Conan: Another Famous Detective

Boom, boom, boom. !

The butler knocked on Rum's room door.

"Come in!" Rum responded immediately.

The butler opened the door and entered, came to Rum, and said respectfully: "Lord Rum, news has been sent from the Sea Snake. After verification, it is indeed the Sea Snake himself who conveyed the information."

Rum immediately sat up slightly, stubbed out the half-smoked expensive cigar in his hand, and threw it into the almost full ashtray.

After asking Belmode about the situation, he had been waiting in the room for another two hours.

The irritability in my heart has accumulated to a considerable extent.

If it hadn't been for his favorite cigar to help calm his mind, he might have been unable to sit still.

At this time, news finally came, and Rum finally felt a little calmer.

No matter whether the news is good or bad, only by getting accurate information can he respond based on the information.

"What's going on?" Rum asked in a deep voice.

"This is the information I compiled, please take a look at it." The butler handed two pieces of A4 paper to Rum.

Rum took the A4 paper, lowered his head and began to read it word by word.

The room fell into silence for a moment.

After about five minutes, Rum slightly raised his head and looked at the housekeeper with a solemn gaze: "What do you think?"

The housekeeper seemed to have anticipated Rum's inquiry, and responded without much hesitation: "As Belmode said, those men in black robes should not be members of the public security."

"Whether it was sending people to intercept and kill Belmod, or taking action to kidnap Curacao from the police, under the circumstances, it was unnecessary for the police."

"It is not difficult to see from the information transmitted by Sea Snake that the public security did not make any arrangements in advance. It was a temporary pursuit that was organized only after Curacao was discovered."

Rum nodded lightly: "Well! Judging from the current situation, it is indeed the case. If the public security is really prepared in advance, Curacao may not be able to pass on the undercover list to me."

"But..." There was a trace of hesitation in Rum's eyes: "Obviously with the cooperation of the sea snake, Curacao was still discovered..."

"As for why Curacao was discovered, the sea snake is currently admitted to the hospital because it was injured by a man in black robes. There are other police guards around, so it is impossible to conduct an investigation, so it is currently unknown." The housekeeper replied respectfully.

"Well..." Rum tapped the table with his index finger, pondered for a while, and asked: "By the way, is there anything unusual about Bourbon today?"

The housekeeper replied: "According to the surveillance report, Bourbon's schedule today was normal. He went to work at the dessert shop downstairs of the Hanomiya Detective Agency during the day and returned to his residence in the evening."

"Except for going out twice to eat and take out the trash, I stayed in the house the rest of the time. It was no different from usual times."

"Oh? Are you sure Bourbon is always in the room?" Rum asked.

"That's for sure." The housekeeper replied: "The surveillance person has been watching his room. I also arranged for someone to pretend to be a salesman to knock on the door and test it. He is indeed at home.

"I understand." Rum nodded gently: "Now, there are three things you need to do."

"First, what happened from when Curacao sneaked into the police department building to when she was kidnapped by those guys in black robes, I want to be as specific as possible. The more detailed, the better!"

"Second, find the whereabouts of Curacao as soon as possible. Over the years, she has mastered too many secrets, and she must not let this information fall into the hands of other forces!"

"Third..." Rum's expression became colder and colder, and murderous intent flashed through his eyes: "Control all the people on the undercover list sent back from Curacao. If there is any resistance, shoot to death!"

"Yes! I'll do it right away!" the housekeeper replied respectfully.

After confirming that Rum had no other instructions, he bowed and slowly withdrew.

Rum was alone in the room again.

Rum showed a look of exhaustion on his face and gently rubbed his temples.

During this early morning operation, too many unexpected situations occurred, which kept him in a nervous state.

Even though he had a tough mind, he was still quite old, so staying up all night was a bit too much.

But he knew that it was far from time to relax.

According to the original plan, once Curacao got the list, Rum would immediately take action to remove the undercover agents on the list as quickly as possible.

He did not need to verify the authenticity of the list, because in his opinion, the operation in Curacao was secretive enough, and with the cooperation of internal undercover agents, the list he obtained would not be fake.

But now the situation has changed. Although he also received the list from Curacao, Curacao has been robbed by the mysterious man.

Without knowing the details at the time, he could not be sure whether the list was authentic or even whether Curacao was the one who sent the list.

Therefore, he could only choose to act cautiously and not directly eliminate them, but temporarily control the people on the list.

If it were before, he wouldn't mind taking action directly with the idea of ​​​​rather killing the wrong person than letting go.

But things are different now.

The organization had been hit repeatedly in the past, suffering considerable losses in terms of manpower and financial resources.

And because of repeated leaks of intelligence, the investigation within the organization has not completely stopped until now.

Naturally, there was a lot of bloodshed during this period.

After some investigation, some undercover agents with solid evidence were indeed caught.

But most of those undercover agents are only marginal figures in the organization, and they are not big fish at all.

And these are only a small part, most of them are just some doubts, but there is no conclusive evidence. Even after subsequent verification, there are many people who deliberately framed them in order to eliminate dissidents.

Later, almost everyone in the middle and lower levels of the organization was in danger.

Although I dare not say anything openly, the overall operational efficiency has been visibly reduced compared to before.

Rum also knew that continuing like this would do more harm than good, so he had to temporarily reduce the intensity of the internal investigation.

This time he sent Curacao to sneak into the police station to steal undercover information. In addition to targeting Bourbon, he also had some thoughts on digging out other undercover agents.

For this plan, he did not hesitate to use undercover agents who had finally broken into the police, and sent top experts such as Curacao and Belmode to work together.

In the end, there was an accident.

The biggest surprise among them was undoubtedly those mysterious men in black robes.

He really couldn't figure out how those men in black robes appeared at the scene at the right time.

Only three people knew the specific time of the operation in advance.

He, Curacao, and the undercover police officer Sea Snake.

Even Belmode, because he did not trust the other party that much, did not inform the operation time in advance. He only notified Belmode after Curacao had set off, and even arranged for someone to monitor her all the time after that.

Under such layers of precautions, it is unlikely that Belmod would pass on the news. Even if it were passed on, the men in black robes would not have time to prepare so thoroughly.

"What went wrong?" Rum murmured in his heart.