Conan's Distillery: A Semi-Workaholic's Slacking-Off Life

Chapter 54 This Long Ze is no longer acceptable.

In no time, the police arrived at the scene to investigate, and Conan, who was keen on deduction and solving cases, also enthusiastically joined in.

What is this?

Conan pointed curiously to a piece of mechanical debris on the ground and asked.

"I think it must have been the microphone that Representative Takada was holding to his chest back then." Bai Yexiu's voice came softly from behind Conan: "Conan, Senior Mori is looking for you."

Hearing the sound, Takagi, who was crouching on the ground, looked up at Byakuya: "Eh? You're Conan's..."

"—I am Conan's father," Bai Yexiu added with a grin.

Upon hearing this, the police officers were stunned.

"Long Ze! What are you saying?!"

Soon, Conan, who was shouting and yelling, was taken away by Ran Mouri, who had just arrived.

Takagi looked completely stunned, and Bai Yexiu quickly waved his hand to explain, "Haha, I was just joking!"

But before he could lower his hand, he heard Kogoro Mouri, who had just stepped into the venue, call out from afar, "Hey, kid, what are you still doing here?"

"I'll leave right away," Bai Yexiu said obediently, turning his head.

"Move the body away!" Inspector Megure, who was walking with him, ordered.

As Bai Yexiu walked, he kept glancing at Ishimoto Seiji beside him, already thinking about how to assassinate him.

It's impossible to do it in this venue now, since everyone's on high alert after what happened. So we can only wait until tonight and snipe him out.

"Huh? What's wrong with his clothes...?"

Takagi pointed in surprise at the corpse that had been moved, as if he had discovered something.

This statement attracted the attention of everyone present, including Conan, who had been discovered eavesdropping at the door by Byakuya—he had just stepped out the door and almost bumped into Conan, who had escaped from Ran Mouri and was eavesdropping at the door.

"This is!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed incredulously after examining it closely, "This cut... it's a knife!"

“Congressman Takada is usually very conscious of his image; he would never leave such a hole in his clothes,” said Congressman Takada’s secretary.

When Conan saw Bai Yexiu arrive, he gestured for him to be quiet, and Yu peeked out furtively.

Bai Yexiu, seeing Conan intently eavesdropping and peeking, nodded knowingly and then shouted loudly into the corridor, "Mouri-senpai! Conan's here!"

Conan: "?!"

"Conan! Seriously, didn't you say you were going to the bathroom? What are you doing here?" Ran Mouri ran up and grabbed Conan, scolding him.

Under Conan's resentful gaze, Bai Yexiu smiled and waved to Conan who was being carried away: "You're welcome~" I saved you the trouble of walking.

Conan: "?￥*^%*"

We can't keep Longze!

Of course, Bai Yexiu did not leave, but stood at the door watching the actions of everyone at the crime scene.

It's likely that the cut occurred when the target was killed, before he could retract his knife, and the person fell down, tearing open his clothes.

Absurd, utterly absurd.

Bai Yexiu's hand unconsciously reached into his pocket, caressing the scalpel—perhaps because the knife was too sharp.

Just then, his finger was cut open.

Bai Yexiu: ...

After all, it's a surgical scalpel produced by an organization, and its sharpness is much higher than that of an ordinary surgical scalpel. It's possible that just a light touch on the blade will cause a cut, as evidenced by his recently cut finger.

Conan, who had just been dragged away, was pinned to a seat in the lobby by Ran Mouri: "Conan, you're not allowed to do that again. You're interfering with Dad and the others' investigation!"

Conan obediently said "I understand," but in his heart he was cursing Byakuya Xiu fiercely—

This Longze is a real master at ripping people off.

After venting his anger, Conan realized he could no longer sneak out, so he simply sat down and thought carefully about the clues he had just heard.

All the clues pointed to one conclusion—there was a second person at the scene who wanted to kill Representative Takada.

Conan had been puzzled about the origin of that strange reflection, but now it seemed clear.

The second person tried to stab Representative Takada from behind, but the person who fired the shot beat him to it. Before he could retract the knife, he had already fallen down, which explains how the breach was made.

As for whether these two people are in cahoots—Conan thinks it's unlikely. If they were in cahoots and had planned the crime together, this situation wouldn't have happened.

……

Around midnight, Bai Yexiu received a phone call from Conan.

Bai Yexiu was currently lingering on the rooftop of a building, carrying a sniper rifle.

He knew which hotel Seiji Ishimoto was staying at tonight, so he came here specifically to scout it out and see if he could take advantage of Seiji Ishimoto while he was asleep.

Conan earnestly recounted the inspiration he had gained from watching television, while Bai Yexiu listened attentively and slowly adjusted the position of his sniper rifle, occasionally glancing through the scope.

"...By the way, Ryuzawa, why is the wind so strong where you are? Haven't you gone home yet? Or are you on the balcony?" Conan asked, puzzled, after explaining the inspiration he had received, listening to the noisy wind on the phone.

After listening, Bai Yexiu gazed at the completely dark night sky and felt the howling wind from the rooftop. He said lightly, "I'm on the balcony. The wind is really strong tonight."

Perhaps Conan will never have imagined that his "good teammate" Bai Yexiu, with whom he was exchanging clues, was actually carrying a sniper rifle and attempting to commit murder.

"And why did you call Ran over at the door today?! Twice!" Conan got to the point, his resentment evident in his tone.

“Hmm…” Bai Yexiu hesitated for a moment, “If you guess right, I’ll tell you.”

After saying that, Bai Yexiu hung up the phone.

Why prank Conan? Because he wanted to, of course! ︿(￣︶￣)︿

After hanging up the phone, Bai Yexiu put the sniper rifle into his guitar bag.

Because he had been lingering on the rooftops around the hotel for over an hour, and since Seiji Ishimoto's room was in a blind spot, he couldn't be seen from nearby buildings because the view was too high, and from distant buildings because it was blocked by other buildings, and Bai Yexiu was too lazy to break in and commit murder, he simply gave up on tonight.

If I remember correctly, the location where Conan will start his deduction tomorrow should be the building where the party was held before. That place is much better for sniping than here.

In the middle of the night, Xiu unconsciously curved the corners of his mouth into a smile, deftly slung his guitar bag over his shoulder, and slowly left the rooftop.

On the other side, Conan looked at the phone in his hand with a complicated expression.

That stinky Longze, he sneaked out of his room in the middle of the night to call him, that guy…