Chapter 451
Shuichi Akai couldn't implement his Plan B in front of Conan Edogawa, so he patiently waited a while until Conan felt that Saiki Usaba also had no other options before he spoke up.
"It's getting late. I'll take Usopp-kun home. Conan-kun, you should go back to the Mouri Detective Agency first."
Conan Edogawa nodded dejectedly.
He sensed something was off between Usui Saiki and Akai Shuichi, but he figured they were both adults and on his side, so nothing serious would happen.
The main reason is probably Bo Ye's sarcastic remarks, but Bo Ye was doing it for his own good. He probably guessed that "Okiya Subaru" was not just a college student but someone who was helping him investigate the organization, so Bo Ye, who did not support his adventures, also took his anger out on "Okiya Subaru".
But Mr. Akai is a mature adult, unlike Usui-san who is sometimes particularly childish, so Mr. Akai will handle these things very smoothly, and he doesn't need to worry too much.
Thus, amidst a mix of trust and worry for Conan Edogawa, Saiki Usaba got into Shuichi Akai's car, letting Shuichi Akai be his driver once again.
Now that there are no outsiders around, Shuichi Akai is starting Plan B.
"Potnis, is there anything you need my cooperation with this time? What outcome do you want to achieve?"
Even Usoppei couldn't help but look at him in surprise upon hearing this: "...Huh?"
The Suspicion System had been following Usui Saiki for seven years and was quite familiar with Akai Shuichi. Seeing his sudden behavior, it was shocked: [What's going on? Does he think you've officially formed an alliance? Why is he being so cooperative?]
Bo Yezaki pondered for a moment and realized: [He's using a feigned retreat to advance! He's no longer resisting me, and is proactively expressing his willingness to cooperate, trying to extract information this way… Impressive, as expected of the FBI, truly flexible and adaptable!]
The undercover system enthusiastically joined the discussion: "So, are you going to expose him?"
Bo Yezhai pondered: [There's no need for that. We can't always dampen people's enthusiasm. He finally came up with this idea; let him find it useful first. That way, if it doesn't work next time, he'll be motivated to keep thinking about it, instead of feeling it's pointless and giving up.]
The Suspicion System has been trying to reflect on itself these days, learning from the Undercover System's sycophantic... oh no, I mean sales tactics, but hearing this, it finally couldn't hold back: "You know you're almost giving them PTSD, that they want to give up thinking when they're around you?"
Bo Yezaki calmly said, "Xiao Wo, I think this guy still has some problems with his thinking. You should teach him a bit more."
Undercover System: [Okay!]
Suspicion value system: [...]?
Shuichi Akai looked at him through the rearview mirror and noticed that Saiki Usaba seemed to be thinking seriously.
The reason he came up with this Plan B was not because he suddenly wanted to be Batman, but because he felt that Potts seemed to enjoy seeing other people's interesting reactions. If his performance was uninteresting or even cooperative, Potts might be more lenient.
However, this is uncertain. Shuichi Akai didn't have high hopes; he just wanted to test whether his guess was correct.
So while Usui Saiki remained silent, Akai Shuichi appeared calm and rational, but in reality, he was fretting with suspicion.
Usoppei reaped a hefty amount of suspicion from Shuichi Akai, who had willingly offered himself up, and then said calmly, "You don't need to worry about it. This time, the main character is Bourbon."
Shuichi Akai was somewhat incredulous at the level of information he had received; it was hard to believe that Saiki Usaku had become so agreeable.
He even paused for two seconds before realizing the light had turned green, and quickly stepped on the gas.
"I see, so you're targeting Bourbon. How did he offend you?"
"How can you say it's targeting him? That's too harsh," Bo Yezaki argued vehemently. "I'm helping him!"
Shuichi Akai raised an eyebrow: "How did you help?"
"you guess."
Akai Shuichi: "..."
Okay, the trial period for the limited edition Potenis has expired.
Although the trial was a bit too short, only a dozen seconds, the gains were already more than he had expected, and he couldn't be too greedy.
That guy, Potts... well, although he always seems to be spouting nonsense, upon reflection, it seems like he's telling the truth, just from different angles and with different interpretations.
To understand the meaning of Potts, one needs to think about it from multiple perspectives.
Even if Shuichi Akai had been hit on the head by Gin, he still wouldn't believe that Bordenis's claim of "helping Bourbon" was genuine.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's aimed at Bourbon and trying to cause trouble.
Shuichi Akai wondered if Bordens thought Bourbon was investigating Conan Edogawa and was planning to kill him.
Does Potts have such normal feelings?
As I said before, he wouldn't even dare to dream of something this big.
But to say that Bourbon offended Potts... in his memory, Bourbon was quite cautious in his attitude towards Potts, and wouldn't easily offend him...
Could it be that something happened on the organization's side?
After Kiel returned to the organization, he only sent a few messages, clearly still being suspected. However, he asked first, and if Kiel had any news, he would like to reply to him if he had the chance.
"By the way," Bo Yezaki suddenly said, "aren't you going to tell your other colleagues about faking your death? Don't you trust them that much?"
Shuichi Akai paused for a moment, then said quietly, "If I remember correctly, a few years ago you specifically reminded me not to trust my colleagues too much..."
"That happened so long ago! You have to believe that people can grow up!"
Bo Ye Saiki has actually started speaking human language!
Shuichi Akai frowned. Although he knew that Saiki Usui was deliberately trying to find fault, he still patiently replied, "It's mainly out of caution. After all, it involves Kir. If even Kir is exposed, it will be really troublesome..."
However, Bourbon's intrusion into the Kudo residence made him feel that the day when he could talk things out with Judy and the others was getting closer.
Hopefully, all this won't be in vain. He also needs to remind Gil about this and tell her to be careful lately.
"So your colleague's feelings don't matter?" Bo Yezaki's tone was full of indignation, as if he were some kind of good Samaritan.
Shuichi Akai glanced at him in the rearview mirror: "They'll understand me."
Usoppei nodded: "I envy your confidence. I wish I could say the same thing... It's a pity that I feel like most people don't understand me."
Shuichi Akai almost bit his tongue before he swallowed back the words, "Then you need to reflect on yourself."
“Language communication skills are very important. You could take a class to learn them,” Shuichi Akai suggested with utmost sincerity.
He wasn't this sincere when he applied to go undercover to investigate the truth behind his father's death!
However, Bo Yezaki was unimpressed: "Am I not clear enough? Why should I take classes? Can't you guys take some reading comprehension courses? How dare you, an American, think my language skills are bad!"
Akai Shuichi: "...???"
Isn't that you who always complains about your poor Japanese?! Never mind...
Shuichi Akai quietly stepped on the gas and accelerated, finally dropping Saiki Usui off at his doorstep.
Without saying anything more, Bo Yezaki got out of the car readily, waved goodbye, and that was it.
Shuichi Akai wasted no time and left as soon as he closed the door.
Since Potts has said so, he plans to observe the situation for the time being and wait and see. However, he also needs to prepare a Plan B in case things develop to the worst possible state, so that he will still have the resources to salvage the situation.
...After all, you can't guarantee you won't be unlucky if you don't believe in Potts, but believing him completely doesn't guarantee you won't be unlucky either!
Thanks to Shuichi Akai's vigilance, things soon took a turn for the better.
The incident started when Conan Edogawa and the other members of the Detective Boys were playing in the park when they encountered a cat. Worried that the cat might run into a car on the road, they followed it and found that the cat had crawled into a refrigerated truck.
The group got into the truck and tried to take the cat out, but in just a short while, the deliveryman locked them inside.
These trucks don't have a connected cab, so even if you shout, the person in front can't hear you. Once the door is closed, it's pitch black. Plus, it's cold chain delivery, so if these kids stay inside for too long, they'll all suffer from hypothermia and freeze to death.
At first, everyone thought it was a good plan. They figured that as long as the truck stopped, the deliveryman would call out when he was getting the goods, and they could get off. They thought nothing would happen in the short term.
Before they could even speak, the two deliverymen suddenly had a very dangerous conversation.
"You remember to deliberately drop the box when you're delivering it, so people will remember your face, and I'll go to the nearby convenience store to use the restroom, so we can have an alibi."
That sounds really bad!
Everyone fell silent, not daring to utter a sound.
After the door was locked again, Conan Edogawa finally discovered something even worse—he found a corpse in a box.
In other words, the two men were murderers, and the body was placed in a refrigerated truck to interfere with the forensic doctor's determination of the time of death. As long as they provide alibis, they can get away with it.
In this situation, if they discover a group of children in the car, and they know that the children have killed someone, they certainly won't let them leave politely; they will most likely freeze them to death there.
Should we call the police?
"But I didn't bring my phone."
"My phone is almost out of battery..."
After much trouble, the group finally managed to call Officer Takagi, whom they knew, only to find that his phone was switched off because he was on a plane.
Unfortunately, after making that call, the battery died completely, leaving them with no way to contact the outside world.
Just then, Conan Edogawa had his eye on the cat that had led them to this predicament.
"This cat... I remember it would go to Poirot Cafe every day at this time to ask Ms. Enomoto Azusa for food..."
So, if he could just find a way to clip the distress signal to the cat's collar so that the cat would run back to Poirot Cafe the next time he opened the door, he might be able to solve the problem!
To avoid being discovered by the two prisoners for writing notes directly, Conan Edogawa plans to modify an invoice into a coded message.
The others surrounded Conan Edogawa, watching him use the flashlight on his watch to illuminate the words on the invoice little by little with the medicine that was on his body.
"Can Ms. Enomoto understand this code you came up with?" Ai Haibara couldn't help but ask.
Conan Edogawa sighed: "...It's for other people to see."
Bourbon has returned to work at Poirot Cafe. He also confirmed before leaving today that Bourbon hadn't taken the day off... If it's Bourbon, after all, he's an intelligence agent in the Black Organization, so he should be able to understand this code.
Although he didn't want to pin his hopes on the organization's members... he had no choice! This was the only option now! This cat will only go to Poirot Cafe for a while!
"Of course, the best outcome would be if Brother Bo Ye were also at Poirot Cafe..."
Conan Edogawa fell silent as he spoke.
...Brother Bo Ye, please, go out to eat, get some exercise, stop staying home...
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Shuichi Akai: Saiki Usaku suddenly began to speak human language
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Thank you everyone for your concern. I'm trying my best. I plan to exercise today to see if it can help alleviate my insomnia.
I actually planned to try it yesterday, but I kept procrastinating... I'll definitely try it today.
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