Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 179 Zheng Yi's Revenge, Bai Ma Saguru's Suspicion

Why come to a place like a library?

Hakuba Saguru idly flipped through the book in his hand.

A library is such a quiet place; it's more suitable for reading than for discussing matters.

“I can write a book report while I’m at it,” Kaito said.

It's also a good idea to finish some schoolwork at the same time.

Kaito swept his schoolbag off the table.

It's so annoying! Not only do I have to work for Zheng Yi, but I also have to team up with Bai Ma Saguru to deal with Zheng Yi, and I also have to finish my studies.

It's been a long time since I've been a free-spirited phantom thief.

"What do you want with me?" Hongzi asked.

"Hongzi, I..."

"Do you want to ask about Masakazu?" Akako casually took a book off the bookshelf.

"He's just a nobody, I'll take care of him soon enough."

Bai Matan nodded.

So you haven't made any progress yet, have you?
Hakuba Saguru asked in a low voice, "How, uh, did you communicate with Shoichi?"

“Just ask what bad things you’ve done,” Hongzi said matter-of-factly.

Hakuba Saguru and Kaito both fell silent.

That's definitely Lady Akako's style.

Did you not use magic?

“I’ll take care of him soon,” Hongzi said.

If it weren't for the unexpected incident with the potion today, she would have already been able to bring the controlled Shoichi to see Kaito.

Hakuba Saguru and Kaito exchanged a glance.

They communicated in a two-person manner.

Did Akako not use magic against Shoichi? Or was Akako's magic ineffective against Shoichi?
Looking at Hongzi's indifferent expression.

Hakuba Saguru and Kaito decided not to provoke Akako's sensitive nerves.

“Then you should still be careful,” Hakuba Saguru said. “You’ve come to Masaichi so directly because you want to investigate his crimes.”

He will definitely come after you, he might even hire someone to kill you.

This is also Zhengyi's consistent practice.

It was also because they didn't tell Hongzi these things beforehand that Hongzi acted somewhat blindly.

"Deal with me? Kill me?" Hongzi smiled indifferently.

Would the heir to the Red Magic be afraid of a mere mortal?
Kaito advised, "You'd better be careful, Shoichi..."

“Alright, I didn’t come here to hear this,” Hongzi said.

Akako had no desire to continue communicating with Kaito and Hakuba Saguru.

The two sides found it difficult to reach an agreement on their views regarding Zheng Yi.

Hakuba Saguru shook his head.

Hongzi's personality suggests that she might only value Zhengyi after suffering a loss.

Kaito nudged Hakuba Saguru's arm and whispered in his ear:
"What should we do? We can't just watch Hongzi get killed by Zhengyi."

"Hongzi is, after all, a witch."

"Even the witch didn't conquer Shoichi, did she?" Kaito scoffed.

He believed that Zheng Yi was far more terrifying than the witch.

Kaito glanced at Hakuba Saguru.

You haven't been killed by Zheng Yi yet.

It's entirely because the Metropolitan Police Department is full of Shoichi's lackeys. Shoichi didn't lay a hand on you because of your father.

Another reason is because of him, Kaito Kuroba.

Because he always took the blame for Zheng Yi, Zheng Yi wouldn't kill him, so he was more tolerant of Bai Ma Tan, who was closer to him.

"What are you whispering about?" Hongzi asked.

"We're discussing how to tell you about the book report assignment from school," Kaito said.

Even though you're a witch, you're still a high school student.

"Kid!"

While Kaito was talking about his homework, the three of them heard the sound of fists and heads hitting each other.

Kogoro Mouri, holding Conan, said:

"Why did you skip class again, you little brat?"

"me……"

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what do you mean'!" Kogoro glared at Conan and snatched the book from his hand.

Is this something a child like you should be watching?

Kogoro punched Conan on the head again.

You little brat, you actually read this kind of pornographic magazine!
“I didn’t see that,” Conan said.

He just grabbed one at random, pretending to be reading, little did he know it was a pornographic magazine.

"Hello, I am the librarian, Tsugawa. This is the library, please keep quiet."

"Sorry, we understand," Kogoro said apologetically.

After apologizing to the curator, Kogoro glared fiercely at Conan.

You'll be in for a world of hurt when you get home.

Hongzi frowned as she watched the brat being dragged out.

Because I also skipped school for half a day, I couldn't bear to watch this.

To complete the assignment.

Hongzi also randomly picked up a book, intending to finish the book report assignment.

"Why is it still wrapped in a membrane?"

Are there any books in the library that you can't look at?
Hongzi tore off the plastic film from the book.

"clatter!"

A white bag fell out from between the pages of the book.

"This is?"

Hongzi picked up the bag and examined it closely.

"what is this?"

Just as she was about to bring the smell to her nose, Director Tsugawa ran over.

"I'm sorry, you can't read these books."

"Why?" Hongzi asked, puzzled.

"Because these books were just purchased and haven't been registered yet, they cannot be borrowed," said Director Tsugawa.

"Is that so?"

Director Tsugawa packed all the books, which were wrapped in a film, into a cardboard box.

"What's in that bag?" Hongzi asked.

“It’s a desiccant,” said Director Tsugawa. “I clearly called Kazuo to move these books, but I don’t know where he went.”

"Only this old man can carry it."

While speaking, Director Tsugawa rubbed his lower back.

He tried to use his old age to gain Hongzi's sympathy and get the girl to help him move things.

However, it seemed that Hongzi didn't care about his thoughts.

When she learned that she couldn't read those books, Hongzi went to find other books.

I also need to write a book report.

After finishing my book report, I'll have to deal with Zheng Yi.

Director Tsugawa narrowed his eyes.

This girl saw something she shouldn't have seen.

"curator."

A tall, thin man dressed in black walked over cautiously.

"Didn't I tell you to move these books? Where did you go?" Director Tsugawa said expressionlessly.

"I just had diarrhea," Kazuo said softly.

"Oh?"

Director Tsugawa handed the box in his hand to Kazuo, saying, "Take these books with you."

"Yes!"

Kaito and his two friends were still writing their book reports in the library.

As the sun was setting, Hakuba Saguru and Kaito packed their school bags.

Kaito stretched.

He said to Hongzi with concern, "You should still be careful of Zhengyi."

Most of those who didn't take Zhengyi seriously died.

Even if he didn't die, he'd be imprisoned. And his revenge will come very quickly.

“I’ve already valued him enough,” Hongzi said.

The fact that Lord Hongzi would specially brew a potion for him shows that he is highly valued.

Hakuba Saguru and Kaito exchanged another glance.

Clearly, they couldn't persuade the proud Lady Akako.

"What should we do?" Kaito asked.

"We can only protect Hongzi secretly now."

“Impossible,” Kaito said. “Our actions couldn’t possibly be hidden from a witch.”

"And why would Hongzi need our protection?"

If you succumb to Akako's charm and desperately try to protect her, Akako might not care.

But this fear stemmed from her protection against Zheng Yi's plot to harm her.

It's a disrespect to Hongzi, and she absolutely cannot tolerate that.

"So, are we just going to ignore Zheng Yi's actions?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

Akako had no interest in Kaito and Akako's pointless argument.

After conquering Zhengyi tomorrow, they will know how powerful Lord Hongzi is.

Zheng Yi was an invincible enemy to them.

But in front of Lady Akako, he was just an insignificant fellow.

After putting the book back on the shelf, Hongzi prepared to go to the restroom.

Behind Hongzi, a lewd old man suddenly appeared.

"Hongzi, watch out!"

Kaito flew over and tackled Director Tsugawa, while Hakuba Saguru snatched Director Tsugawa's sword.

Hakuba Saguru, controlling Director Tsugawa, said, "Shoichi's revenge came too quickly."

Hongzi frowned as she looked at the curator on the ground.

Zheng Yi's revenge?
Is this the old curator?
"Let me go!"

"Behave yourself!" Kaito said, pressing down on Director Tsugawa.

Hakuba Saguru looked at Director Tsugawa and asked, "Tell me, did you come from the Zhengyi faction to kill Akako?"

"What Zhengyi?"

"Get out of the way," Hongzi said.

Hakuba Saguru and Kaito's interrogation methods were too inefficient.

Akako used magic to immediately quiet Director Tsugawa down, who then looked at her with respectful eyes.

“Tell me, who sent you to kill me?” Hongzi asked.

"It's me."

"Oh?"

Hongzi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why?"

"Because you discovered the contraband I hid in the book, I had no choice but to kill you to prevent you from calling the police," Director Tsugawa asked.

"Contraband?" Kaito looked surprised.

Does this library even have something like this?

Hakuba Saguru said, "You're lying."

"No."

It wasn't Director Tsugawa who answered, but Akako.

Hongzi said confidently, "No one can lie under my magic."

She is very confident.

Despite her defeats against Kaito and Shoichi, Akako did not lose confidence in her magic.

“It seems there aren’t many people who can lie under your magic,” Kaito said.

Akako looked at Kaito with a dangerous gaze, and Kaito shrank back.

soon.

She will soon be able to win over Shoichi and Kaito.

“Let’s hand him over to the police,” Hongzi said. “If the police arrive within three hours, he still won’t lie.”

With the power of magic, he would obediently confess his crimes.

If only Shoichi were this well-behaved.

Akako departed gracefully, leaving behind Hakuba Saguru and Kaito to control the criminals.

Kaito looked at Director Tsugawa and whispered, "It seems that Akako's magic is really not that great. She can't even get Director Tsugawa to tell the truth."

He must have come from the Zhengyi sect.

Even if Director Tsugawa's reasons are perfectly valid, there can't be any other reason.

I don't know if it's because Akako's magic is ineffective, or if Shoichi has a way to counter magic.

It can make Director Tsugawa lie even under the influence of magic.

“They might not even be from the Zhengyi sect,” Hakuba Tan said.

"Oh? Why?" Kaito asked curiously.

He wouldn't believe Hakuba Saguru's statement that Shoichi was innocent.

“His style of doing things is modeled after Moriarty,” Hakuba Saguru said.

Such a brutal order to kill someone is neither elegant nor mysterious.

Director Tsugawa hid the contraband inside the library.

It was because Akako inadvertently saw his contraband that Director Tsugawa started killing people.

It's very likely that Zheng Yi designed it so that Hong Zi would see those contraband items.

"Kaito, why did you suggest coming to the library?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

Kaito scratched his head. "Didn't you ask this before Akako came?"
“Of course, I can write a book report while I’m at it,” Kaito said.

"Do you want to write a book report?"

Bai Matan nodded.

You don't necessarily have to come to Mihua Library to write a book report.

Just pick any book at home and write a book report.

Anyway, none of his classmates came to the library to write book reports.

Kaito said, "You haven't continued. Why isn't he from the Zhengyi faction?"

"These are just some unreliable guesses," Hakuba Saguru said. "I'll investigate further and then I'll let you know."

“Okay.” Kaito nodded.

I hate detectives like you the most; you only say half a sentence at a time.

Hakuba Saguru secretly watches Kaito.

Kaito's decision to come to the Beika Library was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.

How did Zheng Yi find out their location so quickly, and also know that Director Tsugawa was hiding contraband in the library?

They also set up a trap to kill Hongzi.

This is not normal.

Even if they were being monitored by Zheng Yi the whole time, he shouldn't have been able to set things up so quickly.

"Thanks to you all this time." Inspector Megure patted Hakuba Saguru on the shoulder.

Without the Zhengyi (正一) principle, the White Horse Scout (白马探) is reliable.

"Director Tsugawa has been taken away by us, and the contraband has also been seized by the police. Don't worry," Inspector Megure said.
"It's very late now, you should all go back and rest early."

"it is good."

After the police took Director Tsugawa away.

Hakuba Saguru learned a few more pieces of information.

This batch of contraband was hidden inside books; it was just purchased.

Logically speaking, these books shouldn't be next to the bookshelf. They're there because they haven't been taken away yet.

Director Tsugawa originally intended to have the place moved out immediately.

But the library employee who was moving the books suddenly felt unwell and went to the toilet.

I was a little late when I went to move the books, just a few minutes late.

Hongzi happened to see those books containing contraband.

Kaito happened to suggest coming to this library, and after arriving at the library, so many coincidences occurred that Director Tsugawa had no choice but to kill Akako.

Too many coincidences, then it's no longer a coincidence.

"Hey, what on earth have you been thinking about?" Kaito asked, looking at Hakuba Saguru who was deep in thought with his brows furrowed.

Hakuba Saguru looked at Kaito and gently shook his head.

"nothing."

For some reason, he didn't tell Kaito about his suspicions.

(End of this chapter)