Chapter 70 What the hell? Why is it just me...
Chapter 70
If the first two reasons can be explained by the unique nature of the job, what's the point of the last one? A health supplement tester? What kind of health supplement company is so generous as to offer a whopping 500,000 yen daily salary? And that phrase "if you can survive"—does it mean that many people have already died before?
What Edogawa Conan cares about most is this sentence - let your physical condition return to its peak and be as full of energy as a teenager.
Although he might be overthinking it, for some reason, he felt that this so-called health product tester might have some connection to the Black Organization. Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan took a deep breath and looked up at Kurokawa Kaoru.
"If I want to contact this health supplement company, can you block my phone number so they can't find the specific caller ID?"
"It's very simple."
Kurokawa Kaoru raised his eyebrows and pulled out another phone from his pocket, handing it to the other person: "Just use my family number."
Edogawa Conan: ...
It's... quite thoughtful, huh?
He used a voice changer to change his voice into that of a middle-aged man. His breathing was rapid, and with a tragic feeling of being ready to die, he dialed the phone number left on the recruitment advertisement.
Perhaps it was bad luck, as the line was busy twice in a row. Since he had lent his phone to the other person and couldn't get away for a while, Kurokawa Kaoru grabbed his other phone and started a two-player online game with Miya Yu.
He had no interest in the health product tester. The reason he showed the newspaper to him was simply to give him something to do and to vent his dissatisfaction with having his relaxing plans interrupted.
Simply put—
Because his good mood was ruined, Kurokawa Kaoru chose to take a small "revenge" on the other party. As for whether this job advertisement could actually help Edogawa Conan find something useful, that was beyond Kurokawa Kaoru's consideration.
Having said that, I seemed to have seen in the Kurokawa family chat room some time ago that my family was cooperating with a health care product company. The specific reason was that a whitening health care product that Mrs. Kurokawa often used was the other party's main product. On the one hand, it was convenient, and on the other hand, in order to be able to get the latest product information at the first time, they simply established a cooperative relationship with the other party.
If I remember correctly, the name of that health supplement company is...
"Hello, this is Verde Health Products Company. How can I help you?"
Yes, it's Verde. Kurokawa Kaoru nodded. Almost as soon as he thought this, his expression froze. The character he was controlling on the screen suddenly stopped, giving Gong You the opportunity to knock him down with a series of attacks.
"I won, Kurokawa, just wait for you to treat me to dinner tonight."
Not knowing why Kurokawa Kaoru suddenly stopped, Miya You, who presumptuously attributed this to good luck, smiled and turned to look at Kurokawa Kaoru beside him: "It just so happens that there's a restaurant I want to go to... Kurokawa?"
It was only then that Gong You noticed that Kurokawa Kaoru's expression was a little strange, and his face looked a little pale. Seeing this, he didn't care about who would pay for dinner, and quickly said, "What happened? You look so ugly."
"Verde."
Kurokawa Kaoru's breathing was rapid, and his voice was very soft, but Gong You could hear it: "It's the company that sells the health supplements that my mother has been taking recently."
In fact, even Kurokawa Kaoru himself hadn't expected that this job advertisement, which he had casually used to find work for Edogawa Conan, would actually be related to the health supplements his mother took. In addition, the Kurokawa family had recently established a cooperative relationship with Verde, and hearing the other company's name at this juncture was hard not to make Kurokawa Kaoru think too much.
On the other side, Conan Edogawa had already finished a phone call with Verde's human resources department. He learned from them that if he wanted to apply for this position, he could go to a port in Namimori Town for an interview tomorrow afternoon. If he passed the interview, he could get the day's salary.
The entire process went very smoothly, and it was clear from the other party's tone that they were very excited about applying for this position. However, it was precisely because it was so smooth that the whole thing revealed a sense of weirdness.
"I just checked. This health supplement company called Verde seems to be very well-known in the industry and donates a large sum of money to charities every year. Judging from the information I found, there doesn't seem to be any major problems."
When Edogawa Conan heard what Hattori Heiji said, he frowned.
This is so strange, he thought to himself. Since it's such a well-known company, they shouldn't be short of employees. Judging from what the HR representative he just spoke to said, it seems this health product tester position has been vacant for a long time.
Besides that, there was one thing he couldn't figure out.
What kind of health product would make them put the phrase "if they can survive" in their recruitment advertisement? No matter how you think about it, there seems to be something wrong.
Before talking to the other party, Conan Edogawa still suspected that this health product company had some relationship with the Black Organization. After all, it was because he took APTX4869 developed by the Black Organization that his body shrank and became the appearance of an elementary school student.
The phrase "returning to vitality like a teenager" also corresponds to what happened to me to a certain extent.
Almost the next second after he thought of this, Edogawa Conan denied his own point of view in his heart.
If Verde is the health product company under the name of the Black Organization, it means that they have already known that the poison of their organization has a certain probability of making people smaller, and they will naturally suspect me. After all, the police in Beika Town have not announced the information that the body of high school detective Shinichi Kudo was found in Dorobigaar Land. With a little association, they can guess that I am still alive in this world.
But until now, he has not encountered any member of the Black Organization who came to look for him, which is enough to prove that Kudo Shinichi is not dead and has become an elementary school student. They don’t know about it.
It seems the high daily wage offered by the company is likely a simple attempt to test a new health product. Since efficacy isn't guaranteed, it's likely there were issues with previous testing, leading to this desperate move to attract applicants.
As a result, the salary was so high that the applicants began to question the recruitment advertisement, and the position eventually remained vacant.
"Want to go check out this port?"
"you go?"
"Of course you go."
Facing Edogawa Conan's gaze, Hattori Heiji said confidently: "After all, it was you who made the call, how could you let someone else do it for you?"
"hehe."
Conan Edogawa sneered: "The person who called was a middle-aged man? How do you want me to explain to them that I was the one who called."
“…”
That's a problem.
Although they were curious about what exactly this health supplement company was testing, it was clearly unwise to rush in. Besides, the salary was just a bit higher, so it didn't seem like there was anything they could find wrong.
Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan sighed, picked up the newspaper and wanted to return it to Kurokawa Kaoru.
"Thank you, Kurokawa, but these job ads don't seem to have much interest for me..."
"I'm going to visit this port."
"Kurokawa?"
Gong You was the first to react: "Didn't we agree to go back to school?"
Hearing Gong You's voice, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed: "Sorry, I may not be able to return to school for a few days."
With the Kurokawa family in question, and Mrs. Kurokawa in particular, there was no way Kurokawa Kaoru could sit idly by. Coupled with what he had seen in the illusion earlier, he felt even more uneasy. Recalling his previous conversation with Cerbero, Kurokawa Kaoru lowered his eyes, having already made his decision.
The next day at five in the afternoon, at Port X in Namimori Town.
It was sunny and nice a few days ago, but the sun has been gone since noon. At four o'clock, I could hear a few faint thunders, and it looked like it was going to rain.
The sound of high heels clacking could be heard from somewhere, and then several beautiful girls came over. Leading the group was a dark-skinned girl with short hair. Perhaps it was her first time wearing such a short skirt, and her face flushed red as she kept tugging at the hem of her skirt.
Behind him, a girl with long hair looked at her with a smile, then turned and said to her companion beside her, "It's just a skirt. If you didn't know, you would think it cost him his life."
"I'm so sorry, I'm not like you guys who are used to wearing women's clothes."
The voice that came out of the girl's mouth turned out to be a boy's. Seeing the other party made a "hush" gesture to her, her expression became ferocious for a moment, and she lowered her voice and said, "I say... Kurokawa, are you sure this is really okay?"
"take it easy."
He extended a finger to the other's lips, and seeing the person glaring at him with a blushing face, the 'girl' being addressed as Kurokawa chuckled softly, her grey-brown eyes clearly reflecting the other person's figure.
"Whether there's a problem or not, we'll know once the people from Verde arrive."
“…”
It was Kurokawa Kaoru.
TBC.
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