Conan cursed Yuzuru Hanyu in his mind. He now knew that these men in black were not members of the organization, but Yuzuru Hanyu's bodyguards.
He knew that nothing good would come of running into Yuzuru Hanyu.
"That was way too hard!"
Kogoro Mouri glanced at the security guards standing ramrod straight beside him. "What did this kid do wrong? Why are you hitting him so hard?"
Conan said, feeling wronged, "I didn't do anything, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
He was indignant. What kind of good person would go out with so many bodyguards, all dressed in black? Wasn't this just deliberately trying to make people misunderstand?
Before Kogoro Mouri could speak, a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked over with a smile. "Haha, you must be the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, right? Well, your child just broke the hospital window with a ball. We thought it was some kind of bad guy causing trouble, so we hit it a little too hard."
As he spoke, he pointed to the shattered glass at the end of the corridor.
"You didn't have to hit him so hard, did you? Look how badly you beat the child."
Kogoro Mouri's face was gloomy. He patted Conan's swollen head impatiently, causing Conan to yell out in pain.
"We'll pay whatever it costs to repair the glass!"
"uncle……"
Hearing Kogoro Mouri's bold words, Conan was instantly moved to tears, his heart filled with emotion.
It turns out that he had misjudged this bumbling detective all along.
"Approximately 2 billion yen."
The man in gold silk said with a smile.
"How much? 2 billion yen?"
Conan's eyes popped out of their sockets.
Why don't you just rob someone? You dare to extort 900 million from a single piece of glass.
This glass is made of gold!
"Is there some mistake?" Kogoro Mouri's expression also turned extremely unfriendly as he stared intently at the man in gold silk, convinced that he was being blackmailed.
"Mr. Mori, please let me finish."
The man in gold thread calmly raised his hand to indicate, then took out a stack of photos from his pocket and said, "A single piece of glass certainly wouldn't cost this much, but the ball your child shot, after breaking the glass, fell from the sky and, without missing a beat, hit our company's car."
As he spoke, he handed over a photo. In the photo, the windshield of a luxury car worth a lot of money was shattered beyond recognition, and there was a clear dent in the middle of the car body. Inside the dent was a deflated ball.
Conan recognized it as his own ball at a glance, and sweat began to pour from his forehead.
This scene looks familiar.
"There's no need for so much..." Kogoro Mori said hesitantly.
"Of course, that's not all," the man in gold silk pulled out a few more photos. "The glass shards falling from the top floor hit several family members of patients passing by below, and they are now being treated in the emergency room."
In the photo, several injured people are lying in hospital beds, with various tubes inserted into their bodies, their faces pale and their expressions pained.
Kogoro Mouri gasped, "This...how could this be?"
"I...I really didn't mean to, I apologize..."
Conan was dumbfounded; he never expected that a ball could cause such a big problem.
"If an apology could solve the problem, then what would be the point of having police?"
The man in gold silk shook his head expressionlessly. "We have already spoken with the families of the injured as instructed by Young Master Yuzuru. They have agreed not to file a lawsuit, but on the condition that they receive appropriate compensation."
"All things considered, 2 billion yen is a conservative estimate. Mr. Mori, how would you like to know how to make the payment?"
"How do I pay?" Kogoro Mouri suddenly stood up and strode towards the door without saying a word. "I don't know this child. Please go find his parents."
"Aren't you his uncle?"
"The watch!"
Kogoro Mouri pushed open the door and walked out without looking back.
2 billion yen! Even if he sold his entire family, he couldn't raise that much money!
Besides, it wasn't Xiaolan who caused the trouble; it was just a kid staying at his house. Why should he bother with this mess?
Jin Si turned to Conan, her friendly smile returning: "So, Conan, how do you plan to pay for this?"
"I……"
Conan stared blankly at Kogoro Mouri's departing figure, his mind blank, even forgetting the pain in his body.
This is 2 billion! Not 200, 2000, or 20,000!
Last time, 1.1 billion yuan emptied his mother's savings. This time, with 2 billion yuan, where is he going to find the money?
He just played a game of football, how did he get into such bad luck?
The man in the gold thread pushed a detailed bill in front of Conan: "If you can't pay, we'll have no choice but to sue you for endangering public safety."
"No! Absolutely not!"
Conan panicked immediately when he heard that he was going to be sued.
If he, a renowned detective, were to be sued and imprisoned, his entire life would be over!
His dreams and his mission will all vanish into thin air.
"Could...could it be a little less?"
"no!"
The man in gold thread shook his head firmly under Conan's pleading gaze. "Since you've made a mistake, you should pay the price for your actions."
Conan's face turned ashen. "I think your compensation is too much. I don't accept it. And how can you be so sure those people were injured by the glass I broke!"
He retorted unwillingly, trying to find a glimmer of hope.
"This is a video." The man in gold thread pushed a phone towards her.
A surveillance video is playing inside.
Multiple cameras on the rooftop clearly captured the entire process from different angles: Conan's ball shattered the glass, and then the glass shards fell like meteors, hitting people.
Every frame is incredibly clear, and every detail has been perfectly captured.
After watching the video, Conan's stubbornness vanished, and his small body slumped completely in the chair.
Jin Si said to herself, "If you have any complaints about our bill, you can hire a lawyer to sue us."
"Our young master Yuzuru is kind-hearted and worried that you, Conan, might not be able to raise so much money in a short time, so he specifically instructed us to give you a week. Please notify your family to come and make the payment as soon as possible!"
As he spoke, he stood up, not forgetting to leave with the words, "If you don't receive payment within a week, the group's legal team will sue your family."
After saying that, he walked out of the room.
Hearing the threatening words in his ear and looking at the bills, videos, and photos on the table, Conan's eyes became vacant.
After a long while, he angrily slammed his fist on the table.
"It's all that Yuzuru's fault!"
If it weren't for Yuzuru insisting on bringing so many bodyguards with him whenever he went out, and all of them dressed in black, I wouldn't have acted so impulsively.
It would not have led to the current situation.
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