Conan: After teaching the protagonist, they offered their loyalty.

Chapter 116: Playing the aloof card again?

“She’s the one I told you about. She’s yours.” Fuheshen took out the Dark Star he’d picked up on the Suzuki cruise ship from his pocket and tossed it over. “This is her reward for being here…”

Originally, Fuheshner intended to sell this gem from the Dark Star.

But I found that there were too many things like trading markets, and their value was depreciating drastically. After thinking it over, I decided to leave this to Koizumi Akako.

"Eh, this is..." Koizumi Akako took the bag, feeling its weight, and her eyes lit up, "A gemstone?"

"More or less." Fuheshchen nodded.

"I didn't expect... you'd actually offer a reward." Koizumi Akako muttered to herself, wanting to unleash her signature "oh ho ho ho" witch laugh and add a self-indulgent remark.

But when he realized that the Heavenly Emperor and the Tyrant were watching him, he felt a little embarrassed.

She looked at Akemi Miyano and sized her up and down.

Akemi Miyano's heart skipped a beat. Although this underage girl was a bit oblivious, judging from the castle and its decorations, she was the important person Mr. Fushiguro had mentioned, and someone who knew magic.

"Hello, the most beautiful witch in the world, I...I am Akemi Miyano," Akemi Miyano said timidly.

"Ahem." Koizumi Akako blushed. "The prefix doesn't need to be so long. You can just call me Akako or Koizumi... I'll help you."

She would indeed help this woman of unknown origin.

On one hand, she seems quite gentle and intellectual, but mainly it's a request from Heaven and the tyrant...

"Yes, Lady Akako," Miyano Akemi said somewhat shyly.

Fuhesh walked to the window and looked at the surrounding scenery.

In his opinion, Koizumi Akako's personality is somewhat similar to Miyano Akemi's... a bit oblivious and a bit silly.

For example, he just diverted Hongzi's attention with a single sentence.

Oh right, I almost forgot to tell Gin.

Fukushiro took out his phone... and as soon as he turned it on, it showed a call from Gin.

He went out of the room and answered the phone in a quiet place.

"..." The other party remained silent at first.

"?" Fu Heishen asked in confusion, "Playing the aloof card again? If you keep this up, I'm done for."

"No..." Gin took a deep breath on the other end of the phone, suppressing his emotions that were about to explode. "Why are you only answering the phone now?"

Since he learned that a fierce battle had broken out at the location of Fuhesh's mission, the FBI and the Japanese Public Security Bureau had been mobilized, and heavy weapons had been used...

This resulted in the entire seaside warehouse being reduced to ruins, a truly horrific sight... The Japanese high command quickly suppressed the news.

However, the mole he planted in the Red Team still managed to find out all of this.

And so... the phone kept ringing.

“I just saw it.” Fu Heishen replied calmly, his eyes serene. “As for the money… it’s still with me. I’ll give it to you tomorrow.”

"Hmm..." Gin replied coldly, preparing to hang up the phone.

Then... Vodka's boisterous voice rang out, "Big brother, don't cover my mouth, I'm going to say it... Coindu, you're so unfair! Do you know how worried you and I were about you after what happened at the warehouse?"

"I kept calling you and used all my connections to search for your body in the warehouse, and you didn't even reply when nothing happened!" Vodka was furious.

"Shut up, Vodka!" Gin's tone hardened, his voice still icy. He explained, "Confirming the safety of organization members is what a superior should do..." (Let me clarify here: Fukushiro's abilities are 'outstanding,' and he's trusted by Gin, seen as the organization's future. Gin's character is set up to see him this way. Please stop saying I'm forcing a pairing; I just want you to see a different side of the Distillery, okay?)

Fu Heishen frowned slightly and exited the phone's home screen.

I saw 99+ missed calls and messages.

Could it be that Gin and Vodka have been calling him all along?

"I didn't expect... you would care about the lives of your members." Fuheshen'er's lips curled into a smile. "Very good."

"Heh... It's my duty." Gin snorted coldly... He still wanted to ask whether Miyano Akemi was dead or alive.

Then... I heard the dial tone sound as the phone hung up, followed by silence...

.........

Inside the office of Mihana Medical Center.

A young woman with tea-colored hair, seemingly somewhat distracted, was holding a cup of coffee and observing a lab rat.

She desperately wanted to know how her sister was doing, but when she tried to call, her phone was constantly busy.

This left her deeply unsettled.

"Ding dong..."

At that moment, a news article popped up on the computer screen.

Sherry's attention was drawn, so she walked over and clicked on it...

"We are now breaking the news: the perpetrators of yesterday's two billion dollar robbery have all been identified... They are...."

"Currently, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Japanese high command are taking this case very seriously. Today, they successfully cracked the case at the warehouse by the sea. The main culprit, Masami Hirota, has been confirmed dead. At the same time, the scene was burned by an unknown criminal... The whereabouts of the 2 billion yen in cash are still unknown."

"Inspector Megure will..."

After hearing the news of Hirota Masami's (Akami Miyano's pseudonym) death, Sherry's eyes gradually lost focus... and she could no longer hear the following announcements.

Click...

The cup in my hand fell to the ground at some point, and the cup shattered.

The next day.

A ringing bell woke Fuheishen from his sleep.

He picked up the phone.

"Lord Jundu, you've finally answered the phone! Director Shirley has now sealed off all the data and stopped the research, indicating that she wants to see you..." The peripheral member on the other end of the phone seemed to be on the verge of tears.

"Where's Sherry..." Fuheshen asked calmly as he sat up in bed.

"We...we don't dare to interfere either, Director Shirley is in her office right now." The voices of the peripheral members became increasingly urgent.

"I'm coming right now." Fuheshel hung up the phone.

He got up, washed up, and put on the gray sweatshirt Shirley had bought for him, with a black jacket over it.

After putting on my shoes in the entryway, I grabbed my car keys and headed out.

As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the damp scent of earth.

Looking up, the sky was covered by thick, dark clouds, a hazy gray, as if the whole world was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere...

“A familiar scene…” Fuheishen said in a low voice, and drove towards the Mihua Medical Center.

Perhaps due to the weather, or perhaps it's rush hour, there was some traffic congestion on the streets.

Fuheshner lit a cigarette and looked outside... Pedestrians quickened their pace, and the roadside trees swayed incessantly, as if foreshadowing something about to happen.

A few minutes later, a kind traffic policeman came and cleared the traffic.

It took more than twenty minutes for Fuheshen to arrive at the Mihua Medical Center.

After parking the car, the surrounding members gathered around.