What Does Tomoko Suzuki Mean by This?

Chen glanced at Sonoko Suzuki, then said with an apologetic look, "I'm really sorry, Sonoko. I actually included you when talking about beautiful women."

"What? You bastard!" Sonoko fumed.

Sonoko was actually a beauty too, but her loud and boisterous nature somewhat ruined her image. Now that she was wearing an evening gown, she really was quite beautiful when she quieted down. Unfortunately, she simply was not the sort of person who liked being quiet.

Seeing that Chen was not watching him, Kid immediately began stealthily backing away, hoping to slip off while he had the chance.

"Mr. Kid, where do you think you're going?" Chen raised his head, his sharp gaze locking onto Kid.

Once that gaze fixed on him, Kid felt like a lamb caught in a trap, utterly unable to escape.

"What do you want?"

Knowing he could not escape, he could only negotiate. From the looks of it, Chen did not intend to send him to prison, or the police would already have arrived.

Still, he did not dare stall for time. Police were patrolling everywhere on this ship, and if he was discovered, he would definitely be arrested.

He had plenty of tricks up his sleeve, but he could not guarantee that he would be able to escape from the police after being caught.

"What should we do? Pay money to avert disaster, of course. Money buys safety, doesn't it?" Chen said with a smile.

Looking at that smile, Kid found it utterly infuriating despite how sunny it appeared.

"Chen, isn't this a little inappropriate?" Ran Mouri said.

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. He's a bad guy, so this is how bad guys should be dealt with. Get extorted once, and let's see if he still dares to come out and steal things again. This