Chapter 402

By the time Amuro appeared, the conversation between Usui and Conan Edogawa had already strayed far from the topic.

Conan Edogawa can be reckless at times, but he is more cautious most of the time. In front of Tooru Amuro, whose identity is questionable, he will not talk about sensitive topics, so he will talk about everyday things.

Amuro Tooru overheard them talking about a guy named "Hattori Heiji".

“Heiji invited me to Osaka,” Saiki Usaba said. “He even complained that he’s only agreed to go once in ten invitations over the years…”

Conan Edogawa's lips twitched. This complaint sounded all too familiar, and he couldn't help but feel indignant for Heiji Hattori: "Aren't you the same way?"

Bo Yezaki: "Of course not. He invited me six or seven years ago, at least dozens of times if not a hundred, right? I only agreed once. How can he be a detective if he's so careless?"

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

Toru Amuro: "…………"

The two fell silent upon hearing this, somewhat shocked by the way Usaku Saiki was finding fault with others.

Conan Edogawa felt that Heiji Hattori had it really tough. People really need to make comparisons. Now that he compared them, he realized that Usopp had been really good to him.

Amuro Tooru was reminiscing about Hattori Heiji.

In Amuro Tooru's mind, Hattori Heiji was actually a pitiful person.

When he was still in elementary school, he unfortunately made a fool of himself in front of the organization—the reason was that Usuoba Saiki was late for an organization meeting, and when someone questioned him, he took out a photo of himself with Hattori Heiji and asked the other person how they knew that he had just been with the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief...

Who asked you!

However, Hattori Heiji was just an elementary school student at the time and was not taken seriously by the organization. In addition, it was Usuo Saiki who caused this mess, so the matter was left unresolved.

The police also secretly monitored them for several months, and since they didn't see any suspected members of the organization contacting the Hattori family again, they were relieved.

When he went to Osaka last time, he heard about Hattori Heiji's reputation and felt that the kid was doing quite well on the path of justice.

Hattori Heiji's contact with Usuiba Saiki was somewhat expected by Amuro Tooru, but he truly didn't anticipate their relationship reaching this level... constantly inviting Usuiba Saiki to Osaka... what was he thinking...?

Could it be that Usakabe Saiki actually wears two different faces in front of those in the organization compared to when he's with everyone else?

He's an undercover agent! A colleague of Usakata Saiki's adoptive father! Doesn't he deserve better treatment?!

It's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality. When Conan Edogawa felt he was being treated well, Tooru Amuro felt like he'd been stabbed in the heart.

Conan Edogawa continued the conversation, asking, "So, you're planning to wait until... Heiji invites you dozens more times before you agree?"

That was close! I almost forgot Amuro Tooru was still there! It would have been terrible if he'd let it slip!

“Not really.” Usakata Saiki sighed. “I just feel that… it’s a bit of a waste to go all the way to Osaka just to see him. I’m the type of person who always has to do several things at once when I go out.”

Conan Edogawa's lips twitched: "So, why did you come out this time...?"

Usaku Saiki gestured with his chin towards Amuro Tooru, who was still diligently making sandwiches: "Try the sandwich, I'll chat with you, and then I'll go talk to the others... But the main thing is to take out the trash, that's why I'm going out."

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

So you only came to see him to throw away the trash?!

Amuro Tooru accidentally squeezed out a little too much salad dressing, and his thoughts were completely different from those of Edogawa Conan.

What does this mean? Is Usakabe Saiki trying to get him to do cleaning?

He's really inconvenient right now! Going to clean for Potts without any reason... would arouse suspicion from the rest of the organization!

This reasoning is unlikely to convince Usui Saiki. Amuro Tooru can already imagine that Usui Saiki would confidently reply with something like, "What do you suspect? Do you have something on me? Don't you?"

The problem is that the two people who regularly help with cleaning, if they have high emotional intelligence, don't have a good reputation within the organization, and if they have low emotional intelligence, they are the kind of people the organization wants to get rid of. Now that he's going to replace them, he's always worried that Vodka, who is increasingly embracing metaphysics, will say something strange.

We still need to get Usoppō Saiki to find a pretext for this.

Amuro Tooru may have resisted, but he still had to do it... After all, he had already agreed, and... cough, he also hoped to improve Usaku Saiki's favorability, so that Usaku Saiki might help him out if something happened.

Regardless of whether you believe in Bo Ye Zhai Ji or not, what if he does!

While chatting with Conan Edogawa, Usaku Saiki shared a sandwich with him before leaving Poirot Cafe with the remaining nine sandwiches he had packed.

He opened the "Universal Navigation" app, followed the trail, and knocked on the door of one of the organization's bases.

"Vodka, open the door! Stop playing dead, I know you're here!"

Vodka, looking pale and sickly, opened the door: "How did you know? Who leaked the information?"

"Guess." Bo Yezhai walked in with a swagger.

Vodka indicated that he wouldn't guess.

Given how well Usaku Saiki was treated... it would have been awkward to find out he was the Boss in the end.

So Vodka smoothly changed the subject: "What are you carrying?"

"sandwich!"

Bo Yezaki placed the bag he was carrying on the table and called out to everyone present, "Come and have a taste! Everyone, have a taste!"

“What’s so great about sandwiches…” Vodka muttered as he walked over, giving the takeout box a cautious look. “I’m not hungry.”

Usoya Saiki smiled: "You have to eat it even if you're not hungry, this sandwich won't taste good if you leave it any longer!"

Seeing Usui Saiki's attitude, Vodka became even more resistant—was this sandwich some kind of weird, culinary disaster?!

But the other two people present didn't quite understand Vodka's feelings.

Chianti casually sat down and started unpacking: "I'm actually hungry, thanks Potneys... Where's Cohen?"

Cohen said, "I'm hungry too."

Chianti then completely unpacked everything.

Usakabe asked with a smile, "You and Gin have made up?"

Chianti pouted: "What reconciliation? I'm not like Gin, who likes to act on his whims. If I don't like him, I'll just say it, but I'll still complete the mission... But Gin is different."

Usoppei nodded understandingly: "Indeed, you see, after Gin kicked you out because of personal grudges, he started contacting Scotland more often, and it turns out Scotland was an undercover agent... I guess he's planning to pin all the blame for the mission failure on Scotland!"

Vodka was furious but dared not speak out.

When my older brother went on missions with Scotland, he didn't fail that many times...

It's only when I encounter Sulli that I'm guaranteed to have an accident; the rest of the time, I have a normal completion rate!

Thankfully, my older brother isn't here. These are all negative comments, and he can't listen to them!

Chianti had already opened the takeout box, and Usoppon Saiki enthusiastically shared it with the few people present.

He held the vodka in his hand, hesitant to take a sip, waiting for Chianti and Cohen's opinions.

Chianti took a bite and said, "Hey, this sandwich is pretty good."

Vodka wanted to ask if it was because he was too hungry, but he didn't dare to, because Usoppai was staring intently at him.

Why aren't you eating?

Vodka reluctantly took a small bite, paused for a moment, and then realized that the taste was actually quite good.

Usoya Saiki looked at him with sparkling eyes: "Guess who did this?"

Looking at Usakabe Saiki's expression, Vodka felt a strong sense of déjà vu and cautiously probed, "Did you do this?"

No way... Is Usui Saiki really that kind and virtuous? Making sandwiches to share with her colleagues?

Vodka couldn't help but wonder if he was dreaming.

Usoya Saiki: "What are you dreaming about? You want me to make sandwiches for you? Don't eat them all, leave me one, I'm not full."

This group of people were really hungry, and they had big appetites. One sandwich wasn't enough to fill them up; they needed at least two sandwiches each. He had to tell them in advance so there would be some left over.

Vodka was speechless: "Then why did you ask! If you didn't do it, what difference does it make who did it?"

"This was made by Bourbon."

Vodka exclaimed "Ah!" somewhat shocked that Bourbon would buy sandwiches wholesale, but he felt it was much more acceptable than having Usoppei Saiki personally make sandwiches and deliver them: "So?"

“I want Bourbon to be my cook,” Bo Yezai asked, stroking his chin. “You’re fairly familiar with Bourbon, aren’t you? Does he owe you any favors?”

Vodka: "...??? Can't you just tell the Boss directly?"

"There's no need to make a scene in front of the Boss. We can handle this kind of thing privately. How did you convince Scotland back then? Did you have some leverage over him?"

“…No.” Vodka said blankly, “I just owe him a few favors…but it seems I don’t have to pay them back now.”

Wait, thinking about it this way, he actually made a profit!

Bo Yezaki gave him a suggestion: "Here's what you do, call Bourbon in a bit and tell him that you have something on him. If he doesn't want anyone to know, he should go and clean and cook for me."

"...What kind of leverage?" Vodka asked. "You don't mean he's an undercover agent too, do you?"

Vodka had begun to have doubts, after all, Bo Ye Saiki had indeed said that Bourbon was an undercover agent, and if the undercover agents he identified were all true, then Bourbon himself was indeed a suspect.

But Usoppei sighed, "That trick won't work on him, he's immune! That's why I wanted you to find some leverage to threaten him."

Vodka thought to himself, it seems that Bourbon is an undercover agent in the exhaustive search method, not in the one that Usoya Saiki intuitively pointed out.

"Isn't Bourbon gathering intelligence right now? I saw him working at a restaurant and ordered some food... It seems like he didn't cook for me properly before! If I let him work at my house again and he does the same thing as before, I won't let him get away with it!"

Vodka pieced together the situation fairly well.

Usoppei Saiki discovered that Bourbon was working at a restaurant, and after tasting the food, he was amazed and realized that Bourbon had been fooling him all along. Coincidentally, Scotland, the undercover agent, had run away, and Usoppei Saiki was now left without anyone to clean and cook, so he set his sights on Bourbon…

Vodka, adhering to the idea of ​​"better to die than to die myself," offered advice to Bo Yezaki.

“He has no leverage, but you can create it! Just like how you dealt with your older brother! Tell Bourbon you won’t cook or clean for him, and you’ll make his mission fail…”

Before Usoppai could speak, Chianti objected: "What do you mean by how Potentis dealt with Gin before... Gin's problem was his own lack of skill! Even though he wasn't an undercover agent, he did almost the same job! How can you blame Potentis?"

“Exactly!” Saiki Usopp gave Chianti an approving look, then said to Vodka, “Gin is no good, that’s all. Stop making excuses all the time. Let him improve himself, so he doesn’t get laid off later!”

Vodka became withdrawn.

Usui Saiki sent an email to Amuro Tooru: [It's all settled. You can come anytime.]

He couldn't resist after eating the sandwich today. Sigh, it feels like Amuro Tooru's cooking skills have really improved over the years. He probably learned a lot from Morofushi Keigo... He was tired of takeout and wanted to try something different.

Amuro Tooru: 【...? What did you do?】

Did they approach the Boss directly to ask for him, or did they simply negotiate with Rum? Wouldn't that make him a suspect?

Bo Yezaki replied enigmatically: 【Vodka will put in a good word for you.】

Amuro Tooru's mind was filled with questions.

Why would vodka speak well of him?! What exactly did Usakabe Saiki do?!

He'll ask around and then go check on Usakata in a couple of days. He feels that if he doesn't go soon, Usakata will cause something big.

Let's set a time. When should I go?

Usui Saiki: [I'm going to Osaka in a while, no one will be home then, feel free to do as you please.]

Amuro Tooru didn't pay much attention, thinking that Usaku Saiki had simply finally agreed to meet Hattori Heiji.

A few days later, Amuro Tooru obtained information from Mouri Ran.

"Huh? Bo Ye-kun is going to Osaka by airship? Doesn't he always have several purposes when he goes out... Wait, airship..."

Amuro Tooru's gaze fell on today's newspaper headline.

...The Suzuki Foundation's advisor challenges Kaito Kid with a jewel called "The Lady of the Sky," on an airship, with Osaka as the destination.

Ran Mouri laughed and said, "Yeah, Usopp came with us on the Suzuki Group's airship. He said he wanted to see Kaito Kid and also visit some friends in Osaka along the way."

Toru Amuro: "…………"

So, Hattori Heiji was just passing by, right?

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This chapter is almost 4,000 words long, ugh, what am I going to do about my sleep schedule?

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Just how delicious is Amuro Tooru's cooking?!

I could tolerate the thin leaves before, but after eating the latest version, I can't stand it anymore.

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Vodka: You're treating Bourbon the same way you treated my older brother!

Chianti: Gin's problem is that he's not good enough!