The next afternoon, inside the Mouri Detective Agency.
"Yesterday's explosion was truly exaggerated... Such a huge fireball soaring into the sky, I thought war was coming."
Mouri Kogoro watched the news being reported on TV and took a sip of wine, still feeling the fear.
"When the explosion happened, I was startled, I thought it was an earthquake!" Conan said with lingering fear.
"Isn't that right?" Baishi Hui was looking at the newspaper, completely uninterested in the fake news on TV.
The incident of him using a truckload of C4 to bomb the CIA secret base was too big; the government simply couldn't suppress it.
They had to lie, claiming that a truck driver was drunk driving, crashed into a residential area, hit a villa, and caused the explosion.
This was to deceive the public.
"However... it really was lucky," Mouri Kogoro said with emotion. "When the explosion occurred, everyone was still at work."
"With such a loud explosion, besides the driver, not a single civilian was injured or killed!"
"It's simply a miracle!!"
"Isn't that right?" When Baishi Hui heard this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
He felt that the Criminal Police responsible for the report was truly talented; the angle they chose was extremely tricky.
Because those who died were not civilians, but various spies involved in intelligence work, so this statement was completely accurate.
Normal residents could not and were not allowed to live in the civilian houses near the CIA secret base!
"......" Conan didn't speak; he felt that the Police were lying.
With such a big explosion, how could no one have died?
As for everyone being at work, that was even more ridiculous... Were there no housewives?
What exactly happened?
Conan felt itchy about this, but he didn't have the corresponding intelligence sources, which made him very uncomfortable!
"Things have been really unstable lately," Mouri Kogoro clicked his tongue. "First a fire burning down a house, then an explosion... It really is a time of many incidents!"
"It's not just lately, it's always been unstable," Baishi Hui picked up the remote control and changed the channel. "Your mind has always been on horse racing and Chongye Yangzi."
As he spoke, he happened to switch to Chongye Yangzi's TV drama.
"Stop, stop, stop!! This one... I like watching!" Mouri Kogoro motioned for Baishi Hui not to change the channel.
Baishi Hui then put the remote control down.
At this moment, Conan also turned his head and asked, "Shirashi, when are you going to investigate the Mori Valley Teiji assassination case?"
"Not investigating, it's too dangerous!" Baishi Hui answered without thinking. "Those are killers; they even pulled out handguns!"
"If I had known they had guns, I definitely would have pretended nothing happened!"
Conan said with disappointment, "Shirashi, can't you not be so cold? That's a living life! If you don't do anything, Mori Valley Teiji might die!"
"You kid are really confused," Baishi Hui unceremoniously tapped Conan on the head and said grumpily, "You and Ran were both on the scene. Am I supposed to put your lives in danger?"
"Is Mori Valley Teiji's life a life, but yours aren't?"
"Did you forget that before the killer left, he even threw a dagger at you? If I hadn't reacted quickly, maybe you or Ran would have had a big hole poked in you!"
This made Conan say reluctantly, "Then next time when we're not in danger, you'll help, right?"
"You kid really are heartless, asking me to put myself in danger for a stranger?" Baishi Hui said, increasing the force of his taps to make the guy wake up.
This made Conan cover his head in pain... He understood now that Baishi Hui was a sophisticated egoist who wouldn't care too much about the lives of others.
Just as he was about to say something, Ran came in with afternoon tea and said, "I think Hui is right. This case can't be taken; it's too dangerous!!"
When Conan heard this, he immediately turned to look at Ran, his eyes very complex... You're calling him Hui now? Did your relationship get this good this fast?
"Yes, yes! This request can't be accepted," Mouri Kogoro took a sip of wine and echoed, "That nasty old man is very bad... For such a dangerous request, he didn't even give a deposit. If something goes wrong, maybe that old fellow will renege on the debt! That old man's heart is black!"
When Baishi Hui heard this, he glanced at Conan and said, "Maybe Kudo doesn't have the habit of charging for cases, so he didn't give it."
When Mouri Kogoro heard this, he angrily slammed the table and scolded, "That brat ruined the market! He never charges money or charges very little; it's outrageous!! My business is so bad, it's all because of him!!"
"......" Conan touched his nose, not daring to speak, feeling very guilty.
He didn't dare to call Baishi Hui as Shinichi now and ask him to investigate.
If the other party brought up the cost of Ran's gift and he didn't have the money, how awkward would that be?
And he was too embarrassed to ask his parents for it.
After thinking about it, Conan decided he would quietly investigate it himself.
In the following days, Baishi Hui found that Mori Valley Teiji still called frequently, constantly asking about the progress of the investigation into the killer.
This made him laugh out of anger.
Before doing bad things, you still need others to help you investigate thoroughly, huh?
Mouri Kogoro was right; this nasty old man's heart was completely black!
And he didn't even give money!!
Baishi Hui was too lazy to bother with the other party and just hung up the phone.
But doing this brought up another problem... This movie seemed to have just started, and with his unintentional meddling, the subsequent plot couldn't proceed; it was stuck.
So what to do?
Baishi Hui thought for two seconds and then decided to visit Mori Valley Teiji himself that night.
Since the plot was stuck, he would go and give it a push.
If the other party didn't move, he would use a whip to make them move!!
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Late at night, Mori Valley Teiji's mansion, in the study.
"Ah... This KudoShinichi isn't capable either. It's been several days, how come he still hasn't investigated it?" Mori Valley Teiji paced back and forth by the desk, annoyed.
His life was threatened, so Mori Valley Teiji was no longer in the mood to bomb the works he was dissatisfied with before.
Anyway, those buildings were there and wouldn't move, there was plenty of time to bomb them, but if he didn't catch the culprit, he wouldn't be able to sleep.
He couldn't help but complain, "You were quite capable when you caught Mayor Okamoto, weren't you? Why aren't you now?"
Just then, the study door clicked open without any struggle.
"Who let you in? Didn't I say to knock before entering?" Mori Valley Teiji looked at the doorway unhappily and scolded.
However, as soon as he saw that the person who entered was Azusa the Bandit wearing a red mask, the anger on his face instantly turned into terror.
He retreated a few steps in fear until he bumped into the desk and stopped.
"You, you... you... What do you... want with me?" Mori Valley Teiji looked at the Azu the Bandit in fear, his voice trembling.
He was burning down buildings to destroy the works he was dissatisfied with.
And this guy in front of him was clearly a terrorist!
Mori Valley Teiji felt like he was just a toddler learning to walk in front of the other person.
"Did you take the plastic explosives?" Baishi Hui didn't waste words and went straight to the point!
"Wh-what plastic explosives? I... I don't understand what you're saying," Mori Valley Teiji shook his head repeatedly, not admitting that he had done it.
Upon hearing this, Baishi Hui didn't waste words and walked up and slapped him twice.
The force was so great that it knocked out one of the other party's teeth!
He said again, "I'll give you one more chance to answer!"
"I... I really... didn't take it!" Mori Valley Teiji covered his face and said in a trembling voice.
"Your mouth is quite tough, huh?" Baishi Hui chuckled coldly.
He didn't continue to use force; this guy was old.
He was worried that a few more hits would beat the guy to death.
He was still counting on the other party to be his scapegoat.
After abandoning the idea of violent interrogation, Baishi Hui looked around and suddenly noticed smoke rising from the spout of the teapot on the desk.
His eyes immediately lit up, and he grabbed Mori Valley Teiji and pressed him onto the desk.
Then he took the pot of tea and poured a little onto the other party's groin.
"Ah!!!" This completely terrified Mori Valley Teiji.
Although he was paranoid and criminal, he still liked women!!
At this moment, Mori Valley Teiji realized that the other party was a criminal, not a Police!
He wouldn't reason with him!
If he kept being stubborn, the other person would definitely kill him!
Thinking of this, Mori Valley Teiji quickly shouted, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! I took the stuff! I took it!"
"I knew it was you who took it, you're not honest!" Baishi Hui snorted coldly and directly poured three seconds worth of tea into the other party's crotch as punishment!
Mori Valley Teiji cried out in pain from the scalding. He struggled and shouted, "Stop scalding me!! If you want it, I'll give you all of it!!"
Baishi Hui put down the tea and lied righteously, "Give what? That batch of goods is mine!!"
"Huh?" Mori Valley Teiji was completely stunned.
He didn't expect that he had stolen someone else's goods... No wonder they came looking for him.
"Sumimasen... I didn't know this was yours! If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have dared to touch it!" Mori Valley Teiji quickly begged for mercy and apologized, "I can compensate you!!!"
"What do you want this batch of goods for?" Baishi Hui released the other party.
Mori Valley Teiji hesitated for a moment, but then thought that the other party wasn't Police, so he confessed truthfully, "I planned to use it to take revenge on someone!"
"Who?" Baishi Hui asked, pretending to be curious.
Mori Valley Teiji clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, "KudoShinichi! That guy ruined my life!!"