Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

Rum raised his head with red eyes, staring sharply at the black silhouette on the monitor on the bar.

"…But even if you all know, so what? These chaebols, companies, and funds are still under my control."

A smug smile appeared on his face.

Yes, even if you know my secret, even if Karasuma Renya knows my secret, so what?

The empire that I built with my own hands cannot be easily shaken by casual words, nor can it be taken away by casual words!

Rum pressed his hand to his temple, which was throbbing with anger. "Do you think you can make me fall just by revealing my secret? Hehehe..."

He laughed deeply and said sarcastically, "But the truth is, you can't do it. This game is far more complicated than you think. The foundations and organizations under my control have long had their roots spread into every corner of this city."

He slowly stood up and confidently waved a thin list in his hand twice: "If it weren't for me, they would soon be out of control and collapse. You, no, not you..."

Rum turned to the direction of the monitor: "It's you."

He smiled sarcastically: "Without me, you will end up with nothing. Don't you agree, sir?"

This is a blatant provocation.

Koizumi watched Rum's counterattack with interest, then looked at the monitor.

The black silhouette was like a dummy, not moving at all from beginning to end.

She thought about it, then suddenly interrupted and asked, "Rum, you mean, there is no one else in Tokyo except you. If you are finished, the organization will be finished too? Is that right?"

Rum sneered, "Right. That's what I meant."

Koizumi smiled and praised: "Wow, Rum, you are really crazy, really amazing."

Her words sounded ironic, but to the ears of the five people in the bar, they took on a different meaning.

Did you hear that clearly?

As long as we follow the clues and completely get rid of Rum, the organization's influence in Tokyo will be completely destroyed!

Four people from the police academy plus Taro Yamada: …

They all nodded silently.

receive.

Although this matter is definitely not as simple as it sounds.

Rum ignored Koizumi's provocation.

He sneered contemptuously and continued, "Besides, do you have a better candidate for the mayor of Tokyo than me?"

Unexpectedly, it was Koizumi who interrupted him again.

"Yes, I have."

The corners of Rum's mouth quickly slid down, he turned his head to look at Koizumi, and only a single syllable came out of his mouth.

"Oh?"

Koizumi didn't stand up, but raised his chin and pointed in a certain direction.

"In terms of ambition and means, Nae Oyamada is no worse than you. I think she is the most suitable candidate than you."

Nae Oyamada, who had been watching the situation develop silently, was stunned.

"She is a friend of the Americans and we have a good basis for cooperation. And as a newcomer, I think she is much more controllable than you."

Rum glanced at Oyamada Nae and said with a contemptuous smile: "She? A ..."

"If what you're trying to say is, 'Just a woman,' then I'll kill you right now."

Rum:…

"What's wrong with being a woman, Mr. Rum? Have you ever thought that I am a woman too?

“When you were working with Nae Oyamada and asked her to help you get TSE shares, why didn’t you change your partner just because she was a woman?

"Look at this company you are kneeling down to lick someone else's instep and begging him to bless you with. It belongs to me and is also a woman's.

"With Oyamada Nae's ability, I'm not saying she will do better than you, but she will definitely not be worse than you!

"Do you believe that as long as Nae Oyamada announces her candidacy, she will immediately win 99% of the female votes in the market? Please tell me, if this is not a natural advantage, what is it?

"And what law prohibits women from running for mayor?

"Do you believe that if I send this recording of yours out and manipulate it, I can immediately ruin your reputation?

"Oh, yes, you don't even need me to do anything. You've already run into a big problem, Mr. Rum, the fake philanthropist and real traitor."

Nae Oyamada looked at Koizumi from afar with extremely complicated feelings.

She actually didn't take Rum's put-down to heart, because she had heard it so many times since she was a child and had gotten used to it.

This is the case with Japan. They keep clamoring for social equality and gender equality, but there has never been equality in any aspect. The most obvious example is the issue of unequal pay for equal work.

For the same job, women's annual salary is only 7% of men's.

Even though Nae Oyamada had won the position of the head of the Oyamada family with her actual ability, when discussing the candidate for mayor, no one had ever thought that she could also be a candidate. She was obviously better than the candidates recommended by the elders!

However, Sakurai, her collaborator who had been betrayed by her, recognized her abilities and said she could do it.

Nae Oyamada pursed her lips, her eyes slightly warm.

It’s been a long time since I last felt this way. It’s so good to be recognized by others.

Koizumi is still continuing his verbal bombardment over there.

"Really? I'm so pissed! I didn't want to be the first to do this! It doesn't matter if you run the company, since it's the organization's business anyway.

“But what you said really pissed me off!

"Last year at the secret meeting at the Masuyama family, when you asked me for strategic cooperation, asked me to get you intelligence on Gin, and forced me to pay, you didn't have this attitude.

"If you had dared to show even the slightest contempt, I would have shot you in the face and made you suffer through the cycles of death and rebirth a few times!

"Why didn't you dare then but you dare now? You think you can't die because you have someone to rely on, right?"

Koizumi's words were spoken so quickly and urgently that it felt like she was really angry.

Rum was horrified.

Can you survive a bullet wound in the face several times?

And the "reliance" she mentioned, in the ears of others, refers to that gentleman, but Rum knows that she is talking about the resurrection coin!

Could it be that this little bastard is so angry that he has lost his mind and is planning to reveal this secret?

No, we can't let her continue!

So Rum took advantage of the moment when Koizumi took a breath and continued speaking eagerly to the black silhouette on the monitor.

"Based on everything I have said, I think you should abide by the agreement you made with me!"

He emphasized the word "I".

"Let Melo completely hand over the strategically important company to me, oh no, it should be under the jurisdiction of the 'Organization', and I will manage it temporarily!"

The bar was silent for a few seconds before the gentleman's voice came over the loudspeaker.

"…Would you like to explain what you did last year?"

Rum was stunned for a moment before he realized what he had done wrong.

He was pushed too hard and completely ignored the linguistic trap in Koizumi's previous remarks.

How come I was the one begging Melo for strategic cooperation, I was the one asking her to get intelligence, and I was the one forcing her to give me money?

It was obviously that woman herself...

No, no, he couldn't refute it now.

If he refutes after being reminded, people will realize that there is a hidden meaning in Mello's words that he absolutely cannot let others know!

So he really had to take the blame that Melo and that gentleman put on him.

Rum turned his head to look at Koizumi, and saw that there was no anger on the man's face. He was looking at him with a smile on his face with his head tilted.

Seeing Rum turning his head to look at him, he mouthed to him silently: How stupid.

...This bastard!

Before Rum could get mad, the gentleman's voice continued to come from the loudspeaker: "Mello, what do you mean?"

Koizumi didn't respond directly, but just spread his hands and smiled, "I'll do my best, sir. This is about all I can squeeze out of Rum for you."

"Hehe...I'm talking about the security company."

"Oh, that one."

Koizumi gave a mocking smile: "You have already made the decision, why bother asking me again?"

"Well, you're a smart kid."

Over the radio, the gentleman let out a low, hoarse laugh.

"Since you are clear about this, please cooperate with us and transfer the ownership of the company to Rum as soon as possible."

Rum was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt ecstatic.

He won!

Although the cost was far beyond expectations, he won in the end!

On the other side, all of Sakurai's men, including the four people from the police academy, felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

In the end, we still couldn't hold on?

Are they going to be handed over to Rum to make a living?

There will be no good days from now on.

Better to leave...

Gin was holding a cigarette, his eyes a little vague.

...Ha, isn't this the ending that was expected long ago?

Even though Melo was so confident, nothing changed.

Koizumi did not respond.

She tried to control her emotions, but couldn't. The faint smile on her face grew bigger and bigger, and she laughed out loud.

Hagiwara Kenji leaned close to Matsuda Jinpei's ear and whispered worriedly, "Is she mad?"

Jinpei Matsuda frowned, his eyes fixed on Koizumi's every move, his hand subconsciously on the gun bag.

"Be prepared. I have a bad feeling about this."

Hagiwara was stunned: "What?"

"Rum, let me ask you a question."

"what?"

Rum looked at Koizumi triumphantly, and then was surprised by the strange smile on her face.

He waved his hand, and immediately two black-clad dudes came running over and stood in front of him, blocking the path between Rum and Koizumi.

Koizumi ignored his little actions.

She stared at the ceiling and smiled happily.

"Remember what I said?"

Koizumi spoke slowly, almost word by word, "I will help you get what you want, and you leave Tokyo to me."

Koizumi turned his head and looked at Rum's face through the two bodyguards, smiling brightly: "Do you think you got what you wanted?"

Ask him if he got what he wanted?

Rum didn't understand why Koizumi suddenly said this, but he suddenly sensed the danger in his heart.

But before he could react, he suddenly found that Koizumi's figure opposite him suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Then, something hard pressed against the back of his head, and Koizumi's voice came from behind him.

"Then, Tokyo, I'll take it."

what? !

Rum only had time to feel his heart tighten before his head exploded, and red and white liquid sprayed all over the heads and faces of the two bodyguards in front of him.

The headless male corpse fell to the ground with a bang.

There were two more loud bangs, and the two bodyguards fell to the ground motionless.

Koizumi held up the shotgun in his hand, looked at his masterpiece with a grin, calmly sat down in Rum's original C position, and smiled at the black silhouette on the monitor.

"I'll give you a chance to choose again."