Chapter 316
Sure enough, the police arrived a while later.
The remaining yakuza members cooperated by explaining the situation to the police. Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama testified that they came to rescue them, and that the beating was understandable.
The guy in the attic who was beaten unconscious and treated like a dead man was actually just pretending to be dead to avoid being forced to give the answer to the code. Now that he has figured out the situation, he quickly cooperated and explained when the police arrived.
Seeing this development, the lawyer fell into a long silence.
...If I had known it would turn out this way, I would have been better off agreeing to stop! If the other party had really kept quiet, wouldn't this whole thing have been over?!
A large group of people went to the nearby police station, where they made statements and so on, until it got dark.
After all, they had agreed to meet in the first place, and the person suddenly disappeared, which made Kogoro Mouri very concerned. He also brought Conan Edogawa and Ran Mouri along with him.
Seeing that Hattori Heiji had been beaten quite badly, Kogoro Mouri waited for a long time without saying a word. After everything was settled, he took Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha to dinner to welcome them back.
Because Heiji Hattori was in such a disheveled state that he needed to take a shower and change his clothes, he decided not to go out to eat and instead ate at the Mouri Detective Agency.
An unexpected, yet not entirely surprising, person also joined the dinner.
"Mr. Kanakawa!" Hattori Heiji was now able to greet Kanakawa Shinryu, who was shrouded in an aura of secrecy, with a bright smile. "Thank you so much for today! If it weren't for you, Kazuha and I don't know when we would have been able to get out!"
Bo Yezhai nodded lazily.
Kogoro Mouri felt a bit embarrassed because he had actually followed the clues to the lawyer's house, but after asking a few questions, he was tricked and left. Then, when he turned around, he found out that the lawyer's house was the one that kidnapped Heiji Hattori. Didn't that make him look like he was incompetent?
He coughed: "Uh, Han Chuan suddenly called to ask if I'd visited any lawyers today... Luckily, I only went to that one lawyer's house, otherwise wouldn't I have been..."
The implication is that the reason why Sugawa Shinryu was able to find Hattori Heiji so quickly was because he had paved the way ahead, and he deserves half the credit.
Having narrowly escaped death, Hattori Heiji now finds everything particularly pleasing to the eye. He echoed Kogoro Mouri's words, "Indeed, I also have to thank you, Uncle. I knew you already knew so much, so I hinted to Mr. Kankawa to ask you directly... I was worried about what would happen if Mr. Kankawa didn't answer the phone, hahaha."
“I just woke up,” Bo Yezaki replied.
Although Bo Ye Saiki doesn't have any special skills, he doesn't have many phone numbers saved in his phone, and he has memorized them all. So even if he changes his address book, he can still recognize the phone numbers of acquaintances. Therefore, when he forgot Rum's contact information, it was because he really didn't think about it and didn't remember it at all.
Anyway, none of that matters. As long as Bo Ye Saiki remembers Vodka and Bourbon's phone numbers, he can get the contact information of most of the organization members he wants to know.
The real person and the alias used two different numbers, and the nicknames for the same person were different. This was to distinguish their identities so that they wouldn't suddenly forget which identity to use when answering the phone.
He would never make a mistake like Shinichi Kudo suddenly answering a phone call that should have been answered by Conan Edogawa.
In short, upon seeing Hattori Heiji's number, Usuoba Saiki felt as if he had heard the call of the plot and immediately answered the call.
He had initially thought that Hattori Heiji was calling Kanekawa Shinryu to test something, but it turned out to be a request for help. He was a little surprised, but since the man had already come to him for help, and considering that the man always called him Usopp-nii, Usopp-saiki made an exception for him.
This exception does not refer to operating during the day, but rather to seeking help from yakuza organizations.
Hattori Heiji was also quite interested in yakuza-related matters, and seized an opportunity to ask, "Mr. Hanukawa, are you very familiar with those yakuza?"
Bo Yezaki answered sincerely, "Not familiar with it."
"Huh? How did you manage to contact them?"
Bo Yezaki pondered for a second: "First, find a member of a yakuza organization. Then, ask him if he knows the yakuza organization in charge of the street where you were kidnapped. Finally, ask him to find a way to contact them."
After finishing his call with Hattori Heiji, he switched to his original body and opened "Universal Navigation" to find the nearest yakuza member.
After all, even though these organizations don't get along, they still have some way of contacting each other.
Heiji Hattori, upon hearing his reply, said, "...Haha, I didn't expect everyone in the yakuza to be so enthusiastic. They're quite different from what I imagined yakuza members to be... Has Mr. Kagawa helped them before?"
"Yes, I occasionally give them some legal advice."
He now serves as an unofficial legal advisor for several yakuza organizations. As long as they don't break the law, he won't report them, but will give impartial evaluations and even offer better suggestions. Therefore, many organizations send people to consult him.
After all, someone who understands the law may not understand the ultimate path as well as he does, and someone who understands the ultimate path may not understand the law as well as he does.
He was also adept at handling inquiries such as "Who sabotaged our deal?" and "Could this person be a mole?"
Because of the high crime rate in Tokyo, and because yakuza members are often misunderstood and arrested as suspects, cases that ordinary lawyers are unwilling to take are often sought out by him.
Of course, he will also answer some questions on subtle, gray-area issues that are definitely not borderline, depending on the situation.
In short, under his management, Hanchuan Shenliu has maintained good relationships with quite a few organizations. It would be even better if these organizations didn't constantly hint at or explicitly try to recruit him, hoping he would become their leader and guide their development.
The reason these people are so eager to come to him for advice is that they are trying to gain some sense of participation in their organization and are attempting to obtain valuable guidance from the big boss.
Even the slightest possibility of Han Chuan Shenliu becoming the leader of some organization in the future could lead to fights between members of these yakuza organizations if they encountered each other near his home.
There's no way around it. They're called yakuza organizations, and they seem really powerful, but with the enactment of the "Organized Crime Exclusion Law," it feels like Japanese society is becoming increasingly strict with yakuza. Everyone's hoping for a miracle to come and lead them to a better future.
In this situation, it's understandable that everyone was excited when they suddenly discovered Hanchuan Shenliu, a master who seemed born for the yakuza path.
But the good days didn't last long. As the reputation of the crime consultant spread, even they started to have to line up... Even though everyone felt like they had become quite familiar with Hanchuan Shenliu...
Ran Mouri asked with some concern, "Mr. Kankawa, isn't it dangerous to deal with people like that so often?"
The young man with deep red hair said calmly, "They wouldn't dare."
Others: "…………"
Even Conan Edogawa felt a stomachache listening to it; the more he listened, the more it sounded like some kind of yakuza godfather.
Hanchuan Shenliu clearly has other ways to make money, so why does he choose to serve such risky customers?! The only explanation seems to be personal preference!
"You should tone it down a bit." As a former detective, Kogoro Mouri didn't approve of Shinryu Suzuri's behavior of pushing the boundaries, and he kindly reminded him, "It's easy to get yourself into trouble. Ordinary yakuza organizations are fine, I believe you can intimidate them, but what if you attract the attention of more troublesome organizations? Their methods are not so restrained."
“So it’s really good that I’m an orphan,” the dark blue-haired youth mused. “It avoids the possibility of my family being kidnapped and used to threaten me.”
Everyone: "…………"
Hattori Heiji's lips twitched as well.
Although he already knew that Hanchuan Shenliu had a somewhat wicked personality, the extent to which he would joke about his own hell was still beyond his imagination.
A vein bulged on Kogoro Mouri's forehead: "Not just family, what about your friends? What if it affects your friends?"
"If a friend is a policeman, the organization generally won't go looking for trouble."
Kogoro Mouri questioned, "You can't have all your friends as police officers, can you?"
"All of them."
Mouri Kogoro: "…………"
This guy's social life is so pathetic! He can only make friends at work, I'm almost embarrassed to say anything more about him!
That's true. Someone like Hanchuan Shenliu is lucky to have any friends at all; we can't expect more in terms of quantity or variety...
Han Chuan Shenliu pondered, "The solution to this situation is actually quite simple. Once I join a formidable organization, the other lowlifes will naturally disperse... Speaking of which, Mr. Mori, what kind of sake do you think would be best?"
Conan Edogawa: "...?!?!?!?!"
Weren't we talking about joining the organization? Why the sudden mention of alcohol?! Could it be that you've made contact with the Black Organization and are starting to consider codenames?!
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Bonus chapter
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Those who understand the ultimate path don't understand the law as well as Han Chuan, and those who understand the law don't understand the ultimate path as well as Han Chuan. Please call Han Chuan the King of Knowledge (not really).
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