RNP Chapter 90 The Tracking Team
Chapter 90 The Tracking Team
Chapter 90 The Tracking Team
Taeko Mamegaki stopped her fiancé, Yuji Shimazaki, from punching Morio Anzai. She couldn't afford to offend the person who held her secrets for the time being, but she wouldn't just sit and wait to die.
Anyone who has been extorted knows that blindly complying and tolerating will only embolden the extortionist's arrogance and endless desires. This boulder rolling on the mountain must be firmly fixed at the foot of the mountain.
As it happens, she's a native of Beika Town and has seen many similar things. Supported by love, she also has enough courage to take a chance.
Just as the situation reached a stalemate, Anzai Morio was about to make another sarcastic remark when the skull watch on his wrist emitted a strange cry. Seeing that everyone was looking at him expressionlessly, he began to back down.
He only wanted to use other people's dirt to make some money, and he didn't want to offend everyone to the point of no return and end up unable to make a living.
Moreover, he currently possesses scandalous photos of that self-proclaimed handsome man, Nachi Shingo, and is eager to cash them out.
As everyone was packing up, Mamegaki Taeko's grandfather, who was also the head priest of the shrine, Mamegaki Kyusaku, came out of the shrine.
He was very responsible towards this shrine.
Come to think of it, if it weren't for his long, flowing beard, he really would look like an art museum curator released from prison.
During this time, reminded by Conan, Ran also remembered that her friend had asked her to get a signed copy of Nachi Shingo's autograph, so she grabbed Conan and ran towards the grove of trees where Nachi Shingo had left.
It seems that Conan's weight is about the same as a teddy bear in Ran's hands. When Ran runs, Conan is practically floating.
Unsurprisingly, the two stumbled upon the scene of the extortion.
Yuji Shimazaki, who clearly knew something, followed them.
After the shrine was cleaned up, the director warmly invited Kogoro Mouri, who was serving as the director, and Hiko Akutagawa, who had unexpectedly wandered in, to go for a bath and a drink together.
They said it would be good to get used to life on set beforehand, so that if I changed my mind later, I could get back into character more quickly.
Akutagawa Hiko wasn't particularly interested in taking a bath with a group of middle-aged men, but considering what was about to happen, he didn't refuse. As for Mouri Kogoro, as long as there was alcohol, everything was fine.
However, the handsome Nachi Shingo clearly had some objections, saying with dissatisfaction, "How could a handsome guy like me stay in such a cheap and tasteless hotel? I'm going to the Beika Grand Hotel."
Conan: (_亍)
Keep calling him handsome, you're shameless. Haven't you noticed that your face has become quite ordinary since Yan came?
Wearing a yukata for the first time, Akutagawa Hiko was quite content, enjoying some snacks and sake.
As Anzai Morio and Mamegaki Taeko walked out one after the other, Akutagawa Hiko knew that the show was about to begin. He touched the wine bowl with his finger, and a faint shadow appeared.
You can tell that one side is Anzai Morio and the other is Mamegaki Taeko, but you can't see much else.
Akutagawa Hiko shook his head. This telescope technique still needed a crystal ball as a medium to see more clearly, and it needed further improvement.
Ran Mouri noticed the commotion around Hiko Akutagawa and asked with some concern, "Hiko, is he drunk?"
Akutagawa Hiko was perfectly sober; it would be quite difficult to get him drunk with sake that was only in the teens: "Nothing's wrong, I was just thinking about some things."
Seeing that Akutagawa Hiko was conscious and seemed no different from usual, Mouri Ran breathed a sigh of relief and quietly replaced the sake with orange juice.
Akutagawa smiled helplessly, not angry at all. He had only wanted to taste the sake, and orange juice wouldn't have been a bad thing.
There was a young man at the table who showed no desire to interact with those around him. He just kept putting food into his mouth and eating with his head down, which made everyone, including Akutagawa Hiko, very hungry.
After the dinner, Akutagawa Hiko led Conan to the room shared by Okino Yoko and Mouri Ran: "You two aren't asleep yet, are you? Would you like to go to the convenience store to buy something?"
Akutagawa Hiko was waiting outside with Conan for the two girls to change when they suddenly heard a strange laugh. It was the watch of that annoying man from earlier that day. So he nudged Conan and said, "Use the knowledge I taught you to analyze who that person is."
Conan frowned at this.
Although he was wearing that annoying Anzai Morio's clothes and that watch supposedly brought back from America, neither his physique nor his walking habits resembled that person at all; on the contrary—
Conan's eyes suddenly widened: "It's Yuji Shimazaki!"
The two girls came out after changing their clothes, just in time to hear Conan's exclamation: "What happened to Mr. Shimazaki?"
Akutagawa Hiko's expression was somewhat serious: "Mr. Shimazaki disguised himself as that Anzai Morio and walked outside. Let's follow him and see."
After saying that, he grabbed Conan and chased after them.
Conan, who was dragged around like a rag doll twice a day, remained expressionless, his dead fish eyes filled with resignation.
Yoko Okino suddenly became excited: "Ran, this seems interesting. Let's chase after them and take a look."
As they passed the doorway, the four saw Mamegaki Taeko looking as if she had seen a ghost.
That makes sense. Anyone would be startled to suddenly see the person they killed unharmed and about to leave, especially a woman who only intended to threaten someone but lost her composure after accidentally killing them.
Ran called her several times before Mamegaki Taeko finally came to her senses. After mumbling a few words, she returned to her hotel room.
I wanted to ask if she knew what her fiancé was planning by impersonating Anzai Shounan, but I never heard back.
During the pursuit, Shimazaki Yuji seemed to sense something, stopped and looked back, but found nothing unusual.
Feeling a sense of guilt, Shimazaki Yuji breathed a sigh of relief and continued heading towards the shrine.
Hiko Akutagawa, who had hung Conan on a hook on a utility pole, quickly lowered him down. Ran Mouri stood up from behind a trash can, and Yoko Okino walked out of a narrow dead-end alley.
Seeing that Shimazaki Yuji hadn't noticed, the group breathed a sigh of relief and became even more careful in their pursuit.
Although he didn't find many people, Shimazaki Yuji was in a hurry to clear away the evidence of his fiancée's murder, so he quickened his pace.
Akutagawa Hiko covered his forehead. Ran and Yoko Okino were one thing, but Conan, who had been trained by him, still had such a flawed tracking process. Did he have to hit him on the back of the head every day to teach him a lesson?
But even with Conan's high health bar, he couldn't withstand that kind of damage.
If he gets knocked silly and his death aura dissipates, who will fill in the missing cases for him?
Fortunately, although their tracking team was unprofessional, the person being tracked also lacked the ability to counter-track. They didn't discover the group of people watching them until they reached their own shrine.