Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 265: Xiao Golang in the Bar (Part 5)

"Then, Sister Demi, he...why did you ask Jack out?" Conan asked while shrinking himself between the bartender and the wax sculptor.

The bartender gently swirled his glass. “Of course, I’m asking him for medical expenses, lost wages, and compensation for emotional distress.”

Jack glared at the bartender and said, "You're robbing me. I can't go around Miss Galatea and rob the Melody family's vault."

"Then bring out your treasure. Didn't you steal COA-II's masterpiece, the core of the City of Sustainable Energy? The energy device known as the 'Evil Eye'?"

Jack was even more unhappy when he heard the bartender talking about the "evil eye": "That's too much. This is simply exploitation."

"COA-II's experimental subjects were originally quite primitive. The original potions were kept by magicians and adventurers. Why didn't you ask them for them? And, if I remember correctly, aren't mercenaries perfect subjects for COA-II?"

The bartender was also dissatisfied. "But the problem is, you stole the power supply in the middle of the experiment. There's some skill in destroying a bridge after crossing it, right? If you hadn't been messing around, COA-III wouldn't have gotten into this mess! It's because the 'Evil Eye''s' energy leaked out and contaminated the original laboratory that it's been sealed off until now."

Jack snorted. "Even so, I can't give you the Evil Eye if you ask me for it. During the COA-IV experiment, the explorers teamed up with Nightmare to steal it from me, leaving me with less than a battery's worth of energy."

"They are both bandits, a wicked boss and a scoundrel employee. They are worse than Mr. Melody and I. Why don't you go find them?"

The bartender was stunned. "Are you saying the explorers took away most of the energy in the Evil Eye?"

Jack almost laughed out loud when he saw the bartender's reaction: "Our eldest lady has been in Italy for so long that she doesn't even know about the personnel changes within the manor?"

The bartender seemed to realize something and slammed the table hard. "Damn, it turns out that accelerant he gave me was made with the energy from the Evil Eye!"

The wax figure artist at the side finally interjected: "Although from what I know about him, it's more likely that the thing was made from scraps..."

The bartender was furious. "How can this bastard be so stingy? He was crying poor just a few days ago. How many resources has he secretly consumed? Ever since he officially started researching Fool's Gold, the prices of those alchemical materials have skyrocketed... Could it be that he's smuggling some of his own stuff in there?"

Jack smiled slightly: "It seems that I am not the only one who has been calculated. This makes me feel more balanced."

The bartender suddenly stood up, pulled the wax figure sculptor and prepared to leave. Before leaving, the bartender said something harsh.

"Don't think you'll get away with it next time, Chicken Nugget!"

When Conan heard this nickname, he almost laughed out loud. After all, it was too funny to give a brutal killer a nickname that resembled a common fast food in a fast food restaurant.

Jack gracefully dodged two lemons that the bartender threw in his face.

"Little Detective, you'd better forget that ridiculous nickname!"

Jack threatened Conan fiercely, went to the bar to pay the bill, and stayed in his original seat to finish the rest of his special drink.

Conan immediately reviewed the information about the meeting between the bartender, the wax figure, and Jack. First, the bartender, as the leader of the survivors' logistics team of the Oletus Organization, came with the wax figure to support the situation after receiving the news of the prophet's injury, to ask for an explanation and, by the way, to take the energy device called the "Evil Eye" from Jack's hand.

The "Evil Eye" is one of the products of the COA-II experiment. The experimental potion was initially kept by a magician and an adventurer. Halfway through the experiment, Jack stole the "Evil Eye", causing the experiment to fail completely and implicating the COA-III experiment, leading to laboratory contamination leakage.

Jack then reveals that the Evil Eye's energy source had long been divided between the Explorers and Nightmare, most likely invested in COA-IV research. Nightmare was a master potion master Conan had long known, but the Explorers had only heard of him briefly from the mercenaries aboard the Ezembard, suggesting he was in charge of finances.

But now it seems that the information revealed by the bartender indicates that the survivor code-named "Prospector" is the current supervisor code-named "Fool's Gold". After all, in the Azoth Library, the professor said that some supervisors were transformed from survivors.

Conan speculates that the "explorer" likely became "Fool's Gold" during the COA-IV experiment. Judging from Jack's attitude towards the two, Nightmare seems to be the explorer's employer. The Umbrella Spirit also mentioned that Fool's Gold and Nightmare are closely related, so this relationship is somewhat clearer.

It seems that the huge financial resources of the Melodi family are built up by various industries under the family and several partners, while the Soul of the Umbrella's side is mainly based on the industries of the Dongfang family and the bartender's brewing industry.

However, Jack the Ripper's nickname was actually "Chicken Nugget", which was really... Hahahaha, too funny! Conan couldn't help laughing.

Jack: I feel unhappy that my reputation has been ruined by chicken nuggets.

Maori Kogoro looked surprised: "Did the guests at that table tell any interesting jokes?"

The other table of four guests who brought champagne seemed to be a group of a director and three employees. The director was drunk and accepted expensive gifts from the three employees. However, it seemed that the three employees were very reluctant to spend the money on the gifts.

Kogoro Mouri asked Conan to go back quickly and tell Xiaolan that he had a difficult case and not to go back for the time being. Conan immediately showed his half-moon eyes.

After a while, the minister at that table was already drunk, and the other three thought that they could drink a little more while the minister was asleep, so they ordered another bottle of champagne.

However, this also made the three of them notice Kogoro Mouri who was sitting at the bar.

"No way, is it that famous detective?"

"It's just that they look alike."

"That's right. How could that famous detective be so drunk?"

Kogoro Mouri: I always feel like someone is watching me from behind.

However, when they opened the champagne, the champagne sprayed out and wet the minister's clothes, so the three of them hurriedly asked for some hand towels.

There was a sound of the hand towel packaging being torn, and Conan asked Miss Yuki if the sound was similar to the one he had heard before.

But Miss Youxi shook her head. She thought that the sound she heard was the sound of opening champagne, just like the sound of the guests at that table just pulling out the champagne cork.

[Perfumer: Speaking of popping champagne, Servi almost sprayed it on me on our first anniversary.]

[Magician: Haha, sorry.]

[Mercenary: Not to mention, the one-year anniversary cake is pretty delicious.]

[Mechanic: Didn’t you say that every year?]

At this time, the three people who were busy wiping the table finally noticed a red dot on the back of the minister's neck.

"Why is there something like a red dot on the Minister's neck?"

"that is true."

"Wait, it's not just that, the Buchou isn't even breathing!"

"How can this be?"

One of them pushed the minister in disbelief, causing the minister to fall to the ground, shocking everyone.

Maori Kogoro sobered up instantly and ran to the side of the body: "He is indeed dead."