Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Amuro Tooru was left inside the car, frowning in thought.

It wasn't until quite a while later that Amuro Tooru saw the target he had been waiting for. He then came to his senses, adjusted his mindset, got out of the car, and went about his business.

Meanwhile.

In a secluded apartment not far away.

Sano, who had already changed into the black cat vest, was facing the person in front of him with Silver Fox.

They were tortured.

"Tell me where you are. I don't have much patience."

Inside the house, about a dozen people lay on the ground, their deaths gruesome and contorted.

Only two people were still barely able to breathe.

Chapter 620-623, Do you know about lamb spine?

Sano kept both of them alive because he was worried about leaving only one.

There is a possibility of receiving incorrect information.

...After receiving the news from Calvados, Sano decided to give the brewery a chance by issuing a mission, but missions are such things.

It's not something you can just come to whenever you want.

While the platform doesn't have an exceptionally large number of tasks, it certainly doesn't have a small number either.

Sano can choose whomever he wants.

Is Sano such a casual person?

of course not!

So, Sano suggested a win-win situation to Calvados.

That is to have Calvados make the proposal to the higher-ups, and they will take the initiative.

The brewery has entrusted Sano with a task.

That is essentially what is called outsourcing.

However, most outsourcing is done because of affordable prices or because middlemen can take a cut... But Sano has already brought this up.

Of course, it's impossible for them to suffer a loss.

On the contrary, Sano has to make a profit, and it can't be a small profit.

In conclusion, the winery's senior management may have discussed the matter, or it may have been the result of a senior executive's unilateral decision. In any case, they were ripped off and ended up making a deal with the zoo, essentially paying for a trial opportunity.

……Um?

Why does this process feel strangely familiar?

Oh.

It seems that a certain dark-skinned person did something similar before?

Sano shook his head secretly, then continued to focus on the matter at hand.

The distillery's commission was simple: murder.

The specific reason was that a young official who had been noticed by the distillery and was to be secretly cultivated was targeted by his opponent during the promotion election... Since the promotion election was originally a foregone conclusion and he was sure to win, the official did not think much of it, but ended up almost being killed.

After much deliberation, the man sought help from the winery.

The distillery's intelligence team quickly identified the target after only a few days of investigation.

What needs to be done, of course, is to kill the target... but the prerequisite is to find the person first.

I wonder if that guy got some inside information from somewhere.

Unable to succeed on the first try, he simply hid.

If they still can't find the person by the time the election results are out, then this guy will likely run away.

In addition, this guy made a backup plan.

That means continuing to target the person chosen by the brewery—if they eliminate this person before the election and promotion results are announced, then that guy will be the most likely first choice. Given that he is certain to be promoted, the brewery would not only cause some trouble by trying to take action against him, but more importantly, it's unnecessary.

That person has worked hard for many years to climb to his current position. Now that he has a rare opportunity, he certainly doesn't want to give it up easily.

Therefore, even knowing about this move, it would be safer to just run away.

It's worth a try; you might just turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!

Of course, with Sano involved, this bicycle will only become a spare part.

"Dudu-"

After his phone vibrated, Sano took it out and glanced at it; it was Calvados.

"I'm going to take this call, you can ask them."

Sano had barely taken two steps after getting up when he turned back, his cold eyes fixed on the two barely alive men: "I'll repeat myself again. I don't have much patience. If I've already finished my call and come back, and you two are still so loyal and refuse to speak..."

Sano raised his hand and adjusted his glasses.

"Then I'll have no choice but to tear you all apart."

The overwhelming killing intent made it hard to breathe, but what concerned the two people even more was...

But the Asian man who was left behind, presumably an accomplice of the foreigner, was also somewhat frightened when he heard the final warning.

"Ha, kill me or torture me, it's all up to you. Who do you think you are? Stop pretending."

Sano had already left, and one of them could only sneer at Silver Fox.

Silver Fox snapped out of his daze, sighed, and patted the man on the shoulder: "Hey, brother, listen to my advice. I know you're all desperate criminals who've been living on the edge for years, and you're not really afraid of death. It's not that you're loyal to that guy, it's just that you're paid to do things, and you value dignity... Maybe you're not afraid of torture either, but I still have to remind you, everything he just said is true. This guy really doesn't have the patience to torture you slowly, and he really will tear you apart!"

"what?"

The person whose shoulder was patted by Silver Fox didn't understand what he meant and frowned in confusion: "...I don't understand what you're saying at all?"

If you know you're not afraid of death or torture, then what's the point of threatening or intimidating me?

In response to the man's disdain, Silver Fox touched his neck, applied slight pressure with his palm, and narrowed his eyes: "Have you ever heard of lamb spine?"

...After time rewinds.

The scene from that night seemed to reappear before Silver Fox's eyes.

To recruit a new member, Black Cat gathered almost all of the zoo's fighting force, and even brought in Rye and another sniper from the organization to help. After a battle, they even had to clean up the mess left by that guy and go up against Amelika's military forces in Japan.

This left Silver Fox and the others very puzzled.

He's just a sniper, even if his skills are top-notch.

But to say that someone could go to such lengths for this seems rather odd.

Then, when Black Cat revealed his second identity, it made much sense to the others... Of course, the main ones were Ireland and Calvados. These two were, well, introduced into the team, so they had already noticed some signs and were somewhat prepared. Only Silver Fox was directly recruited and was the most confused at the time, but that's the main point we're talking about now.

But it wasn't about the black-clad man; rather, it was...

Lamb spine.

That night, perhaps to establish his authority, after the initial exchange, Black Cat asked one of the group of Amelika military personnel this question.

They then immediately gave a live performance.

The Silver Fox and his companions, who were initially either curious or indifferent, were greatly shocked in just two or three seconds.

Make sense.

None of them were complete novices; they had seen plenty of gory scenes and even had some experience with torture and interrogation. But this was something that was truly hard to accept.

Ordinary torture and punishment are all carried out gradually.

If you reveal those things step by step, the acceptance rate will be much higher; otherwise, if you reveal everything all at once...

Who could stand that?

Especially considering that the guy accomplished this with just his two hands.

Hmm, an artwork?

...One hand gripped the back of her neck from behind, while the other hand choked her throat from the front.

All that could be heard was the black cat close to the person's head and softly say, "Relax, it will pass quickly," before it began to exert force with both hands.

The screams went from muffled groans to near-heart-wrenching shrill cries, and then abruptly stopped. The terrifying sound of flesh and bone being torn apart was condensed into those short two or three seconds.

The visual impact goes without saying.

Anyway, after being shocked, Silver Fox couldn't help but vomit as soon as he came to his senses. For the next two days, his appetite was pitifully weak, and he looked quite haggard... Now, he doesn't want to experience it again.

Now, back to the present, the two of them have finished listening to Silver Fox's explanation.

His already pale face had turned as white as a sheet of paper.

...When people anticipate or even prepare themselves mentally for what is about to happen, they are often genuinely calm.

Of course, it's hard to say what will happen when it actually occurs.

But at least as someone who has risked his life for many years, he was mentally prepared for this... but Silver Fox's move...

This directly overturned all those mental preparations.

Because this scene wasn't even in the script!

Looking around at the corpses of his companions, most of them had been killed with a single blow, while a few had been taken down in one go. The corpses were all distorted in appearance—looking as if they had been killed by some kind of machine.

The neck and limbs were all at unusual angles.

Therefore, neither of them doubted that Silver Fox was maliciously threatening them.

It is stating the facts.

Hesitantly, the two finally revealed their employer.

So when Sano returned, Silver Fox had already dealt with the two of them.

...Although the two had confessed everything, and their life or death was not important in theory, Silver Fox could not allow them to see the sun again in order to minimize even the slightest risk.

Giving a quick and easy answer is already a favor.