I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"Uh...yeah."

"That's fine, let's go, I'll take you back now."

"Oh yeah, one more thing!"

Seeing that Serabelle was about to end the topic, Conan realized that he was almost bypassed and hurriedly called him.

Serabelle raised her voice and hummed softly, returning the gaze.

"Regarding Hirota Akira, is there any news about him later?"

"You mean him? Um, he was probably killed by the people in the brewery. I didn't see it with my own eyes, but that Gin said so."

"Eh?"

"I'm just responsible for conveying it. If you don't believe it, you can go and ask him in person."

"..."

Chapter 38: A little bit of breasts, but not much

The story that Hirota Akira was killed by Gin and Vodka was of course all made up by Serabelle, purely to fool Conan, who was knocked unconscious on the grass and didn't hear the entire conversation between the two parties.

There are some things that really don't need to be known too clearly to everyone.

As for Serabel himself, he immediately understood the whole story when Gin told Miyano Akemi about the ten billion.

After all, this astronomical figure is sensitive enough and it is easy to remind people of the 1 billion yen robbery case that occurred in Beika Town last week.

Especially when combined with the strange behavior of Kenzo Hirota mentioned by his colleagues before his death, the truth becomes very clear.

In fact, Kenzo Hirota, Akira Hirota and Masami Hirota were not so-called brothers or father and daughter. They were just robbers who robbed a bank together.

The reason why Kenzo Hirota drove recklessly along the same route at a specific time every day was not to relieve stress as Kogoro Mori speculated, but simply to familiarize himself with the escape route after the robbery.

In theory, the robbery mission should have been initiated by Hirota Masami, also known as Miyano Akemi, with the purpose of obtaining 1 billion yen as quickly as possible in order to leave the organization with her sister Miyano Shiho.

This point has been mentioned before. Even 100 million yen is an unattainable goal for ordinary people at the bottom of Japanese society. It may take a lifetime to save enough.

To say one billion is basically a fantasy.

Obviously, the robbery plan was carried out quite smoothly at the beginning. With sufficient preparations in the early stage, one billion yen was obtained with almost no effort, and he easily escaped the police pursuit.

But something unexpected happened afterwards. Hirota Masami and Hirota Akira had never expected that Hirota Kenzo, the driver of the robbery team, actually intended to keep the 1 billion yen for himself. After successfully escaping, he simply disappeared with the money, leaving the other two who had taken the risk but got nothing to stare at each other in dismay.

This was the so-called family search incident later.

This is also why, even though matters like finding relatives should more appropriately involve the police, Hirota Masami and Hirota Akira insist on looking for unreliable private detectives.

What happened next was just as Inspector Megure said and what Serabel saw with her own eyes. Hirota Akira angrily killed Hirota Kenzo who betrayed the team, and Hirota Masami had made up her mind from the beginning to kill everyone and monopolize the 1 billion yen, so she killed Hirota Akira in the hotel, left the money at the hotel front desk, and went alone to meet the Gin and Vodka distillery black and white impermanence, blah blah blah...

Miyano Akemi has done the best she can, but unfortunately she miscalculated. The people at the winery don't care about billions at all. They never intended to pay the money to release the person.

Either, get the 1 billion and kill Miyano Akemi; or, just kill Miyano Akemi directly, regardless of whether the 1 billion is paid or not.

The reason why Serabelle chose to conceal this part of the fact was because he saw Conan search out the photo of himself before his body shrank.

Those are the bright eyes that only people who have lived in the light since childhood and have never experienced the cruelty of the world can have, and there are often people in this world who cannot understand each other.

Simply summed up in one sentence, why not eat minced meat.

Well, it doesn’t matter even if people find out… Seravel thought.

Half an hour later, as two bright beams of car lights broke through the deep twilight on the street of Beika-cho 5-chome, a black Audi stopped in front of a two-story building called "Mori Detective Agency".

Serabelle glanced at Conan, who was still smacking his lips in the passenger seat, savoring the delicious ramen he had eaten on the way back, and turned on the interior lights to remind him.

"Now that you're home, please make sure you don't forget to bring anything. If you left it in the car, I won't be responsible for bringing it back to you overnight."

"Oh no, no!"

Perhaps the effect of the anesthetic had not yet completely worn off. Conan was stunned for half a second before reacting when the soft light fell from above his head. He then unbuckled his seat belt, opened the car door, and stepped out, waving goodbye before closing the door.

"See you later, Brother Sera!"

"..."

How should I put it, although he looks like a child, it always feels weird to be called brother after knowing that the other person is actually a person of the same age as himself.

Forget it, leave him alone.

Touching his nose silently, Serabelle turned off the lights in the car, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

About ten seconds later, Xiaolan's dissatisfied complaints were heard on the second floor of the Maori Detective Agency.

"Really? Conan, why did you come back so late? It's already eight o'clock. Where have you been? Have you had dinner? Are you hungry?"

"Well, I've already eaten, but I still have to go to Dr. Agasa's house next, hehe..."

"Still going out!?"

"Yes, I have something to say, I'll be right back!"

……

It was already nine o'clock when Serabelle returned to the Beihu Hotel.

At this time of day, the center of Tokyo has completely entered the nightlife scene. Standing on the street and looking around, all you can see are bright lights and neon lights.

Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with him, a traveler from the UK.

Park your car in the hotel's underground parking lot and take the elevator all the way up to the guest room floor.

When Serabelle used her room card to swipe the door and walked into the suite, she heard a rapid sound of footsteps like drums coming from the depths of the room.

The next second, the girl with tiger teeth, wearing a cool sports bra and only wearing socks on the floor, rushed out of the bedroom. She looked so anxious, just like a cat who has been left out all day and finally sees its owner come home. When they meet, she gives a big hug and tries to cling to the owner like an octopus.

"Bernini-chan is finally back!"

"I am back."

Seeing this, Serabelle quickly gave up the idea of ​​changing shoes, and skillfully reached out to catch the other person while turning her face to the side to avoid irreparable damage to her nose bridge.

Well, actually it's not that hard, it's still a little soft, but not much... The feeling from the contact surface of the trainee detective's left cheek told him.

Just as Masumi Sera and Serabel were being affectionate in the entrance hall, Akai Mary came out of the bedroom in slippers.

She glanced at the two people standing close to each other at the door, and then noticed that there were three large suitcases in the corridor outside the open door behind Serabelle.

Akai Mary coughed lightly: "Bell, what is that behind you?"

"this is……"

Serabelle put Sera Masumi down, turned around and carried all three suitcases into the room, then closed the door, pulled one of the suitcases, placed it flat on the living room floor and opened it.

Masumi Sera couldn't help but let out an "oh" and took a deep breath.

The suitcase was filled with Fukuzawa Yukichi banknotes, all of which were 10,000 yen bills!

Then Serabelle opened two more boxes, each containing 10,000 yen.

"Each box here contains about 300 million yen, so if you add it up... it's about 1 billion."

Chapter 39 Please take care of her for me

“Ten, ten, ten, ten… one billion!”

Sera Masumi was so shocked that she couldn't even speak.

Because I have been living in the UK since I was a child, and the maximum denomination of the pound is only one hundred. In terms of numbers, it is a hundred times less than the ten thousand yen. If I can carry two hundred in my pocket on weekends, When Pound goes out for dinner with friends, she can be as happy as a little princess.

Of course, it would be even better if I could go out with Serabelle.

So in Sera Masaharu's opinion, one million pounds is an astronomical figure that he may not be able to save in this lifetime.

As for the ten billion... well, the last time I heard such an exaggerated number was probably when the Z Warriors fought Cell. After that, because the combat power of the units soared so terribly, I gradually lost my sense of it.

Ah, that's not the case. In fact, Masumi Sera has no idea about the billion combat power in Dragon Ball. After all, no matter it is a billion combat power or a trillion combat power, there will always be a close-range fistfight with the villain in the animation, which is no different from the fight with Momo Paipai back then.

The only difference is probably whether what is collapsing in the background is an uninhabited island, an entire galaxy, or the entire universe.

But it's different now.

At this moment, the 10 billion yen was placed in front of them, all in boxes of large-denomination banknotes.

Masumi Sera took a quick visual estimate and found that the size was at least enough for her to make a full-size bed. It was literally like rolling in a pile of money, which was extremely visually shocking.

But she did not let this get to her head. Instead, she calmed down immediately, her thoughts were calmer than usual, and she grabbed Serabelle's arm and spoke sincerely.

"Bernini, you'll go to jail for robbing a bank. Why don't we throw these three boxes of money out before the police catch up with us? Just find a corner and hide. If everything goes well, the police may not pursue us if they find us later..."

"Don't be silly, I can't really rob a bank."

Serabelle raised her free hand and flicked it lightly at the tiger-fanged girl's forehead.

Sera Masumi immediately cooperated by letting out a cute cry, and her expression changed to >w< as she covered her forehead with both hands and took a half step back.

The two of them sang in harmony, which had the flavor of a crosstalk, with the supporting and funny parts playing together.

However, Akai Mary was not so easily circumvented. She slowly walked to the three large boxes of banknotes on the ground and pondered for a moment.

"One billion. If I remember correctly, the amount of money in a bank robbery in Tokyo a few days ago was as high as one billion. Let me guess... the person you commissioned to find his relatives yesterday was the culprit of the bank robbery?"

"Oh wow, as expected of Sister Mary, you can see through things like seeing through fire." Serabel clapped her hands and used the new idioms she had learned in the past two days.

In comparison, Sera Masumi was just confused: "Eh hey hey? Why why why, mom, how did you know that?"

"It's simple. There are too many doubts."

Akai Mari raised an index finger.

"First of all, when Bell said yesterday that someone had commissioned him to find his relatives, I felt something was wrong. If you want to find your relatives, entrusting the Metropolitan Police Department to solve the problem is a more convenient method than hiring a private detective, and it doesn't cost money."

"Secondly, before Bell left home this afternoon, he received a call from the Metropolitan Police Department. Although I didn't hear it clearly, the general meaning was that someone he had contact with recently was killed, and the only possible people were the ones involved in yesterday's search for relatives."

"Finally, combining the above two elements, plus the three large boxes of money now placed in front of us, it is not difficult to guess that the people related to the so-called family search case should also be related to the billion robbery case, and the murderers The reason is probably due to uneven distribution of the spoils or someone trying to embezzle it for themselves."

After saying such a long string of words in one breath, Akai Mari paused for a moment, a hint of doubt flashing across her pretty face, which was calm and composed, which was inconsistent with her young appearance.

"It's just that I don't quite understand. If you helped the police catch the robbers, then the money should be taken back. But why..."

Shiliang Big Cat's expression changed slightly, and he hugged his arms again: "Bernini-chan, it is said that a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way. We can't do things like killing people and robbing them!"

"Of course not..."

Another finger flick gently hit the girl's brow, and Serabelle's eyes dropped.

"I didn't kill anyone, and the police didn't catch her. It's just that she didn't need the money anymore, so I brought it back."

"No need?" Akai Mary didn't understand what this meant.

"Well, it's no longer needed." Serabelle said in a relaxed tone, "She didn't steal the money for her own glory and wealth. She just wanted to take her sister away from the organization. It can be regarded as a ransom."

organize……

Hearing this familiar word, Akai Mari's emerald green pupils narrowed slightly.

She already had a premonition of where the next content would go.

"But unfortunately, the other organization did not intend to keep the agreement. They wanted to kill people for money, or even if they couldn't get the money, they would kill people. But fortunately, I saved the people..."

Serabel shrugged and added.

"By the way, her name is Miyano Akemi."

"Miyano? Isn't that it?" Sera Masumi was stunned and subconsciously looked at her mother.

Akai Mari didn't say anything, just pursed her lips.

Serabelle continued, "The elder sister's name is Miyano Akemi, the younger sister's name is Miyano Shiho, and according to the elder sister, Miyano Atsushi and Miyano Elena passed away many years ago."

"What was the cause of death?" Akai Mary asked.

"It is said that there was a sudden fire in the laboratory." Serabelle did not hide anything.

"..."

"..."

The sisters had not seen each other for decades, and when they wanted to meet again, they were already separated forever.

After a few seconds of silence, Akai Mary asked the next question.