Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 17. No Gin, No Rum
While sisters Akemi Miyano and Shirley were shopping, Hayashi Ryoma was not idle either.

The small conference room in the coffee shop was booked by Lin Longma. Kaneda contacted a member working in the management of Marutan Department Store and asked him to notify the department store's monitoring room to keep an eye on the Miyano sisters.

Lin Longma only said that they would not follow the Miyano sisters around, but he did not say that there were no other ways to keep an eye on the two sisters.

As a human being, we always need to flexibly use various convenient tools. Monitoring is one of them.

Now all the department store's monitoring room needs to do is report the location of the Miyano sisters to the Marutan Department Store management on a regular basis, so that Hayashi Ryoma and Kaneda can work on some backlogged documents in the coffee shop's small private room with peace of mind.

Whether it is the intelligence collection, classification, and analysis of the base, or the management documents of the consulting company, some of them require Lin Longma's personal approval.

Time always flies when you work and study hard. When Lin Longma had almost finished reviewing the backlog of documents, he found that the afternoon was almost over.

After drinking the half-cup of coffee that had cooled down beside him, Lin Longma suddenly asked Kaneda, "Is the Kamen Rider show at the door still going on?"

Even though Kaneda was an extremely good secretary, he would never have thought that Hayashi Ryoma would suddenly ask about Kamen Rider's performance.

Fortunately, he has a mouth so he can ask.

Soon, Kaneda came back to report to Lin Longma: "Brother, the performance of the masked man is still there, but it is the last one.

In about fifteen minutes they will take their curtain call and announce the end of the show for today."

"Is that so? Why don't we go and watch it? By the way, Kaneda, have you ever seen a performance of Kamen Rider before?"

Kaneda and Lin Longma were quickly organizing things, but he didn't stop talking. He smiled bitterly when he heard Lin Longma's question.

"Where could I have had this opportunity before? My family was poor when I was young. Although I could afford food, I couldn't afford extra classes.

I could only go to a public school with low tuition, and all my rest time was spent studying and working part-time.

How could I possibly have the chance to attend a luxury event like watching Kamen Rider perform that only takes an entire afternoon?"

“Later, I received financial aid to ease some of the financial pressure, but the workload became heavier, and I still had no time and no opportunities.

Later on."

Later, Kaneda was tricked into joining the organization just like Lin Ryoma.

"Brother, have you seen it before?"

"Like you, I haven't seen it either. Later I joined the organization." Lin Longma laughed as he spoke. They were really a pair of unlucky guys.

No, they are not a pair. Lin Longma's subordinates are basically all like this, otherwise they wouldn't get together to keep each other warm.

Lin Longma and Kaneda walked into the crowd and watched silently as Kamen Rider on the stage used various gorgeous postures to defeat those strange-looking enemies, which drew cheers from the children below the stage.

In the end, Lin Longma and Kaneda looked at each other.

All I can say is that I have missed that innocent age. Even if I want to reward myself with some things in the future, they will no longer have the same flavor as they did back then.

Regrets can only be regrets in one's heart forever. Even if they are compensated and made up for in the future, the original regrets will not be eliminated. It is a void that exists throughout one's life.

"No matter what, what we are doing is meaningful, right?" Lin Longma stared at the performance on the stage in a daze.

“Maybe you and I don’t think these are that good, but our kids can always drag their parents here to spend an afternoon without any worries. They don’t need to worry about their tuition fees, nor do they need to feel guilty for just one afternoon.”

It was rare for Kaneda to see Lin Ryoma, who was always shrewd, decisive and resourceful, expressing such emotions, but he understood his elder brother.

With so many people gathered around him, every decision Lin Longma makes concerns more than just him.

Being under such heavy pressure can't even be described as walking on a tightrope.

Jintian patted Lin Longma on the back and comforted him, "Brother, you did the right thing.

Maybe we are all wrong, but there is no doubt that you are doing the right thing.

All of us will continue to support you, we are one, one heart. Brother, we support every decision you make, no one will question it. "

Lin Longma smiled helplessly, because that was why he felt more pressure. So many people's trust and hope were placed on him, which made him be extremely cautious in every decision he made.

Lin Long has no parents and no children. He is nearly 30 years old and doesn't even have a wife. If he is alone, he will have a miserable life. If you want my life, you have to see if you have such good teeth.

But now there are so many people behind me, most of them have families and careers. Parents, wives, children, careers. Once there is any mistake, it will not just affect dozens or hundreds of people.

"You're right, Jintian. We have gone from being a bunch of peasants to where we are today at the cost of our lives.

I'll chop off the hand of whoever wants us back in this quagmire. Not gin, not rum!"

The fatigue and confusion in his eyes disappeared, and Lin Longma turned back into the leader of everyone.

Coincidentally, the actor who played Kamen Rider and other actors who played various weird characters on the stage took off their costumes and took their bows on the stage. Seeing this scene, Lin Longma was suddenly stunned.

"Kaneda, the guy who plays Kamen Rider should be from the executive department, right?" Lin Longma felt that the man on the stage looked familiar. He had seen this man before.

Two months ago, he went to Lin Longma's base to "beg for food", and Lin Longma gave him some money for a drink to get rid of him.

Among the three core departments of the organization, the one with the highest comprehensive quality is undoubtedly the Research and Development Department. These people have the highest academic qualifications and are basically highly educated talents.

Then there is the Intelligence Support Department controlled by Rum, and those who are directly under Rum. Because Rum takes the route of small and fine, the overall quality of his subordinates is not low.

Next come Lin Longma and his friends, who are basically composed of middle-class people, including social elites and well-off families.

The worst is Gin's executive department, which has many people and a variety of people, including all kinds of people. After all, there are many cannon fodder killers and peripheral members, so it is normal that their quality is low.

The "Kamen Rider" on the stage is a typical member of the lower-level peripheral members of the executive department. These people basically have some bad habits, and pornography and gambling are definitely involved. This results in these people having a good income, but it is difficult for them to save money.

Lin Longma's help to them was just to sponsor two meals of wine. As the saying goes, three times the amount of trouble is enough. Lin Longma's reputation in the organization was not achieved by "spending a lot of money".

It's just that compared to people like Gin, Hayashi Ryoma is more like a human being.

Looking at the "Kamen Rider" Hayashi Ryoma who was taking his bow on the stage, he never expected that the cannon fodder of the executive department who smoked and drank alcohol in private was actually also a part-time special actor?

Is this reasonable?

"Kinda, go check who the actors around this guy are?"

(End of this chapter)