conan but winery

Chapter 745 The black hand behind it

"what happened?"

In the quiet office, he looked back at Bai Heqing, who suddenly woke up, and Sharon, who was organizing the pile of files in the filing cabinet for him next to him, and asked.

"I……"

Turning to look at her as well, Bai Heqing's brain quickly recovered.

"Sorry, I just had a strange dream..."

【Is it just a dream? 】

There was a dull pain in his temples, and recalling the strange behavior of Okino Mina in his dream just now, Shirakawa Qing sighed tiredly, raised his hand and pressed it.

"I may be a little tired in the past few days..."

"Shirakawa, you should give yourself more time off."

Seeing his appearance, Sharon came over and squeezed his shoulders and said worriedly.

"It's my responsibility. Since there is a problem within the scope of my responsibility, I must solve it..."

Shaking his head slightly, trying not to think about the weirdness in his dream just now, Bai Heqing looked at the documents on the desk in front of him that he was reading before falling asleep.

"Recently, there have been more conflicts between Tokyo's black underground organizations."

He suddenly spoke, and behind him, Sharon, who was squeezing his shoulders, suddenly paused when she heard this.

"Sharon."

Bai Heqing called her new name and continued:

"In fact, judging from the data compiled by the Metropolitan Police Department every year, unless there is some relatively large turmoil in society, or something suddenly appears that can drastically affect people's values, under normal circumstances, the overall situation of society is The crime rate will not change significantly. Even if there is a change, it should be a slow and long-term change..."

In silence, Sharon did not respond. Of course she knew the meaning of Bai Heqing's words.

"Of course, the overall crime rate in Tokyo has not changed very much this year. It is only slightly higher than in previous years, and it is still within the normal range of changes. If you look at it from the surface, it is indeed like this, but..."

Regardless of whether Sharon was listening or not, Bai Heqing sighed and said to himself:

“In the past few days, I and some other criminal police officers have carefully classified all the types of cases that occurred in Tokyo this year, and compared them with the data from previous years, and found a very interesting point.

This year compared to last year, the number of cases related to gang conflicts, commercial extortion, illegal operations, and various political conflicts that are not convenient to be disclosed to the public has increased. Last year was even greater than the previous year. The year before last, it was the same.

The crime rate in this area has been rising for several consecutive years, which was very rare in the past, especially in today's peaceful times.

Sharon, do you think this is a problem with the overall social atmosphere of this society, or is there someone behind the scenes who has been doing something secretly? "

"I'm sorry..." Sharon whispered back.

"I'm not saying this to blame you, I just want to know a few answers."

Feeling Sharon's uneasiness, Bai Heqing raised his hand and gently covered her hand on his shoulder, which was a little cold.

"The head of the Karasuma clan is back, isn't he?"

Although he had made this speculation before, he had never received confirmation from Sharon.

"Yeah, but I don't know where he is hiding..." Sharon nodded and replied truthfully.

"I understand. I think based on our relationship, the head of the Karasuma family will not tell you... Is he still thinking about the same thing as before?"

"Well, it's the same as before, nothing has changed..."

Although they didn't say it explicitly, both people present knew what the other person was talking about.

A long time ago, the head of the Karasuma family, who no longer knew how old he was, had been chasing a "whimsical" dream, and always believed that he would be able to achieve his goal. In the last few years before Keiko's death, she had been trying to stop all of this, but in the end she was unsuccessful.

To be honest, Bai Heqing is actually not interested in these things.

He doesn't have such a high conscience and moral standards. He doesn't really care whether those things happen or not, and whether they are stopped or not stopped.

To this day, he just wants to live his life peacefully with his relatives and friends, and handle things within his scope of responsibility, and that's fine.

As for the so-called eternal life of the Karasuma family leader? Rejuvenation? Reversing time?

Bai Heqing has never quite understood, what is the point of chasing these things?

【I regret……】

In my mind, for some reason, the words Keiko once said to Sharon in the ward suddenly appeared.

【I regret……】

For a moment, his memory seemed to return to that day a long time ago. He hurried to the hospital, but overheard Keiko crying to Sharon at the door of the ward.

[So, has Keiko ever regretted it...]

Shaking his head, Bai Heqing tried his best not to think about this.

"Bai He, are you also curious about the things he did?" Sharon asked tentatively, seemingly sensing the sudden fluctuation of emotions in Bai Heqing.

"How is it possible? You know, I have never been interested in these pursuits." Bai Heqing replied.

And his answer also gave Sharon another answer.

Since it doesn't come from himself, it can only come from external objects. Sharon knows who or what can make Bai Heqing have such emotional fluctuations on this matter without guessing.

What Bai Heqing didn't know at this moment was that Sharon, like him, also remembered again the scene in the ward when the emotionally broken sister Keiko cried to her.

Sister Keiko was not the kind of perfect saint described in ancient books. Under the pressure of death, she had regrets in her heart and regretted her original decision.

She also has desires. In her heart, she also wants to see what the eternal life Karasuma Renye talks about... is like?

"If this continues, there will definitely be trouble in the future..."

Still thinking about how to deal with the bloody turmoil that Renya Karasuma had secretly caused in Tokyo in the past few years, Shirakawa Kiyoshi sighed.

His eyes subconsciously looked at the calendar placed next to him. The latest page marked today as the 21st.

In the past few days, he has been busy sorting out today's cases. Bai Heqing remembered that he had never thought of tearing out the pages of this calendar in the past few days. It was only when Sharon came to visit him today that he updated it to the latest one. date.

[Strange, it turns out that today is already the 21st? 】

Bai Heqing kept looking at the date on the calendar, and his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled as he looked at it.

He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have neglected something in the past few days.

[No...why am I surprised at this time? 】

[Is it because I think something should have happened but never happened? 】

Keenly aware of his own mood swings, Bai Heqing lowered his head and meditated, quickly recalling all the relevant people around him in his mind.

【What is going on? 】

Until, his thoughts stopped at the figure of Okino Mina.

His pupils shrank suddenly, and he realized something in an instant. Bai Heqing stood up suddenly from his seat.

He finally remembered what he had neglected!

It’s already exceeded the time!

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(End of this chapter)