Stay away from Conan.

At this point, aside from knowing that one of the infiltrators was a traitor to the organization, there was no useful information, which left Vodka feeling helpless.

Could it be that, with such intelligence, we should directly storm into the laboratory room inside?

Vodka felt a little uneasy and looked at Gin, unsure of what to do next.

Just as Gin was considering whether his next move should be to go directly into the laboratory inside, a new message suddenly arrived on both of their phones.

Gin immediately opened the message, glanced at its contents, and after a moment of slight surprise, his expression turned murderous as he spoke to Vodka:
"The guys inside attacked the organization's database with 'Dark Night Baron,' causing a massive loss of data!"

Upon hearing this, Vodka was also extremely surprised. As if to confirm something, Vodka picked up his phone and checked the message he had received.

Having thus confirmed that Gin's information was true, Vodka couldn't help but ask in surprise:
"But... how is this possible? How could 'Dark Night Baron' be running on the organization's database!"

As Vodka understood this, he was well aware that since "Dark Baron" became a weapon of the organization, in order to prevent this powerful computer virus from one day backfiring on the organization itself, a layer of restraint and protection had been added to the virus.

The existence of the shackles makes it impossible for the virus to run on the organization's computers, and even if something goes wrong, the organization can forcibly stop the virus from operating through preset commands.

Therefore, it should have been impossible for the "Dark Baron" virus to infiltrate an organization's computers or even its databases!

But now...

The email just now proved that this matter was not false.

With this in mind, Vodka recalled Gin's earlier assessment that there might be a computer expert among the infiltrators—

if it is like this……

"Ha... The organization has been searching for a suitable programming expert but has not been able to find one, and he has actually delivered himself to our doorstep, and in such a way!"

Following Vodka's words, Gin also said something with a half-smile, clearly eager to find out who this guy who had infiltrated the organization's laboratory was.

Therefore, after looking around at the surveillance footage and finding no footage available, Gin called Vodka over and asked him to untie the two tied-up guys. Then, he and Vodka prepared to head to the organization's laboratory.

In response, Vodka expressed some concern:
"Brother, shouldn't we call more people? Just... just the few of us?"

As he said this, Vodka's gaze shifted between Gin and the two men in black on the other side—

Are the four of them alone going to face an unknown number of infiltrators?
Gin, however, had his own judgment on this, stating quite clearly:

"It's alright. There's only one door to the lab; no matter how many people there are, they can't open it!"

Gin's meaning was clear: the laboratory inside the pharmaceutical factory was designed with no other way in or out—it didn't even have windows facing outwards. Therefore, the only way out was through the metal door. As long as they guarded that door, they could potentially trap any intruders inside. In that case, having more people wouldn't be very effective in a fight; it was better for just a few of them to go. Having too many people would only hinder their actions.

Moreover, based on this analysis, Gin also realized that even if he didn't know how many infiltrators there were, the fact that they hadn't caused any external disturbances meant that the number of infiltrators who were going to infiltrate and take action was definitely not large.

Therefore, after assessing the number of opponents, Gin made this judgment and began to plan his operation—

Let those two men in black lead the way, while I and Vodka follow behind to provide cover, slowly exploring the situation inside the laboratory and killing all the intruders!

With this arrangement in place, the two men in black, now free, had no choice but to obey Gin's orders. They first took out the spare firearms from the safe in the monitoring room, and then walked ahead towards the entrance of the laboratory.

Thus, as the two men in black moved, Vodka was about to follow, but he noticed that Gin didn't immediately make a move. Instead, he looked thoughtfully at the safe hidden in the monitoring room where the two men had taken their weapons.

Has this safe not been touched?

For a moment, Gin seemed to sense something was amiss, and a doubt flashed through his mind. But then a predatory grin spread across his face, and he ignored the matter for the time being. Instead, he followed the security gate to the rear laboratory area, to the door leading to the internal organization's laboratory.

Here, Gin and Vodka stood on either side of the corner at the fork in the corridor ahead, allowing the two men in black to try opening the door first and probe the situation inside.

However, due to the access control and verification issues here, the two men in black looked at each other somewhat bewildered, unsure of how to proceed.

It was only then that Vodka thought of this problem—

After all, he and Gin, as codenamed members of the organization, had no problem entering and leaving this room, but these two...

Although they were the outer guards responsible for protecting the pharmaceutical factory, they did not have the authority to enter the laboratory.

Therefore, to open the door, you need gin or vodka.

Vodka realized this and mentioned it to Gin, who was around the other corner. This made the high and mighty Gin realize the subtle difference in authority. This oversight, caused by habit, had led to a change in the operation from the very beginning.

Gin was immediately more puzzled about how the infiltrators had managed to get in, but there was nothing he could do. He could only signal one of them to switch places with Vodka, and Vodka would go and open the door.

However, just as the two were about to take action after receiving the order, the iron gate that required access control was suddenly opened from the inside without warning!

For a moment, the four people present were startled, and just as they were about to turn their full attention toward the door—

But then, through the crack in the open door, several test tubes were flung out from behind and smashed on the ground. The liquids and powders inside them mingled on the ground, and then thick smoke rose up!
--"Oops!"

Upon seeing this, Gin felt a sense of foreboding. He instinctively felt that as the scene before him was gradually enveloped in thick smoke, the sound of the door being opened further came from that direction… (End of Chapter)