toru stunned for a second. After all, he is also a man.

However, for someone like him, there are many things that require more persistence than the temptation of beauty.

Amuro Toru showed a hint of disgust on his face: "Is this how you seduce those men?"

"There is no such thing as enchantment. They and I are both attracted to each other."

Kiyoko smiled tenderly, seemingly not caring about what Amuro Toru said, and her eyes turned to the surveillance camera in the corner.

Amuro Toru laughed and said in a playful tone: "Gin, it seems like you have been single for a long time."

Gin said coldly: "No one can touch her. After Shuiyue Yingsheng recovers from her injuries, lock them both up together. Whoever comes out alive will join the organization."

In terms of fighting power, Kiyoko is no match for Hotaru, and what Gin said seems to be no different from before.

But Toru Amuro knew that force was never everything, especially for a beauty like Kiyoko.

People like her often don't need a knife to kill people.

If she was doomed to die before, then because of her performance at this moment, Gin gave her a glimmer of hope.

Even the time is not limited to the period after Yingsheng recovered from his injury, but also includes before that. The starting point is now.

As long as Kiyoko can kill Yingsheng within this period of time, she will be the one who survives!

As for who lives and who dies between Hotaru and Kiyoko, Toru Amuro had no particular preference, so he simply conveyed Gin's intentions to Kiyoko.

In other words, Toru Amuro actually hoped that the two of them could die together.

Kiyoko fully understood what Gin meant and bowed deeply to the camera.

"Ah…"

Toru Amuro heard Gin's playful laugh, and the communication continued to be silent.

Toru Amuro picked up the metal box on the cabinet that contained the medicine and signal jammers and walked out of the warehouse.

Kiyoko and Sato Miwako followed him and got into a black Passat in the alley.

His original car was targeted by the police, so he had to change it.

Slowly starting the car and driving out of the alley, Toru Amuro smelled a faint smell of blood in the air and his eyes became deep.

Why did things become like this?
On Saturday night, Toru Amuro learned that there might be traces of Vermouth at the Scarlet Rose Bar, and accepted Hotaru's invitation.

Of course you have to drink when you go to a bar, but Toru Amuro wants to keep a completely clear mind, so what should he do?

Of course, use drugs.

Toru Amuro can drink a lot, but since it involves Vermouth, he cannot afford to make any mistakes. To be on the safe side, he injected himself with naloxone hydrochloride before going to the bar to promote the metabolism of alcohol.

After taking a few more diuretics to speed up the excretion of alcohol, Toru Amuro made all the preparations and went to the bar.

He has absolute confidence that he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

Then he fell down halfway and was ambushed at close range by a pitiful-looking little girl.

After that, he was hung upside down, tortured, and put into a coma.

But perhaps the measures that Toru Amuro had prepared in advance took effect. He himself had excellent physical fitness and had received professional confrontational training. When Rena Mizunashi drove away from the abandoned warehouse area, Toru Amuro woke up quietly.

At that time, Toru Amuro was in a very bad state, but Rena Mizunashi's mental state was not much better. She had to look in the rearview mirror from time to time to see if anyone was chasing her.

Toru Amuro lay dormant for a while, then suddenly launched an attack. With deliberate moves, he was able to subdue Rena Mizunashi.

But whether because of his identity as a code member of the organization or as a police undercover agent, Toru Amuro naturally could not kill Rena Mizunashi with one knife.

He knew her, the codename member of the organization, Kiel.

And from the conversation she just had with the person suspected to be her superior, she seemed to be from the United States. Was she an undercover agent for an intelligence agency?
"Is this how you treat your savior, Bourbon?"

At that time, Mizuno Rena said coldly.

Rena Mizunoshi only knew Toru Amuro's code name as a member, and didn't know that he was an undercover police agent. With her life at stake, the idea of ​​taking him back for further interrogation fell through, and Rena Mizunoshi could only make a deal with Toru Amuro.

Using the recording of Toru Amuro's criminal confession as a bargaining chip, Rena Mizunashi and Toru Amuro agreed that no one would reveal what happened that night.

On this basis, if Toru Amuro can provide information, Rena Mizunashi will give a generous reward.

Toru Amuro agreed to this request, got out of the car and left alone, and soon contacted Yuya Kazami and told him everything that had happened before.

Then I unexpectedly learned a surprise: there was a white person who was not dead in the abandoned warehouse area and was being treated at the Tokyo Police Hospital!

Team Zero immediately and secretly took over the white man, using all kinds of extraordinary stimulation methods. They quickly woke him up and tortured him to extract information.

——Kil is an undercover agent of the CIA. Shirley took the initiative to contact her official identity and wanted to make the winery’s crimes public.

They are all undercover agents, so we can consider them half colleagues.

Team Zero was quickly decided, and Toru Amuro became the face of all teams from now on.

Toru Amuro had no objection to this, but on Sunday morning, when he was watching Hara Yoshiaki play games in Soho Town, he received an emergency call from Yuya Kazami.

——Someone reported him to the Third Investigation Department using that recording, and the police are heading towards him!

Toru Amuro thought for a moment and dialed Rum's number.

"Sir, I want to turn myself in."

(End of this chapter)