Chapter 158 A Seemingly Peaceful Night

Chapter 159: A Seemingly Peaceful Night

The case ended successfully, and Matsuzaki Harumi was forgiven by Toda Takako. Without anyone knowing, the incident was treated as an accident. On the other hand, my mother left the Queen Hotel after the incident. Before leaving, my father returned the ring he found on the beach to my mother. However, my mother did not show much surprise at that time. She just smiled at her husband and left. Before leaving, she did not forget to look at me deeply, so that I dared not look at her. At the same time, Conan also found me, because he had a lot of questions to ask me since the beginning.

After my mother left, we returned to our room and started to clean up. The sudden incident left us no time to stay here and enjoy the holiday, so after saying goodbye to those college students, we also prepared to leave Izu and go home.

"Xun, I have something to ask you." Conan asked me when we returned to the room while Xiaolan was not around.

"The person who called me was a hireling. He's someone close to my intelligence boss. My sister is a friend I know in the organization. I just mentioned her because I happened to think of her." I ignored Conan and gave him the answer directly. I didn't need to think about it, I knew these were the things he wanted to ask.

"You are hiding something from me." Conan said somewhat displeased.

"Do I need to tell you everything about myself?" I looked at Conan with disdain. I was not in a good mood at the moment. At least I didn't want to answer any of Conan's questions. "Didn't you tell me about taking a bath with Xiaolan?" I said calmly.

"Well, that can't be helped!" Conan blushed when he heard what I said. "Wait, why do I always ignore the main point when I talk to you? How did you know that?"

"I know a lot. If I tell you everything, it'll be enough for you to find a hole to hide in for ten or eight years." I glanced at Conan. "Don't ask about my affairs in the organization. It will only bring you danger. It will not help you fight against the organization. It's better for you to know less."

"Uh. You are really..." Conan frowned. "Just treat it as gossip, how is your sister now? Can you rescue her?"

"She... eh?" I looked at Conan in surprise. "You didn't ask me for information, but wanted to know if I could rescue her?" This was beyond my imagination. I thought Conan would get angry because I didn't tell him about the organization, and then tell me not to kill anyone or have any contact with the organization, or just ask me for relevant information. I didn't expect him to...

"Please don't always think of me as a cold-blooded detective without any emotion." Conan narrowed his eyes. "Indeed, I feel very disgusted with the extremely criminal behavior of murder, but I am not an unreasonable person, otherwise I would have sent you to prison long ago."

"That's because I've become smaller and you have no evidence." I also narrowed my eyes.

"Hey, hey.. can we still have fun together?"

"Well... just kidding." After teasing Conan, I felt much better. Maybe it was because I felt his concern for me when he asked about Ling, so I slowly started talking to him, "Her name is Ling. She entered the organization at the same time as me. She is also my deputy who I brought up. I started training her when I was ten years old. We were alone for a long time. There's nothing wrong with calling her my sister. Anyway, that girl has been sticking to me since she was a child."

"So, where is she now?"

"Italy. After I recovered my memory and before I escaped, I sent her to Italy for an infiltration mission. Otherwise, I would have no way of escaping with her there."

"why?"

"Things here are too complicated. I can't explain it to you clearly. I can only say that time will reveal everything." I sighed softly.

"...Okay, tell me when you've made up your mind." Conan said seriously. "Xun, I know you still have concerns in that organization. If you don't tell me, I won't ask again. I just want you to understand that I am still the friend who trusts you. I am also your partner in the fight. That's why I want to know more about you so that we can better face the organization together."

"...Ah, I will." I nodded to Conan and turned away from him. At the same time, I was silently thinking in my heart, "It is because we are partners that I can't tell you everything, Kudo. It is because we are friends that I can't let you fall into danger. It is because we are partners that I must conceal the truth and keep you away from that black organization. After all, my plan is really... Alas..."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

The weekend trip was over, Conan and I went to school normally, and everything seemed to have returned to normal. However, Conan is worthy of being the godson of the god of death. Less than a week after going to school normally, Conan burned another person to death with the halo of the god of death. That was the director of Kurokawa Hospital, Daizo Kurokawa. However, I did not accompany my father and others to solve the case that night, but stayed at home, because I had not given any feedback to the government for such a long time, and I felt that it would be unreasonable if I did not do something. So I stayed at home because I was not feeling well, checking the task list one by one.

"Ahhh! I'm so annoyed. What the hell are these missions?" I said angrily while holding my hair with both hands while sitting on the bed. The mission list in front of me is either to assassinate a senior official, or to assassinate the leader of the black forces who are against the government, or to assassinate a famous killer. The problem is that I can't complete these missions in my current situation. It's really giving me a headache.

"There's nothing we can do, Mr. Mingya. After all, these are missions commissioned by the government, and they are all of this type. The kind of assassination you want of a single person who is not a high-ranking official is almost non-existent. Even if there is, the level will not be too high." On the other side of the mobile phone video, Ningxue smiled at me awkwardly.

"Why don't you talk to those bastards and let me be their bodyguard? For two days on the weekend? A few times?"

"This... I can try to apply for it." Ningxue smiled bitterly.

"Oh... I feel terrible after becoming smaller. If it were in the past, I could pick any of these A-level tasks, but now I can't even find an A-level task I can do." I leaned back on the bed, picked up my phone and looked at Ningxue waiting for orders.

"Ash."

"Ok?"

"Can you dance to ease the atmosphere?"

"Eh?!" Ningxue's cheeks turned slightly red. "But... my arms haven't fully recovered yet, so I may not be able to dance yet."

"Uh... I was just joking, don't take it so seriously, okay?" I was instantly embarrassed.

"Hehe, Bing, are you teasing Axue again?" A pretty face appeared in front of me on the screen of my mobile phone.

"Ah, Sister Jingliu, you're back." Looking at the people on the screen, I started to smile. "It's too boring, so I just want to lighten the atmosphere."

"Hmph~ You'll be in trouble next time you come." Jingliu raised his fist mischievously.

"Hey." I scratched my head. "Seriously, have the goods arrived?"

"Well, it's already in my hand. Do you want to see it?"

"Ah, let's take a look. It should be needed soon." I looked closely.

"Okay, wait a moment." Jingliu left the screen, and Ningxue followed him out. After a while, together with Ningyue and Ningshuang, the four of them brought seven exquisite aluminum alloy password boxes. Ningxue held one, and the rest held two. Jingliu opened the box first, and inside lay a black women's round-neck T-shirt, and in the other box was a child's black V-neck T-shirt. I asked Shoulang to make these two clothes. After so long, these two clothes were finally made.

"Wow, it looks good." I looked at the clothes on the screen and raised the corners of my mouth. "What about the effect?"

"It's OK, Mr. Mingya." Ningxue explained. "As long as it's not armor-piercing, this suit can block sniper bullets, but it won't work for impact. Pistol bullets are OK, but sniper bullets will still cause great damage. The plasma inside is the same as the suit you wore last time, it's disposable. Once it runs out, it can't be replenished."

"Well... it's enough for now. After all, I need it more for its concealment. It can save lives." I am still very satisfied with these two clothes. "What about the others?"

As she was talking, Ningxue opened the box in her hand, and a row of exquisite purple SAS daggers were quietly lying inside, five on the top and five on the bottom, a total of ten daggers. The boxes in Ningyue and Ningshuang's hands were the same fingerprint-recognized Desert Eagles that I used last time, two in each box, divided into left and right models, a total of four sets.

"Mr. Mingya, the boss said that these are the only equipment we can get in a short period of time. Because we are running low on materials for precision gun production, we can only make these four sets of equipment in a period of time." Ningxue reported.

"Ah, that's enough. There shouldn't be any big fights around me in the short term." I replied. "But I don't know when to get it. After all, I don't have a good grasp of time now." "Okay, then about the mission..."

"Let Xunji go on overseas missions. I have no chance to do overseas missions, so let them do it. A-level missions should be no problem for them. Hmm... let's go to Germany. The FBI in the United States is too troublesome, the British snipers are too powerful, the Mafia is rampant in Italy, France and South Korea have masters in charge, and places like India and the Middle East are constantly at war. They definitely don't want to go. Germany is relatively safer. Once Skinny Wolf's other industries are stable, let them run around and hone their skills. When they come back, I need to let them help me with big missions."

"Yes, I understand."

"Well... let's stop here for today. The family is back." While chatting with a few women, I heard the sound of a door opening in the office downstairs.

"Okay, then, see you in a few days, Bing~" Jingliu waved at the camera.

"Ah, have a good rest, and don't work too hard on building the island. Look at you, you have dark circles under your eyes." I felt a little distressed when I saw Jingliu looking haggard.

"No way." Jingliu said angrily. "I'll be fine tomorrow after a good night's sleep. I'm hanging up now." Jingliu hung up the video.

"This girl..." I couldn't help but smile bitterly. She was so anxious to turn off the camera, obviously because she didn't want me to see her haggard appearance. I threw the phone aside and lay down in the quilt. I was not feeling well now. If Xiaolan came in and saw me still playing with my phone, she would definitely get mad.

As expected, within a few minutes, Xiaolan came to my room to ask about my situation. After getting my affirmative answer, Xiaolan went back to her room. Conan, who had taken a shower in the bathroom, also came back to the room a few minutes later. As soon as I entered the door, I heard his words.

"Okay, Xiaolan is gone, stop pretending."

"..."

"Hey, hey... I'm talking to you. Get up quickly, I have something to tell you." Conan narrowed his eyes.

"..."

"...If you keep pretending to sleep, I will tell Ayumi that you actually have time this Saturday, but you just don't want to play with them."

"No! I pretended to be sick and got two days of rest. Please forgive me." I quickly sat up and retorted.

"You are really..." Conan looked down on me. "But why did you have to pretend to be sick today?"

"Because I don't want to listen to those boring cases. I might as well sleep at home." I scratched the back of my head and then dived into the bed again. "So, do you have anything else to say to me, great detective?"

"Hey, Xun, let me ask you a question." Conan said seriously, "Today when I was solving a case..."

"Don't tell me about the process of solving the case, just get to the point." I interrupted Conan ruthlessly.

"...Well, the one who killed Kurokawa Daizo was his maid, Nakazawa Manami. The maid's husband actually died because Mr. Daizo performed surgery on him after being drunk, which led to a failed operation. This murder case is a revenge plan. I want to ask you, what do you think about this kind of thing?"

"..."

"Hey! Why are you sleeping again!" Conan said angrily.

"Uh... No, I was just wondering, why are you asking me this?"

"Because when Manami admitted her guilt, she said she didn't regret it, but she started crying. You know, I still can't understand things like murder." Conan sat on the bed with a frown.

"Kill someone and pay with your life, owe someone money and pay them back. I don't know if you've heard this before." I said casually. "In this world, animals have an instinct, which is to protect their territory and family. In fact, humans are the same, but humans are bound by the law. All crimes must be bound by the law, but sometimes the law cannot solve the conflicts between people very well. For example, in the incident just now, a medical dispute, the husband named Manami lost his life because of the drunk doctor. Legally speaking, as the director of a hospital, suing an ordinary person, who do you think will win?"

"Eh?"

"It's obvious that it must be the dean. In a case like this, even if my mom, a lawyer with a 100% prosecution rate, were to defend Manami, it would probably be difficult for her to win. Why? Because the other party is the dean. Let me guess, Manami wanted to find someone in the hospital to help her file a complaint, but no one was willing to help, right?"

"This... is it." Conan lowered his head.

"The result is obvious. Do you remember what I said before?" I asked Conan. "The superiors use power and money to manipulate the law and enslave the inferiors. The inferiors can only watch themselves fail and are not protected by the law. After their relatives and friends are hurt, they go to extremes and the superiors are retaliated against. Isn't this exactly in line with the case you described?"

“…” After hearing what I said, Conan fell silent.

"As for whether you will regret it or not... Actually, there is no need to think about such things. In this world, everyone is the same. When their family members are hurt, sadness, anger, and hatred will immediately fill their minds. That is the instinct of being a living being." I said calmly. "The difference is that as a higher creature, humans have reason, so they created laws. However, you can't deny that everyone will have such emotions when they find out that their family members are hurt. Remember the TWO-MIX kidnapping case? When Minami was kidnapped, weren't you angry? After solving that case, weren't you relieved?"

"I..." Conan was speechless.

"You are not a saint, you cannot influence other people's thoughts, just keep your own heart. As a detective, all you can do is to make public the truth that some criminals try to hide, that's enough." Looking at Conan's thoughtful look, I shrugged lightly and lay back in the quilt. "Go to sleep, don't think too much. Just do what you think is right."

"Kaoru..." Looking at me, who was completely buried in the quilt, with only a cluster of pale gold outside, Conan's brows were somewhat solemn. He turned off the lights in the room and lay back on his own bed. "Kaoru, I want to know more about the black domain."

"...You will regret it." After a long time, I gave Conan this answer.

"No, I hope to see more so that I can be more firm in my beliefs."

"Are you shaken now?"

"No, it's just that after you came back, I began to reflect on myself. I solved so many cases, but never thought about delving into their past and motives. I want to know more, which may be able to stop many cases before they even start!"

"That's a good idea." I chuckled. "Let's go to the doctor's computer tomorrow and search for an American movie."

"what movie?"

"Batman."

"...ha?"

"I believe you will have a lot of insights after watching it." In the dark room, I opened my lavender eyes. "After that, if there is a chance, I will take you to see a black den in Japan. But you have to be prepared." At this point, my eyes became cold. "Because after going there, if necessary, I might shoot and kill people."

"What!?"

　Seeking tickets at the end of the month~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)