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[Drunk with Strong Liquor]: It's obvious at first glance that this is not Big Brother's car. This is not his license plate number, and I just sent his car for maintenance today.
[White Elegance]: This car is great, where is it? Granburch, give me the address, I'll go talk to the owner.
[I am the boss's confidant (big trouble)]: It's really not Gin's car? This is so weird, I feel like everything else is exactly the same except for the license plate number, I thought it was Gin's...
[I am the BOSS's confidant (a big worry)]: @White Elegance, don't even think about it, this car is mine, hehe.
【White Elegance】: ??? You don’t like this kind of car, and this kind of antique car is driven by the elderly. You kids should just drive something flashy.
A smile appeared on Chu Ming's lips. Lafitte had no shame at all. Before, if you called him grandpa, he would chase you for ten miles with a scalpel, but now he started to call himself an old man.
He typed away and had a heated argument with Lafitte, but Lafitte could never beat him in terms of eloquence. In the end, he could only hide away in anger and ignored Chu Ming's teasing.
"Brother Chu Ming..." Huihara Ai looked at the smile on Chu Ming's lips, and looked up at him with some curiosity.
I don’t know who Brother Chu Ming was chatting with, but he looked very happy, with a warm smile on his lips, and even his eyes were filled with tenderness.
However, although she was curious, Haibara Ai would not try to peek. After all, if Chu Ming was willing to talk, he would definitely tell her, but if Chu Ming was unwilling, she would not want to get to the bottom of it.
"It's definitely not Gin's car. I just asked, and Vodka sent Gin's car for maintenance today. It can't be here." Chu Ming glanced at the car outside, his eyes darkened, "You trip Conan, I'll go out and take a look."
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing if Conan knew that Chu Ming had just scolded him and then ran away?
However, Chu Ming glanced at Huiyuan Ai in a somewhat obscure way. It was good. He had not noticed Gin's license plate number until today, but Huiyuan Ai could tell at a glance that this was not Gin's car...
Tsk tsk.
Chu Ming walked out in a hurry. Huihara Ai looked at Chu Ming's back as he left, her eyes flashing slightly.
Just now, Brother Chu Ming was sending a message to the organization...
But he smiled so relaxedly, which meant that the other person must be someone he trusted subconsciously. Maybe even Brother Chu Ming himself didn't realize how gentle his smile just now was...
She was also so relaxed in front of her sister back then, so in the organization, Chu Mingge has a very close person, this person even knows the movements of Gin and Vodka, which shows that he is in a high position...
Combining these two things, this person - could it be Granburch?
After all, Chu Mingge had never said anything bad about Granburch. He had always said that he and Granburch were good friends when they were peripheral members. He had taken good care of Granburch afterwards and even recommended him to become a code member. He also helped him a lot in the missions...
But Brother Chu Ming didn’t know how bad a person Granburch was. He might be even more cunning than Gin, and might even disguise himself as Brother Chu Ming to complete the mission!
No, she must remind Brother Chu Ming to be careful of Granburch!
On the other side, Chu Ming had no idea what Haibara Ai was thinking. He didn't hide anything at all, but walked straight towards the car.
The car is very new and seems to have been just modified. There are no obvious signs of use on the tires, which means it has been driven for a short time. It should have just been modified and just driven home from the repair shop.
Chu Ming took out his cell phone and hacked directly into the data system following the clue of the license plate. After a simple query, he found out that the owner of the car had returned from the United States and the car had just been shipped back to the country. The information from the transportation department showed that he had just completed the vehicle registration procedures last week.
Last week, the United States...
Could it be that the FBI is here to catch Gin? ? ?
After Shuichi Akai blew up Gin's car last time, it seems that Gin hasn't been seen driving since. Does he think that Gin's Porsche is gone, and he can trick Gin out by using an identical car?
Chu Ming felt that he should have known the truth, but how it was still to be verified. The traffic department's system had the owner's contact information. Chu Ming saved the number and then sent a message to the owner, saying that he liked the car very much and had found the owner's contact information with the help of a friend. He didn't know whether the owner was willing to give it up. At the same time, he sent the address of a restaurant, saying that they could meet to talk tomorrow at noon.
If it is really used to lure Gin, the owner should not refuse to meet. After all, he must meet to confirm whether the person who wants to buy the car is sent by the organization.
If he ignores it, he will probably be the individual car owner.
But even if he is a private car owner, he will not lose anything. After all, in that case, he will just get something for nothing.
Chapter 582 This person is hiding too deeply
After a while, the car owner replied to the message and agreed to meet tomorrow.
Chu Ming walked briskly back to the design office. Conan had just solved the case and was standing at the door, looking at him in condemnation.
Chu Ming raised his eyebrows: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Conan was a little indignant: "You told me to be careful, but you just ran away. This is too much..."
Chu Ming interrupted him directly: "That's not Gin's car. Xiao Ai said the license plate number doesn't match."
Conan was interrupted before he could finish his words. He scratched his head and looked at Huihara Ai: "Maybe he temporarily changed the license plate... After all, for a terrorist like him, what if he did something bad while driving and his license plate was photographed, so he changed it to a new one?"
"No, Gin only uses two license plates frequently, one is 4869 and the other is 4368. Even if he needs to change them, he usually switches between these two. Moreover, Gin acts cautiously and the situation you just mentioned rarely occurs to him." Haibara Ai said with certainty.
Not getting any news, Conan followed Dr. Agasa back dejectedly. Just when Chu Ming was about to say goodbye and leave, Conan quickly called him: "Brother Chu Ming, do you want to go with us to the Koshien baseball game that Hattori invited us to? It's tomorrow."
Chu Ming shook his head regretfully: "The company is developing new business and has been busy these days. I just got the news that I have a dinner party to attend tomorrow at noon. It seems that I don't have time to go out and play with you guys."
Conan felt a little regretful. It had indeed been a long time since he had hung out with Brother Chu Ming, but business was indeed more important, so he could only make an appointment to hang out together next time they were free.
Chu Ming didn't have such a feeling. Although he rarely went out with Conan recently, there were indeed more and more things happening in the organization, and Conan seemed to have not seen him for a long time. But in fact, Chu Ming had met Conan many times as Granburch.
Although I couldn't follow Conan and get his magnetic field this time, it's also pretty good to be able to catch the FBI's tail.
*
Chu Ming sat in the reserved private room. Before coming, he placed a circle of micro detectors around the restaurant. At this time, the system panel clearly showed that more than twenty people had surrounded the restaurant.
It seems that he was right, it was indeed a trap set by the FBI.
Even if they are not sure whether he is a member of the organization, they have to control the place first in case it is really a member of the organization who comes to trade and they are short of manpower.
Chu Ming waited for a while before he saw a man slowly walk into the room with a smile. He was a little stunned when he saw Chu Ming, but then he returned to normal: "Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road, I'm late."
Chu Ming's eyes passed over his collar and a smile appeared on his face: "How could that be? I just got here a while ago."
The man had a bug on him and a miniature camera hidden in the buttons on his collar. It seemed that the FBI came prepared.
Chu Ming raised his hand to signal the waiter to serve the food, and at the same time he got straight to the point: "Sir, I invited you here today mainly because I really like your car. I have been looking for this Porsche 356 for a long time, but there are almost no cars for sale in the Japanese market. I saw it on the road a long time ago, but I couldn't find the owner. I didn't expect to see your car on the road. You should also be willing to sell this car, otherwise you wouldn't agree to my invitation. Please name a price."
The man laughed and avoided the topic: "Indeed, I can say that there are only a few cars like this in Japan. I just shipped it over from the United States. I spent a lot of time on it. Let's not talk about this for now. Let's eat first."
……
The man was indeed from the FBI, his name was Bernard, and he was Shuichi Akai's subordinate.
This time when he went to Japan with Gin, Shuichi Akai also registered a car under his name, saying that Gin's previous car was destroyed by Shuichi Akai, so this time he specially got a car that was exactly the same as Gin's previous car, just to attract the attention of that organization.
So when he received the message, he immediately notified Shuichi Akai. Although Shuichi Akai was not sure who contacted him, he still took people with him based on the principle of rather missing out than missing out.
I didn’t expect that the buyer this time looked so young.
Maybe he is a rich second-generation from a Japanese conglomerate? It seems that I have found the wrong person. I wanted to find an excuse to refuse directly, but Akai Shuichi stopped me through the built-in headset.
Shuichi Akai had met Chu Ming on the bus that was hijacked before.
At that time, he had seen Vermouth, disguised as Dr. Arata, protect Chu Ming and Conan, and he always felt that things should not be so coincidental, so he hinted to Bernard to hold the person back.
But after a conversation, he found that there was nothing wrong with Chu Ming's behavior. At the beginning, he was eager to buy a car, and he was puzzled by Bernard's change of subject. Later, he was impatient with the topic going off on other things...
Shuichi Akai's intuition told him that something was wrong, but no matter how he observed, he couldn't find any flaws or anything wrong.
In this case, there are only two possibilities.
One possibility is that there is really nothing wrong with this person and he was just feeling wrong; the other possibility is that he is indeed a member of the organization, but he is hiding so deeply that not a single flaw is revealed.
Akai Shuichi narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
If it is the latter, then this person is terrible.
[I've been a bit busy these past two days, so that's all I can do for today QAQ. I'll add one more chapter tomorrow if I can~_(:з」∠)_]
Chapter 583 There is something wrong with this person
Seeing that the person in front of him was beating around the bush and never mentioned the issue of the car transaction, Chu Ming simply slammed the table and said, "Mr. Bernard, do you really want to sell this car? Why are you talking to me about this and that? If you don't want to sell it, don't waste my time."
Seeing that Chu Ming was getting anxious, Shuichi Akai still believed in his intuition and prepared to use the car to fish to see if Chu Ming was a big fish.
With his instructions, Bernard's eyes wandered for a moment, and he quickly comforted Chu Ming: "Sir, don't worry."
"What have you been hesitating about? If you don't want to sell, just say so in advance. Why waste both parties' time?" Chu Ming's eyebrows were a little impatient. He squinted his eyes and looked at Bernard who was trying to get information between the lines. "I really want to make a deal, which is why I've been chatting with you here for such a long time. In the end, are you playing me for a fool? Or are you planning to find out my bottom price and make a secret bid?"
Bernard felt a little embarrassed. He felt that there was nothing wrong with the person in front of him, but his superior didn't think so. He wouldn't let him refuse, nor would he agree. He even wanted to drag the person along. What else could he do except talk nonsense.
"Mr. Chu Ming, it's like this. I went through a lot of trouble to ship this car back from the United States. I'm indeed short of funds recently and want to sell the car, but I just got this car not long ago. You should be able to understand my hesitation now..." Bernard looked dejected, sighing, so pitiful.
Chu Ming was so hard-hearted: "Mr. Bernard, if I were you, I would sell the car immediately. I really want to buy a car, but you keep dragging me on. It affects my mood and the price we can pay. What do you think?"
Bernard heard Chu Ming's threat, no doubt thinking that he had taken advantage of Chu Ming's lack of money and wanted to make a deal immediately. He sighed, his face a little sad: "Okay, Mr. Chu Ming, I agree to sell this car."
Chu Ming showed a satisfied smile on his face, and reached out to pick up the water glass on the table: "A wise choice, Mr. Bernard, give me an offer."
"Three hundred million yen."
"Puff—cough cough." Chu Ming choked on a mouthful of water. He coughed a few times and looked up at Bernard in disbelief. "You could have just robbed me, but you still sold me a car? This is not the way to ask for a lot, right? How many times did you increase the price?"
Although Bernard felt that the price given by his boss was too exaggerated, he did not show it on his face, and he was very confident: "Mr. Chu Ming, I bought this car from a collector in the United States at a high price. You also know how high the collection value of this car is. It is basically not seen on the market, and it has always been priced out of stock. Moreover, this car has been slightly modified and can be driven on the road, rather than just placed in the warehouse for appreciation. From this point of view, this price is actually not that exaggerated, right?"
Chu Ming sneered and stood up without any hesitation: "Your tricks can only fool other people, but you are too naive to fool me. This car is indeed rare, but it is not so rare that there is no demand for it. Three hundred million is enough for me to buy four or five cars. I can accept a slight premium, just as I pay for the time I save, but if you offer this price, I think there is no room for negotiation."
Bernard quickly held Chu Ming down and said with an apologetic smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Chu Ming. There is a saying that goes, if you raise the price, you have to pay it back. This price can still be negotiated."
Chu Ming sat back in his chair, looking at Bernard unhappily, playing with the matchbox on the table. "Well, I won't argue with you anymore. I have things to do at the company, and I won't waste time with you. One hundred million, okay, we'll go and hand it over now. If not, then you can just keep waiting."
Bernard pondered for a while, probably waiting for Shuichi Akai's response through the micro-earphone.
Chu Ming didn't urge him, but continued to lean lazily, waiting patiently for his final reply.
"Okay, just think of it as making friends with Mr. Chu Ming." Bernard smiled and discussed with Chu Ming the time to transfer the property.
He was indeed very happy. Although the car was not cheap in the United States, when Shuichi Akai bought it, he only spent a few hundred thousand dollars. He made hundreds of thousands of dollars by just resell it. Even after deducting the cost of transporting the car to Japan, he still made a lot of net profit.
Chu Ming was also very happy. He spent some money, got a car, and hooked the FBI. The FBI didn't notice anything at all and thought they were the hunters.
In fact, high-end hunters often appear as prey.
The appearance of this car was a complete surprise for Chu Ming.
In less than an hour, Chu Ming had completed the transfer procedures and got a new license plate.
Chu Ming couldn't wait to get in the car and take a test drive.
But as soon as he got in the car, Chu Ming felt a strong sense of being spied on.
There are cameras, bugs and even locators in the car! More than one!
Chu Ming's eyes turned cold, but he didn't show anything. He drove the car back home naturally, parked it next to the Porsche that Vermouth had given him, and went straight upstairs.
On the other side, Shuichi Akai watched from the surveillance video that Chu Ming seemed to be driving unaware, and he felt more and more that something was wrong.