Detective Conan: Becoming a Zaibatsu - Starting with Joining the Winery

The next day, early in the morning.

Hattori Heizo and Toyama Ginjiro got up early and went straight to work at the Osaka Police Department. After all, they had already received the group all day yesterday and had fulfilled their due courtesy.

They can't just take several days off work just to entertain guests, can they?

Meanwhile, on the other side...

The Kudo couple chose to return directly to Tokyo, since they had already finished discussing their business and had many things to do next, so they naturally had no interest in continuing their sightseeing in Osaka.

After returning to Tokyo.

Yukiko headed straight for Tottori Prefecture to have a proper discussion with her maternal clan, since she would need to utilize their resources to complete the transactions with the Hattori and Toyama families.

Yusaku Kudo, on the other hand, wasn't busy with this matter!

After all, most of the Kudo family members went to the United States to develop their careers, a small number went to Europe, and only Kudo Yusaku remained in the island nation.

therefore.

He can draw upon the power of the Kudo family himself!

At most, we'll just inform our clansmen around the world about this, let them know that this happened, anyway, they don't need this influence.

in contrast.

If Kudo Yusaku's side can really succeed, then it will actually be a good thing for their clansmen. In the future, when Kudo Shinichi really becomes the Superintendent General, they can return to the island country to develop.

So after sending a unified email, Kudo Yusaku also discussed the matter with Kuroba Toichi via email, since he also needed the Kuroba family's help in this matter.

Yes!

Yusaku Kudo followed his mother, thus changing his surname and inheriting the Kudo family name; Toichi Kuroba followed his father and thus inherited the Kuroba family name.

The two companies are actually in similar situations!

Now that there is a possibility of breaking the deadlock, he naturally wants to contact all available forces.

And, in response to this.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kuroba Toichi directly authorized Kudo Yusaku to use all the power of the Kuroba family.

The reason for this feeling of exhilaration is actually quite simple.

Because it's useless!

Kuroba Toichi knew his son very well; Kuroba Kaito's heart wasn't in this area at all, and even if the Kuroba family hadn't been suppressed, he wouldn't have entered the system.

He and his wife lived in the United States and couldn't be bothered with the messy affairs of that island nation. Anyway, Yusaku Kudo was quite smart, so it was better to leave this mess to his younger brother.

If the plan succeeds, the Black Feather family will also benefit!

At last.

After settling everything, Kudo Yusaku threw himself into the establishment of PMC. After all, he had long-term dealings with the Hattori and Heiji families, and if the Kudo family wanted to protect themselves in the short term, the key was to develop this private armed force.

Cupido Town, BZ-003 base.

This is a backup training base within the dark organization.

In the organization.

Sequence A belongs to the primary base, and sequence B belongs to the backup base.

There are only these two main categories of main serial numbers, but there are many more subcategories.

N represents an interrogation base, S represents a medical base, J represents an armory, T represents a biological and chemical storage area, E represents a research institution, P represents a basic supplies depot, Z represents a training base, and so on...

The BN-017 base, previously used to interrogate Iga ninjas, represents a temporary interrogation base in reserve.

The BZ-003 base in front of us was originally a backup training base, but it has now been requisitioned and misappropriated by Lin Mo.

Of course.

Among the various bases of the organization, there are also bases without secondary serial numbers, such as the A-013 base personally overseen by Vodka in the Moriya Teiji case. These types of bases belong to the central command type.

Under normal circumstances.

Before the standby base of sequence A is destroyed, sequence B of the backup base will generally not be activated.

But, unfortunately.

The world is a giant makeshift operation. Lin Mo, Gin, Rum, and other high-ranking members of the organization are mostly doing their own private business in secret, so naturally no one really follows the rules.

"Hunter, how's training going?"

Upon arriving at the base, Kudo Yusaku asked Hunter a question.

And, in response to this.

Timothy Hunter, dressed in camouflage training gear and covered in various weapon attachments, let out a helpless sigh upon hearing this.

"No, it's far from good enough!"

"Everyone has been retired for a while now, some even two or three years ago. In these past few years, everyone has basically lacked training, and many of them haven't even had enough to eat, so their physical fitness has naturally declined significantly."

"Based on the current training volume, it will take two months to restore basic combat effectiveness."

"Only after reaching that stage can they train according to the standards of the SEALs, and it will take three months to recover their original combat effectiveness."

Yusaku Kudo nodded.

He expressed his understanding, after all, these things can't be rushed. Fortunately, there's no rush at the moment, and Lin Mo's conventional forces are still usable for the time being.

This private armed force is sufficient as long as it can be deployed in critical moments.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Just as Yusaku Kudo was pondering this, Timothy Hunter suddenly spoke up: "Mr. Kudo, you're from outside. Have you heard that the Metropolitan Police Department has begun investigating the cases of my enemies?"

Obviously.

Even though the matter was completely over, he still felt a little uneasy.

Upon hearing this, Kudo Yusaku shook his head immediately: "Mr. Hunter, rest assured, I have been following up on this matter, but I have not conducted any investigation."

"Although someone has reported the case, there are no clues, no body has been found, and not even a crime scene has been discovered..."

"Therefore, at this stage, the police are treating it as a regular missing person case!"

"Given the recent spate of murders in Tokyo, those cases related to Mr. Hunter have most likely become unsolved mysteries buried in the archives."

Yes.

Lin Mo was too lazy to worry about these trivial matters. Since Hunter had put Kudo Yusaku in charge, he had naturally been keeping an eye on things during this time.

But after observing for some time, Yusaku Kudo had to admit that the Black Organization's methods were quite formidable.

If he hadn't known about this beforehand, even if he were to investigate, he wouldn't have found any evidence, let alone be able to definitively conclude that it was a murder case!

"Phew, that's good!"

Timothy Hunter breathed a sigh of relief after hearing these words.

Then.

After chatting briefly with Yusaku Kudo, he went to oversee his subordinates' training.

Don't ask why he doesn't participate in training himself, because he was shot in the head on the battlefield, so it's difficult for him to participate in training personally at this stage.

Of course.

Although Lin Mo had promised him that he would use the organization's medical resources to see if Hunter could be restored to his fighting ability...

But, unfortunately.

The medical organization is currently very busy and doesn't have time to do this, so Hunter will naturally have to wait a while.