I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Between two evils, choose the lesser; there is naturally no other choice.

Seeing that many members of the Raven Society's underworld organizations had also given up resistance, laid down their weapons, and chosen to surrender.

Kuroda Hyōe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the Raven Society's fighting strength is indeed not on the same level as other underworld organizations. If the members of the Raven Society choose to fight to the death, even if the people he brought are considered elite, at least three or five of them will be lost.

These were elite rookies he recruited through connections with the Japanese Public Security Bureau. He would be heartbroken if even one of them was lost, let alone three or five.

Just as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers were calling on others to put all the yakuza members into the car and prepare to take them back to the station for a thorough interrogation,

Chen En's figure also happened to appear in the shadows of the surrounding alleyways.

His eyes narrowed slightly, still somewhat surprised by the situation before him.

With such a grand display, why not retreat or resist after the battle, but instead choose to surrender directly to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department? Aren't they afraid that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will extract some important information from them?

Or is it that these criminal organizations don't actually have any important information to hide, so they don't care if they get caught?

It seems I'll have to go check out the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department next.

After pondering for a moment, Chen En quickly made a decision.

He took two steps back, completely concealing his body in the shadows.

……

After the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department resolved the scene of the shootout between the yakuza organization and the Ravens' Society.

As the nominally largest underworld organization in Tokyo, the Toujin-kai naturally received the relevant news. Furukawa Teng was very surprised by this situation, because he knew the character of these underworld organizations better than anyone else.

Don't even think about getting these people to do things that don't benefit them.

Unless they can gain something from the daytime clashes with the Raven Society...

But what benefits can they gain from this?

For a moment, Guhe Teng couldn't figure it out.

Not only was Guhe Teng somewhat undecided, but Ye Caisan, who was beside him, was the same.

However, although the Shadow Strategist couldn't figure out what interests those underworld organizations were after in taking action against the Ravens, he had a vague feeling that there seemed to be some conspiracy behind this.

It felt extremely unnatural, as if someone had orchestrated this situation.

However, just as Ye Caisan and Guhe Teng were still pondering what was going on, a member of the Dongchen Society hurriedly pushed open the door from the outside and shouted.

"Chairman, the other underworld organizations just sent a fax!"

What is the purpose of sending a fax at this time?

Guhe Teng and Ye Caisan exchanged a glance, each able to see the surprise and confusion in the other's eyes.

However, Furukawa Teng nodded and asked the member to bring the fax over.

He had just taken the fax when he waved for the member to leave. He then laid the fax out on the table, his gaze fixed on the text on it, his eyes slightly narrowed.

The words written above are simple, clear, and easy to understand.

Those yakuza members wanted to get Tō Furukawa, the overlord of Tokyo's underworld, to convene a meeting to discuss the division of power after defeating the Ravens.

"That's really strange."

"Where did these people get their information about the Raven Society? How did they know that the Raven Society is at its weakest now that its relationship with the Black Organization has been severed?"

"Was the daytime attack to determine if the Raven Society had truly weakened?"

Guhe Teng frowned slightly, somewhat unsure of their intentions.

But he always felt that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface, so he turned to look at Ye Caisan next to him, wanting to see Ye Caisan's opinion. Ye Caisan nodded and said seriously.

"Perhaps they did intend to convey that meaning, but I don't think it's that simple."

"If the goal is simply to test whether the Raven Society's strength has been weakened, an attack at night would be just as effective; there's no need to insist on attacking during the day."

“I wasn’t sure before, but they’re doing this during the day, there must be some other conspiracy…”

"I suggest you don't go to this trap, otherwise the consequences could be more disastrous than we can imagine. Anyway, we've already decided to stay put, so there's no need to disrupt our original plans for something like this."

"Sending just a few representatives over there will suffice."

“Besides, didn’t we already manage to slip away with a criminal organization? It seems that members of that organization were also involved in today’s attack on the Ravens Club…”

"Why not call and ask what their opinion is?"

This matter is indeed quite strange.

Guhe Teng frowned slightly, realizing the problem.

Indeed, the underworld organization he planned to use to escape was also part of the underworld alliance that attacked the Raven Society. Logically speaking, the underworld organization he secretly controlled should have passed the message to him.

But he only just received this news.

What exactly is the leader of the underworld organization he secretly controls doing?

Why is the process so slow? Is this guy already planning to betray us? Why wouldn't he be told such confidential information? But that doesn't make sense...

As the president of the Dongchen Society, he naturally couldn't let a complete stranger temporarily take over as the leader of the underworld organization he had spun off. He could only choose his closest confidants.

Even disregarding this relationship, he already knew about that person's family situation...

In addition, the criminal organization's funding all came from him.

Furukawa Teng didn't believe that the leader of that underworld organization had the guts or the ability to betray him.

That situation would be particularly bizarre.

What exactly happened to that underworld leader?

"...Could it be brainwashing?"

Ye Caisan, who was standing next to him, then asked.

If someone had told Furukawa Teng about brainwashing before Batman appeared, he would have scoffed at it. But now, he's starting to believe it.

The reason is simple: according to Ye Caisan, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is currently holding a brainwashed criminal.

That person almost planted a bomb to blow up the Tokyo National Stadium under someone else's manipulation, causing tens of thousands of injuries. Who knows if the yakuza leader he trusted before has been brainwashed and controlled by someone else?

Even if they weren't controlled through brainwashing, but through other means...

Making contact rashly might alert the enemy and expose his relationship with the leader of that underworld organization, or allow others to trace him back to his location by following the phone signal.

So it seems that for now, we can only...

"Let's remain still amidst all changes."

Gu Heteng shook his head, sighed, and said.

"Now that things have come to this, we can only hope that the choice we made was the right one."

Responding to all changes by remaining still? That is indeed a prudent approach.

Ye Cai nodded, without saying anything more. He turned to look at Curaçao, who was sitting in the room, before turning back to the monitor and pondering the matter he had discussed with Chen En.

……

"Boss, do you think that guy is reliable?"

"I always felt there was some kind of conspiracy behind this."

Tokyo area, the temporary headquarters of the Black Organization.

Vodka said with some concern.

"I always felt that these people were completely untrustworthy. Although I don't think it's the right thing to say, I still want to say that the Irish guy is a prime example."

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Gin turned to look at Vodka upon hearing this and said calmly.

"I understand this kind of thing, of course, there's no need to say more."

"In the end, we're not really in a cooperative relationship with him; it's just a matter of each getting what we need. At worst, we'll take care of that guy after this is over... After all, the organization's whereabouts can't be revealed."

If anyone is to leak this information, it can only be him; no one else can.

For example, sending armed helicopters to straf the Tokyo Tower.

If petty theft reveals the existence of the Black Organization, people will think our Black Organization isn't very powerful. If we're going to cause trouble, we have to do something big. What's petty theft compared to that?

Upon hearing this, Vodka coughed twice, naturally not offering any rebuttal.

The person they were referring to as untrustworthy was, of course, the one Ireland considered to be Takeo Miura's successor, who was actually the real Takeo Miura, resurrected to some extent through a corpse using a black mask as a vessel.

That's right, Takeo Miura has already proposed the idea of ​​cooperation with them.

The daytime attacks weren't because Takeo Miura had lost his mind and made those yakuza organizations act out of nowhere during the day; rather, they were meant to prove to Vodka and Gin that he did indeed have the ability to manipulate certain yakuza organizations.

As is well known, organized crime groups are nocturnal creatures, rarely showing up during the day.

After all, the laws governing organized crime have been amended several times. If one were to act rashly during the day, it would definitely invite a frenzy of checks and arrests from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. However, if someone could get organized crime groups to gather in large numbers during the day to carry out an attack, that would be a different story.

This clearly demonstrates that the person had absolute control over the underworld organization.

For this reason, after a moment's thought, Gin decided to temporarily form a cooperative relationship with that guy, each getting what they needed.

Gin's goal was naturally the Dongchen Society.

His original plan was to deal with Ireland, stabilize the Black Organization's influence in Tokyo, and then withdraw directly. However, now that Curaçao's whereabouts have been discovered...

He then needs to determine whether Curaçao has defected. If he has, he will eliminate Curaçao before leaving.

Therefore, directly capturing Tojo-kai's chairman, Furukawa Teng, is naturally the best course of action.

However, if Black Mask's plan fails, he will not suffer any loss. Even if he cannot lure out Guhe Teng, he can still use the constant infighting among other underworld organizations to shrink the power of the Dongchen Society.

At that time, Guhe Teng will naturally jump out on his own.

The Ravens, which were previously controlled by Ireland, were able to achieve that level of success with the resources of the Black Organization.

With these underworld organizations, Black Mask, and their elite troops, plus the resources that Gin's Black Organization receives compared to when Ireland was in power, it should be no problem for them to devour most of the East Star Society's territory in a short period of time...

"...By the way, boss, besides that, we still haven't found that special device that rum gave to Ireland that could communicate with rum."

"Do you think there might be some hidden dangers? What if Ireland took his equipment with them?"

"We've deployed so many people to patrol and check, but we still haven't found it. Could it really not be in that building, and we're just wasting our manpower for nothing?"

Vodka finally brought up the matter of the special device that communicated with the rum.