Chapter 313
Actually, let alone vodka, even Usaka Saiki had forgotten about the photo. It was only when he was thinking of raising suspicion again before leaving and figuring out what to use as a pretext that he suddenly remembered it.
Usaka Saiki couldn't remember before because he was busy persecuting Akai Shuichi and forgot. Besides, he felt that if he could really find the vodka, he wouldn't dare to keep it in his hands any longer, so he waited for the vodka to be returned to him with a clear conscience.
As it turned out, Vodka was even busier than him. He tried to look for it at first, but then he was busy with business trips abroad and forgot about it.
Compared to the two parties involved, it's almost superhuman that someone like Bourbon, who could clearly recall asking Vodka for photos three years later without any keywords.
As expected of an undercover agent, he doesn't miss any intelligence.
Bourbon is rather pessimistic about whether he can find the photos from seven years ago, which he couldn't find three years ago.
Vodka was even more pessimistic: "Potnis will definitely use this as an excuse to cause trouble..."
“Look on the bright side,” Scotland comforted him. “Maybe Potts will forget about it after a while? Isn’t he busy writing reports right now?”
Bourbon, who had missed a key plot point, asked in bewilderment: "What report? He actually wrote the report himself?"
“Gin took a liking to someone, saying he was a good candidate to join the organization. Potts was in charge of the investigation, and it turned out he was a policeman.”
Scotland succinctly stated, "He's still an elite who, despite being young, worked overtime to the point where his body couldn't take it anymore and had to resign, but was still retained by the Metropolitan Police Department as an advisor because of his exceptional abilities."
If this summary were shown to the First Investigation Division, even Kenji Hagiwara wouldn't recognize who it was referring to, let alone Bourbon, who was too busy with the organization and the National Police Agency after going undercover to pay any attention to the Metropolitan Police Department.
He believed Scotland's words after hearing them, and expressed his doubt: "Is Gin blind?"
“More than that, they probably wouldn’t even be able to get in the door. They’d be arrested as soon as they passed by that policeman’s house.” Scotland shook his head. “Gin probably really doesn’t know how to judge people.”
Vodka hesitated to speak after hearing this comment that was damaging to his elder brother's image.
Bourbon was completely confused: "So what was that policeman's name?"
Scotland was silent for a moment: "...Potnes didn't say, and I didn't ask."
Bourbon: "...You should stay away from Potts from now on."
Isn't this the most important question to ask?! Scotland would never normally let go of this level of intelligence, so how come they were so easily led astray by Usui Saiki?!
But never mind, sometimes normal methods don't work when communicating with Usaku Saiki. If they find out you care too much about something, they might use that as an excuse to mess with you...
Bourbon thought for a moment. It was just a policeman who had caught Gin's eye, and now that Usaku Saiki had rejected him, it shouldn't matter. It wouldn't matter if he didn't know.
After Usui had rested enough, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't been back to the house at Hanakawa Shinryu's place for the past few days. When he finally went back, he found that Hagiwara Kenji had been waiting there for who knows how long.
"When did you arrive? Why didn't you call me?" Bo Yezhai asked suspiciously.
Kenji Hagiwara shook his head: "It's nothing, I was just planning to sit for a while and then leave... Where did you go?"
Usakabe Saiki answered honestly, "I met with a few people."
Kenji Hagiwara frowned slightly.
He had been working overtime a lot recently and didn't have much energy to pay attention to Han Chuan Shenliu's situation. When he came over today, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle.
Especially the yakuza members in charge of this area, who seemed hesitant to speak to him, as if they wanted to strike up a conversation but didn't know whether they should.
Since they were already familiar faces, and Kenji Hagiwara knew who the other person was, he simply took the initiative to ask about Shinryu Kagawa's recent situation.
"As for the consultant... he hasn't been open for a long time," the yakuza member said. "He hasn't even been back for a while, and when he is back, he doesn't turn on the lights downstairs at night. It's like he's completely shutting himself off from customers, which caused two riots among the people queuing up for consultations... Mr. Hagiwara, could you get in touch with the consultant and ask him when he's going to reopen... or is he just tired of it?"
Kenji Hagiwara gently agreed, then used the key to enter Shinryu Hatsukawa's house.
Upon entering, I found a thin layer of dust, and the air felt somewhat stuffy.
Kenji Hagiwara opened the window to ventilate the room and skillfully found the cleaning tools to help with the cleaning... Since no one was living there and it wasn't really dirty, the cleaning was quite quick.
However, Kenji Hagiwara seemed somewhat distracted while cleaning.
Han Chuan Shenliu often disappears and is frequently unreachable. He's gotten used to it; Han Chuan Shenliu just goes through periods where he doesn't want to be disturbed and wants to be alone.
But since this consultation activity has been suspended for so long, I haven't seen it at all. Kenji Hagiwara is a little worried that Shinryu Samakawa might have encountered some problems.
Ever since his time at the police academy, Kenji Hagiwara had been worried about the powerful illegal organization that Shinryu Kagawa had mentioned, one that even had connections in the upper echelons of the police force. However, because Kagawa Kagawa acted as if he didn't need to worry and could handle it himself, and because he didn't see any negative consequences afterward, Kenji Hagiwara reluctantly put the matter aside.
But now, the unusual behavior of Shinryu Hagiwara has caused Kenji Hagiwara's worries, which had faded over time, to rebound.
Especially at this time, could it be related to the FBI suddenly appearing and claiming to be on vacation? If even the FBI is involved, just how troublesome is that organization...?
One should not let one's mind wander aimlessly, because the more one thinks, the more terrifying it becomes.
Before Usui Saiki even entered the room, Hagiwara Kenji had already been mentally racing, wondering if he could help him secure the FBI's witness protection program. After all, Japanese laws in this area are not very comprehensive and not very witness-friendly. If he couldn't, how often would he have to visit him in prison in the future...
Now, when asked where Shinryu Hanakawa had gone, the answer he received made Kenji Hagiwara feel evasive, which made him even more uneasy.
Kenji Hagiwara hesitated for a few seconds, then simply asked, "The people you went to see, were they... respectable?"
"..." Bo Ye Saiki thought for a moment and replied, "It's criminals and police."
This combination is too common. It's probably someone asking for help from Sumikawa Shinryu again and not wanting anyone to know. Hagiwara Kenji breathed a sigh of relief, but his worry hadn't dissipated: "I feel like Tokyo's been a bit chaotic lately, you..."
He hesitated for a long time before finally asking the question he hadn't asked in years.
"Is that organization still in contact with you? Have they asked you to do anything?"
Usoppō Saiki raised an eyebrow.
I don't know whether I should praise Kenji Hagiwara for his keen insight, but this question is easy to answer.
"They've been trying to recruit me recently, after all, I'm so outstanding, but the organization is worried that if I get close to my home, they'll call the police and arrest me, so they gave up."
Hagihara Kenji: "…………"
He couldn't tell for a moment whether Han Chuan Shenliu was talking nonsense again, or if it was really true!
After all, although he looks like a cold and aloof guy, Hanchuan Shenliu is actually very... lively in private, and especially likes to joke.
Kenji Hagiwara had initially been quite confident in his ability to decipher the strange tales of Shinryu Hatsukawa, but now he began to doubt whether his skills had declined due to not having seen Hatsukawa for too long, and had to confirm again: "Are you joking?"
"I'm telling the truth."
Hagihara Kenji: "…………"
This confident and assertive attitude suggests that it is indeed the truth.
However, it is likely that Hanchuan Shenliu was afraid that he would worry, so he made some changes. Otherwise, it is impossible for such a terrible organization to be scared away by a few police calls. It must be that Hanchuan Shenliu did something by calling the police to dispel those people's ideas.
And... they've been in contact since the police academy, but they still haven't gotten Shinryu to join. Are they still stuck at the recruitment stage...? That's a bit too unexpected...
I feel like I've been worrying for nothing all this time.
But if you were to question Shinryu, he would probably say that he had told him not to worry and that he would handle it himself... But how could he have known that Shinryu could handle it like this!
Kenji Hagiwara was a little speechless, but thinking about the yakuza organizations that had been extending olive branches to Sukawa Shinryu during his internship and hadn't given up yet, he felt that it was normal for those organizations to be so persistent, given Sukawa Shinryu's excellence.
“Okay, I understand.” Kenji Hagiwara sighed. “But why haven’t you been open for business lately? Everyone was thinking something had happened to you, and the number of people waiting to inquire was rioting.”
As an irresponsible guy, Bo Yezaki never expected that just by letting things slide for a while, those people would actually be able to stage a riot.
However, even now that he knows, he feels no remorse and remains quite self-righteous: "If I don't want to work in the winter, I'll just put up a notice on the door later."
"...Okay, that works too."
Kenji Hagiwara doesn't really approve of this kind of entrapment, always feeling it's easy to go too far. Now that the person involved wants to take leave, he certainly won't refuse: "Speaking of which, that kid from Mori-senpai's family asked Sato about you before."
Is this a entrapment operation?
“Yeah, he guessed it,” Kenji Hagiwara said. “He seems to care about you a lot. He used to keep asking me about the ‘advisor’ thing… Is this the kind of thing kids care about these days?”
Hagihara Kenji expressed confusion.
Bo Yezaki waved his hand: "It's alright, let him ask whatever he wants."
After Sato Miwako exposed that "Samakawa Shinryu's role as a crime consultant was a sting operation," there was no longer any room for suspicion regarding this matter.
However, he had been messing with Conan Edogawa so many times with this one incident, and he was already getting a bit tired of it. Now that he's out in the open, he needs to come up with something new and can't keep relying on his old tricks.
Usoppai Kijiro pondered what method would be best to use to raise suspicion levels next time.
Before Usoppō Saiki could make a move, the opportunity presented itself to him.
A few days later, Shinryu Kanakawa received a call from Heiji Hattori on his cell phone.
On the other end of the phone, Hattori Heiji said in a forcedly calm voice, "Mr. Consultant, excuse me, this is Hattori Heiji. I've encountered a rather troublesome code. Are you available now to consult with me?"
Bo Yezaki: "...???"
The tone, the wording, and especially the act of choosing to ask him for help when encountering difficulties—it all felt incredibly incongruous, as if she was deliberately trying to make him realize something was wrong…
And when did Hattori Heiji get Samikawa Shinryu's phone number?
“…Okay.” Bo Ye Saiki changed into the alias Han Chuan Shenliu. “Send it to me.”
He wanted to see what Hattori Heiji was up to.
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Hagiwara: Is the person you went to see a decent person?
Han Chuan: A criminal and a policeman
Vodka: ?
Bourbon & Scotland: ...
Tell me, isn't that right?
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