Chapter 51 Curaçao, Who Randomly Chooses Colors [VIP]

"Does your sister really not remember?" Ayumi asked with a hint of worry. "It's okay, sister. You'll be safe with us. We're the Junior Detective Club!"

"Mm." Looking at the child's innocent and gentle expression, the silver-haired girl nodded.

Led by the children, Curaçao began to try every kind of joy she had rarely experienced or had never enjoyed carefree before.

Cheng sat on a park bench, silently watching the distance, waiting for the right opportunity to approach Curaçao. Suddenly, he thought he should call Yuichi out too, so he could play with the other children and stop Yuichi from always staying in his room reading and turning into a bookworm.

Thinking of Yuichi, Cheng You immediately took out his phone and sent a message to the organization's leader, Takeda Ryosuke: "List out all the current strongholds of your organization."

As the new boss of the organization, he must be thoroughly familiar with the properties and assets of his own base. Once Takeda Ryosuke sends the information, Cheng You can choose a suitable location for Yuichi to convert into a laboratory.

On the other side, facing those familiar eyes, Amuro Tooru forcibly pulled himself out of his memories, but for a moment he was still dazed, and for a moment he thought of a strange phone number that contacted him three years ago. At that time, the organization's testing process had just ended, and he could report the news of Morofushi Kagemitsu's death to the Public Security Bureau. The strange number said that his childhood friend was still alive and that he would come back in three years.

At that time, Furuya Rei hesitated and couldn't believe it. What a joke! He had personally watched the corpse slide down the wall, leaving bloodstains, as the bullet pierced its chest, before finally collapsing to the ground.

But in truth, Furuya Rei had a sliver of hope. What if there really was some conspiracy he didn't know about? What if Hiro hadn't told him about his plans because he was afraid of being implicated?

But Amuro Tooru wouldn't believe it. A resurrection? Impossible! All he wanted now was to wipe out this vile black-clad organization.

If it weren't for the investigation into Yuichi's matter, upon encountering this blue cat-eyed creature with an expression so similar to Yuichi's, Amuro Tooru's first thought might have been that Cheng You was sent by the organization to test him again? But there's no reason for that. So many years have passed. It's also possible that the undercover police officer has uncovered some information detrimental to him.

Amuro Tooru is currently unsure of Cheng You's identity. He claims Cheng You is from the Black Organization, yet Vermouth, a close confidante of the organization's boss, is investigating him. If Cheng You isn't a member of the Black Organization, how did he survive Vermouth's probing?

Amuro Tooru snapped out of his daze. The person in the dessert shop across the street was still smiling at him. He ignored her, opened the shop door, and went inside to tidy up.

Morofushi Kagemitsu sighed helplessly. Judging from Furuya Rei's eyes just now, he couldn't tell what kind of doubts and schemes he had gone through. His hesitation only lasted for a moment when they met eyes.

He did want to rush up and hug Rei Furuya, then explain, "I'm Hiro!", but... what if Rei Furuya got startled and punched Morofushi Kagemitsu aside...?

This can't be rushed; we need to take it slowly.

Speaking of which, the peaceful and idyllic life of running a shop is exactly what Morofushi Kagemitsu has always wanted to experience with Furuya Rei. In this place, there is a constant flow of quiet, liveliness, and noise. Occasionally, he can see Furuya Rei's busy profile through the glass window of the dessert shop, which makes Morofushi Kagemitsu feel very comfortable.

Around nine o'clock, a somewhat melancholy-looking boy with long, black hair led Yuichi to the dessert shop: "Is this the shop?"

Yu nodded and saw Morofushi Kagemitsu through the window: "Yes, Midorikawa-nii is inside."

Yagami Kamisama nodded and entered the shop, smiling and nodding at Morofushi Kagemitsu.

After the shop had been open for a while, Morofushi Hiromitsu noticed that Amuro Tooru from the shop across the street seemed to have taken a phone call and left, and his expression wasn't very good.

"..." Morofushi Kagemitsu recalled the explosion that occurred on the Beika Town overpass yesterday; it didn't seem like a simple incident. After thinking for a moment, he decided to follow them to take a look. Even if he was discovered, it wouldn't matter; he could use his new identity to infiltrate Zero's circle and investigate slowly once Zero felt comfortable with the situation.

The dessert shop's business was so-so. Morofushi Kagemitsu had prepared some desserts in advance, and Yuichi and Yagami Kamizan both recognized them, so leaving for a while wouldn't cause any problems.

Thinking this, Morofushi Kagemitsu picked up his coat from the chair at the front desk and said to Yagami, "Cheng Youyou needs to see me. I'm going out for a bit."

"Oh." Yagami Kamisama sat in a shady corner playing on his phone, seemingly unconcerned about the matter.

Yuichi thought for a moment and didn't chase after them. He did want to go find Brother Cheng You with Brother Lüchuan, but Brother Lüchuan's words might just be an excuse. He didn't know what Brother Lüchuan was going to do.

For some reason, Yuuichi felt uneasy. He took out his phone and looked at his chat with Cheng You: [Yuuichi: Brother Cheng You, where are you? Be careful.]

Regardless, it's best to be cautious if you have this feeling, because it would be terrible to accidentally lose someone.

Cheng You had already met with the Junior Detective League kids. The main thing was that when Conan was about to take a picture of Curaçao to hand over to the police, he quickly stepped forward to block Conan's phone camera. He smiled and said, "Oh my god, what a coincidence!" He spoke to Conan and the others first.

He then turned to Curaçao: "Miss, I never expected to run into you again! What a coincidence!"

Not only was Curaçao completely bewildered, but the Detective Boys were also confused. They'd just said they'd help this older sister find someone she knew, and now this happened?

Curaçao shook her head: "Sorry, I don't know you."

It's fine if you don't know them. But I can pretend I do.

Cheng smiled helplessly: "How could that be, sister? We were drinking together just last night~" He wanted to leave information that would arouse Curaçao's suspicion. When Curaçao regained her memory and remembered his deliberate approach, she might come to talk to him.

"Really?" Curaçao blinked, seemingly starting to believe it.

“Yes, back then you even had all sorts of semi-transparent cards in various colors!” Cheng You said.

Curaçao did indeed have several semi-transparent cards of various colors on her, so she trusted Cheng You's words more, and even her expression when facing Cheng You was less tense.

Conan and Ai Haibara were always suspicious of Cheng You's sudden appearance, especially since he came without bringing Yuichi. What made them most suspicious was that Cheng You claimed to know this silver-haired woman.

However, Cheng You didn't intend to hide it from them; she simply pointed to the shooting range nearby and said, "Why don't you take this lady to try that?"

The three children nodded excitedly and pulled Curaçao toward that place.

Only Cheng You, Conan, and Ai Haibara remained.

Conan dropped the pretense; the person in front of him was practically a partner to him: "You really know her?"

“We don’t really know each other.” Cheng You shrugged. “Don’t let this involve the Metropolitan Police Department. Someone broke into the police department last night and stole a list of international spies. Many organizations may be implicated.”

"So?" Conan vaguely understood. After all, the overpass explosion last night was quite a big deal. He had some suspicions when he saw the silver-haired woman. The glass shards next to her were from the windshield after the explosion, so she was definitely involved in the explosion.

Cheng You smirked mischievously: "Hehe, that's why I need to turn her against me and make her work for me."

"Do you know who she is?" Ai Haibara said casually, not particularly interested in such matters.

"Of course I know~ It's the Black Organization~ Curaçao," Cheng said casually.

Conan and Ai Haibara were shocked.

Conan pondered, "Then does she know a lot of the undercover agent lists?"

“That’s easy,” Cheng You pointed to the Curaçao phone in Conan’s hand. “Just restore the phone and send a message. This is yours, Conan.”

“You actually know so much,” Ai Haibara said.

Cheng didn't offer much explanation, but proudly stuck out his neck: "Hehe, that's for sure, cooperating with me is never a loss."

Conan remained wary of Cheng during their interactions. He couldn't completely trust him, yet he felt that there was no impurity in Cheng's eyes when he said those words.

Conan: "So what do you need me to do?"

"Well...find a suitable opportunity to use Curaçao's phone to send a message to a certain account denying being an undercover agent, the sooner the better," Cheng You said. "Secondly, just spend more time playing with Curaçao."

After saying that, Cheng You got up and walked towards the group of young detectives who had finished shooting and were choosing keychains. The three children wanted to get a keychain for Curaçao as well, so the shopkeeper gave them a white dolphin pendant: "This is an uncolored sample, you can give it to your sister."

The three children were very happy. Ayumi immediately handed the keychain to Curaçao excitedly: "Sister, this is for you. You can paint it all sorts of colors!"

Genta nodded: "Yes, sister, but I feel like any color suits you!"

Mitsuhiko: "Yeah! You can choose all sorts of colors!"

Cheng You came closer, smiling, and said, "Wow, this little white dolphin is so cute. You can paint it all sorts of colors, just like your life, with all sorts of colorful possibilities for you to choose from."

Curaçao didn't find the statement abrupt; she simply took it as Cheng's comforting words about his amnesia.

Cheng You looked around and asked, "Is that an aquarium up ahead? Do you want to go?"

The three children nodded and excitedly shouted, "We want to ride the Ferris wheel!"

They pulled Curaçao over, and Cheng You thought for a moment and said, "Don't ride the Ferris wheel yet~ I heard the Ferris wheel is more beautiful at night~ We should keep it a mystery for now, so it will be amazing when we ride it at night."

The three children nodded quickly after hearing this, their eyes full of anticipation: "Thank you for the reminder, shop manager."

Cheng You smiled and watched them walk in that direction. The three children were chatting and laughing with one of the adults, and Curaçao would occasionally show a gentle smile.

The midday sun, accompanied by a warm breeze, swept across the area, casting their short shadows close together, seemingly inseparable.

"Why at night?" Conan walked over and asked. Curaçao, a cocktail made from blue curaçao, red curaçao, and other colors. Colors… Conan vaguely sensed something. Yes, at night, the lights on the Ferris wheel are a mixture of these colors, but… what's the connection?

"Tonight is a good time for her to regain her memory." Cheng You glanced at his phone; Youyi had sent him a message.

Cheng thought for a moment and replied: 【I'm going back right away.】

He can't be of much help here now, so he might as well leave and leave the stage to Conan, the Public Security Bureau, the FBI, and the Black Organization.

Cheng You: "I'll leave the rest to you. I have other things to take care of. Try not to make Curaçao too conspicuous. Absolutely, absolutely do not let them take Curaçao on the Ferris wheel during the day."

As long as Curaçao doesn't go to the Ferris wheel during the day, the chances of her being discovered by the Metropolitan Police Department are lower, preventing the Public Security Bureau and the Metropolitan Police Department from competing for her. This allows the Public Security Bureau to focus more on investigating the Black Organization members who infiltrated the aquarium at the amusement park.

Conan nodded. Speaking of restoring memories, and recalling Curaçao's heterochromatic eyes and the several colored transparent cards she carried, he felt that there was something important involved.

Cheng patted him on the shoulder, entrusting him with an important task, then turned and left, catching a glimpse of a blonde woman wearing a hat walking towards Curaçao and the others.

Everyone's here.

When Cheng You returned to the underground conference room, Takeda Ryosuke and Wendy were already there. Wendy was stunned the moment she saw Cheng You.

“You…” She frowned as she looked at the face that was exactly the same as it had been three years ago. She was stunned for a moment, but then she couldn’t help but frown again. Something’s not right. How did he know about this place?

Thinking back to their first meeting, this man had ruined the bar where she first worked. Was he going to ruin it again? No way, what grudge did he hold against her? Why did he always have to ruin her job?!

Cheng You, who heard her inner thoughts: ...