Detective Conan: Starting with Yukiko covered in black stockings!

Wine, the best of all is still Chinese.

Cao Yu didn't like drinking foreign liquor; he always felt it lacked a certain sentimentality.

"I'm so sorry, no!"

"What a trash bar! They don't even have Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor). It's such a disgrace."

Cao Yu rolled his eyes and complained, while the bartender helplessly shrugged.

"Do you have absinthe? I'll have a glass!"

If you can't drink Chinese wine, then savor an old favorite.

Vermouth is the distillery's code name for Vermouth.

"What do you mean?"

Gin's eyes were sinister as he stared at the items Cao Yu had thrown on the table, his tone unusually cold.

If it were anyone else, he would have already put a gun to their head.

"A surprise for you, aren't you going to open it and see?"

Cao Yu kept it a secret.

"Sir, your absinthe."

The bartender put down his glass and glanced curiously at the spherical object on the table, faintly smelling blood.

Gin looked up with a sinister glare, and the bartender felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly left.

When Vodka heard his boss speak, he carefully opened the bed sheet.

Inside was Carlos's head, his face directly facing Gin, staring with wide, dead fish eyes, as if he had died with endless resentment and was about to return as a vengeful ghost.

"what do you mean?"

Gin's pupils contracted, and he asked coldly.

Even though he was a ruthless killer, the sight of Carlos's horrific head still shocked him greatly.

When the distillery executes traitors or other people who must be killed, it is usually with a single shot; they never cruelly chops off the head of their target.

"Didn't you say you wanted to make it clean? So I brought back that guy's dead head, so you can confirm whether he's really dead."

"Bartender, another glass of absinthe, please!"

Cao Yu remained calm, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette.

"Are you trying to establish your authority?"

Gin smiled, and his fate was uncertain.

"It's a misunderstanding. I'm just afraid I won't be able to prove that I've completed the task. What if you reject it outright? And I can't mold you into a mold or flatten you. Wouldn't all my hard work have been for nothing?"

"I brought not dead heads, but evidence."

Cao Yu flicked his cigarette ash, his tone laced with a hint of provocation.

Even if they truly establish their authority, so what?

With the system-equipped full-health resurrection skill, even if he can't beat the brewery head-on, he has enough time to wear down Gin and other elite members.

"The organization has dedicated intelligence personnel responsible for verifying the completion of members' missions. You won't need to bring back any evidence in the future."

Gin remained outwardly calm, but his anger was secretly escalating rapidly.

"Is it my fault? You didn't explain the task clearly when you assigned it to me."

Cao Yu pouted, looking rather aggrieved.

That's infuriating! They'll kill you!

Gin's blood pressure skyrocketed, his anger reached its peak, and he wished he could send Cao Yu to meet Carlos with a single shot.

"Boss, Cao Yu is a new member of the organization, so it's understandable that he doesn't know the rules."

Vodka sensed something was off and tried to smooth things over.

"Go and take care of Carlos's head."

Gin glanced at Vodka and gave him a new task on the spot.

Leaving the heads alive is tantamount to providing evidence to the island nation's police; they must be dealt with properly and cleanly.

This kind of technical work should naturally be handed over to experienced senior employees.

"Yes, boss!"

Vodka rewrapped the head and carried it out of the bar.

"Congratulations on completing the test. From now on, you will be an elite member of the organization and enjoy the generous benefits you deserve."

"Elite members of the organization are all addressed by code names. From now on, your code name is Cocktail."

Gin's gaze fell on the half-empty cocktail in front of him.

What the hell!

The way the brewery uses its code of affixation is just too damn casual.

They would use the name of any wine they saw as their code name.

If a new member is unlucky enough to join the brewery while Gin is drinking horse semen from Mianyang, wouldn't they be given a bizarre code name, shortened to semen?

Cao Yu secretly complained, strongly resisting Gin's unauthorized actions.

"Isn't it inappropriate to hire a prostitute?"

"Okay, you choose one."

Gin noticed that Cao Yu didn't accept the new codename and couldn't help but frown.

There were few members in the distillery who dared to go against his wishes.

But Cao Yu was personally selected and recommended by Qin Jiu, so no matter how angry he was, he had to hold back, lest his subordinates find out and laugh at him for his poor judgment of people.

"What can dispel sorrow? Only wine!"

"Let's name him Du Kang!"

After a moment's thought, Cao Yu came up with a code name that he liked.

"Du Kang? It doesn't sound like a wine name; it sounds more like a Chinese person's name!"

Gin looked puzzled, suspecting that Cao Yu was fooling a fool.

"In ancient China, there was a man named Du Kang who, during the sixth generation of the Xia Dynasty, pioneered the technique of brewing clear wine using glutinous sorghum as the raw material."

"To commemorate his contributions, later generations named the wine he brewed Dukang."

Realizing that Qinjiu was unfamiliar with the history and culture of Chinese wine, Cao Yu openly and honestly tried to deceive them.

If you don't believe me, go ahead and check!

Cao Yu was not worried at all; his statement was nine parts truth and one part falsehood, and could not be considered nonsense.

The reason he chose Du Kang as his code name was also to show his ambition.

Chapter 33 Karasuma Renya's Doubts

The origin of Chinese wine culture has always been a subject of much debate.

The theory that Dukang wine was the earliest type of sake has gained support from many industry professionals.

Therefore, in Cao Yu's understanding, Dukang wine is the ancestor of all wines, and also a synonym for all wines.

Using Dukang wine as a code name not only implies that he wants to surpass Gin, but also that he wants to make the behind-the-scenes boss Karasuma Renya submit to him.

Unfortunately, as a Japanese, Gin doesn't understand the romance of the Chinese, nor the hidden meaning behind the code name.

At this moment, somewhere!

A sneeze!

Karasuma Renya sneezed, rubbing his nose and feeling uneasy.

"It's not so cold at the top, but there are always those who want to usurp the throne."

"Pah! Feudal superstition is unacceptable."

As the boss of the distillery, he didn't take it to heart.

With a large number of elite figures protecting him, Karasuma Renya never worried about safety.

On the other side, at the bar!

"Since this wine is available, then so be it."

"Welcome to the organization, Du Kang!"

Gin seemed to understand, but not quite. He stubbed out his cigarette and reached out his hand.

"I will dedicate the rest of my life to the organization, follow Gin to make it bigger and stronger, and create new glories."

"What's my next task?"

Cao Yu held Gin's hand and asked with a grin.

"Go back to Tokyo with Vermouth first. She will arrange everything for you. When there is a suitable mission, I will naturally notify you to complete it."

So considerate!

Cao Yu was more than willing to be with Vermouth.

In their spare time, the two can study the mysteries of the body.

"Got it!"

Cao Yu let go of his hand and left the bar in a flash.

Once his figure disappeared, Gin raised his hand to check the time.

Cao Yu was originally given three days to complete the test, but from the time the task was assigned to the time he returned with Carlos's head, it took no more than six hours in total.

Excluding delays on the way and time wasted for other reasons, the task was actually completed in no more than an hour.

"Aside from his tendency to speak recklessly and take the blame, his efficiency is commendable. I hope he will become my right-hand man in the future."

Gin muttered to himself, picked up the remaining half-glass of cocktail, and drank it all in one gulp.

Immediately, he took out his phone and dialed the number of the mastermind behind the scenes, Karasuma Renya.

……

In a certain room, Karasuma Renya listened to Gin's report and fell into a brief silence.

There's no need to worry about the madman who dared to bomb the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department being an undercover agent.

But if they're too rowdy, they might be hard to control.

"Can you handle that guy?"

After a moment, Karasuma Renya spoke slowly.

When he first established the organization, he simply wanted to gather a group of top experts to secretly research a drug that could reverse aging, namely APTX4869.

If the research is successful, not only will they be able to profit handsomely from this rare commodity, but they will also be able to accumulate capital to build a new world.

However, human nature is unpredictable, and traitors frequently appear within the organization.

In addition to organizing security and expanding various business transactions, the group led by Gin is also responsible for eliminating those who betray the organization.

They frequently resort to bombing buildings and setting fires, and sometimes even deploy helicopters and heavy weapons. Their high-profile style of action quickly attracted the attention of countries around the world.

Unsurprisingly, the team was classified as a terrorist organization.

Every time Karasuma Renya thought about these things, he felt a deep sense of unease.

Wouldn't it be better to hide away and focus on researching APTX4869? Wouldn't it be better to wait for the right opportunity to make a big splash and build a new world?

This inevitably attracted the attention of countries around the world, disrupting his entire plan.

Considering Gin's loyalty and his diligent work for the organization, Karasuma Renya couldn't be too harsh on him.

"Although Du Kang is arrogant, he is ultimately a vulgar man who loves money. As long as we give him enough, we will never worry about him betraying us."

"Besides, he's currently the most wanted criminal by the island nation's police and the US FBI. Where can he go if he leaves the organization?"