Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

The cat cafe was empty, not a single person was in sight.

There was no Gin, no Sakurai, and even Takagi, who had just come in before him, was not there.

When Shuichi Akai looked towards the stairs, he saw several shop cats lying on the steps, silently blocking the way to the second floor.

When Akai Shuichi approached them, the cats immediately stood up vigilantly, their fur standing on end and gave him warning cries.

[No passage here! ]

[Come over here again and I’ll bite you to death! ]

[Not everyone can enter the lair of the cat demon boss! 】

Akai Shuichi:......

Could it be that Sakurai is having a secret meeting with someone upstairs?

Any ideas about Santa Philina’s arrangement?

Shuichi Akai stopped in front of the stairs, squatted down and stroked the cat's head soothingly, while listening with his ears perked up for any possible noise coming from upstairs.

[This person was frightened. I have become stronger! ]

[What? He looks so powerful, but he turns out to be so cowardly. ]

[Don't you know how to bribe with dried fish? You are such a fool! ]

For Shuichi Akai, it was completely possible to force his way through, as they were just a few cats and could not stop him at all.

But it's not necessary.

It would not be good if the people upstairs noticed something was wrong by the cat's meowing.

Speaking of which, Sakurai really took a different approach and trained a group of excellent detective assistants.

These cats are smart and obedient, their small size makes them difficult to detect, and as long as they are equipped with the right equipment, they will be good at surveillance, monitoring and tracking.

I don’t know whether Sakurai will sell these trained cats, and whether they can obey the instructions of their new owners.

In a sense, these little guys are much more reliable than the FBI's assistants.

Akai Shuichi was really tempted.

The first choices are tabby cat and cow cat, but the fat orange one is also fine.

Shuichi Akai's eyes swept across the room but didn't find Daichi.

Hey, where's that fat cat?

At this moment, footsteps were heard in the store, and Ken Takagi wiped the water stains on his hands and walked out with ease.

The place where he came out was...

Toilet?

Akai Shuichi:......

So Takagi Ken was so anxious just because of physiological needs, and he was not in a hurry to find Sakurai to tell on her?

Did he think too much?

So what are these cats doing blocking the stairs?

Who is Sakurai having a secret conversation with?

Then he watched Koizumi walk briskly in from outside the store.

Akai Shuichi:......

What did Scotland just say? Sakurai is waiting for them at the cat cafe?

tsk...

Sure enough, among those who can get the organization’s code name, there is no honest guy!

As soon as he saw Koizumi appear, Ken Takagi immediately went to meet him.

When Takagi Ken thought of the new information he had obtained today, he felt that the relaxed and happy smile on Koizumi's face became forced.

He only saw his boss's glory in public, but it turned out that, unknown to him, his master Melo was bullied so badly...

Takagi Ken looked at Koizumi and muttered in a low voice with grievance: "Boss, you have suffered..."

"Huh? What did you say?"

Koizumi frowned.

Ken Takagi's sad and hesitant expression gave her goosebumps.

Ken Takagi shuddered.

The boss is such a strong person, he must not be able to stand being pitied and comforted!

He quickly changed his words: "I, I mean, thank you for your hard work, boss!"

Is Ken Takagi losing his mind again?

Koizumi stared at him for a while, and suddenly understood the man's train of thought.

This guy Ken Takagi must have peeked at the contents when he was helping Fujiwara Yuto destroy the documents.

Actually, except for the documents and photos that Fujiwara Yuto deliberately let Takagi take away secretly at the beginning, the other things in Fujiwara Yuto's hands were all fake documents that Fujiwara Yuto made in the past two days.

If you look carefully, you'll find that it's all nonsense, and even a lot of poetry and novels are photocopied just to make up the number.

Koizumi pretended not to understand what Takagi Ken said, glanced at Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu who came in from the door, yawned and complained: "Well, it's quite hard. It's rare that I wanted to rest early today, but troubles kept coming one after another."

Jianggu Ling:......

Needless to say, he was definitely classified as a troublemaker.

As Furuya Rei and Morobushi Keimitsu approached, Koizumi suddenly covered his nose with his hand and took two steps back, frowning in disgust: "It turns out that it's not the smell in Takagi's car, it's you. Why do you smell so bad? It's disgusting."

Fūya Rei lowered his head and smelled the mixed scent that remained on his body.

It does smell a bit unpleasant, but not disgusting, right?

When he drove over, he kept the car windows open to let the air out to dissipate the smell. In fact, the smell on his body has dissipated a lot now.

Xiaoquan couldn't help sneezing twice more: "Go upstairs and deal with it first. This is a cat cafe, and you smell too irritating. It will damage my cat's sense of smell!"

Jianggu Ling:......

Regardless of whether it will damage the cat's sense of smell, it seems that it must be quite irritating to Sakurai himself.

It looks like there's one more special ability she has: an enhanced sense of smell.

From this perspective, Sakurai must have a low tolerance for things with pungent odors such as tear gas and pepper spray, which should be a very obvious weakness for her.

At this time, Koizumi felt that his breathing was a little difficult and his voice became nasal.

"Scotland, help... A-choo!"

Zhu Fujingguang picked up a coat and put it on her, then handed her a box of tissues.

Koizumi: "Eh? I don't have a cold..."

She pointed at Furuya Rei and said, "I mean..."

After seeing the expression on Morobushi Kagemitsu's face, Koizumi knew that he didn't need to say anything more: "...Thank you. A-choo!"

Zhu Fujingguang looked at Furuya Ling coldly: "I will be responsible for dealing with him cleanly."

After saying this, he turned his head expressionlessly to Furiya Rei and said, "Please come in, Mr. Bourbon."

Jianggu Ling:......

Clean it up or something...

I was intimidated.

However, he had no room to resist at the moment, so Fūya Ling could only bite the bullet and be escorted to the second floor by Zhufu Jingguang.

Shuichi Akai had been observing the interaction between several people in silence. When he saw Furuya Rei temporarily leave, he suddenly had an idea.

Great, the opportunity he had been waiting for has come!

"Since we have to wait before we can get to the point, I'm going to go out and buy a pack of cigarettes."

Having said that, Akai Shuichi nodded slightly to Koizumi, then turned around and walked away.

Koizumi wiped his nose with a tissue and stared at his back thoughtfully.

Buy cigarettes?

Why didn’t you buy it on the way here?

Shuichi Akai is probably just looking for an excuse to leave the team and act on his own.

Takagi Ken moved closer to Koizumi and asked in a low voice, "Boss, do you need me to go out with you to take a look?"

Koizumi thought for a moment and asked, "Takagi, on the way here just now, did Bourbon and Moroboshi Dai have another conflict?"

Takagi Ken was speechless for a moment, and said with an awkward expression: "Well, then, does it count if I had a conflict with them?"

Huh?

Did Ken Takagi have a conflict with those two?

This guy has become very capable!

Koizumi immediately became interested.