"Hey! Itakura, why aren't you answering your emails!?"
Vodka!
Hearing the slightly hoarse voice on the phone, the two immediately recognized the identity of the person on the other end of the phone.
Compared to Conan, Tang Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the person who called was the idiot Vodka.
If it was his words, it would prove that his previous influence had no impact on today's plot, and there would not be a terrible situation where a bunch of ambushes were lying in wait for the two of them to be killed and silenced.
However, we still cannot be careless, after all, there may be members of the black organization around monitoring the villa.
"Don't just stand there in silence, speak up!"
In the brief moment when the two of them were trying to identify the caller's information, Vodka's impatient voice urged again, "Hurry up!"
"Sorry, sorry..." Conan held the butterfly voice changer and said in Itakura's tone, "I'm so sorry, there was a power outage here just now, and I couldn't find the phone in the dark for a while...
It seems that because of the heavy snowstorm outside, the power in the villa was cut off just now...I didn’t have time to open the email..."
"Hmph... unnecessary!" Vodka snorted disdainfully, "Who told you to go to a villa in the mountains to get the mail..."
“Eh!? You, you guys!!”
Seeing him pretending to be panicked, he asked, "Could it be that you are watching me nearby?"
"Hahaha...all your actions are under our control. I advise you not to play any tricks." Vodka's warning voice sounded on the phone.
If it was the real Itakura, he might really be scared by the other person's words.
But now...
Conan and Tang Ze exchanged a glance, then calmly pretended to be panicked and said, "I, you... I know... You haven't been monitoring this villa all this time, have you?"
Tang Ze walked straight to the light and turned on the light in the villa.
"How could that be? Don't be afraid." Vodka said jokingly, and then asked, "Enough of the small talk, have you finished the program I asked you to develop?"
Hearing the other person's unchanged tone, the two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Turning on the light was naturally a test. Although the other party said that everything was under control, at least he was not near the villa at the moment.
Otherwise, when Tang Ze turned on the lights, he should be able to see the changes in the villa, and then take the opportunity to speak out the situation to shock Itakura.
And since he didn't say anything, it proved that the other party was just bluffing Itakura.
"Yeah, it's done." Conan replied calmly.
"Huh? Is there someone next to you?"
At this moment, Vodka's voice suddenly became fierce, "Speak! What was that sound just now!?"
"sound?"
When Conan heard Vodka's sudden words, he thought that Tang Ze had been discovered for turning on the light, and was suddenly startled.
But the following words made Conan stunned, and then he saw Tang Ze pointing to the door and window next to him, and immediately replied: "Ah, you are talking about the sound of the wind hitting the window."
"Ah, is that so..." Vodka said in a somewhat softened tone.
"Let's get down to business. I can't use the computer right now, so could you please tell me the time and place of the program trading..." Conan didn't want to dwell on this topic with the other party, so he chose to get straight to the point.
"Humph... There's nothing I can do... Listen carefully, I'll only say this once." Vodka paused and then said, "Did you know there's an unfinished station called "Xianqiao"?
It's a new station on the Dongdu subway line. We'll meet in front of locker 0032 on the bottom floor of the station at 12:00 PM tomorrow. Don't forget to bring the program..."
"Sorry, not tomorrow... I'm not very convenient..."
After hearing the time and place provided, Conan offered a pretext he had discussed and refused: "A gaming company is insisting that there's a problem with the game program I developed for them, and they're asking me to go check it out tomorrow..."
I'm afraid someone from their branch will pick me up early this morning and take me to Osaka... It will take about two or three days to go there and back...
If there is a real problem, it could take four or five days, depending on the situation."
"Asshole, I can't wait that long." Vodka said impatiently, "Postpone your crappy schedule."
"No, no... That game company is making a big fuss. They're saying if I don't let them handle it, they're going to sue me and ask me to pay compensation..."
Conan pretended to be embarrassed and said, "If you really want to get it, you can only do it during the day... But then... it will be disadvantageous to you, right?"
"Four o'clock then!"
Vodka said bluntly: "In four hours, bring the program to the place I mentioned before..."
"Four, four hours!?" Conan's voice rose considerably. "Do you want me to leave Gunma and go to Tokyo now?!"
"Why, is it impossible?" Vodka said in a cold tone, "Since the program is already completed, can't you bring it over in advance?"
"No, no... I understand... I'll be in Tokyo in four hours and give you the program..."
Conan looked trembling with fear, "But, but you can't ambush there...
If I see any of your accomplices around, I will immediately terminate the transaction...
Don’t, don’t even think about snatching it away… Otherwise, even if you get it, you won’t be able to use this program…”
"Haha, you're indeed a cautious guy..." Vodka laughed, and it was hard to tell whether he was praising or mocking him. "Then let's do this. Meet in front of locker 0032 at Xianqiao at 4 am."
"I understand... no problem..." Conan's slightly nervous but forced calm voice sounded, and Vodka did not reply but hung up the phone.
On the other side, as the phone was hung up, Conan couldn't help but smile, "Just as you said, Detective Tang Ze, he took the bait."
"Good acting." Tang Ze praised from the side: "If I hadn't been standing in front of you, I really wouldn't have thought you could accomplish so many changes in tone without any expression."
Conan rolled his eyes at this and said that practice makes perfect.
After all, he pretends to be Kogoro Mouri and does reasoning every day, so he is very familiar with dubbing.
"In this way, we can trade with them before the news of Mr. Itakura's death is broadcast." Seeing that everything was going well, Tang Ze felt temporarily relieved.
As for why Tang Ze didn't use his connections to get Shihuayuan to suppress the news of Itakura's death, it was because it wasn't worth it.
In other words, the risks and benefits are not proportional.
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