Conan: When Shinjiu and Maolilan swap bodies

James shook his head.

"Just as there's nothing we can do about this, the CIA is in the same boat."

From the moment you choose to become an undercover agent, you must be prepared to accept your fate as an undercover agent.

They either died from exposure or returned after the organization's demise, achieving great merit. Very few could escape safely like Shuichi Akai.

"Kir can be put aside for now. If the organization wants to set a trap, we'll act accordingly. Right now, the most urgent task is to find Curaçao."

"Curaçao disappeared again after appearing at the Ocean Park yesterday."

"Don't the Japanese Public Security Bureau have any leads?" Shuichi Akai asked.

James shook his head. "According to the intelligence I've received, the organization caused some disturbance at Ocean Park yesterday and destroyed the surveillance data there. Curaçao should have been taken away by them."

By the time the police received the news, it was too late; by the time they arrived, the person was already gone.

Judy frowned. "How did the Japanese Public Security Bureau know that Curaçao was at Ocean Park? Did they send people to search for her there?"

"I don't know about that," James shook his head.

Although the FBI has some intelligence network with the Japanese Public Security Bureau, it's only a small part; they can't know everything.

Regarding the matter of organization, they are not in a cooperative relationship with the Japanese Public Security Bureau, but rather in a competitive one.

The intelligence held by both sides is their own bargaining chip, and it is unlikely that they will share it with each other.

"Now that she's back with the organization, it's unlikely we can capture her..."

Shuichi Akai sighed inwardly.

I've been suffering defeat after defeat lately.

This time, not only did they fail to capture Curaçao, they also lost a Kiel.

And Bourbon... I wonder if Curaçao saw him during the chase.

If they are also seen by others, then they will completely lose their source of information from the organization.

……

Amuro Tooru is skipping work again today.

The organization didn't send him any mission information, nor did they ask him to contact Curaçao; it was eerily quiet.

If someone is deliberately avoided when it comes to tasks that are directly related to the organization's intelligence, such as finding people, it means that he is being suspected.

After pondering for a moment, he dialed Vermouth's number.

As a collaborator, he holds Vermouth's secrets.

If something happens to him, Vermouth's secret will be known to everyone immediately.

Because of this secret, Vermouth would not stand idly by while he was away.

What's more, she also has Ran Mouri, whom she cares about very much.

In a crisis, it's not impossible to use Ran Mouri to threaten her.

After all, Vermouth had no idea that he was a member of the Japanese Public Security Bureau.

After more than half a month, Vermouth's condition had improved a lot.

Fortunately, the gunshot wound to my leg did not damage the bone, otherwise I would have had to use a wheelchair.

Even so, he still had to spend most of his time lying in a hospital bed.

Looking at Bourbon's phone, she thought for a moment and then answered it.

"What's the matter?"

"Has the organization found Curaçao?"

Amuro Tooru believes that Curaçao should have already returned to the organization.

But given his status as Bourbon, he certainly doesn't know about this right now, so asking him wouldn't be a problem.

"Oh? You have a lead on her?" Vermouth raised an eyebrow slightly.

Didn't Gin pass the task of finding Curaçao to Koniak?

Is Koniak slacking off again?

Upon hearing Vermouth's answer, Amuro Tooru frowned.

Has Curaçao not returned to the organization yet?

If Curaçao hasn't returned to the organization yet, then what happened yesterday?

Qingze said that Curaçao had a headache and refused to go to the infirmary, and then left.

Why does Curaçao have a headache?

How did she leave?

Did some unknown force take her away? Or did she leave on her own?

If it's the former, then the theft of the amusement park's surveillance data also originated from this unknown force.

I have quite a few doubts in my mind.

He continued to subtly probe for information using his Bourbon-esque tone.

"We did unexpectedly get a clue. I thought she had already returned to the organization, but she hasn't. That's surprising..."

"Oh? Tell me, what was the clue?"

"I saw her at Ocean Park, and then it seemed like she was taken away by someone."

"It must have been Koniak who took her away."

Vermouth wasn't surprised that Koniak didn't immediately send the person back to the organization after finding Curaçao.

If you give him a task, it's a miracle he doesn't cause some trouble.

It's perfectly normal to drag it out for a few days and test Rum's patience.

"Huh? Even Koniak has been mobilized?" Bourbon was genuinely surprised.

It seems that Curaçao holds considerable weight in the organization; her disappearance even prompted Koniak, who dislikes missions, to mobilize.

“Curaçao’s brains are very important, and Rum values ​​them highly.”

"I've never really heard of her before. Is there anything special about her?"

"You want to know this? What information are you going to offer me in exchange?"

"How about the information that Lei is not dead?" Amuro Tooru asked with a smile.

Curaçao already knows that Shuichi Akai is not dead, but Vermouth, who is recovering from her injuries, may not know.

This is the information gap.

Vermouth looked surprised.

"can."

Chapter 200 Willing to Pay Any Price

After hanging up the phone, Amuro Tooru seemed lost in thought.

Curaçao has a special brain with hyperthymesia, which makes her extremely valuable. She hasn't returned to the organization yet, so if we capture her, we can extract a lot of information about the organization from her brain.

For someone of such great value, taking some risks is worthwhile.

After school in the afternoon, Aozawa shook off Suzuki Sonoko and went straight to his residence.

His elderly father no longer picks him up or drops him off, so he has some free time now.

Sitting on his sofa at home, he looked at the several sheets of transparent paper in front of him, twirling a lighter between his fingers, weighing the pros and cons.

Ran Mouri, who was doing her homework, looked up and stared at him with a puzzled expression as he stared at the several sheets of colored paper.

Is there anything special about this thing?

It's just a regular color card, do you really need to stare at it like that?

"This is the key to the gate of Curaçao's memories."

A specific arrangement of colors can stimulate her brain and make her recall different memories.

It's like dividing the brain into sections, grouping emotionally burdensome tasks into one category and organizational tasks into another. This way, you can choose to turn each section on or off individually.

There are 120 possible arrangements of five colored cards; heaven knows how many areas Rum actually divided Curaçao's brain into.

"Should we try to help her remember?"

When Ran Mouri had some free time, she also searched for information about hyperthymesia.

This condition places a particularly heavy burden on the emotions. In Qingze's memory, Curaçao often cried when she was a child.

That's an outward manifestation of a heavy emotional burden.

Curaçao's current amnesia is quite good; since she can't remember anything, she naturally doesn't have as much negative emotional burden.

Qingze nodded, "She is very important to the organization, I can't delay for long."

If the vodka hadn't been deployed yesterday, that would have been fine; but since it was, there's no excuse for delaying.

"What are Mr. Qingze's plans?"

The lighter danced between his fingers as Qingze snapped the cap shut.

"I plan to remove her from the organization."

This is an attempt to give it a try, and also to pave the way for my future departure from the organization.

Ran Mouri's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Although she has always wanted to help Qingze escape the organization's quagmire, she still doesn't know exactly how to do it.

Qingze appears to be very free, but in reality he is deeply bound by the organization.

His social identity is based on the organization. Once he turns against the organization, his public identity will be greatly affected.

She really couldn't think of a way to ensure that Qingze could maintain his current identity while leaving the organization and avoid being hunted down.

If leaving the organization means having to live in hiding for the rest of one's life, having to disguise oneself every time one goes out, and becoming an unregistered person who can't show their true face, then the price is far too high.

After much thought, the only way to ensure Qingze's safe escape from the organization while preserving his current identity and life is to eliminate the organization.

Curaçao's situation is similar to Qingze's, but the difference is that she doesn't seem to have a proper social identity.

If Curaçao can really be forced to leave the organization, does that mean that Aozawa can also be forced to leave in the same way?

Qingze had been thinking about how to leave the organization for a long time. Whether it was creating a quirky persona or intentionally hiding his face, it was all paving the way for leaving the organization.

However, this level of concealment is not very effective; it only keeps his current life from being affected by the organization.

The key figures in the organization all knew what he looked like and what his social identity was, but they didn't usually pay attention to what he was doing or bother to look for him.

But if they defect, that's a different story.

If you want to live a peaceful life after leaving the organization, you have to kill all the people who know what he looks like, and then erase all the information about him in the organization.

But this is also very difficult.

Even Rum didn't know where the BOSS was hiding. Although he thought the BOSS was an old codger, he had no idea what the BOSS looked like or what his identity was.

Rum is also very cunning.

Gin and Vermouth are a bit easier to kill.

But killing these two people would not benefit him at all.

If we kill the model workers, who will do the organization's work?

They'll definitely dump all the work on him then, which means he's just asking for trouble.

Vermouth has a special identity and is related to the BOSS. Moreover, because she has maintained her youth, she is also a very good experimental subject.

Although she wasn't as hardworking as Gin, the organization couldn't do without her for many tasks.

After all, she is a witch with a thousand faces; her disguise skills are simply too useful.

If Vermouth dies, just like this time, the task that was originally Vermouth's will be thrown onto his head.