Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 287: Remaining Traces (Additional Update)
A dark corner, cold and damp.

The night wind blowing on my face was a little cold.

"call……"

Gin stood on the tall building and let out a breath.

Half a year has passed since their last gathering...

Of course, it’s not half a year in the true sense, it’s just that time has gone awry.

For Gin, it was just three days of one busy day, one idle day and one sleeping day.

However, in the past three days, the situation has become somewhat different from before:
Just as Gin expected, Chablis organized such a large meeting, and chose a street stronghold openly, without any concealment...

This action successfully lured the FBI team.

It’s just what Gin thought - the organization is in the open and the FBI is in the dark.

The FBI will never take any major action before confirming the organization's specific plans and actions...

Even if there might be a possibility of catching them all in one fell swoop.

The FBI people probably didn't know that when they were monitoring the bar, they were being monitored by their own people.

Now, there are signs of a reversal:
They have basically seen through the FBI's arrangements, and now the organization is secretly setting up nets everywhere, preparing to scoop up the FBI's fish.

Gin looked at the night sky and couldn't help but took out a cigarette.

Well, this is his favorite snack after lollipops.

"It's a pity that only one person was killed. The FBI will probably think it was an accident."

Gin chewed twice in frustration.

In their plan, they originally judged that the FBI might come in to investigate after they left the bar. If Grappa's body was found and turned over, the bomb they had set would definitely explode.

Unfortunately, either because the FBI was too cautious or they thought there was nothing to investigate in the base, they only sent one person to investigate.

As a result, before this person even entered, he was stabbed to death by glass fragments because the bomb countdown ended and exploded...

Gin felt that this man's death was unjust.

At the same time, he also had some criticisms about Chablis - wouldn't it have ended if the timer had been set a little later?
If Grappa's death could be exposed, it might make the FBI more vigilant.

Now, Gin can only hope that the FBI will be more careful about "accidental" incidents and not act as arrogantly as before.

After all, Gin doesn't want to see a one-sided situation. He would rather see both sides fighting back and forth.

Only in this way, after the five-star group is revealed, will it be more likely to attract the attention of both sides.

——Of course, if the five-star team wants to attract attention, they have to flex their muscles.

Their military strength has always been a weakness... Fortunately, Gin had already secretly infiltrated the organization's weapons warehouse, and many warehouses far away from Tokyo were secretly being watched by the Five Star Group, so they could change their names at any time.

Lietun's bomb is also a powerful weapon...

In terms of bomb reserves, the Five Stars Group is likely to win. With strength and influence, organizations and the FBI are likely to be cautious with them, and they should be watched to prevent them from interfering or messing around during a fight.

…and these are all ideal situations.

At first, Gin would never dare to do so, because the Five-Star Team's hard power was completely insufficient, and the organization was dominant in communications, so they had always been the rats of the dark world, secretly storing food in the shadows of the shadows.

The plan went more smoothly than Gin had originally expected - he had originally planned to lie low for a few years, letting the red and black sides fight each other, and only after he had worn down the organization's strength a little would he let the Five Star Group show up.

As it stands, the Five-Star Group is expected to intervene in the fight between the two sides ahead of time.

After all, the Five Star Group's communications are now almost completely airtight with the help of Noah, and its armed forces are also increasing with the help of Xie, not to mention its assets, especially real estate...

Gin gestured himself and found that they were on par with the organization in terms of communications, their assets might be slightly better in some aspects, and their armed forces were slightly weaker...in other words, it was roughly fifty-fifty.

Speaking of communications...

"Is that Dubonnet serious or is he doing it on purpose?" Gin recalled Dubonnet's words that day as he was baptized by the cold wind.

The second director of the organization's intelligence department said at the time that there were traces of intrusion into the organization's systems and databases...

Gin couldn't be sure whether this was left by Noah or caused by someone else.

He had wanted to ask Noah about this matter after he returned, but he was busy for two days loaning manpower to Vermouth and almost forgot about it.

Gin checked the time and estimated, "It's late at night, in the summer, there shouldn't be anything going on..."

Be careful when communicating with Noah in the base next time, but it is relatively safe to come out and make a phone call, as long as you don't get discovered.

Gin took out his cell phone and was silent for a moment.

Great, his phone has evolved again…now it’s a black flip phone.

"……poisonous."

Gin complained softly and pressed a few buttons on his phone skillfully.

He had also used old cell phones all the way to smartphones, and had no problem operating them...but he was curious about how other people adapted when they suddenly started using more feature-rich cell phones overnight.
Direct infusion of world power?
Gin didn't quite understand.

[Sizzle, sizzle~]
After pressing a few buttons, there was a burst of noise from the phone, followed by Noah's voice:
[The monitoring signal has been checked, and no suspicious signal source has been found... Master Ren! Are you all right?]
Gin: "...?"

The first sentence sounded familiar to him, but the latter part...is Noah developing towards the classical path?
"All right?" Gin thought for a while about how to respond to "I hope everything is fine", but finally gave up and said, "Noah, I have a question for you."

[Master Ren, I am all ears! I will never break my promise!]
Gin: "..."

Is it his illusion? It seems that Noah likes to use idioms now?
But the idiom at the end is used wrongly!
Gin pinched his forehead and said, "It's 'Nothing Can Be Spoken', right, Noah... Have you ever hacked into the organization's database before?"

Whenever Noah communicated with the organization's system, he would invade it once. However, he had never let Noah take a peek at the database before - after all, Gin could look through the database however he wanted.

[Oh! Thank you for your wise and brave Lord Blade's correction.] Noah flattered again, [If you are referring to your organization, under your guidance, I have not looked through the contents of the database.]
"...That's strange." Gin frowned, "Did you leave any traces when you hacked into the system?"

[Probably not, I have cleaned up all the traces thoroughly...]
Noah's words made Gin seriously doubt whether this was done by an undercover agent.

(End of this chapter)