Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

There are many rules of modern warfare.

Civilians cannot be shot, prisoners of war cannot be treated harshly, and there are even restrictions on the use of poison gas - like mustard gas. In a certain war in Libya, the poison gas used was neutralized with additives to reduce its toxicity.

However, everyone knows that these rules are only on the surface and are broken behind the scenes at any time.

For example, there are bad soldiers who kill civilians and torture prisoners of war for fun, and upload them to the dark web to share with others.

For example, some people, or countries, would take advantage of war to conduct human experiments on prisoners of war and civilians who were unable to evacuate in time, which could not be made public.

After all, even in the most chaotic places, the sudden appearance of hundreds of corpses with strange deaths would attract attention from the outside world. Only war, which constantly produces corpses every day, can easily cover up all traces of crime.

This matter has nothing to do with the organization. The organization has always lived in the gutter. At most, it uses marginalized people such as vagrants and stowaways for experiments. It does not have the ability to do these things in a war-torn country while concealing the power of both sides.

The only one who can do it must be one of them.

There were many well-known researchers who participated in the experiment at that time. Mamm joined because he was borrowed by some people who knew the existence of the organization to "help". He was very happy, happier than a mouse falling into a rice jar, and even reluctant to leave when the war ended.

Opposite Aoyagi Akimitsu, Mark Spencer, one of the people who knew about the experiment, finally made his move. He heard the ridicule just now, but ignored it and asked impatiently about the previous topic.

"Not revenge? What on earth is he going to do?"

Qing Liu Bingguang closed the photo album, threw it aside, and spoke calmly:
“He wants to attract attention.”

……

Compared with the shadows cast by certain wars, Hunter being slandered for shooting civilians was just a trivial matter that no one took seriously.

When he was shot, it was actually an accident.

Human experiments were not allowed to be performed openly, and only a few people knew about it, but Hunter was not one of them. He got separated from his teammates that day and accidentally came to a corpse disposal site, where he saw a corpse.

So a soldier who was patrolling the area regularly shot him.

When the gun was fired, several comrades who had found Hunter missing and came back to look for him appeared, forcing the soldier to stop shooting. He also lied that it was an accidental shot and sent Hunter to the nearest field hospital with them.

The medical staff were unaware of the situation and tried their best to rescue Hunter. After Hunter was rescued, he believed that the soldier was following Waltz's instructions and did not pay attention to the body. Mark Spencer rarely felt a sense of appreciation for his talent and did not kill him again, but acquiesced to his retirement.

It’s a pity that there is no impenetrable wall in the world.

The man who shot Hunter was named Bill Murphy. He retired after the war and helped do some dirty work in those years. After a failure, he died in an "accident" the next day.

To Mark Spencer, Murphy's death was just a loss of a worker, and he didn't take it seriously at all;
But for the victim Hunter, he immediately realized something was wrong as soon as he saw the news.

In the years since he retired, Hunter lost his wife and sister, and was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Most people would have given up on themselves, but he didn't. Instead, he calmed down and began to recall what happened back then, and finally noticed something was wrong.

"He had received compensation from a pharmaceutical company and did not intend to treat his illness and prolong his life. He gave the money to a good friend and asked him to find an intelligence dealer to find some experimental data and the itinerary of some researchers that year."

Aoyagi Binguang picked up the black chess piece, glanced at the chessboard, and placed the chess piece on one of the squares.

At the same time, he added politely: "Don't be surprised that he thought of this so quickly. It may not be leaked by an insider. After all, you have a lot of criminal records in human experiments."

Mark Spencer's face was as dark as the sky during a storm.

"He spent most of his compensation on buying that information, and he couldn't afford treatment anymore, but he didn't care and was discharged from the hospital without treatment."

"I'm afraid he decided at that time to create a few major cases to attract social attention, and then expose what you did in the past in front of the eyes of the whole world."

This is a huge scandal, and I can't go to the local police station to report it or report it directly on the Internet. If I do so, I'm afraid he will "commit suicide" in a few hours.

So he needs to get attention first. The more the better.

"To this end, he kidnapped several criminal soldiers, bombed the embassy and the minister who was sheltering his relatives, killed those enemies who had wronged him, and pushed his already bad reputation further into the abyss..."

Aoyagi Hikari sighed, "That friend also took the initiative to join. Hunter took him to training, taught him sniping and bomb making, and voluntarily became an accomplice who was doomed to die."

He seemed deeply moved by this justice and friendship, and Mark Spencer curled up the corners of his mouth in a sneer.

"Don't be ridiculous, he just wants revenge! He didn't investigate those things for justice, he just wanted to continue to be a hero, a hero who sacrificed himself to reveal the truth in the hearts of the people! He will always be remembered by others!"

"Don't be so dark-minded."

Qing Liu Bingguang looked at him helplessly, and seeing that the other party's face was really ugly, he added:
"You have to believe in justice sometimes. If you really want revenge, you should lock up the person and secretly skin him for a few days and nights, and then feed the minced meat to the wolves. Isn't it easier to just shoot him in the head like this? Isn't that a bargain for the enemy?"

Mark Spencer's ugly expression froze.

It took him a while to come back to his senses. Seeing that the situation on the chessboard was hopeless, he looked at Aoyagi Akimitsu again.

"This matter cannot be exposed," he said.

If Hunter had succeeded in exposing this matter, he, as the battlefield commander at the time, would have been arrested and later "committed suicide out of fear of punishment" in prison.

Although he is a die-hard fan of the organization's boss, he is also Goldwasser's friend. Currently, Rum is powerful, and Goldwasser needs more allies who can speak in front of the boss to compete with him.

Under Mark Spencer's gaze, the third-in-command's remaining blood slowly nodded.

"I know."

……

Rice flower town.

After arriving on the first floor, Kevin Yoshino was escorted to the police car. Looking at the reporters and cameras that surrounded him, he could no longer suppress his excitement.

Before Hunter made the plan, they actually contacted a local American reporter, Brian Woods, who had been chasing Hunter's family and almost got sued for it. That guy always liked to write eye-catching things and had accumulated a certain amount of popularity on the Internet. If he was willing to help, it would attract a lot of attention.

But when Hunter came to his house and explained his purpose, Brian Woods started arguing with him on the spot.

"No, how could I possibly do that?! You're crazy!"

His swearing even attracted the attention of the neighbors next door, and Hunter had to leave quickly.

Afterwards, Kevin Yoshino went to Japan with a normal identity according to Hunter's plan; Hunter stayed in the United States temporarily, asked the intelligence dealer to forge his identity, and then killed Brian Woods, leaving clues of the chess pieces.

The black Go represents the commander. When he came to his house that time, the commander was playing Go with someone else, which should be the commander's interest; the camel blood represents the victimized Middle Eastern civilians.

Before the US police could investigate, Hunter came to Japan with a fake identity, rented the cheapest apartment with his remaining money, and met up with Kevin Yoshino.

There he again stated his plan.

"I found out. There were two guys who had just been released from prison, and a few others who had committed crimes. I remember their faces. They had actually shot and killed civilians on the battlefield..."

Hunter took out the photos and arranged six photos in a row, headed by the minister's son.

Kevin Yoshino looked at the photos.

They chose Japan instead of the United States as the location, not just because several of Hunter's enemies were there.

It is common for several Americans to die in kidnappings, shootings and bombings in the United States, but if several Americans encounter these things abroad, it can attract the attention and investigation of both Japan and the United States.

Moreover, the police's law enforcement style is also different. Even if the matter becomes serious and the United States sends people to intervene, the main force of arrest is still the Japanese police. The police here are more docile and rarely shoot criminals directly. They will try their best to take them back to the police station first.

"…From now on it's all your job, Yoshino. I need you to shoot me dead after the arrest warrant is issued."

"The investigation was originally all about me, but I suddenly died, and it was 100% homicide. The police would think they had been looking in the wrong direction before, and the media would fan the flames, increasing their pressure and public attention."

Hunter, who once suffered from public pressure, said calmly.

Not only do they have to expose him, but they also have to be wary of someone discovering their intentions in advance and silencing him as soon as he is arrested.

He was in poor health and suffered from a terminal illness, and there were clear reports. If he had died in the Metropolitan Police Department, it might indeed be a "normal death"; but Yoshino was different. He was young and strong, and the "sudden death" of a healthy person would have faced a greater public opinion storm.

——He was gambling, gambling that the country he once fought for would have a little dignity and not dare to silence him too blatantly when the attention of several countries was focused on him.

"I'm so sorry." Hunter looked at him, "I dragged you into such danger and let you take such a big risk. Thank you so much."

He thought about it and suddenly said, "Actually, the last step doesn't need to be done. I can do it all by myself. I don't need you to do this..."

Seeing that Hunter was talking incoherently, Yoshino patted his shoulder seriously.

"Go ahead. Don't worry about me, just do what you want to do! No matter what the future holds, I'll support you!"

Hunter looked at him, tears flashing in his eyes. He seemed to have something to say, but his attention was attracted by something else and he looked fixedly in one direction.

Yoshino turned his head curiously and found Hunter looking at the windowsill.

On the windowsill, a tiny moth was fluttering its wings.

A word suddenly popped into Yoshino's mind.

Moths fly into the flame.

……

The sun in Japan is no different than that in the United States.

Yoshino stood under the blue sky, bathing in the soft sunlight, feeling as if his internal organs were burning.

Hunter was wrong about something. In fact, he was not that good or loyal. What he did for him was also to atone for his sins.

——He saved him on the battlefield that year, but when he faced trouble, he once believed the slander in the newspaper and did not stand up to defend him at the first time.

When the reporters arrived, they all rushed over like wild dogs seeing food, surrounded him and the surrounding special police with even greater momentum, and took a lot of photos.

Hunter used to be so afraid of them that he would get nervous when he saw a flashing light, but now Yoshino, who has inherited his will, faces them with the greatest courage.

The Japanese police did not block his mouth, so Kevin Yoshino opened his mouth and said:
"I--"

The next words came to an abrupt end.

……

On the rooftop, before Shuichi Akai had time to put away his sniper rifle, he saw Kevin Yoshino in the camera suddenly fall down.

He looked extremely sick, as if he had suddenly fallen ill. Because he fell so suddenly, the special police who caught him didn't react immediately and surrounded him in shock.

Kevin Yoshino's mouth opened and closed, and under the flashing lights of the photos, he tried to say something, but no word came out.

Shuichi Akai saw a small snake with a round head, a blue-gray body covered with reddish-brown spots fall from his legs and land on the ground.

It nimbly avoided the trampling feet around it and quickly crawled down to the sewer. When passing by a street lamp, it suddenly opened its mouth and bit a moth corpse that had landed there at some point, tearing it apart easily and swallowing it into its stomach.

It just ran away. Someone found it, but couldn't catch it. (End of this chapter)