Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 160 Shirley is doomed

Ai remained motionless in Vermouth's arms, only feeling Vermouth pulling her closer and closer.

Vermouth covered her eyes and quietly left the venue.

"So obedient? Not uttering a sound." Vermouth released her hand from Ai's eyes, looking at her with a half-smile.

Ai kept her mouth shut and didn't respond to Vermouth.

"So obedient, I'd like to hear you scream." Vermouth's fingertips traced Ai's cheek.

Ai shook her head.

Vermouth asked, "Do you want to die by my hand, or by Gin's hand?"
Gin is in the building next door; you'll see him soon.

Vermouth looked at the little person in her arms.

They showed no sign of resistance and weren't even afraid anymore, which bored her.

“It seems you have already accepted your fate of death,” Vermouth said.

Vermouth poked Ai's head again.

What about the self-awareness of being a mouse?

Shouldn't you be afraid when you see a cat?

If you're not afraid, I won't feel any sense of accomplishment.

"You're the rats hiding in the gutter," Ai said in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Vermouth's eyes turned dangerous.

Ai lowered her eyes and said, "Why are you looking at me? This is what Zheng Yi said."

If you're so capable, go and cause him trouble.

“So now, the person who said that has handed you over to us rats in the gutter,” Vermouth said.

“He won’t hurt me,” Ai said.

"Are you still clinging to illusions?" Vermouth said with a laugh. "Do you really think he's some kind of good person?"

Vermouth said in the worst possible tone:
"That guy is the most vicious and shameless person in the world. You can't believe a word he says."

They'll fool you until you're completely disoriented, then turn around and sell you off, leaving you with nothing but ashes.

Ai shook her head, "I don't believe it."

"You'll soon find out whether you should believe him or not." Vermouth gave a cruel smile.

Ai continued shaking her little head, convinced that Seiichi wouldn't lie to her.

No, they still lie all the time.

But they probably wouldn't lie about something like this.

I can even work for him.

Vermouth carried Ai to the rooftop, where a white hang glider, the same model as the one used by Kaito Kid, was parked on the rooftop helipad.

……

Inspector Megure, still inside the building, directed the evacuation of everyone.

The observation elevator can only carry nine people at a time. Inspector Megure said, "You guys continue to wait for the elevator here. Takagi, you take the rest of the people and go to Building B via the connecting bridge."

"Yes!"

After receiving his appointment, Takagi led the remaining men to the connecting bridge.

Amuro Tooru, who was standing next to the car, had been watching Shoichi ever since the explosion began.

The little girl next to Zheng Yi suddenly disappeared.

He wasn't so sure that the little girl was carrying out some dangerous mission.

He just thought there was still danger there, so he let the little girl leave first.

"Shoichi, where's Ai Haibara?" Conan asked, looking at Shoichi with a puzzled expression.

Zheng Yi said, "Xiao Ai is afraid of heights and doesn't dare to ride the observation elevator, so I had the bodyguard take her across the connecting bridge."

"Oh." Conan nodded.

After watching the last few people step onto the observation elevator, Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to cross the connecting bridge.

"Who are you? Why are you still here?" Inspector Megure stared wide-eyed at the last person on this floor.

He'd been directing for ages, so why was there still one left?

"Uh, I'll leave right away," Amuro Tooru said.

While chatting with an employee, he overheard that there was a spare computer on this floor.

The data on that computer is shared with the data on the 40th floor.

They wanted to blow up the computers in the building, which meant there was something harmful on them.

"Not immediately, leave right away!" Inspector Megure shouted.

No one knows if another explosion will occur, so we must leave the building immediately.

Inside the elevator, Zheng Yi's eyes were momentarily blinded by a flash.

He looked down at his chest and saw a red dot of light swirling around on his body.

Zheng Yi pursed his lips.

An impolite way of greeting.

After floating on Zheng Yi's body for a while, the red dot climbed onto Yuan Zi's body.

Zheng Yi took out his phone.

[Fool, there's no Shirley in this building at all. — Cointreau]

【…】

Shoichi continued to send emails to Gin.

[That's the heiress of the Suzuki family, the future heir to the Suzuki Group; she just happens to have the same hairstyle as Sherry. — Cointreau]

【…】

"If you want to kill her, you can, but it's best not to do it now. I'm not ready to devour the Suzuki Group's wealth yet. —Shoichi"

"Sonoko! Your underwear is showing!"

Suddenly, a child's shouting was heard in the quiet elevator.

"where?"

As if by reflex, Sonoko quickly covered her private parts with both hands, crumpling her skirt in her hands.

She stomped her feet and screamed at a high decibel, her expression and movements were all chaotic.

Gin, who was holding a sniper rifle on the opposite building, frowned deeply.

Sherry wouldn't do something so bizarre, would she?

At that moment, Gin's phone received another email.

Gin, you weren't tricked by Sherry, were you? That woman probably didn't even come here. — Cointreau

[You're so pathetic to be fooled by just a few strands of hair and an invitation. — Cointreau]

[I was thinking, if I used some brownish-red hair when I was doing a demolition, would you demolish it for me for free? — Jundu]

Although the text in the email has no sound.

But Gin could almost hear a fly buzzing incessantly in his ear. [Shut up. —Gin]

Zheng Yi smiled.

Wow, Gin actually has the time to reply to my emails.

"You brat! What nonsense are you spouting!"

Sonoko punched Conan on the head.

You brat! You made me look bad in front of so many people, and now I have to stay in the elevator for so long!
Conan covered his head, enduring Ran and Sonoko's accusations.

its not right?
He clearly saw the red dot on Sonoko's head!
Moreover, his glasses also revealed Gin holding a sniper rifle on the building across the street.

The guns are all set up, why aren't you firing?
"Bang~"

A bullet pierced through the glass of the observation elevator, grazed Zheng Yi's ear, and entered the building behind it.

The elevator continued downwards, and Shoichi's fingers, which were still typing a sarcastic remark about Gin, paused.

"Brother Zhengyi!"

"I am fine."

Looking at Conan, Ran, and the others who seemed concerned, Masakazu shook his head.

He discovered that Gin was quite stingy.

……

"Let's go, Sherry isn't in the elevator." Gin put away his sniper rifle.

"Brother, were you shooting at Cointreau just now?" Vodka asked in a low voice.

“That’s right.” Gin nodded. “That guy is too noisy.”

He glanced at his phone.

After that bullet, the phone went much quieter.

Vodka opened his mouth, unsure how to offer a word of advice.

That guy, Cointreau, is very petty.

Gin took out his walkie-talkie and asked, "Have you seen that person?"

Curaçao shook his head and said, "No, only men and a few children crossed the bridge."

She had met Shirley.

But she didn't see Gin when he asked the question.

Sherry seems to have been taken away by another woman.

Having received no news of Sherry from Curaçao, Gin then turned to Vermouth and asked, "Have you found Sherry?"

The walkie-talkie was very loud.

Ai, who was flying in the air with Vermouth, also heard Gin's voice.

Why are you asking me this now?

Why can't I ask?

Vermouth lowered her eyes and stared at the seemingly concerned brat.

“I didn’t see Sherry; she shouldn’t have escaped from the air,” Vermouth said.

"it is good."

Vermouth pinched Ai's cheek. "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." Ai quickly suppressed her smile.

Seeing how happy she was, Vermouth couldn't help but say, "Don't think the organization has let you off the hook."

“I would never think that way,” Ai said.

Vermouth asked, "Is there any difference between working for an organization and working for the Righteous One?"

Even working for Zheng Yi would make people more tired.

"None of your business," Ai pouted.

Both the organization and Zheng Yi threatened her to work hard, even though they both used her sister as leverage.

But one is about her sister's life or death, and the other is about her sister's vacation.

In comparison, Zheng Yi is clearly much better.

Although Zheng Yi is definitely not a good person.

“I really want to throw you off here,” Vermouth said.

Ai mustered her courage and asked, "Then why don't you?"

Vermouth gritted her teeth.

After living with Zheng Yi for a long time, even the timid girl dared to talk back to her.

Xiao Ai shrank her neck.

She was certain that Vermouth simply wouldn't dare.

……

"Let's blow up the whole building." Gin put down the walkie-talkie.

Gin would never believe Shoichi's nonsense.

How dare that woman, Shirley, deliberately mess with him?

She had already pushed herself to the limit by boldly planting a bug in his car.

But it wasn't in the elevator, on the roof, or on the connecting bridge, so...
She must still be in that building.

Sherry might be hiding inside the building; it would be best to blow her up like this.

It doesn't matter if she's not inside.

Vodka's hands were trembling.

Just for the possibility of killing Sherry, not necessarily killing her, they blew up this building.

My older brother's actions are becoming increasingly extreme.

"Go quickly."

"Yes!"

Gin watched Vodka's retreating figure, unconcerned.

The helicopter incident last time didn't cause much of a stir and didn't affect the organization at all.

This time it was just a matter of blowing up a building.

Have faith in Cointreau's capabilities.

In Tokyo, it was quite easy for him to hide anything.

Gin lit a cigarette.

That guy, Kundo, kills people openly and without any consequences; he's practically becoming the de facto ruler of Tokyo.

It's just a cover-up to cover up the truth that a building was bombed.

It shouldn't be difficult.

(End of this chapter)