On how PhDs become human evil

Behind Gin, Bai Jie was holding a Heavenly Fire Judgment and pointing it at the back of Gin's head, while behind him stood Vermouth, who was wearing a pair of magical handcuffs.

"Alright, Mr. Gin, although I have many questions I want to ask you, such as about my idiot detective and my lovely junior, I'm sure you won't tell me even if I ask."

"You want me to leak secrets? No way."

"Yes, I knew you would say that, so even though we've only just met, it's time to say goodbye."

boom!

The blazing flames of the Heavenly Judgment directly engulfed Gin's head, leaving him a headless, charred corpse that collapsed heavily onto the rooftop.

After the Heavenly Fire Judgment dissipated into magic, Bai Jie looked at Vermouth and said, "Alright, it's your turn next."

Are you going to kill me too?

"No, no, no, how could I? I told you I wouldn't kill you, because you've been quite nice to that Kudo guy. I'll spare your life for that reason, but there are some things I still have to do—like this."

Bai Jie suddenly reached out and tapped Vermouth's head, and a ray of purple light immediately entered her brow.

Touching her brow, Vermouth asked nervously, "What did you do to me?"

"It's just an insurance measure. I've given you a Geass: I will protect Shinichi Kudo no matter what happens. If you break it, you'll experience what it means to die of a brain hemorrhage within five seconds."

Perhaps Vermouth genuinely wanted to protect Shinichi Kudo, but Bai Jie didn't trust her, so this oath was his final protection for Shinichi Kudo.

Touching her forehead with lingering fear, Vermouth couldn't help but smile bitterly. She had really done too many bad things; even when she wanted to do something good, no one trusted her.

(But since Shinichi has someone like that by his side, the organization probably can't do anything to him, right? Should I also find a chance to completely leave the organization?)

Vermouth has been working for the organization for at least twenty years. As the saying goes, those who live in darkness will eventually yearn for the light. Vermouth's reason for impersonating Sharon Vineyard was not only to benefit the organization, but also for that other reason. Otherwise, if she were just impersonating an actress, there would be no need to go to the point of winning an Oscar.

Over the years, Vermouth has gradually begun to drift away from the organization, and she has been perfunctory in carrying out the various tasks assigned by the organization, rarely taking them seriously. However, she also knows that it is impossible for her to fight against the organization on her own. The result of her forced escape is that she will be hunted down by Gin, just like Shiho Miyano.

But now, Vermouth sees a glimmer of hope in leaving the organization.

Completely unaware of what Vermouth was thinking behind him, Bai Jie arrived next to Gin's corpse and casually fired a magic bullet, completely destroying the body. Bai Jie then crouched down and picked up a walkie-talkie.

"Cough cough... Ah... This is Gin. How are things on your end?"

Upon hearing Bai Jie's voice, Vermouth was immediately stunned, because it was clearly Gin's voice. Was this man's voice transformation technique so outstanding?

"Big Brother? All the people who came here were men, not a single woman. How's it going on your end, Big Brother?" It was Vodka, Gin's top henchman, coming through the walkie-talkie. "How's it going on your end, Big Brother?"

"The target is an unrelated person, so it's fine to let him go. Also, go to the 45th floor near the observation elevator; there's someone there you need to take care of."

"Understood, brother."

The brief conversation ended, and Bai Jie crushed the walkie-talkie in his hand, picked up the sniper rifle that Gin had just mentioned, and aimed it at the location he and Vodka had discussed, his eyes focused on the night vision scope.

Vodka was fast, and soon his figure appeared in the scope's range. He aimed at the silly-looking head, and Bai Jie fired a shot directly. The next second, Vodka slumped down in the night vision scope.

"Okay, that's it for today."

I got up, one shot and I was dead. What's there to say?

Section 361, Chapter 10: The White Immortal Who Sends Clouds and Rain

"You finished off all the Gin and vodka!?"

After dealing with Gin and vodka, Bai Jie took Vermouth back to the Twin Towers skyscraper and found Shinichi Kudo, who was preparing to evacuate. He told him about it, and Shinichi Kudo then let out the exclamation mentioned above.

Gin and vodka.

These two are the culprits who made him become Conan Edogawa. He thinks about arresting them almost all the time, but they always escape as soon as he discovers their whereabouts, which makes him very distressed.

But now Bai Jie says that he has killed the two enemies that have been worrying him for a long time.

"I know you're extraordinary in many ways, but could you please not make my life goals so easy? I'm really hurt."

"Then I'll go and revive them so you can catch them once?"

"No, it's better for that kind of guy to be dead. By the way, can you even bring the dead back to life?"

"Don't you know that Kamen Riders are actually a bunch of idealists?"

Putting aside Haruto, Eiji, and Tenkuji, who are inherently fantastical, just look at Shotaro and Philip. Despite their ridiculously low stats, they still managed to win all the way to the end. So, in Kamen Rider, believing in idealism is the right thing to do.

Ignoring Bai Jie, who was smearing the Kamen Riders, Shinichi Kudo looked at Vermouth. Vermouth wasn't disguised as Sharon Vineyard, but Shinichi Kudo instinctively knew that she was Aunt Sharon who had taken care of him for two months.

With mixed feelings, Shinichi Kudo said, "I never expected you to come and take care of me, Vermouth."

"It's quite an experience for me, Shinichi. Besides, I'm on good terms with Yukiko, so I'm just helping out by taking care of my friend's wayward child," Vermouth laughed. "But now, I have to take care of you even if I don't want to. Your friend has some pretty impressive skills."

"Minister, what did you do to her?"

"It's nothing, I just put a curse on her. If she doesn't protect you, she'll die. Consider it a personal bodyguard for you." Bai Jie chuckled and hooked his arm around Shinichi Kudo's shoulder. "But you better watch out, kid. Living under the same roof as a beauty, don't come looking for me if you end up killing someone."

"That's enough! I, Shinichi Kudo, will only ever love Ran, okay!?"

"Great, I've recorded that sentence. I'll send it to Mori and Suzuki later. I bet we'll hear the rumors when we go to school tomorrow."

Bai Jie proudly waved his phone, while Kudo Shinichi in front of him was already in a state of utter disbelief. He knew very well that if Suzuki Sonoko found out about this, he would definitely be surrounded by the entire school when he arrived at school tomorrow.

Standing aside watching Bai Jie and Kudo Shinichi's interaction, Vermouth couldn't help but interject, "Although I don't want to interrupt your conversation, shouldn't we deal with the problem of this building now? If we keep dawdling, we might all end up here."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo immediately pointed at Bai Jie: "Then there's no need to worry. As long as the minister is here, everything will be fine."

"Why do I feel like you're using me as a tool?"

"No, it's Bai Jie A Meng."

Even if you get full marks on your final exam this year, I'll still give you a zero.

"I was wrong, Minister. At least give me a passing grade."

You think you can mess with your teacher as a student? Keep being cheeky, or you'll lose your credits!

With just a few words, Bai Jie defeated Shinichi Kudo. A purple magic circle appeared beneath Bai Jie's feet, instantly teleporting all three of them to the rooftop of the skyscraper.

"The twin skyscrapers are hailed as the place 'closest to heaven,' or in other words, the place 'closest to the sky.' Although it's just a clever way of putting it, the site bonus should be fine."

Enduring the rising smoke and hot air, Shinichi Kudo asked, "What are you doing, Captain?"

“Summoning rain, you know Yin-Yang magic, right? The Cloud and Rain Technique,” ​​Bai Jie said. “Although there are simpler and more direct methods, I rarely want to use Yin-Yang magic, after all, it’s embarrassing to leave it lying around in the corner of my knowledge.”

The moment he said this, a surge of magical power erupted from Bai Jie's body. Unlike the volcanic eruption of magical power he usually unleashed, this time Bai Jie chose to release the magical power gradually like flowing water, while at the same time, he chanted sacred incantations.

"—Tadyatha Udakadevana Yinxi Yinxi Svaha—"

This refers to Varuna, the ruler of water in ancient Indian Vedic mythology. He is also one of the twelve gods, the Water God.

Logically, to unleash the full power of this spell, one needs to form corresponding hand seals. However, Bai Jie's own overwhelming magical power allows him to unleash its strongest power simply by chanting, without forming hand seals.

Even with the added benefit of the concept of being "closest to the sky," the power of the spell was further enhanced. As Bai Jie chanted, the moisture in the air began to gather at the top of the building, eventually forming a huge dark cloud stretching for tens of kilometers!

Dark, heavy clouds swirled in the sky, like black dragons roaming freely. Moist winds blew down from the sky, turning into fierce gales that swept across the area below.

The next moment, a torrential downpour began!

"Splash splash splash splash splash!"

The raging wind and rain, like a divine whip, lashed wildly at the building engulfed in flames below. The once arrogant crimson flames, in this sudden storm, visibly subsided at a rapid pace, like a once invincible mad dog turning into a timid Chihuahua.

Ordinary rain would not be able to extinguish the fire so quickly. From the perspective of Yin-Yang magic, the fire generated by the explosion has accumulated a considerable amount of fire energy as it continues to spread. The fire energy must be eliminated before the fire can be extinguished. However, the Water-Heaven Magic only summons ordinary rain.

The reason why the fire was extinguished so quickly was due to Bai Jie. He mixed his magic into the storm, and through the rain and strong winds, he allowed the evil magic of this world to erode the massive fire. In this way, the fire became his, and he could suppress it with his willpower.

Watching the fire below recede at a visible speed, Shinichi Kudo and Vermouth both looked at Bai Jie with complicated expressions. It should have been an extremely troublesome situation, which could have even led to the destruction of this newly built building. However, the white-haired, red-eyed man in front of them handled everything with ease, without even showing any sign of feeling troubled.

It was as if, in his presence, any difficulty would eventually become a trivial matter.

"Splash splash splash splash splash!"

Beneath the dark clouds, the rain of peace quietly washed over the raging flames, as if cleansing away sins.

P.S.: I started watching Tokyo Ravens again today and thought the concept of Onmyodo was pretty good. Plus, I remembered that the protagonist hadn't used Onmyodo even once, so I wrote this down—spells and such are great for padding out word count!

P.S.: I won't be updating "The Golden Spirit" today; I need to catch up on my English homework.

Section 362, Chapter 11: Crisis Contract 10 is stuck.

Two months after the Twin Towers incident ended, Shinichi Kudo returned to the building after Bai Jie extinguished the fire and found the culprit he had long ago identified—Mineki Kisaragi—who had killed Mio Tokiwa.

In Shinichi Kudo's words, the whole incident was actually very simple; both the method of the crime and the motive for the murder were quite straightforward.

As mentioned before, in order to be able to paint Mount Fuji all year round, Kisaragi Minami specifically found a small mountain with a panoramic view of Mount Fuji and built a house on the top of the mountain to live in.

However, a glance at the map reveals that a twin-tower skyscraper has now appeared between that house and Mount Fuji, bisecting the mountain in two. This is utterly intolerable to Kisaragi Minezu, who deeply loves Mount Fuji. Therefore, Kisaragi Minezu harbors murderous intent and prepares to kill the key figures involved in the construction of the twin-tower skyscraper.

The mayor who died earlier died for the same reason.

As for Tokiwa Mio this time, Kisaragi Minezu's approach was to first give her a pearl necklace so that she could wear it when displaying his new paintings, but then deliberately make the necklace easy to break.

When the official opening ceremony arrived, Kisaragi Mine quietly came behind Tokiwa Mio, removed the necklace, and replaced it with another necklace that had been prepared beforehand and connected to piano strings. With that, the preliminary preparations were complete, and all that was left was to wait for Tokiwa Mio to be hanged.

As for the deceased programmer, when Kisaragi Mine arrived at his residence intending to kill him, he had already been shot dead by Gin. Kisaragi Mine cleverly disguised the scene as the same as the first incident, intending to make it look like a serial killing, so that he would be eliminated from the suspect list.

In a serial murder case, if someone has an alibi for even one incident, then that person is definitely not the murderer. And when the programmer died, Kisaragi Mine was definitely not at the crime scene.

This was indeed a perfect murder plan, and it's hard to imagine that it came from an old man. But unfortunately, he encountered the famous detective Shinichi Kudo, and even more unfortunately, he encountered Haku. Even if Shinichi Kudo was helpless, Haku could easily reconstruct the events of the case. For a magician, there are as many abilities as he could use to solve cases.

Subsequently, under the supervision of Bai Jie and the other two, Ruyue Fengshui was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department.

After dealing with the Twin Towers incident, Vermouth temporarily left Shinichi Kudo. According to her, she planned to go back and settle things properly with the organization. To prevent any accidents from happening to her, Shinichi Kudo also found Bai Jie and asked for a few magical costumes and a Kamen Rider belt, making Bai Jie wonder if this guy really had feelings for Vermouth.

Two weeks after leaving, Vermouth returned. She didn't say much about her relationship with the organization, but judging from her relaxed demeanor, she seemed to have moved on from its shadow.

And now-

"You're planning to spend your precious holiday here?"

In the basement of Narumi's office, in Haku's private research room, Haku, dressed in a white lab coat, sat helplessly on the floor. Since Haku only had one chair, Shinichi was sitting on the floor.

Shrugging, Shinichi Kudo said, "I'm bored at home too, so I might as well come here. You have a lot of interesting things here, and it's also nice to come here and listen to Philip and Shotaro teach me the secrets of detective work."

"It's a pity those two aren't home today; they've gone on vacation to Okinawa."

Two days ago, Philip won a voucher for a three-day trip to Ropeway during a TV lottery. Thinking it was a rare opportunity, he took Shotaro, Terui Ryu, and Akiko with him, leaving Bai Jie to look after the house alone. Although that's what he said, as soon as Shotaro and the others left, Talulah, Cecilia, and Chen moved in. However, they were still sleeping because they were too tired last night.