Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 184 Gin: Call the Police!
"Get on the bus in front of you."

After hearing the command through his earpiece, Shuichi Akai boarded the bus.

This mission is highly classified.

Even now, he still doesn't know what he's supposed to do.

He was fitted with a tracker and a camera, and all his actions were controlled by commands delivered through an earpiece.

The first person Shuichi Akai saw after getting on the bus startled him.

Vodka?
Vodka, wearing sunglasses, sat in the driver's seat of the bus.

Shuichi Akai touched his mask.

He was wearing a mask and hat, completely covered up, and Vodka didn't seem to notice him.

After all the passengers had boarded, Vodka drove the bus along the designated route.

Vodka gripped the steering wheel, feeling very uneasy.

He is the only member of the organization on the bus now.

Is he facing Shuichi Akai alone?
interesting.

Vodka kept reassuring himself.

It's alright, being a driver is my old profession, there's nothing I can't do well.

Moreover, he only transported Shuichi Akai to the target location.

He doesn't need to deal with Shuichi Akai.

His purpose in appearing here was to let Shuichi Akai know that this mission was related to the organization.

'Someone as insignificant as me, Shuichi Akai probably wouldn't even look at, right?'

Vodka's biggest worry was that Shuichi Akai was too easily satisfied and that he wanted to get rid of this minor character directly, ignoring the bigger fish that was to come later.

"Professor Agasa, you've caught a cold."

"I promised to take you skiing, so I watched skiing videos late into the night and practiced until midnight."

"That's why I caught a cold," Dr. Agasa said.

"Professor Agasa is really something. Once you get to the ski resort, you should definitely go to your room and get some rest," Ayumi said.

Professor Agasa scratched his head and said, "I know."

Conan yawned beside him.

I wasn't really looking forward to this ski trip.

Shuichi Akai kept observing the people inside the bus.

An elderly man with several children, a very frail old man, and an ordinary woman.

Except for the vodka when he was driving.

It seems there are no other members in the organization.

Shuichi Akai pondered to himself, what exactly was the purpose of this operation by the organization?
"Don't worry."

Shuichi Akai could still hear comforting voices coming through his earphones.

"The mission is not as difficult or dangerous as you think. We are a security company, it's just that the person we are protecting this time has a special identity."

Shuichi Akai nodded slightly.

The shaky camera work made his meaning clear to the person inside the earphones.

"You'll only get your first paycheck tomorrow, right? Our income will be higher than you imagine."

You'll be pleasantly surprised when you get paid tomorrow.

Shuichi Akai shook the camera again.

Will I get paid tomorrow?

In order to investigate the organization, he even managed to earn some extra money for himself.

At the next stop, only two people got on.

"Look, those two are already wearing their ski clothes so early," Genta said, pointing to the two people who had just gotten into the car.

“Yes.” Ayumi nodded. “But I completely understand them. I also really want to be able to ski right away.”

Conan also saw the two people.

That's way too hasty; they even put on windshields.

"Quiet, everyone!"

The two men in ski suits put the bag containing their skis on the ground and suddenly pulled out pistols and pointed them at the crowd.

"Quiet down, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"

To prove the gun was real, the man in the red hat fired a shot upwards.

The bullet pierced through the metal sheet of the bus.

"what!"

"Didn't you hear what I said? Quiet down, all of you!" said the man in the red hat.

The robber wearing a blue hat walked up to Vodka, pointed the gun at his head, and said:

"Now, keep driving, and don't stop."

"Uh, yes." Vodka nodded, bewildered.

What's the deal with these two robbers?
It seems like he's not part of the organization; the organization didn't arrange for him to have such a role.

The blue-hatted robber said to Vodka, "Now, you can only drive around the city and contact the station when the traffic light ahead turns red."

"Uh, I understand." Vodka nodded.

Let the red-hatted guy point his gun at the vodka, while the blue-hatted guy focuses on dealing with the passengers on the bus.

"Now, if you want to live, hand over all your cell phones to me."

The blue-hatted staff began collecting passengers' mobile phone calls.

Shuichi Akai hesitated.

Are these two also members of the organization? Should we take action and eliminate them?

"And your headphones."

The man in the blue hat yanked off Shuichi Akai's headphones.

"you……"

"What?" the blue-hatted man asked.

"Cough cough, it's nothing." Shuichi Akai sat back down.

He didn't know what was going on either.

Was it an arrangement by the organization, or simply an accident?

Or is this just a company arrangement?

Shuichi Akai's mind was in complete disarray; he hadn't yet sorted out the situation.

Vodka was driving when he saw the green light ahead turn red.

He picked up the phone in the car.

"I'm……"

"Give me!"

The man in the blue hat snatched the phone and said into it, "Listen up, I've hijacked this car now."

You should call the police immediately.

I demand that the police immediately release Kunio Yajima from prison, or I will kill a passenger every minute.

Okay, I'll contact you again in twenty minutes.

Inside a villa, Shoichi, Gin, and Vermouth exchanged glances after hearing the robbers' words.

In the end, Vermouth couldn't hold back and was the first to laugh.

"Hahaha~"

“This is truly a wonderful accident,” Vermouth said.

Shuichi Akai and Vodka were taken hostage by two robbers.

Zheng Yi poured himself a glass of juice.

“That saves us the trouble of doing it ourselves,” Zheng Yi said. “We might as well not tell the police.”

"Let those two robbers just kill Shuichi Akai in the car."

“There’s also vodka in the car,” Gin said.

Zheng Yi shook his glass and said nonchalantly, "Anyway, he's the driver, so he'll definitely be the last one to die."

"hehe."

Gin gave a chilling laugh.

“I don’t believe that two random petty thieves could kill Shuichi Akai,” Gin said.

"Let's give it a try, it doesn't require us to pay anything anyway," Zheng Yi said.

“It’s just a waste of time,” Gin said.

Zhengyi glanced at his watch.

"Then what are you going to do? Just send the organization's people to take care of those two robbers and rescue the innocent passengers on the bus?" Zheng Yi asked.

That seems to be the job of the police.

Gin remained silent for a long time.

He then said in a very soft voice, "Call the police."

"Should we call the police?" Masakazu looked at Gin in surprise.

Making the police handle this is really not like you, Gin.

"it is good."

Zheng nodded.

Since Brother Gin has spoken, how can we not listen?

Zheng Yi suddenly asked, "By the way, what's the emergency number again?"

Gin stared coldly at Masakazu.

Zheng Yi shrugged.

He really didn't know; he used to call police officers' private numbers.

"You go ahead and fight."

He threw the phone into Gin's hand.

Vermouth suddenly started scratching her head, looking as if she was uncomfortable and didn't have time to make a phone call.

On the bus.

The red-hatted robber picked Conan up.

"what are you doing?"

He snatched Conan's phone and threw Conan on the ground.

"Kid, behave yourself. If there's a next time, it won't be so easy, understand?" the blue-hatted man said.

"I...I understand." Conan rubbed his shoulder.

Neither of the robbers looked behind them, so how did he know I took out my phone?
Twenty minutes passed quickly.

The robbers began contacting the 'people at the station'.

"You've already called the police, haven't you?"

"not yet."

"What are you saying?" the man in the blue hat asked, somewhat agitated.

How dare you disobey his orders? Aren't you worried he'll kill all the passengers on the bus?

Masaya, who was inside the villa, glanced at Gin, who was holding his phone and not moving.

He said helplessly, "It's because my boss is unwilling to call the police."

Zheng Yi's lips curled up, and he said softly, "If you're not satisfied, just kill a few passengers."

Vodka, who was very close to the phone, heard Zheng Yi's words clearly.

What on earth is this guy doing?
Is it really that difficult to make a phone call to the police?

Vodka's heart was pounding wildly.

Is that guy, Masakazu, planning to have the robbers go on a killing spree in the car and kill Shuichi Akai?

Don't make that kind of joke.

How could a dangerous man like Shuichi Akai die so easily?

Vodka, on the other hand, is easily killed.

The blue-hatted robber said angrily, "I'll give you five more minutes! Call the police right now!"

Otherwise, I really will start shooting the passengers on the bus!

After saying that, the man in the blue hat angrily hung up the phone.

Damn!

They didn't even call the police when such a big thing happened.

The man in the blue hat asked the vodka, "Which company do you work for?"

“The Justice Group,” Vodka said.

"Damn it!" the man in the blue hat cursed.

So it's a large corporation.

Such a large corporation shouldn't be worried about being held accountable by the police, right?

That's why they're so arrogant.

They didn't even call the police.

He is now very worried about what to do if the Justice Group really doesn't intend to call the police.

His purpose in taking hostages was to get the police to release them, not to actually retaliate against society.

The man in the blue hat scanned the car and finally fixed his gaze on Conan's head.

He said to the vodka, "Stop the car."

"Ah good."

After the car stopped, the man in the blue hat returned Conan's phone to him and then threw him out of the car.

"Kid, go call the police!"

"what?"

Before Conan could figure out what was going on, the bus had already driven away.

He scratched his head and dialed Inspector Megure's number.

"Inspector Megure, the W404 bus has been hijacked."

“I already know, the people at the station have already called the police,” Inspector Megure said.

Conan continued, "And for some reason, the robbers threw me down."

"Huh?" On the bus.

The man in the blue hat felt a little better.

Throwing down a seemingly troublesome little devil also solved the problem of the station not sounding the alarm.

The other people on the bus looked at the blue-hatted man strangely.

Didn't you say you could kill one person per minute?
Why has it become one person released per minute?

The blue-hatted robbers didn't care about the passengers' stares at all.

Not long after we released the brat, the phone in the car rang.

They finally got in touch with the police.

"Hey?"

The man in the blue hat said, "Release Kunio Yajima immediately."

He glanced at Ayumi and said to the police, "We will release the elderly and children in the car after Kunio Yajima leaves."

The man in the red hat pulled Ayumi over.

Blue Hat held the phone to Ayumi's ear and said, "Listen to how scared this little girl is."

Ayumi kept her mouth shut and didn't utter a sound.

"Ok?"

The man in the blue hat approached Ayumi and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!"

Ayumi looked at the robber with teary eyes, but still didn't make a sound.

"Don't hurt the child! We've already got permission from our superiors to release him immediately!" Inspector Megure shouted.

"Hmph!" said the man in the blue hat. "You'd better listen to us."

After communicating with the police, the car fell silent again.

Several children surrounded Professor Agasa.

Hideaki Akai glanced at Vodka, who was content to be the driver.

Since Vodka hasn't made a move yet, Shuichi Akai has also chosen to remain patient.

Vodka, with a gun pointed at him, was already cursing inwardly.

Isn't Shuichi Akai an FBI agent?
Just watch as two robbers took a whole carload of hostages?
Why don’t you do it!
After the car had been driving for a while...

The car's contact phone rang again.

Inspector Megure said, "We have released Kunio Yajima as requested, so you should release the hostages in the car now."

“I will release them,” the man in the blue hat said. “I will release the elderly and children in the car right now.”

The man in the blue hat told Vodka to slow down and directed the man in the red hat.

They kicked all the children and elderly people off the bus.

Then they made the vodka accelerate even further.

It's very difficult to avoid injury when someone is thrown off a moving vehicle.

The police officers had to take the injured hostages to the hospital.

Now, only Vodka, the driver, Shuichi Akai, and one woman remain on the bus.

After picking up the children and elderly people, the police called the car again.

When will you release the other hostages in the car?

“Soon,” the man in the blue hat said.

He glanced at the back of the bus.

Several police cars that had been chasing the vehicle had already stopped to pick up the children and elderly.

There are only a few cars left chasing after them.

"The Little Buddha Tunnel is just ahead," the man in the blue hat suddenly said.

As the car entered the tunnel, the entire interior went dark.

The man in the blue hat smirked and said, "I'll let you go now."

"come here!"

The man in the blue hat pulled the woman from the back row over.

"I'll let you remain a hostage for a while longer."

"parking."

"Screech!"

Two robbers forced the woman out of the car.

"Now that you two are safe, tell the police not to chase us, or I'll take this woman's life."

The blue-hatted man's gun muzzle grazed the woman's face.

"We will release this woman once we are safe."

The two robbers dragged the woman into a car that had been parked in the tunnel.

After getting into the car, the woman said impatiently, "Hurry up and go."

"understood."

The woman spat out the chewing gum from her mouth.

She glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "The police don't know we've already gotten out of the car, so they can't catch up with us."

"of course."

The man in the blue hat said, "But we still need to prepare a big gift for them."

Let's cause them some trouble so the police can't bother with them.

"Boom~"

The bus behind exploded, and the flames from the explosion illuminated half of the tunnel.

Just before the explosion, Vodka was looking straight ahead without glancing to either side.

Only he and Shuichi Akai were left in the car.

I'm still a little scared.

The key issue is that he doesn't even know what to do now.

It doesn't seem right to just drive Shuichi Akai away.

Shuichi Akai was also staring intently at the vodka.

Although the two robbers didn't do anything to him, it seems they managed to get all the passengers off the bus.

Only he and Vodka remained in the car.

So, is the killing intent here?
He stood at the back of the bus, staring intently at Vodka, ready to see what he would do next.

Vodka remained motionless, fearing that Shuichi Akai would make a move against him.

It was so agonizing that he decided to call his older brother and ask him what to do.

"Beep~beep~beep~"

In a quiet environment, the beeping sound is particularly jarring.

Just as vodka connected with gin...
"bomb!"

Shuichi Akai's pupils contracted, and he smashed the glass next to him and jumped down.

Vodka was a little slow to react; after hearing "bomb," he instinctively turned around and glanced back.

He seemed to only realize what was happening when he saw Shuichi Akai jump out of the car.

He also smashed the front window and jumped out.

"Boom~"

There was an explosion.

"Cough cough." "Cough cough."

Shuichi Akai covered his mouth and coughed twice.

Is this the organization's killer move against him?

The flames from the burning bus allowed Hideki Akai to clearly see the scene inside the tunnel.

Vodka seemed to be more seriously injured than him.

Shuichi Akai used his hands to support himself as he stood up.

He walked over to the vodka and examined it.

Because Vodka jumped down later than him, the explosion caused him more damage.

But what probably knocked Vodka unconscious was hitting his head after jumping down.

Now, Shuichi Akai is somewhat puzzled as to whether these two robbers are connected to an organization.

To say it was unrelated is an exaggeration, but the bomb they left behind almost killed him.

If they are related, Vodka's injuries were more severe than his.

Is this a piece-trading tactic?
Let Vodka stay in the car and lower his guard.

Shuichi Akai shook his head.

Although Gin is ruthless, he doesn't believe Gin would resort to such methods.

"How are you?" Sato asked as he rushed over.

"fine."

Shuichi Akai shook his head: "However, the robbers have already left in their car, and there is a hostage in their car."

……

Inside the villa.

Shoichi and Gin both heard the explosion coming from the communication phone.

"That sounds like an explosion," Zheng Yi said.

Zheng Yi asked, puzzled, "They're calling without saying a word. What's their purpose? Are they just going to let us hear a sound?"

After saying that, he threw the phone onto the sofa.

Gin asked, "What exploded?"

"I do not know."

After waiting for a few minutes, someone finally made a private call to Zheng Yi.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yi said, "The robbers planted a bomb on the bus, and the bus exploded."

“What about vodka?” Gin asked.

“Shuichi Akai is alright,” Masakazu said.

Gin looked at Shoichi with a cold gaze.

Zheng Yi said, "Okay, the vodka is fine too."

Gin nodded.

Zheng Yi added, "He was just unconscious and taken to the hospital; there's no danger to his life."

Gin's gaze turned dangerous again.

"Don't worry, his injuries are far less severe than the tequila he suffered back then," Zheng Yi said.

Tequila was covered in bandages back then.

"You did it?"

"What do you mean?"

Gin looked at Shoichi and said, "Those two robbers, did you send them?"

Did you also arrange for the bomb in the car to be planted?
"Of course not," Zheng Yi said, shaking his head. "But those two robbers did do a good deed."

Zheng Yi said, "Now that Vodka is injured, it will give Shuichi Akai a false impression."

That is, he wasn't the organization's target.

The organization's members were unaware of the bomb inside, so this operation was definitely not planned by the organization itself.

That would also lower Shuichi Akai's guard, making it easier to deal with him.

“You can discuss things with me, but you have no right to act on your own,” Gin said.

“I told you I didn’t do it,” Zheng Yi said.

Gin stared at Shoichi like a venomous snake.

Just as Vodka was sent to monitor Zheng Yi, he was blown up by a bomb and imprisoned.

Zheng Yi remains as domineering as ever.

“I should thank you for not attacking me,” Gin said.

Zheng Yi looked at Gin with trepidation.

Gin's words are terrifying.

"Humph!"

Gin snorted coldly.

A poor performance.

Zheng Yi shook his head.

Nobody wants accidents to happen, and if an accident does happen, you can't blame me.

Zheng Yi said, "Let's continue our operation."

He whispered, "Shuichi Akai was hardly affected. Unlike Vodka, he can still run and fight, so he should be able to get here in time."

Noticing Gin's increasingly dangerous gaze, Masakazu shrugged.

He dialed Shuichi Akai's number.

After changing his voice, Zheng Yi asked, "What happened?"

They heard the complete story from Shuichi Akai's mouth.

“Good, you passed the test,” Zheng Yi said. “You didn’t end up like that useless driver, blown up by a bomb.”

After saying this.

Before Shuichi Akai could react, Gin had already pressed the muzzle of his gun against Shoichi's head.

They even said that it wasn't someone you sent.

Zheng Yi gently flicked the muzzle of the gun with his index finger.

Who was that driver?

Shuichi Akai's voice came through the phone.

“Just an insignificant nobody,” Masakazu said. “Come to the ski resort in Yamanashi Prefecture.”

After stating the destination, Zheng Yi hung up the phone.

Then Shoichi turned to Gin and said, "That was just a rhetoric to fool Shuichi Akai. Why are you actually doing this?"

Vermouth also came over to comfort Gin.

"That's right, it's just a rhetoric to deceive Shuichi Akai. Gin, you can't even tell the difference between truth and falsehood, can you?"

(End of this chapter)