Stay away from Conan.

Information about Cointreau?

So that's why. No wonder Vermouth came to me on her own initiative. It turned out that after seeing Kudo Shinichi who had returned to his original appearance, Vermouth thought of the antidote?

But, if that's the case, after the last ghost ship incident, Vermouth should have known that she already had the antidote, right?

Or, Vermouth should have realized the existence of the antidote earlier, why is it that...

Or does this have something to do with involving Kudo Shinichi?

So, after a little thought, Gao Yuan replied calmly: "But it is still only a temporary effect."

In response to Gao Yuan's words, Vermouth continued with a meaningful comment:

"Really? But... taking that antidote when it was totally unnecessary, this situation... doesn't seem to be the same as before, right?"

——Because you know the truth about the incident involving Ito Suehiko, you feel that Conan’s decision to take the antidote at that time was a bit too hasty?

Therefore, I suspect that the level of research and development of the antidote on our side is already sufficient to support Conan to use it at will?

In short, it is still not very clear what Vermouth's purpose is. After all, what she has said so far are not sufficient reasons to stand up.

Even, like now, asking me to come out to discuss the situation in detail would involve great risks.

If there was no reason to do so, Vermouth would not have done this.

Or is there something that she is not aware of that forces Vermouth to do this now?

After all, he had no idea what was going on inside the organization. Apart from knowing that Vermouth's attitude was obviously a bit strange during the last "Arak" incident, he had no idea what had happened inside the organization because of the Rena Mizunashi incident, and what the situation was with Gin and the others.

Therefore, in this situation, Vermouth's true purpose was completely unclear to me. So, since it was like this, I didn't know it, so I just followed her topic and continued -

"You think so? But... the actual situation is not something that we, the bystanders, can understand clearly."

In this way, Gao Yuan explained what Vermouth was concerned about, and then Vermouth said:

"But he carries the antidote with him, right?"

——Because of the situation at that time, if Conan did not carry the antidote with him, it would be impossible for him to change back to his original appearance. In other words, only if Conan had the antidote with him would he choose to change back to his original appearance to deal with the client when encountering the situation at that time.

This was indeed a logical chain that I had overlooked. After all, the antidotes on Conan were the ones that I and Ai had chosen to give him, so this clue was a default message for me and others.

However, if we look at it from Vermouth’s perspective, it seems that——

Conan carries with him an antidote that can transform him back to his original appearance!

So, this is what Vermouth is mainly concerned about?

"Huh? What are you trying to say?"

Gao Yuan temporarily gave up thinking about what Vermouth mentioned and decided to just wait and see what she wanted to say.

So, hearing Gao Yuan's response, Vermouth smiled slightly and said casually:

"Since he can carry it with him, it seems that you are very confident in the development of this kind of thing... How about giving me some?"

…At night, in the Observation Restaurant of the Beihua Central Building, when Xiaolan really came here at the invitation of Kudo Shinichi, she looked at the atmosphere of the restaurant—

The soothing and elegant music surrounding her ears, the attentive waiters, and the fact that every guest who came to this restaurant was dressed appropriately, made Xiaolan feel that the atmosphere of this restaurant was completely different from those restaurants she had been to before.

In fact, it is obvious that the guests who come here to dine are basically couples of men and women, and judging from their relationships, it can be sensed that most of them are couples in a relationship.

So, although Xiaolan had anticipated this before coming here, she chose to wear a more decent sleeveless dress to meet the appointment.

At the same time, Kudo Shinichi, who had already booked a seat and was waiting here, was also wearing a clearly more formal suit.

Such a situation...

From Xiaolan's perspective, she could sense that this dinner was unusual. Could it be that Shinichi...

Thinking of this, Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She asked Kudo Shinichi in a low voice:

"Is it okay to come here? It's very expensive here!"

So, after thinking about it, Xiaolan could only ask this question to Kudo Shinichi.

In response to Xiaolan's question, Kudo Shinichi laughed, confidently took out a golden bank card from his pocket, and explained to Xiaolan:

"You don't have to worry about that. I brought my dad's gold card!"

"You are such a loser!"

Suddenly, after hearing Kudo Shinichi's explanation, Xiaolan felt a little helpless, and couldn't help but say something jokingly to Kudo Shinichi in annoyance.

In this regard, Kudo Shinichi said very frankly:

"What are you talking about? Parents who abandon their sons and run off to live a carefree life abroad are the ones who are considered losers!"

So, listening to Kudo Shinichi's explanation, Xiaolan couldn't help but laugh, then stopped laughing, and then couldn't help saying:

"You can't say that, right? You usually don't know where you go, so you're pretty similar to them, right? Besides, hasn't your mother come back every time?"

In this way, after being reminded by Xiaolan, Kudo Shinichi was a little embarrassed to respond -

It seems that, come to think of it, from an outsider's perspective, I am also a guy who doesn't know where to go all day long...

In this way, not wanting to be compared with his parents, Kudo Shinichi responded helplessly:

"Isn't that different? I've always been doing serious things, unlike them!"

"But hasn't your father's work been published all the time?"

In response to Kudo Shinichi's explanation, Xiaolan said this with a little confusion, and also glanced at the gold card that Kudo Shinichi took out, as if to say, "If it weren't for your father, you wouldn't be able to come here."

Kudo Shinichi was speechless, but still complained a little unhappily:

"But how can you just ignore your child and let him go out to live alone..." (End of this chapter)