Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

"Impossible, I could never do something like that."

As Yoshio Sekiguchi walked down the stairs, he staggered to the window, leaning against the wall, on the verge of collapse.

He had only brought his daughter to visit his grandfather, but he never expected that it would lead to his daughter being kidnapped, and that the robbers would even force him to kill someone.

Honest people deserve to be bullied!

"What? You're only starting to get scared now that things have come to this?"

A rough voice suddenly rang out, and a bald, burly man wearing listening headphones walked down the stairs with a gloomy expression.

Looking at the fierce-looking, burly man, Yoshio Sekiguchi subconsciously took two steps back, then cried out in a somewhat panicked manner, "Do you know that Kogoro Mouri is staying in that ward, and that there are police officers watching everywhere outside?"

"You don't need to worry about the police at all. We've already made arrangements. As for that famous detective, you don't need to worry about him either. He'll leave the ward to watch TV in the lobby before you make your move at 3:30."

The bald, burly man slowly approached, cornering Yoshio Sekiguchi against the wall. He shoved the snack gift box he was carrying into Yoshio's hands and said coldly, "There's a fully loaded pistol here. You just need to do what you're supposed to do, unless you want to watch your daughter fall off that roof over there."

"I'll do it! I'll do it! Please don't hurt Xiaogong! But before that, could you let me talk to Xiaogong one more time?"

"What a hassle!"

The bald, burly man grumbled under his breath, but still dialed his accomplice's number and had her hand the cell phone to Xiao Gong.

"Dad, I'm playing here with a really nice older sister. Come pick me up early after you finish talking to the doctor, okay? Grandpa and I have so much to talk about!"

"Little...Little Bow..."

Hearing the childish voice on the phone, Yoshio Sekiguchi breathed a sigh of relief and tried to keep his tone calm as he said, "Yumi, you have to be good. Daddy will be there to pick you up soon."

"Ok!"

After hanging up the phone, the bald, burly man gave a meaningful, cold laugh: "Alright, if you still want to see your daughter, then you'd better do as I say. As long as you do what you're supposed to do, I will definitely reunite you and your daughter."

If Yoshio Sekiguchi were to actually kill Akabane Goshinai as the bandits demanded, he would certainly be silenced.

Since Yoshio Sekiguchi was an employee of the bank that was robbed, if he were to kill Itsuki Akabane, the police would inevitably suspect him of being a mole planted in the bank by the robbery gang, and he would become the scapegoat.

As for the little girl who was kidnapped by the robbers, she naturally could not escape death and would go to hell to reunite with her father.

"Little Bow, what a coincidence! You're playing here too!"

On the other side, right after Xiao Gong finished his phone call with his father, a voice as clear as a silver bell suddenly rang out.

Xiao Gong subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little boy wearing a shirt with a fire-breathing dragon pattern waving happily at her.

???

What Xiao Gong found strange was that she didn't recognize the little boy at all.

That little boy was so cute, his eyes were as bright as stars in the night sky, and he exuded an indescribable charm.

If Xiao Gong had seen this little boy before, she certainly wouldn't have forgotten him.

Oops!

The long-haired woman standing next to Xiao Gong felt a sense of foreboding upon seeing this; she certainly didn't want to run into anyone Xiao Gong knew here.

"boom!!!"

Just as the long-haired woman's attention was drawn to Suzuki Haruaki, Officer Takagi, who had quietly crept up behind her, pounced on her and tackled her to the ground, handcuffing her hands.

"Inspector Megure, the robbers on my side have been apprehended, and the hostages have been successfully rescued. You can proceed now."

"action!"

Upon hearing the good news from Officer Takagi, Inspector Megure, who was holding his cell phone, immediately gave the order to Officer Shiratori and his team to make the arrest.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Don't move! Police!"

At Inspector Megure's command, the plainclothes police officers who had been lying in ambush around the robbers rushed forward, tackled the remaining three robbers to the ground, and handcuffed them.

Just as Yoshio Sekiguchi looked completely bewildered, Officer Chiba suddenly spoke up, "Mr. Yoshio Sekiguchi, don't worry, your daughter has been rescued by our police."

"Xiao Gong is alright, that's great... that's really great..."

Upon hearing Officer Chiba's words, Yoshio Sekiguchi, who was on the verge of collapse, collapsed to the ground, completely relaxing.

News of Inspector Megure and his team's capture of the robbers quickly spread throughout the hospital, and naturally, it did not escape the notice of Conan and his friends.

"Seimei, you're so cunning!"

"Exactly! Why do you always like to show off by yourself?"

"We're the Junior Detective Club, we're a team, what you're doing is really wrong!"

As the biggest contributor to this case, Suzuki Seimei naturally couldn't escape the complaints of the three little ones.

"If I told you, wouldn't catching the robbers become drastically more difficult? Don't you have any idea?"

Faced with the three little ones' complaints, Suzuki Haruaki secretly grumbled to himself, but on the surface he smiled and said, "I'll definitely do it next time!"

After calming down his three unreliable teammates, Suzuki Seimei quickly changed the subject and dragged Conan to a nearby park to play soccer.

……

Suzuki Estate

"After playing football all day and working up a good sweat, a bath is definitely the most refreshing thing to do when I get back!"

Having changed into Squirtle pajamas and slipped on Pikachu slippers, Suzuki Seimei pounced onto the soft, fluffy bed and then contacted Tachibana Maya with a thought.

Since Maya Tachibana and Charlene successfully took control of the Maple Leaf Society, the power under Seimei Suzuki's command has begun to expand rapidly.

Besides the Maple Leaf Club, Charlene and her group secretly took control of three other small and medium-sized clubs within Tokyo.

The activities of these four groups are located in four different areas of Tokyo, forming a large network from the four directions of east, west, south, and north.

On the surface, there is no connection between the four gangs, and the new leaders of the gangs are all former second or third-in-commands.

Given the island nation's custom of favoring subordinates over superiors, the news of these changes in leadership did not arouse suspicion from other organizations.

However, in reality, the new leaders of these four gangs are all puppets supported by Xia Lin and her group, and they are required to obey their orders.

Chapter 119 A Net of Heaven and Earth (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

To facilitate Charlene and her group's covert control over these gang leaders, Suzuki Seimei even specially prepared some slow-acting poisons for them.

If any triad leaders take poison, they must take the antidote once a month, or they will die from festering sores all over their bodies.

Even if those gang leaders manage to find a way to get rid of the poison, they still need to be able to evade Xia Lin and her group's assassination attempts.

Therefore, with the double protection of poison and force, there is no need to worry about those gang leaders having rebellious thoughts, unless they really have a death wish.

The three newly controlled clubs, like the Maple Leaf Club, are small to medium-sized clubs with around 500 members each. However, the total number of members across the four clubs is still quite considerable.

With over two thousand members, Suzuki Harumi could secretly establish an intelligence network covering the entire city of Tokyo.

From now on, with just a single command from Suzuki Seimei, every rustle of wind in any corner of Tokyo will be immediately visible to him.

Compared to core members like Charlene and her group, members of organizations like the Maple Leaf Society can only be considered peripheral members of the "Grim Reaper" organization.

Therefore, Suzuki Seimei gave this peripheral organization a completely new name, which is "Rakujo," meaning a net that can trap you from heaven to earth.

Once Charlene and her team have established a complete "Net of the Sea" branch in Tokyo, Suzuki Haruaki will send them to Osaka and Kyoto to establish new "Net of the Sea" branches in the same way, eventually spreading the Net of the Sea branches to every corner of the island nation.

As the influence of the Luo Wang organization grew stronger, those who were initially coerced into joining gradually came to take pride in being a member and willingly served Suzuki Seimei.

In addition, Suzuki Haruaki would also try to recruit some special talents and infiltrate the power of the Net into all walks of life in the island nation.

For example, among those who were saved by Suzuki Seimei, there were some who could be brought into the trap, such as Ikeda Chikako.

Although Chikako Ikeda has a terrible character, she is a promising new director and screenwriter.

If we can recruit Chikako Ikeda into the "Net," we can use her to gather information about the entertainment industry or uncover secrets between actors and directors.

By using these secrets, Suzuki Seimei could find incriminating evidence against certain people and secretly manipulate them to do things for him.

Anyway, Suzuki Haruaki didn't think Ikeda Chikako was a good person, so even if he used her to do some bad things, he wouldn't feel any psychological pressure.

Moreover, if it weren't for Suzuki Seimei's intervention, Ikeda Chikako would have been killed by Takahashi Ryoichi long ago.

Every gift bestowed by fate has already had a price tag attached in secret!

……

next morning

Dr. Agasa's house

"Shinichi, are you even listening to me?"

Hearing Yukiko's complaints, Conan said helplessly, "Yes, yes, I'm listening, Mom~"

"Your father, Yusaku, went out early again this morning. I was so looking forward to his return, but he was completely drunk. I'm so angry!"

Meanwhile, Yukiko, far away in the United States, glanced at Yusaku Kudo, who was still lying drunk on the sofa, and stomped her foot angrily.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Dad's a world-class mystery writer; he inevitably has a lot of social engagements."

(╬◣д◢)

"So what kind of social engagements require you to have women's lipstick on your shirt?! It's infuriating! I'm going to have an affair too!"

"Mom, don't be impulsive! Calm down..."

After Conan's persistent persuasion, he finally managed to calm Yukiko down, and she hung up the phone, exhausted.

Professor Agasa, who was repairing Conan's sneakers, noticed his exhausted appearance and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong? What did Yukiko say on the phone?"

"The couple had a fight and came to me to complain. They said my dad has been coming home drunk lately and must be having an affair."

"Having an affair?!"

"Don't worry! With my dad's personality, he definitely won't have an affair."

Conan gave Professor Agasa a reassuring look, then shrugged helplessly and said, "Those two are always like this. They'll definitely make up again in a few days."

Conan is already used to it; every now and then, Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko would argue.

However, when the couple argues, they usually make up before they get out of bed and are all lovey-dovey again in no time. Conan has been fed plenty of dog food by them over the years.