Chapter 431

Conan Edogawa asked anxiously, "How could you have almost died?"

"Bombs and the like are quite common in Japan, so there's no need to worry too much," said Usui Saiki casually. "I can't be sure if they were after me, but I spotted them and avoided them."

"Did they call the police? How come I didn't know anything about this?"

Usoba Saiki patted Edogawa Conan's head: "You didn't know you almost died. If you did know, you would definitely investigate further, and by then the body would be cold."

Conan Edogawa: "...I'm not that easy to die, am I?"

Usoya Saiki said, "How about this, if you can stay out of the incident for a month, I'll tell you the details?"

He said this because he knew that Conan Edogawa could not possibly meet the conditions, which is why Usaku Saiki made such reckless promises.

Conan Edogawa looked pained: "Usui-nii, I'm a detective!"

How could a detective possibly ignore a case? If he were to investigate, he would naturally be drawn into all sorts of dangers, and he had no confidence in agreeing to that.

Bo Ye Zaiji sighed: "Then don't blame me for not telling you anything. You know I've never approved of you continuing to investigate that Black Organization... By the way, what's the name of this organization? You haven't been investigating for so long and still haven't figured that out?"

Conan Edogawa: "..."

I'm sorry! He really doesn't know! He only knows that their code names are all related to alcohol and that they like to wear black clothes!

He even gave himself the codename "Black Organization"!

Seeing that Conan Edogawa was speechless, Usoppei patted his head with pity: "Alright, stop messing around all day. Yukiko-neechan will be very worried."

Conan Edogawa froze, finally realizing something from those words: "Wait, you didn't tell my mom about this, did you?"

Usakabe Saiki said matter-of-factly, "Of course I told you! I said you were sniped and are in the hospital now... Otherwise, why would I come all the way to the hospital? I want to take a picture of you right now to show Yukiko-neechan so she can rest assured. Stand still and let me take a picture."

Conan Edogawa: "...!!!"

He wondered why Brother Bo Ye, who was actually a bit lazy, would suddenly make a special trip to tell him all this nonsense. It turned out to be the follow-up to his tattling!

His phone was dead and was charging in his hospital room. Since it was on silent, he probably missed Yukiko Kudo's call...

"Yukiko-neechan also said that I should give you more advice so that you won't be so reckless anymore."

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

Conan Edogawa: "...Usui-kun, did you really almost die?"

When you consider the context, it seems like something was made up to complete a task!

Conan Edogawa begins to seriously doubt Saiki Usaku's motives.

Usoppei stroked his chin and pondered for a few seconds: "Well, it's probably still a bit far from death, but that's all thanks to my brilliant and timely discovery..."

Conan Edogawa: "…………"

He no longer wanted to trust Brother Bo Ye...

Usaku Saiki said without any embarrassment, "Anyway, Sera Masumi almost died to save you, so you should learn your lesson. Yukiko-neechan's goal has been achieved, so I won't say anything more."

Conan Edogawa just wanted to retort, "Is this what you call not saying much?!"

But since he was in the wrong, he held back.

Usaku Saiki took a picture of Conan Edogawa and sent it to Yukiko Kudo, then casually asked, "So how's the case you're working on? How did you figure out the culprit would do it there?"

"It wasn't exactly something we expected. Sera and I both thought the culprit was waiting at Asakusa Station, but on the way there, we noticed a car parked on the bridge, which seemed strange, and that's when we guessed that the culprit planned to make his move there."

Usakabe Saiki blinked: "When did you and Sera become so close? Speaking of which, when you were kidnapped last time, she even chased after you on her motorcycle... I don't think you should treat an elementary school student like that. Have you given yourself away again?"

Conan Edogawa said with difficulty, "...No, I don't think so."

Bo Yezhai understood: "That means she guessed your identity, but you didn't admit it."

Conan Edogawa firmly replied, "Anyway, I will be careful with Sera."

Bo Yezaki said indifferently, "Whatever, but what are you two kids doing here? Can't you just leave this to the police? You already have Han Chuan Shenliu, and you still went to risk your life."

Conan Edogawa asked with some doubt, "Usui-san, you seem to trust Mr. Kankawa quite a bit..."

"After all, he's such a smart and capable person, why can't we trust him?"

Conan Edogawa: "………………"

That's true, but it sounds strange coming from Brother Bo Ye.

I don't think I've ever seen Brother Bo praise anyone like this before. I always felt that, given Brother Bo's personality, he wasn't the type to praise others so generously...

"Bo Ye, are you very familiar with Mr. Han Chuan?" Conan Edogawa asked in confusion.

Although he had heard Usaku Saiki mention Samikawa Shinryu before, he only thought that since they were both in Tokyo, Samikawa Shinryu was actually quite high-profile in some ways, and Usaku Saiki was also a bit prone to getting into trouble and always running into cases, it was not surprising that the two knew each other.

But Bo Ye's attitude now seems to indicate that this isn't just a casual acquaintance!

Bo Yezaki said quietly, "You know what? My childhood dream was to be a detective. I would solve cases that the police couldn't, I would slap the police in the face, I would give them a hard time, and the police would have to beg me..."

Conan Edogawa was speechless for a few seconds: "...Do you have some deep-seated grudge against the police?"

What kind of chuunibyou is this?! You're dreaming!

"Hey, that was when I was a kid, just some random reasons." Usakabe Saiki waved his hand. "I'm a grown-up now."

Conan Edogawa gave up trying to understand: "So, your sign of maturity is that you don't even want to be a detective anymore...?"

Children do indeed have a lot of strange ideas.

However, Bo Ye has found the reason why he treats Mr. Han Chuan differently—it's probably because he feels that Mr. Han Chuan has fulfilled his childhood dream.

Conan Edogawa's assessment of this is: "It seems that Usopp's chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) can still be cured."

"Anyway, leave this to the police. Just shut up, you hear me?" Usakabe warned. "I have to go now. Calm down and stop thinking about avenging Sera and finding the culprit, you hear me?"

Conan Edogawa pursed his lips and nodded with great reluctance.

We can't be too impulsive. He did remember it, but we definitely can't stop him from solving the case. He can't eat anything until he figured out what the dice the criminal placed at each sniping location meant.

Usoya Saiki left just like that.

He originally came here to complain to Yukiko Kudo, but Yukiko was getting anxious because she couldn't get through to him on the phone. He kindly came to check on her, and now that his mission is complete, he has other things to do.

Sigh, he doesn't dislike acts of heroism, but he dislikes almost getting himself killed while doing so. It reminds him of some uncomfortable things, so even though he knows it's useless, he still couldn't help but say a little more.

When it really comes down to saving someone, Conan Edogawa probably wouldn't care about his own life...

Usakabe Saiki casually switched his alias, turned on his phone, and immediately received a call from Inspector Megure.

"Kankawa-kun! You finally answered the phone!"

Inspector Megure's tone was practically tearful with joy: "There's new information! Our men have successfully located Mr. Murphy. The bullet didn't kill him on the spot, and he's been revived. Also, the dice the criminal placed at the sniping location this time didn't roll a 1 as we expected, but a five!"

Previously, after each sniping operation in Japan, the criminal would leave a bullet and a die at the sniping location.

In the first three attacks, the numbers shown on the face-up side of the dice were four, three, and two, respectively.

After analyzing the situation, everyone felt that it might be a countdown. After killing Mr. Murphy, the number one would likely be left at the scene, indicating that there was still one person left to kill.

This time, surprisingly, five was left!

When the news from the scene was relayed back to the task force, everyone was stunned.

People even discussed whether the dice rolled because of the wind, or whether they were knocked over by the vibrations from vehicles passing by on the bridge.

However, the bullets standing nearby did not fall, indicating that the environment here was very peaceful before they were discovered, and the dice had not been moved.

Han Chuan Shenliu replied calmly, "Is that so... I understand."

Inspector Megure had a bad feeling from that tone: "Wait, what do you know?"

Hanchuan Shenliu refused to answer.

"It's nothing, I'm going to find the criminal now, talk to you later."

Inspector Megure, hearing the phone hang up, exclaimed, "??? Kagawa-kun?! No way!"

As soon as Kenji Hagiwara entered, he heard Inspector Megure's scream, which startled him so much that he quickly ran over: "Inspector? What happened to Fukami?"

Inspector Megure looked utterly miserable: "He said he knows, and he's going to find the culprit."

As he spoke, he dialed the number back, but the call was disconnected before the call was even answered.

This means they don't want to talk.

Inspector Megure, sweating profusely, said, "Hagiwara-kun, although the criminal is also a foreigner this time, it's different from the Pramia case. You can't let Samikawa-kun go too far. This criminal is someone the FBI wants! We can't take matters into our own hands and carry out vigilante justice!"

Kenji Hagiwara was momentarily silent after hearing Inspector Megure's choice of words, then reminded him, "Inspector, Fukami didn't commit vigilante justice... He just encountered some unavoidable conflicts during the arrest due to the criminal's lack of cooperation."

Inspector Megure suddenly realized what he was saying and quickly corrected himself: "Yes, it was an unavoidable conflict, there was no vigilante justice."

Kenji Hagiwara understood that since this was an international collaboration, things couldn't go too far, so he said, "I'll go and try to persuade him."

When Han Chuan Shenliu really wanted to play dead, he wouldn't answer anyone's call, and he was no exception... Hopefully, this time he can be given an exception.

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In the Conan anime, people are constantly saying "I understand!" and the comments are all saying, "You understand now? What do you understand?"... Even Inspector Megure should suffer this kind of treatment!

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Inspector Megure: No vigilante justice!

Hagiwara: Inspector, watch your words!