Conan: Becoming the Boss Starting with Winning Over Ran

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Two days later.

At the press conference, Inspector Megure, with a stern face, solemnly summarized and explained the case.

"Thanks to the continued efforts of the police, the 1 billion yen robbery case from a few days ago has been largely solved. The suspects were a bank teller who colluded with a security guard to commit the crime..."

Afterwards, due to a dispute over the division of the loot, the suspects started fighting amongst themselves...

Only one suspect remains at large, having absconded with the stolen money. Police will continue their investigation and strive to apprehend him as soon as possible!

Watching Inspector Megure bowing on TV, Kogoro Mouri clicked his tongue.

"It's such a pity that such a beautiful woman as Miss Yami was a robber and died."

Unlike Kogoro Mouri's frivolousness, Conan fell into deeper thought.

Although the police's conclusions largely aligned with his reasoning, many questions remained unanswered. Clearly, in an effort to quell public opinion, the police deliberately avoided certain crucial details. The general public might be misled, but as someone who experienced it firsthand, he keenly sensed something amiss.

First of all, the robbery should have involved only Hirota Masami and two others. Who exactly was the 'fourth person' who absconded with the money?

More importantly, judging from Masami Hirota's behavior, her goal never seemed to be money, but rather being controlled by some behind-the-scenes manipulator...

Various speculations swirled in Conan's mind, but lacking the crucial information Miyano Akemi had before her death, he ultimately failed to grasp the truth.

The organization handled this operation flawlessly.

Gin had little interest in the funds; it was merely an excuse to control the Miyano sisters.

Since he couldn't retain his staff, making a quick buck was in line with his usual style.

That's why no clues were left at the scene. If there were any flaws, it would seem unusual.

Meanwhile, Hoshimiya Yu was also watching the press conference.

Since he almost missed the Miyano Akemi incident that day, he has regained the habit of checking the news every day.

Media reports are inevitably biased, but compared to the often unverifiable information online, they remain a crucial channel for timely discovery of major events.

As Inspector Megure finished his case briefing, the system notification sounded at the opportune moment:

[Successfully participated in the 'Billion Yen Heist by the Dark Organization', Talent Copy Count +1, Talent Upgrade Count +1.]

Xing Gongyu's eyes lit up.

As expected, the rewards for key events related to the main storyline are much more generous.

Aside from the roller coaster incident where Shinichi Kudo shrunk, this is the second time he has received two rewards at the same time.

Unfortunately, I still didn't get the chance to 'steal talent'.

Based on experience, the level of participation is impeccable.

It seems that to trigger this rare reward, one must be involved in the complete main storyline or a major theatrical event.

"Next, another news item: renowned screenwriter Chikako Ikeda is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal. It is reported that the person whose work was plagiarized is her university classmate, Atsuko Tokumoto..."

Hoshimiya Yu raised an eyebrow slightly; it seemed that Suzuki Ayako hadn't been idle these past few days.

Just as he was pondering whether the system would determine his involvement in the 'Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Incident', the news anchor suddenly changed the subject.

"Chikako Ikeda was murdered at home last night. The murderer was her classmate Ryoichi Takahashi. After committing the crime, he did not flee but surrendered to the police after dismembering the body..."

The ending remained the same, but the process was vastly different.

Chikako Ikeda not only suffered disgrace and ruin, but also ultimately could not escape a tragic death.

Xing Gongyu shook his head indifferently.

This kind of scum deserves his fate.

After the news broadcast ended, the system notification sounded again.

[Successfully participated in the 'Manor Bandaged Man Murder Case', Talent Upgrade Attempt +1]

Are there rewards? Or even upgrade opportunities? It's a steal!

After receiving the reward, Hoshiguma Yu couldn't help but start thinking.

According to the news, Chikako Ikeda was dismembered last night, and Ryoichi Takahashi was arrested. But why did the system only settle the accounts after the news was broadcast?

Does he have to know about this?

This isn't right either.

If that's the case, the 1 billion yen robbery should have been settled two days ago.

After leaving the movie theater that day, Hoshimiya Hayao and Suzuki Sonoko went to a Western restaurant for a candlelight dinner.

Dinner ended, and it was completely dark outside.

After promising Suzuki Sonoko that she would make it up to her next time, Hoshimiya Yu changed into all black, took the bag containing the 1 billion yen from the safe, and then reported the mission to Gin.

Gin asked Miyano Akemi about her final reaction and learned that she was determined to leave the organization and had pointed a gun at Hoshimiya Hare, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Now that Hoshimiya Yu is standing here and has brought back 1 billion yen, Miyano Akemi's fate is self-evident.

The reason for not discussing it further was to avoid being overheard; this matter had to be kept from Shiho Miyano so that she could continue working for the organization.

However, if the two sisters are not allowed to meet, Shiho Miyano will probably soon become dissatisfied, then suspicious, and eventually discover the truth.

However, we should try to delay as long as possible. If all else fails, we will have to resort to forceful measures to compel the other party to cooperate.

The development of APTX4869 is a long-term project. If Shiho Miyano is willing to delay the progress or shirk her work, there is nothing these laymen can do.

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't understand Shiho Miyano's research and that no one could replace her role, the organization would have already resorted to coercive measures.

After the mission handover was completed, Gin asked Hoshimiya Yu for a bank account number, saying that the organization would transfer a sum of money that had been laundered to him in a few days as a reward for this mission.

Not much, just 500 million yen, which is less than 30 RMB.

But this is because the mission was simple and had little risk.

If Hoshimiya Yu hadn't wanted to secretly save Miyano Akemi, he could have easily completed the task by simply pulling the trigger three times.

In less than half a day, one can easily earn what an average person earns in a year or even longer...

Thinking about it this way, the amount of money suddenly seems quite large.

The organization's payment had been received, but the system's reward was nowhere to be seen until the news broadcast announced the conclusion of the case.

By carefully analyzing the reward distribution mechanisms of these two incidents, Xing Gongyu gradually figured out the pattern.

The fateful events that Hoshimiya Yu was involved in were basically settled only after the police had reached a conclusion.

If there are no police officers present, then the system will only settle accounts after the surrounding crowd feels that the matter is over.

Whether it's the police or anyone else, their role is simply to serve as a witness.

One or two alone are not enough; it must be widespread, involve a large number of people, and have a significant impact in order to be recognized by the world.

This does fit the saying that a system's fate begins with something mysterious and unpredictable upon its emergence.

Of course, this is just Hoshimiya Yu's guess and may not be entirely accurate.

Compared to studying the system's judgments, Hoshiguma Yu prefers to study how to participate in and resolve more fateful events in a more effortless way.

Regardless of how it's judged, you'll eventually receive a reward.

He can obtain rewards without personally participating in the events, by making changes and preventing them in advance. This greatly improves his efficiency in obtaining rewards by utilizing fateful events.

This also increased his enthusiasm for participating in fateful events.

In the world of Detective Conan, many cases are filled with tragedy, involving misunderstandings or unforeseen circumstances.

If you know the truth but don't change or prevent it beforehand in order to get the reward...

Xinggong Yu would rather forgo the reward and act according to her own will!

But he gained nothing, so why bother working himself to the bone? He's not some saintly white lotus, so he might as well just stay out of it.

Fortunately, we don't have to worry about this problem now. We can act according to our own ideas and also get rewards.

So now all that's left is to wait for Ai to appear.

Sending the little girl to Miyano Akemi will fulfill the third contract condition.

Then, as long as you show love properly, you can successfully enter into a contract and thus add three more spots.

In my memory, after Akemi Miyano's death, the next episode features Ai Haibara, but she immediately transfers to Teitan Elementary School.

However, the other party was fleeing on a rainy night, and in a situation where he had no one to rely on, he subconsciously wanted to find Shinichi Kudo, who had also shrunk, and then fainted on the road, where he was picked up by Professor Agasa who happened to be passing by.

The time between Shiho Miyano's successful escape from the organization and her entry into Teitan Elementary School was definitely not short.

Even finding out about Akemi Miyano's murder took her a very long time.

That is, within the timeline of Detective Conan, the two episodes can be connected.

The dates will definitely jump ahead; it's impossible that nothing happened during this period before Ai's appearance.

If Hoshimiya Hayao wants to pick up the little girl before Professor Agasa does, she'll probably have to patrol near Shinichi Kudo's villa every night for the foreseeable future.

Going once or twice is fine, but going every day will inevitably attract Conan's attention.

Just as Hoshigumi Yu was frowning and thinking about how to secretly intercept the little girl, her phone rang.

I picked it up and glanced at it; it was a call from Ayako Suzuki.

As expected, I should tell him about Chikako Ikeda and Ryoichi Takahashi.

"Moshi moshi, Ayako-nee."

"Um, Hoshimiya-kun, have you seen the news?"

Ayako Suzuki's somewhat weary voice came through the microphone, suggesting she had just been crying.

"I saw it, Ayako-nee, you don't need to blame yourself..." Hoshimiya Yu comforted her.

Without going to the resort and lacking the environment to carry out his plan, Ryoichi Takahashi turned himself in after committing the murder.

Nobody wants to go to jail, and Ryoichi Takahashi is no exception.

If he was willing to go to jail to kill Chikako Ikeda, Ryoichi Takahashi wouldn't have endured it for so long, lost weight, exercised, and then gone to kill her.

Finally, out of fear of being exposed, he even targeted innocent people.

Hoshimiya Yu knew that Takahashi Ryoichi had planned this all along, but Suzuki Ayako didn't.

Two classmates and friends died and went to jail, and she felt guilty because of her investigation into Deben Dunzi's case.

"But if I hadn't exposed Chikako's affair..."

“Ayako-nee, it’s really not your fault. I told you back then that Takahashi Ryoichi already knew. He even has Tokumoto Atsuko’s suicide note. He’s been planning to kill Ikeda Chikako for a long time, and he even lost weight and exercised specifically for it. He’s been pretending to be fat in front of you so that he could kill her and get away with it when we go to the villa.”

Since they were all on the same side, Hoshiguma Yu didn't hold back and said directly, "Even if you don't interfere, Takahashi Ryoichi will still kill Ikeda Chikako during the gathering, and it might even implicate others."

"really?"

Ayako Suzuki felt much better. She knew about Hoshimiya Yu's amazing abilities and had already begun to believe him.

“Really, you can ask Ryoichi Takahashi yourself.”

Hoshino Yu said, "As for how to get him to tell the truth, I think you'll have a way."

The sentencing for premeditated murder is different from that for a crime of passion.

Takahashi Ryoichi had no choice but to turn himself in. Now he will definitely insist that he only committed the wrongdoing in a moment of impulse after knowing about what happened back then, in order to get a lighter sentence.

"Okay, I'll go now."

Ayako Suzuki couldn't wait to know the truth. Only by truly resolving her inner conflict could she truly stop blaming herself and feeling guilty.

Whether Ryoichi Takahashi speaks or not is not important; some things can be understood simply by observing their reactions.

Ayako Suzuki is no naive girl; Ryoichi Takahashi couldn't possibly hide anything from her.

And if all else fails, the Suzuki family has plenty of ways to get Ryoichi Takahashi to tell the truth.

"Okay, Ayako, bye-bye."

Just as Hoshimiya Yu was about to hang up, Suzuki Ayako suddenly said, "I almost forgot, Mom has already called off my engagement with the Tomizawa family. The Tomizawa family is fine, but this matter, along with our recent changes to the group, has attracted the attention of Uncle Tsuyoshiro, so he may not be able to help you anytime soon."

Jirokichi Suzuki was nominally an advisor to the Suzuki Foundation, but in reality, he didn't get involved at all and spent most of his time traveling the world.

He probably heard something from Shiro Suzuki, and since he'd had his fill of fun, he came back to get involved in this matter.