Stay away from Conan.

In fact, Shuichi Akai had already had a similar idea in mind about using Rena Mizunashi as bait—

With Rena Mizunashi showing no signs of waking up, Shuichi Akai considered how to break the status quo. Using this card, which in reality offered no benefit, to lure people from other organizations into the game was an easy option to think of.

After all, they only had information about a member of the organization who was in a coma, and they couldn't even find out her true identity or past.

Someone like Rena Mizunashi, whose name alone could be a pseudonym, is easily associated with "007." Therefore, Shuichi Akai believes that this is not her real name, and investigating the name "Rena Mizunashi" will not reveal any of her past experiences.

The FBI colleagues who investigated the matter had already determined that her resume before joining the television station was entirely fabricated. Therefore, after trying to investigate her past but finding nothing, the matter had essentially reached a stalemate.

So, if possible, you might even catch a big fish with this bait.

However, even though Shuichi Akai had such an idea before, he hadn't thought of how to set up this trap that could definitely lure the organization into it.

However, the current situation is quite different. Since those who were captured this time are peripheral members of the organization, and it has been confirmed that their public identities are practitioners in the news media industry, then the peripheral intelligence network controlled by the organization may be a usable object. Through them, we can cast the bait and wait for the organization's people to take the bait.

After all, having confirmed the identities of those under their control, Shuichi Akai could already guess where and where else such people might exist.

For example, some employees of nearby newspapers or publishing houses might be members of the organization.

Therefore, if some situations are created on a small scale to attract the news media to investigate, and then a flaw is "accidentally" revealed during the process, this news might be passed on to the organization, allowing them to confirm Mizunashi Rena's whereabouts and thus prompting them to take action.

Moreover, not only that, but when it comes to this kind of thing, it can be said that the mysterious man's actions were all perfect means of luring the organization's people into traps. So if this man were willing to assist, Shuichi Akai would be 80 or 90 percent confident about this operation.

And that's not all; even if the other party is unwilling to help, but...

Perhaps Shuichi Akai had a hunch that Rena Mizunashi, despite being in their hands and having no information about her, might know something about the situation. If that were the case, getting some information out of her would be a significant step forward.

Therefore, Shuichi Akai knew very well that rather than thinking about using Rena Mizunashi as bait to lure the organization into a trap, it was more accurate to say that he was trying to outmaneuver that mysterious person.

While maintaining a proper balance and refraining from probing the person's identity without concrete evidence, try to glean any information you need from them.

After all, although he would respect the person Akemi asked because of Akemi, that didn't mean he would do nothing; that wouldn't be his style...

……

While Conan, Heiji Hattori, and Shuichi Akai were discussing Rena Mizunashi, a black Porsche 356A appeared at Haneda International Airport. As Gin's beloved car, the person who stepped out was dressed entirely in black, wearing a hat and sunglasses, obscuring their face.

After the man got out of the car, he looked around to make sure no one was watching, then hid the car keys under the front tire and disappeared.

After a short while, two figures walked up to the car.

Gin, a tall man with silver hair, and Vodka, a burly man.

Upon seeing that his beloved car had indeed been arranged to be parked there in advance, Vodka said with a somewhat smug expression:

"Big brother, it seems those guys are quite well-prepared. They even had a car ready, knowing we were coming back... They really can't do without us..."

This suggests that he has been carrying out those operations abroad for some time, and often has to figure out how to handle trivial matters on his own, with very little support available. Therefore, for Vodka, that experience has been quite unpleasant.

Therefore, now that he's back in Japan, the people here have taken care of all the details, which makes Vodka feel quite pleased, and he can't help but say this.

Gin merely gave a cold smile, expressing no further emotion. He retrieved the car keys from the front wheel, opened the door, and got in with Vodka. He couldn't help but reminisce about the feeling of driving his beloved car; after all, during his time abroad, even his personal vehicle had been so cheap—

This period of time has been a bit too long, but in the end, I'm back!
So, as Gin started the car and drove away from the airport, just as he and Vodka were traveling on the road, Gin's phone rang—

"Hey, Gin, I heard... you're back."

At that moment, the voice coming from the other end of the phone belonged to Chianti, a member of the organization. It seemed that she had contacted Gin immediately after learning that he had returned to Japan.

Without waiting for Gin's response, Chianti, seemingly unable to contain herself any longer, continued:
"That's great. As for Bourbon... never mind him. The main problem is that useless woman Vermouth. She can't command us to carry out any decent operations at all. She's mainly responsible for the huge loss of our men this time."

Thus, upon hearing Chianti mention these things, Gin naturally understood what she meant. It was clearly about how, during the operation initiated because of Sherry's appearance, Vermouth's command ultimately led to some of their peripheral members falling into the hands of the FBI.

Therefore, upon hearing this, Gin sneered.

"Oh? So... what about you?" (End of Chapter)