I'm in Conan, I'm not a gangster

Chapter 661 I'll Customize Another Handgun for You (2 Updates)
The atmosphere in the hotel room became focused and serious.

Shiraishi briefly recounted to Conan the details of her conversation with the air traffic controller on the plane last night, how the controller quickly recognized her and hung up, and the subsequent downing of the plane.

Conan rested his chin on his hand, his eyes behind his glasses gleaming sharply. After listening carefully, he immediately grasped the key point and said in a naive yet incredibly certain tone, "The air traffic controller corresponding to that private jet is definitely suspicious!"

"He might even be the one who gave the orders or was involved in it! If we can catch him, we can definitely follow the trail, find out his superiors, and even find more key figures!"

Shiraishi nodded approvingly: "Just as I thought, this is the most direct clue at the moment. But the problem is, Haneda Tower is heavily guarded. How can we accurately find and capture that liaison officer? We don't even know what he looks like or what his name is."

Conan smiled confidently, as if solving a simple math problem: "It's very simple. As long as we can get the control tower staff's daily schedule and compare it with the call times, we can pinpoint who's on duty for which channel and during which time slot! However..."

He paused, his brow furrowing slightly. "This is internal management information. I'm afraid we'll have to find a way to infiltrate the airport's internal system or the human resources department to obtain it."

Hearing this, Sonoko Suzuki, standing nearby, immediately adopted a spoiled young lady attitude. She waved her hand dismissively and said, "Oh! No need for all that trouble! What's the point of infiltrating? My family has shares in Haneda Airport!"

"I'll just call my dad's secretary and ask him to find a way to get the work schedule over here!" she said casually, as if she were ordering a takeout menu.

These words shocked the three policewomen, Sato Miwako, Miyamoto Yumi, and Miike Naeko. Although they knew that the Suzuki family was a conglomerate, they did not expect that their power was so great that they could easily interfere with personnel scheduling within the airport!

However, Shiraishi E shook her head, rejecting this seemingly convenient solution: "No, we can't use your family's connections, Sonoko, to get it."

He calmly analyzed, "Doing so will leave obvious query records, easily exposing you and your company, and might even alert the other party, letting them know we're investigating the control tower. I suggest..."

His tone turned cold and hard: "Let's be more direct. We'll find a way to confirm the tower's location and shift change patterns, stake out the area, then tie up that liaison officer and use physical threats. We'll make sure he confesses!"

Upon hearing this plan, Xiaolan frowned with worry: "Huh? Isn't this...isn't it too brutal? And very dangerous..."

However, after considering the issue from the police's perspective, Miwako Sato expressed her support: "It is indeed brutal, but from the perspective of police criminal investigation, simple and direct kidnapping and extortion cases like this, which have no technical content, are actually the most difficult to solve."

"Because almost no valuable electronic evidence is left behind, and the motive is difficult to investigate, it is difficult to identify the suspect afterward unless they are caught on the spot."

Conan nodded in agreement, admitting, "Indeed, Officer Sato is right. It's like a street robbery; the targets are highly mobile and random. Unless you catch them on the spot, it's extremely difficult to find them afterwards."

After some discussion and risk assessment, the group quickly determined this simple, crude, but potentially effective operation plan: kidnap and interrogate the person directly.

With the plan agreed upon, Shiraishi E stopped wasting time and stood up to greet everyone: "Alright, let's begin. Follow me."

He led his group to the hotel's underground parking lot, where a seemingly ordinary black seven-seater van with dark tint on all the windows was parked.

Miike Naoko volunteered: "I'll drive!"

As a traffic police officer, her driving skills are the most reliable.

Yumi Miyamoto got into the passenger seat to take charge of navigation and observation.

Shiraishi E, Conan, Ran, Sonoko, and Sato Miwako sat in the back row.

The vehicle smoothly drove out of the garage, merged into the traffic, and headed towards Haneda Airport.

During the journey, Shiraishi E seemed completely unaffected by the tense atmosphere. She adjusted her seat and then lay down on it, closing her eyes for a nap, as if she were just going on a picnic.

The atmosphere in the back row was rather peculiar.

Sato Miwako, Ran, and Sonoko actually started dragging several heavy equipment bags out from under their seats and... began selecting weapons?!

In particular, Ran and Sonoko took out two uniquely shaped pink pistols painted with cute Hello Kitty patterns from their bags!
They presented it to Sato Miwako like a treasure, with smug smiles on their faces—in reality, they were just showing off.

"Officer Sato, look! Isn't it cute?" Sonoko said with a grin.

Sato Miwako took the Hello Kitty pistol, her eyes lighting up instantly. She repeatedly stroked the smooth pink coating and cute bow pattern, her face filled with envy: "Oh my god...it's so pretty! It feels so good too! I want a pretty gun like that too!!"

What girl could resist gear that's both cool and cute?

Hearing the noise, Yumi Miyamoto in the front row turned her head curiously and immediately exclaimed in surprise, her eyes sparkling: "Wow! So cute! Is that really a gun?!"

Even Miike Naeko, who was driving, couldn't help but glance at him several times through the rearview mirror. Although she didn't say anything, her face was clearly filled with excitement!

She figured that probably no girl could resist a powerful yet adorable Hello Kitty toy gun!
Ran and Sonoko, seeing their reaction, smiled happily and explained, "This was specially made for us by Shiraishi-kun!!"

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako immediately turned and shook Shiraishi E, who seemed to have fallen asleep, and demanded without any hesitation: "Shiraishi-kun! I want one too! Make me a pink Hello Kitty-themed pistol too!"

Shiraishi E didn't even open her eyes, and lazily replied, "No more. The materials are special, the craftsmanship is complex, these are all limited editions."

He's not stupid; this kind of specially customized item means a unique experience.

For those who have never experienced such a reward, it would undoubtedly create a huge sense of disappointment for the participants.

These words immediately disappointed the three policewomen, Sato Miwako, Miyamoto Yumi, and Miike Naeko. They pouted, looking very unhappy, and the atmosphere instantly somber.

Shiraishi E then added, "However... after this operation is successfully completed, I can specially customize a... um... magical girl themed pistol for the three of you. I guarantee it will be super high-value, pink and cool!"

These words were like a magic spell, instantly turning the three policewomen, Sato Miwako, from despair to joy. Overjoyed, they whispered excitedly, "Really? That's great! It's a deal!"

Even Ran and Sonoko's eyes lit up, thinking that magical girl pistols sounded incredibly cool, and they wanted one too!
Conan, who was diligently searching for the Haneda Airport control tower layout and staff information on his laptop, finally couldn't help but look up.

He gave a classic deadpan look and scoffed, "Hey... it's just a pistol painted with colored paint, it won't improve its performance... I don't know what's so exciting about it..."

At this moment, his typical male chauvinistic thinking was fully exposed.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi E smiled slightly and said to Conan, "As for you, Conan... how about I make you a custom-made Sherlock Holmes-shaped pistol?"

Upon hearing this, Conan instantly forgot all his earlier complaints, his eyes lighting up with astonishing excitement as he nearly jumped up: "Really?! That's great!!! Brother Shiraishi! Please, please! Make me two custom-made ones!"

"One Sherlock Holmes-themed, one Dr. Watson-themed! That would be the perfect combination!!!"

Seeing Conan's drastically different and shameless change in attitude, Ran and Sonoko immediately gave him looks of utter contempt.

"Heh, man."

"Tsk, little brat."

Amidst the somewhat peculiar atmosphere of chatting and laughing inside the car, the vehicle quickly arrived at the designated observation point near Haneda Airport.

A black minivan was parked quietly at a secluded observation point on the outskirts of Haneda Airport.

Looking out the car window at the brightly lit control tower in the distance, Shiraishi E assessed the difficulty and risks of this operation.

In his view, this was just a kidnapping and interrogation operation with a clear objective and simple procedures, which was like a beginner's tutorial compared to the previous hijacking and parachute jump.

He immediately lost interest in personally participating.

“You can handle this operation yourselves,” Shiraishi E said. “I won’t interfere; just treat it as practice.”

Before the operation began, everyone disguised themselves.

Everyone wore a bandit mask that covered the upper half of their face and gloves for committing the crime.

This time, the preparations were much more thorough, even including miniature voice-changing collars that could alter their voice frequencies.

Once fully armed, they really did look like professional thugs.

Conan, on the other hand, had already identified a tower worker who fit the time slot's shift characteristics and obtained his basic information and phone number.

Miwako Sato took a deep breath, took out her phone equipped with a voice changer, and dialed the number. She imitated the cold, authoritative tone of a high-ranking female police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department: "Is this Mr. Hayata? This is Inspector Megure from the Public Security Bureau. We are investigating a case and need you to come to parking lot B immediately for questioning. Please do not alert anyone else; it is confidential!"

The unfortunate control tower worker, Hayata, upon hearing that the man was a detective from the Metropolitan Police Department and that he spoke in such a serious tone, didn't think twice and readily agreed, "Okay, okay, Officer Mokumo, I'll be right down!"

He hurriedly left his post and took the elevator to the somewhat empty parking lot, section B.

He looked around, searching for the so-called "police officer from the Public Security Bureau"—

Suddenly! Several agile figures wearing eerie masks rushed out from behind the vehicles and pillars next to them!

Before he could even utter a cry of alarm, Sato Miwako, who was at the forefront, had already pulled out a stun gun and fired a "crackling" sound!
The high-voltage current caused his body to convulse instantly, his vision went black, and he fainted.

"Quick!" Miwako Sato shouted.

Yumi Miyamoto and Naeko Miike immediately stepped forward, and together with Ran and Sonoko, the four of them lifted the adult man who had been electrocuted, and dragged him towards the van with swift but slightly strenuous movements.

The car door slid open, and the people inside helped to shove the guy into the carriage.

The whole process was clean, efficient, and extremely quick.

Inside the moving car, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sonoko said excitedly, "This is so exciting... this is something else."

Xiaolan nodded: "Yes!"

Miyamoto Yumi and Miike Naeko were also rubbing their hands excitedly. They had been police officers many times, but this was their first time being kidnappers, and they found it just as thrilling.

Miwako Sato, meanwhile, was pondering how to interrogate the other party later.

A few minutes later, Hayata woke up.

When he woke up, he saw a group of people staring at him menacingly, and he almost fainted again from fright.

Fortunately, he was very "cooperative," answering almost every question and spilling out everything he knew with a tearful voice—unfortunately, he didn't know much.

Sato Miwako frowned, clearly not satisfied with the results.

As planned, she took out a metal object, about the size of a bullet, flashing a red indicator light, from her pocket.

"Since you don't know much, then do something useful." Sato Miwako said coldly, prying open his mouth and forcing him to swallow the little thing!
"Uh...cough cough! What...what did you feed me?!" The control tower staff member was terrified and tried to gag.

Miwako Sato took out a detonator, waved it in front of him, and threatened menacingly, "Miniature bomb! Now, immediately and quietly return to your post, take a picture of the detailed work schedule for all tower staff for the next week, and send it to the number I specify!"

“If you dare to play any tricks, or notify anyone…” she gestured with her thumb as if to press down: “…I’ll detonate the bomb right now and blow you to pieces from the inside!”

The control tower worker was terrified, his face as white as a sheet, tears and snot streaming down his face. He nodded repeatedly, "I'll take the picture! I definitely will! Please don't press the button! Please! I'll do as you say!!"

Sato Miwako then released him with satisfaction and "instructed" him, "Keep your phone on when you get back! If I can't reach you, or if the signal drops for more than five minutes, I'll detonate it too!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I will definitely keep it open! I would never dare!" The control tower staff member was as if he had been granted a pardon. He scrambled out of the car and stumbled back to the control tower, afraid that any sudden movement might detonate the bomb inside his body.

Watching the man flee in a disheveled state, Xiaolan's face showed a look of pity and worry: "Officer Sato... you just shoved a bomb into his mouth? Isn't that... a bit too cruel?"

She felt that doing this was going too far.

Yumi Miyamoto patted her chest, still shaken, and said, "I really didn't expect... Miwako, you're this kind of person... You were so ruthless..."

It was as if she were meeting her best friend for the first time.

Miike Naeko didn't say anything, but her eyes were filled with shock and lingering fear.

Seeing this, Sato Miwako explained, both amused and exasperated, "No, no! That wasn't a real bomb! It was just a prop to scare him! It's just a small LED light inside! You can ask Shiraishi-kun if you don't believe me!"

Shiraishi E glanced at the car in the rearview mirror, a playful smile playing on her lips. She nodded and confirmed in a calm tone, "Yeah, it's not a bomb, just a little prop to scare people."

Upon hearing this, Ran, Sonoko, Yumi Miyamoto, and Naeko Miike all breathed a sigh of relief, showing expressions of "I see," and believed it.

They felt that although Shiraishi E's methods were sometimes outrageous, she wouldn't actually resort to such an extreme method as a human bomb.

However, Conan, sitting alone in the corner, had his hands in his pockets and a "I don't believe you" expression on his face.

He didn't believe Shiraishi E's nonsense at all!

Based on his understanding of Shiraishi E's style of doing things and the precision of that miniature device, he was quite certain that it was definitely a genuine miniature high-explosive bomb!

The moment Miwako Sato presses the button on that remote control, the bomb will explode in that unfortunate man's stomach or chest!
This guy... he really has no scruples when it comes to doing things... Conan thought to himself, but at the same time he had to admit that this kind of simple and crude threat was often the most effective.

He now only hopes that the control tower worker is smart and timid enough to cooperate obediently, otherwise... the consequences will be unimaginable!
(End of this chapter)