Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

When everything was settled, the customers who had been forced to watch a "good show" had no intention of staying in the department store to shop and consumed anything, and they all flocked to the mall entrance.

Meanwhile, Chianti is making final preparations.

"Here it comes, here it comes, the undead has appeared! Just to the left of the main entrance! If you want to confirm it, hurry up! I can't wait any longer! The finger on the trigger is about to lose control!"

Having confirmed the target, Chianti was like an agitated drug addict, constantly urging Gin to give the order to open fire.

Just as Gin was about to confirm, another member of the brewery appeared in front of the car window, blocking Gin's view.

"Belmod."

"Ah."

After the visitor whispered the adult's meaning, he quickly left on his motorcycle.

Chianti, who was sniping above, was getting more and more angry as he could not get any orders.

"To kill or not to kill? What should we do?" Following an exclamation, the voice on the other end of the phone began to become uneasy, "He saw me! He even smiled at me!"

"Brother, something doesn't seem right."

As soon as Vodka finished speaking, the consumers who had just walked out of the door turned back to the department store as if they had received some kind of instruction.

Chianti thus lived up to expectations and completely missed its target.

"Chianti, retreat and notify Cohen by the way." Gin gave the order through the intercom.

Ignoring Chianti's question, Gin hung up the intercom and sneered, "What a dictatorial guy."

Lu Ren: "What do you mean?"

"The scarred Akai is Bourbon in disguise, in order to trick out the real Akai."

"I see."

"The plan is over, and it's time for us to retreat."

"You guys go ahead. Mr. Mao Li is still in the department store. I'll go say hello to them."

Gin lowered his head and started to light a cigarette. He didn't want to pay any attention to this guy who kept yelling about getting off work for no reason.

The winery withdrew, but the commotion in the department store continued. All the returning customers crowded at the reception desk, waiting for the distribution of shopping vouchers.

"What? No?!" the middle-aged man in the front repeated, "Didn't you say that because of the sudden bomb incident, in order to compensate customers, we will give everyone a 10,000 yen shopping voucher? There's a kid wearing glasses saying this everywhere!"

The front desk staff was embarrassed and said, "But we have never heard of this."

"How could this happen? We finally got back here."

Amid the complaints, Conan, who was quietly observing the situation, breathed a sigh of relief.

"I see. Gift certificates. It's not a smart move to allow customers to escape, but it's a last resort."

Conan looked up: "Mr. Subaru, why are you here?"

"I came to the nearby Imperial Capital Bank to do some work. When I was done, I saw you and wanted to say hello, but I didn't expect to be involved in the incident."

Seeing the unfamiliar stranger suddenly appear beside Lan, the old father became alert again and a look of vigilance was written on his face.

"Lan, who is this?"

"He is a graduate student, Mr. Subaru Okiya. There was a fire at his previous residence, so he is now temporarily staying at the new house."

"Oh--"

After resolving the old father's doubts, Ran asked her own question, "What was that you just said? Conan asked the customers to take shelter or something."

"Nothing." Okiya Subaru said with a smile, "It's just a boring story about a group of stupid wolves letting their prey slip away."

"Really? That's pretty boring. But prey is just prey after all. Whether it lives or dies depends on the hunter's mood. Don't you agree? Okiya Subaru."

"Jin, Jin-ge!" Hearing this overly familiar voice suddenly ringing in his ears, Conan turned around suddenly as if frightened, "Why are you here?"

Also shocked was a certain pink-haired man who had been talking a moment ago.

This was the case again. He was completely unaware of this person's arrival.

"What? You don't welcome me?" Lu Ren smiled and touched Conan's head. "I saw on the news that the department store was hijacked by terrorists, and I thought you might be here too, so I drove over."

"..."

"Didn't I send you an email? Didn't you receive it?"

"It seems there are two emails." Mao Li replied, "But just as I finished reading the first one, my phone was snatched away by this guy."

As he was talking, Mao Li took out his cell phone, opened the email and scanned it, then said in a daze, "So, Ren, you have also found the real culprit."

"Let me see." Mao Lilan, who was standing by, snatched the phone and flipped through it carefully. "Is this how you found it? Brother Ren, you are amazing!"

"It's just that the murderer this time was too stupid."

"By the way, Ren Ge, there's another person in the department store who has also found the real murderer this time." Mao Lilan opened another email and handed the phone to Lu Ren. "His reasoning is almost exactly the same as my dad's."

Lu Ren browsed the emails.

"I just don't know where he went. It seems like he left right after sending the email. Even this email was sent using someone else's phone."

"how does he look like?"

Mao Lilan: "A young man wearing a hat and with burn scars on his face. I don't know what he looks like."

"Brother, do you know anyone like this?"

Maori shook his head decisively.

"That's weird. That person used someone else's phone to send you an email. That means he memorized your phone number. A person like that should be familiar with you."

“But I really don’t have any impression.”

"That's fine. Since he's still in Beika Town, we'll meet someday." After Lu Ren explained the matter, he turned to look at Okiya Subaru, "Don't you agree, Mr. Subaru?"

Okiya Subaru: "..."

"Brother Ren, do you know Mr. Subaru?"

Lu Ren smiled and said, "Yeah. Yuanzi mentioned it to me. She said a handsome guy with pink hair moved into the new family, and she also said that you mistook him for a thief and gave him a good kick."

"Ah? How can this guy, Sonoko, tell everything to others?"

"To think that something like this would happen..." Maori began to apologize, "Mr. Okiya, I'm so sorry. This kid learned some boxing and used his brain as muscle. He doesn't care about the severity of the situation. Are you hurt?"

Mao Li knew very well how powerful Ran Mao's punches and kicks were. Although the graduate student in front of him was tall and big, he didn't look like someone who could take a beating.

If this really happens, it will be troublesome.

"It's okay." Okiya Subaru forced a smile, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

His unnatural reaction also successfully made Maori mistakenly think that he still had some grudges. Maori subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Okiya Subaru walked too fast and disappeared in just two steps.

"This……"

"Brother, he's fine. I know him. He's very tough. He's the tough little prince. Even bullets can't kill him."

"Aren, what are you talking about?" Maori paused for a moment, "Are you really okay?"

"It's nothing. He's like this now because he has other things on his mind. Don't worry, brother. If it doesn't work, I'll take him for a checkup. I happen to know someone who runs a pharmaceutical company. It'll be a piece of cake for me to check him up."

"That's a lot of trouble for you."

"Small things."

This pharmaceutical company you are talking about...is it serious?

Conan suddenly remembered that the black organization seemed to be a pharmaceutical company.

My heart was finally at peace.

Lu Ren has almost made it clear. If he still doesn't understand, he would be really stupid.

But the question is, where did the mistake go?

Chapter 563 Killing Two Birds with One Stone

After reviewing the situation many times and still failing to find any possible loopholes, Conan gave up struggling and put the matter aside for the time being.

Anyway... just make do with it, what else can I do.

Lu Ren already knew about it, and they didn't have the ability to silence him or anything like that.

Besides, since they are still alive, it means that Lu Ren did not report the matter to the Black Organization.

They were safe for now. Lu Ren obviously had other plans. As for what he was planning...

Conan wanted to know, but he didn't want to find out on his own initiative.

The desire to survive eventually overcame curiosity.

If we can maintain the status quo, there is no reason to disrupt it.

After all, from the moment Lu Ren appeared, the initiative had completely changed hands.

Speaking of this, Conan felt a little embarrassed for Akai Shuichi.

He was making a victory declaration, saying things like "stupid wolf" and "foolish hunting". But then he was exposed.

Of course, it's very satisfying for the protagonist to pretend to be cool but get slapped in the face in seconds. However, from the perspective of the victim, it can't be easily explained by a little embarrassment.

Otherwise, Akai Shuichi would not have left in such a hurry. This round of confrontation was really a shameless loss.

Anyway, for Conan, if he had this kind of experience, the ups and downs in his life would have become a revolving lantern.

It's the kind of thing that when you suddenly think back on it in the middle of the night, you'll feel extremely anxious and regretful.

However, Shuichi Akai is a veteran agent after all, and his physical age is at least one generation older than him.

Her ability to withstand stress or thickness should be much stronger than his.

This little setback shouldn't be a big deal to him, Conan thought.

……

In the evening, after having dinner at the Maori family, Conan found an excuse and asked Lu Ren to go to the doctor's house together.

Although Conan is certain that Lu Ren knows Okiya Subaru's true identity, some things are more convincing only when they are admitted by the person involved himself.

Then we will do some more research to see how much Lu Ren knows about their plan.

If possible, can we try to go a step further and exchange some information, such as Scar Akai who appeared in the department store today.

Conan had a vague guess about this person's true identity.

After brewing a whole pot of coffee for the two of them, Huihara Ai sat down next to Lu Ren.

As for trivial matters like whether drinking coffee at night would make one unable to sleep, it was never something Haibara Ai considered.

What she cares more about now is the content of Conan's next conversation with Lu Ren.

Of course I have to listen to it. Judging from Conan's expression as if he is about to be heroically executed, I think what he is going to say next will definitely not be good.

As Lu Ren’s... um... good friend, Huihara felt that she needed to protect Lu Ren and never let him suffer any injustice.

If Conan could read minds, he would only sigh that this girl's thinking is really divergent.

Sister, please figure it out, who is bullying whom? !

After some mental preparation, Conan finally spoke, and he lowered his voice unconsciously, "Brother Ren, you should already know his identity, right?"

"Yeah." Lu Ren pointed to the floor. "Ever since I found out someone was trying to install a bug here, I knew who he was. Apart from him, there is no one else who is so fearless."

"Just because of this?" Conan was a little unbelievable.

"Isn't that enough?" Lu Ren sat back on the sofa, looking very relaxed. "When you contacted Mizuno Rena, didn't you ask her about my reputation in the organization?"

I didn't really ask...

After all, they have been working together for such a long time, Conan thinks he has some understanding of Lu Ren's character.

However, Rena Mizuno did take the initiative to give a warning.

[Stay away from Glenfiddich! The farther the better! ]

But there is no need to say this to Lu Ren.

And Lu Ren's words made sense after thinking about it. After all, it was Lu Ren who took the initiative to reveal Mizunashi Rena's identity as a CIA undercover agent to her.

And the one who continued the plan to execute Akai Shuichi that day was none other than Mizunashi Rena herself.