Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

During the previous meeting, Aoyagi Akimitsu mentioned that Japan's local investigation organization had existed longer than the FBI, and that after his death - the previous public security undercover agent Wheat Whiskey - they would definitely send new people in.

Hearing the words "Japanese Public Security", Gin looked at Aoyagi Akimitsu again with a scrutinizing gaze.

He asked suddenly: "For revenge?"

"…It's only natural for an organization member to arrest an undercover agent. Why do you think that?"

Aoyagi Akimichi paused for a moment and asked in disbelief, as if it was the first day he met this accomplice of the organization who hated undercover agents so much that he would kill them without hesitation when he heard about them.

Gin's eyes were cold as he mentioned the first task he was handling this time: "In the kidnapping case, you chose Kawajiri's eldest son with his ex-wife instead of his youngest son born to his current wife."

"You made this choice not only to pin the suspicion on that woman, nor to avoid Kawajiri who loves his youngest son more from jumping off the cliff. The most fundamental reason is..."

"——Kidnap her own child to threaten a mother. This behavior is too much."

Aoyagi Binguang took the initiative to add.

"I have killed people, set fires, and planted bombs. I have done all kinds of bad things. At the same time, I am willing to stick to some insignificant bottom lines..."

He placed the last chess piece, and the entire chessboard was set up. He looked down and smiled, seeming to be very satisfied with his results, and began to collect the chess pieces bit by bit.

"But does this have anything to do with my current search for an undercover police officer?"

Gin looked at Aoyagi Akiko without saying a word.

There was a smile on that face, and even he couldn't tell what he was thinking at the moment.

He suddenly remembered the last chess piece that Aoyagi Binguang had just placed.

——Which side owns the black chess piece that will decide the outcome?

……

After Aoyagi Akimitsu collected all the chess pieces, the two walked out of the bar together.

The air was chilly after the rainstorm, and puddles formed on the road in front of the bar. The water reflected the color of the sunset, like a pool of bright red blood.

Gin came to the car and looked at Aoyagi Akiko.

"Do you want me to show some grace and take you back now?" he asked sarcastically.

"No, you have a lot of tasks to do and I don't want to disturb you too much." Qingliu Binguang refused gently.

Gin got in the car, and before they were about to part, he gave a final reminder.

"The local rats need to be treated with more caution." Gin has a lot to say about this. "If you poke one, their companions will continue to pour out of the rat nest. Even the powerful wolves will find it difficult to resist."

"Don't worry, I'm confident." Qing Liu Bingguang smiled, "I have something that can threaten them."

"What?" Gin was rarely curious.

"It's right under my feet."

Gin looked down. Aoyagi Hikari was standing next to the car door. He was disguised from head to toe, with light makeup on his face and a pair of stiletto heels that were so high that you couldn't stand properly without some skill.

The sharp heels poked the ground, and there was nothing under his shoes.

——Only this country is being trampled under his feet.

Chapter 78: Teammates are idle?

Docklands, Tower Apartments.

The rain outside the French window had not yet dried, and the rabbit woke up when he smelled the fragrance of food.

He crawled out of the quilt and saw the sky gradually darkening outside. He changed back into human form, took his phone and walked out of the room.

The fragrance should be coming from the pot on the stove. He could no longer smell it after he changed back to human form. Aoyagi Binguang was standing in front of the stove with a cell phone in his hand.

He noticed that the rabbit had opened the room, and turned around and asked, "Can you still eat dinner?"

[I can eat. I didn’t eat much at noon.] The rabbit typed and answered.

"The soup will take a while longer. You can go to the living room to sort out the things you bought."

Upon hearing this, the rabbit walked towards the living room.

Compared to the tidy kitchen, the living room looks messy, with some shopping bags piled on the sofa.

……

Aoyagi Binguang doesn't have to go to school these two days.

Rabbit felt that he had more free time, so he tentatively asked if they could go to Akihabara. Aoyagi Akimichi agreed, and the two of them went there this morning.

The rabbit was so happy when he came to the holy land of the second-dimensional world for the first time. Unfortunately, he had no income now, so he didn’t buy any figures. He only bought some comics in a second-hand store. Second-hand physical books are cheaper than the online electronic versions.

They even sat in a maid cafe for a while.

Aoyagi Binguang ordered a cup of coffee and pudding for the rabbit, and asked the maid to feed it. He sat there looking at his phone the whole time, completely ignoring the enthusiastic looks and conversations around him.

The two went in the morning and came back at noon. Fortunately they came back early, otherwise they would have been caught in the rain.

Because he was too excited (the maid's embrace was too warm and soft), Rabbit was so tired that he went back to his room to sleep as soon as he came back, and he slept until the rain stopped.

……

The rabbit sat on the remaining part of the sofa and opened the bag.

He carefully took out the books one by one and arranged them according to type. Soon, the coffee table was piled with books.

In addition to comics, there are also some modern and contemporary novels in between. These were bought by Aoyagi Akimitsu and were specially placed on the other side by Rabbit.

The rabbit looked at the book in his hand curiously.

The title of the book was torn off. There were two gallows on the dark gray cover, with the background being white snow and passers-by hurrying away. Judging from the author's name "XXXXfu", he should be Russian.

He stared at the cover, a little curious about the contents inside, but before he could flip through it, the book in his hand was suddenly taken away.

The rabbit was startled, and the black mist on his neck surged. Qingliu Bingguang stood in front of him without him knowing.

Qing Liu Bingguang held the book and said in a gentle tone: "Have you sorted your things?"

[…Okay, these are the ones you have.]

The rabbit felt a little scared for some reason, but the feeling was fleeting.

"Please help me keep an eye on the soup on the stove while I go to pack my things." Qingliu Binguang said caringly.

For the past two weeks, it was Aoyagi Binguang who was cooking. Rabbit did not feel at ease thinking that this task was his from now on. He would help whenever he could. When he heard this, he immediately stood up and walked towards the open kitchen.

There was a pot of broth boiling on the stove, and the milky white soup was bubbling. The rabbit remembered the fragrance he had just smelled. If he had a brain, he would be drooling now.

He watched the fire carefully to make sure it wasn't too hot and the soup spilled, but he couldn't help but lift the lid of the steamer next to him.

This traditional flower-growing kitchenware was bought by Aoyagi Binguang last week. After learning about the origins of his teammates, he became very interested in the cuisine there. Not only did he look up recipes online, he also bought all the kitchenware.

There was a plate of buns in the steamer. Was this their dinner tonight? Rabbit didn't mind eating breakfast as dinner. He picked up the chopsticks and touched them lightly. The skin was torn open and the gravy flowed into the plate.

These buns were also made by Aoyagi Akimitsu yesterday while watching the news about the kidnapping case in Haido Town.

...My teammates should be quite relaxed these days, right?

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The first thing Aoyagi Binguang did when he returned to the bedroom was to close the door and lean against it.

His phone screen was on, and his inbox had just been completely emptied. A minute ago, he received an email from his skill clone - reminding him that he had completed the mission and would soon be freed from the skill.

Qing Liu Bingguang pressed his forehead, and as the clone disappeared, the fatigue accumulated over the past few days was transmitted back to him. Although the clone could sleep and rest, the effect was only half of the original body, and he was exhausted.

……

These days, Aoyagi Binguang is very busy.

This time his original body and clone appeared together, acting separately and carrying out completely different tasks.

The main body stayed in the tower, continuing to paralyze the rabbit with daily life, while pretending to be a fan and sneaking into the chat room of "Pride" to guide her to give out the information he wanted.

His skill clone is to carry out the organization's tasks and test [jealousy] at the same time.

That’s right, the clone’s actions in the past few days, especially giving the information about Katsutoshi Teraoka to Gin, were not mainly for the organization, but out of [jealousy].

——He wanted to know how this red player would treat his boss who was involved in organized crime.

Rabbit had seen Bai Jiu's business card in his memory and was sure that he was from Investigation Section 4, so when he heard the specific position of the black policeman, Aoyagi Binguang immediately thought of a question:

Did Baijiu know that the other party accepted bribes?

This player has a troublesome ability to read minds, and it is a passive skill that cannot be turned off even if he wants to.

In his daily work, Bai Jiu can use this skill to get information directly. Judging from the fact that he can be transferred to other classes to help, the probability of "random listening" is still very high.

He can lock onto important information by listening to the inner thoughts of prisoners he has only met rarely. So has he ever heard the biggest secrets of his boss, whom he has been working with day and night for several years?

If so, why didn't he report it?

Bai Jiu almost got promoted before because he caught a spy - this was reported by the media - in this pedantic system, such promotions are hard to come by, and the reward for catching a mole is no less than catching a spy from another country. Why didn't he report it when he had already lost one chance?

Did he not want to overdo it in the workplace and arouse Arrogance's vigilance and change his mind again? Or did he have a good relationship with the section chief, or did he think that the other party was just an ordinary gangster and there was no need to report him?

Aoyagi Binkou was very curious about this.

At the same time, he was even more curious about how Bai Jiu would react if he found out that his boss was bribed by the Black Organization and committed such a crime.

He investigated Matsuyama and the apartment where he lived, obtained the information of the hostess who often contacted Matsuyama, and called him a few minutes ago to ask him to call the apartment manager up, so that when the killer came to Matsuyama's door, there would be a hostage with him for Katsutoshi Teraoka to shoot.

For the organization, this is an intentional attempt to create leverage to control the corrupt police and demonstrate their ability and loyalty;

For Katsutoshi Teraoka, such a crime would disturb his mind and become a serious psychological burden. He would often think about it - even if Hakuto didn't know it in the past, he should know it after this action.

As a player on the red side, will he play dumb or sacrifice his own interests for the greater good?

Moreover, not many people in the organization know about the existence of Katsutoshi Teraoka, only the boss, Gin, Vodka, him, Scotland, and perhaps Rum.

If Katsutoshi Teraoka was reported and suddenly lost contact, disappeared or died in the line of duty, the organization would not expect that someone had caught him by mind reading. Instead, they would immediately suspect that there was an undercover agent among them and report back that he had been bribed, leading to the Metropolitan Police Department dealing with him.

Among them, Scotland joined the latest and is therefore the most likely to be suspected.

There is another point - if the organization learns that the whistleblower is Bai Jiu, they will definitely investigate how he knew it, and his colleagues and classmates at the police academy will all be noticed by the organization.

So, will Bourbon, whose appearance is so impressive, be exposed?

Aoyagi Binguang was not sure whether he could get the information he wanted from the time traveler. He did not want to put all his hopes on others, so he tried his best himself.