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Chapter 168 A Chance to Advance to the Top in One Step!
He barely managed to appease everyone with the excuse of fighting. After everyone dispersed, Kazato Kyosuke roughly checked the condition and prescribed medicine. Hattori Heiji then grabbed Kuromon Haruya, went into the room, and locked the door!
He dragged the chair to the doorway, grabbed a mop he found, and sat down with his legs spread wide, like a one-man fortress against a thousand:
"Now you can explain the situation, right?"
Judging from the occasional slips of the tongue where Kuromon Haruya occasionally called Conan "Shinichi," this guy clearly knows the inside story. "Cousin"? Do you think he's easy to fool?! If he doesn't explain himself clearly today, Kudo Shinichi won't have an easy time!
Shinichi Kudo exchanged a glance with Haruya Kuromon, and seeing his resolute attitude, he slowly sighed and revealed the truth: "This all started the day I was knocked unconscious with a stick and forced to take drugs..."
While Conan was reminiscing about his ill-fated relationship with Gin, Haruya Kuromon accessed the backend of Dr. Kazato's phone, sent the photos to her own email, and then deleted the traces.
After all this, Hattori Heiji finally understood the general picture: "In other words, your identity as Kudo Shinichi must not be revealed, otherwise you and those around you may be attacked again?"
"That's it." Breathing in the long-awaited (just kidding!) high-altitude air, Shinichi Kudo stretched his arms and legs, feeling that the world had become a better place!
Then, with a cry of "Ouch!", he stepped on his trouser leg and performed a flat fall.
Yoruichi helped him up and sincerely advised, "Shinichi, you should borrow Hattori's clothes. I'm 185cm tall, and you're only 174cm, which is 11cm more. The clothes might not fit you properly."
"Kuromon-kun, you don't actually need to be so precise." Wiping his face and getting up, Shinichi Kudo moved a few steps to the right and stood next to the dark-skinned Kansai man who was about his size.
Heiji Hattori casually put his arm around her shoulder and patted his chest, offering his services: "In that case, why don't you come and join me! My dad is the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief, so getting him to help with the investigation will be no problem at all. All you have to do is acknowledge me as your teacher."
"Don't even think about it." Shinichi Kudo rolled his eyes, thinking that everyone has a powerful father with connections, and someone as independent and self-reliant as him is obviously more outstanding: "According to my sources, that organization also has spies within the police force. They'd even bomb a Shinkansen just to silence one person, so it's best not to act rashly."
The organization's local strongman in Mihana City, Kuromon Haruya, nodded in agreement: "What a rampant criminal gang!"
"In that case, it shouldn't hurt for me to test the waters with my father a little. It's such a big organization, he might know something inside, and we can exchange information then."
"Hmm... It's not impossible. But the most urgent thing is to find a place to move to as soon as possible, and then ask the inspector not to reveal my whereabouts."
The identity of Shinichi Kudo has already been compromised by the organization, and the investigation is not as convenient as that of Conan Edogawa. Moreover, after he returns to his original form, his parents will have even more reason to obstruct the investigation. Now, he can neither go home nor acknowledge his father.
"Let's stay at the professor's house for now. Maybe he can come up with a disguise invention that allows us to change our faces anytime, anywhere!"
Yoruichi Kuromon stood by the window, watching the wailing police cars arrive downstairs.
The car door opened, revealing the same round-faced police inspector, the capable-looking short-haired policewoman and her suitor, a middle-aged man practicing drunken boxing, and a high school girl...
"Shinichi, Mr. Mori and Ran have come with Inspector Megure."
"Huh?" Shinichi Kudo peeked out and glanced around, then quickly buried his head back down, cold sweat beading on his burning forehead. "How did they get here?!"
Yoya Kuromon recalled the pile of transferred messages on the backup phone: "It's probably because no one answered when we called either of our phones. I had agreed with her before I left that we would update her on her condition in real time."
Knock, knock, knock. Disordered footsteps approached with a clear direction. In less than half a minute, there was a knock on the door of their room: "Shinichi! What are you doing here?!"
Oh no! He had absolutely no idea how to explain this to Ran! Shinichi Kudo nervously swallowed and looked to his two allies for help.
Hattori Heiji whistled and gloated as he turned the doorknob: "Oh, Kudo, your wife's here to see you!"
Adhering to the principle of not interfering in other people's love lives, Kuromon Haruya gave a thumbs-up and looked out at the pitch-black sky.
The moment the door opened, they followed closely behind Ran Mouri as she rushed in, stepping out of the doorway in unison, leaving the space to the sweet young couple.
As for Shinichi's trembling voice, it must be because of his deep love!
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While waiting in the lobby to participate in the statement taking, Kyosuke Kazato calmly assessed the mission as he observed Shinichi Kudo, who was the center of attention.
High school detective, Sherlock Holmes fan, consultant...
They are nothing more than a group of bloodsuckers basking in happiness and using the misfortunes of others as fodder for gossip, a belated and hypocritical justice.
On the surface, there is no apparent connection between it and the organization, which is why it is worthy of orders from the adults who have been given code names.
As official members stationed in Mika, all instructions they receive are relayed by internal members.
The organization has a strict hierarchy and discipline, and its information protection system is comprehensive. During each mission, members are basically only aware of the details of the operation.
Correspondingly, promotion within the organization is extremely difficult, as there are far more people than positions available, and promotion opportunities must be "earned" by the organization itself.
Rumors within the organization suggest that a certain codenamed member was promoted through a romantic relationship.
He also used his identity as a psychologist to build good relationships, and that's how he learned from familiar insiders that this mission was assigned by the code name member.
After initial investigation, Kyosuke Kazato confirmed that his original target was the child named Conan Edogawa, but he mistakenly identified him as Shinichi Kudo.
Fortunately, the final result was satisfactory, and there were no additional penalties.
Kyosuke Kazato, jolted awake by the near-death experience, broke into a smile:
'Regardless, this Conan Edogawa is definitely an important part of the codenamed Master!'
Since that's the case, I can easily appear by his side without leaving a trace, and naturally catch the eye of some important person! Then, under the guise of being the most suitable nanny, I can rise to the top in one fell swoop!
His phone vibrated in his pocket, pulling him out of his reverie and turning it on to check the message.
The internal backend inbox contained two emails and an announcement, but strangely, one of them was grayed out:
[The details of this mission must not be disclosed to anyone. If you are outside the scope of your authority, please use this message to explain. —Code Name]
[Your promotion request has been approved; performance evaluations will be assigned soon. —Internal Staff 4 (deceased)]
And: [Announcement: The current four internal personnel violated the organization's confidentiality clauses and repeatedly leaked information about senior members beyond their authorized levels; they have now been executed.]