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

Chapter 395 Discussion about the boss and that person's whereabouts
"…What is your relationship with the boss?"

Gin craned his neck curiously, "Why do I feel like... you two have a grudge against each other?"

Vermouth squinted his eyes, "Of course I have a grudge, otherwise why would I agree to join you."

"What grudge?"

"A blood feud."

Vermouth followed her mysterious style when answering, not directly answering Gin's question, "I know you must be curious... But it's useless for you to know too much about what happened back then. It's just related to what the organization has been pursuing."

"Resurrection and, eternal life?"

Gin tapped his fingers and watched as Vermouth started to act emo again. After thinking for a moment, he took out a lollipop from his pocket and handed it to her.

Chocolate flavor.

Vermouth was slightly stunned when she saw the candy handed to her, and she remembered their last snack party, "Do you have anything else? Like red bean cakes?"

"…I didn't bring anything today, only coffee, sugar, potato chips, and tea." Gin opened his 'Doraemon' bag and took a look.

"..."

Vermouth fell into deep thought - how could Gin's pockets hold so many things?

It clearly looks like an ordinary big pocket of 10*10cm?
I don't quite understand.

However, this question only flashed through Vermouth's mind for a second. She tore open the lollipop wrapper and put the candy into her mouth. The sweet taste directly stimulated her taste buds, and she felt better all of a sudden. "By the way, you just said you were going to be fired? Did that unscrupulous guy say that himself?"

Gin looked at Vermouth in surprise, who suddenly changed her words and called the boss an unscrupulous guy. "No, I guessed... Wait, before I talk about this, I have another question."

"Well, you ask, well ...

Vermouth held the lollipop in her mouth and ate it with relish.

"...Can you be quieter... Never mind." Gin listened to the music on the stage and could barely ignore the noise of Vermouth eating candy. "That one, is that your grandfather, right?"

Vermouth paused, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"In other words, are you sure that he is the last head of the Karasuma family, Karasuma Ren?" Gin stared at Vermouth's eyes.

The latter ignored his gaze and fell into silence.

After a while, Vermouth took the lollipop out of her mouth with the candy stick - keeping it in her mouth would affect her speech.

“He is not the last head of the family.” Vermouth lowered her eyes, “It can only be said that the subsequent heads of the family all gave up the clan land of the Karasuma family.”

"That Twilight Annex?" Gin raised his eyebrows.

"Twilight Villa... that old, dilapidated house in the deep mountains and forests." Vermouth held her chin, "Gin, don't be so fussy, what do you want to ask?"

Gin narrowed his eyes, "Where did you live before?"

“…When I was very young.”

"Did you know there was treasure inside?"

"of course."

Vermouth suddenly revealed an expression of realization, "Oh! I see, you want the treasure of the Twilight Villa?"

Gin's eyes lit up, "You know?"

During the questioning, he handed over a bag of tea without leaving any trace.

Vermouth glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, pretending not to see it, but her hand had already taken it honestly, "Of course, grandpa... when I was little, he said that he would take out the treasure and give it to me as a dowry, but he didn't tell me what it was."

"...24k pure gold?" Gin speculated. And it's definitely not just that wall clock!

Belmode: "...?"

What is Gin saying?
"However, something happened later, so I left that place." Vermouth's eyes darkened again.

Gin listened to Vermouth's extremely concise summary, frowned slightly, and thought about it: "The murder at that time? Is it related to the boss?"

"Yes." Vermouth took a big gulp of rum and stuffed the lollipop back into his mouth angrily, "He killed my father."

"Your father?"

Gin was a little dazed.

Does this involve Vermouth's family affairs? Wait, if the core of the organization is the entire Karasuma family, and that person is the old head of the Karasuma family, then the boss...

He took a breath and said, "I say, Vermouth, the boss is not also your relative, right?"

"Yes."

Vermouth gave him an affirmative answer, "But I don't know who he is... My father originally came back home from abroad to attend my grandfather's 100th birthday... After they killed my father, my grandfather had someone take me away overnight to find my mother."

"My mother took me back to England, but less than half a year later, someone found us." Vermouth fell into memory, "I never saw my mother after that... I didn't find her either. Maybe she was killed."

"..."

Gin didn't say anything for a while.

What Vermouth described as happening back then seemed to be more secretive and had nothing to do with what was circulating outside.

He originally wanted to ask about the 'two treasures', but he didn't expect to ask about Vermouth's past. After thinking for a while, Gin didn't ask any more questions and slightly changed the subject to return to his original topic:
"By the way, you really don't know where the boss is?"

Vermouth came back to her senses and chewed two bites helplessly, "Of course I don't know. Didn't I say that I only met him once at the headquarters in the UK when I was very young, and later we kept in touch completely through emails and stuff. I think he should be somewhere in Japan."

Her thoughts are also what Gin has always thought.

But today, Gin had some other speculations.

He lowered his voice slightly: "What if I say that the boss is actually in the UK?"

"...?!"

Vermouth's breathing suddenly quickened, and her eyes widened slightly, "He's in England? How is that possible?"

"Think about it, if he was in Japan, why would he collect our reports every day, and even tell us in advance about everything he did." Gin touched his chin, "I used to think he was just too suspicious and just wanted to be on the safe side, but now it seems that the unscrupulous boss is very likely to want to understand the situation in Japan through our reports... Because if he is not local, won't he be able to understand our environment?"

Belmode, who thought Gin had grasped some important clues, rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Gin, this is a completely unfounded guess, okay?..."

"No, there's one more thing. He told me today." Gin knocked on the table and narrowed his eyes. "He asked me to stop all activities before he sent someone over."

Vermouth looked puzzled, "So, what does this mean?"

Gin shrugged, "The unscrupulous boss's original words were, 'Before I send people to Japan'... Think about it, think about it carefully."

...before I send anyone over?
Vermouth frowned.

...Send someone over?
……past?!

She raised her head suddenly, and under Gin's gaze, she gritted her teeth and said:
"That old dog!!"

Gin: "..."

Hey, why did it suddenly become cold?
Should he go get a glass of water?
(End of this chapter)