Conan Rick's Investigator

Foreign film directors...

As for this foreign film director, Haibara Ai had never seen what he looked like.

However, when the two sisters met before, the elder sister did praise the physique of foreign male models in fashion magazines.

But just based on this...

"I'm not sure, but I don't think my sister would refuse to date a foreigner..."

Conan nodded, hearing the tendency in Haibara Ai's answer.

That foreign film director named Michael Bay...

"Okay, I understand. You should rest first."

Conan, who was a little tired, put his hands in his pockets and was about to turn around and leave, but Haibara Ai called Conan again.

"Wait a moment……"

"What's wrong?" Conan turned around.

"That MO that records the organization's information..."

"Oh..." Conan said nonchalantly, "I've checked, MO isn't in your underwear."

"Maybe it fell into the room and burned in the fire, or it was taken away by the person who rescued you..."

Haibara Ai looked a little lost, because that was something she was willing to risk her life to get.

I finally faced it bravely for once, but ended up losing so completely.

……

The next day, at Zhibo Detective Agency.

Qin Zhibo got up as usual and watched the morning news.

As expected, the morning news devoted a large amount of space to reporting the incident that occurred at the Beihu Hotel yesterday.

Judging from the outcome of the incident, Kenzo Masuyama was the murderer of Councillor Tōguchi, and Kenzo Masuyama himself also died in the fire in the old building. It can be said that good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished.

However, what is puzzling is that when the police went to Kenzo Masuyama's home to investigate in the early morning, Masuyama's home suddenly caught fire and all of Masuyama's family members disappeared, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth.

"The Metropolitan Police Department attaches great importance to this matter and will conduct an in-depth investigation into the truth behind this case..."

Rena Mizunashi, who was wearing light makeup, finished her last sentence, and the long report on the murder of Councillor Tōnōkuchi came to a temporary end.

After seeing the last content in the report, Qin Zhibo immediately guessed that it was the people from the Black Organization who dealt with everything about Kenzo Masuyama.

Just as Haibara Ai said, they will destroy everything related to the organization without hesitation.

In fact, Qin Zhibo had long been aware of this organization's practices.

I had previously followed a black organization member with a Kansai accent in a cocktail bar, and that bar was later bombed.

Thinking in his mind, Qin Zhibo took out the MO he brought back from Room 404 yesterday from the drawer.

Originally, he took this MO back just for fun, but after reading Haibara Ai's memory, Qin Zhibo realized how important this MO was.

It records the data that Haibara Ai copied from the organization's computer, including information about APTX-4869 and some other information.

Qin Zhibo did not leave the MO in Chengshi Hospital, but took it back and thought about what to do with it all night.

With my own personal strength, even if I make good use of the information on this MO, I will only be fighting alone and will not pose any substantial threat to the organization.

Hand it over to the police?

In fact, ever since Spider was arrested last time and then quickly rescued by his companions, Qin Zhibo no longer dared to trust the police on such issues.

If I hand this thing over to the police, I'm afraid I won't survive the night.

So who should it be given to?

At present, the only organization that can be trusted a little bit is another organization that also knows about the existence of the Black Organization.

Chapter 381 The ideal meeting place...

Novem Angelus, nine angels.

In fact, the Nine Angels Organization should know about the existence of the Black Organization.

According to the deceased Niina Rentaro, Qin Zhibo confirmed that the scientific name of the Black Organization is "Black Brotherhood", which is an organization composed of a group of international terrorists.

They carry out various secret terrorist activities in secret, and no one can trace their clues.

However, at present, this statement is not accurate.

The mission to attend the memorial service released by the Nine Angels Organization this time is obviously an action against the Black Organization, which shows that the Nine Angels still got some information in advance.

If this MO that records the organization's information is to be used reasonably, the Nine Angels Organization should be a force that can be relied upon.

After all, if there was a mole from the Black Organization within the Nine Angels, his identity would definitely be exposed at the memorial service.

Now, Qin Zhibo is about to negotiate with the Nine Angels Organization.

Qin Zhibo turned on the computer and entered the Nine Angels website, and sent a message to Xinming Xiang Baoli.

【Qin: Mission accomplished】

After waiting for about ten minutes, a message came from Shinna Xiang Baoli.

[New: I have seen the news. You may need to submit a report regarding what happened at the memorial service.]

Qin: Hmm...but I'd like to talk directly with your superior agent.

According to Qin Zhibo's understanding, the Nine Angels is actually an intermediary organization that distributes tasks layer by layer in terms of operating rules.

The core of the Nine Angels organization will dispatch some exquisite tasks, which will be issued in sequence according to the four agent levels of A, B, C, and D.

To take a specific example, perhaps the task assigned by the Nine Angels Organization this time is to have an investigator sneak into the memorial service by any means, with a reward of 200 million.

The high-level agents will first solve the memorial service invitation issue, take away the 100 million yuan reward, and then distribute the remaining tasks to the next-level agents.

Or buying a book or an unknown painting from a collector.

High-level agents will contact the other party in advance to obtain the information needed for the purchase, such as the other party's impending bankruptcy.

If the transaction goes smoothly, they may reach a deal directly with the other party and complete the task.

However, once conventional transaction methods fail to complete the task, they will consider sending the task to the next level agent.

As for whether the next-level agent uses stealing or robbing, it has nothing to do with the Nine Angels and high-level agents. Anyway, the task reward is fixed.

All Nine Angels agents who communicate with each other must go through the Nine Angels website.

This website is officially run by Nine Angels, which ensures that if the subordinate agents are caught, the conversation records on the website can be freely accessed.

Even if a subordinate agent took photos of the online chat records, it would be completely useless to accuse the organization in court of ordering him to carry out the task.

Because the mission descriptions of the Nine Angels Organization are formal and legal, and the missions are based on a free responsibility system, there is no rigid requirement that a certain person must complete the mission.

For example, in the "Corpse-Eating Ritual" mission that Qin Zhibo had done before, the Nine Angels paid for the book.

But if Qin Zhibo chose to steal the book himself and was arrested by the police, it would have nothing to do with the Nine Angels.

The Nine Angels only said that they were commissioned to buy books, but they didn't ask them to steal them.

Therefore, under this operating model, agents do not need to bear any responsibility for whether the task is completed or not, and the organization has almost no responsibility for its subordinate agents.

If you think you can complete the mission, then go ahead and do it. If you can't, no one will blame you. But if something happens to you, it won't be related to the Nine Angels Organization...

In fact, it is equivalent to the Nine Angels Organization hiring a large number of freelance detectives to complete their "legal" tasks by assigning tasks layer by layer and exploiting remuneration at each level.

Due to this unique operating model, the Nine Angels Organization needs agents with sufficient social influence and money, and uses these two conditions as selection criteria for high-level agents.

Because such agents often have a unique status in the local area, they have advantages that ordinary people do not have when performing certain tasks.

Currently, Qin Zhibo's agent level is D, while Shinna Xiang Baoli inherited her father's level and is a B-level agent.

The only one who can assign the task to Shinna Xiang Baoli is a higher-level A-level agent.

The order of the missions is from Nine Angels → A-level agent → B-level Shinna Kaori → D-level Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo even speculated that the invitation letter from Michael Bay might have been obtained by an A-level agent.

Because if it is the Nine Angels official, they have an invitation letter from a foreigner in their hands, and they will directly send a real foreign agent to carry out the mission, which is more convenient.

If it was the invitation letter that Shinmakaho got, given her current friendship with me, she would have told me directly.

Only A-level agents are left among them.

There are secrets about the Black Organization at this memorial service. Although there should be no spies of the Black Organization on this task delivery line, Qin Zhibo also needs to see whether this A-level agent is trustworthy and whether the MO can be handed over to him?

Because only A-level agents can truly access the core of the Nine Angels...

There was a brief silence on the screen for a few seconds, and then a message came from Shinna Kaori.

[New: I'll try to contact them, but they might not agree.]

【Qin: Thank you very much】

According to the organization's activity principles, C and D-level agents, similar to peripheral members, are generally not allowed to contact A-level agents in any way.

However, Shinna Xiang Baoli still agreed to help make the contact, as this was due to the personal connections she had.

About ten minutes later, the text on the screen finally started to flicker again.

[Guan: Let’s meet at 2: PM at the site of the kite festival held on the Tsutsu River last year.]

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised when the words "Xin Ming Xiang Bao Li" suddenly came out.

But then, Qin Zhibo realized that it was not Niname Kaori who said this.

But it was the mysterious A-level agent.

He wants to meet himself!

……

The Tsutsu River is 345 kilometers long and passes through several areas such as Beika Town and Haido Town. In Haido Town alone, there are three bridges crossing it: Haido Ohashi Bridge, Haido Shinbashi Bridge, and Haido Chuo Bridge.

Qin Zhibo checked online and found out that last year's Tsutsu River Kite Festival was held near Beihu New Bridge.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Zhibo appeared on the embankment near Beihu New Bridge on time.

As this year's kite festival is approaching, quite a number of kite enthusiasts have gathered here, bringing various kites here to test fly in advance.

Whether it is the person flying the kite or the occasional passerby, they will focus most of their attention on the kite in the sky and not pay much attention to the situation on the ground.

This is an ideal meeting place...

Chapter 382 Mysterious Mr. A

Qin Zhibo inwardly admired the mysterious Mr. A's professionalism in choosing the meeting place.

He walked slowly down the embankment, the hem of his brown windbreaker fluttering in the wind.

For this meeting whose outcome was unknown, Qin Zhibo did not use any disguise such as a human skin mask.

Because one's identity information is recorded by the Nine Angels, there is no point in disguising oneself.

In fact, Qin Zhibo was a little surprised that the A-level agent agreed to meet with him.

The A-level agents of the Nine Angels are generally wealthy people of prominent status, at least not weaker than the former famous mystery writer Niname Rentaro.

It is really strange that such a person not only agreed to talk to me, but also took the initiative to ask for a meeting.

The only possibility Qin Zhibo could think of was that his current social credit score was as high as 4850, and he was a celebrity of some kind.

The other party may be curious and want to see it with his own eyes.

……

Dazzling kites were flying everywhere in the air. Qin Zhibo scanned the people in the small square with his eyes, paying attention to whether there were any people with particularly high social credit.

When a colorful octopus kite took off, a person standing by the railing of the river bank suddenly appeared.

At this time, most people were looking at the kites in the sky, but this person seemed out of place in the crowd, staring at the sparkling river in a daze.

He was wearing a solemn black coat with his hands in his pockets. From the side and back, he was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses.