Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 139 Ai, I almost died

"What did you find?"

"This disc," Kaito said, taking out the disc.

Kaito and Hakuba Saguru stood at the foot of Tokyo Tower. Kaito asked him, "Do you know the identity of that person who is disguised as Matsumoto Kiyonaga?"

"Is he related to Zheng Yi?"

“That’s right, it could be very related,” Kaito said.

Hakuba Saguru nodded: "I'll try to ask them when the police have finished their investigation."

However, the police are unlikely to tell him that.

His father did not support his investigation of Zheng Yi.

Moreover, given the severity of this incident, the police will likely choose to cover up many details and will not easily disclose them.

Hakuba Saguru looked up and glanced at Tokyo Tower.

Japan is going to be really lively tomorrow.

“Let’s go back and see what’s on the disc,” Hakuba Saguru said.

The two arrived at Kaito's house under the cover of night.

They inserted the disc into the computer and stared intently at the screen.

"Humph~"

After inserting the disc, a very striking image appeared on the computer.

Two people are fighting on the bed.

Hakuba turned his head stiffly, looked at Kaito who was standing there in a daze, and then turned his head back to the computer.

Kaito must have had a deeper meaning in showing me these things.

But after watching for a few minutes, Hakuba couldn't resist any longer.

"Is this what can threaten Zhengyi?" Hakuba Saguru questioned.

Neither the male nor female lead is the main character, so how can that threaten the main character?
Are you saying that Zheng Yi was the director of this short film?
"I..." Kaito's mind went blank. Why was there something like this inside?
"Perhaps the real information is yet to come," Kaito said.

Perhaps Ireland deliberately inserted this content at the beginning in order to cover up the news that follows.

Kaito dragged the mouse, but found that the screen wouldn't move at all.

"If you can't even fast-forward through the scenes, there must be something important coming up," Kaito said confidently.

Hakuba Saguru sat in the chair, his gaze drifting elsewhere. "I'll trust you one more time."

"Don't turn off the sound."

When Kaito tried to turn off the sound, Hakuba Saguru reminded him.

Kaito was taken aback.

He indicated that he understood; perhaps the visuals were like this, but the dialogue wasn't.

They waited anxiously for half an hour, finally watching the contents of the disc, but there was nothing of the important information Kaito had mentioned.

The final credits also thanked 'Hakuba Saguru' and 'Kaito Kuroba' for their special appearances.

Hakuba Saguru yelled at Kaito, "Idiot, you've been tricked!"

“I know, you don’t need to tell me!” Kaito said, his face flushed.

Kaito looked at the handprints on his clothes.

It must have been when Zheng Yi was wiping his hands that he switched the discs on him.

That bastard!

As a thief, to have something stolen from me is an utter disgrace!

Hakuba Saguru rubbed his forehead.

"Your computer won't explode, will it?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

Why did it explode?

“Zhengyi will input some programs into the CD to make your computer explode and kill you, creating the illusion of an accidental death. He always likes to do this,” Hakuba Saguru said.

"No way," Kaito said uncertainly.

When I was talking to Zheng Yi just now, Zheng Yi didn't intend to kill me.

He even said that I was in cahoots with him.

That's what I thought, but Kaito still stayed a bit away from the computer.

"Oh!"

Not long after Kaito left, the computer, which had been plugged in with a CD, exploded, scattering debris all over the room and billowing black smoke.

Kaito casually picked up a nearby board to cover his face, his lips twitching slightly.

It actually exploded.

"Do you think it's possible that my computer is simply broken?" Kaito asked.

“How would I know?” Hakuba Saguru shook his head.

……

"Get in the car, I've come to take you home."

After a busy day, Ai, wearing a white lab coat, sat in the back of the car and finally embarked on her journey home.

After getting on the bus, she sniffed the air.

"You smell really weird," Ai said, covering her nose.

Did you go to the crematorium?

The smell of burning on my body was extremely pungent and sensitive, similar to burnt paper and charred hair.

Ai lifted Shoichi's arm and smelled it.

There was even a chemical smell on it.

“I almost died,” Zhengyi said.

"Ok?"

Were you assassinated?

Ai looked at Shoichi, then glanced at Curaçao. Didn't she protect you properly?

I went to the crematorium and was almost mistaken for a corpse.

Zheng Yi said pitifully, "You have no idea how dangerous it was today. I almost couldn't come to pick you up."

How dangerous is it?

"You may not know the specifics, but you'll find out how dangerous I am when you read the newspaper tomorrow," Zheng Yi said.

Xiao Ai tilted her head.

Ha, it's going to be in tomorrow's paper, so it really is in danger?
But Ai's gaze swept over Shoichi.

There were no scratches or holes, and the smell indicated that Zheng Yi hadn't changed his clothes.

Ai touched the car door.

This car doesn't seem to be the same one that Zheng Yi usually rides in.

Did the car spontaneously combust?
Zheng Yi said, "I went to do some work for the organization today."

"Then you deserved to die." Ai crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair.

The slightest bit of worry I had just felt has vanished.

Ai squinted at the window and said, "You're already so rich, I don't understand why you joined the organization and are even helping it carry out dangerous missions."

If I were you, I would definitely stay far away from the organization and those dangers.

He's just looking for trouble, and he deserves it if something happens to him.

Zheng Yi didn't explain why he joined the organization, he only said:

"My opponents this time are really skilled, and they are much bigger than me."

He single-handedly took down more than a dozen armed police officers, and even Xiaolan, a karate expert, was easily defeated by him.

He was incredibly imposing just by standing there.

"Not to mention he was carrying a gun, while I was unarmed," Zheng Yi said.

"Then why do you listen to the organization and carry out their missions?" Ai asked.

She believes that Zheng Yi has the means to refuse organizational tasks.

Even if Zheng Yi wanted to leave the organization, the organization would probably have to reluctantly accept it.

Based on Zhengyi's various outrageous acts in Japan.

Ai believes that the organization's power in Japan is absolutely insufficient to do anything to Shoichi.

Furthermore, the fact that Zheng Yi protected her and her sister already demonstrates that Zheng Yi is very special within the organization.

"Because that person is also a great threat to me," Zheng Yi said helplessly, opening the car window.

“He fabricated a lot of illegal information about me. If I don’t destroy this information, I will be in big trouble.”

Ai pouted; those things probably weren't fabricated. It seemed that Zheng Yi had genuinely broken the law.

"Why can't you just do business honestly?" Ai said. "It's not too late for you to turn back now. Why do you have to continue running your business through illegal means?"

“I’ve always been doing business legitimately,” Zheng Yi said.

His business logic is that sincerity is essential. As long as employees, competitors, and partners know that he is sincere, he will surely succeed.

The result was just as he expected.

He indeed built the group into a larger and larger enterprise step by step through his sincerity.

There are fewer and fewer competitors.

"Hehe, whatever." Ai turned her head away.

Sooner or later, someone will investigate your illegal activities.

Don't even think about living a peaceful life!
"I feel like you're not telling the truth at all," Ai said.

"There are some."

"Yeah, right." Ai pouted in dissatisfaction.

That bastard clearly said he'd give her a lab.

But in the end, she was sent to the laboratory of Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, where she worked while researching and organizing the drug.

I only started researching that medicine after get off work.

She was exhausted after a whole day.

And you also have to deal with those colleagues.

It was already unpleasant to be looked at with strange eyes by her colleagues, and that bastard Zheng Yi even made those guys call her senior.

When those people bowed and greeted her, they bent their waists very low, as if afraid of exceeding her height.

I'm really feeling terrible.

She spent the whole day among people who were 6 or 7 meters tall, and even though she was only 2 or 3 meters tall, she was afraid of being stepped on!
A terrible working environment.

"Aren't you happy at work?" Zhengyi asked with concern.

"Are you happy at work?" Ai asked coldly.

"I'm very happy."

Zheng Yi said, "I feel very happy when I see my employees working hard to earn money for me."

"Humph!"

Ai had a cold face; she didn't want to talk to Masakazu.

She and Zheng Yi are no longer the same kind of people; a sad, thick barrier has separated them.

……

The next morning, before going to school, Ai looked at today's newspaper.

She wanted to see what danger Zheng Yi had encountered last night.

The photo that came into view made Ai's pupils shrink.

The person Zheng Yi was dealing with died, and his photo appeared in the newspaper.

Just as Zheng Yi said, he was very big and looked like he could fight.

Ai Haibara felt that with Zheng Yi's small frame, even ten of them combined couldn't beat him.

but!

What the heck is an armed helicopter?
What happened to fighting bare-handed?

Why would an armed helicopter appear over Tokyo and straf the Tokyo Tower?

Zheng Yi, that bastard!

Last night you talked about how dangerous it was, but actually you were using an armed helicopter to bully someone who only had a pistol?
Sure enough, not a single word he uttered was true.

Compared to the armed helicopter, that person's size was really lacking.

What exactly are you threatening?
Ai looked at the photo, where flames were shooting out of an armed helicopter.

She felt that even if Zheng Yi's opponent was Superman, he would still have a fighting chance.

"Now you know how dangerous it was for me last night?" Masakazu said to Ai, pointing at the newspaper.

"I understand." Ai nodded.

She knew how dangerous the person Zheng Yi had bullied last night was.

Tokyo Tower is now in a terrible state of disrepair.

Therefore, we can conclude that the person last night must have been terrified.

"You guys are really crazy," Ai said through gritted teeth.

Armed helicopters have even come out and strafed Tokyo Tower; this is a bit too alarming.

This reputation is going abroad.

This was completely different from the organization she remembered.

Although the organization is ruthless and commits all sorts of evil deeds, it still values ​​keeping a low profile. Anyone who exposes the organization is doomed.

And now, it's so high-profile it's unbelievable.

“Gin has gone mad,” Zheng Yi said. “Gin said he was going to take a helicopter to pick up Ireland, so I got on the plane.”

But this bastard went to Tokyo Tower and said he was going to kill Ireland.

You know me. I'm not a madman like Gin. Besides, I've always been soft-hearted and can't bring myself to kill my own people.

In the end, Gin took the driver's seat from me and killed Ireland.

Zhengyi wasn't entirely lying.

He truly couldn't bring himself to kill him; he kept firing around Ireland without a single bullet hitting him.

They have already tried their best to buy Ireland time to escape.

Unfortunately, Gin acted too quickly, and Ireland failed to escape.

Ai looked at Zheng Yi suspiciously, not really believing what he said.

Masakazu tapped Ai on the head.

“Compared to Gin, I’m still very kind,” Shoichi said.

"You're so kind, my foot!" Ai said.

He likes to tap little girls on the forehead; he's not kind at all.

"Then how did you manage to get shot down?" Ai asked.

This seems to be what makes Zheng Yi feel threatened.

The helicopter was hit and the crew was forced to jump out to survive.

Is it possible to use a parachute at this altitude?
Besides, the parachute is so obvious, it would be easy for the police to spot it.

Normally, no matter how much Zheng Yi misbehaves, the police don't dare to do anything to him, but this incident can be said to have shocked the world.

If he gets caught by the police, he'll be in big trouble.

“It was Shinichi Kudo who turned into a child just like you,” Shoichi said.

Ai nodded.

Oh, why is Shinichi Kudo so wicked?

"You guys are so useless, letting a little kid ruin a helicopter," Ai said, pouting.

"It's Gin that's useless," Shoichi corrected.

"How about we draw some blood from Shinichi Kudo? It might help with your antidote development," Zheng Yi said.

Ai nodded again.

Having his blood is certainly a good thing.

But, "Are you really doing this for the antidote I'm researching, and not just to get revenge for him damaging your plane?"

“I’m not the kind of person who holds grudges,” Zheng Yi said.

Conan didn't even know he was on the plane, so how could he possibly take his anger out on Conan? You underestimate my magnanimity.

"I'm doing this for Conan's own good, to develop an antidote as soon as possible so he can recover faster, right?"

"Conan and I are good friends," Shoichi said.

Ai pouted. "I think Conan is your good lackey."

"Let's go, it's time to take you to school," Zhengyi said, taking the schoolbag that Curaçao had handed him and putting it on Ai's back.

Ai looked utterly dejected.

It's awful. She has to go to school every day and go to work even on holidays. Why is her life so miserable?

Xiao Ai glared at Zheng Yi resentfully.

Once she developed the antidote, she immediately ran away with her sister to a faraway place, refusing to be exploited by Zheng Yi any longer.

(End of this chapter)