Hatamoto Mariko was quick. After a few minutes, she walked back.
She handed over the thick envelope and couldn't suppress her joy, saying, "Quick, give me the recording pen!"
Baishi Hui accepted the envelope, handed the recording pen to her, and said, "With this, our commission is concluded."
"Mm-hmm, it's concluded." Hatamoto Mariko took the recording pen and left without delay.
Conan looked at her excited expression and frowned, saying, "I feel like she's lying... What she's doing doesn't seem to be for Miss Natsue's happiness."
"Maybe!" Baishi Hui said, stuffing the envelope back into his pocket, not wanting to argue too much with Conan about this.
Everyone has their own values; it's impossible for everyone to be the same.
It's not like they live together, so it's good enough.
He took out an earphone, put it on, and asked, "How did you get on the ship?"
"It was my mom--" Conan was still thinking about Hatamoto Mariko's matter, but seeing his slip of the tongue, he quickly corrected himself, "My mom asked Yukiko Aunt to bring me!"
"It's Miss Yukiko..." Baishi Hui wasn't too surprised.
Conan asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly put on earphones?"
"I tampered with the recording pen a little," Baishi Hui said, taking out the threatening letter from his pocket.
Conan took it and looked, understanding immediately, but then asked curiously, "But... will tampering with the recording pen be useful?"
"It's better than doing nothing, right?" Baishi Hui said, handing the other earphone to him.
Conan thought it made sense, so he took the earphone and put it on.
...............
Hatamoto Mariko had already found Hatamoto Gozo and given him the recording pen.
Hatamoto Gozo hadn't taken it seriously at first. He had already had someone investigate Xiao Wu's identity, and the other party had also passed his test; otherwise, he wouldn't let his most beloved granddaughter marry him.
However, after hearing the recording played from the recording pen, his face instantly changed, and suspicion immediately arose.
This wedding concerned his granddaughter's future happiness, so he had to be cautious!
"I see... You can go down first! I'll find Xiao Wu to talk!" Hatamoto Gozo said in a deep voice.
"Still need to talk?" Hatamoto Mariko wanted to say more, but after being glared at by him, she was startled on the spot and left unwillingly!
Hatamoto Gozo thought for a moment about how to confront Xiao Wu, then picked up the internal phone on his desk.
Just as he was about to ask someone to get Xiao Wu, the study door clicked open.
Hatamoto Gozo looked at a female server who walked in and reprimanded her discontentedly, "Who let you in? Get out immediately!!!"
Instead of leaving, the female server suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Hatamoto Gozo, pulled out a syringe, and fiercely jabbed it into his neck.
Hatamoto Gozo was greatly startled, struggling wildly but finding he couldn't push the female server away at all.
A few seconds later, his eyes closed, and he immediately fainted.
The female server pulled out the syringe, first tidied her clothes, then began to clean up the messy scene.
Not long after, another female server opened the door, pushed a cleaning cart in, and said, "Kir, nothing unexpected happened, right?"
"No." Kir, disguised as a female server, said, throwing the recording pen to Vermouth, "That Detective really messed things up."
Vermouth caught it and said indifferently, "This old man needs to be dealt with sooner or later. If he doesn't die, the will won't take effect!"
"That's after the wedding. If he dies now... the wedding will probably be postponed," Kir reminded.
"It's fine, don't I have a plan?" Vermouth had already thought of remedial measures.
"Your Transfiguration is really convenient..." Kir sighed again, "In that case, I'll hide this old man! After the wedding, I'll give him the medicine... This way, even if a forensic examiner comes, they won't find any problems!"
"Alright." Vermouth agreed to this method.
"As for that Detective... are you handling him or am I?" Kir said while dragging Hatamoto Gozo towards the cleaning cart.
Vermouth stepped forward to help, saying, "I'll do it... I was thinking of just warning him to restrain himself. It seems I have to deal with him!"
The two of them worked together to stuff Hatamoto Gozo into the cleaning cart. Kir reminded, "Be careful, that Detective is quite skilled... I saw a report about him before!"
It was rare for her to connect with Vermouth, and she didn't want her to have an accident.
"Don't worry, don't forget what I'm best at." Vermouth smiled confidently.
Kir nodded in understanding, then pushed the cleaning cart away.
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In the restaurant.
Baishi Hui and Conan looked at each other, neither of them expected to hear such explosive news!!
Baishi Hui never expected to encounter Kir and Vermouth here.
He suddenly remembered the "island laboratory" Tokiwa Eisaku mentioned earlier and realized this island should be Hatamoto Island.
On the other side, Conan was completely stunned.
He didn't expect to encounter two Organization members here!
But... maybe it's a coincidence... I must find them to confirm!
Thinking of this, Conan's heart burned with excitement, and his whole body trembled with anticipation!
Unable to suppress his excitement, he said, "Shirashi, let's split up and quickly go catch them!"
"Alright." Baishi Hui agreed without hesitation.
After all, Vermouth was going to deal with him, so he definitely had to strike first!
He said, "You find the female server pushing the cleaning cart, and I'll find the other one!"
"Okay!" Conan nodded in agreement.
With their targets clear, the two quickly left the restaurant, asked a crew member for directions to Hatamoto Gozo's study, and hurried over.
Along the way, Conan spotted the female server pushing the cleaning cart and decisively followed her.
Baishi Hui arrived at Hatamoto Gozo's study door and pressed the doorbell.
With the ding-dong sound, there was no movement inside.
Baishi Hui looked around, then said in Xiao Wu's voice, "Grandpa... are you in the room?"
There was no answer from inside.
He simply opened the door and entered.
But he found it empty, with no one inside.
"Gone?" Baishi Hui frowned, but quickly relaxed.
Anyway, Vermouth would appear disguised as Hatamoto Gozo.
When she appears, he will make his move; she won't be able to escape.
However... in front of so many people, without a proper reason, it's not easy for him to kill her!
Thinking of this, his brows furrowed again.
But soon, Baishi Hui realized that schemes and tricks were his weakness!
He should play to his strengths!
With this thought, he quickly had a good idea!
I got it!
If I just blow up this cruise ship and make it look like the Liquor Organization did it, can't I kill Vermouth in the chaos?
Heh, I'm so smart!
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui turned around to find a suitable place to plant the bomb!