Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

He opened one of the drawers and took a careful look inside.

Under those seemingly unimportant objects, there was actually an unrecorded service pistol that he had secretly picked up during a mission.

“…Section Chief?”

The sudden shout made Katsutoshi Teraoka's body tremble violently.

He raised his head suddenly and saw one of his subordinates, Baijiu Shuyue, looking at him in front.

……

Shiraha Suzuki is a subordinate that Katsutoshi Teraoka likes very much.

He is serious, hardworking, obedient and highly motivated, which is rare in Japan where career advancement is difficult and many young people prefer to just sit back and do nothing.

Katsutoshi Teraoka was very optimistic about him and knew that he had been working hard to get promoted. The semi-professional team could not rise as fast as the professional team, but if they accumulated enough merits or solved major cases, they could get an exceptional promotion, so when they encountered any important cases, he would try his best to take him along.

Baijiu once had a good opportunity. He caught a foreign spy on the Aegis ship.

At that time, the chief of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters was very happy and wanted to transfer him there, and promised that he could be promoted twice to become a superintendent after he went there, but Hakubato himself refused.

Katsutoshi Teraoka wondered why he would do this.

Especially when Bai Jiu mentioned this incident again later, the expression on his face was one of pain and anger that he was trying hard to suppress, as if he was forced by someone.

At this time, the subordinate was standing at least 3 meters away from the desk, and Katsutoshi Teraoka breathed a sigh of relief.

At such a long distance, and with the drawer in a blind spot, he would definitely not notice anything unusual about himself.

"Bai Jiu, this time you take Gao Dao and the others to the small steel ball shop that the suspect frequents, and I will lead another team to the restaurant he frequents."

Katsutoshi Teraoka knew Matsuyama's current location. This was told to him by his "new employer". The person who called him was a comfortable-sounding female voice, so he believed it without much doubt.

...What a pity! If it weren’t for Songshan being involved, Bai Jiu could have been taken to this important case.

Katsutoshi Teraoka sighed in his heart, and the subordinate standing in front of him gradually relaxed his frown.

"I understand, Section Chief."

Baijiu had a strange expression on his face. He seemed to be about to say something, but suddenly gave up. Now there was a hint of gratitude and worry on his face.

"Please be careful on the road."

Chapter 74 Zhu Fu Jingguang: Beware 111

Chapter 74 Zhu Fu Jingguang: Vigilance +1+1+1

The police car pulled over to the side of the road, and Katsutoshi Teraoka and two other police officers from Investigation Section 4 got out. Because this was a "preliminary visit," he only brought two people with him.

In front of me is an izakaya. It is 2 o'clock in the afternoon and it has not opened yet. The door is only slightly open and a young clerk is cleaning the door diligently.

The clerk was wearing headphones and had a pair of emerald green eyes. The sun was shining brightly on them, but he was wearing a high-necked shirt.

Katsutoshi Teraoka exchanged a glance with his two subordinates behind him and took the lead to step forward: “Sorry to bother you.”

"We won't be until five...huh?"

Katsutoshi Teraoka took out his ID and revealed his identity directly: "We are police officers. We would like to disturb you for a few minutes. We have a few questions to ask you. Is the store manager here?"

"I'm the store manager." The young man touched his nose embarrassedly. "Because it's a small store, I'm the only one who does the manager and waiter work... What do you want to ask?"

Katsutoshi Teraoka pulled a photo out of his pocket and asked, "Have you seen this man?"

"Mr. Songshan?" The green-eyed store manager recognized him immediately. "He is a regular customer here. Last night he came to dine with a shopping bag from a nearby supermarket. He said he had made a lot of money recently and ordered several of the most expensive sashimi platters!"

Hearing the store manager so happy, Katsutoshi Teraoka asked, "Did you pay attention to what he bought?"

"Just some daily necessities that we often use at home, such as toilet paper, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc."

"Daily necessities? Then he might live nearby... Manager, do you know approximately in which direction his home is?" Katsutoshi Teraoka asked again.

"This one……"

The store manager thought for a moment and pointed to a street behind the store: "Maybe it's the apartment over there - Mr. Matsuyama was drinking alone until very late yesterday. After he paid the bill and left, I came out to lock the door and happened to see him walking that way, but I don't know which building it was."

"Thank you."

Katsutoshi Teraoka nodded in thanks, without doubting the authenticity of the news. He turned around and called his two subordinates, and the three of them left quickly.

The store manager watched them leave and slowly swept the already clean floor. He picked up a kettle from the door and began watering the potted plants at the door.

At this moment, an inconspicuous cat suddenly jumped out from behind the store. He quickly raised his hands to protect the potted plants: "Go, go, get out of the way! There is nothing to eat here!"

The cat had no interest in the potted plants. It didn't even look at the store manager and chased in the direction the three policemen left.

Only after the cat left did the manager put down the kettle, turn around, open the door and enter the store.

The store was dark. He pushed aside his high collar with his fingers and pressed lightly on the exposed voice changer on his neck. At the same time, he put his hands in his pockets and turned off the life monitoring device connected to the headphones, which had been constantly reminding him that there were animals approaching nearby.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was leaning behind the bar - he had been staying here just now - and there was an unconscious man lying on the ground at his feet.

"Maybe he'll call the police when he wakes up."

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked down at the unlucky real store manager, then looked at Aniseite in front of him and gave a reminder.

At this time, Aniset had a face exactly like the store manager. If anyone else saw them, they would definitely suspect that they were twin brothers.

I didn’t expect that in addition to Vermouth, Anicet also has the ability to change her appearance... But she can't change her voice, so she can only use a voice changer to imitate other people's voices.

Zhu Fujingguang was thinking, and Aniset sat down in the seat in front of him and took out a cigarette with his right hand.

Although she was wearing a man's face, her posture still revealed a woman's feeling.

"I've read his medical report. He has low blood sugar and occasionally faints spontaneously." Anisette lit a cigarette leisurely. "As long as the store's property is not lost, he won't think that he fainted."

Hearing that she had no intention of silencing him, Zhu Fujingguang did not relax at all.

This store manager can survive, but what about the others?

What does she want to do? How does she plan to develop an undercover agent for the Metropolitan Police Department?

Zhu Fu Jingguang was full of questions, but as an undercover agent, he could only watch the situation develop quietly and could not come out openly to stop it.

With a smile on her face, Anisette pressed the voice changer on her neck again, took out her cell phone and dialed a number.

"Who?!"

"Mr. Matsuyama!"

As soon as the other party answered the phone, her voice became exceptionally sweet, and she called out the name of the person on the other end of the line intimately yet worriedly.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was very familiar with this tone.

During a certain mission, a certain target hired a hostess, and when she coaxed him to open more expensive wine, she used a similar coquettish tone - he thought it was very pretentious, but some people just fell for it.

"I saw the news. It seems the police are looking for you everywhere. You must be careful!...Ah? Your neighbors haven't taken that thing down yet? It's too dangerous...Have you tried to persuade them?..."

"…Should we try to contact the building manager? If the manager comes to persuade them, they should listen. This involves the privacy of the residents…"

"You'd better find it now..."

The gentle voice seemed to have a magical power that made people obey unconditionally. Zhu Fujingguang, who was already wary of Aniseite, became even more alert.

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the other side.

Katsutoshi Teraoka and his two subordinates walked for about five minutes and finally found the apartment that the manager pointed out to them.

There are two apartment buildings on this street, separated by several shops.

One of the buildings has quite a few residents, and most of the mailboxes on the first floor that are placed outside have names marked on them; the other building has not many people, and they are now standing at the door, and they haven't even seen the building manager who is supposed to be guarding the first floor.

Katsutoshi Teraoka recalled the information the organization had given him and instructed two of his subordinates: "Pretend to be residents and go to another building to investigate. When you talk to the administrator, pay attention to whether there are any suspicious people nearby."

One of them showed a hesitant expression: "Section Chief, are you going to search this building alone? It's too dangerous. Do you want me to accompany you?"

"I can do it alone."

Katsutoshi Teraoka interrupted sternly.

He had worked in Investigation Section 4 for many years and had accumulated considerable prestige, and his subordinates trusted him very much. Even though he did not give any explanation, the other two soon stopped objecting and turned to the apartment where there were many people.

Katsutoshi Teraoka, who finally got rid of his subordinates, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly walked into the building in front of him, took out a communication headset from his pocket and put it on.

After a few hissing sounds, they were quickly connected to each other.

“…I’m already here in Songshan.”

Katsutoshi Teraoka walked towards the stairs. When he passed the elevator, he saw the number 4 on the display screen. The elevator was now on the 4th floor.

He was so confused that he didn't pay attention to this detail. He lowered his voice and carefully reported his location to the other side.

"This apartment is about to be demolished. There are only two residents left, including Songshan. Just be careful not to alert others... Did you bring a silencer?"

A calm and reliable female voice came from the other side.

"Bring it."

Katsutoshi Teraoka's heart was beating violently.

Unlike before, when he just accepted bribes, this time he was going to kill someone.

He had killed criminals in the past, but he was a policeman at the time and only did it when the situation was extremely critical. But now he was killing people on his own initiative in order to rob his fellow criminals.

Katsutoshi Teraoka walked upstairs with light footsteps, even his breathing was almost inaudible.

When he looked up, he saw a cat quietly looking at him from the window at the corner of the stairs. When it noticed he was looking at it, it ran away quickly.

Katsutoshi Teraoka was stunned, and the man on the other side immediately noticed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

“…There’s a cat outside watching me.”

For some reason, he thought of Baijiu.

This subordinate is very popular with cats and dogs. Some police dogs that have not yet been trained are very obedient. However, he does not like dogs and prefers cats. Sometimes he will tease cats at the crime scene.

"It's just an animal."

The other party chuckled and said in a gentle tone: "Don't worry about it, just go and do what you should do."