Chapter 64 Telephone Calls and Eavesdropping
"Yes! I broke it because I was moving too roughly." Matsuda wouldn't let a kid know that he was now an adult whose phone was out of credit, so he made up an excuse without any guilt.
That's nonsense. I haven't stopped watching him since just now. I haven't seen him take out his phone or even touch it. How do I know that his phone was broken just now?
Hmph...o(￣ヘ￣o＃) It must have been broken before he and Ran met, or maybe he didn't bring his phone at all for convenience when he was on the move! Conan couldn't help but show his half-moon eyes when he heard his perfunctory answer.
However, given his intelligence, he realized he hadn't been exposed after noticing the man's perfunctory behavior. At the same time, he was also curious about who the man needed his phone to contact at this time. His accomplices? His partner? Or someone else in the organization, like Gin?
The thought made his heart tighten, and at the same time, a restless desire arose within him. If he could overhear who he needed to contact at this time, could he investigate other members of the organization? Or perhaps gather other intelligence related to the organization?
However, this was an organization member whose keen observation skills had been detected after only one use of the tracking glasses. Trying to eavesdrop on him wouldn't be as easy as eavesdropping on Uncle Mori and the police each time, and it would be extremely dangerous if exposed...
Oh! By the way, the earring-shaped phone that Professor Agasa made for himself can not only be used as a phone for making calls, but also be used to eavesdrop on the phone's calls through a bug in his tracking glasses.
The eavesdropping function wouldn't be detected unless the earring phone was disassembled and the internal software analyzed, or unless the tracking glasses were taken away and disassembled. Thinking this, Conan couldn't help but grin mischievously. Hehe…
After laughing for a moment, he felt a strange feeling in his heart. Dealing with the organization's members was such a serious matter, so why couldn't he be as nervous as he was with Gin when facing Darmo? And why was he in the mood to laugh at Darmo for falling for his trick?
Although he was confused about his own reaction, he acted quickly, handing his earring-shaped phone to Darmo and pretending to be a child reluctant to part with his beloved toy, saying, "Alright, you can borrow my phone for a bit, but you have to return it to me later! This is my favorite phone."
"..." When Matsuda took the earrings from the child, he was taken aback at first, but then he immediately realized that this must be a toy phone that the parents had specially made for their child to make calls, in order to prevent the child from becoming addicted to smartphones.
Thinking about how parents have gone to such lengths to control their kids' phone addiction, he couldn't help but laugh when he recalled how Hagi's inner monologue had even gone so far as to want a daughter. He could only suppress his laughter as he dialed Gin's number on his phone, patting Conan's head and saying, "Don't worry."
After he finished speaking, he heard the phone connect. Knowing that his junior sister's brother's work was not suitable for a public conversation in this place, he walked to a quiet spot and said into the phone, "Hey! Feng-chan's brother! Wait for me at the last connecting bridge."
"...You're the guy in the elevator just now!" Gin saw through his binoculars several figures running towards the connecting bridge through the smoke of the explosion, preparing to press the detonator on the top connecting bridge! Upon hearing this, his hand instinctively paused.
At the same time, he also saw through his binoculars that several children were rushing out of the smoke, contrary to his prediction that Shirley would only be able to choose this connecting bridge because all the escape routes were blocked.
Because his attention was focused on the phone, he didn't get a good look at the children. He moved the binoculars in another direction, trying to locate the person he was talking to on the phone, while sneering, "Heh...you want to talk to Shingan?"
Is it the same online—meddling in other people's business?
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Meanwhile, Genta, Ai Haibara, and the others managed to escape the thick smoke from the intense fire below and reach the only undamaged connecting bridge.
When they successfully crossed the connecting bridge and reached Building B, Ai Haibara had a strange feeling. She hadn't sensed anything unusual when the young lady of the Tokiwa family had her accident.
So when the elevator stopped and the woman with the child wanted to get on, but the elevator showed that it was overloaded, Yuan Tai and the others wanted to give up their seats to the mother and child, so he didn't stop them and even got off with them.
But when the first explosion occurred, she subconsciously felt that her phone call that night had exposed her whereabouts, attracting the organization to set a deadly trap in this building in order to hunt her down.
Even just now, when she ran up the connecting bridge with everyone else and got to the middle of it, she realized that she felt like a lamb being chased by a hunter and running for its life in a panic. Perhaps this connecting bridge was a deadly trap deliberately set for her by the organization...
But now it seems I was overthinking things. There was no danger on the connecting bridge, and I successfully made it to Building B of the Twin Towers. Could it be that someone else is causing trouble at the new Tokiwa headquarters?
Or perhaps the organization isn't after her, but rather someone else connected to this place? This reminded her of Conan's questions after the investigation at the scene of Hara Yoshiaki's murder, asking her what Hara Yoshiaki's connection was to the organization and speculating that he might have been killed by Gin…
At the same moment, Conan downstairs put on his tracking glasses, turned on the eavesdropping function, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the mother and child who had come down the elevator earlier running towards a man in his 30s in the crowd.
However, the voice he overheard immediately made his face tense up. It was Gin's voice? He really was an accomplice of the organization, and someone who could talk to Gin directly. Didn't Haibara say that Gin had an unusual position in the organization?
So he's a powerful figure in the organization too? Who are you all referring to? Gin, Vodka, and others involved in this attack? Feng-chan... who is he? And who is he? They were in the banquet hall of Building A the whole time? How come I didn't notice? Is my observation skill really that bad?
Eh!!! High-priced luxury goods, their goals are different from Gin's? They're after the expensive luxury goods that Tokiwa brought for the opening of the new headquarters. Indeed, the supercar in Uncle Mori alone costs nearly ten million yen.
The unlimited supply of alcoholic beverages at this banquet costs between several million and tens of millions of yen per bottle, not to mention the special supplies provided to privileged individuals such as members of parliament, business partners, or other wealthy Japanese families like the Sonoko family.
Each bottle costs over 50 million yen. Even if he didn't observe carefully during the banquet, he roughly noted the quantity of various wines in the wine cabinet. Just these alone would amount to billions or even tens of billions of yen, not to mention the famous paintings and valuable tableware...
The total value is definitely over 10 billion yen, and the volume of the expensive liquor is actually much smaller than that of 10 billion yen in banknotes, making it easier to transport and resell.
Unlike some new banknotes that have unique serial numbers, there's no such hassle. You'd never guess this unless you overheard this conversation! Wow! It's practically a crime blind spot...
But the important question is: how many people are in this organization? And who are Fuu and his group? What special status do they hold within the organization? Are they an action team specifically tasked with raising funds for the organization? That's why someone like Gin would choose to stop at this crucial moment in the hunt for Haibara.
No, I need to go to Building A to see what the other two organization members look like and get more information about the organization. Anyway, Qin...
The bombing of the bridge has been suspended, so rushing up won't get you trapped...
With this in mind, Conan, being intelligent, was well aware of how risky it would be to rush to this point where the organization members were focused on and where they were located.
Despite the ever-present threat of some unpredictable danger, he still ran to the back of the car, grabbed his skateboard, and rushed toward the elevator in Building B, all the while listening to the conversation between Darmo and Gin through the tracking glasses.
Just as his figure disappeared with the sound of the elevator going up, Genta, Ai Haibara, and the other three stepped out of another elevator that was descending to this floor...
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One minute ago:
Hearing Gin's voice, Matsuda breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this guy didn't have the habit of cutting off all communications while working. While he was relieved, he was also worried that Gin might blow up the communication bridge at any time. He couldn't bother arguing with this guy who he always had to give a silver bracelet to when he met him.
He immediately said directly, "I don't have time to meddle in your business. But right now, Feng Jiang and he are both in Building A. If that connecting bridge is also part of your plan, then wait a bit until I get there before you bomb it..."
After saying that, Matsuda himself felt something was off. Tsk! He was a Japanese policeman, albeit in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, but he was still a Japanese policeman. Now, facing a criminal, he had to negotiate with them to delay the crime? This was...-_-||
"The fat piglet is in Japan?" Gin didn't quite believe his words, thinking that the other party might be deliberately using her to interfere with his work. Humph! Ever since he gained more and more influence in the organization...
They had given orders to the members of the organization planted in the Immigration Bureau to notify Fat Pig when they noticed his visa application. Fat Pig had only been to Japan for a few months when he started clamoring to return home, and he had never applied for a Japanese visa since.
Matsuda sensed his distrust and thought to himself that it made sense. Given that this man, Tokiwa, a major Japanese capitalist, could create such a grand spectacle at the new headquarters of the Tokiwa family, both he and his behind-the-scenes boss must have extraordinary connections and authority.
He should have some knowledge of or be aware of his sister's whereabouts. He should know very well that his junior schoolmate is currently in China and hasn't come to Japan. Tsk! Explaining this matter is going to be a bit troublesome.
Without bringing him into the game, I doubt he'd believe anything I say, given his personality. And if I reveal his police identity, it might cause him even more misunderstandings.
In this situation, how can I persuade this guy to pause? How can I return when the dungeon ends? Matsuda watched the time tick by on his phone, seeing that there were only 10 minutes left until the dungeon ended.
In a moment of desperation, he recalled the sound of Hagi laughing at the junior schoolgirl for stealing the expensive liquor from the cabinet, and decided to let go of her rather unruly personality from before she became a policeman.
Using a similar, nonsensical approach that is more persuasive and easier to gain his approval: "That's right! We have some things here that are not as big as yours, but are still considered alternative and illegal activities."
So they used the same somewhat illegal method to enter Japan and sneak over to complete the task. After all, Tokiwa had brought a lot of expensive luxury goods here for the opening ceremony of the new headquarters, including beautiful sports cars and various high-priced alcoholic beverages...
"Selling it would have made us a small fortune. The only regret is that this famous painting will soon depreciate, so we'll have to give it up. Otherwise, we could have made over 10 billion yen! Heh... You don't think you can completely control her whereabouts, do you?"
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