GBP Chapter 70 The Inviolable Law
Chapter 70 The Inviolable Law
After learning of the murder, Conan and his friends followed Inspector Yokomizo to the crime scene.
However, halfway there, Conan discovered something—Ryuzawa was gone again.
Could it be that we've lost track of this guy...?
Conan's lips twitched.
Meanwhile, Bai Ye Xiuzheng, who had supposedly "lost track," leisurely strolled through the crowd of people attending the festival.
He appeared quite relaxed on the surface, but in reality, his eyes followed the flowing crowd, searching for his target.
The festival is almost over, and it's time to get down to business.
This mission is to investigate whether Bellini, a member stationed in Saitama Prefecture, has any inclination to betray the organization—this was the same mission he was tasked with during his last major purge.
Bai Yexiu opened his phone, glanced at the member's photo, and then looked up to search around.
After searching for half a minute, Bai Yexiu successfully located Bellini, who was about to leave the festival site, and thus began the first part of his mission—tracking her.
Bellini was a rather burly man who seemed to have had a little to drink and was somewhat drunk, as he was swaying as he walked and did not notice Bai Yexiu following behind him.
A few minutes later, Bai Yexiu followed Bellini to a hotel. Several police cars were parked unusually in front of the hotel. Recalling what had happened earlier, Bai Yexiu guessed that the murder must have occurred here.
From the festival site to the hotel, Bellini didn't reveal anything, until he answered a phone call at the hotel elevator entrance—
"Hey, when are you going to arrange a meeting with me? I have crucial information."
Bai Yexiu immediately became interested and stood at a distance behind him, listening to him make a phone call.
Bellini seemed to have had a few drinks and wasn't very alert. Although he made the call in a low voice, it didn't escape Bai Yexiu's ears.
"...It's about Gin's recent moves."
Okay, that's confirmed. Skip the next steps, interrogate them, and then eliminate them.
Bai Yexiu's lips curled up slightly.
Because we won't need to go through the hassle of investigating this and that anymore regarding this person's tasks.
Shortly after Bellini hung up the phone, the elevator doors opened. Bellini and Bai Yexiu entered the elevator one after the other. However, Bellini clearly did not suspect the teenager at all, and had no idea that his conversation might have been overheard.
The elevator went up to a floor, and Bai Yexiu and Bellini walked out together. But as they walked, Bellini seemed to notice something was wrong, and his eyes became more wary as he looked at Bai Yexiu.
Bellini quickened his pace, with Bai Yeshu close behind.
Soon, they were about to reach Bellini's room, but Bai Yexiu saw a group of police officers gathered two rooms away from Bellini.
"..."
Why on this particular floor...?
Bai Yexiu could guess why there was a bunch of police officers there—it was because of the murder that had occurred there, and Conan and the others were there. He was still using Long Ze's identity, so he'd have to be a little more discreet later.
As Bellini opened his room door with his key card, Bai Yexiu dropped all pretense and silently moved closer, pressing a gun against his lower back: "Don't move."
The door was already open, and Bellini, gripping the doorknob, froze completely.
Bellini's gaze drifted to a group of police officers not far away, as if he wanted to ask for help, but Bai Yexiu kicked Bellini into the room and quickly closed the door.
Bellini let out a cry of pain.
On the other side, two of the policemen outside the door seemed to have heard something and looked curiously in the direction of the sound, but all they saw was a door that had just been closed.
Was there any sound just now?
Has anyone fallen?
……
Bai Yexiu locked the door and looked down at Bellini, who was sitting on the ground.
"Not paying attention to your surroundings while making a phone call isn't the mark of a good undercover agent~" Bai Yexiu smiled and drew his knife.
"What...what are you saying?" A bead of sweat dripped from Bellini's forehead, as if he intended to continue pretending.
He didn't know who the boy in front of him was, but based on the boy's actions just now, he knew that the boy was definitely a dangerous person!
He, a burly man who was 180 cm tall, was kicked to the ground by a kid who was only a teenager!
"Are you still planning to keep pretending, Mr. Undercover?" Bai Yexiu revealed an innocent and cheerful smile.
Although the smile looks perfectly natural on his face, it looks incredibly awkward when paired with the gesture of him holding a knife.
Bellini couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He should have paid more attention to his surroundings before making the call. Drinking so much alcohol had lowered his guard considerably.
But the boy in front of him was definitely not simple! Although he had only recently acquired the code name, he had never heard anyone say that the organization had such a young member.
Bellini gritted his teeth, his right hand stealthily reaching into his pocket to pull out his pistol in retaliation. But Bai Yexiu had already noticed his movement. The moment Bellini touched the gun in his pocket, Bai Yexiu kicked his hand hard, sending the gun flying out of his pocket and landing some distance away.
Bai Yexiu frowned slightly, feeling a sharp pain in his toes.
I should have known better than to wear clogs to kick people.
Bai Yexiu silently made a mental note about the wooden clogs.
Bellini clutched his swollen wrist, wincing in pain.
"Since you're not going to cooperate obediently, then you're useless~" Bai Yexiu flashed a harmless, innocent smile.
……
"Hey, look, what's that?" A young policeman tugged at his colleague and pointed to the door of the room two rooms away.
There was a puddle of liquid under the door of that room, but because the corridor was dimly lit, it was impossible to see what it was from a distance.
They had just finished solving the case and were preparing to head back when they heard the young policeman's words. Conan looked over, puzzled.
There was indeed a puddle of liquid under the door.
"That was probably just the tenant accidentally spilling water on the floor," Kogoro, who had just woken up, said dismissively.
Ran Mouri and several police officers curiously went forward to investigate, but when they took a few steps closer, they froze completely in place.
The pool of liquid under the door was thick blood, reflecting a dark red light in the dim corridor lighting.
"It's blood!!" The young policeman took a step back in terror.
Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri, Inspector Yokomizo, and Conan rushed over like sprinters in a 100-meter dash.
After confirming that the blood flowing from the room was indeed blood, the two adult men forcefully broke down the door, only to find this scene—
A burly man lay supine on the ground, a large gash in his neck, with a pool of blood on the ground. His expression was terrified and contorted, as if he had suffered immense fear and torment before his death.
"what---"
Ran Mouri's screams echoed down the corridor.
……
Bai Yexiu, who was climbing the hotel's exterior wall, suddenly heard a scream coming from one of the rooms, which startled him.
It seems the body has been discovered. I didn't expect anyone to find it so early.
Bai Yexiu jumped onto the air conditioner platform on the hotel's exterior wall and leaped into the window of a room on the next floor.
The window was wide open, and Bai Yexiu successfully jumped into the room.
Bai Yexiu stood up and dusted himself off. He looked around; it seemed the room's owner hadn't returned yet, and no one had suddenly appeared.
Doing missions with the police just two rooms apart is quite exciting, but it's also very troublesome.
The organization requires Bai Yexiu to interrogate and, under any circumstances, eliminate the undercover traitor. If Bai Yexiu doesn't interrogate and eliminate him, someone else will. Although there are police nearby, Bai Yexiu still has to do it.
This is a rule that organizations cannot violate.