Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 475 What they told me!

Conan had just mentally reviewed the situation, recalling the people from the direction the gunshot came from...

In addition, Conan found a purple handkerchief after the gunshot, so he deduced that the other party used the handkerchief to hang on the silencer to block the flash. Since the handkerchief was found to be a gift from the "memorial service", he decided to remind Shiraishi to investigate the gift records!

Although the handkerchief disappeared after he was drugged, presumably taken back by the culprit, Conan had already prepared a plan. He would first identify who had the purple handkerchief, and then check who else was nearby at the time...

"Since you can find Sherry... why don't you just search for Pisco?"

Conan: ...

By now……

Conan couldn't even bring himself to say the ingenious methods he had come up with for the investigation.

"What if it's fake..." Conan said stubbornly as he typed "Pisco" into the computer.

The photo that appeared made Conan's expression change, and he immediately said, "It's that Kenzo Masuyama!"

Indeed, this person was one of Conan's suspected targets.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi, using the reflection from the hotel's exterior glass, looked at Masuyama Kenzo, who appeared calm in the crowd!
In fact, Masuyama was indeed one of the targets that Shiraishi suspected...

Unlike the detective, Shiraishi's "suspicion" wasn't based on anything else, it was entirely because of... motive!
The "Black Organization" wanted to kill Tunkou because he was being watched by the prosecutor's office and was about to go to jail, so they considered silencing him. Although Tunkou was not a member of the "Black Organization" and probably didn't even know who they were, he had inadvertently done things for the "Black Organization" because he had been paid too much money.

In other words, the "Black Organization" must have had contact with Tunkou...

Masuyama is the major financial backer of Tunkou!
Even without mentioning the "Black Organization," Shiraishi wouldn't believe that Tonguchi hadn't received money from Masuyama.

Under these circumstances, Masuyama already had a motive.

clap clap-

"Huh? What are you doing?" Shiraishi asked immediately after hearing Conan typing.

"I want to see..." Conan silently typed "crow" into the system.

Although I don't know if this is the Boss's code name, I have to give it a try!
"Something was definitely wrong," Conan said regretfully.

“Try Vermouth,” Shiraishi said immediately.

Although Conan was more interested in Gin and Vodka, he could recognize the two of them, and he had already met Shiraishi before.

Shiraishi vaguely remembered that a second character appeared later in the anime, but he couldn't recall his codename, only that he was one-eyed...

Now, Shiraishi is even more eager to know the identity of "Vermouth"!

After all, this guy is a master of disguise, and the blonde beauty in the animation might not be her real appearance, and she also seems to be quite old...

As for the leader of the Black Organization, Shiraishi didn't even dare to think about it—not to mention not knowing the code name, even if he did know... would the Boss keep that information in a database? Maybe he'd have to check it again if his subordinates forgot what he looked like someday?

Unlike Conan, who is "blinded by concern," Shiraishi didn't expect to find the Boss from the start.

Upon hearing Shiraishi's words, Conan muttered to himself, "Where did Vermouth come from? Is there something else you haven't told me?"

Conan had never heard of this code name before...

However, while speaking, Conan still typed it in, but...

"Hmm? Not enough permissions?" Conan said helplessly.

The computer and account should belong to Pisco, but Pisco's permissions do not allow him to access Vermouth's information. Vermouth's identity information is clearly more confidential than Pisco's.

Just then...

click-

The wine cellar door, which was originally locked from the inside, suddenly made the sound of unlocking.

"Someone's here!" Conan immediately got up and hid behind a row of liquor cabinets as soon as he heard the sound of the lock being opened.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi immediately whispered, "Hide first, don't hang up the phone."

Just then, a person dressed as a waiter walked in...

Although it was a hotel uniform, Conan had noticed before that the waiter who notified everyone about the bomb was "strange," and even though Conan had never met Vermouth, he had seen Kid, and even his own mother had a similar ability, albeit a slightly weaker one. Therefore, Conan had some understanding of "disguise," and still didn't dare to come out.

She simply hid behind the counter and continued to watch the waiter.

After he came in, he didn't go to get the wine, nor did he seem to have any questions about the scene. Instead, he calmly walked to the personal computer and started looking at the screen...

This unusual reaction undoubtedly proves that this guy is not a "hotel waiter" at all!
"Oh dear, they're investigating this kind of thing? That's not right..." The short-haired waiter spoke in a woman's voice, oblivious to everyone else.

Conan's pupils shrank instantly—he had been in such a hurry to hide that he hadn't had time to close anything, and the page was still displaying the "Search for Vermouth failed" message!

"You should know... a woman is a woman if she has secrets."

Through the gap in the cabinet, Conan saw that the "waiter" was saying something in Spanish as he slowly turned his head to look precisely at his location, and then put his finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

Conan:! ! !
Upon seeing this, Conan immediately rushed towards the cellar door, wanting to get out—he hadn't seen the other party lock the door from the inside.

And now that he's been discovered, Conan's only option is to run, but...

boom--

click-

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet pierced Conan's head with perfect accuracy, hitting the doorknob, or rather... the door lock!
Because the bullet hit and got stuck inside, Conan jumped up to pry it open, but the locked door handle wouldn't budge.

Conan quickly turned around and saw the "waiter" calmly holding a pistol in one hand, pointing it at him. He immediately realized that the other party had deliberately missed. "Big brother...did you kidnap someone and bring them here? Are you trying to...threaten my brother?" Conan asked in a high-pitched voice.

After all, he's currently disguised as Ai Haibara, just not quite convincingly.

Even Pisco, upon seeing him, simply assumed that "that bastard Chief Mika deliberately dressed his sister up like this," without suspecting that he wasn't Chief Mika's sister at all!
Even when faced with "black organization members skilled in disguise," Conan remains true to his character.

However, at this moment, the other party's face clearly darkened, and he said, "Brother? You're really Director Mika's sister?"

"Of course, they've had a bloodline test done!" Conan said, feigning fear—it would be strange if he weren't afraid and answered fluently at this point.

"Really? Isn't it fake? And... wasn't the one who did the dentistry the child that Fujimine Yukiko was with?"

When the waiter got to this point, Conan also became nervous, but still said, "Big brother, what are you talking about? I don't understand..."

"You really don't understand, Shinichi Kudo!"

Upon hearing the waiter mention his name, Conan felt a chill run down his spine, wondering how he had given himself away.

Before he could pretend to be stupid any further, Shiraishi's voice rang out from the phone, impossible to hide.

"Vermouth, it seems you didn't learn your lesson last time!" Shiraishi was able to identify the other person by hearing Conan call him "big brother" when the other person's voice was female.

The "last time" was, of course, in Aomori, where Vermouth was chased around by Shiraishi and her forearm was fractured...

"So Officer Shiraishi was still listening... You don't need to come over. I've already planted a bomb at the door. If you really want to come in, then I'm sorry," Vermouth said calmly.

“No, I didn’t run over there. I just arrested Kenzo Masuyama here.” Shiraishi was more composed than Vermouth, and then, as if afraid she wouldn’t believe him, said, “If you don’t believe me, listen… Conan, turn on speakerphone.”

Conan was extremely unhappy when he heard this—why did you call me "Conan"? We have to keep pretending! Just because he managed to convincingly say "Shinichi Kudo" doesn't mean you can stop pretending!

However, I listened to Shiraishi and turned on the speakerphone.

Masuyama... is now... arrested...

Vermouth did indeed faintly hear Megure's indistinct voice coming from the other end of the phone. Clearly, Shiraishi was at the scene of Masuyama's arrest and wasn't in a hurry to come over.

"I see, that's surprisingly calm..." Vermouth couldn't figure out what Shiraishi was thinking either, but she had experience—the more someone is like this, the less you should let them lead you by the nose!
Vermouth then asked, "How did you know my code name?"

“Of course someone told me,” Shiraishi said sternly.

"Oh? Is Sherry really still alive?" Vermouth seemed to have no idea that there was a mole in the organization, and instead began to probe Sherry's life and death.

“That’s right, Sherry told me. She also told me…” Shiraishi paused for a moment, then said with a playful tone, “Vermouth has a relationship with Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri that she can’t let others know, so she definitely wouldn’t kill him.”

Vermouth: !!!
Who the hell said that?

This matter...should only be known to me, right?

Actually, it happened shortly after Shiraishi first met Kudo and Ran on the plane.

At that time, Kudo and Ran ran into Shuichi Akai, who was on an operation in New York. Akai was investigating a serial killer and suspected him of having connections with the Black Organization. Vermouth had already silenced him and impersonated the serial killer herself.

Because she was shot by Akai, Vermouth was in very poor condition. When she encountered Ran, she originally wanted to kill her immediately, but she accidentally lost her footing and almost fell to her death...

Fortunately, Ran's "natural lover" ability activated at this moment. Facing the thug who had just tried to kill her, she still offered a helping hand and, together with Kudo who arrived at this time, rescued Vermouth—of course, Kudo and Ran had no idea who they were rescuing!
Vermouth was also touched by this, which is why she always covered for Kudo in the original work.

Logically speaking, only Vermouth should know about this—not even Kudo and Ran know!

Therefore, Vermouth was also shocked when she heard about this from Shiraishi.

Of course, the fact that "only Vermouth knows about this" remains unchanged...

Shiraishi had long forgotten why, but he remembered that Vermouth always went easy on Shinichi Kudo, and was therefore jokingly called "godmother".

Even when Vermouth was chasing "Sherry" to kill her, she resolutely refused to reveal that "Ai Haibara is Sherry" in order to cover up Kudo's shrinking, for fear that if the fact that she "shrank" was discovered, Kudo would also be exposed.

Therefore, when Shiraishi heard that Vermouth had discovered Conan, his first reaction was, "If Vermouth is going to kill him, tell her immediately that this is Conan."

However, Shiraishi didn't need to say much; Vermouth recognized Conan immediately...

Since that's the case, Shiraishi decided to try and fool her. After all... she wouldn't touch "Shinichi Kudo," but she took it upon herself to eliminate "Sherry." Shiraishi wanted to give her something to do!
"Who told you that?" Vermouth asked, her face darkening.

"Huh? Didn't you guess it was Sherry?" Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

However, Vermouth didn't believe it at all—Sherry didn't know anything about this, so how could she tell you?

“Okay, actually it was Sambuka, Mimosa, Jagmeister, Chinar… they told me.” Shiraishi recited a bunch of wine names.

"Are you kidding me?" Vermouth said in a deep voice.

Vermouth could tolerate being teased, but what Shiraishi just said made her uneasy.

"Sigh, as expected, these low-level henchmen whose security clearance is so low that even Pisco's account has access to them can't be trusted at all," Shiraishi said with a regretful tone.

It's like Conan just searched for these people and saw the results!
Vermouth, of course, didn't believe that, but...

If Gin knew, he'd probably explode!
How long will it take to get rid of this?
Shiraishi also wanted to see if he could kill all the members that Pisco had the authority to view—theoretically, all of these people could now be exposed.

Vermouth then realized that Shiraishi knew more about the organization than she had imagined. Although some of the drinks he had just mentioned didn't even have code names, but...

At least Shiraishi seems to genuinely know that Gin is a madman, which is why he deliberately used such a simplistic attempt to sow discord!
Vermouth clicked her tongue and said, "What a hassle..." She then turned to operate the computer to perform a system cleanup.

That's right, Vermouth is planning to destroy the computer, firstly to prevent the loss of the computer she has access to, and secondly... to prevent Gin from becoming paranoid!
Vermouth had made up her mind not to tell Gin that someone had used this computer to search for member information.

Otherwise, not to mention Shinichi Kudo's safety, Gin, that madman, might really carry out a large-scale extermination, targeting all the organization members who "might be seen"!

(End of this chapter)