Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Mary Akai felt a pang of pain in her heart; her words just now were merely a test to probe the person before her.

Tears streamed down my face without my noticing.

"Akai Tsutomu asked curiously, "Mary, why are you crying?"

Mary Akai dropped her coffee and pressed a gun against Tsutomu Akai's head.

Akai Tsutomu's expression froze.

With tears in her eyes, Mary Akai demanded, "Who exactly are you? My daughter wasn't even born when I separated from Tsutomu!"

Upon hearing Mary Akai's words, Tsutomu Akai smiled.

Mary Akai immediately sensed something was wrong, and before she could react, she felt a gun pressed against her back.

She turned around and saw a silver-haired man dressed in black clothes and a black hat looking at her with a cold smile.

She had no choice but to hand over her gun.

The visitor was none other than Qin Jiu.

Because Gin happened to be in London, England, he was assigned to carry out this mission with Vermouth.

After learning that Drug A could shrink people, Vermouth wanted to test it on Mary Akai.

Mary Akai and Elena Miyano, the mother of the Miyano sisters, are biological sisters, meaning she is the Miyano sisters' aunt.

Imagine being forced to drink poison made by your own niece. Whether you shrink or die, that would be quite interesting!

Unfortunately, the organization sent Gin to carry out this mission with her, otherwise she would definitely have chosen to witness Akai Mary's poisoning process firsthand.

“I am indeed not Akai Tsutomu.” Vermouth removed her hood, revealing her true appearance.

Mary Akai's pupils dilated in shock; she never expected that the person in front of her was actually a woman.

Vermouth took out a pill of drug A; the red and white capsule looked no different from ordinary medicine.

"I'm here to take your life."

Vermouth let out a sigh of relief. "I've finally caught you. I've been planning this for a long time."

Even knowing that she was doomed today, Mary Akai was not panicked at all.

"I see. You've really gone to great lengths, starting your plan three years ago."

Vermouth said, "That's right, we want to bring the deceased Tsutomu Akai back into MI6, and the only obstacle is you, his suddenly disappeared wife."

Mary Akai laughed and said, "I'm sorry, but before I came here, I already told my daughter that if I hadn't returned by the appointed time, she should tell MI6 that the suddenly appearing Tsutomu Akai was an imposter and leave London immediately."

Hearing this, Gin finally spoke up: "Stop dawdling, hurry up and take care of this woman."

"There's no other way, we'll just have to find another time to infiltrate MI6."

With that, Vermouth put the drug A in her mouth.

Even Gin was stunned, wondering what Vermouth was up to, since it was poison!

Vermouth grabbed Mary Akai's hair with her left hand and pinched her mouth with her right, forcibly opening her mouth.

Then, to Akai Mary's astonishment, Vermouth kissed her directly and fed the drug A into Akai Mary's mouth.

Luckily, there was no one else around, otherwise I would have thought the oranges were thriving.

Caught off guard, Mary Akai swallowed the drug A, then realized what was happening and shoved Vermouth away.

Vermouth smiled: "Akai Mary, take care of it!"

Mary Akai clutched her neck, feeling her body burning up and experiencing excruciating pain all over.

"How does it feel to be poisoned to death by your own sister?"

Vermouth deliberately concealed Shiho Miyano's information; in fact, Shiho Miyano and her parents were not making the same drug.

Mary Akai's body swayed continuously, and finally she fell directly off the railing and into the river.

Vermouth's gaze sharpened, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Akai Mary had fallen down on her own, saving her the trouble of doing anything.

If Akai Mary shrinks here and Gin sees her, that would be bad news.

When Gin saw Mary Akai fall into the river, he glanced at the rushing water, said nothing, put away his gun, and turned to leave.

Chapter 142 As long as I have it, you can ask for anything.

After Gin left, Vermouth went downstream to search for him.

Unfortunately, there was nothing to be gained.

Standing on the riverbank, Vermouth recalled what Akai Mary had just said.

If this woman hadn't died, she would definitely have gone to find her daughter.

But as for her daughter, neither Vermouth nor the organization knew anything about her.

Finding their trail won't be easy.

……

Inside the apartment.

"They went to kill people."

Vermouth held her wine glass, observing Kitagawa Taki's reaction.

But Kitagawa Taki didn't react in any particular way, seemingly waiting quietly for Vermouth to continue.

"Aren't you surprised?" Vermouth asked curiously.

Kitagawa Taki said with a smile, "What's so surprising? Murder? From the first time I met you, I knew you had killed quite a few people."

Vermouth became interested. "Oh?"

Kitagawa Taki briefly mentioned, "I guess it's one of my abilities."

He then steered the conversation toward the distillery, asking, "What about that organization you mentioned earlier? What's the specifics of it?"

Vermouth gave Kitagawa Taki a deep look and slowly said, "The organization I belong to is a powerful transnational criminal syndicate. The people in it are used to wearing all black and using alcohol names as code names."

Kitagawa Taki nodded. Vermouth was quite honest and didn't lie.

"Using alcohol as a code name is quite unique. What's the name of this organization?"

Kitagawa Taki is quite curious about this question. Conan refers to the organization as the Black Organization or the Crow Army, while netizens call it the Black Organization. As for its real name, it seems no one knows.

But Vermouth didn't provide an answer either: "There is no specific name for it."

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "Then let's just call it the Distillery."

"Pfft~"

Hehehe!

"The name 'distillery' is quite fitting."

Vermouth couldn't help but laugh.

Kitagawa Taki then asked, "Miss Chris, what's your code name?"

Vermouth took a small sip of her drink. "Guess?"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at the drink Vermouth was drinking and said, "It's not whiskey, is it?"

Vermouth swirled the liquid in her glass and chuckled, "Because I like strong liquor, but strong liquor isn't just whiskey!"

Kitagawa Taki shrugged and said, "I can't guess that, since there's so much alcohol."

"If you can't guess, then let's keep it a secret." Vermouth put down her glass, took a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the bar, and asked, "You don't mind, do you?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head.

Click~

The slender cigarette was lit with a lighter.

Kitagawa Taki doesn't smoke and doesn't like the taste of cigarettes, but he finds that Vermouth has a special charm when she smokes.

Seeing Kitagawa Taki staring at her, Vermouth smiled apologetically, a hint of melancholy in her eyes: "I've gotten used to numbing myself with cigarettes and alcohol."

I can't tell them apart, I really can't!

Kitagawa Taki had no idea whether Vermouth was acting or genuinely expressing her feelings.

After all, he knew he hadn't yet developed a deep relationship with Vermouth.

This was only the fifth time the two had met.

As Vermouth said, secrets make women more feminine.

She has too many secrets...

"Phew—" Vermouth composed herself.

"What else do you want to know? This won't be happening after tonight."

Kitagawa Taki asked cautiously, "Members of the organization?"

"There are too many people in the organization. In addition to the core members, there are many peripheral people who come from all walks of life, including celebrities, big entrepreneurs, and politicians like me..."

After a pause, Vermouth continued, "The councilor today, Shigehiko Tonoguchi, was a member of the organization, but he messed things up, so he was dealt with."

Kitagawa Taki clicked his tongue. "Even a senator like that is a subordinate, so who is the boss of the brewery?"

Vermouth paused for a moment, then said, "No one knows his identity, not even his gender. We call him 'that man'."

Kitagawa Taki noticed that Vermouth did not mention the boss.

His heart was itching, like a cat scratching, wanting to know exactly what the relationship was between Vermouth and the boss.

But he knew that since Vermouth hadn't mentioned it, she definitely wouldn't tell him.

Vermouth's words interrupted Kitagawa Taki's thoughts, "Alright, after hearing all this, are you still going to help me?"

Kitagawa Taki looked troubled. "Can I still refuse now?"

Vermouth's face was frosty: "No, you know too much. If that's the case, I'll have no choice but to kill you."

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "Then I have no choice but to help."