Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 218 Ai: Zheng Yi is lying to you

Inside the laboratory.

Ai looked dejected, while Akako was radiant.

Ai yawned.

"How do you manage to be so passionate about your work?" Ai asked.

She couldn't understand how anyone could actually enjoy working.

Hongzi's spirits are getting better every day.

“Because there’s money to be made,” Hongzi said.

That's a really simple and straightforward reason.

Even though I get paid, why don't I have any motivation?
Ai looked at the beaker on the table.

Is it because the debts are not yet paid off?
Even though the interest rate wasn't as high as usury, the principal increased almost exponentially.

Zheng Yi is being unreasonable, and Xiao Ai doesn't want to pay back the money either.

Thinking of this, Ai immediately stopped what she was doing.

If I can't pay back the money to buy my freedom, what's the point of working?
Quit it!
"What are you going to do?" Hongzi asked.

"I want to resign," Ai said.

"Ok?"

Ai took off her white coat and prepared to leave.

But when he was about to leave, Hongzi grabbed him by the collar.

"What are you doing?" Ai asked Akako with displeasure.

Hongzi said, "What will I do if you leave?"

She doesn't understand chemistry or biology, so she has no idea how to make medicine.

She only knows a little bit of magic.

A witch alone cannot develop a medicine that can be mass-produced; she needs the help of Ai, a chemist and biologist, to turn the magical potion into an ordinary medicine.

"You should resign too," Ai said.

Ai's eyes darted around, and she said mischievously:

"Shoichi is lying to you. Money can't make Kaito Kuroba and Shoichi admire you. You won't get their true feelings this way."

Hongzi pinched Ai's little face.

She said nonchalantly, "I know that money can't buy Kaito's true feelings."

As the heir to the Red Magic.

Of course, she can sense whether other people's feelings are genuine.

Xiao Ai tilted her head, and you were still willing to be deceived by Zheng Yi.

"But seeing Kaito putting on a fawning act in front of me is quite satisfying," Akako said with a smile.

From childhood to adulthood, Hongzi has never lacked admirers.

She simply doesn't allow anyone to resist her charm.

What she wanted wasn't Kaito's sincerity, but the feeling of conquering him.

Kaito's unwilling yet resigned demeanor was more satisfying to Akako than winning his heart.

"Huh?" Ai's eyes widened.

you……

She suddenly felt that Zheng Yi was just like Hong Zi.

Zhengyi also enjoys the feeling of conquering others.

Zheng Yi always laughed heartily whenever he saw her looking like she wanted to kill Zheng Yi but had to compromise.

Moreover, Zhengyi's mood would noticeably improve whenever he saw people who wanted to kill him.

He is so bad.

Ai managed to control her emotions.

No, I can't think about how to kill Zheng Yi; that will only make him happier.

Akako continued, "Furthermore, Kaito's sincerity is fake, and Shoichi's is not."

"Ok?"

Ai blinked.

Zhengyi and you haven't said much to each other; it's just a simple employee-boss relationship. What genuine feelings could he possibly have for you?
Do you really want you to work for her for the rest of your life?
Hongzi said, "Last time, when we developed a drug to help treat schizophrenia, Zhengyi had very strong feelings for me."

"Strong?" Ai pouted.

"That wouldn't be love, it's just happiness."

Akako pressed her finger against Ai's forehead and said, "Don't underestimate my perception of emotions."

Ai said nonchalantly:

"That's an admiration for money, not for you."

"Oh!"

Ai got a tap on the forehead.

Hongzi withdrew her finger expressionlessly. "My magic tells me that you are jealous."

"Your magic is wrong."

Without wasting words with Ai, Hongzi grabbed her and dragged her to the workbench to continue working.

Her magic never fails.

Conquering Shoichi is more fulfilling than conquering Kaito.

Ai looked very unwilling.

She wants to resign.

……

The entrance to a convenience store.

Gin sat in his Porsche, looking at the latest newspaper.

After that guy who looked a lot like him was taken to the police station, Zheng Yi didn't seem to have made any moves yet.

"Ah."

Gin scoffed.

Does this count as admitting defeat?
The convenience store door opened, and Vodka came out carrying two boxes of takeout.

They hadn't even taken two steps from the doorway.

A group of men in plainclothes rushed forward and pinned Vodka down.

"Who are you!"

The boxed lunch was thrown on the ground. Vodka looked at the people rushing towards him with a puzzled expression, and thought about pulling out his gun to fight back.

But I touched my waist.

Damn!

The handgun was in the car!
"Police, don't move!"

Upon hearing that it was a police officer, Gin stopped in front of the car, without taking out any money.

The policeman on top of Vodka took out his badge and showed it to Vodka.

"Hello, you're involved in a bank robbery. Please come with us," the police officer said.

"What did you say?"

Vodka struggled, but his limbs were held down tightly.

Several more police officers surrounded him and handcuffed him.

Vodka's lips twitched.

Bank robbery?
He hasn't done this kind of thing in a long time.

To maintain secrecy, the organization doesn't frequently rob banks when it's short of money.

"What evidence do you have?" Vodka asked, displeased.

He suspected it was a frame-up.

Someone is framing him!

The police officer then produced another badge and said, "Your accomplice has already implicated you. This is an arrest warrant."

“You’re talking nonsense!” Vodka shouted.

Who are his accomplices?
If he has accomplices, then his only accomplice is his eldest brother!

"Don't try to deny it. Wait until you see your accomplices, then we'll see what you have to say."

"go!"

Vodka was taken away in a car by the police, and the onlookers gradually dispersed.

After the police left, Gin did not take out his pistol.

A mocking smile appeared on his lips.

I was just thinking that Cointreau hadn't retaliated, but I didn't expect the counterattack to come so quickly.

"That shot, so much time has passed, and he still remembers it. How petty of him," Gin muttered to himself.

He still remembers the shot fired in Nishitama City.

Gin forgot about it.

The Metropolitan Police Department is Zheng Yi's henchman unit, and he uses it very conveniently.

He reported that Zheng Yi's men had been arrested, and Zheng Yi immediately had the police arrest Vodka.

Gin took out his phone and sent a message to someone he disliked.

You've crossed a line. —Gin

I don't understand what you're saying. — Cointreau

[You've let the Metropolitan Police Department arrest the organization's codenamed member. Aren't you afraid the organization's information will be exposed? —Gin]

[I never ordered anything like that, don't frame me. Come to think of it, you were the one who called the police to arrest my men first. — Coindus]

"Enough with the nonsense, let's meet." —Gin

(End of this chapter)