The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Yuu Aragaki quietly walked to an inconspicuous corner and answered Gin's call.

"Yuu Aragaki, what's the deal with Agave?"

Yuu Aragaki calmly replied, "Dead."

"Dead...!?"

Gin looked somewhat surprised, because just a few minutes ago, Tequila had told Vodka that the deal had been successfully completed.

How could someone die so suddenly?

"How did he die?" Gin asked, frowning, on the other end of the phone.

Ayaka Yuu, alerted by the snow woman who was keeping watch nearby, suddenly turned into a passageway, just in time to avoid the police officers rushing to the scene. He then replied to Gin, "He was killed in the explosion."

"Killed in the explosion?"

Gin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this answer, and then his expression began to turn strange.

Gin remained silent for quite a while, seemingly trying to adjust his mood.

Just as Aragaki Yu thought Gin had run out of things to say and was about to hang up, Gin spoke again: "You did it?"

"..."

Good guy.

Now it was Aragaki Yu's turn to be completely dumbfounded.

In fact, before he dialed Gin's number, he had already imagined countless things Gin might say and ask.

But to everyone's surprise, Gin suddenly said something like that.

Is it possible...

Is this the image that Gin has of me?

Aragaki Yu vehemently assured him, "How could that be!? I'm not that kind of person!"

On the other end of the phone, Gin frowned, his face stern, clearly not believing Aragaki Yu's words.

Afterwards, Yuu Aragaki succinctly explained what he had noticed about the agave.

During the transaction, the briefcase storage tag prepared by the counterparty, Hideaki Nakajima, was unexpectedly switched by the murderer.

The murderer planned to kill Mr. Nakajima with a bomb, so he secretly switched his and Mr. Nakajima's luggage tags.

As a result, Mr. Nakajima's briefcase, which was supposed to be traded to Tequila, unexpectedly became the briefcase containing a bomb prepared by the murderer.

Finally, the tequila that was opening the box to inspect the goods in the toilet was unfortunately killed by a bomb.

"..."

After hearing Yuu Aragaki's explanation, Gin fell completely silent.

He has killed so many people and witnessed so many people being killed before his very eyes.

But this was the first time he had ever heard of such an outrageous way to die.

Gin even thought that such a bizarre plot wouldn't appear in a novel.

For some unknown reason, Gin suddenly stood up from his chair, staring at his phone with a grim expression.

His expression kept changing, as if he was struggling with something inside, but he quickly calmed himself down and sat back down.

There weren't many useful people in the organization to begin with, and now there's one less.

I'm so heartbroken...

"Big brother, what happened again?" Vodka, equally frustrated, sat nervously next to Gin and asked cautiously.

Over the years, Vodka had been secretly glancing at Gin's expression.

This was also the first time he had ever seen his older brother's expression so varied on the same day.

Gin naturally noticed Vodka's scrutinizing gaze, but he didn't react.

Tequila's sudden death had already given him a headache, and he didn't have the energy to scold Vodka for his impolite little act.

After hesitating for a moment, Gin finally said to Aragaki Yu on the other end of the phone, "You should be able to get that briefcase that Tequila was supposed to get."

"it is good."

Yuu Aragaki agreed to Gin's request without much hesitation.

Gin did not tell Aragaki Yuu who the original trading partner for the tequila was, nor did he specify what the required briefcase looked like.

Gin knew very well what was going on.

Since Aragaki Yu had described the cause of Agave's death so clearly, and even the details of the incident were so detailed, it was clear that Aragaki Yu was now aware of the situation.

So he should naturally know what tequila should have gotten.

Yes, it's that detailed...

It was described in such detail that it was as if he had planned everything himself.

After hanging up the phone, Gin couldn't help but squint his eyes as he thought about all this.

So, it seems there really was some unpleasantness between Yuu Aragaki and tequila.

And then, coincidentally, Aragaki Yu appeared at the tequila trading location again today.

There was such an absurd misunderstanding involving tequila.

"Heh... coincidence?" Gin snorted coldly, downed the drink in front of him, and stood up without hesitation, walking towards the door.

Seeing this, Vodka, though filled with doubt, immediately followed.

Gin seems to be heading out, so Vodka, as the "driver," naturally needs to do his job well.

Just as they were about to leave the safe house, Gin finally explained to Vodka, "Tequila is dead."

Vodka was taken aback for a moment: "Huh?"

"It was probably done by Aragaki Yu."

"What!"

……

Now that the incident has already occurred, for Gin, the most important thing now is how to handle the aftermath, rather than figuring out exactly how Tequila died.

Although the Tequila Man is dead, the organization's mission must continue.

Whether Aragaki Yu's appearance at the transaction location was intentional or unintentional, it was definitely a good thing for Gin.

I no longer need to arrange for someone to go to the transaction location.

As for the rest, for Gin, it doesn't matter whether Aragaki Yu actually killed the person or not, as long as Aragaki Yu doesn't give anything away during the subsequent organizational investigation.

After all, while the organization is short of people, it doesn't need useless people who get killed for no reason.

If there's one less cadre, the organization will have one less expense to spend.

……

While everyone's attention was drawn to the explosion and the arrival of the police, Yuu Aragaki appeared at the right moment to be by Ran and Sonoko's side.

Meanwhile, the snow woman who had been keeping watch beside him was now drifting towards the luggage storage area.

They planned to take advantage of the chaos at the scene to steal the briefcase containing the documents needed by the organization.

The fact that Aragaki Yu appeared beside Ran and Sonoko at this time was naturally to dispel his suspicions.

After all, with Conan's "help," the police investigation will eventually lead them to the briefcases left at the luggage storage area.

The sudden disappearance of one of the briefcases will certainly arouse everyone's suspicion.

At that time, everyone will inevitably be subject to a police search.

Chapter 288 The Dead, Tequila

"Officer, based on my judgment, this incident was probably caused by a bomb planted on the toilet door."

At the explosion site, forensic personnel were reporting the situation to Inspector Megure.

"Was it a murder without a specific target?" Inspector Megure asked seriously, looking at the mess at the scene.

"Yes, there is a victim at the scene," the forensic investigator confirmed.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure's expression turned somewhat grim.

In a bombing, if there are casualties, it can be a very troublesome matter.

He turned to the forensic investigators beside him and asked, "Can't you identify the deceased?"

The forensic investigators shook their heads and reported helplessly to Inspector Megure, "Because his body was blown to pieces."

"Okay, I'd like to ask you a question."

Finding no trace of Mr. Megure on the deceased, Inspector Megure turned his attention to the eyewitnesses standing nearby.

Mr. Nakajima, Mr. Ueda, Mr. Takeshita.

And his old friend Conan.