Stay away from Conan.

"Big brother, something's... not right..."

While Gao Yuan and his team were contacting Vermouth in the organization's laboratory inside the pharmaceutical factory, outside, the members the organization had gathered had completed the basic arrangements around the factory. In particular, after Chianti and Cohen made sniper deployments, Gin and Vodka entered the factory, ready to face the unknown enemy located inside.

Upon entering the pharmaceutical factory, Gin and Vodka's first destination was the internal monitoring room—

After all, we need to find out why communication here has been cut off. And there's another thing we need to do: check the surveillance footage to find out what kind of people the enemy is and how they got into this secret internal laboratory.

When Gin and Vodka broke down the door of the monitoring room and entered with guns, they were both somewhat surprised. They had expected the room to be in complete disarray, perhaps because the personnel inside had been ambushed by outsiders, resulting in their complete annihilation and loss of contact with the organization. Therefore, Gin and Vodka had mentally prepared for the possible scene inside the monitoring room.

However, when the two entered, the calm and peaceful scene they witnessed, as if nothing had happened, surprised Gin and his companion.

There were no obvious signs of an attack, so these guys...

After a quick scan of the room, the two men easily spotted the two men in black who were tied up in the corner of the room.

Upon seeing this scene, Vodka immediately rushed forward to check on the situation, as he needed to find out what had happened to the organization members here and why things had turned out this way.

However, before Vodka could make a move, Gin slightly stopped him.

Thus, with Vodka looking slightly puzzled, Gin roughly surveyed the surrounding area before signaling Vodka to go and investigate, while he himself stood guard at the door, on guard in case it was a trap.

As a result, when Vodka went to check on the two men in black who were tied up and seemed to be unconscious, he immediately made a discovery and turned to Gin, shouting:

"Big brother! They're still alive!"

Thus, this kind of intelligence emerged—

The missing security personnel were not murdered, but were knocked unconscious and tied up here. However, there were no obvious signs of a struggle in the room. What kind of situation could have led to this?
Gin's interest in the unknown and his curiosity about the infiltrator grew even stronger.

"Wake them up!"

Simply put, after Gin gave Vodka this order, Gin turned and walked into the room, heading to the surveillance equipment to check the situation, at least to see how many people had come in.

As a result, when Gin tried to operate the equipment here to search through the surveillance footage, his expression became serious. After several attempts, Gin became certain of one thing, and his eyes became increasingly murderous. He then turned around and went towards Vodka, ready to see what information the two still alive guys could reveal.

Soon, after Vodka forcibly woke the two unconscious people using somewhat rough methods, as they regained their senses and gradually saw the scene before them, including Vodka standing right in front of them and Gin standing not far away, coldly watching them, the two immediately woke up and exclaimed Vodka and Gin's code names.

"Enough with the small talk, tell me everything that happened to you!"

Seeing this, Gin didn't want to waste any more words with them and directly addressed them sternly.

Faced with Gin's fierce attitude, the two, who had just woken up, stammered as they recounted the attack they had just suffered to Gin and his companion.

As a result, after they finished explaining that they had been "attacked by another companion," Gin and Vodka showed different expressions. Vodka, in particular, seemed more surprised and said:
"So, the attacker you saw was actually one of our own? He took you both down in one go while you were off guard?"

"What a waste."

Gin said this coldly, somewhat disappointed with the result.

The two men in black were speechless and unable to refute the argument. Vodka then drew a basic conclusion based on the available clues:
"So... the reason he was able to infiltrate the organization's lab so easily is that he's a traitor! He used his identity to attack our people and then infiltrated..."

Is there really only one person?

But Gin seemed to have a different opinion regarding Vodka's assessment. After pondering for a moment, he turned to the two men and coldly pressed them for an answer:
"The guy who attacked you... is someone you know, right? How much do you know about him? Does he know everything about the surveillance equipment, down to the smallest details of its operation?"

"This...no...there isn't..."

Faced with Gin's questioning, both of them immediately thought for a moment in nervousness, and then quickly gave their answers:
"Although he works in the same shift as us, he is mainly responsible for things like driving people around. He is a complete novice when it comes to operating electronic systems."

Having arrived at this result, Gin's gaze sharpened even further.

Vodka, somewhat puzzled, asked Gin about it:
"Brother, what's wrong?"

"The surveillance system here has been tampered with. All the footage from today has been completely replaced; there's not a single trace left... So, we have absolutely no idea about the specific situation inside, such as how many people are actually there..."

"what!"

After listening to Gin's explanation, Vodka immediately realized where the trouble lay—

"So, that traitor was just one link in the chain, and after he ambushed our people, someone else appeared and altered the surveillance system?"

"And it's not just the surveillance system. It seems... someone was able to get into the internal lab, which means someone tampered with the access control system as well! To accomplish something so perfectly in such a short time..."

"At the very least, either someone knowledgeable about organizing this system needs to step in, or... it's basically a computer expert!"

"That's how it is," Gin said, then thoughtfully recalled the man in black who had followed them earlier that day, when he arrived and was about to leave.

Is that the guy?

No wonder I vaguely felt something was off back then...

"Then now, doesn't that mean there are at least two enemies inside! And if there's a traitor among them, we..."

Thus, Vodka felt this matter was becoming increasingly troublesome... (End of Chapter)