Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Gin shook his head, and finally tore off the piece of paper in frustration.

...We've already lost so much—three undercover agents, a fake high-ranking official, and a brand-new aircraft—do we really need this little bit more money?

"Just wait and see."

Gin waved the paper in his hand and walked towards the roadside.

"Hey, wait, shouldn't we assign who gets a taxi and who gets a ride?"

Gin scoffed at Sano's question, saying, "I'll reimburse you for all the taxi fares."

...It's just taking a taxi.

beat!

Call the most expensive one!

He's a big shot at Ginjiu, the person in charge of the distillery's operating funds. Does he really need this little bit of money?

I was already in a bad mood, and now I have to be so stingy in a place like this?

Money is meant to be spent!

Spend a little money to buy a good mood. What, have you been shortchanging yourself?

Thinking about how hard I work and how frugal I have to be, while these guys are either slacking off or utterly useless, yet they still spend money like water.

Gin became even more determined to keep up with the pace.

……

It was less than two days after the Curaçao incident.

Sano suddenly received an urgent message.

The blond guy went missing... to be precise, he was kidnapped.

In the heart of Tokyo, the Black Reaper's stronghold, he was forcibly taken away by a group of armed men. There were also many Black Reaper members with the blond-haired guy at the time, and these people were not entirely useless.

It at least delayed things a bit... at least in terms of the outcome.

It doesn't mean anything.

It will only increase casualties.

However, the Black Reaper could also draw his gun and retaliate.

...Although there were armed men present, only the blond-haired guy was armed.

The other members of the special forces were not present.

But that group wasn't very strong; they were just more experienced, and had a better mentality and more courage. If Huang Mao really went all out...

Relying on the numerical advantage of cannon fodder, the final outcome will be who wins.

That's not necessarily true.

However, doing so would bring unnecessary and irreversible trouble, so Huang Mao, who was in charge on site, did not choose to do so.

Therefore, the result was that the blond guy was gone, and the Black Reaper had about ten people killed or injured.

Most of them were gunshot wounds; even the minor ones wouldn't be minor.

Fortunately, the treatment was timely and no one died.

"The police are already aware of this matter. Is there anything we should do?"

"No need to do anything, just stay quiet and I'll handle it."

In the Armed Detective Agency office, Sano, now wearing a black death vest, said this.

"But……"

The mistress hesitated, her eyes filled with barely suppressed resentment and anger.

...As a group, especially a small group like the Special Attack Team or the Yorozuya, rather than a large family like the Black Reaper, the relationship between the third brother and the blond guy is probably the best among all of them.

Therefore, the mistress was naturally furious that the blond-haired man was tied up.

It's even more frustrating when you're not there when something happens.

Especially considering that Huang Mao almost chose to surrender voluntarily in order to save the overall situation, this feeling was really unpleasant—being manipulated.

This is the lifeblood of the Yorozuya group.

Due to various factors, this group of people will never be swallowed up by darkness.

The special forces team needs an identity that allows them to remain in the light of day.

Of course, it's not really a matter of whether it's a crash or not; people aren't stupid.

How could we not have considered this step in advance?

Just as Sano had long known that there would be certain people eyeing his black-clad identity who would try to find out about Huang Mao and his gang by following the clues.

This has happened more than once or twice.

However, after Sano divided the area into core zones, this became a minor issue—the difficulty of killing or capturing the target using conventional methods increased significantly, especially the latter.

Even if they were captured, their tracking speed within the Black Reaper's stronghold would be remarkable.

It will be faster than you can imagine.

It's quite easy to catch them by the tail.

So even if they are successfully captured, whether they can be kept is one question, and whether they will be traced back to their headquarters is another.

In other words, it lets people know that it won't succeed and will do more harm than good.

This already avoids 99% of the risk.

Of course, if some madmen have the power and are willing to commit suicide, or if they cultivate a group of assassins who will never be implicated no matter how big the trouble gets, then it's a different story.

There is also an even higher level.

They can kidnap people and still manage to sneak away from missing persons websites and hide themselves.

To put it bluntly, it's still a matter of ability.

The problem now is, how many companies in all of Japan have this kind of capability?

Sano's mind raced as he squinted at the red dot on the map.

Gin has long coveted Sano's Kurosawa disguise, and as everyone knows, Black Mask and Black Death are a hero duo, so their relationship is definitely not shallow.

It's not surprising that Gin would start with the Black Reaper.

However, the timing at this moment is probably not so simple.

...The idea that this heroic duo might, or even absolutely must, be members of the new Black Organization is something that only a very small number of people on the side of justice know publicly.

The source is Conan.

Tooru Amuro, Japanese Public Security Bureau; Shuichi Akai, FBI.

These are the two intelligence organizations that Conan has had contact with so far, or more accurately, the two that he has had the deepest contact with. If the former is the root, then these two are the earliest and thickest branches, while the Black Organization does not have the advantage of having roots on either side.

But with the nutrition there, how could another tree growing on its own be any worse?

Of course, the more reliable, out-of-the-box evidence, aside from Xiao Hei's tracking, shows that Huang Mao's location is exactly what Sano knows: the distillery is located in one of the largest underground bases in Tokyo.

More importantly, there's Curaçao's explanation regarding how, after being rescued by Black Mask, she was introduced to Black Cat's zoo team.

Curaçao showed no shock whatsoever.

Chapter 646 Soloing the Winery Dungeon?

On the contrary, they felt that everything was as it should be.

According to Curaçao, the intelligence team had been investigating the whereabouts of Ireland who had been taken away, but the result was that they discovered his connection to the zoo with the black cat.

There seems to be some connection between them.

There was no empirical evidence for this, but it was already considered suspicious, and now it has been confirmed.

It's not surprising.

Sano, too, felt it was only natural.

...The reason Sano acted so directly, without even pretending, and put aside his stance as an alias, was because he felt that things would inevitably come to this point sooner or later.

That's why they chose to give up.

It's more surprising that things only started to look up now.

all in all.

The fact that the brewery tied up the blond guy was undoubtedly aimed at Sano's black-clad identity.

The only thing that really piqued Sano's curiosity.

Does Gin know what exactly happened at the amusement park that night?

If he knew that this was the only lead he could exploit, was that why he did this? Or is it that Gin didn't actually know and was just about to get to the point?

wrong.

Was Gin the one who spearheaded this whole thing, or was he even involved?

For now, it's all still an unknown.

After all, Gin's position as the third-in-command sounds impressive, but in reality, he's just an employee.

Aside from that tiny bit of power, their decision-making authority is absurdly small.

...Never mind, whatever I do, I already know what I need to do.

After calmly pulling on his special forces trench coat, Sano walked outside.

"I'll just solo the brewery dungeon once."

……

The power level of the distillery.

Without a doubt, they are among the top in the world, and that's a conservative estimate, not even considering those old monsters that may be hiding in deeper places.