The boy soldier next to the famous detective

Seeing Gin staring intently at him, Cohen didn't seem flustered.

When Cohen decided to take Chianti with him to help, he had considered the possibility that he might be discovered.

Of course, it would be best to keep it a secret forever. If it can't be kept secret, Cohen has a solution, which Dave and Conan came up with together.

"Because of fear, the organization forbade us to act freely, but I acted on my own."

After a long silence, Cohen finally spoke, albeit haltingly, but his tone remained completely flat, perfectly consistent with his usual persona.

"You know you violated the organization's rules by going out without permission when the group was supposed to go into hiding, and you even participated in such a chaotic operation."

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Gin carefully observed Cohen, trying to detect even the slightest hint of guilt in him.

Now Gin was starting to regret not having made Cohen take off his damn goggles when they were about to start talking. Now, when he asked Cohen to take off his goggles so he could observe Cohen's eyes, he felt less confident.

Furthermore, Gin's claim that he was waiting for Cohen to confess was a lie. He only received the news yesterday, and if it weren't for a field agent who was part of Tokyo's underground intelligence network accidentally discovering this, Gin would still be in the dark.

"Tell me, Cohen, why did you get involved in that operation? And why did you cooperate with the dwarf squad?"

"The child who was injured in the bombing was my good friend, a very good friend."

If it were an ordinary member of the organization, they would have panicked and not know what to do under Gin's pressure, but Cohen, as expected of a core member trained by the organization and a veteran who has followed Gin for many years, was still able to answer questions at his own pace.

Cohen even dared to look up and actively look at Gin to express his attitude.

"Gin, you know, I have no friends."

"I know that foreign kid named Jonah. You two often played shooting simulators together at a wargame shop called Gunfire in Tokyo."

"Moreover, the family that adopted this child is none other than the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, whom we previously suspected of colluding with the FBI to plot against us."

"Cohen, you've made a really nice friend."

With a change in his expression, Gin casually revealed the information that Jonah could openly gather.

"Yes, I am very happy."

"...Fine, it's your business how you make friends, I can't be bothered with it."

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Gin pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and spoke sharply amidst the swirling smoke.

"I want to know why you're working with the dwarf squad."

"At first, I wanted to avenge Jonah, so I went to gather intelligence and discovered that commission."

Seeing that Gin had skipped over the question about Jonah, Korn knew that Dave and Conan's plan had succeeded.

If it were anyone else, their plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly. But Gin was asking Cohen, the very person Gin, who was always suspicious of the organization's members and saw everyone as a potential spy, was too lazy to even question.

It can be said that this plan perfectly fits Cohen's image in the organization and in Gin's eyes, and only he could have done this.

"Because intelligence was scarce, I wanted to speed things up, so I thought of cooperating with the people who had already accepted the commission. But it turned out they were actually a team of dwarf assassins."

"So, this was an accident?"

"Yes, they didn't recognize us. They just thought we were snipers, mercenaries hired on commission."

"They're also short-handed, so they're having us do the peripheral work."

Gin exhaled a long puff of smoke, and as he listened to Cohen's discovery, he couldn't help but interrupt with a cold laugh.

Do you think I would believe that?

"I don't know, but this is my experience."

Ignoring Gin's pressure, Cohen continued to explain his thoughts at the time.

Wanting to avenge Jonah, he suddenly stumbled upon a squad of dwarf assassins who were making money off a commission. He was caught in a dilemma: whether to withdraw or not. He could only pretend to know nothing and cooperate to avoid being suspected of wrongdoing and being killed off.

After the operation, he encountered the organization's number one enemy, the dwarf assassin team, in private. He dared not report to the organization and tried to keep it a secret, but he was still discovered.

After listening quietly to Cohen's story, Gin fell silent.

Logically speaking, he felt that Cohen's statement was a bit outrageous, but when he looked at Cohen sitting in the chair in front of him, who had finished explaining and remained silent like a stone Buddha, Gin inexplicably felt that what Cohen said made a lot of sense.

This is indeed something Cohen is capable of doing.

Logically speaking, the dwarf squad would be keen on making money and even allow outside help, which Gin could accept.

The organization suffered heavy losses in the last battle, but they also managed to destroy a key hidden stronghold of the Dwarf Assassin Squad! (Not really)

Although the Dwarf Killer Squad is very powerful, Gin and Rum have analyzed the situation and agree that, given their personnel, the squad's size and supporting facilities are unlikely to be very large.

Having destroyed one of their key hidden outposts last time (lol), they must be desperately in need of funds to rebuild a new one.

They've matched up; now they've actually matched up.

In other words, Cohen accidentally met the dwarf assassin squad and even earned their praise because of his excellent sniping skills.

Gin became more and more excited as he thought about the news.

Cohen got to know the dwarf squad, which is an opportunity for Gin. Although he still needs to think carefully about how to use it, this opportunity is really rare!

Furthermore, the fact that the dwarf squad didn't know Cohen helped Gin make his judgment. Gin was certain that the dwarf squad's ability to consistently track their movements and locations meant they had an inside agent within the organization.

Now, Gin is certain that the mole is someone who doesn't know Cohen!

Rena Mizunashi: Huh?

Rei Furuya: Huh?

"I understand what happened. You wait here for a moment. I need to talk to Rum first."

Although I no longer doubted Cohen, I still needed to keep him under control for a while to make him realize his mistake.

As Gin stepped out of the room where Cohen was being held alone, he was met by Vodka, who was in charge of interrogating Chianti and looked utterly frustrated as he walked out from the next room.

"Big brother, how's Cohen doing?"

"Yes, very cooperative, and the information you provided was quite valuable. How about your end?"

"...Although we're all colleagues, I really think that next time we organize a physical exam, we should arrange more brain scans for Chianti."

"I genuinely think she's seriously out of her mind, bro!"