[Conan] Waiting for the dawn

Before the new year, Yingying finally returned to work in the Metropolitan Police Department.

But she is always busy with work every day, and she doesn't talk much, and she doesn't even pay much attention to Xiaoye Shabao.Ono thought it was because she was unwell, and tried desperately to make her laugh.

"...Boss, you scare me so much." Ono was distressed, "I handled the case well while you were away, and all the criminals in our department know it, so I didn't embarrass you... You don't have to read the files so hard Are you serious?"

Yingying closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief, "...I'm looking for information on the counterfeit currency case. I'll apply to be transferred to the Osaka Police Headquarters in the next year. It would be great if I could put the tail away here."

Ono was dumbfounded, and he was stunned for two seconds before shouting "What——".

Everyone in the office was attracted by him.

"Hush!" Yingying grabbed his neck, covered his mouth with the other hand, and then smiled awkwardly at the others, "No, it's nothing, everyone continue to work!"

When he let go of Ono, his face was flushed with tears, "Police, do you want me?"

"..." Yingying tried to reason with him: "My mother is 65 this year, and my father is 67. My younger brother is still abroad and I don't know when he will come back. There are only two of them at home in Osaka. It's too lonely, so I want to spend time with them..."

"Liar! Your brother has already graduated, right? Returning to China is just around the corner. Besides, you will marry sooner or later, so how can you accompany them!" Ono's IQ improved by leaps and bounds, and his speech was fast.

"I got married in Osaka too!"

"If you want, you can stay in Tokyo! Now you shout out who wants to marry you, and see if a group of wolves behind me will come out..."

……

Yingying leaned back in the chair and sighed deeply.

"Ono, let me tell you the truth."

Ono pouted, "What?"

"I really don't want to stay in Tokyo anymore." She turned her back to him, staring out of the window, "...I recently met an ex-boyfriend—a real ex-boyfriend. I kinda, can't let go of him, so Out of sight, out of mind, I want to take this opportunity to go back."

Ono reacted for a while, but didn't quite understand the logic: "...What do you mean? Can't let him go? Does it mean that he still likes him? Then what are you struggling with? That's why you should stay and continue to be with him! This Is it much more pleasant than going back to your blind date?"

"Of course not!" Yingying rolled his eyes at him, didn't want to say more, and explained indiscriminately, "It wasn't because of relationship issues that I broke up with him in the first place. We... have different ideals and are not suitable."

Ono finally found the reason for Yingying's abnormal mood, and simply moved the chair over, acting like a caring elder sister: "What's wrong with the different ideals? Why are you so rigid in the police department? Who requires couples to have the same ideals? ... I I am a policeman who is aggressive and working hard for the safety of the people, so can't I find a big star who sings and dances brightly every day? According to your words, can I just find a policewoman in the same office as a wife?"

"..." Yingying felt that she couldn't reason with him, "His job is too dangerous, and my future life will not be guaranteed. I am already at the age of getting married, and I am not interested in a relationship with no future. It’s about being responsible for yourself.”

Ono heheed twice: "Don't lie to yourself, be responsible for yourself? Yes, there are indeed people who don't risk everything for love, just enjoy a little peace. But with all due respect, you are not such a person in the police department. If you could be so content with accepting an ordinary marriage, you wouldn’t have met so many times and never had a single kiss, and you wouldn’t see your ex-boyfriend run away in a hurry after finding out that you still have feelings.”

……

This feeling of being dissected to the bone by her subordinates is too uncomfortable. She has a sense of seeing naked. Running around and being watched by the crowd.

She closed her eyes to hide her flustered eyes, and opened them after a few seconds of calm: "Xiao Ye, it's working time now, sit back for me."

"..." Ono choked, "Listen to me!"

"Don't listen, go back."

"...The police department, you are too timid, and you are used to lying to yourself. Believe it or not, if you run away like this, you will not be able to marry at the age of 40! Wow——"

Ono's swivel chair was kicked by Yingying and slid five meters away.

She retracted her leg, touched the place where the bone was broken, and hissed.

pain.

In the afternoon, Detective Sato from the first search section suddenly came in and reported the good news: "Everyone, the culprit of the Tokyo traffic accident has been caught!"

Haunting heart skipped a beat.Due to physical reasons, she only participated in a part of the case. The identity of the prisoner was confirmed two days after the last meeting, but she is also very good, and she has been able to escape until now.

"Have you already been interrogated?" Yingying and many colleagues gathered around, everyone had elated joy on their faces. Fortunately, the Japanese police were not underestimated this time.

Sato nodded: "Well, the section chief took the lead in the interrogation just now. The woman is the family member of the prisoner who was arrested for the counterfeit currency case. After her man went in, her spirit was not normal. On the morning of the incident, she said that she would not bear it any longer. She couldn't stand it anymore, she couldn't see her husband in prison but let the real mastermind get away with it, so she drove to attack that jewelry store, wanting to take revenge on that store manager."

"..." Yingying suddenly opened her eyes wide, "So, that woman recruited the mastermind of the counterfeit coin manufacturing case?!"

Is it so easy to find the identity after stepping through the iron shoes and finding nowhere to go?When it was discovered as a den, the identity of the person behind the scenes was completely unknown. I didn't expect him to open a jewelry store and become the store manager.

Sato shrugged, "That's what she said, but the authenticity needs to be verified. After all, her mental state cannot be guaranteed to be normal, and we checked, and the store manager named Makoto Tsuchiya has no black spots."

Yingying suddenly remembered the information Amuro gave her.Although I don't know why he started the investigation, but if that person is also on the list he gave——

She ran back to her work station in a few steps, opened the drawer, took out the file bag, and flipped through it.

Got it!

Makoto Tsuchiya.

The emerging aristocrat who was suddenly dazzling four years ago has been trying his best to squeeze into the real upper class of Japan in the past two years; he has close ties with many criminal organizations, and has the meaning of establishing a close front...

Makoto Tsuchiya is preparing to hold a banquet on the cruise ship on New Year's Eve on December 12st... Most of the upper-level business and political circles and some leaders of secret organizations are invited.

How many of the so-called upper classes really have nothing to do with criminal organizations?

Thinking about it, she might have to take a few more days off.

It is impossible to arrest by force, and there is currently no evidence to show that Tsuchiya is related to the counterfeit currency case.Based on the statement of a prisoner with mental problems, it is difficult for someone like Makoto Tsuchiya to cooperate with the investigation.People can easily push it away, or turn the police around without catching the wrongdoing.

If she takes her time...she wants to go back to Osaka as soon as possible.

There isn't that much time left.

It's just a banquet, you can't go there as a policeman, it's fine if you don't go in your own name.

I don't know how Toru Amuro found out such details. Since there are so many underground organizations that may participate, it is impossible for this banquet to be fully disclosed to the public.After all, there are big figures in black and white, and if you are not careful, you will cause big problems... It is not so easy to get in.

At this time, Yingying can only ask her good friend Yukimura again - that omnipotent lady who can only be described as cheating.

The lady knew Yingying's long-cherished wish and was willing to help her. She also provided her with a younger brother who did not graduate from the police academy.

Yingying told herself that going up is not to cause trouble, and she will never cause trouble.She just wanted to find a chance to get close to Makoto Tsuchiya to see if there was a scar under his collarbone. ——That was left when the main criminal of the counterfeit currency case was lured by the police to show up only three years ago, when he fought an old criminal policeman.

Other than that, she doesn't do anything superfluous.After all, the occasion was special, so she didn't dare to mess around.

What's more, this trip is still hidden from parents.

On the afternoon of December 12, Yingying brought his temporary partner Ah Fu to the pier.

Her complexion is not very good, because the quality of sleep last night was so poor that it exploded.I don't know if it was because of nervousness or excitement... In short, she had a half-night dream.

It's exciting to think about it... On the eve of such a tense battle, she would actually have such a bad dream.All of this is Toru Amuro's fault, who made him return to his eyes after disappearing for several years, still dangling around.

He also pretended to be gentle, naive, elegant and black-bellied, as polite as an ascetic gentleman.

The cruise ship was leased by Tsuchiya and the Suzuki chaebol, and the latter is a magical existence... In the past year, the train and airship under Suzuki's name have encountered accidents frequently, and the end is not very good, but they dare to build a cruise ship!No matter how you look at it, Yingying feels that it is unknown.

After boarding the ship, Yingying first explained a few words to Ah Fu, and set off alone to get familiar with the room divisions of the entire cruise ship.Her plan is actually very simple, find a chance to let Tsuchiya take off her clothes.

This matter is easy to say, but for a woman, it is not difficult to say, it depends on whether she is willing to let go.

Tsuchiya lived in a suite on the fourth floor. When she passed by, she happened to see the other party swiping his card to enter, followed by a secretary.She looked up at the surveillance location again, and thought about whether it was possible to bypass the surveillance.

As she was about to turn to leave, she bumped into someone.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

A waiter with a tray in his hand collided with her head-on, and the water glass in the tray fell on the carpet, making a muffled sound.After picking up the cup, he stood up and gently bent the corners of his eyes: "I was not careful, are you all right, guest?"

Yingying shook his head.

Following the direction she was looking at just now, the waiter presumed what she was thinking, and said empathetically, "That's Mr. Tsuchiya's room. There are no blind spots in the surveillance, and ordinary people can't get close."

Attracted by his words, she once again looked at the door the earth house had just entered.

—Is it possible that a waiter who came from behind bumped into her just because she turned suddenly?

She turned around suddenly, and the waiter's white-gloved fingers stopped beside her ear.

"what are you doing?"

The other party's expression didn't change a bit, and he still smiled gently: "There was a small flying insect here just now, and I was catching it." He twitched his fingers and put them down.

The lingering gaze gradually sank.

——"Huh? Isn't this Miss Ori Mitsui?"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind.How familiar are you?In her dream last night, she heard him talking.

She hadn't seen Toru Amuro in a suit for a long time.His daily attire as a police officer is a suit, which is mostly beige and gray coats and white shirts. Today, he is actually pure black from shirt to coat, which looks... surprisingly attractive.

There is no way to describe the mood at this moment.

Do you believe in fate?The two people who had agreed not to see each other again met again and again under accidents.

Yingying wanted to laugh a little.

Amuro walked over a few steps, a little puzzled: "What are you doing standing here?"

The waiter explained the whole story again, and apologized again: "Maybe we didn't handle it properly, so the little flying insects flew here."

"That's not a big deal, you can go to work first." Amuro nodded, and let go of the questionable waiter with a few words.

The waiter and Toru Amuro passed each other face to face, and disappeared around the corner.

Amuro glanced back, then turned back, saw the face in front of her that was written with "Why did you let him go", stretched out her right index finger to her lips, and silently told her not to ask any more questions, and not to ask too many questions. explain.

Yingying retracted the original question, looked down at her feet and took the opportunity to think before raising her head and smiling normally, "Mr. Anshi, why do I feel that you are everywhere?"

Amuro put his hands in his trouser pockets and shrugged: "This time I was entrusted by the Suzuki chaebol to come to the cruise ship to keep a close eye on all unusual situations, so as to prevent the accidents on the two previous airships and the mysterious train from happening again. Of course, Mr. Mori also coming."

"..." That being said, those old friends are here again.

"What about you, do the police have a case that needs to be investigated?" Amuro deliberately lowered his voice.

Looking at his appearance, she knew that someone should be listening to them, and she denied it smoothly: "Of course not, isn't it the New Year's Eve? I just accompanied my friends to this banquet."

"I see." Amuro smiled, and suddenly looked behind him—the door of Tsuchiya's room. "There will be a dinner party at seven o'clock tonight, and Mr. Tsuchiya will attend the whole process. Miss Ori Mitsui, will you attend?"

Yingying's heart moved, and she smiled, "Of course, I will be there on time."

……

After saying goodbye to Amuro, she went back to the room, thinking carefully about the few words he had just said to him.

After seven o'clock, the room in the earth house is empty, isn't it?

Why tell her this?She originally paid attention to the location of the room in the earthen house just by chance, and didn't really want to go in. In addition, she just learned that the surveillance is so strict, although it is not impossible...but is it necessary?

But Toru Amuro's words are definitely not without reason.

Did he know what was in the room of the earthen house and hinted that she would go to look for it?

She made a decision almost instantly, and immediately got up and went to Ah Fu's room next door to tell him the impromptu plan.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the dinner party started on time.After confirming that Tsuchiya appeared at the venue, she found a reason to overturn a glass of champagne and leave to change clothes.

Ah Fu hacked into the surveillance system, replaced the video at the door of the earth house with the video from the morning, and opened the electronic lock on the door with a program to send Yingying in.

Yingying closed the door, checked to make sure there was no indoor surveillance, and then began to search for things.

What could he bring on board?

Amuro must know that she came up for the fake coin case, and if she gave her this reminder, then there must be some clues in the room related to this case.She rummaged through it and thought hard.

Suddenly, Ah Fu's voice came from the headset: "Tsuchiya's secretary is back, and she will arrive in about 20 seconds."

what? !

……

Before she could be too surprised, Yingying looked around the room, climbed up to the closet decisively with both hands and feet, and got down on the top of the closet.

Fortunately, the lights in the bedroom are not so bright, as long as he doesn't observe deliberately, he will never notice it.

After entering the door, the secretary walked straight towards the bedroom, breaking into a cold sweat.After confirming that the other party did not check the indoor situation, she peeked out a little to watch his movements.

The man took out a few transparent plastic sheets from under the mattress... that was... the master version of □□□!

Yingying widened his eyes.

The master plate of the Tokyo Extraordinary Counterfeit Coin Manufacturing Case was confiscated a lot that year, but I didn't expect it to still exist!The security of the case is almost indistinguishable from real money, and it is very difficult to distinguish, which is why this case is so important and involves so many.

No wonder Amuro asked her to come here. If she got this and found the fingerprints of Tsuchiya or his cronies on it, he could be forced to cooperate with the investigation!

……

The secretary took only one master and went out, and put the rest back.

After the door was closed, Yingying got out of the closet after hearing Ah Fu's reminder from the headset.

She took out the remaining masters with her gloved hand, thought for a moment, and took the bottom one—most likely stained with fingerprints.

After completing a series, return to the room, hide the master, change clothes and return to the banquet scene.

There are already a lot of people dancing on the dance floor.

Yingying returned to Yukimura calmly and told him that the matter had been settled.She sincerely said: "Xingcun, thanks to you this time. Without you, I might have made many detours."

The other party sneered: "It's just a small effort, even if you are found out, you can't involve me, why don't you help?" Mrs. Yukimura is really domineering and sophisticated.

Yingying looked at the dance floor, and suddenly her eyes froze.

Yukimura followed her gaze to see the two dancing people, and clicked his tongue: "Look, you still can't get out, right? It's such a bad relationship, you can't avoid him anywhere."

The words Ono taught her that day were still in her ears, and she suddenly felt a little dazed.Are you really wrong?Seeing people who used to be so close now dance with their arms around others, it really hurts my heart.

Finding that Yingying's face was not as ugly as expected, Yukimura couldn't help but want to say a few more words: "Actually, you always say that you are old and don't have much youth to use for absurdity. Then think about it, youth is only a few years left. You don’t cherish it well, and try to suppress your own nature, are you worthy of yourself? If it weren’t for you, your mother might not be married at the age of 38. How old are you now, why are you so fussy?”

Mom is indeed a rare bold and crazy woman in that era. In this comparison, she is not as good as my mother.

With a long sigh, Yingying said helplessly, "Then what if he dies suddenly one day in the future—his job is too dangerous."

The work of a detective is indeed dangerous, Yukimura understands it very well, and turned to say: "Believe me, if he really died one day, and you only got the news from others after going through many twists and turns, it would be even more unpleasant." Nice."

Yingying crossed his arms and looked in the direction of Toru Amuro, rubbing his right index finger and thumb together.She was thinking about what Yukimura and Ono had said.

Women just think too much, get into the horns at every turn, and shut themselves in a dead end.Yingying stayed in a dead end for four years.

She suddenly smiled, and blinked at Yukimura: "I didn't think so before, but recently I suddenly discovered that the people around me are masters of emotion. ——Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

Yukimura rolled his eyes: "Slap me down."

After staring at the two people on the dance floor for five seconds, Yingying suddenly lowered her embraced arms, took a deep breath, and walked towards them——

Yukimura: "Why are you going?"

Yingying turned around and smiled: "Enjoy youth."

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The next chapter starts with a small toy car XDDDDDDDDDDDD