Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 167 The code names of the winery members are all weird

From the balcony on the middle floor of a high-end apartment building, black smoke was billowing out and rising into the sky, making the sky even gloomier today.

In a black Porsche 356A parked on the adjacent street, Gin half-rolled the window, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke.

"Just now, Shuiyue Yingsheng passed by and I heard it, but I think this matter has nothing to do with him. He has no motive and no time."

Gin knew that Vermouth was in a difficult position to talk to, so he took the initiative to speak:
"Looking at the extent of the fire in your house, it must have started brewing since early morning. And Shuiyue Yingsheng was accompanying a little girl to go crazy last night, causing all the traffic police from three districts to be dispatched. He drove his car directly into the sea before dawn. How he came back later, and whether the little girl is still alive, no one knows.

The specific situation will be revealed after the police investigation. During this time, you should stay with your boyfriend, Qingzi-kun."

The last sentence was full of bad taste. Imagining that Vermouth had to pretend not to react at all, Gin couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly.

After temporarily cutting off the communication, Gin turned his head and looked at Vodka:

"Why haven't the firefighters arrived yet?"

"........."

Vodka in the driver's seat was quite speechless. "Brother, if you ask me about this, who should I ask?"

"It should be soon. I'm sure I'm not the only one who called the police." Vodka changed the subject. "By the way, brother, have you found out the identity of the person who was burned at the stake in Tokyo Bay last night?"

"The intelligence team found nothing."

Gin slowly exhaled a puff of cigarette and smiled softly: "It's said to be the Japanese Public Security Bureau, but there is no shortage of people in the public system, and they died in that way. Vodka, don't you think it's the smell of a rat?"

Vodka nodded in agreement: "I just don't know which force did it. They blatantly provoked the police. All the peripheral forces under the big brother were implicated and beaten up by those hateful pill bullies for some inexplicable reasons."

"..."

Gin glanced at him calmly: "You don't have to say the last sentence."

"..."

Vodka shrank his head weakly: "It was because of this incident that Big Brother paid attention to the case of Beihua Central Hospital and found that Vermouth was also affected, and investigated the follow-up. Big Brother, it seems that someone is really targeting Xuesong Qingzi, and Vermouth has suffered for her."

"Why, do you still want to cause trouble for a dead person?"

"Of course not, I just think..." Vodka scratched his head, "Is Vermouth's mission unnecessary? Mizuki Hotaru is a villain to begin with, it seems unnecessary for the organization to do this."

"Heh, Vodka, you actually think about these things too." Gin looked at her with a playful look, "Did Mizuki Hotaru send you a photo album of Kusano Kaoru?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Vodka shook his head in panic, "I would only worry if a dangerous guy like that got close to Kaoru-chan!"

"........."

Gin didn't want to talk to this useless little brother: "Drive, go to the Daikoku Building."

Vodka drove the car quickly, but after hesitating for a while, he whispered:
"Brother, are you going to look for Tequila?"

Gin frowned, "Vodka, you're a rat too? KGB?"

"of course not!"

Vodka quickly shook his head again: "It's just that Tequila called me last night, and I called him again this morning. He was having a lot of fun at the Cocktail Bar, and I was worried that he might get in the way of Big Brother."

Gin was quite confused: "What do you mean? What did he say to you last night?"

Are your younger brothers still in touch privately?
Is the atmosphere among the organization members like this?
Vodka swallowed and said, "He said last night that he was...Miss Hope's dog."

“………………” I imagined Tequila’s image, tall, with a thick beard, a dimpled chin, a typical Kansai man, lying on the ground gasping for breath…

Gin took a long drag on his cigarette and opened the window wide.

He was wrong, he shouldn't have thought that.

"Then what did you say to him when you called him back this morning?" Gin asked.

Vodka said quickly: "I reminded him not to forget the task of contacting Itakura Taku. He said Itakura Taku is very disobedient now, so let Vermouth go, and then..." Vodka paused, a little uncertain: "He seemed to be whipped, groaned in pain, and there were several women laughing next to him, and then he hung up."

After listening, Gin was silent for a long time: "Does Tequila usually like this kind of fun?"

"Uh... I don't know."

"parking."

Vodka hurriedly stopped by the roadside. Gin took a deep breath, took out his cell phone, and made a call:
"Mr. Liuying, did you drug someone at the Cocktail Bar last night?"

"hiss--!!!"

Yingsheng, who was buying towels in the supermarket, took a deep breath when he heard this: "Sir, are you a know-it-all? You know everything about this? No, the Cocktail Bar is not the organization's property, right? Is there a membership discount?"

"What medicine?"

"They are just some people to liven up the atmosphere. My classmates are also there. Don't worry too much. They just like it that way..." Yingsheng paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. I hope there is a big dog and a small dog. Is the big one my colleague?"

"Hope? The girl who went crazy with you last night?"

"You know this too? It's broken. Could it be that the car has been found by the police? Sir, please do me a favor. This matter has nothing to do with Chiyoko."

"…The police didn't even bother looking for the Sumiyoshi-kai. They thought you two were high on drugs and car thieves."

"Oh, it was really fun last night, sir, is there anything else?"

"Tequila has a mission that you delayed. Go and complete it."

"No problem, I'll email it to me later. By the way, sir, does our organization have any slow-acting poisons? The kind that takes effect very slowly, but is easy to detoxify, just like a joke."

"What do you want that for?"

"Of course it's a prank."

"...I'll give it to you after the mission has made progress."

"OK, bye sir."

A strange little episode, Yingsheng scratched his head and continued shopping according to the list.

In fact, there weren't many things, but Yingsheng had gone to the dimensional store before and ordered a dozen cheering signs for Xiaolan. They are not ready yet, so he just spent his time leisurely in the supermarket.

Come to think of it, the influence of the organization is so widespread that he ran into it at a random place last night.

No wonder the bartender didn’t seem to be a good character. I wonder what he’s like now.

Ding dong——!
The email arrived, Yingsheng opened it and took a look, Itakura Taku, software development, the date is approaching...

Urge R&D personnel?
No, aren’t you afraid that he will leave a back door for you?

Yingsheng shook his head and made a phone call:
"Mr. Amuro, I have a new commission."

(End of this chapter)