The Corpse Collector in Conan
Chapter 1709

Send Him to Uzo

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After learning the situation, Boss waved everyone away. "That's enough. I'm tired—I'm going to sleep for a while."

The butler nodded and escorted him back to the bedroom. Then he returned to the table and quietly gathered up the documents.

It seemed that Boss had said nothing about how to handle the aftermath.

But saying "nothing" had, in itself, already revealed enough.

The butler knew what to do next. First, regarding the sudden little gift, the Stone of Destiny: since Boss had not said he didn't want it, that meant he did. When Gin delivered it, the butler needed to transfer it to Boss as soon as possible.

Anyone would be curious about a treasure they had never seen before. Boss probably did not care much for worldly possessions, but even if he merely toyed with it for a while and briefly improved his mood, the gemstone would have served its purpose.

Then there was the main reason for this surveillance: punishment for the commotion Uzo had caused...

Apparently, there would be no punishment. They would pretend they knew nothing and treat it as a minor, ordinary clash between executives, letting it pass with one eye open and one eye closed.

The butler did not question this decision. He thought it was reasonable too. Hakodate Airport had suffered, but that airport did not belong to the organization.

Besides, what Uzo had done had not harmed the organization in any way. On the contrary, it had raised Jiang Xia's reputation. To prevent the organization's intelligence from leaking, Uzo had even spared Irish. Otherwise, he surely could have exposed Irish to the media's Camera Flashes and used the organization's hand to eliminate that rival.

He fought back when faced with internal conflict, yet still showed restraint in his retaliation and did not

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