Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 85 81. Double Test
Is Lin Longma smart? There is no doubt about it. He can "walk the tightrope" within the organization and pull a large group of people together. Lin Longma's ability is beyond doubt.

However, it is this person who is responsible for the search for Kudo Shinichi in the island country. He is not just one person, but also has huge resources of the Yixin Society behind him that can be mobilized.

Vermouth's order was to use the gatherings of her regular partner, Hayashi Ryoma, to find out a list of some of the Isshinkai members.

According to Rum's investigation report on Isshin Society, Isshin Society members are divided into two types: light and dark.

Those who are in the open are those who stay in the Yi Xin Hui stronghold. These people basically reveal their identities openly.

The other part is those members who secretly joined Isshin Society. Most of these people are distributed among the middle and lower level members of the organization. Because they joined secretly, even Rum did not know how many people among the middle and lower level members of the organization had joined Isshin Society.

The boss asked Vermouth to get the list of members of Isshinkai not because he was really planning to do anything to Hayashi Ryoma and Isshinkai.

To this day, the Yi Xin Society is not only inseparable from the organization, but it is also an important part of the organization.

If they really want to exterminate the members of Isshinkai, the organization will inevitably suffer serious damage.

This is unacceptable to the boss.

No one can influence the development of Drug A. This is the most fundamental principle and iron rule within the organization.

Obtaining the list of Isshin Society members will make it easier for the organization to control these people, thereby weakening Lin Longma's influence on Isshin Society to a certain extent, and indirectly weakening Isshin Society's influence on the organization.

Originally, Vermouth was planning to just do the work without putting in any effort in this mission. After all, even Rum couldn't find the list, so how could she find it so quickly even if she was the Thousand-Faced Witch?
However, when she learned that Lin Ryoma needed to work with her to search for Kudo Shinichi in the island country, she inevitably became interested in Lin Ryoma.

You have to know that Lin Ryoma is not like those cadres under Gin who work alone. He has his own power and his own network of relationships.

Although Vermouth still doesn't quite understand why Conan is so nervous but still hasn't been visited by the organization.

But this does not prevent Vermouth from feeling wary of Lin Ryoma.

She needed to slightly change her original attitude towards Lin Longma.

Lin Longma came to the restaurant as scheduled and found Vermouth sitting in the seat by the window.

Today Lin Longma went to meet Vermouth.

Coming to the dining table by the window, Lin Longma pulled open a chair and sat opposite Belmode. With a look of surprise on his face, he asked Belmode:

"I thought you would be very busy during this period. How come you have time to ask me out?"

As a regular partner of the new team, Lin Longma did not refuse the invitation of this new partner. In fact, after leaving Gin's base yesterday, he guessed that Vermouth would ask him to meet privately, but he did not expect Vermouth's invitation to come so soon.

I can't wait any longer.

Lin Longma was not narcissistic enough to think that Vermouth had a crush on him. In fact, since this girl could fish Calvados like a black carp, he knew that she was definitely not an ordinary person.

Anyone who dares to think so should be prepared to be regarded as a pouty person.

"In fact, I am not busy at all during this period. As a subordinate, you always have to learn to add some weight to your work, right?

We still have a long time to cooperate in the future, and I think it is necessary for us to get to know each other better.

What do you think? "

This is the Thousand-Faced Witch of the organization, radiating charm all the time. But the more Vermouth behaves like this, the more Lin Longma becomes wary of him.

Lin Longma would rather deal with a simple child like Shirley all day long than compete with an old fox like Vermouth. Unfortunately, he has no choice.

"That makes sense, so what do you want to know?"

"Well, let me think about it." Vermouth took out a thin cigarette from the cigarette box and gestured to Lin Longma, but Lin Longma shook his head and declined.

At the same time, Lin Longma took out his cigarette box and took out a normal thick cigarette, then took out a lighter that looked very familiar to Vermouth and lit it.

"Gin's lighter? How did it end up on Hayashi Ryoma?" Vermouth was a little surprised. She seemed to have underestimated the friendship between Hayashi Ryoma and Gin.

Seeing that Lin Longma had no intention of lighting a cigarette for her, Vermouth did not get angry. She lit up her cigarette and said to Lin Longma:

"Do you have any good suggestions about Gin's mission?"

"No."

"Ok?"

Vermouth didn't expect Lin Ryoma to answer so decisively. "Brother, isn't your attitude towards the organization's tasks a bit too negative?"

Noticing Vermouth's confusion, Lin Longma kindly explained to her: "I really don't have any good suggestions.

Because this mission itself is not my mission. At the beginning, when I promised Gin to help find Kudo Shinichi, I was just doing him a favor. "

“In fact, although Kudo Shinichi’s reputation is not very good now, he is still considered a high-level talent in the detective industry.

If a detective like this is really determined to hide, I guess no one would be able to find him.

Originally, I just wanted to draw people's attention to Kudo Shinichi, and I didn't spend too many resources on him."

Lin Longma's speech at this time was very organizational in style, and his attitude of not caring about the matter was very clear.

Vermouth also understood why Conan acted so obviously at the murder scene. It turned out to be because Hayashi Ryoma didn't take it seriously at all.

But what Lin Longma said next made Vermouth feel nervous.

"Although I haven't paid much attention to Kudo Shinichi, I did see him in person at a murder scene."

"Ok?"

"It was at a diplomat's house." Lin Longma briefly talked about Kudo Shinichi who suddenly broke into the diplomat's murder case: "I left early and contacted Gin, but Gin's luck was not very good, and in the end he came up empty-handed."

"I can only say that this kid is really lucky, but if you ask me how I can find Kudo Shinichi,
My advice is to wait until he can no longer hold back and shows up, until he himself comes to us."

Lin Longma's suggestion is undoubtedly negative, but it is good news for Vermouth.

If Lin Longma was too active, she would have to find a way to mislead the direction of Lin Longma's investigation. But since Lin Longma was so passive, Vermouth didn't need to do anything extra.

"Or do you have any better idea?" Lin Longma asked Vermouth.

"Not really. I just returned to Tokyo not long ago. I'll do this mission according to your suggestion."

(End of this chapter)