Chapter 144 Where is the thing? !
The sun rises higher and higher.

It seemed a little hot, and Mrs. Fujimori felt her back was completely wet with sweat.

She suppressed her complicated thoughts and showed a calm expression.

"What do you want to do? Report me?"

"Oh my, is this an admission?"

Saotsu raised his eyebrows, as frivolous as the clothes he was wearing.

"I thought that with Madam's character, she would at least struggle a few more times."

At this point, the lady has let go of her fears and is no longer panicking.

"no need."

She clenched her fists, inevitably feeling a little unwilling.

"Just like you said, that idiot Cangtian Jin dragged Hinata Jito into this and has made the whole thing full of loopholes!"

"If nothing else, as long as the police show Ganta's photo to Hinata Jito, the final facts will collapse in an instant, and all my efforts will be in vain!"

"Really?" Saotsu touched his chin and actually gave her some advice: "Why don't you just argue your case? Anyway, there is no evidence to convict you right now."

"So what?!"

Mrs. Fujimori took a deep breath and smiled miserably.

"Even if there is no evidence, as long as you spread your theory, I will definitely lose my husband's trust... If he investigates seriously, I will definitely not be able to hide my affair."

Her face grimly turned red when she thought of this scene.

"If I'm kicked out and lose my current wealthy life, I'd rather stay in jail!"

Saotsu shrugged, not surprised by the idea.

After all, wasn't the purpose of Mrs. Fujimori planning all this just to stay in the Fujimori family?

"not to mention……"

Fujimori stared at him again: "You already know that I picked up this gun!"

"I don't think those terrorist organizations care about evidence as much as the police do."

Saotsu just let her look at him without any reaction.

"Thinking about it, I'm really stupid..."

The woman gritted her teeth, a look of indescribable regret.

"Obviously a pistol isn't necessary!"

"As long as I leave a conspicuous and fatal wound on Maruta's body, it will be fine... Whether it's cutting the neck with a knife or stabbing the heart, it obviously has no effect on my plan!"

"But……"

"When I came up with this idea, I was stunned!"

"I took the pistol that inspired me as a necessity. I knew that the man in the river was not a simple person, but I still took it home happily."

"Who would have thought..."

There was pain in her brow and she looked extremely bitter.

"You are clearly coveting the Fujimori family's wealth..."

"But why can't I control my desires?!"

The lady thought about how it all started and clutched her clothes around her chest, looking extremely regretful.

Saotsu pointed at her and said bluntly.

"Because that's your nature!"

He rubbed the side of his neck, seeming to feel a little emotional.

"Regret is actually a very narcissistic behavior."

“People feel regret because they think they could have made better choices if they could go back in time.”

"But in reality, every choice is based on your cognition and psychological state at the time. Even if you go back a hundred times, the choices you make will not be any different."

"In other words."

"It is impossible for you who likes to indulge in desires to become clean and self-disciplined!"

Mrs. Fujimori was stunned.

She didn't expect the other party to give such a long speech.

Saotsu shook his head.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

He raised his head, revealing his vulnerable throat: "Why don't you give it a try? Didn't you try to kill me here at least three times just now?"

The woman laughed bitterly: "...you really found it."

She looked into Saotsu's eyes and said sincerely.

"I've given up on the idea."

"Even if I leave you here, there's no way to get rid of suspicion. It will only make the police pay attention to me again."

"Besides... I don't have the ability to keep you."

"Oh? So you accept your fate?" Saotsu raised the corner of his mouth, not quite smiling.

"No!" The woman bent down slightly: "I hope you can keep a secret for me!"

"why?"

The lady fixed her eyes on the jar where the organs were soaked. "Although it may be a little offensive, I can sense that you, Mr. Saotsu, are not a stubborn, inflexible detective."

She lowered her head and leaned forward, showing the warm skin of her chest to Saotsu.

The pale and soft face, coupled with the moist and pleading eyes, will make any man feel lustful.

"As long as you can promise me, I will not resist no matter what you want to do to me."

"Moreover, I am willing to provide you with a large sum of money every month to support your detective career."

Saotsu smiled.

He looked at the woman's long black hair draped in front of her, not knowing what to think for a moment.

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"Damn it! Just refuse!"

Hearing no sound coming from the headphones for a long time, Hattori suddenly felt depressed.

"Wake up, you're a detective! You're not really wavering, are you?!"

Hattori shouted into the headset, causing the driver to look at him frequently through the rearview mirror.

"Calm down, Hattori!"

Conan tugged at his sleeve: "Even if you yell louder here, Saotsu won't be able to hear you at all."

Hattori was not comforted at all.

He reached out and grabbed the back of the driver's seat, urging loudly: "Mr. Driver! Please hurry up!"

Hattori secretly made up his mind that he must wake the other party up before he makes a mistake!

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"Okay."

"What?" The lady looked up in surprise.

Saotsu gave her a warm smile.

"I said... OK."

The woman was immediately delighted.

Although I still can’t believe it and feel that things are going too smoothly...but who cares!
The lady slowly took off her coat, revealing the white dress underneath, with a look of forced shyness on her face.

"Sir, what do you need from me now?"

Saotsu looked at her body wantonly and smiled slightly: "I need you..."

The lady tilted her head and listened carefully.

"Give me what you found with the pistol!"

The originally pink atmosphere froze instantly when the last three words fell.

It seemed like I heard a click!
The plan that the lady had made in her mind was instantly shattered into pieces.

She widened her eyes in disbelief, an ominous shadow passed through her mind, and she immediately denied it: "I don't know what you are talking about!"

"No, ma'am, you know!"

Saot pulled out a gun and pointed it at the woman's forehead.

"Think about it carefully, and I'll give you another chance to answer."

gun? !

The lady took two steps back in horror, looking at the young and gentle face, her heart sank to the bottom!

At this moment, Saotsu's audacity in digging out Ganta's body and his strange expression when holding the organs in his hands flashed through the lady's mind one by one.

She couldn't help but blurt out: "Are you from that terrorist organization?!"

Madam is very uneasy now!

If the other party was not a detective, but came specifically for the man on the river, then wouldn't she...

Saotsu didn't explain.

His gentle expression concealed his always cold eyes. "Madam, I don't want to hear your nonsense."

His gun-holding hand slowly moved downwards, causing the woman's pupils to tremble violently.

"Wait...wait a minute!"

"……ah!!!"

The woman screamed and fell to the ground in pain.

She lowered her head.

A bullet pierced through her thigh, taking away a piece of flesh!
She covered her mouth with her trembling hands, watching the bright red blood oozing out from between her fingers, and could no longer suppress the fear in her heart.

"Stop... Stop it! I'll tell you... I'll tell you everything!"

The lady burst into tears and stammered, "That person...was indeed holding a suitcase in his hand when he floated down from upstream."

Saotsu didn't respond, but just moved the gun slightly away, indicating that she should continue.

"That man held it very tightly. Even though he was unconscious and had been floating in the river for so long, he showed no signs of loosening his grip."

The woman tried hard to recall the situation.

"I held his head under the water... He seemed to wake up and struggled for a while, but soon he was completely motionless."

"The suitcase was also carried to the shore by the current during the struggle."

Saotsu interrupted her impatiently, "Get to the point! Did you take the suitcase?!"

The nagging woman suddenly came to her senses and said quickly, "I took it, I took it... I was very curious about what was inside, so I took it home!"

She looked at Saotsu's face and apologized carefully.

"But don't worry, because the plan will be implemented the next day. I have never opened it and have no idea what is inside."

Saotsu just couldn't stand this woman who couldn't grasp the key.

He asked loudly, "Where is the thing?!"

……But.

Mrs. Fujimori, who had been very obedient before, gritted her teeth, her expression changed for a while and she remained silent.

Saotsu put his index finger on the trigger and narrowed his eyes: "Let me ask you, where is the stuff?!"

The lady closed her eyes tightly, trying to ignore the pain and calm down again.

"I can't say... this is my only value to you now... I don't want to die!"

"is it?"

Saotsu had a blank expression on his face.

"Then I'll let you go, and you can tell me via text message later, how about that?"

Mrs. Fujimori was obviously moved, but after some hesitation, she still shook her head: "Not enough!"

Saotsu didn't get angry: "Then tell me what you think?"

"Go and kill Kusaka Jito!"

The woman said in a vicious voice: "Your organization is so powerful, you should be able to kill him!"

Saotsu was quite surprised.

"Kill Hinata Jito? To plug the loophole in your previous plan?"

"Oh! I never expected that, ma'am."

"When I threatened your life, the first thing you thought of was to preserve your wealth and glory."

"You want money over life... This is the first time I've seen someone like you."

Mrs. Fujimori ignored his taunts.

"That's all I ask! If you can do that, I'll text you the location of the suitcase and you can get it yourself later!"

Saeto sneered, "Aren't you afraid that I will retaliate later?"

The woman gritted her teeth again and did not answer.

She thought clearly—

Hinata Jito has been arrested. If Saotsu dares to kill, the police will not let him go. With the police chasing after her, as long as she gets the suitcase, the possibility of the other party coming back to retaliate against her is very small.

As long as you go abroad to hide for a while during this period, you should be completely safe.

The lady's eyes sparkled with excitement.

In this chaotic and dead end, she accurately found the way out!
but--

"I reject!"

Saotsu said this unexpectedly.

He put his hands behind his back and took out a small box from somewhere - it was silver-white, about twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide.

Saotsu held it in one hand and opened it.

The cold needles and torture instruments inside caused the lady to feel a phantom pain.

"Wait a minute...what are you going to do?"

Saotsu curled his lips indifferently.

"Like gold, silver and treasures?"

"Oh, I don't think you have such a strong will!"

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"Hey! Kudo! What's going on? Why does Saotsu also know about Noah's Ark?"

Hattori pressed his earphones and widened his eyes.

He glanced at the driver in front of him and asked in a low voice, "Is it true as Madam said? Is he the member of the black organization you mentioned?"

"No... probably not."

Conan was also confused, but he did not lose his composure as a detective.

"Think about Hyuga Jito's house... According to the style of the organization, they should be more violent!"

Makes sense!
But Hattori was even more confused: "How did Saotsu know this? According to what you said, there shouldn't be many people who know this news!"

Not much is known...

After excluding the organization and the public security, the remaining ones are...

Conan was startled and suddenly froze!!
At this moment, the fog in my mind that obscured the truth suddenly dissipated!
The way Saotsu speaks...

Saotome's logic of behavior...

These ordinary things began to become more and more familiar, making Conan open his eyes wide and his eyes burst out in surprise!
"It's Su Beixun! Saotsu is Su Beixun!"

He yelled out of control, ignoring the driver's surprised look, and rubbed his head frantically.

【Damn it! 】

[It's so obvious, why did you remember it now?! ]

Conan was very upset!

He leaned forward through the gap in the middle: "Driver! Please hurry up! Please!"

"oh oh!"

The driver suddenly felt uneasy thinking about the two people who were shouting for no apparent reason along the way.

"Hey! Kudo! Speak clearly!"

Fu hurriedly pulled him back: "You said Sao Yi is Su Beixun? Are you sure?"

"Yeah! I'm sure!"

Conan nodded anxiously, twisting back and forth in the small space in the back seat, feeling very uneasy.

——This bad consequence caused by his own mistake made him feel terrible!

"Apart from changing his face, he didn't do anything to disguise his personality or tone!"

Hattori was a little surprised.

"Really? But didn't you say you were very familiar with him and would be able to recognize him even if he turned into ashes? How come you still discovered him after being together for so long?"

Conan was speechless.

He also found it very strange.

Think about it now.

There were many times in these few days when he was just one step away from guessing the other party's identity, but his thoughts were suddenly interrupted every time.

It was as if some invisible force was helping him!
"Well! Forget it!"

Seeing his good brother's self-blame, Hattori twisted his hat and said with great interest: "Let me meet him!"

"Don't be careless!"

Conan reminded: "The other party doesn't know the existence of the bug, which is our advantage... Hurry up and call Officer Yamashita and ask him to bring more people!"

Hattori was about to agree.

But suddenly!
A shrill whine came from the headphones, like the sound of fingernails scratching on a blackboard!

The two looked at each other and quickly turned their attention back to that place.

(End of this chapter)