Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

On the way to the scene, Kenji Hagiwara stretched hard and let out a long sigh.

"Ah, I'm finally free!

"I've been being followed all the time. I don't dare to go to the dark web, look at my phone too much, or even talk too much. I'm going crazy!"

Jinpei Matsuda glanced at him and said nothing.

Hagiwara Kenji turned around and looked at him with a smile: "Thank you for freeing me from that prison-like office, dear!"

Matsuda Jinpei:......

"Eh? Are you not satisfied with my thanks? How about I treat you to ramen later?"

Jinpei Matsuda still didn't say anything. He just looked at the road ahead with an expressionless face and drove seriously.

Hagiwara Kenji: …

Suddenly, he started as if he remembered something, and while looking at Matsuda Jinpei inquiringly, he placed his fingers next to his ears and made a circle.

Matsuda Jinpei sneered, took out a signal jammer from the box beside him and threw it at him: "You just thought of this possibility?"

Looking at the signal jammer in his hand, Kenji Hagiwara had a complicated expression: "Really? Tsk, these bastards, why do they guard us so tightly? We are obviously victims too!"

Matsuda Jinpei Matsuda Jinpei sneered: "Who told us that we might have some kind of 'special relationship' with Sakurai."

Hagiwara Kenji frowned: "…What does this mean?"

"What do you think those guys are guarding against? Preventing us from colluding with Pramiya?"

Hagiwara Kenji: …

"No matter whether those bastards can recover the potion from Pramiya, they will eventually use this incident as an excuse to shift their target to Fujiwara Yuto and Sakurai. So, guess what role we are in now?"

Hagiwara Kenji's eyes widened: "...Are they planning to use us to threaten Sakurai?"

"If they can't find Fujiwara Yuto and can't force Sakurai to hand over the person or technology, it will probably be our turn to be used. For specific methods of use, please refer to the method that Mr. Kujo used on Shinji Hagiya last time."

At the last cat cafe gathering, although Kenji Hagiwara was the first to leave, he had already learned what happened later through other people's descriptions, so he completely understood what Jinpei Matsuda meant.

After hesitating for a moment, Hagiwara Kenji said, "We...shouldn't be considered Sakurai's weak spot, right?"

Jinpei Matsuda raised his eyebrows and gave him a puzzled look.

"After what happened recently, and after cooperating with Sakurai on several occasions, can you believe what I said?"

Hagiwara Kenji: …

Matsuda Jinpei snorted coldly: "Those bureaucrats, one by one, don't have unrealistic fantasies about their humanity. Tsk, one by one, I really want to beat them up one by one!"

Hagiwara Kenji was silent for a long time, and could only quietly change the subject: "How are Zero and Keimitsu doing? Last night I only received news that they would temporarily act together, and then there was no further news. What about Sakurai, is there no one around him?"

"No, I guess those three are together."

Matsuda took out his phone and threw it to Hagiwara Kenji, saying confidently, "We received 16 reports last night, including 11 shootings and 4 bombings, with nearly casualties. Even if they didn't do it all, their efficiency is a bit too high. Sakurai must have been involved.

"And if it was just Zero and Morobushi who were acting together, they would most likely carry out a capture operation instead of simply and crudely getting rid of the target person."

Hagiwara Kenji read through the emails from Matsuda and Morobushi in one glance, his eyes widened in shock: "11 shootings and 1 bombing in one night! My God..."

"That message is specially left for you. Delete it after reading it."

"it is good."

While deleting the email, Hagiwara Kenji said, "Next time, you don't have to leave it for me to read. Just tell it to me verbally. How can I not believe you?"

"Really, the facts are too shocking. If I don't leave you something, I'm afraid you won't believe it."

Hagiwara Kenji winked at Matsuda Jinpei teasingly: "Yes, especially coming from a guy like you, it's particularly unconvincing."

Matsuda Jinpei ignored his ridicule and continued to speak: "The result that Morobushi admitted was only the 11+1 incident. The so-called explosion was actually just a fabrication by them in order to get us out of the surveillance. There are definitely no casualties."

Hagiwara Kenji: "You mean they actually executed 11 members of the organization on the list. Then the other three bombings were..."

Matsuda Jinpei sneered: "What do you think?"

Hagiwara Kenji: "...No, you can't be so arbitrary. Shouldn't that guy be forced to flee all over the city? How could he have the time to carry out the bombing?"

Seeing that they had arrived at the destination, Matsuda Jinpei parked the car and said, "Whether I was arbitrary or not, you will know after looking at the scene. There is your protective suit in the trunk, put it on before entering the scene."

Hagiwara Kenji frowned: "You are! You were too prominent at the last wedding. You must have been targeted by that guy."

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at him and said, "Same words for you."

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That night, everyone logged on to the dark web at the agreed time to meet and exchange information.

【Caramel Chocolate: Here it comes. 】

【Apprentice: (Omurice) Reporting. 】

[Caramel Chocolate: Omurice is driving and cannot be online. I will pass on any news. ]

[Inugami: ...Look upstairs, you're the one who's going to deliver the message? ]

[Repair Shop Master: First of all, Gorilla cannot attend due to work. If there is any news, I will help convey it to him. ]

【Caramel Chocolate: Good.】

[Inugami: Wait, driving? How did you get the network? ]

【Apprentice: Guess? 】

[Inugami: ...I didn't ask.]

[Repair Shop Master: Are you going to continue to add to the gorilla's workload? ]

【Apprentice: That’s right, haha! 】

【Caramel Chocolate: Yes. Today's list is 25 people.】

[The Master of Repair Shop: Duo Shao?! Am I seeing right? 25 people!]

【Caramel Chocolate: Just a proposal, not sure if it can be completed. 】

【Apprentice: Current progress is 7/25. 】

[Apprentice: As long as your route planning is correct and there are no special circumstances, I don’t think it will be a big problem. ]

[Inugami: So it turns out that stinky cat has developed some new skills? ]

[Apprentice: It’s not a new skill, Gouzi. If it were you, you could do it. As long as your sniping skills are comparable to Omurice.]

【Caramel Chocolate: I think this word is very appropriate. 】

[Caramel Chocolate: I feel like the sniping level of Omurice has been greatly improved. ]

[Apprentice: (Omurice) Not really, it’s just that the apprentice’s assistance is too powerful, especially when we’re operating at night. ]

【Apprentice: Thank you for the compliment. 】

【Caramel Chocolate: ……】

[Apprentice: Hey, are you unconvinced, Cocoa Bean? You are obviously happy too.]

[Inugami: Hey, stinky cat, don’t you think there’s something wrong with what you said? ]

[Apprentice: As expected, what you think is what you see. You have read too many dirty books, Gouzi.]

[Inugami: Yo, you seem to understand a lot. ]

[Caramel Chocolate: That’s enough, you two! Stop causing visual pollution here! ]

[Repair Shop Master: ...Ah, I think I understand. ]

[Inugami: What? ]

[Repair Shop Master: Black sauce, this is the skill I experienced last time, right? ]

【Apprentice: Yes.】

[Inugami: What? What!]

[Repair Shop Master: It’s just… Typing is too troublesome. I’ll call you to explain.]

【Apprentice: Oh, by the way, let me share with you some new news I just received. 】

[Apprentice: About an hour ago, Pramiya sold three bottles of rejuvenation potion that were said to come from a "special channel" on the dark web at a price of 100 million yen per bottle.]

【Apprentice: Three bottles, 300 million yen, sold out in 17 seconds. 】

【Apprentice: Oh, how much money did I lose? 】

【Caramel Chocolate: Is this the point?!】