Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

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"Yeah, honey, I get it. I'll get back to you as soon as I can."

Inside the Lexus, Toru Amuro asked curiously: "Did Glen call?"

"Yes. He asked me to investigate the situation of major luxury hotels."

luxurious hotel?

Could it be that Shuichi Akai lived there?

But according to his understanding of Akai Shuichi, that person is not a person who is greedy for pleasure?

Wait, that's not right.

Maybe Shuichi Akai used reverse thinking!

That’s why I deliberately went against my nature and did things that were inconsistent with my usual habits!

Thus misleading him!

"As expected of him, worthy of Glen." Toru Amuro said enthusiastically, "Okay! Let's go investigate those high-end hotels now. Let me drive, and you concentrate on collecting intelligence."

Toru Amuro prefers the tough-guy Lexus in front of him to a Porsche, and has long wanted to try it himself.

But before Glenfiddich left, he gave the key to Belmode and repeatedly emphasized that he could not be allowed to drive.

This is simply baffling.

"No. It's just a phone call. And you probably misunderstood." Looking at the energetic Tohru Amuro, Belmore reminded me in a friendly manner, "Glen asked me to find out that he hasn't called the guest room in recent times. Tenants served.”

Not ordering room service?

"That's right. In order to keep a low profile, Akai Shuichi definitely doesn't want outsiders to see his face."

"And the special requirement is to live in a high place."

"High places are good for observing the situation and sniping. Shuichi Akai is a very good sniper."

"..."

Why are you thinking so much about Akai Shuichi...

Like poisonous.

Although Belmode had countless evidence to refute Amuro Tohru's point of view, time did not allow it, and Glenfiddich was pressing hard.

She didn't want to waste time arguing with Toru Amuro, so she focused on doing her own thing.

Five minutes later, she dialed back.

Due to Belmode's cold treatment, Toru Amuro's thinking also calmed down.

There was no need for Bellmore to refute, he realized that something was wrong.

Living at a high place is conducive to observing the situation, but it is impossible for Akai Shuichi to keep paying attention to the outside all the time.

This requires accidentally being blocked by them. It is possible to escape directly by jumping out of the window at low places, but you can really just sit back and wait for death at high places.

This is obviously not in line with Akai Shuichi's cautious style.

Moreover, if Shuichi Akai is really in a state of suspended animation, then he has to pay for the hotel himself and cannot use FBI funds, otherwise it will be easy to see that something is wrong.

But you can pay for it yourself...

Where did he get the money?

All the money he earned from doing tasks within the organization was directly converted into merit for promotion. It can't be the money you earn after leaving the organization, right?

The FBI salary alone is far from enough for him to live in a luxury hotel for a long time.

It can be said that during his time away from the organization, in addition to completing his own work as an FBI, he also started a profitable side business of his own.

This is impossible...

Not everyone is like Glenfiddich.

While completing my job, I can also write manuscripts, solve cases, and start a company.

This kind of time management ability is something Toru Amuro thinks he can't do. And since he can't do it, Akai Shuichi must not be able to do it either.

All these doubts indicate that Shuichi Akai cannot live in a luxury hotel.

So why is Glenfiddich investigating this?

After Bellmode finished the call, Toru Amuro raised his question.

"Glen why is he investigating this?"

"It probably has something to do with the paper airplane incident," Belmore replied casually.

"Paper airplane?"

"Have you not read the recent news? A large number of paper airplanes have suddenly appeared in Tokyo these days. I picked up a paper airplane in front of my house two days ago. After taking it apart, I found that it was written in Morse code. SOS distress signal."

Anyone asking for help? !

A sudden thought occurred to Toru Amuro. Thanks to his good psychological quality, he replied without changing his expression, "It seems that someone has been kidnapped."

"Hmm. It just so happens that the president of a shipyard has disappeared. He is probably the one who was kidnapped. I happen to know something about that man. He was a sailor, and he started from scratch and eventually became the president of the shipbuilding company."

"When sailing on the sea, you need to use lights to print Morse code when you encounter danger, so it is not surprising that he thought of this trick."

Belmore's understatement made Amuro feel heartbroken as he listened.

This woman had obviously known that someone had been kidnapped several days ago, but she didn't take it seriously at all and chose to ignore it.

What a cold-blooded monster with no regard for human life.

"So when Glen investigates this, does he want to continue to support justice and fight crime just like the day before yesterday?"

Toru Amuro's tone was very frivolous, full of disdain for this matter.

On the contrary, I felt a little relieved inside.

No matter what Glenfiddich thinks, at least he is actually doing good things on the surface.

As for whether the president can be rescued, Toru Amuro believes in Glenfiddich's ability.

As long as it's him, he can definitely do it.

"That's not necessarily the case."

Unexpectedly, Bellmore poured cold water on him very quickly.

"Huh? What do you say?"

"You've been here for too short a time, and you still don't know him well. It's possible that he chose to go to the president to save him. But it's also possible that he was going to the underworld to replace the original kidnapper and extort ransom. After all, that person The president’s net worth is very rich.”

Toru Amuro asked in confusion: "Extorting ransom? Is Glen short of money?"

"It seems that there is no shortage at the moment, but he is running a company. According to my observation, the money his company burns in one day is probably enough for you to stay in a luxury hotel for a month."

"Oh yes, he also refused Gin's help and chose to go it alone."

"Ok?"

"Actually, I can understand the reasons why he did this. First, he has a strong desire for control and is unwilling to let the organization interfere with his decisions. Second, he wants to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger."

"After all, shopping malls are like battlefields, with all kinds of underhanded tricks emerging one after another. Glen is probably very happy for someone to do this to him. This way he can just lift the table and physically make the company that targets him disappear."

"This plan is actually quite good. The only problem is that the other competing companies are a bit too conscientious. I can't find any reason to attack them. Don't look at his usual smile. I guess I’ve been holding a fire in my heart for a long time.”

Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with Belmode's guess. Her only omission was that she paid too much attention to Lu Ren and thus ignored Kitajima Xiao, the apparent person in charge of the company.

The two big chaebols standing behind the latter, even if they just let out a little bit of news, others should know what to do.

It’s true that everyone wants to make money.

But if you make money, you have to spend your life.

"That's it. Then if he is really a gangster, will he let the president go after demanding the ransom?"

"How is that possible?" Bellmore said with a smile, "I must kill him directly. Not only him, but the original kidnappers will also die. The kidnappers chose to fight for the ransom, and eventually died because of the uneven distribution of the spoils and internal strife. Don’t you think this script is very good?”

"Yeah. It's pretty good."

……

"Not in the hotel. Then he is staying on the upper floor of a high-end apartment."

"Uh-huh."

"Those who can live in a high-end apartment should have a pretty good family background. Such a person would choose to kidnap President Shirota. Excluding the possibility of a repeat offender, that is, he suddenly shouldered a large debt and chose to take a desperate risk. .”

"debt?"

"Well, for example, the business fails and you owe money to the bank or something. Or... you owe money to a loan shark. Personally, I am more inclined to owe money to a loan shark."

If you owe money to the bank, the house will be directly mortgaged. If the mortgage is not enough, you will be classified as a dishonest person. The originally good life will suddenly fall to the bottom.

If you owe the latter money, you will probably die.

After all, some dynamic associations are behind some loan sharking.

Coincidentally, Lu Ren happened to know people in both areas.

"Wait, I'll make a few more calls."

"Uh-huh."

Lu Ren first called Memu again and asked him to send him the mugshot of the dead kidnapper.

The kidnapper jumped to his death. Fortunately, his face was not seriously damaged.

If he really borrowed money from a bank or a loan shark, Lu Ren believed that those people would definitely recognize him.

After Mu Mu sent the photo, Lu Ren changed hands and sent it to the group.

Then his cell phone started ringing.

The first people to call were the heads of major banks. This theory is based on Bei Dao's influence.

As soon as their company was established, all these banks came to send money to them.

Although it is borrowed money, the interest rate is lower than student loans. Lu Ren naturally knew what was going on.

It was at that time that he left the contact information of these people.

Now it seems that the heads of these banks are quite interested in him. The phone calls are faster than the last.

But they all said they had never seen this person.

Compared with these formal companies, the response from loan sharks is slower.

However, one of them did provide Lu Ren with very useful information.

"Boss, I know this person. His name is Mizuuchi Kiyomitsu. We did put some money to him. But the money we put out is not ours."

"What do you mean? Please be clear."

"It's the smuggler's own money."

"Snakehead? Who is that?" Lu Ren felt that he was getting closer to the truth.

"The snakehead's name is Changdeng Gaoshi, and he is a senior in our society."

"Then besides giving you this money, he also gave other instructions. Forget it, that's it, it's none of your business."

These low-level minions are just wasting their time asking questions, not to mention that the smuggler may not tell them the truth.

Lu Ren has not forgotten that he still has a competitor at this time, and his time is very tight now.

This time Lu Ren directly called the leader of that club.

"You have a man named Changdeng Gaoshi who gave Shuinei Qingguang a sum of money. I will give you five minutes to investigate this matter clearly."

"Hi Yi!"

……

Dragons have the dragon path, rats have the rat path.

Sometimes it must be admitted that the skill and ability of these dynamic societies do make it possible.

Say five minutes, just five minutes.

They figured out the ins and outs of this matter clearly.