No one understands the laws of Collider better than me.

Someone in the kitchen echoed back:

"Understood, manager."

As expected, it was the same blond-haired, dark-skinned man who came out of the kitchen at the same time as Kitahara Masaki, carrying the dessert that Kitahara Masaki had ordered.

So they really are here to investigate me.

However, even now, Kitahara Maki still doesn't know why he was being investigated.

However, he did think about what reason Amuro Tooru would use to approach him.

"Guest, here is your dessert. Please enjoy."

Then, just as Kitahara Masaki picked up the spoon, a large group of people waiting outside the window started snapping photos with their phones.

"Haha, it seems Inspector Kitahara is quite popular."

"Sigh, I wish not so many people knew me. After all, when enjoying delicious food, I prefer to be in a quieter place."

"Actually, I'm very interested in how Detective Kitahara solves cases. To be honest, I'm actually a private investigator."

Kitahara Masaki chuckled inwardly, thinking that it would be easier for them to communicate if Kitahara Masaki simply showed his police identification.

It's really too uncomfortable to be pulled in this way by both sides.

Not to mention there were a bunch of cameras clicking away all around.

Chapter 34 Tequila, the whole world is trying to kill you!

How many people are filming us in total?

"Thirty-five people, thirty-three women and two men."

How many people are left-handed?

"Not a single one."

How many students are there in total?

"Judging from their uniforms, 27 of them are students."

Which organization do you belong to?

After the rapid-fire questions and answers, Amuro Tooru did not reveal any flaws, but simply maintained his unchanging smile.

"It seems Mr. Kitahara thinks I talk too much. I'm just interested in the recent cases. I hope Mr. Kitahara can understand a detective's curiosity."

“I understand, but as a police officer I have a duty to keep things confidential, so I can’t help you.”

"Understood. Please continue to enjoy your dessert."

After realizing that Kitahara Masaki had no intention of continuing the conversation, Amuro Tooru was in no hurry and went back to the kitchen to continue making desserts.

While eating dessert, she wondered why he had approached her in the first place.

If the police have already been tapping on my residence and even my mobile phone, then contacting Gin now is clearly unwise.

However, to determine what happened, it is necessary to contact Gin.

To ensure Kitahara Masaki's successful passage through the Metropolitan Police Department's screening process, the organization severed most of its connections with him. Few people knew that Yavin had come to Japan to infiltrate; these included the Boss, Rum, Vermouth, Gin, Vodka, and a member who provided a route for smuggling him into Japan.

If the member who provided the route is caught, he can only confess that a member of the organization whose liquor name is Armagnac came to Japan to carry out an undercover operation.

It can only be said that Kitahara Maki wanted to catch up with the plot of Kudo Shinichi transforming into Conan, which resulted in a low-level staff member learning some information.

If this low-level personnel revealed the information he knew after being arrested, then the actions of Amuro Tooru and the Public Security Bureau would be explained.

The police only know that one member of the organization is going to infiltrate the intelligence agency in Japan, so it's not impossible that they're investigating me, who has recently gained notoriety.

However, all of this is just Kitahara Masaki's deduction based on known information, and it is still unknown whether this is the truth.

However, the fact that the police are still in the investigation stage means that they have no substantial evidence, not even a single direct clue that can connect them to Kitahara Masaki.

Then Kitahara Masaki can just relax and enjoy his dessert. This unexpected situation can be left to the all-powerful Gin; Kitahara Masaki believes that Gin is already a mature member of the organization and should be able to come up with a solution quickly.

Kitahara Masaki felt inexplicably pleased at the thought that his small mistake had increased Gin's workload and even forced him to stay up all night.

But when he was only halfway through his dessert, his cell phone suddenly rang. The moment he answered, he heard Inspector Megure's booming voice:

"Brother Kitahara, a case has come in. If it's convenient for you now, come and help me out!"

Since Kitahara Masaki and Inspector Megure shared the same rank, the veteran officer remained very polite.

"Tell me about the case first, Inspector Megure. If I could solve it after hearing the details..."

"Oh, right, right! It's like this, there was an explosion at the launch event for the new game from Full Paradise, and a man was killed instantly..."

"Wait! Inspector Megure, are you talking about the new game launch event at Fullworld?"

"Yes, the press conference has been cancelled now."

"Okay, I'll come right now!"

Kitahara Masaki immediately paid, packed up the dessert, and left the shop. This disappointed those who wanted to take more photos, but the thought that Kitahara Masaki would definitely visit again in the future made them grin from ear to ear.

"Kazama, check what cases the Metropolitan Police Department has received?"

"Yes, Mr. Amuro. I'll go right now."

Amuro Tooru looked at Kitahara Masaki, still hoping that he wasn't part of the organization, since Kitahara Masaki was one of the few people in the Metropolitan Police Department who could solve cases.

However, according to FBI intelligence, Yawenyi's destination should be Tokyo. To infiltrate valuable intelligence agencies, there are basically only a few. After initial screening, most of the people who recently joined these intelligence agencies are Japanese. These people can be excluded by their past records. So, the only people left are those who have recently entered the country. Kitahara Masaki is one of them.

Well, this job will just be about learning how to make a few more desserts.

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"Brother Kitahara! With you here, this case is guaranteed to be solved."

"Don't flatter me yet. Take me to see the scene first."

Kitahara Masaki originally wanted to go to the scene, but he saw Conan looking anxious and immediately started sending text messages after seeing Kitahara Masaki.

(The tall man who was blown up was a member of the Black Organization. He called himself Tequila and even mentioned Gin on a public phone. Here's my deduction about the case: Tequila was supposed to make a deal with a Mantang employee by exchanging luggage tags. However, the Mantang employee's tag was replaced with another tag before the exchange. The killer did this to kill the Mantang employee with a bomb. Tequila ended up taking the box containing the bomb, and naturally, Tequila was the one who was killed in the explosion.)

The text message was short, but contained a lot of information.

What surprised Kitahara Masaki the most was that the unfortunate man who was blown up was actually a member of an organization with a liquor name.

That means Gin must know about this, since the death of a title member is no small matter.

In other words, this is an opportunity to contact Gin and ask him to find out why the police have launched an investigation into him.

Thinking about this, Kitahara Masaki's desire to solve the case diminished considerably. After all, the person who died was likely a die-hard member of the organization, and it would be a good thing if such a person died.

However, seeing Inspector Megure's expectant gaze, Kitahara Masaki patiently read through the information Conan had sent via text message and understood that Tequila's death was nothing more than an accident. The murderer hadn't intended to kill him, but he had simply been unlucky enough to draw the lucky number.

Thinking of this, Kitahara Masaki couldn't help but feel the malice of the Detective Conan world. Just when you're about to die, a bomb will fall from the sky and be delivered to your hand, blowing you up to nothing.

Rest in peace, you tool who died to advance the plot. I'll probably forget about you by tomorrow.

Next came the time to use police authority. By searching everyone's boxes, they could find out who the murderer was, since the murderer's box had already been blown up.

Ignoring the murderer who hadn't even killed the right person, Kitahara Masaki walked up to the Mantang employee who was trading tequila, opened his briefcase, and unsurprisingly, a large sum of money rolled out—his reward for the deal with the organization.

But now—

"Who exactly is your trading partner?"

Kitahara Maki is currently under police surveillance, and he must be careful with his words when questioned.

"No—I don't know either. The only place I met with them was the bar on the top floor of the Kurosaki Building in Beika Town. All the usual contact was initiated by them unilaterally, and I had no way to reach them."

"Is that so... Given this incident, we must take this stolen money back to the police station. You don't have any objections, do you?"

Kitahara Masaki patted him on the shoulder with a kind expression.

Chapter 35 You don't really think I'm Jiang Gan, do you?

After finishing the case, Kitahara Masaki went to the Kurosaki Building under the pretext of completing the chain of evidence. Conan, that brat, also said he wanted to come along to investigate, but after being given a big pat on the back by Kitahara Masaki, he willingly went home with Ran.

The bar on the top floor is really stylish.

As Kitahara Masaki walked up the stairs to the top floor, a deafening explosion resounded throughout the entire building, and a scorching wave of air hit him, causing Kitahara Masaki to instinctively raise his arm.

Without even looking, I knew that the organization had blown the bar to pieces to clean up the mess. It seems I haven't settled things with them yet, otherwise Gin would probably have shown up and coldly threatened me, saying things like, "If there's a next time, I'll scatter your ashes."

"Fan Nei."

"Mr. Kitahara! It's too dangerous here, we must take refuge!"

As Kitahara Masaki pondered how the organization would contact him again, someone suddenly shouted beside him.

Kitahara Masaki turned around and saw a young man wearing glasses. Judging from his appearance, Kitahara Masaki remembered that he should be Amuro Tooru's henchman, which meant that he was also a public security officer. But now this public security officer was here to remind me...

"As a citizen, you should be the one seeking refuge. I need to investigate that bar."

"This is too dangerous! What if there's a secondary explosion..."

"Alright! This is a police officer's responsibility."

"Actually, I am... Mr. Kitahara. Even if you are a police officer, you should prioritize your own safety in this situation!"

"Alright alright."

Looking at the policeman in front of him, Kitahara Masaki sighed inwardly at how many people like him there were on the Red Team. Kitahara Masaki found it hard to dislike his persistence, but he couldn't accept his methods.

However, Kitahara Maki can't do anything right now. With a police officer around him, he can't contact the organization at all.

Kitahara Masaki, having returned empty-handed, was dragged out for sushi by Inspector Megure and drank several cups of alcohol before finally returning home. It's fair to say that this is how most police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department live, just like ordinary office workers, with more work after one day's work.

Because the organization wanted to leave no clues, the bar used for the transaction with the employees of Full Heaven was blown up. So, the next day, after the bomb disposal team eliminated the danger of the explosion, the First Investigation Division still needed to enter the ruins to search.

"Brother Kitahara, the employees of Full Paradise have confessed to the contents of their transaction with that mysterious organization. It turns out to be a list of the world's most talented programmers. I really don't know what these criminals are thinking these days."

"Well, I guess it might be a corporate spy or a headhunter or something like that."

"But they had no reason to blow up the whole bar."

Inspector Megure, how come your mind is suddenly so sharp when there are no murders? If I hadn't read the script, I would have thought you were really hiding your true abilities.

"Ahem, in short, the most urgent task now is to find evidence that can prove the identities of the trading partners of the employees of Full Paradise. Although the chances are slim, we still need to conduct a search."

"Scarce chances" means there are no chances at all. Kitahara Masaki was well aware of the organization's transaction process with these people. Transactions with such minor figures would not leave computer records, and traces that could identify DNA, such as fingerprints and skin flakes, had all been destroyed by the high temperature of the explosion.