I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 149 Vermouth and the Silver-Haired Serial Killer
Nighttime, Dr. Agasa's research institute.

Conan, carrying the listening device he had spent ages finding at the Mouri Detective Agency that afternoon, stormed into Professor Agasa's lab, intending to ask Chen En what had happened.

—If Chen En wasn't at the apartment in the evening, he must have been at Professor Agasa's house that night!

However, Conan slowed down immediately after pushing open the door to Professor Agasa's house.

For some reason, he felt the atmosphere in the hall had become oppressive.

Professor Agasa, who should have been sitting on the sofa watching TV, had already returned to his room. It was unclear whether he was rushing to submit the program due to the deadline or avoiding Chen En's sharp edge, unable to bear the somewhat oppressive atmosphere.

Chen En sat on the sofa, his gaze fixed on the laptop screen in front of him.

He took a sip of his coffee, his eyes narrowing slightly, and said...
"Shinichi Kudo, the plan has changed."

Hearing Chen En call out his real name this time.

Conan, realizing the seriousness of the situation, nervously approached Chen En and looked at the page Chen En was currently viewing.

Huh? How is this a celebrity scandal?
You put on such a grand show just to show me this? Are you kidding me?
Conan was somewhat puzzled.

However, Chen En took a sip of his coffee and then said,

"Chris Vineyard".

"Her real name is Sharon Vineyard, and her code name within the Black Organization is Vermouth. She is a confidante of the Black Organization leader, Renya Karasuma. There are news reports that she is coming to Tokyo, and her plane will arrive at the airport tomorrow morning."

Sharon Vineyard?
A look of disbelief appeared in Conan's eyes.

He said it subconsciously.
"Chris Vineyard is Sharon Vineyard?"

"But Chris Vineyard also attended Sharon Vineyard's funeral, and her face showed absolutely no signs of aging. It's impossible to achieve this effect with just a disguise."

“My mother, Yukiko Kudo, had a very good relationship with Sharon Vineyard.”

“She attended Sharon Vineyard’s funeral and had contact with Chris Vineyard. If Chris Vineyard was a younger version of Sharon Vineyard using disguise, my mother would not have failed to recognize her.”

To this, Chen En simply replied calmly,
"What if I said that her youth was not a disguise, but rather that aging was the disguise?"

"Admittedly, your mother, Yukiko Kudo, and Sharon Vineyard were both disciples of the great magician Toichi Kuroba and both mastered the art of disguise, but she didn't have much contact with Sharon Vineyard, did she?"

————How is this possible?
How can a person's physical condition be unaffected by the passage of time? Forever young?
Conan was somewhat incredulous, but he quickly realized what was happening.

possible.

It is certainly possible; he himself is the best example.

If the Black Organization can develop drugs that can rejuvenate a person's physical functions, then they can also develop drugs that can freeze a person's physical functions for a certain period of time.

Moreover, both Mom and Sharon studied under the great magician Kuroba Toichi... Kuroba Toichi?

Conan suddenly recalled what Hakuba Saguru had said at the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

The arrogant detective who returned from England pointed out in public that a high school student named Kaito Kuroba was Kaito Kid, and he subconsciously connected Toichi Kuroba with Kaito Kuroba.

—Kaito Kid's age is clearly less than the commonly accepted forty-something years old.

When Kaito Kid dropped the red dress on the Queen Celeste, he glanced at it and could tell that Kaito Kid's face looked to be around twenty years old, or even younger.

Could it be that there is some connection between Kaito Kuroba, Toichi Kuroba, and Kaito Kid?

Conan shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind.

Whatever the connection may be, that's not important. What's important now is to figure out the situation of the Black Organization, this massive criminal organization. He continued, "Let's assume that Sharon Vineyard is Chris Vineyard, who is Vermouth, the codename member of the Black Organization."

"Why would this affect your plans? Is Vermouth going to prevent Akemi Miyano from meeting Shiho Miyano? Or does her appearance represent some other omen?"

He has made up his mind to tell his parents about it when they return to China next time.

Since Mom and Sharon are fellow students, she should be very familiar with Sharon.

"Within the Black Organization, those who pose a threat to the organization's disintegration are given the title of 'Silver Bullet'."

"The one now known as the Silver Bullet is an FBI agent infiltrated into the Black Organization, formerly known as Rye Whiskey, with the alias Dai Moroboshi and real name Shuichi Akai."

"He and Akemi Miyano were in a romantic relationship, and they knew each other's true identities."

As Chen En spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Moreover, Shuichi Akai is relentlessly pursuing Vermouth."

"You and Ran Mouri once encountered a chase, and because of Ran Mouri, you saved Vermouth—you might not remember, so let me give you a key word."

"Silver-haired serial killer."

—A silver-haired serial killer?

Conan immediately recalled that incident.

The silver-haired killer was about to fall because the railing broke. Xiaolan, disregarding past grievances, grabbed him and, to prevent an accident, helped pull him to safety.

He seems to have said something like that at the time.

What reason is needed? One person saving another doesn't require any logical thinking, does it?

Conan's expression turned complicated as he thought about this.

It turns out that he had been in contact with this huge criminal organization for a long time, and he had even met Akai Shuichi, the silver bullet that Chen En mentioned might interfere with the course of the situation, before.

What's the big deal? It's such a small world; you're bound to run into someone you know.

“I suspect that Shuichi Akai might chase after Vermouth and fly to Tokyo, which would cause the Black Organization in the Tokyo area to change its previous operating mode, and further cause the meeting between Akemi Miyano and Shiho Miyano to fall through.”

"The Black Organization may have ordered Akemi Miyano to rob the bank in advance."

"This would allow the Black Organization to eliminate Akemi Miyano before she could make contact with Silver Bullet, after she handed over the 1 billion yen."

"I will follow Miyano Akemi all the way to confirm the specific situation."

Chen En narrowed his eyes and said,
"If necessary."

"I personally delivered gin and vodka to the ICU for a visit."

"And you, I will share the locator signals of those robbers with you. You must take care of those bank robbers before they act, and make sure no other civilians are injured."

"is that OK?"

Kudo Shinichi nodded.

"I understand, leave it to me."

(End of this chapter)