The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1315 The Smiling Tiger - Bourbon

Takagi still liked his female boss, of course.

I may like it, but I don't really have any feelings about it.

Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department will always love Inspector Sato, okay?
Liking something is like admiring a flower; appreciating it doesn't mean you have to pick it and take it home.

Yes, Sato is the kind of person who can only be admired from afar, not approached.

She is a beauty, but also a shrew.

In comparison, my Xiao Cai is better off being a beauty who isn't a shrew.

Takagi thought to himself.

Sato Miwako sensed that he seemed to be scrutinizing her, so she glanced at him suspiciously and asked, "Takagi, what are you thinking about?"

Takagi smiled sheepishly and waved his hand, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about Aya."

"Oh~" Sato Miwako's face revealed a sly smile: "Speaking of which, so much time has passed, and I was the one who introduced you, after all. How are you and Aya getting along?"

"Well..."

"You're getting shy now!"

Sato Miwako chuckled and patted Takagi on the back: "I understand, matchmakers don't deal with marital matters!"

"I don't want to know your little secrets!"

Takagi blushed deeply after being reprimanded by her female boss.

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"Sonoko, do you know how worried we were about you..."

"How could you joke like that!"

"That's right, you should have at least told us!"

"Well, my phone isn't with me!"

"Then you could have asked Fujino-senpai to let us know!"

"Didn't the seniors tell you?"

"The senior told us, but we think he definitely said it to cover for you, Sonoko!"

"Sonoko, that's really your personality..."

Fujino, on the other hand, drove directly to Snow King Ice City.

When Ayako and Ran saw Sonoko sitting in the shop, enjoying the air conditioning, drinking cold drinks, and eating snacks, their faces immediately darkened.

The two of them tacitly agreed to criticize the garden.

Poor Sonoko could only cast her pitiful gaze toward Fujino.

But all he got in return was a helpless look from Fujino.

Fujino was indeed quite helpless. He had explained, he had said it all, but the two of them just wouldn't believe him...

To be honest, all I can say is that Sonoko's credibility is really too low.

Fujino sighed silently to himself.

Then, Sonoko suffered the consequences.

The two women criticized Sonoko, while Fujino took out his phone to check unread messages.

[Quick Loan: Loan disbursement notification, your transfer of 100 million yen in cash has been successful. Check your balance...]

[Yoko Okino: Fujino-kun, you did a great job this time too. The money has already been transferred. I'll definitely come to you again if I need anything!]

[Ooka Momiji: Winter break is here! I'll come visit you after training camp (smiley face)]

Fujino glanced at the message, skipping over the fraudulent loan information. Then, after replying to his middleman, Yoko Okino, with a message saying "Happy cooperation," he sent a message to Momiji Ooka: "Momiji, let me know before you come, okay? I'll drive over to pick you up. Same old place, right?"

After the message was sent, a reply came almost instantly, within ten seconds: "Yeah, I'm over there. I'll call you when I get there... By the way, what case did you just encounter?"

Hongye, who had just received the message, became puzzled and asked a question directly.

It wasn't that I was asking all sorts of questions; I was just curious.

Normally, Fujino should have replied immediately after receiving his message.

This time it actually took one or two hours!

Hongye felt that something must have delayed them.

The likelihood of encountering a case is very high.

Hmm, if I think about it, using this as a topic to start a discussion would be quite good.

Fujino's hands flew across the keyboard as he typed out the details and sent it: "Sonoko has been kidnapped."

Hongye: "???"

"Has the person been rescued? Are they injured?"

Fujino glanced at Sonoko, who was being criticized by the two women, and silently typed on the keyboard: "She's fine, still lively and energetic. After all, she was just kidnapped and I rescued her. Maybe... she'll just have some psychological trauma left?"

Koyo was quite concerned about Sonoko. After seeing this, she sent a message: "(Sigh) Sonoko is really unlucky to have encountered something like this. No wonder she will be traumatized."

Fujino glanced at the message from Momiji and immediately understood that the silly girl had misunderstood something.

He immediately corrected himself, saying, "Well..."

"Actually, she didn't have any psychological trauma from being kidnapped, since the kidnappers didn't intend to do anything to her."

"What I'm saying is that being disciplined by her sister and Xiao Lan might leave her with psychological trauma."

[Image of Ran and Ayako training Sonoko.jpg]

Hongye: "...?"

She blinked her small eyes twice, a little confused.

I couldn't help but send a message asking, "Why?"

"Isn't Sonoko the one who was kidnapped? Why is she being scolded?"

Fujino said helplessly, "Of course it's because she cooperated with my acting and didn't tell the two of them that she had been rescued, and then the two of them complained about it."

"Although I told them both in advance, they didn't believe me, so there's nothing I can do."

Hongye thought about Sonoko's carefree personality and couldn't help but nod: "That explains it."

Then she asked, "But what's going on with this case? How did Sonoko get kidnapped?"

"That's a long story, but I'll just give you the simple explanation." Fujino explained simply: "There were two sisters from a wealthy family. Their father, Deng, died, and they inherited the estate. However, they couldn't afford the inheritance tax, so they resorted to kidnapping to evade it. But for some reason, they ended up kidnapping Sonoko too."

"What happens after that?"

"And then I caught him and he ended up in jail for ten years." Fujino said helplessly, "An attempted tax evasion that could have been resolved by paying 500,000 yen turned into a criminal case. Who knows what they were thinking."

Ooka Momiji: "It's really like picking up nails after a fire; you're so careful with every penny you save, but you lose a hundred..."

"..." Fujino looked at the proverb sent by Momiji and roughly understood that it was about losing the watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.

She still enjoys sharing ancient Japanese proverbs as always.

After all, she's a young lady from Kyoto, a city steeped in history and culture...

Coming to his senses, he asked, "But if you want to come here to play, there's not much to do here. Tokyo is just like that, not as much as your hometown."

Hongye replied, "With you here, anywhere is fine... (shyly)"

"Ahem!"

Fujino coughed awkwardly, caught off guard by this direct approach. After all, this young lady came to see me...

Well, that's true.

If she hadn't come to see me, this shut-in young lady from Kyoto would probably have been happily practicing karuta in Kyoto.

They wouldn't run that far at all.

Just as Fujino continued exchanging pleasantries with Momiji, another text message arrived.

It came from OICQ.

It was a message from Aunt Vermouth: "Everything is ready, get ready to move out."

Fujino and Momiji gave a brief explanation, then turned around and asked, "What about the time?"

"Whenever you're free, we can start..."

"So you really value me, huh? If I'm not free, you won't do anything, right?" Fujino couldn't help but complain about the old lady's submissive tone.

The older woman replied, "After all, you're my boss now."

"Boss?"

"Hiding behind the scenes, knowing everything, secretly planning things that no one else knows—that's the BOSS's job."

"You really think highly of me."

Fujino held his phone, his lips twitching slightly, feeling that Vermouth's explanation was a bit outrageous.

He's a very serious young detective, okay?
How could I possibly become the kind of boss who looks so unserious?

But thinking about it carefully, you know what...

Fujino shook his head, clearing his mind of the jumbled thoughts, and continued, "Let's not talk about these random things anymore. Tomorrow, around 6:30 in the morning, we'll meet at Tokyo Bay. I'll send you the detailed address when we get there."

“OK!” The older woman readily agreed, then added, “Remember to disguise yourself when the time comes. It would be troublesome if Bourbon recognized you.”

"I know it without you having to tell me."

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The next day, early in the morning.

The sun slowly rose from the east, its rays obscuring the white clouds, which were then pierced by the light and reflected a blood-red hue.

The waters inside Tokyo Bay are calm, and next to it is a huge expanse of warehouses that seem to stretch as far as the eye can see. Some of the warehouses are abandoned, while others are still loading goods.

An abandoned warehouse in a slightly remote part of the warehouse district.

Fujino put on a black bandit hood and wore a black bodysuit. He sat on a pile of bricks, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and waited quietly.

A short while later, the sound of a motorcycle rang out.

Fujino looked up, exhaled the smoke from his mouth and put it into his personal space, and then saw a Harley-Davidson with a woman with a voluptuous figure sitting on it.

As for why it's obvious she's a woman, all I can say is that the two mounds on her chest have already given away her gender.

Of course, it could also be a boy and a girl.

However, it's highly unlikely that the boy will be the mother.

The woman on the Harley was wearing a black leather outfit and a black motorcycle helmet.

Someone who didn't know better might think they were cosplaying the Headless Horseman.

The hot-bodied headless rider took off his motorcycle helmet, and his long, light golden hair fluttered in the wind.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an elderly woman.

Fujino couldn't help but complain, "Seriously, is your operation this unprofessional?"

"Wearing all black like that, it's so eye-catching!"

Vermouth's expression turned complicated as she looked at Fujino's black bodysuit: "So, what are you wearing that for?"

"I call this a night-clothes."

As Fujino continued, he added, "I changed into this after I got here. I didn't want to be dressed all in black and riding a motorcycle, as if I was afraid people wouldn't know I was going to do something shady..."

"..." Vermouth's emotions were a bit complicated. She didn't know whether she should be angry or laugh.

He looked both angry and amused.

Fujino took out a pocket watch from his pocket, glanced at it, and asked, "By the way, why hasn't Bourbon arrived yet?"

“It’s not time yet, we’re too early.” Vermouth also took out her phone and glanced at it. “That guy is very punctual. If he says he’ll come at 6:30, he will never come at 6:00.”

"Ha, you're quite serious."

Fujino took out another cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth: "So, what kind of impression does Bourbon leave on you?"

"Impression?"

The elderly woman, Vermouth, walked slowly towards Fujino, extended her hand, and smiled slightly, saying, "How about a cigarette as payment for the information?"

"Tsk, so the old chain smoker's come over for a smoke, huh?"

Fujino clicked his tongue, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, and handed it to her.

She took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep drag, glanced at Fujino sitting on the pile of bricks, and then sat down next to him: "You have the nerve to say that? Aren't you smoking too?"

"What do you know?" Fujino rolled his eyes at her, put his hands on his knees, and shook one of his hands that was holding a cigarette. "What I'm doing is called villainous acting. Shouldn't a villain be smoking a cigarette at a time like this?"

"Ha ha……"

Vermouth felt embarrassed to expose him, so she gave him a knowing smile and said, "Bourbon is a very capable person. He is reliable and decisive in his work. He is mainly responsible for intelligence work and is considered one of the more capable people among our group of cadres."

"Moreover, this guy is very vengeful and will hold a grudge for the slightest thing. He also gives off a weird and scheming vibe. He may look all smiles on his face, but in reality, he has been plotting to kill you countless times in his heart."

Fujino thought for a moment: "You're the kind of person who's all smiles and no action, right? You seem kind, but you're actually quite ruthless inside."

"About the same."

Vermouth thought for a moment, her eyes flickered, and she glanced at Fujino again, touching her fair chin as she said, "Come to think of it, that guy does look quite like you, except you're a little fairer, and he's darker."

"What do you resemble about me?"

Fujino gave him a deadpan look: "I'm a detective, a decent person, okay?"

“Now it’s even more like it~” Vermouth chuckled. “I was talking about appearance and personality, but now that you mention it, that guy is also a detective, so it’s even more like it.”

"You guys aren't brothers or anything, are you?"

Fujino said speechlessly, "Impossible, okay?"

Vermouth maintained her smile, pondered for a moment, and then removed her hand from her chin: "That's true. Your maternal family rules are very strict, and they're already at the limit compared to the Chinese."

"It's really unlikely to be white people, black people, Mexicans, or anything like that."

Fujino clicked his tongue: "Don't talk about such rubbish. Anyway, I don't have that surname, so it has nothing to do with me."

Vermouth chuckled lightly: "Alright, alright, rebellious young master."

Just as the two were talking, footsteps suddenly came from outside the warehouse and reached inside.

Looking up, the two of them gazed towards the warehouse entrance.

I saw light shining into the warehouse in the early morning. I couldn't see the person's face clearly. First, I saw black leather shoes, then gray trousers and a suit vest that looked like that of a coffee shop waiter.

Finally, there was a cheerful face and a blond-haired young man.

It's just that my skin... is a bit dark?

(End of this chapter)