Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 115: Everything Vermouth Saw

Vermouth tells Gin what happened before:
"I installed a bug on Mao Lilan, followed her to the underground casino, and disguised myself as a member of the Mud Society with Calvados. After sneaking into the backstage, I quickly understood the general situation.

I asked the organization for information on Xuesong Qingzi, and since you investigated it last time, I got it immediately.

But the situation in which she was locked in the cage at that time did not make her look like the person behind the scenes.

Calvados knocked down several members of the Mud Society who were guarding him. On the phone of one of them, there were some interesting videos of himself torturing Xue Song Nami. Among the participants around him, there was the person who wanted to molest me later, and Taro Harada who the police had been looking for.

The information in the video is a bit vague, but combined with the information you gave me, I can roughly piece together the truth:

Kiyoko Yuzuki thought she had all the men at her disposal, but in fact, there were people who could no longer hold back and were secretly plotting to completely take possession of her body and mind.

One of the key figures respected by everyone is named Ishida Mamoru, who is the mastermind of everything.

She has a tragic life story and was once a neighbor of Mizutsuki Hotaru, who came for her this time.

Taking all these into consideration, I think she is a very suitable replacement.

Everything went well at the beginning. Calvados auctioned me off, and Mizuki Hotaru saved me and said he would take me away.

But later, some unexpected things happened.

Mizuki Hotaru is a cold-blooded animal. He made me be rescued by Kudo Shinichi and stay with the police. Even after the signal was blocked, it was not convenient to contact Calvados.

During this period, Mizuki Hoto was misunderstood by Kudo Shinichi as a suspect. I don't know what happened exactly, but from what he and Mouri Ran said, it seemed like just an irrelevant episode.

Afterwards, the police found the cell phone with the video that I had deliberately left behind in the trash can at the venue. When they reported it to Megure Jusan, Taro Harada had just been caught there.

With the mobile phone video as physical evidence, Taro Harada admitted that he set up a trap to harm Nami Yukimatsu.

But he said that it was not him who proposed this matter, but Maori Kogoro, and for this, they gave him 200 million.

However, further investigation revealed that Kogoro Mori was just a name used, and most of the funds went into another account, the name of the account holder was Mamoru Ishida.

The truth is now revealed. Mamoru Ishida is the mastermind behind everything. All we have to do is catch him.

However, I have seen the photo of Mamoru Ishida that the police retrieved from the system.

Square face, short hair and small eyes.

This person was one of the people knocked down by Calvados, the owner of the mobile phone with the key video, and the person who was eager to join in when I was molested later.

Could such a person be the mastermind behind this?

This is the first point that strikes me as odd.

The second point is that Taro Harada died shortly after being arrested by the police.

The autopsy results showed that he was poisoned by a slow drug, and his death was accelerated by the intense activity when he was evading the police. In addition, the police wanted to check Taro Harada's mobile phone because of a mistake in the reverse tracking program, but they couldn't find it at all.

Probably taken by the person who killed him.

why?
Is that person Ishida Mamoru?"

Almost at the same time, Qingzi was also asking Yingsheng related questions:
"They killed Harada Taro and took his phone to prevent the police from finding out. The number they dialed did not match that phone, so that Liu'er Macaque would find out about the use of the anonymous phone. But the police also have the dialing records, and now the suspicion is even more obvious. Liu'er Macaque is more likely to find out, right?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Give me a ride and I'll tell you."

"It has stopped when you called."

“Because I use that phone, I don’t worry about being discovered by the six-eared macaque. After all, Nameless will die together with the mastermind behind the scenes, Ishida Mori, so it’s normal to have more contacts.

Of course there will be doubts, but now we know nothing about the identity and purpose of Liu Er Mihou. We need her to conduct various investigations so that we can have a chance to get a glimpse of something. What's more, she may not even know about this matter. "

"Why?" Qingzi asked curiously.

"Because Kudo Shinichi is an extremely self-centered guy, he keeps many things to himself and thinks about them alone, and never speaks them out." Yingsheng sighed: "Even if others are dissatisfied with this, he still does his own thing, which is very strange."

Obviously, exchanging information on some matters is more important than anything else.

For example, the time when Towako put on makeup.

If Kudo Shinichi told Xiaolan that the model for Towako's makeup was Kisaki Eri ten years ago, and Xiaolan thought of the photo on her makeup mirror, even if it was unlikely that she would be able to identify Hotaru at first sight, the investigation would be much faster.

Really.

This Kudo guy is a little too arrogant. Does he really think he can solve everything by himself?

Kiyoko suddenly realized, "From Kudo-kun's perspective, I am either a venomous snake hiding deep inside or an innocent little white rabbit. In either case, he is unlikely to share information with me, and it is even more impossible for the police to do so."

"That's it, so I don't really care about it. If he really changes, then it will be as I said before." Yingsheng said as he walked, looking ahead. All he saw was a quiet street, and he couldn't help but wonder:

"Where did you ask the driver to stop?"

"Downstairs of Ian's apartment."

"..."

Yingsheng looked up and saw the familiar silhouette of a dark apartment just three blocks away...

No.

That's still quite far away.

Yingsheng shook his head helplessly: "Send me the shopping list."

the other side.

Vermouth continued to narrate: "After the police sent someone to send me home, they continued to track down Ishida Mamoru. I don't know what happened next. After I left the police's sight, I immediately contacted Calvados, who had been silent.

He answered my call but didn't say anything. What came out of the earphones was a noisy TV show like Prank.

I sent him to kill Ishida Mamoru before. I guessed that he had just sneaked into his house, so I didn't continue to ask him. I planned to wait until he had finished the task before telling him.

But something unexpected happened.

The real Seizo Kiyoko is also there for some reason, and she calls for help from Ishida Mamoru, and then there is a gunfight.

I heard the screams of Yuzuki Kiyoko, the curses and pleas for mercy of Ishida Mamoru, and the cries of pain and harsh words of Calvados. I don't know what kind of situation that guy was facing, but he actually said something like "We won't let you go".

And after all this is over, there is silence.

I called Calvados, but there was no response. After a while, there was a slight sound like a burning flame, and then the communication was interrupted.

I suspect he is dead.

But I don’t know what happened.”

Gin's eyes were dark: "Interesting."

(End of this chapter)