Chapter 86 Alliance [VIP]

Cheng You smiled and turned his face, trying to bluff his way out: "Bourbon, what are you talking about?"

Rei Furuya snorted coldly: "Stop pretending. You and Cheng You are exactly the same. I observe Cheng You every day, so I know him very well. Your attack movements and the way you check the surveillance footage are indeed different, but if you look closely, there are still some small details that are the same."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Shinichi Kudo and said, "You—"

Shinichi Kudo felt he hadn't done anything wrong, so he smiled at him and asked, "What did I do?" Then he flashed a row of bright white teeth.

Rei Furuya: "You knew he was Cheng You, yet you still helped keep it a secret. You trusted him that much? You didn't even trust me, a police officer?"

Shinichi Kudo: ...

Cheng sighed helplessly, "Oh dear, this is my fault. I asked Kudo to keep it a secret. You're really something, a police officer." At the same time, he was secretly relieved that Furuya Rei wasn't very familiar with Matsukawa Yuki, otherwise, with his abilities, it would have been only a matter of time before he found out.

Cheng picked up the gem: "Then I'll take it back and decipher the data."

Rei Furuya stared at him coldly, while Shinichi Kudo narrowed his eyes and stared back at him.

Cheng stood there, stunned, and gave an awkward laugh: "W-what are you doing?" Had his little scheme been discovered?

"You're not going to give the jewel to Kid, are you?" Shinichi Kudo said.

“I don’t completely trust you yet, so you can’t take the jewel,” Furuya Rei said.

Cheng You's lips twitched: "..." They'd already found out. He thought for a moment and said, "I can start deciphering the gem now. I don't know what the data inside is like, but generally, half a day should be enough. After we're done, we can give the gem to Kid for a bit, or not, it's fine." Cheng You thought, he'd check it against the moonlight later. Kid had helped them, so he'd help check it too. Besides, this time the gem really wasn't taken by Kid; it would be better if they gave it to old man Suzuki.

"Half a day?" Furuya Rei frowned upon hearing this. The Black Organization's mission to retrieve the gem had failed, and they might not be given half a day.

As he spoke, Cheng You immediately assembled his phone into a small computer and scanned the gemstone. "Keep an eye on things for me, don't let anyone get close." At the same time, he hacked into the building's surveillance system, monitoring each floor for any dangerous individuals.

A few minutes later, the computer scan returned the results. Cheng You picked up the gemstone, examined it against the moonlight streaming through the window, and found nothing. He then picked up a thin, long wire and gently traced it across the detected area.

"The chip is located here, but it's difficult to remove. We can extract information without removing it, but we might not be able to return it. If we do remove it, I don't have the technology to restore the gemstone," Cheng You said.

"..." Furuya Rei thought for a moment and said, "I'll have the police communicate with Mr. Suzuki and tell him that the police need this gem and will compensate him." After he finished speaking, he took out his phone and sent a message.

After receiving the instructions, Cheng said, "Then I won't destroy it, to save time. Take it back to the police station and keep it safe."

"Hmm..." Cheng You said, looking at the data on the computer, "It's not too troublesome, it can be withdrawn in five hours."

Shinichi Kudo nodded: "It'll take that long?"

"There's a lot of information inside," Cheng said lazily, leaning back in his chair.

Rei Furuya glanced at him and said calmly, "Actually, I'm very curious about what your purpose is."

"Purpose?" Cheng You thought for a moment and smiled, "No particular purpose, I just want to have some fun."

Jiang Guling snorted coldly.

Since there were still five hours left, Cheng You casually chatted: "Then why are you so hostile towards me..."

"Then tell me, is what you did normal?" Furuya Rei retorted.

Cheng You: ...That's true.

“We’ll be allies from now on, why bother?” Cheng You shook his head and said.

“Fine, we can be allies, but answer one question seriously.” After saying that, Furuya Rei picked up his pistol and made a “shh” gesture.

Cheng You then heard faint footsteps in the corridor. Three seconds later, the footsteps became clearer and more disordered, and it sounded like there were seven or eight people. They had been engrossed in their conversation and hadn't been paying attention to the surveillance cameras.

"This is terrible. The boss wants us to quietly investigate the entire building and find the man with the ruby. This is no easy task." "The entire building is now sealed off. The FBI and the police have blocked the exits. I wonder if the Public Security Bureau is also there."

Cheng took out a pistol and handcuffs from his pocket and handed them to Kudo, while he took a scalpel for self-defense.

The group exchanged glances, confirming that the people outside were from the research institute, and silently counted in their minds, "Three, two, one..."

The three immediately rushed out. Furuya took care of the men in a few moves, Cheng You used a knife to target their joints, and Kudo was also skilled in martial arts, quickly subduing the three middle-aged men and handcuffing them.

Furuya Rei contacted Kazami Yuya and asked him to handle it. He then sent people to lie in wait nearby, as it would take Cheng You a long time to crack the chip.

The surroundings fell silent again. Cheng You looked at Furuya Rei: "What question do you want to ask me?"

Rei Furuya looked at his phone and suddenly smiled: "There's no need to ask anymore."

Cheng You was also confused, but he put his mind back on cracking the chip: "Whatever."

Rei Furuya said, "I just learned from Hiro that your contact is his former contact. I know that kid. For him and Hiro to trust you so much, you must be trustworthy too." Then he changed the subject, "I'm only trusting you for now. If I find out you've done anything out of line, I'll still take action."

"Received!" Cheng replied seriously. "Since that's the case, I'll also be frank with you about something." At this moment, the chip cracking encountered a problem. "Tsk, so many obstacles. Kudo, explain this to Furuya." He then focused on cracking this obstacle.

Shinichi Kudo and Rei Furuya explained in simple terms how Cheng You became the boss of the Invincible East Pavilion.

Rei Furuya nodded: "The medicine that's helping you recover now was developed by that kid next to him and that girl next to you?"

"right."

"How long can it last?"

"I don't know, but it's been five hours now, which is pretty good."

Looking at the serious Cheng You, Furuya Rei suddenly realized that Cheng You and Yuichi were indeed very capable of fighting against the research institute.

Five hours later, Kudo had turned back into Conan. He recorded the time it took to turn back into Kudo, which lasted a total of nine hours. He didn't feel much pain when he turned back into a child. He fed the data back to Ai and Yuichi, hoping that they could develop an antidote to completely eliminate the effects of Drug A.

Cheng destroyed the data inside the gem, and holding the gem, he said, "I'll give the gem to Kidd for a bit, and then I'll take it back to your police officers later." He unplugged the USB drive from the assembled computer, saying, "All the data is here."

Cheng You took Conan to find Kid. Kid looked at the gem for a while and then returned it to Cheng You. He then gave the gem to Furuya Rei.

"I'll take you to Yuichi's lab; Ai seems to be there too." Cheng You looked at his phone; it was a message from Rei Furuya: [The Metropolitan Police Department and Suzuki have explained the situation; the blockade has been lifted. Twelve members of the Black Organization and forty-four members of the research institute have been arrested. The U data has been submitted to the public security technicians for review.]

Cheng You: [Received.]

On the way to the lab, Conan suddenly asked, "How do you plan to do it?"

Cheng understood that he was referring to his attempt to seize power at the winery, so he chuckled and said, "It has already begun."

"Be sure to tell me when you need me," Conan said earnestly.

Cheng nodded. He took Conan to the lab, bought some pastries and snacks nearby and put them in the lounge outside the lab, then sat down to wait.

He took out his phone, switched to the account of the Invincible East Pavilion BOSS, and sent a message to Shuichi Akai, saying that he could start working at the organization tomorrow.

Yes, that's right, it's work. The organization has provided each of them with the five social insurances and one housing fund, and requires everyone to clock in at 10 am and sign out at 5 pm. They are paid on time, have weekends off, and any tasks are considered overtime, with overtime pay at three times the normal rate.

Cheng arranged for Shuichi Akai to work under Hiromitsu Morofushi's department, hoping that Morofushi would keep an eye on Shuichi Akai and that they could recognize each other and resolve the misunderstanding that only they could resolve.

Shuichi Akai was stunned when he received the work plan sent by Cheng You. His FBI colleague next to him asked, "What's wrong, Akai?"

"Hmm..." Several high-ranking FBI officials knew about his undercover work at the Dongfang Bubai Pavilion, and he didn't hide it, sending them this conversation in a package.

A colleague couldn't help but sigh, "It seems like their benefits are even better than ours."

“Yeah, that’s right,” another colleague opened a document titled “The Rules of the Invincible East Pavilion” and quickly skimmed through it. “These rules… don’t seem like they’re written by a gang at all.”

“It could also be a cover-up,” Judy said as she finished her work and handed Shuichi Akai a briefcase. “Your new ID, property certificate, driver’s license, and car keys are all in here. Take care.”

[System notification: The brewery's mind-reading function has been fully developed. You can now hear the thoughts of all non-undercover members within the brewery.] The system's cheerful notification sounded, accompanied by applause and cheers.

Excellent. Cheng thought to himself, with the system's mind-reading function, he was confident he could take over the winery within a month.

Just then, Li Hua's account received a message from Gin: [11 PM tonight, Duanshui Wharf.]

"Wow, it's delivered right to our doorstep." Cheng couldn't contain his excitement and couldn't wait to test his ability to read the minds of the distillery members.

But thinking about it carefully, what's the point of meeting at the dock in the middle of the night? Surely they wouldn't suspect Li Hua of taking the ruby...? Cheng You felt his disguise as Li Hua was quite good; aside from Furuya Rei, who knew Cheng You very well, no one should have noticed...

At 10 p.m., Cheng left a note on the table saying that he might not be able to go home that night because he had something to do. He suggested that if Yuu didn't want to go back to face Yagami, she could stay at Professor Agasa's house for the night.

So he disguised himself briefly, hailed a taxi, stopped some distance from the pier, and walked there.

Sure enough, at a distance of about 100 meters, he heard the thoughts of some members of the Black Organization, including Gin's.