Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 99: Unexpected Events

"Really smart people won't come here. This bureau can only attract some self-righteous guys. Once excitement and enthusiasm take over, rationality will fade away. What's more, there is a lack of oxygen here. Physically speaking, their brains are not working well."

Yingsheng turned around and looked at Xiaolan:

"I actually want you to see more, but I'm worried that it will pollute your eyes. Anyway, remember this dirty quagmire and always remind yourself not to fall into it."

The venue was very noisy, but Xiaolan suddenly felt a sense of quietness. She turned around and looked at Yingsheng, because they had never fit in here.

"Never," she said.

"That's good." Yingsheng smiled and continued to walk out, "I'm sorry, I made you come here for nothing, and it ended up with such a boring ending."

Xiaolan shook her head; "Mr. Shuiyue probably wants to teach me. I have learned a lot tonight."

She suddenly thought of the scene when she was with her mother in the afternoon. There was no overly intense emotional outburst. Everything was as expected.

Inexplicably, she had a feeling: "Is this the essence of life?"

"what?"

“To make plans and achieve goals, you don’t need passion or enthusiasm. Reason is the answer to everything.”

"hiss--!!!"

Yingsheng suddenly turned around, his eyes showing panic: "It's bad, I won't force the issue, will I? Xiaolan, wake up and cheer up, don't let it get bad!"

"..."

Xiaolan was speechless: "But isn't that what Shuiyue-kun did? Everything is within your expectations."

"I really don't know where you get this confidence in me. I just have the advantage in intelligence and the first move. If something happens beyond my expectations, then it will depend on your passion and enthusiasm, Xiaolan."

“…Oh, is that going to happen?”

"Who knows."

"So how did Suigetsu-kun know the police were coming?"

"It doesn't matter if you're wrong, just guess."

Although it was actually someone from the Sumiyoshi-kai who reported it.

Walking up the stairs, in front of the narrow passage, the iron gate that I came in was already in sight, the door was half-open, and the two Yakuza who had fainted on the ground were no longer there, but no one came to replace them.

Yingsheng paused and looked back. The lights on the old staircase were dim and the sound of passionate and wild singing from the venue could be heard from afar. It was hazy, just like what you hear when you leave a noisy KTV room after being drunk and suddenly look up and see yourself in the mirror.

He suddenly said, "Xiao Lan, don't you think this is a very suitable place to ambush people?"

Xiaolan's body tensed slightly, and she looked at the stairs she had just walked past with caution: "The space here is small and I can't move freely. It is indeed very suitable..."

"No, no, no. If we use guns in a straight passage like this, we will be sitting ducks."

"firearms?!"

"Relax, this is just an unfounded association. And guns... well, although there is a 99% chance that we can't handle them, if the enemy is just holding a small pistol, maybe we can dodge it."

"Dodge bullets?"

Xiaolan doubted: "Can this kind of thing really be done?"

"It depends on the situation. Most of the time it probably won't work. But if you've seen the enemy pulling the trigger at you beforehand, and you concentrate on determining the direction of the bullet, maybe it will work. You may not be faster than the bullet, but you can always be faster than the person." "...That sounds incredible."

"I think so too, but this kind of thing happens so often, it's really strange. Oh, I think there must be a very important factor. In order to avoid the target wearing a bulletproof vest, the shooter always habitually aims at the head. The head target is smaller, more flexible, and the viewing angle height is just right, maybe this way we can avoid it."

“So what’s the right approach?”

"In theory, it should be two shots in the chest and one in the head, but considering the bulletproof vest, if you shoot two shots in the torso first, you might be killed by the opponent. So I don't know. You should make your own decisions on the spot. Don't be rigid."

"..."

After saying some strange things, Xiaolan was not as nervous as before and looked at the closed iron door in front of the passage:
"Mr. Shuiyue is just giving me scientific advice, or has he really discovered something?"

"I didn't find anything specific, but I'm a little curious. Where did the members of the Nican Society go? Even if they are useless and don't want to lose face, they should have found two people to watch over this place. It's too strange to leave it empty like this."

"Maybe he's outside?" Xiaolan guessed.

Yingsheng shook his head, looked around, picked up half a gray brick from the side of the stairs, threw it, and hit it on the door frame. The iron door swayed and opened outwards.

The alley outside came into view. The moonlight was dim, and it was completely silent, with not a single person in sight.

"That doesn't make sense."

Yingsheng asked curiously, "If the Nican Society gives up this entrance, they should at least lock it, regardless of the consequences... Well, is the Nican Society completely giving up?" He listened carefully and could faintly hear the host's voice in the venue.

"It seems not."

"Could it be because Shuiyue-kun used a signal jammer? How could you not know the situation here?"

"Shouldn't they come over to check it out? To be honest, I used that just to alert the enemy, stir up the atmosphere here, and pave the way for some things later. In the end, nothing happened, and this place is still like this."

"So those two people woke up?" Xiaolan looked at her right side and said uncertainly: "I have no experience, and I don't know how long they can be unconscious."

“It seems to be the only possibility.”

Yingsheng imagined: "Someone came to see them and found that they were fine; or one of them went back to report what happened here, and then came back to continue guarding; but I don't know if they were scared or something, so they sneaked away."

Xiaolan sighed: "Now that I hear that, it's really strange. Could it be that something unexpected happened to Shuiyue-kun?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'm just imagining things."

Yingsheng turned around and walked towards the venue again: "To be on the safe side, let's wait for the police to arrive and follow the main group. If our true identities are discovered...well, we can just say that we saw a lot of people wearing masks coming here and thought it was a masquerade."

Xiaolan followed reluctantly: "No one will believe this."

"So we still have to run faster when the time comes. There must be other doors here. Let's go in and look for them. Let's give up this one for now. It's risky."

"Oh……"

Wow! ! !

The moment she pushed the door open, Xiaolan vaguely saw the waves rushing towards her. Even though the venue was pitch black and silent, with only a single light on the stage, the suppressed enthusiasm clearly filled every corner of the air.

A man in a smart black suit stood under the lights and announced loudly to the depressed crowd:
"Now, please welcome the first item for auction, the slave girl!"

"!!!"

Yingsheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

(End of this chapter)