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

Chapter 458 Watching a Movie

Hearing footsteps behind him, Qi Ming stopped his punch and turned to look at the men in black.

Seeing their conflicted expressions, Qi Ming asked.

How are your salaries?

The men in black looked at each other, and then one of them spoke.

"No, it's not very good."

These people weren't security guards, but rather members of the same zoo organization as Cobra.

However, the zoo also has peripheral members, and all of these people are peripheral members.

They can't get involved in big matters, and they're not in charge of small ones either.

You could say their status in this casino was only slightly higher than that of the security guards.

They were just debating whether or not to take revenge, but now that they think about it, even the leader has been killed, so what are they worried about?

"If it's not good, why are you all so concerned? Get lost."

Qi Ming's voice rang in their ears again, and this time their thoughts of drawing their guns completely vanished. They nodded repeatedly and left.

"Alright, alright, we're leaving now!"

Seeing the group leave in a hurry, Qi Ming turned back to look at Cobra again.

Upon seeing the mutated snake head before him, Qi Ming frowned and quickly stepped back several paces to wipe his hands.

I thought I'd seen a ghost, but then I realized it was me who had beaten him up like that.

Ai Haibara silently looked at the cobra, which was practically dead, and felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

This guy just talked nonsense. You're the dwarf, your whole family are dwarfs!

Qi Ming yawned and looked at Ai Haibara, asking a question.

"Have you had enough fun today?"

Seeing Qi Ming's expression, Ai Haibara gently covered her mouth and shook her head.

"...The beginning was alright, but the end was a different story; there were too many irrelevant people around."

"Then let's go back and leave this mess here... in a bit."

Qi Ming stroked his chin, glanced at the cobra, then at his phone. On his phone screen, Amuro Tooru and Yamada Keigo were still being electrocuted.

"Finally, would you like to see a movie, something immersive, like an IMAX Pro?"

"……Movie?"

Although Qi Ming's suggestion seemed perfectly normal, seeing the gleam in his eyes, Ai Haibara felt that this movie was definitely not normal.

"You must be really curious about what type it is, right?"

Qi Ming looked at Ai Haibara with great interest and asked, although the little girl didn't want to know, she still asked with a blank expression.

"Yes, yes, I really want to know what kind of movie you're talking about. Can you tell me?"

"Hehe, it's a big movie that combines science fiction, fantasy, thriller, crime and action."

"..."

Ai Haibara always feels that these types are fine individually, but why does it feel so strange when they are put together?

Qi Ming picked up Cobra's phone and switched the monitor screen away.

It's said that optimistic and cheerful people live longer, so it seems Amuro Tooru won't live much longer, since he's always crying and screaming.

Qi Ming took a picture of the cobra with his phone and then opened his contacts.

The contact list has a variety of names, such as lion, dog, cat, leopard, mosquito, fly, and skink.

It looks like you're looking at an encyclopedia of the scientific names of some animal or insect.

"Fly? Would anyone who doesn't have that title even survive in this organization?"

As Qi Ming swiped his finger, it stopped at a contact whose contact name was "Fly".

If their code names are also related to their personalities, then perhaps this person likes to eat...

Qi Ming shuddered, and finally decided to call this fly first.

The call connected, and Qi Ming spoke first.

"Hey?"

On the other side, Fly realized as soon as he heard Qi Ming speak that the person holding the phone was not Cobra, and said in a deep voice with a hint of murderous intent.

"……Who are you?"

"Flies, pythons, no, cobras, Diamond Casino, your cobra is almost dead, come and collect the body. I'll be waiting for you at the casino."

"Damn it, who are you...?"

Before the other end could reply, Qi Ming hung up and called the next person.

"Hey, Cobra Casino! Cobra's dying! Come quick, he's dead! I'm waiting for you!"

"wtf!"

"Hey, Cobra Casino, come out and collect the corpse!"

After making several more phone calls, Qi Ming finally put down his phone.

That's enough. Anyway, they'll probably keep in touch with each other internally by then.

After throwing away his phone, Qi Ming contacted Megan again.

Megan.

【Here I am】

"Tell the brothers to come to the Cobra Diamond Casino to search and raid."

"The armory is open for free for a limited time today. Let them bring all their gear: fighter jets, excavators, oops, armored vehicles—bring them all."

"Oh, right, let's bring that kid Kaito Kuroba back from the island too."

【OK】

"……Ugh."

Seeing Qi Ming's actions, Ai Haibara sighed softly after a long while.

Why do things always end up like this?

……

An abandoned factory in the suburbs.

However, the dilapidated appearance and moss-covered walls are just a facade.

This is the headquarters of the zoo organization, and of course, it's one of them.

After all, it's a company with the same level of prestige as the original brewery, and they can't possibly only have one base.

Normally, there are very few people at the base, as everyone is busy running their own business.

Searching for gems and negotiating business, the base is more of a lounge than a base; members only gather here when there are major operations.

Now, dozens of black cars drove up from the highway and entered the factory's underground parking garage one after another.

It's clear they have a big operation planned for today.

The reason everyone was brought to the base was Qi Ming's phone call and the photo of the cobra that Qi Ming sent them afterwards.

Inside a room in the factory, several members sat around a round table.

Their organization also has a strong preference for black, but their clothing is now clearly more uniform than that of the brewery.

Wear an overcoat, tie, and top hat.

It's as if you're not qualified to enter this base if you're not wearing formal attire.

As villains, they also understand the principles of saving electricity.

The lights were dim, and they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.

&34;…&34;

The man sitting closest to the door, seeing that everyone had arrived, slowly raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said calmly:

"Did you receive that call from that person? And did you all receive the picture of the cobra?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a murmur of discussion arose in the room.

"Yes, you received it too?"

"Is it real or fake? It's a bit embarrassing for Cobra to get taken down on his own turf, isn't it?"

"It should be real. I've already had the technical department check it, but strangely, the cobra's face has obvious signs of being photoshopped."

"If there are signs of Photoshop editing, then it's fake, isn't it?"

"No, the technicians told me that the reason the other party photoshopped it was so that we could recognize him as Cobra, because we probably wouldn't have recognized him before the photoshopping."