Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 544 Energy Core Cherry Sapphire

"Huh? Me, me?"

The passerby was taken aback. Although he didn't know what Qi Ming meant by asking him that question, he still answered truthfully.

"Can you help me find Lupin III?"

The quest to find Lupin III has been accepted; the approximate location of the target has been marked.

"Ok."

Qi Ming stretched.

Although he could leave now, Lupin III's monkey face has caused him so much trouble, it wouldn't be right not to retaliate.

Even though he was the one who started the trouble in the first place.

……

Rosemary Bar.

An old-fashioned record player spun, playing retro music. Although it was daytime, the bar was packed with unemployed youths.

However, with no windows or gaps to let sunlight in, and the constantly flashing ceiling lights in the dark room, it still maintained a nightlife vibe.

The two sat facing each other in a private bar room.

The man wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke to a man across from him who looked like a monkey.

“I have found information about your client, Alan Smith. His country is currently under invasion.”

"In order to save his country, he traveled to Japan to try to seize the Cherry Sapphire."

The monkey raised an eyebrow in surprise and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"I see... Your information brokerage is quite impressive."

The intelligence officer, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, smiled and raised his glass in a gesture of greeting.

"I am truly honored to receive praise from the great thief Lupin III."

Naturally, this monkey is Lupin III.

Although he has his own professional intelligence network, sometimes in places like bars, some guys know even more than he does.

And he did indeed find it; the person was the guy right in front of him.

However, it might be a bit of a coincidence to say that he found it, because it was the information broker who approached him on his own initiative.

"..."

Lupin III looked around the information booth.

With his current eyesight, he can tell at a glance who has something to offer.

But this person clearly lacked that kind of charisma; he only saw the other person as an ordinary white-collar worker.

The disguise is pretty good.

"What's wrong, friend?"

Lupin III shook his head, and a smile returned to his face.

"It's nothing. I'm just curious about who you are and how you know so much."

The intelligence broker smiled.

"Shouldn't an information broker know so much?"

"Ha, you're right."

The two exchanged a smile. Just as the informant was pouring wine for Lupin III, Lupin III suddenly pulled out his gun, pointed it at the informant, and said with a wicked grin.

"Then, how much information do you have about me?"

Despite being held at gunpoint, the intelligence officer remained completely calm, continuing to pour drinks.

Perhaps a big reason is that he was never afraid of death, since he could be resurrected after death.

The intelligence broker shrank back and replied calmly.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Lupin, I have no information about you or your team. After all, you are not simple people.”

Lupin III stared at the intelligence officer, and indeed, he couldn't see any pretense in the officer's expression.

The murderous aura vanished instantly, and Lupin III's smile returned.

"That's good. Even though you're an information broker, knowing too much can be dangerous."

"It happens often; people are killed to silence them for knowing too much."

Lupin III put the gun back in his pocket and, mimicking the way the intelligence broker had done earlier, raised his wine glass.

"Enough of that, let's drink."

The intelligence officer nodded, unperturbed by what had just happened, and raised his glass to drink.

“I think Alan Smith is planning to use you as a cover to draw the police’s attention to you so that no one will bother with him anymore.”

“And tomorrow a celebrity is coming over. The celebrity’s manager is actually a gangster. I think he’s going to do something with you at the concert after you steal the jewel.”

Lupin III frowned as he listened to the information broker's words.

This person seems a bit mysterious; he knows so much.

"...You wouldn't happen to be one of his men, would you? An intelligence spy?"

"So what if it is?"

The intelligence broker said casually, adjusting his slightly slipped glasses and taking another sip of wine.

While the two remained silent, the intelligence officer leaned against the sofa and muttered to himself, seemingly puzzled.

"But what I really want to know is, what exactly does he need that cherry sapphire for?"

"Could it be that this thing is very valuable, and if we sell it, we can buy enough weapons from other countries to resist the invaders?"

Lupin III, with his legs crossed, idly picked at his ear and said...

"Aren't you an information broker? Don't you know what that thing is for?"

"And judging from your expression, it doesn't seem like you don't know what that thing is for."

Judging from Lupin III's expression, the informant knew that the other party was very familiar with the value of this gem.

"Haha, it seems Mr. Lupin also knows what that thing is used for."

The intelligence officer's eyes gleamed.

Surprisingly, this master thief, who clearly knew the value of the item, seemed to have no interest in it whatsoever.

Is this the professional ethics of a righteous thief?

"This cherry sapphire, just one of these gems, could supply the electricity for all the facilities in Tokyo, no, it could even do more."

The intelligence broker spoke slowly and deliberately, a hint of greed appearing in his previously calm eyes.

"In other words, this gem can be described as a super-strategic weapon energy source capable of changing a country's military power."

The intelligence broker knew that if such an item were given to an individual, it would have no other use besides being used as jewelry or sold.

But that depends on who gave the gem to.

If we give him this gem... he might be able to take off, in whatever sense.

"You really know a lot..."

Lupin III put his legs down and squinted as he looked around the information booth.

However, it seems the other party is unaware of the gem's true nature...

We could spare his life.

The gemstones themselves are ordinary; what's extraordinary is the technology inside them.

He had done some work in the area where this stuff originated before, so he knew how much this thing would change the world order if it were to leak out.

This thing is essentially an unlimited energy source, and we absolutely cannot let it flow out.

However, the request must be fulfilled for Smith, especially since Fujiko Mine still has a bomb stuck in her neck.

but……

Once the item has been handed over, the commission is considered complete.

And what am I?

I'm a master thief, I can just steal the stuff back later, right?

Anyway, if the other party really comes looking for him, he can just say that it was stolen by Phantom Thief Kid and that's it!