Chapter 259

"Furthermore, Superintendent Hakuba requested that we call him again in five minutes."

"This approach is likely to prevent the call from being monitored."

"Therefore, during this time, Superintendent Hakuba must be finding a secret place to speak with us again."

Seeing that Hoshino Ki’s analysis was so logical.

"Those who know understand this is Hoshino Ki’s conjecture; those who don’t might think he’s a worm in Superintendent Hakuba’s stomach."

Kudo Mengyu teased.

"This is just an inference based on Superintendent Hakuba’s words and actions."

"I can’t guarantee whether it’s correct or not."

Hoshino Ki also said with a smile.

"It doesn’t matter. Everyone worked hard today, and it just so happens to be time to eat. Let’s go get some food."

Kudo Mengyu didn’t want to dwell on this topic anymore either.

Then, with a wave of her hand, she took charge of everyone’s dinner.

Everyone naturally agreed to Kudo Mengyu’s proposal.

Consequently, Dr. Agasa increased the speed of the car and set off with everyone toward the Chinese restaurant.

The next day.

Hoshino Ki was eating a simple breakfast while flipping through the newspaper to check the news.

The headline was about yesterday’s explosion at the Hirota Pharmaceutical Company.

At the Kudo residence.

"It seems both of that organization’s strongholds have been destroyed."

"And, they even caught people."

"I’ll contact Superintendent Hakuba later to see if we can extract any more intelligence."

Hoshino Ki said with a smile.

"Will Superintendent Hakuba tell us?"

Conan also asked, feeling very doubtful.

"On this matter, Superintendent Hakuba’s position is consistent with ours."

"Besides, we provided him with the clues that helped him find that organization’s stronghold."

"This confirms our capability and practical value."

"Superintendent Hakuba will definitely analyze the pros and cons carefully."

"And he will share some intelligence with us; that is the only way to be beneficial for the next cooperation."

"Superintendent Hakuba must be clear about the importance of this matter."

Kudo Mengyu analyzed.

Upon hearing Kudo Mengyu’s words, Conan nodded slightly.

Then, his tense mood also relaxed.

Inside a private room at a bar on the top floor of a certain building.

"Bang!!"

Glass shards flew everywhere.

At the same time, it signaled that a wine glass had been destroyed in Gin’s hand.

Vodka, sitting across from Gin, had already been cut on his calf by the flying glass shards.

However, he still didn’t move at all.

Moreover, Vodka’s expression was very dull, his lips were trembling, and his eyes were filled with fear.

Just a moment ago, Gin had received another phone call.

From Gin’s reaction, Vodka had guessed the general content of the call.

It must be that another of the organization’s strongholds had been destroyed by the police again.

From yesterday until now, this is already the fifth one, right...

Although the personnel at those two strongholds had evacuated in time and were not caught by the police.

However, the organization’s other three strongholds were not so lucky.

Nearly twenty members had already been arrested by the police.

This indicated one problem: the organization would certainly need to spend a lot of effort to keep these members’ mouths shut.

And there was another important issue: other strongholds in this city had to be temporarily abandoned.

Of course, Gin didn’t dare to say how many more strongholds the captured members knew about.

Before doing the work, he also didn’t know how many strongholds those captured members had confessed to the police.

In other words, after this blow, the organization’s operations in this city were nearly paralyzed.

All forces would have to enter a state of dormancy in the near future.

Vodka was very clear about the severity of this matter, not to mention Gin.

Therefore, Vodka was very afraid in his heart.

He didn’t know if the boss he had followed for so many years would shoot him dead because of this.

To vent the hatred in his heart.

After all, Gin was a top assassin in this organization, and Gin’s will was very firm.

Then, Gin’s cold gaze turned toward Vodka.

"Have you found the information on that guy who first called the police to say there was a bomb in the research institute?"

Seeing Gin’s gaze, Vodka’s whole body shook uncontrollably, and he said tremblingly.

"Boss, that guy is very cautious, and he used a one-time phone card, so there is no way to track it."

"Hmph!!"

"A bunch of trash!"

"They didn’t even realize that transmitters had been placed on the roofs of several cars."

"And afterward, they couldn’t even find the person’s information. What is the use of the organization raising a bunch of trash?"

The more Gin spoke, the angrier he became, and he could no longer hide his rage.

Vodka said hurriedly.

"Boss, don’t be too angry. Should I keep investigating?"

"What’s the use?"

"Haven’t enough organization members been exposed already?"

"Now that we’ve been targeted by Superintendent Hakuba, even the slightest carelessness will result in him biting down and not letting go."

"This old guy is very difficult to deal with!"

After being severely reprimanded by Gin, Vodka didn’t dare to speak nonsense anymore.

He was very afraid that if he said the wrong thing, Gin would shoot him.

At this moment, Gin turned his cold gaze toward Vodka again.

Then, after taking a deep breath, his tone returned to calm.

"Let the people below stop all activities for the near future; everyone is to enter a state of dormancy."

"Without orders, no one is allowed to end their dormancy privately."

"Yes, Boss."

"I’ll go arrange the work right away."

Then, Vodka promised hurriedly.

Gin nodded to signal that Vodka could leave.

Immediately after, Vodka hurried out of the private room.

Then, he went to arrange the things Gin had instructed.

Now, only Gin was left in the private room.

Then, Gin took out the wine glass again.

He took the bottle of wine from the table and poured himself another full glass.

"No matter who this guy is, he better not get caught."

"Otherwise, I will definitely make this guy regret ever having been in this world."

After Gin finished saying this fiercely, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was nightfall.

At the Metropolitan Police Department building, in the Superintendent General’s office.

Superintendent Hakuba had just finished reading the interrogation records of the members of the Black Organization who had been captured.

Then, Superintendent Hakuba leaned back in his office chair to rest for a while.

At this moment, Superintendent Hakuba’s cell phone rang.

Superintendent Hakuba’s brow furrowed slightly.

Then, he took out his phone and saw it was an unfamiliar phone number.

Superintendent Hakuba’s heart stirred slightly, and he answered the call.

"Congratulations, Superintendent Hakuba~!"

"Quite a harvest, right?"

Superintendent Hakuba was certainly no stranger to the voice coming from the other end of the phone.

It was the voice of the bomber who had called the police yesterday.

"It looks like it’s another one-time phone card. Can’t you be a bit more sincere?"

Superintendent Hakuba said in a flat tone.

"I am very sorry, but the fewer people who know about identity, the better."

Hoshino Ki used a voice changer and responded in a flat tone as well.

Beside Hoshino Ki, Kudo Mengyu and Conan were also quietly listening to the content of the call.

"Fine, since you don’t want to reveal your identity, I can’t force you."

"What is the matter this time?"

Superintendent Hakuba said.

"It is said that Superintendent Hakuba has captured quite a few members of that organization."

"We are weak and have limited channels, so we just wanted to ask Superintendent Hakuba for some intelligence information."

Hoshino Ki went straight to the topic.

"Oh..."

"So confident? Do you think intelligence can be revealed?"

At this time, Superintendent Hakuba said with a teasing tone.

"Of course, whether Superintendent Hakuba gives it or not is Superintendent Hakuba’s right."

"However, if that is Superintendent Hakuba’s answer, then I will hang up the phone."

Likewise, Hoshino Ki also spoke in a teasing tone.

"Judging by the voice, you aren’t very young, are you? You’re a bit impatient like a young person."

"I didn’t say I wouldn’t reveal information."

"What I need Superintendent Hakuba to provide doesn’t need to be much, as long as it is valuable."

Hoshino Ki said with a smile.

Asking for too much would definitely make the other party feel he didn’t know his place, which would certainly be unfavorable for the next cooperation.

"You’ve got a good plan. Fine, for the sake of your big help, I’ll reveal some of the useful value I’ve grasped."

At this time, Superintendent Hakuba smiled faintly.

"I’m all ears."

At this time, Hoshino Ki said.

"...According to the confessions of the organization’s members, they are secretly researching a type of drug."

"As for the function of that drug and what it is called, the organization’s members didn’t say; perhaps they don’t know either."

"However, one of the organization’s members unexpectedly knows the code name of the scientist researching this drug..."

Superintendent Hakuba paused slightly.

Then, he said that English word.

It was already late at night, and the light in Kudo Mengyu’s room was still on.

"How is it? Did you find any intelligence on the person Superintendent Hakuba mentioned?"

Conan looked anxiously at Kudo Mengyu, who was typing on the keyboard.

When he heard Superintendent Hakuba say the scientist’s code name.

Conan had simply called Ran to explain that he would stay at the Kudo residence and not go back.

Conan was very anxious in his heart.

He really wanted to know about that scientist.

Moreover, this scientist might be the researcher who developed the drug that turned him so small.

At this time, Kudo Mengyu exited the dark web while shaking her head and said.

"There isn’t much information for now; I only know that this code name should belong to a woman."

"There is no other information."

"With just this little clue, it is really quite difficult to find information on this scientist."

In fact, Kudo Mengyu already knew a lot of information about this scientist.

However, she didn’t want to tell her brother the information so quickly.