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

Aoyagi Akimitsu is sometimes afraid of trouble, but when he works seriously, he is quite efficient.

He picked out the "bait" to lure Pramie in a second: a former bourbon whiskey from the organization, Furuya Zero.

Three years ago, Aoyagi Akimitsu recommended Pramia to the organization's former leader, which led to Furuya Rei receiving the mission to capture her in Moscow. He was certain she still remembered Bourbon, whose physical features were so distinctive, and deeply hated him.

As for how to bait the bait, that's even simpler.

After ending the conversation, Aoyagi Akimitsu called Rum directly as Anisette and told him in a rather impolite tone that Bourbon was still alive and might be an undercover agent.

Most members of the organization deeply resent undercover agents, especially those at higher levels.

Goldwasser was an exception; he genuinely felt that undercover agents were sometimes very useful. Aoyagi Akimitsu was also an exception; he didn't actually have much ill will towards undercover agents, but sometimes betraying them would bring more benefits than helping them, in which case he could only apologize.

Rum was no exception, so when he learned that Bourbon was suspected of being an undercover agent, and that Anisette was the one who notified him, he was furious.

When Sherry's disappearance was exposed, Goldwasser didn't even take direct action, yet his reputation as the second-in-command had already been thoroughly tarnished. The Bourbon affair was like adding insult to injury.

According to Aoyagi Akimitsu's prediction, Sherry's disappearance was due to Curaçao's negligence in supervision (not thoroughly checking her belongings), and she was also certain of Bourbon's "death" years ago. After these two major mistakes, the new investigation will be handed over to another trusted confidant, Glenn.

This is indeed the case.

Rum's dissatisfaction with Curaçao has risen again, and he wants to hand over the task of investigating Bourbon to Valley Sheath.

As agreed, Gu Shao declined the mission, citing an existing task, and pushed Pramia, who had been in contact with Bourbon, to take over.

Rei Furuya is one of Jealousy's mission targets, and theoretically, he should be kept out of danger, but neither she nor Aoyagi Akimitsu are particularly worried that he will actually get into trouble.

Because they had just conducted a test on Pisco.

—The killer, the method, and the victim remain the same; even if the setting changes, the original key plot points will still occur.

Pisco's attempt to shoot the senator at a hotel in Yokohama was accidentally filmed, leading to his being ordered to be silenced by the organization; Rei Furuya's encounter with Pramia while rescuing Yuya Kazami in another location would not result in his immediate death, but rather in the wearing of the bomb collar.

Of course, just to be on the safe side, Aoyagi Akimitsu reminded Rum not to kill anyone, and Tani Sho also planned to keep an eye on things the whole time.

Rum agreed to let Pramia confirm Bourbon's identity and let Valley Scabbard lend a hand in her spare time. She soon met with the released Pramia.

Gu Shao had no sympathy for these terrorists. As soon as she met Pramiya, she began to "seriously" discuss with her how to lure out the police, and then "unintentionally" reminded her that the revenge team was still looking for her.

In the original story, Pramie, who almost blew up Shibuya in an attempt to wipe out this group, indeed fell into their trap easily.

She felt that she could indeed use "Nadalunichtokiti" to lure out the public security officers, start planting bombs, and show the outside world that Pramiya was alive and currently in Japan.

At that time, Aoyagi Akimitsu also contacted Elenica again.

She was the aunt of one of his former students and the leader of "Nadunichtokitti". She was one of the many parents who came to pick up their children after the Red-Haired Serial Murders. He had seen her then.

The female leader of this revenge organization had her husband and children killed by Pramia. When Aoyagi Akimitsu first approached her, she was wary of him.

Suspicion and vigilance are her nature and her former professional habits. That's why she was able to involve so many civilians and secretly travel to various countries to investigate without ever being caught.

Aoyagi Akimitsu was very patient. He said he had information about the Pramia. After seeing that the purple flame bombs had indeed reappeared in Japan, she finally believed him.

Thus, "Nadunichtokitti" arrived in Japan under the leadership of Elenika. Aoyagi Akimitsu provided them with weapons and saw that they had temporarily settled in Shibuya, where an international event was about to be held. The Public Security Bureau and Pramia also investigated the area.

Then he began his next move.

He needed to cause some trouble for the police to divert their attention and prevent them from diverting too many people to arrest Elena and the others, thus causing him to fail at the last minute.

So he approached Nobukazu Kadōya.

Thirteen years ago, in order to take revenge on Supervisor Eto, Aoyagi Akimitsu and Anatoli attacked the Eto family and killed Eto Daizo's mother;

Seven years ago, Eto Daizo, who had lost his mother and was spoiled by his father, went astray and attacked a mother and son who were passing by, killing Kadoya Shin's mother.

Aoyagi Akimitsu has been keeping an eye on Eto Daizo for years. He knows that the victim he created has created a new victim.

Moreover, this new victim has a family similar to his own but worse off; he has no relatives or friends and is so poor that he is starving to death.

Driven by a subtle psychology, perhaps out of sympathy for each other, or perhaps out of a desire to use him while he could, Aoyagi Akimitsu chose him as his accomplice and turned what was originally a minor trouble into a major one that shocked the entire nation.

At the same time, he sent an email to William.

He sent him, who was unfortunately caught up in Rum's investigation, to Shibuya.

……

This time, Aoyagi Akimitsu also acted simultaneously with his main body and his clone.

The main body continues its normal activities, providing bomb information as needed, and leaving behind a negligible alibi;
The skill clone left the apartment in Nerima Ward.

Aoyagi Akimitsu's clone has been quite busy these past few days. He was the one who went to handle the animal adoption procedures a few days ago, and today he was also the one who assisted Kadoya Shin in completing the stakeout, kidnapping, filming, editing and uploading, and delivering tablets and riddles to the Metropolitan Police Department.

During this time, he even helped clean the bedroom, dispose of some of the trash, and tidy up the area around the altar.

After dealing with another red-haired thug at the agreed location and handing him over to the messenger of the Valley Sheath, he went to a park near the Metropolitan Police Department to throw away Eto Daizo.

After throwing this away, Aoyagi Akimitsu parted ways with Kadoya Shin and rushed to Shibuya without stopping.

Elenica's brother was not killed in the explosion. Gu Shao conjured a messenger to take his place and be captured by Pramia, becoming bait to lure out the Public Security Bureau.

Gu Qiao herself did not speak Russian, but she had a basic ability to imitate, so it was not difficult for her messengers to memorize a few sentences temporarily.

Normally, she rarely uses human messengers to die in someone else's place. Her mission targets are mostly people who deserve to die, and over the years she has only saved a handful of people.

She did the same this time because Aoyagi Akimitsu needed it, and their future plans also required it.

When Aoyagi Akimitsu arrived in Shibuya, Pramia had already been taken down by Tani. He handed the man over to Elenica and her men, letting them deal with him personally, and then went to a nearby coffee shop with Tani.

Gu Shao was completely unafraid of being seen. Of all the organization members operating in Shibuya today, aside from Pramia and one undercover agent, the twenty-odd people were her agents. This shop was owned by one of them.

They sat in the best spot on the second floor. Aoyagi Akimitsu wondered if his main body was also watching the rain, whether the cat he sent back to the apartment could get along with Gluttony who didn't like animals, and he chugdled coffee to replenish his energy.

Gu Shao sat opposite him, not eating anything. She hacked into the surveillance cameras and erased their images from the surrounding cameras.

There were no other customers around, and she was clean, so after finishing all that, she asked directly, "Why did you suddenly call Kiel here?"

On the surface, it was Rum who made the call, but they all knew that it was inextricably linked to Aniset's urging phone calls to Rum over the past few days.

Aoyagi Akimitsu, who arrived in Shibuya with a female appearance, put down his coffee cup and spoke in a neutral voice.

"I have no choice. I've been targeted recently, and I want to find something for them to do too."

The "they" he was referring to were, of course, the CIA.

Following the embassy bombing, CIA agents responsible for Japan's regional affairs began keeping a close eye on the FBI, who had remained in Japan, even more so than the local police.

Originally, Aoyagi Akira only had a diplomatic identity and his family had some influence, so the CIA didn't want to take on him. But not long ago, he did something rather outrageous—without any approval, he summoned US armed helicopters to straf the newly opened hotel of a top Japanese zaibatsu.

Although the Suzuki Foundation had no objections, the CIA leader was very unhappy with him.

“There were only two, but I tracked them casually with mist particles and found more,” Aoyagi Akimitsu said. “When I caught up with them at the hideout, the others were interrogating people. They were using waterboarding, it was terrifying.”

As a self-disciplined person who never torments others unless absolutely necessary, Aoyagi Akimitsu was speechless when he saw them smiling as they poured water, thinking that these people were psychologically twisted.

Then today, when he was teaching Kadoya, he told him that he could do this, torturing his enemy in this way, and the pain effect was indeed quite good.

“I heard them complaining that they knew the FBI was in Japan to investigate an organization that was currently tracking an intelligence broker. Based on what I know about the relationship between the two sides, the CIA definitely wanted to secretly follow the FBI, not investigate themselves, but directly steal the results, knowing that the FBI had no law enforcement authority and could only suffer in silence.”

"So I sent William to Shibuya, so that the FBI and the CIA who are with the FBI will both be here. There's an international pet show in Shibuya today, so there are already a lot of foreigners on the streets. Add to that the CIA members whose aura is clearly different from ordinary people, and it will be easier for the 'Nadunichtokitti' team to escape by blending into the crowd."

Aoyagi Akimitsu went to great lengths to help this small team, which originated in Russia, leave safely.

As for Kiel, the CIA undercover agent...

"Today, Nichimei was threatened and did a live stream that offended the Public Security Bureau." "The Public Security Bureau will definitely investigate Nichimei's internal staff afterward, and they will notice that Rena Mizunashi 'happened' to be on leave today. This is the second time she has been targeted by the Public Security Bureau, including the one in Osaka. Today's situation is more serious."

Aoyagi Akimitsu seemed to be in a good mood as he spoke.

The CIA wants to gain something for nothing, following in the footsteps of the FBI;

As a U.S. agency without overseas law enforcement powers, the FBI has to find ways to cooperate with local public security agencies in order to facilitate investigations.

If the police notice Rena Mizunashi's existence, they might discover that she is a CIA agent, or they might find out that she is a member of an organization.

What will happen then?

In the "plot" that Rabbit revealed to him, Rena Mizunashi's identity would be discovered by the FBI, an intelligence agency also belonging to the United States, and then the FBI would help protect her younger brother so that she could continue to infiltrate the organization.

What if her identity is discovered by intelligence agencies of other countries this time?
What will the police do? Will they, like Bourbon did, try to use undercover agents from other countries to exchange for their own undercover agents to improve their status?

What would the CIA do if they knew their undercover agent had been discovered by Japan?
Aoyagi Akimitsu was very curious.

He had no ill intentions towards the undercover agent, and bound by an oath, he couldn't directly harm the Red Team... However, he really wanted to see the Red Team tearing each other apart.

Thinking this, Aoyagi Binko looked at the person opposite him.

Gu Shao's emotions didn't fluctuate much. She remained calm in the face of Aoyagi Akimitsu's antics, whether it was persecuting the Japanese Public Security Bureau or the CIA, or even the heinous live-streamed killings.

She's even happy, he thought.

After all, these are two countries that are not very friendly to the country behind her. If they start fighting each other, even if it's just a one-sided brawl, it will be beneficial to her.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to her own somewhat absurd plan at the end.

Gu Shao looked outside, his gaze sweeping over the heavy rain, and suddenly said, "The eagle I gave you is nearby."

“Akai came over yesterday and asked to borrow it,” Aoyagi Akimitsu said. “Can you hear the sounds around it?”

“I didn’t share my five senses with this one,” Gu Shao said. “It was another one that I had outside that saw it. It had recently flown to the vicinity of an inconspicuous building.”

That serpent eagle was the most peculiar eagle summoned by the valley sheath. Some step in the summoning process went wrong, causing it to react to a particular group.

Even if the grain sheath couldn't be eliminated, it could only be taught later which people it couldn't attack. If she hadn't tamed it, Qingliu Binguang wouldn't have been able to raise it; it would have pecked at him like a woodpecker, relentlessly targeting this dangerous individual.

“Akai followed it down,” Tani said again.

Aoyagi Akimitsu didn't seem to care: "They probably discovered the police, right? Bourbon was put in a collar, so he'll definitely find a place away from people as soon as possible, like an underground bunker. He can't stay idle, so he'll definitely continue to direct the police investigation from inside."

Three years ago, it was the same thing. Even in Moscow, Polish citizens would be woken up early in the morning to worry about where a member of parliament who had disappeared in Japan had gone.

“They have no grudge now and can communicate normally, especially since your actions today must have angered the police. To confirm whether you were in that fan group from three years ago, Furuya will tell Akai about Anisette's existence and ask the FBI to help retrieve the chat logs of that American company.”

Tani, who had taken Hojo Tobika's phone and disbanded the chat group, looked at the man in front of her who had once used his real name to go online.

“Conan will find out after today,” Aoyagi Akimitsu said after thinking for a moment. “I mentioned Eto to Gin when I was on the phone before, and Sherry happened to be there at the time. She might tell him.”

“The two of them, plus Conan, you’ll be exposed,” she said.

Aoyagi Akimitsu's expression remained unchanged.

He chuckled softly:

“Yes.” He nodded.

"—An undercover agent like that will be exposed sooner or later."

……

In his apartment in Nerima Ward, Aoyagi Akimitsu returned to his bedroom.

After leaving Shibuya, the clone was deactivated once, the main body synchronized the memories of both sides, and then used the skill again to send the clone back to Gluttony.

The apartment was much smaller than the tower, and the bedroom was not large either. Fortunately, Aoyagi Akimitsu didn't care much about these things. He carried the bed, spread it out on the tatami, and put the cat on another pillow next to it.

"Take it easy, sleep here for now." He said gently, stroking it. "I'll buy a suitable cat bed tomorrow, and I'll also get you spayed/neutered... I think all domestic cats need to be spayed/neutered?"

The cat knew nothing about its future; it just kept making noise.

After arranging the cat, Aoyagi Akimitsu lifted the covers and lay down inside.

As he closed his eyes, intending to get some rest, something else occurred to him. He sat up, without turning on the light, and reached into the pocket of his coat lying beside him, pulling out his cell phone, which he usually used to contact the organization.

He, the culprit, is going to take a break, while many people are still immersed in this lively day, with social media platforms buzzing with activity.

He clicked on the most popular news posts and read through each report one by one.

These reports, from different media outlets, were all released after attending the Metropolitan Police Department's press conference that evening, and they all stated the same thing.

A high-ranking police officer, due to his years of dedicated efforts in combating crime, unfortunately incurred the wrath of criminals, who kidnapped and murdered his son. This is a despicable act of brutality.

None of the articles mention what Daizo Eto had done in the past. As for the suspect Nobu Kadoya, it is only vaguely stated that he dropped out of school at an early age, without mentioning why he dropped out.

"As expected, they won't report the truth..."

Looking at the screen, Aoyagi Akimitsu wasn't too surprised, considering Morofushi Kagemitsu's attitude that afternoon.

He had long known that these undercover agents were all like this: they were righteous, but their bottom line on justice was very vague, and they would sacrifice some people or the truth when necessary.

This is true of Bourbon and Scotland, and it is also true of the valley sheaths we encountered today.

He used bourbon to lure Pramia out, his primary purpose was indeed to contact Nadunichtokitti and gain their leader's trust, but in reality, he had a second purpose.

He wanted to see if this ally would rescue spies from other countries or prevent large-scale attacks from occurring in other countries.

Three years ago, Scotland successfully escaped, which angered Gin. During the recap of the pursuit, Aoyagi Akimitsu discovered that someone had sniped many people from a high place, reducing the burden on Scotland's escape.

At first, he thought it was Gu Shao who did it; since she had taken Akamatsu Akatsuki's identity, she would naturally target him. But when they met later, he learned that it was actually Lai who had saved people that day; she had called him over as a contact person.

Gu Shao would not ignore the death of an undercover agent, but she would not save him herself. To ensure that she would not be exposed, she would call over other capable or relevant personnel.

Today's events confirmed Aoyagi Akimitsu's suspicions.

Not only did Guqiao guide Pramia to set up decoy bombs, but she also tricked her into revealing all her special bombs stored over the past three years, intending to destroy them all at once.

This time, she still didn't do it herself, nor did she have the messenger replace her midway. Instead, she handed the matter over to an undercover police officer—he had told her about the existence of two new undercover police officers beforehand, and she knew their identities.

She asked him to assist Pramia, whose only task today was setting up balls on the street. She hoped he would notice something was wrong with the balls, notify the police, and have them removed as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, she overestimated the new undercover agent's abilities.

Not everyone is Shuichi Akai. Three years ago, she mentioned that the target was Scotland and the current location of the sniper. He was able to deduce the most likely escape route from Scotland, go to the most suitable sniper position to lie in wait, and provide remote assistance.

This new undercover agent failed.

He failed to notice the unusual weight of the spheres, nor could he smell a strange odor when he got closer. He also didn't realize why Pramia would send them to the streets to load so many spheres. He was a bit inflexible and lacked adaptability.

When Pramia mentioned Bourbon, he assumed the organization was going to target that undercover veteran—which wasn't entirely wrong—and only conveyed the message that Bourbon was in danger.

When Gu Shao, who was about to meet with the programmers and temporarily leave the base, realized this, he had no choice but to try to salvage the situation by having the Serpent Eagle warn Bourbon and the others that there was a bomb nearby.

If it were Aoyagi Akimitsu, he would have wanted to kill the other party after such a mishap. But Tani no, it should be said that the red side seems to be more tolerant of mistakes made by their own side and would give them a second chance.

In the dimly lit room, Aoyagi Hinata's face was illuminated by a small patch of light from the screen.

He opened his email, deleted the email he had sent to an unknown address that afternoon, then put down his phone and got back into bed. (End of Chapter)