Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 154 Arresting Xiao Ai
On the plane back to Japan.

Ai was still holding her suitcase containing white paper.

Zheng Yi, that bastard, definitely knew all along; he deliberately gave her this box as a reward.

Bastard, you son of a bitch, you scoundrel, you big bastard!
Don't you have trouble distinguishing between real and counterfeit money?
When I redeem myself, I'll give you counterfeit money too, let's see if you'll accept it!
"What a pity. I was going to give you a large bonus, but it turned into nothing." Zheng Yi looked at Xiao Ai with a regretful expression.

Ai hugged the box without saying a word.

If you don't want to give me a bonus, just say so. Don't go to all that trouble to trick me.

snort!
"How about I give you her IOU, and you can find a chance to ask for it back later?" Zheng Yi said.

"I don't want to." Ai turned her face away.

She's in England, how can I ask her for money?
And even if there's an IOU, so what? You can't expect to get the money back.

"Humph!"

Ai snorted again.

Masakazu wanted to reach out and touch Ai's head, but Ai resisted and moved away, so Masakazu had no choice but to give up.

Sera Masumi is really wicked; how could she give Ai fake money?

Putting on his eye mask, Masakazu prepared to sleep until he reached Japan.

"Your coffee."

"Thank you."

Hakuba Saguru put down his newspaper, picked up his coffee, and took a sip.

He was like a detective hired by Zheng Yi, following him from Japan to England and back again.

He also paid for his own flight to travel with Zheng Yi.

And they were very happy, even though they paid for it themselves.

Because there has been no mention of Zhengyi's murder case in the newspapers these past two days.

That person is definitely a henchman of Zheng Yi, there's no mistake.

……

"Ha~"

Vermouth returned to Japan earlier than Shoichi.

After finishing her day's work, when she went to a bar to relax, she felt that Gin and the others were looking at her strangely.

"What kind of looks are those?" Vermouth asked, frowning.

Vodka stammered, while Gin threw a photo at Vermouth's face.

"Vermouth, you should try to conceal your preferences," Gin said coldly.

Vermouth clenched her fist.

The photo shows her kissing Mary Akai.

“How did you get this?” Vermouth asked.

“It was Cointreau that sent it back,” Gin said.

Vermouth wanted to kill someone.

That bastard hasn't even returned to Japan yet, and his photos have already been rushed back, right?

Vodka whispered from the side, "Now, everyone in the organization that Jundu knows has a photo like this."

It's fair to say that all the members of the organization that Zheng Yi knew were aware of Vermouth's strange preferences.

A dangerous glint flashed in Vermouth's eyes.

No wonder Chianti looked at her strangely earlier and kept her at a distance, as if she were some kind of monster.

“Boring,” Vermouth said.

Gin asked, "Is Mary Akai really dead?"

“Of course he’s dead, don’t you believe me?” Vermouth asked.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s that Junto doesn’t trust you,” Gin said. “It seems that none of the organization’s members have seen Mary Akai’s body.”

“So?” Vermouth asked.

“Kundo suspects that you’ve kept Mary Akai under house arrest because of your strange fetish,” Gin said.

Vermouth gazed at Gin with a wistful look.

Do you really believe that bastard Zheng Yi's nonsense?

Gin lit a cigarette.

Some seemingly impossible statements may not actually be false.

“Heh, looks like your brain’s broken,” Vermouth said.

When did that bastard Shoichi get Gin to work for him?
Isn't someone like Gin, who loves his work, exactly the kind of person Shoichi likes best?

“But Mary Akai’s body has not been found,” Gin said.

“Even a god couldn’t survive after taking the organization’s medicine,” Vermouth said.
"And she fell into the river; she would either be poisoned or drown."

Perhaps her body has already rotted in the water and been eaten by the fish and shrimp in the river.

Vermouth yawned and said, "If you want to find her body, send someone else."

She tossed the cigarette between her fingers onto the table, grabbed her bag, and left.

The bars organized by the organization were not places where she could find peace.

That damn Zheng Yi, why does he spread all sorts of nonsense?

You better not let me take any indecent photos of you.

Otherwise, all your employees will be able to see it.

Gin frowned as he watched Vermouth's retreating figure.

He hadn't expected Vermouth to leave so quickly; he had hoped that Vermouth wouldn't have to look for Sherry anymore.

Because he had no idea what horrific things Vermouth would do once she found Sherry.

"No wonder she likes to disguise herself as a man so much," Gin said quietly.

……

After Masakazu returned to Japan, Ai Haibara subjected him to emotional abuse.

After Miyano Akemi worked overtime for several days, Ai finally smiled at Shoichi.

They would even diligently peel apples for Zheng Yi to eat.

While Shoichi was sitting on the sofa reading, Ai would even stand on a small stool and massage his shoulders.

"Your hands must be tired," Zheng Yi said.

"I'm not tired," Ai said with a straight face.

Shoichi pinched Ai's cheek. Ai stared blankly at Shoichi, her expression stiff.

His eyes were stubborn, as if he had suffered some injustice.

Zheng Yi casually flipped through the pages of the book and said, "Your sister should be done with what she's been busy with lately, and she'll have a short vacation."

You can help her make a holiday plan.

Ai loosened her grip on Shoichi's shoulder, lightly jumped, picked up a small stool, and left expressionlessly.

As he left, he didn't want to look at Zheng Yi even once.

"By the way, the biopharmaceutical people just told me that their research is quite intense lately, and they asked if you could work overtime for a while," Zheng Yi said calmly.

Ai, who had already walked quite a distance away, came back with her little stool.

Standing on a small stool, I continued to massage Zheng Yi's shoulders.

"thank you."

"You're welcome." Ai forced a stiff smile.

Her eyes held countless knives.

"A little here, yes, right here, a little harder."

Ai's hands were clenched tightly, as if she wanted to crush Shoichi's shoulder.

But no matter how hard she tried, she could only make Zheng Yi more comfortable.

"I've already replied to that person. Why would someone your age work overtime? It will affect your normal growth."

"And I've also arranged a short vacation for you, which overlaps with your sister's vacation," Zheng Yi said.

As soon as Zheng Yi finished speaking, the hand on his shoulder disappeared.

Ai took the small stool and walked towards her bedroom.

"Ok?"

Masakazu turned around and glanced at Ai.

Ai turned around and met his gaze without fear, saying calmly and confidently, "I'll go get you some fruit."

"I want to eat grapes."

"I understand," Ai said expressionlessly.

"It needs to be peeled." "I know!"

I really want to peel your skin off, you bastard.

After Ai brought the fruit over, Masakazu gently flicked her nose.

"What are you doing?"

"I felt like you were cursing me just now, so I wanted to hit you. But seeing how obediently you were peeling my skin, I changed the hit to scraping."

Xiao Ai glared at Zheng Yi with resentment.

Should I thank you?
Don't be so unhappy.

Zhengyi glanced outside; it was pitch black, and there seemed to be very few pedestrians on the road.

“Come on, let me take you for a ride on that new Harley-Davidson motorcycle,” Zheng Yi said.

"Okay." Ai nodded reluctantly.

The two put on their helmets.

"Hold me tight," Zhengyi said.

Ai gripped Shoichi's waist tightly.

The two sped along the road on their motorcycle, and Ai temporarily forgot how much of a jerk Masakazu was.

"It looked like someone reached out to stop us just now?" Ai suddenly said.

"No, you must have mistaken me," Zheng Yi said casually. "Why don't you ride for a while?"

"Okay," Ai said excitedly.

The two switched places.

Ai rode her motorcycle with Masakazu on the back, a little slower than before, but she still had a great time.

They hadn't ridden for long when a police car pulled up beside them and honked its siren, signaling them to stop.

"Speeding."

After the car stopped, Miyamoto Yumi wrote the ticket expressionlessly, then glanced at Ai.

"Driving without a license".

Ai and Masakazu stood side by side, their hands clasped together, not knowing what to say.

"With legs that short, can you even step on the gas pedal?" Miyamoto Yumi asked.

"Mmm," Ai said, stretching her neck.

Noticing Yumi Miyamoto's gaze, Ai lowered her head again.

“My Ai is a mentally normal child,” Masakazu said.

Miyamoto Yumi looked at Shoichi strangely, "Why are you telling me this?"
"So the sentence should be handed down as it should be. The law is impartial; don't give her a lenient sentence just because she's young," Zheng Yi said.

"It's precisely because she's young that she doesn't know the seriousness of things. If she's not punished severely, she won't learn her lesson."

Yumi Miyamoto said expressionlessly, "As your older brother who is your guardian, you also bear a great responsibility."

Zheng Yi blinked.

Who is Ai's brother? She has an older sister, okay?

Xiao Ai's face twitched.

Why did I encounter the police on my first time riding a motorcycle?

That bastard Zheng Yi must have seen the police when he was speeding, which is why he deliberately tried to switch seats with her.

.........

"Are we really going to Japan?"

“That’s right.” Mary Akai nodded. “That little boy must be Shinichi Kudo.”

In the past two days, she asked Sera Masumi to entrust her colleagues in M16 to investigate Shinichi Kudo's whereabouts.

Shinichi Kudo has been missing for a long time.

Then they investigated the little boy in the photo—Conan.

What's interesting is that Shinichi Kudo disappeared at the exact same time Conan appeared.

"He was also shrunk by the organization's drugs, so maybe he has a way to turn back."

Sera Masumi said, "If he could turn back, he wouldn't always be a child."

Mary Akai said in a low voice, "But the name Shinichi Kudo has appeared in Japanese newspapers."

Although there was no photograph, it was indeed written in that newspaper.

Shinichi Kudo is Shoichi's lackey.

Zheng Yi was the one who kidnapped her.

Her hunch was right; Zheng Yi was no good person, even worse than she had imagined.

When they asked M16 colleagues to investigate Shinichi Kudo, they also learned about Shoichi by chance and discovered how wicked he was.

If we delve deeper, it's almost unimaginable.

"So the person who saved you was really that scary."

Sera Masumi said, looking at the newspaper.

But he seemed like a decent person. He didn't ask for anything in return for saving people, and he was considerate of others' feelings by not opening the box in public.

He just likes to joke around.

But the Japanese people all think that Masakazu is a bad person, and she, who has only met him once, may have a very one-sided understanding of him.

“But Japan seems so chaotic. Is it really safe to go there?” Sera Masumi said.

Besides the people in the organization, Japan also has that great demon king, Shoichi.

He seems to kill people very casually, and the police can't do anything about it.

“It is indeed a bit risky,” Akai Mary said.

The organization's influence in Japan is much stronger than in Europe.

Moreover, Japan itself seems to have an even worse public safety record.

Sera Masumi said nonchalantly, "There's nothing to worry about. Even if it's a den of dragons and tigers, I can still brave it!"
Don't worry, we'll definitely get the antidote to restore us.

Sera Masumi dragged her mother along as they boarded a plane bound for Japan.

……

After returning to Japan, Hakuba Saguru subscribed to newspapers every day.

Nothing happened on the first day.

The next day, nothing happened again.

For several days in a row, there was no news about Zhengyi.

Although the murders have continued these past few days, and the detective is still Kogoro Mouri, the cases themselves have nothing to do with Shoichi.

Zhengyi has completely disappeared from the public eye.

"You said you eliminated the henchmen of the Zhengyi, what exactly happened?" Kaito asked Hakuba Saguru.

Hakuba Saguru stroked the owl's feathers and whispered about his experiences in England.

The focus is on Zheng Yi's period of silence after he caught that woman.

“You should know Zhengyi very well; it’s impossible for him to go so long without killing anyone,” Hakuba Saguru said.

In order to better investigate Zheng Yi, he also paid attention to some business matters.

When Zheng Yi enters a new industry, he will inevitably engage in constant battles and cutthroat competition.

He entered the real estate and security industries, but before he started killing anyone, his companies were developing very slowly.

This is very unlike the 'Zhengyi model'.

There's only one reason he didn't kill anyone: the killer was caught, and no new killer has been found.

"That's definitely not right." Kaito nodded.

"But is it possible that he just returned from England and wants to rest for a while?" Kaito asked.

“Unlikely.” Hakuba Saguru shook his head.

Kaito scratched his hair in frustration.

Why did Hakuba Saguru's operation go so smoothly without me?

……

"Ugh~ Flying is so tiring."

After getting off the plane, Sera Masumi stretched.

"Let's hurry up and find a place to stay first, and then we'll arrange your transfer to another school," Akai Mary said.

She planned to have Sera Masumi get to know Shinichi Kudo by becoming Ran's classmate.

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)