Chapter 229
"The more I look at him, the more he looks like Shinichi..."
Usoba Saiki pinched Edogawa Conan's cheek, and seeing the other's cold sweat, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.
[With acting skills like that, how did he manage to fool Ran Mouri for so long? I'm better than him!]
The system disapproved of Bo Yezhai's constant disparaging remarks: "[He's quite reliable in other situations, only his status is a bit questionable.]"
Ignoring the system, Usoppei stared at Conan Edogawa for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands: "Ah, I understand!"
Conan Edogawa: "D-What do you understand?"
He recognized it already?! It's one thing for Brother Bo Ye to have strong observation skills, but is his ability to accept information this fast too?! He's practically reversed his aging process!
"That must be Shinichi and Ms. Mori's child, no wonder Ms. Mori is taking care of him..."
"...No way! Ran, I mean, Ran-neechan and Shinichi-nii are only a few years old!" Conan Edogawa was speechless and quickly pulled out the identity that Professor Agasa had made up for him, "I'm a child from a distant relative of Professor Agasa."
Usakawa Saiki stood up: "Professor Agasa... I understand."
Conan Edogawa squinted at him: "What do you know now?"
Usaku Saiki took out his phone: "Yukiko-neechan, I met a kid who looks a lot like Shinichi. Could he be Yusaku-san's illegitimate son, registered under Professor Agasa's name...?"
"Aaaaaah, wait a minute!" Conan Edogawa went completely berserk, lunging forward to grab Saiki Usaba's leg. "Don't send it!"
Why does Brother Bo Ye keep spreading rumors?! If this email gets sent out, his parents will definitely have to go back to China!!!
Bo Yezaki chuckled and ruffled his hair: "Alright, just kidding. It's normal for people to look alike in this world, you see."
As he spoke, he pulled out the photos of Kaito Kuroba that he had specially gone to take before and showed them to Conan Edogawa: "Doesn't he look a lot like your older brother Shinichi?"
Conan Edogawa was very surprised. If it weren't for the slightly different hairstyle and expression, he would have thought it was himself.
"I was going to show it to Xin, but he's been skipping school and not even coming home these past few days... Do you have any ideas?"
"Uh... Shinichi-nii might have gone to solve a case far away..."
At this point, Conan Edogawa finally remembered something important and said urgently, "Wait, this isn't the time to talk about this. Usui-nii...nii, something's happened! There's a bomb on the Shinkansen!"
"Hmm?" Bo Ye Saiki said with a smile, "You're not thinking that those two men in black deliberately planted a bomb before getting out of the car to get revenge on me, are you?"
Conan Edogawa was speechless for a moment: "...Half right, half wrong. It really was those two men in black. They really are bad guys. I heard them talking about a deal, then a bomb, and... half an hour! The bomb will explode!"
Bo Ye is really something, he can guess the culprit right even with just random guesses... although it seems more like he's holding a grudge...
Because he had been fooled by the flight attendants who treated him like a child and made jokes, Conan Edogawa was also worried as he stared at Saiki Usaba, trying to judge from the other's expression whether he believed him.
If even Brother Bo Ye doesn't believe him and forcibly takes him back to Xiao Lan, then he really won't be able to get away and will have to find a way to prove his true identity in order to continue investigating the case.
After all, we can't just stand by and watch the bomb explode!
Under Conan Edogawa's tense gaze, Saiki Usaba slowly frowned.
Conan Edogawa thought despairingly, "Oh no, Usopp-san is going to make me look like a child trying to attract attention..."
Then I heard Usuo Saiki say in a tone that said, "I've been waiting for this."
"I knew those two guys weren't good people, and they were definitely up to no good! Tell me what happened!"
Conan Edogawa: "...???"
Why does it feel like Brother Bo Ye's tone is more like he's taking the opportunity to retaliate than trusting him? It must be my imagination.
So Conan Edogawa quickly blurted out all the information he knew: "...I've already identified a carriage, but there are four people in that carriage carrying black briefcases. I'm about to investigate."
Bo Yezaki readily agreed: "Okay, I'll go take a look."
So Conan Edogawa took Saiki Usaba into that carriage and then quietly pointed out the four people to him.
A man who looked like a corporate slave, a fierce-looking middle-aged man, a well-dressed woman, and an old man.
"Because it's impossible to go and ask them to show me their briefcase, and if I ask directly, I might alert them and they'll just lie..." Conan Edogawa was very worried.
After a moment of contemplation, Usoppei suddenly pushed Edogawa Conan outwards.
Conan Edogawa: "...?"
"I'll handle it. It's inappropriate to bring you along; it'll affect my performance," Bo Yezhai said confidently.
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
If Usaku Saiki didn't take him, would Edogawa Conan obediently wait in the same spot? That's impossible. Taking advantage of his small size, he quietly lagged behind, pretending to be just an ordinary child passing by this carriage.
Usoya Saiki acted as if he didn't recognize him, walking straight to the only woman among the four, and then, under her confused gaze, casually said, "Please come in and sit down."
"...???"
The woman was somewhat bewildered, but due to Japanese education and other complex reasons, she was unwilling to get into a conflict with anyone at this time. She didn't even dare to call the flight attendants. She could only silently pick up the black briefcase placed on the seat next to her, sit down herself, and leave the aisle seat empty.
Bo Yezaki sat down without any hesitation, then turned his head and whispered with a smile, "Do you know you're about to be silenced?"
woman:"……?!?!?!"
Conan Edogawa, secretly hiding in the back row: "...???"
No, Brother Bo Ye! Is this how you find people?! By intimidating them one by one?!
Can't you use some technical skills?! Aren't you afraid someone will call the police and arrest you?!
Well, thinking back, the last time I solved a case with Brother Bo Ye, he directly told the kidnapper pretending to be the boss, "I'm calling for the boss, what are you doing here? Go release the boss!"
Today I also gave those two men in black a piece of my mind.
Bo Ye is too straightforward.
The woman paused for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "I don't know what you're talking about..."
“I guess they’ll say to call at a certain time, and they’ll tell you how to unlock the bag over the phone.” Bo Yezaki blinked. “But have you considered what if there’s a bomb in this bag, and it’s linked to a cell phone? If you call the phone, the phone vibrates, and the bomb explodes.”
Although the woman was wary of Bo Yezaki, her expression grew increasingly grim as she considered his words: "Who exactly are you? Why are you telling me all this?"
"I'm a detective," said Usakabe Saiki without any shame. "I don't like them, and if the bomb inside is too effective, it might even blow up the Shinkansen. This is for our safety... How about this, I'll unlock this door in front of you, and you can take a look inside before making a decision?"
The woman hesitated for a long time, looked around warily, and nodded: "Where?"
"Here it is." Bo Yezaki took a hair clip off his head, reached into the lock and fiddled with it for a few seconds before opening it.
woman:"……!!!"
The system also responded: 【…!! Isn't the lockpicking skill supposed to be with Hanchuan Shenliu?!】
Usoppei: [Skills are indeed different, but the mind is the same, thank you. Isn't this something anyone with hands can learn?]
The system, paranoid, asked: "Why do I feel like you're lying to me?"
Even if one has a lot of lock-picking experience under the identity of Hanchuan Shenliu, if it were really possible to learn it that way, there wouldn't be so many people using different identities and having to exchange for various skills twice.
...It's impossible that Usaku Saiki has a special talent for lock picking, is it?
Believe it or not.
After checking all the risks using the "All-in-One Navigation" app and confirming that the bomb in the file folder wouldn't explode just because he opened it, he returned it to the woman.
The woman hesitated before opening the file bag and, sure enough, discovered a bomb placed conspicuously within the documents.
Her face turned ashen: "Those two guys...!"
Do you know anything about those two people?
The woman said bitterly, "You don't understand anything!"
Bo Yezaki said decisively, "Then call the police."
The woman thought about it and felt it made sense.
She was just buying information; isn't that normal business practice? And now they want to kill her?! Are you kidding me? She paid for it! This is outright fraud!
It's only right to call the police!
So she promptly called the police.
Usakabe Saiki also leisurely got up and left the carriage.
Conan Edogawa followed him out, dumbfounded, unable to believe that the matter had been resolved this way: "...How are you sure it was that woman who was the problem? What about the other three?"
“That’s how it is,” said Bo Yezaki. “If there are four options, choose the shortest among three long and one short, choose the longest among three short and one long, and so on. With three men and one woman, I’ll start with the woman. That makes sense, right?”
Conan Edogawa: "…………"
Does he seem so easy to fool? He clearly deduced the detonation method from the information he provided, even through a phone call, and he chose the correct person right away. How could he have guessed randomly?
Sigh... Oh well, when he was in junior high, Brother Bo Ye treated him like a kid. Now that he's a real kid, it's normal that Brother Bo Ye doesn't take him seriously and is too lazy to explain to him.
"Alright, you should go back and find Miss Mori. I'm getting off at this stop." Usaku Saiki shooed Edogawa Conan away with a gesture of dismissal, and then leisurely got off the train by himself.
About half an hour later, Saiki Usopp received a call from Vodka.
Hmm, judging by the time, I should be getting a call soon.
"Potnis! Did you do something?"
Vodka asked in a polite tone, but inwardly he was overjoyed.
Previous mission failures had little to do with Bo Yezaki; at least they couldn't find a direct connection, nor did they have any evidence to complain to the Boss.
But this time it's different. According to the police intelligence, it looks like Usaku Saiki acted on his own, causing their attempt to silence him to fail... This is practically handing them a handle!
The Boss can tolerate Bo Ye Zaiji's nonsense, but he might not tolerate Bo Ye Zaiji deliberately sabotaging the organization's mission! These are two completely different concepts!
Upon receiving the news, Vodka excitedly prepared his words, suppressing his joy as he frantically questioned, trying to kill Usakata Saiki in one fell swoop.
"Why didn't our bomb explode? Why did that person call the police instead, and even say it was a detective's suggestion? Was that detective you?! You like calling the police yourself, and now you're encouraging others to do the same... You interfered with the organization's mission without authorization, causing my brother and I to fail... This isn't about whether you seem like an undercover agent or whether we think you are. Your behavior is betrayal, and I'm reporting this to the Boss!"
After patiently listening to Vodka's rapid-fire complaints, Bo Ye Saiki sneered, "You still have the nerve to complain to the Boss? I'd like to complain too! Tell me, how do you plan to explain that you and Gin secretly investigated my itinerary and tried to kill me to cover it up under the guise of a mission?"
Vodka: "...Huh???"
"What the heck?! Didn't you sabotage the organization's mission?! How did it become me killing you to silence you?! I'm so innocent!!!"
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Landmines are now fully charged (92/100)
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This will wrap things up; the next chapter should focus on Han Chuan's side.
By the way, I have to complain. When the animation team adapted this project, they cut out Gin and Vodka and made two low-budget versions of them, which looked really ugly...
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Conan: My brother Bo Ye has a very straightforward personality, but he just loves to spread rumors.
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