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Chu Ming ordered a cappuccino at the counter, then came over and sat down. "That's not necessary, you're too polite."
Bourbon gritted his teeth: "Do you know what time it is?"
Chu Ming glanced back at the clock on the counter, then turned around with a calm face: "It's eleven fifty, what's wrong? Are you hungry?"
Bourbon placed his coffee cup on the tray with a click and said word by word, "Isn't your appointment time ten o'clock?!?"
Chu Ming thanked the waiter who brought his coffee, turned around and looked at Bourbon innocently, and shook his finger calmly: "Think carefully, what I said yesterday was that I hope you will show up at the coffee shop at ten o'clock this morning, but I never said that I would come at this time~"
“……” Bourbon was choked by Chu Ming’s unreasonable arguments and his face gradually turned darker.
Chu Ming lowered his head and took a sip of coffee. The slightly bitter taste of coffee mixed in with the milk foam in his mouth made him frown. He put the coffee on the table and saw that Bourbon didn't say anything. He went straight to the point: "Since you don't have any other questions, I'll get straight to the point."
Bourbon said nothing, just stared at him to see what tricks he could come up with.
"I have a long-term mission that requires your cooperation." Chu Ming rested his elbows on the table, supported his head with his hands and smiled at Bourbon.
When Bourbon heard about the long-term mission, he felt a throbbing pain in his head and refused: "I'm a bit busy recently, so I may not be able to do the long-term mission..."
Chu Ming interrupted him directly, smiling: "Bourbon, I know what tasks you have recently. Do you want me to list the tasks you have currently?"
Bourbon paused. His previous excuses for refusing missions were directly blocked by Chu Ming. He was quite annoyed. He forgot that Chu Ming’s current authority allowed him to review not only the missions of the action team, but also the missions of the intelligence team.
The excuse for slacking off was cut off directly.
He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Chu Ming saw the opportunity and made the final decision: "It's settled. I remember that you have an identity as a detective, right? You find a way to get close to Maori Kogoro, and it would be best if you can lurk beside him. Of course, I'm just suggesting, you don't have to be a detective, you can make the arrangements yourself."
Bourbon was obviously still trying to struggle: "Aren't you already with them? Why do I need to do this?"
Of course Chu Ming couldn't tell him because his identity had not been revealed, but in Conan's eyes, his identity as a member of the organization was confirmed.
After all, this is the black-skinned member who appeared with Granburch and committed crimes.
From this point of view, Bourbon is better than Vermouth~
He was looking forward to Conan's look when he saw Bourbon deliberately approaching Kogoro Mori.
*
Chu Ming went to the Maori Detective Agency with some fruits, and thoughtfully brought three amulets that Maori and his friends had prayed for at the shrine. During this period, everyone from Maori Kogoro to Ran and then Conan were hospitalized one after another, so it was a good idea to give them an amulet to pray for their safety.
Although their injuries were all related to him, he was actively trying to make amends.
Conan took the amulet handed to him by Chu Ming and forced a smile. Although he knew that Chu Ming was teasing him, he was upset and couldn't muster up the energy.
"What's going on?" Chu Ming keenly sensed that something was wrong. Conan didn't look so depressed yesterday, so why did he suddenly become so depressed today?
Conan was worried, not knowing what he had been thinking about. When Chu Ming asked him, his eyes were full of worry: "When I came back this morning, Xiaolan said that there was a photo missing from the album of her and my childhood. Brother Chu Ming, do you think it could be..."
Chu Ming's eyes flashed with enlightenment very quickly. So it was because of this. He had just borrowed the photo to use for a while, but Gin's hands were so fast that he didn't have time to react before the cigarette in Gin's hand hit Conan's head...
He couldn't put the photo with the hole burned in it back in, could he? So the photo now lay alone in the trash can at the organization's base.
"It's possible, but think about it. It's been almost a day and a night since that member of the organization escaped. If he really reported it, would the organization have done nothing for so long? The photo might have been stolen by that person, but you just didn't notice it before." Chu Ming quickly threw the blame away and put the blame on Ireland.
Conan felt a little better. He actually knew that Chu Ming was comforting him, but what could he do? Now he was no longer in the dark organization or in the light. The organization might have known that Kudo Shinichi was still alive.
As for the news that he is Kudo Shinichi, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny...
He touched a small box in his pocket. It was the antidote that Haibara Ai had once given him, which could allow him to temporarily change back.
He kept it by his side and waited for the critical moment to use it.
If he really can't hide anymore, he will take the pill and turn back into Kudo Shinichi. In this way, he will die in the hands of the organization as Kudo Shinichi, and the organization will not turn its attention to Conan, and will not implicate Xiaolan and the others.
Chu Ming watched Conan's gaze gradually become firmer, and tilted his head in confusion, feeling that Conan was thinking about something strange.
He slapped Conan on the back of his head, shattering the worries that Conan had been brewing: "Okay, let's go eat first, there's no point in thinking too much."
Xiaolan brought out the dinner and just happened to hear Chu Ming's words. She was a little confused: "Conan seems to be really worried recently. How about this, Sonoko said that her uncle has been thinking hard about catching Kid and finally came up with a good idea. Why don't I talk to Sonoko tomorrow and we go to the scene together?"
Xiaolan also saw that Conan looked a little depressed recently, so she planned to take him out to relax.
In addition, although it is still not certain whether Conan is Kudo Shinichi, Chu Ming has had small lessons with her before, and she has listed the similarities between Conan and Shinichi during this period in a small notebook. Now is the time to verify them one by one.
——For example, the persistence when facing a certain thief.
[Thanks to the cute girl for sending Xiu'er. I was going to add another chapter, but it's too late today. I'll make it up tomorrow (づ￣3￣)づ╭?～]
[It’s snowing heavily in Jiangsu! Classes will be suspended tomorrow! No need to go to work! (*^▽^*)]
Chapter 636 Kicked to the Iron Plate
Obviously, although Conan had not yet fully perked up, he still raised his head sharply when he heard Kid's name.
"Kidd?"
Seeing that Conan suddenly became interested, Xiaolan's eyes moved slightly, but she quickly thought of Chu Ming's teachings to her and quickly restrained her emotions.
Brother Chu Ming was right. Every time she took the initiative to ask or expressed it more obviously, something would always happen, or some irrefutable facts would appear to prove that Conan and Shinichi were not the same person.
But since she has doubts again and again, there must be a problem. She must keep her composure this time and not alert the enemy until she gets absolute evidence.
Her tone was gentle, as usual, without any abnormality: "Yes, Conan also wants to go and see it, right? Sonoko said she has reserved a seat for us. Brother Chu Ming, shall we come?"
It had indeed been a long time since Chu Ming had seen Little Pigeon, and he really missed it a bit, so he agreed to Xiaolan's invitation to go together.
When Chu Ming followed Xiaolan to Ginza, he was shocked by the generosity of Suzuki Jirokichi.
He actually rented out Ginza Street, placed the gems he had prepared at the intersection in the middle, and even allowed Kidd's fanatical fans to go in and visit.
How is this any different than putting something in Kidd's hands?
Standing at the front of the crowd, Chu Ming looked at Yuanzi's excited face, raised his eyebrows, and set a trap for Kidd: "In fact, you can ask your Ah Zhen to come over to guard. With his force, it will be difficult for Kidd to succeed."
Yuanzi was obviously moved by the scene described by Chu Ming. She looked dreamy: "Ah, the beautiful and kind princess is guarding the treasure alone, and the thief wants to take the treasure and the princess into his pocket. The princess's knight fights with the thief for this. Ahhh, too romantic!!"
...?
Is that what he just said?
The corners of Chu Ming's mouth twitched. He took a few steps away from Sonoko, who was obviously in a dream, and exchanged an indescribable look with Conan.
"Ah, Kidd, look, it's Lord Kidd here!" The fans around exclaimed, pointing at the sky.
Suddenly, a white hang glider appeared in the sky, with a propeller hanging at the tail. Everyone's eyes were attracted by the hang glider.
Suddenly, a puff of white smoke appeared around the hang glider. When the smoke dissipated, Kidd was already squatting on the cabinet where the gems were stored.
Chu Ming only felt that the fans behind him suddenly became excited, and even had a tendency to rush forward, so he quickly took two steps to the side.
Sure enough, as soon as he stepped aside, the group of fans rushed to Kidd and expressed their admiration for him.
At this moment, four huge nets suddenly rose up around the intersection, trapping Kidd and the crowd in the middle on the ground. Rows of well-trained security personnel quickly appeared beside the nets.
Chu Ming looked at the net that was about 20 meters high and almost reached the top of the building, and couldn't help but marvel at Suzuki Jirokichi's generosity.
It's better to have money. Money can do anything. It is said that in order to prevent Kidd from escaping from the building, he rented all the surrounding buildings, emptied all the people inside, and arranged people to guard the stairs and elevator entrances.
So rich.
Tears of envy flowed from Chu Ming's mouth.
Seeing that Kidd had been trapped, Suzuki Jiroyoshi rushed out triumphantly: "Haha, Kidd, you can't escape this time, right? Even if you have a hang glider, what can you do? Now you are just a bird in a cage!"
Kidd put the jeweled shoes into his arms, then threw his cape and appeased the fans who were excited to ask Kidd to dress up as them and leave. He deliberately made a pose and said loudly to the people around him:
"Don't worry about me, after all, I can teleport~"
Hearing Kidd's words, the people around him instantly became excited, shouting his name loudly, with admiration in their eyes.
Officer Nakamori clenched his fists: "This damn thief is talking nonsense again!"
He pushed through the crowd in front of him and squeezed forward desperately, intending to arrest the person directly.
Kidd looked at the police rushing towards him, curled his lips slightly, and said in a bewitching voice: "I will accept the things, then in a dozen seconds, we will meet at the other end of time and space~"
As the policemen around him pounced on him, white mist surged out from his surroundings, engulfing his body.
The smoke soon dispersed, and Officer Nakamori let go of the pillar he had just hugged in a hurry, and said angrily: "Damn it, he must be hiding in the crowd in disguise, go search! Check one by one!"
Chu Ming had sharp eyes and saw a figure in a black cloak hiding on a building on one side against the flow of people. He hung the hanging hook on himself, and then used the large black screen to cover himself and quickly ascended.
As expected, I still like the fancy little pigeons.
Just as Chu Ming was standing aside like a spectator, watching Kidd and the police fight their battle of wits and courage, he suddenly received a message from Gin on his mobile phone.
Chu Ming was a little confused. He lowered his head and opened his phone. He wondered what Gin had sent him. Could it be that he was throwing another task that he couldn't finish on him?
As his fingertips slid across the screen, Chu Ming frowned slightly and hid in the darkness to think carefully. He didn't even notice the crowd cheering for Kidd's appearance.
This was a request for assistance from Gin, asking Chu Ming, who was also in Ginza, to help him complete the task.
The organization has had some friction with the Nican Society during this period. To put it simply, the former boss of the Nican Society had actually died a long time ago, but none of their subordinates knew about it. They all thought that the boss was arrested by the police, but they had no intention of rescuing him. Instead, they all set their sights on the boss's position.
However, traditional battles for the throne have always been conducted in a relatively simple form. They all try to establish their authority in their own way, trying to prove that they are the most qualified successor.
This was the case when Busujima Kiriko, who attended the meeting, tried to kill Domon. If she could kill a congressman, it would be enough to prove that she was a qualified successor. Although she failed in the end, the organization strangely gave her the next successor.
Vermouth disguised herself as her and successfully killed Domon Yasuki, and this achievement was successfully attributed to Busujima Kiriko. However, although her reputation in the Nisan Society did increase a lot because of this, she was also targeted by the Japanese police and had to be imprisoned unjustly.
After losing one of their strong competitors, several other cadres took action to try to expand their influence in their respective fields and put themselves on the throne of boss.
The competition for the Nisan Conference has been fierce recently, and there are three cadres with the biggest chance of winning, namely, Watanuki Tatsuzo, Kuroeyama Kyohei, and the other one is Doi Madoka Taro.
The organization has a huge influence in Japan, but because the boss wants everyone to be low-key, the organization's reputation is relatively not spread too widely.
It is precisely because of this that Doien Taro took a fancy to some of the organization's industries and even sent his thugs to find trouble whenever he had nothing to do, trying to make some no-cost business.
Unfortunately, he hit a wall this time.
[I still owed an extra chapter yesterday~ I will make it up soon~]
Chapter 637: BOSS never trusted him?
Gin took Cohen and Chianti, two snipers, with him to get rid of the man.
However, this guy is very ambitious, but he is more timid than a mouse. He hardly goes out in a month, and when he goes out he must hide himself. In addition, he is relatively short, so it is easy for him to hide behind bodyguards. At the slightest sign of trouble, he hides faster than anyone else.
So if you want to kill him, you must not alert the enemy and must hit him with one strike.
The peripheral members had been keeping an eye on this guy for almost a month, and finally ran into him planning to go out and go to Ginza.