Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 149 Belmode's Thoughts

"Where's Vermouth?"

Looking at the empty interior of the vehicle, Shuichi Akai couldn't help but frown and cast a puzzled look at Xia He.

"She escaped..." Xia He replied.

"Ran away?"

"That woman released hypnotic gas when I was not paying attention, and I accidentally fell asleep."

"What about her? Why isn't she asleep?"

"She stabbed her thigh with a knife." Xia He said, pointing his finger at the passenger seat, only to see that the seat was covered with blood that had not yet dried.

"If we extract these and do a DNA comparison, maybe we can find out her true identity?"

……

The residence of the winemaker's family.

Vermouth woke up from her sleep.

She opened her eyes dazedly and glanced around. She seemed to be in a round glass cabin. Just as she was about to sit up, she heard a little boy's voice: "DNA test completed, information comparison in progress - Name: Sharon Wynyard, age 55, a well-known American actress, nicknamed 'The Witch of a Thousand Faces', has won many Oscars, and died of a serious illness half a year ago..."

"Who are you?" Hearing the sudden voice, Vermouth asked in surprise.

"My name is Noah's Ark. I am the most advanced artificial intelligence program in the world, and Xia He usually calls me Noah..."

"Artificial intelligence? Xia He?"

Shaking her head, she recalled that she had just been knocked unconscious by the hypnotic gas in the car.

Where did he take me?

As she was thinking, she subconsciously reached out to push open the cover in front of her.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her palm touched the glass, an electric current surged through her instantly. The frightened Vermouth staggered and sat back upright on the recliner.

Then, Noah's Ark warned, "The outer shell of the cocoon cabin is equipped with high voltage current. If you don't want to get hurt, Ms. Sharon, please don't act rashly."

Belmode: "?"

Are you planning to imprison me here?

"So when can I get out?"

"Wait until Xia He comes back."

After being silent for about five or six minutes, Vermouth immediately clamped her legs together to suppress her urge to urinate.

This damn Xia He...

Two hours, I only give you two hours.

If you haven't come back in two hours, I'll just electrocute myself.

she thought in her mind.

……

Three hours later.

After returning from the FBI base, when Xia He opened the door and entered the house, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Xia He took off the coat that Shuichi Akai had temporarily lent him and was about to go to the bathroom to take a shower. Suddenly, he remembered something, and then entered the gym, casting his eyes on the two cocoon cabins in the corner.

Vermouth: (⊙_⊙)
"Are you back?" she said in a very calm tone.

However, Xia He sensed a hint of murderous intent from her.

"Well...are you hungry? Do you need me to go out and buy you some midnight snacks?" Xia He, who didn't quite understand why Vermouth was like this, scratched his cheek and asked.

"I'm not hungry." Vermouth shook her head.

As he spoke, his voice trembled a little, "Let me out first..."

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to... go to the bathroom." Xia He: "."

It turns out that I had to pee urgently.

Why didn't you just tell me you had to pee earlier? Why are you hesitating and being so shy?
Looking at Vermouth with his crescent eyes, Xia He walked forward and gave Noah an order to turn off the current.

Then, Vermouth immediately opened the cabin door and ran into the bathroom.

Xia He went straight to the second floor, took off his pants, and took a shower in the bathroom.

After a while.

With wet hair, Xia He returned to the living room on the second floor and said to Vermouth who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, "Don't you really want to eat something?"

"No, I don't have any appetite at the moment."

Vermouth said, picking up the remote control and turning the volume of the TV down to the lowest setting. "But then again, aren't you afraid that I'll run away while you're taking a shower?"

"Of course not. After all, you must be very curious now why I didn't hand you over directly to the FBI." Xia He grinned and replied.

"why?"

"Because I want to work with you."

"Cooperation?" Vermouth immediately guessed what Xia He meant and blinked, "Are you trying to incite me to rebel? Sorry, I don't have any intention of betraying the organization..."

"Really not?"

Xia He's smile widened. "Then why did you contact Sister Liu Mei and leave a message to tell her about the clues of the case more than ten years ago?"

[Asaka, the murderer of your adoptive mother is someone else, and Kurodabei does not have a wine name]
This is an email that Wakasa Rumi received some time ago.

Wakasa Rumi's real name is Rachel Asaka. She is the adopted daughter of American female capitalist Amanda Hughes. Xia He knows this very well.

However, Xia He only had a vague understanding of the murder of Amanda seventeen years ago.

He had not watched the relevant dramas, and only learned some details from Wakasa Rumi. He knew that her adoptive mother was assassinated by members of the Black Organization. As for who killed her...not to mention Xia He, even Wakasa Rumi herself had no idea.

Because of this, Kuroda Heibei, who was at the crime scene at the time, became the main suspect in Wakasa Rumi's mind.

"Leave a message? I don't remember ever sending anything like that."

Vermouth was still pretending to be stupid after hearing this, but Xia He spread his hands and said with an expression of "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it", "I asked Noah to hack into your phone. Every text message, every email, and every phone call you made with someone, even if you deleted it in time, can be restored in the first time... How about this artificial intelligence, isn't it terrifying?"

Belmode: "."

Is there really such a perverted artificial intelligence?
She expressed great doubt.

Xia He didn't intend to explain further to her, but continued to talk to himself: "Since you were rescued by Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan a year ago, you began to often find excuses to avoid the tasks given by the boss..."

Hiding the secret that drugs can cause users to shrink.

Help Conan escape the surveillance of the Black Organization.

Reveal the winery's undercover list information.

After that, he provided false information to members many times, causing them to fall into danger.

"If I'm not mistaken... deep down in your heart, you've always longed to be saved, right?"

"Redemption?"

Hearing these two words, Vermouth couldn't help laughing as well: "Very interesting statement. Is this the conclusion you made about me after reading those psychology books?"

"This is a possibility I guessed after witnessing what you did." Xia He answered seriously.

On the one hand, he is working for the organization, and on the other hand, he is harming the organization.

With such contradictory behavior, if you say that she is a thorough "loyal minister", Xia He will definitely not believe it.

"I have a question. When you approached me in the United States, did you know that I was a member of the Black Organization?" Vermouth suddenly changed the subject.

"How is that possible?" Xia He immediately denied it without blushing or beating his heart.

"That's good, otherwise my sister would be very sad."

(End of this chapter)