Zongman: Becoming Prime Minister in the Conan Universe

"Officer, is he the culprit?"

Fujiwara Toru glanced at Amuro Toru, who was standing honestly beside the police officer. His skin was a healthy bronze color, like a sunny and cheerful big boy.

However, at this moment, Amuro Toru didn't look sunny at all. His handsome face was embarrassed, and he was secretly glad that no one here recognized his true identity.

Otherwise, Amuro Toru felt he would have to find a deserted place to commit seppuku; he had disgraced the Public Security too much!

The young police officer shook his head and said, "Mr. Fujiwara, this Amuro Toru hasn't committed any crime."

"But as you know, there are many perverts in Domei. They often lurk around targeting criminals, and if something happens, it easily brings a bad influence to your store."

"I also came to the store to remind you with this thought in mind, but I didn't expect the owner of this store to be Mr. Fujiwara, you!"

The young police officer's expression was excited, and he spoke very quickly.

Within the police department, there were indeed many people who greatly admired Fujiwara Toru.

That video had spread widely. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that eighty to ninety percent of the people in Domei had seen that video.

People within the police department had also discussed that if they were in Fujiwara Toru's position, as police officers, out of honor and duty, they might also fight to uphold justice.

But the result would likely be a complete reversal. Even confident police officers wouldn't dare say they could easily defeat those thugs, let alone kill them.

Especially since Fujiwara Toru at that time also had to protect other innocent people, yet he achieved such a battle result, which was simply admirable.

Of course, there was another more important reason: Fujiwara Toru was the son of Fujiwara, the Chairman of the Public Safety Commission.

After Fujiwara Toru became famous, this news, which couldn't have been concealed from so many media outlets anyway, was quickly exposed.

The Domei police department also pushed the boat with the current, doing their best to publicize Fujiwara Toru's heroic deeds, thereby preventing the public from overly suspecting the police officers of dereliction of duty.

Naturally, the Domei police officers worshipped Fujiwara Toru even more.

It wasn't because of his high status as the Chairman's son, but because in the eyes of the police officers, Fujiwara Toru was one of their own.

Any department, any group, is exclusive; the Domei police department was no exception.

As the Chairman's son, Fujiwara Toru's heroic actions brought glory to the entire police department.

Just when many media outlets were criticizing the police department for dereliction of duty, they would also pointedly name him as a true authority figure in the Domei police department; his son, when the public was in danger, disregarded his own safety and stepped forward bravely.

In this way, the public's perception of the entire police department improved significantly. Even though Fujiwara Toru held no official position, all police officers considered him one of their own, someone who helped them reverse public opinion.

The starkest contrast was Kudo Shinichi from the Kanto region and Hattori Heiji from the Kansai region, both famous high school detectives.

However, internally, the police department was very dissatisfied with Kudo Shinichi, while they strongly supported Hattori Heiji.

The reason was that Hattori Heiji's father was the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief; he was one of their own in the police department. Hattori Heiji solving cases was due to the Osaka Police Chief's good guidance and was an achievement for their own police department!

"Mr. Fujiwara, I won't disturb you any longer.

I'll take my leave."

The police officer gave Fujiwara Toru a bow and left with a smile.

Once only Fujiwara Toru and Amuro Toru were left in the office, Fujiwara Toru frowned, looked sternly at Amuro Toru, and said with displeasure:

"Amuro, what's going on? Why were you brought here by the police?"

Amuro Toru looked embarrassed. He sneakily glanced at Fujiwara Toru's expression and carefully said, "Didn't Boss instruct me to do so?"

"Instruct? What did I instruct you to do?"

"Didn't Boss say that I should check out places like Okubo Park or Ginza, as we are preparing to open a KTV business?"

Fujiwara Toru looked at Amuro Toru with a strange expression, sighed, and said, "Amuro, I was just kidding. Couldn't you tell?"

Amuro Toru's face turned red, though luckily his skin was dark enough that it wasn't obvious.

No, what you said at that time didn't sound like a joke at all. It was completely like if I didn't do as you asked, you would eliminate me.

Fujiwara Toru said earnestly, "Amuro, you must remember, we are legitimate businessmen. We can't get involved in crimes or those gray industries."

"Why can't you understand what I mean? Fortunately, you didn't make any major mistakes this time. But how did you get caught by the police? What did you do?"

Fujiwara Toru was also quite curious.

Amuro Toru gritted his teeth and said, "I was following Boss's request... No, I was possessed by a ghost and went to Okubo Park. When I saw a girl, I asked if she wanted to work at a KTV, and she reported me to the police."

Amuro Toru also had a point. He had no experience in this area, so how could he tell who in the park was a legitimate person and who wasn't?

To complete Fujiwara Toru's "mission," he had no choice but to bite the bullet and approach people. He didn't expect to become notorious around Okubo Park and be directly targeted by police officers.

Fujiwara Toru shook his head and said sternly, "Amuro, your actions have severely damaged our store's reputation and also affected my reputation."

"According to the contract, I should fire you. Do you have any objections?"

Amuro Toru's face fell. He said with a mournful expression, "Boss, please give me another chance! I won't make this kind of mistake again!"

I can't be fired, absolutely can't be fired from 'Bourbon.' I've been undercover for so many years and have never made a mistake. This is a stain on my deep undercover career!

Fujiwara Toru's expression softened a bit. He said, "Mm, you've been working very hard recently, I've seen it all."

"But necessary punishment must still be given. I'll dock you one month's salary. What do you think?"

"However, don't slack off just because you don't have a salary this month. If you really do that, then I can only terminate our labor contract."

Amuro Toru was moved to tears. "Thank you, Boss, thank you, Boss! I will work diligently and will not make the same mistake again."

"Alright, go do your work. I don't want to hear any more rumors about you harassing women."

"Absolutely not, absolutely not! Actually, I'm not very interested in women."

Seeing Fujiwara Toru's expression change, Amuro Toru quickly explained, "It's not what you think. I just don't want to find a girlfriend; I only want to focus on my career!"

Amuro Toru left Fujiwara Toru's office.

Although Fujiwara Toru had screwed him out of a month's salary and he had to work for free, Amuro Toru felt no resentment. In fact, he was very grateful to Fujiwara Toru.

Yes, his lover was this country.

And Fujiwara Toru, in the library incident this time, had saved so many innocent civilians. In Amuro Toru's eyes, he had saved his lover.

Therefore, it was only right for his lover to repay him, and it was also right for him to work for Fujiwara Toru for free.

Hmm, but why does it feel like something is not quite right?

Amuro Toru stopped himself from overthinking.

As for Fujiwara Toru's martial prowess and his ruthlessness towards those thugs, Amuro Toru had no doubts whatsoever.

Because he knew clearly that Fujiwara Toru's identity was a CIA agent, and a top-tier one at that. It was normal for him to have such abilities.

Fujiwara Toru hadn't gone to school for the past two days; instead, he had taken leave from his teachers at school.

His excuse was one the teachers couldn't refuse, and they even urged him to rest well and recover from his injuries before returning to school.

Fujiwara Toru's actions this time had also made Todai University famous.

Even Todai University, when faced with Fujiwara Toru's selfless act of saving people, felt honored. At this moment, Fujiwara Toru was like a moral paragon in the eyes of many.

Todai University, as Domei's top institution of learning, also heavily publicized Fujiwara Toru, wanting to show that Todai University not only ranked first in academics in Domei but was also at the forefront of moral education in Domei.

Fujiwara Toru also understood that if he went to school at this time, he would probably be pestered to death by his classmates.

That's why he first took a few days off, waiting for things to calm down before returning to class.

"According to news from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the vicious incident at the Ejison Library this time resulted in twenty-seven deaths and sixty-nine serious injuries, a tragic outcome."

"Among them, twenty-one died on the spot, and another six died in intensive care."

"The Prime Minister of the Cabinet has severely condemned this terrorist attack and demanded an explanation from Domei, requesting that flags be flown at half-mast nationwide next week to mourn the deceased."

"Not long ago, the director of the Ejison Library was found murdered in his home. It is unknown whether his death is related to this vicious incident. The police are currently investigating."

"The Cabinet highly praises freshman Fujiwara Toru of Todai University for his righteous act in this incident and has officially approved awarding His Highness Fujiwara Toru the 'Order of the Red Paulownia Leaves'."

"......"

Fujiwara Toru flipped through the news in his hand.

The results of that vicious incident were out. The deaths of more than twenty people, even in a shooting incident in the United States, would be considered a significant number of casualties.

Especially since the deaths this time were not from straightforward shootings but were caused by cold weapons, making the nature of the crime even more heinous.

After watching the news for a while, Fujiwara Toru sent a message to Haibara Ai.

[Little Ai, tell me what equipment and instruments you need. Expose your inventory.]

Haibara Ai didn't hold back and immediately listed a whole bunch.

[Flow cytometry sorting system, analytical flow cytometer, confocal laser scanning microscope, ultra-high-speed centrifuge, 600MHz/400MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer.]

[It would be best to build an ultra-clean cell laboratory, and there are some other equipment, wait for me to make a proper list.]

"......"

Fujiwara Toru looked at this list of equipment with the expression of an old man looking at a subway map.

Although he didn't recognize all of them, just by looking at the names of these devices, he knew they weren't cheap.

"That three and a half million US dollars is nowhere near enough. Even if the CIA approves the several million US dollars from before, it's still not quite enough."

"Looks like I'll have to swindle some expenses, and this sum needs to be a big one."

Fujiwara Toru pondered.

As for acquiring a pharmaceutical company or something, that wouldn't be very useful, mainly because Haibara Ai wasn't suitable to be exposed. Even if he acquired a pharmaceutical company, Little Ai wouldn't be able to legally use those devices for research.

He thought for a moment and then sent another message to Haibara Ai:

[Little Ai, prepare yourself. We're going to kidnap Kudo Shinichi and let him be your little guinea pig.]

Note: If you want the continuity of this story consider to join Pãtreon/Flokixy to access advance Chapters and To Support The Daily Update

Pay one time and unlock the full story and Future Chapters from the Shop