Chapter 177 Exploring the Darkness
Chapter 178 Exploring the Darkness

That night, Xiaolan, Kazuha and I took Hattori to the hospital. After some treatment, Hattori finally fell asleep comfortably on the hospital bed. Kazuha and Xiaolan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiaolan, thank you for today." After He Ye relaxed, he hurriedly thanked Xiaolan.

"No, this is what I should do." Xiaolan smiled. "Then let's go back first. It's getting late, and the two kids have been gone for a day. We need to let them go back and rest."

"Then I won't keep you here. I'm sorry that you had to go through this in Osaka."

"No way. We are friends, right? And we will have many opportunities to come to Osaka to play in the future." Xiaolan smiled. "Then we will go back first. Dad should have been waiting for us at the hotel for a long time." Indeed, after encountering such an incident, it was almost impossible for us to go to Tokyo tonight. So when we followed Kazuha to the hospital, Dad also went to a nearby hotel and booked two rooms. Xiaolan slept alone in one, and Conan, Dad and I squeezed into one. However, under the strong request of Conan and me, Dad opened three rooms and let Conan and I sleep alone in a smaller standard room.

"Huh... I'm so exhausted after today." After returning to the room, Conan lay down on the bed and stretched.

"Well... who told you to solve the case? Look at me, I have a lot of free time. It would be great to be a primary school student." I sat on the sofa, leaned back, and relaxed my whole body.

"By the way, you just said you would take me to see..." Conan suddenly became nervous. "What kind of place is that?"

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just go to sleep. I'll call you when the time comes." I said unhappily.

"What about you?" Conan asked.

"I'm going to take a shower, get ready, and then take a rest." I started to take off my clothes and put on a black T-shirt.

"Then let me drink coffee..." Conan's half-moon eyes.

"A little coffee helps you sleep. And you didn't drink it." I glanced at Conan. "Stop talking so much nonsense. Take the time to rest. Tonight is very busy." I ignored Conan and walked out of the room. As I walked, I took out my phone and sent a message to Ito Qingming [Two hours later, everything went according to plan.] Then I quietly walked towards the hotel's monitoring room. It has always been my habit to be watertight.

Solve the monitoring problem. I tiptoed to my dad's door and listened. He was already snoring loudly inside. I smiled dumbly, took out a wire, and gently pried open the door. I threw a pill of hypnotic gas at the door. Then I threw one in Xiaolan's room as well. After opening the door, I saw Xiaolan who was already fast asleep, and I couldn't help but smile. Xiaolan was also exhausted by today's journey. Although she was riding in a car all the way, this kind of fatigue cannot be relieved by riding in a car.

Gently closing Xiaolan's door, the preparations here are complete. Two special hypnotic gases are enough to make Dad and Xiaolan have a good sleep. So there is no need to worry that they will know about tonight's actions. Back in the room, I went into the bathroom to take a short shower. Then I lay back on the bed and found that Conan had fallen asleep on the other bed. That's right, solving a case is very brain-intensive, but in about two hours, he will have to get up again. I set the alarm clock and lay down. A short rest to prepare for the fierce battle in two hours.

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

Didi, beep, beep.

At 1:30 in the morning, the alarm clock rang. In the dark room, my lavender eyes suddenly opened. I took a deep breath and entered a state of preparation!
"Hmm... what time is it?" Conan was woken up by the alarm clock on the bed next to me. He rubbed his eyes and asked me the time.

"It's 1:30, you have 30 minutes to wake up. We'll set off on time at 2 o'clock." I turned on the spotlight on the bedside. At the same time, a slightly cold voice reached Conan's ears.

Feeling the coldness in my tone, Conan couldn't help but frown. After adapting to the light on my side, Conan looked at me intently. The scene he saw only took a moment, but it made him feel fear and disgust. Next to him, on Xun's bed, there were seven silver pistols. And Xun was holding one in his hand. Looking at his movements, it seemed that he was checking if there was any problem with his gun. Disassembly, inspection, assembly, loading, pulling the bolt, raising his hand to aim. Then he put away the gun and replaced it with the next one. The time taken during this period was definitely no more than two minutes. The speed was so fast that Conan was shocked.

On Xun's left hand side were six purple daggers emitting a cold aura, neatly arranged. On the right hand side were several grenades, and judging from the colors, there should be two flash bombs and two smoke bombs. A whole bed of equipment was laid out in front of him unscrupulously, and Conan instantly understood that Xun would definitely kill someone tonight.

"Xun, if you want to kill someone, I will never go!" Conan glared at me.

"That's not up to you or me." I pulled the bolt and gave Conan a cold look. "It depends on the situation at the scene. I'm just prepared for emergencies." The cold words made Conan shudder. Before he could speak again, I continued. "Go wash your face and change into this outfit. Don't wear glasses, wear this." As I said this, I threw him a hoodie that I had taken out of the necklace a long time ago, and a mask that could cover his entire face.

"Xiao Xun, what are you doing..." Conan was puzzled.

"If you are exposed, I will have no choice but to kill everyone there." Without giving Conan a chance to speak, I pushed Conan back with a strong word.

"..." Conan was silent, even shocked. Because he had never seen Xun like this. The once gentle eyes now revealed endless coldness, even a little scary. He had never seen him concentrate every bit of his energy so much. Conan believed that if someone broke into this room now, Xun would definitely pull the trigger of the pistol and shoot a bullet into the intruder's forehead or heart! No matter who this person is!
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pack up, get ready to go." I looked at Conan who was dumbfounded and said unhappily. "You get ready, I'll go down first, see you at the door later." Ignoring Conan, I walked out of the room first.

Looking at the clothes in his hand, Conan's eyes flickered with confusion. He knew that the Kaoru he had just seen was the Kaoru in the dark, but that was not complete. It was only the tip of the iceberg of Kaoru. In order to be able to see Kaoru clearly, he made a choice. After taking a deep breath, Conan took off his glasses. He put on the hoodie I prepared for him. At the same time, he put on a mask. Then he walked out of the room and came to the front desk. Conan found that the two front desk staff of the hotel had fallen asleep. This must be Kaoru's masterpiece. Walking out of the hotel, waiting in front of Conan was a luxury sports car.

"Get in the car." I said without any emotion in the driver's seat.

"...Is this car yours?"

"Yes."

"When did it start?"

"It was delivered today."

"..." Conan was speechless, but he didn't ask any more questions because he knew I wouldn't tell the truth.

We didn't talk much along the way. We soon arrived at the entrance of the Langhua Bar and parked the car. Conan and I walked towards the bar. Near the bar, I glanced at the street across the street. Sure enough, there was a police car there, and the person in the car was Ito Qingming who had agreed to appear with me. I nodded slightly in her direction, and then I walked into the bar with Conan.

Before entering the bar, I put on the silver mask that I hadn't taken out for a long time. I also put on a black hat. This is the hat that the organization once gave me, but I never wore it once, but now I use it here. This makes me want to laugh at myself. No one has the intention to stop us when we pass through the bar. After all, those who can sit here and drink at this time are basically not good people. Except for two or three tables of office workers who are entertaining, the rest of the single seats are looking at our position. Some are ordinary people who come here to drink to vent their pressure. And some look at us with a bit of unkindness. But they can't threaten me.

Ignoring the people here, I walked straight to the VIP room behind the bar. When I reached the door, a very bloated man blocked our way.

"Little... little kids, this is not the place for you, go home." This fat guy was obviously a sumo wrestler. The oversized suit on his body could not hold back the fat on his body. He was about to say something mean to us, but he slowed down his tone after seeing my murderous look.

Without answering him, I threw him a sniper bullet and a ten thousand yuan bill. After receiving these two things, the man immediately became respectful.

"Excuse me, sir, please!" As he spoke, he opened the door of the VIP room and bowed slightly to make way for us. We walked into the room. There was only a woman in kimono inside. She was slightly surprised to see us come in, but she was not flustered, and her professional smile was still on her face.

"Gentlemen, where are you going?"

"Hand in the task." I said lightly.

"Eh? But, you two should be new faces, right? I don't know what the so-called mission is..."

"Do you want to die?" I turned my wrist and a dagger flashing with purple light appeared in my hand.

"No, sir, please forgive me, this is my duty." The woman was not afraid, but continued to smile. "It is my fault, please." With an apologetic bow, the woman pulled a book from a bookcase in the private room and took out a book. After opening it, it turned out to be a combination lock. After pressing a series of passwords, the bookcase opened to the left and right, and a secret passage appeared in front of us.

Under the mask, I could feel that Conan's eyes were as wide as they could be, but I didn't give him too much time to be surprised. Instead, I pulled him towards the secret passage.

I followed the woman to the end of the secret passage, where there was a huge steel door. After I pressed the password again, the door opened, and a rotten smell immediately filled my nostrils.

"Gentlemen, please. The exchange is on the third floor underground. Please excuse me." Without saying anything more, the woman left the secret passage, leaving us alone to face the scenery in front of us.

"Are you surprised?" I looked at Conan with a hint of teasing.

"It's still within my tolerance range." Conan said calmly under the mask.

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows and said jokingly, "Then shut your big mouth and keep moving forward."

"..."

Continue forward, this place is just as Ito investigated. The first floor is a KTV. But unlike the mass-market on the ground, the private rooms here provide special services, and of course they will not object to the guests taking drugs here. They even sell these things. The princesses in the private rooms inside are wearing very simple clothes and chatting with the guests. Some restricted scenes can be seen everywhere. This made Conan frown.

We continued walking forward, and the entire underground floor was very wide. We were going to the third underground floor. Although there was an elevator where we came in, I did not choose to take it, but took Conan all the way down to let him see more things.

The second underground floor is a room where special professionals work. For example, when the guests above are tired of playing, they will bring the girls they choose to continue their entertainment here. Of course, there are not only these so-called special professionals, but also many drug addicts who choose to take drugs here. Of course, this should also be a place for Akano Yuichi's men to rest. One is for convenience, and the other is for the security here, to avoid trouble.

"How is it, what do you think of the journey here, great detective?" After passing through the entire second floor, we found the stairs leading to the third underground floor. Standing at the door, I suddenly stopped and asked Conan about his current situation.

"...Why is there no one here to take care of this kind of place?" Conan clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth. "The evidence is clearly here. Why don't the police come to investigate here!"

"You're asking me?" I was amused by Conan's words. "How do you think this place got established? If it weren't for your police officer friends' support, do you think they could have grown to this point?"

"You!" Conan glared at me.

"Heh, there are ways to wipe out this place in one fell swoop. As long as you can bypass all channels and report directly to the relevant government personnel, they will be able to order a blockade of this place for investigation." I said coldly. "But once you do this, the first person to die should be you. Then the people here. Moreover, with their intelligence speed, it is estimated that before the police arrive, this place will be cleaned up and the KTV will become a formal place. This place will only become a formal place for sex. For them, business licenses are like ID cards. Every manager can take out one. As for those illegal things, there should be nothing left."

"We can't just let them do whatever they want!" Conan yelled at me. "How many families and lives will be destroyed by what's happening here!"

"...Then call the police and see how they handle it."

"You!" Conan dared not speak. In fact, even he himself knew that with his ability, he was completely powerless to deal with this cancer.

We walked to the third floor underground and faced a wooden door, which seemed to be the wooden door unique to bars in Europe. I paused for a moment before standing in front of the door. Then I turned to Conan.

"... Continue?" I gave Conan some time to think. I was silent for a moment before continuing. "Next, it's a completely dark world. There, human life is the least valuable."

"...I'm going!"

"Let's go." I said nothing more and reached out to push open the wooden door. In an instant, the smell of blood and alcohol hit me in the face.

(End of this chapter)