Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

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Vodka looked puzzled upon hearing this.

"Because this leaves your fingerprints clearly, and you also have a very bad habit of littering cigarette butts."

Gin picked up the half-smoked cigarette from the ground, placed it in Vodka's hand, and said with a sneer, "If this cigarette falls into someone else's hands, they can find out your blood type by analyzing the saliva on the cigarette butt."

Under Vodka's bewildered gaze, Gin opened the CD case and began to inspect it. He quickly discovered the transmitter hidden inside and said in a chilling tone, "It seems this cunning fellow still needs to take this opportunity to find our base."

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Vodka couldn't help but shout in exasperation, "That Itakura guy has a death wish!"

“You’re wrong! Itakura didn’t do these things. When the temperature difference is too great, the sympathetic nervous system will be stimulated, which will put a great burden on the heart.”

Gin shook his head and said, "Someone with a heart condition like Itakura wouldn't go all the way to a mountain villa where it's snowing."

"Huh? Then... who is that guy I talked to on the phone?"

"If I'm not mistaken, he's probably some kind of detective or someone Itakura hired, right? But he still made a fatal mistake!"

Gin placed his palm on the CD case, revealing a wolf-like grin: "The fingerprints on this case, although deliberately wiped off, are still a little warm."

"So that means..."

“That’s right! This means that cunning fellow is hiding nearby right now.”

After Gin finished speaking, he nodded at Vodka, giving him a look that suggested he was attacking from both sides.

Vodka instantly understood Gin's meaning, pulled out his pistol, raised his flashlight, and walked to the other side of the locker.

"It's over!"

Upon hearing Gin's words, Conan's expression changed drastically, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

The storage room was only this big, and there was only one exit, so Conan had nowhere to hide.

"Da da da……"

The approaching footsteps of Gin and Vodka were like the death knell, making Conan feel an urgent need to urinate.

"That's all that's left!"

Looking at the last row of cabinets and aisles that could be used as hiding places, Vodka couldn't help but reveal a bloodthirsty smirk. He wanted to kill the guy who dared to play him for fools with his own hands.

(°Д°)

To Vodka's surprise, even in the last row of the aisle where he could hide, there was no trace of that guy.

"Big...Big Brother?"

Vodka couldn't help but cast a questioning glance at Gin, only to see that Gin also had an incredulous look on his face.

Chapter 482 Shifting the Blame East

"Brother, there's nobody here! Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Upon hearing Vodka's words, Gin couldn't help but feel a little irritated and abruptly opened the cabinet door in front of him.

"Big brother? You..."

Seeing this, Vodka hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but held back.

Big brother, you don't actually think that guy would hide in such a small cabinet, do you?

"..."

Conan, who was hiding in the bottom cabinet, was so frightened by the sound of Gin opening the cabinet door that he almost lost his soul. He quickly covered his mouth and reduced his breathing and heartbeat to a minimum.

"Ding!"

Just as Gin, somewhat embarrassed and angry, was about to open all the cabinet doors in front of him, a strange noise suddenly came from outside the storage room.

"Who goes there?!"

Upon hearing this, Gin and Vodka quickly raised their pistols and aimed them at the entrance to the storage room.

"Whoosh!"

"Bang bang bang..."

A dark figure slid past the doorway, then turned and ran away without looking back, the heavy footsteps echoing in the empty station.

"That's the guy! Chase him!"

Gin was slightly taken aback at first, then revealed an excited smile, and led Vodka to chase after the direction from which the footsteps came.

I knew that guy was hiding nearby; my reasoning couldn't possibly be wrong.

Detective Gin is here!

The reason Gin suddenly opened the cabinet just now was not because he suspected someone was hiding in it, but because he felt embarrassed and deliberately made a noise to divert attention.

I failed to show off in front of that idiot Vodka. Doesn't Gin have any dignity?

"call--"

Hearing Gin and the others' footsteps as they left, Conan, who was almost suffocating from fright, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Conan was secretly relieved that someone had managed to distract Gin and the others, otherwise he would have been in real trouble today.

However, Conan was unaware that the man in black who had lured Gin and the others away was not just passing by, but Vermouth who had come specifically to rescue him.

Besides Conan and Gin, another "drunkard" also entered the station, and this "drunkard" was Vermouth in disguise.

On the other side, after successfully shaking off Gin and Vodka, Vermouth went into the restroom near the station, changed her clothes, and left with a solemn expression.

Vermouth is here because someone called her and told her that Conan is in danger and that she needs to get to Kenbashi Station before 4 a.m.

At first, Vermouth was only half-believing and half-doubting, but just in case, she came to the vicinity of Hyeonbashi Station.

When Vermouth saw Professor Agasa's car nearby, and Vodka was also near the station, she knew Conan was truly in danger. That's why she disguised herself as a "drunkard" and sneaked into the station.

Vermouth was indeed very happy to have successfully saved Conan's life, but now she wanted to know more about the mysterious person who had called her.

Because the mysterious person didn't call Vermouth's private cell phone, but rather Dr. Araide's home.

In other words, the mysterious person knows Vermouth very well, and even knows that she is currently impersonating Dr. Araide.

What Vermouth fears most is that the mysterious person not only knows that Conan is Shinichi Kudo, but also knows that she cares a lot about Conan.

Even Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri were unaware of the existence of Vermouth as their godmother!

If the mystery man wasn't initially certain how much Vermouth valued Conan, then...

So Vermouth's act of risking her life to sneak into the station to rescue Conan today is tantamount to admitting that Conan is more important than her own life.

For Vermouth, Conan and Ran Mouri are her fatal weaknesses.

Now that these two fatal weaknesses have been discovered by others, how could Vermouth possibly be in a good mood?

"Ah~~~"

Just as Vermouth was speculating about the mysterious man's identity, far away at the Suzuki Manor, Suzuki Seimei finally let out a long yawn and fell asleep while hugging a fluffy plush pillow.

That's right!

The mysterious person who called Vermouth was actually Suzuki Haruaki.

Originally, Suzuki Seimei was planning to rescue Conan himself, but Conan and the others were going to make their deal at four in the morning, and it was snowing outside. Suzuki Seimei really didn't want to leave his warm bed.

Therefore, Suzuki Seimei simply called Vermouth, explained Conan's current situation to her, and asked her, as his godmother, to go and rescue him.

As for how much psychological trauma this phone call would cause Vermouth, that was beyond Suzuki Seimei's consideration; after all, she wouldn't die.

……

A bar in Tokyo

Seeing Gin remain silent, Vodka couldn't help but ask, "Brother, Itakura Suguru died yesterday afternoon. Who do you think that guy who escaped at the station was?"

After losing track of Vermouth in the morning, Gin and his group were originally planning to go straight to Itakura Taku to settle scores.

Before Gin and his group could find Itakura Taku, they learned from the television news that Itakura Taku had been murdered the previous afternoon.

Since Itakura Taku was killed yesterday afternoon, the person who spoke to Vodka was definitely not the detective he hired.

"I never expected you to dare approach us like this! You really make me look at you in a new light, Sherry!"

Gin ignored Vodka's words and instead gently twirled a strand of brown hair with his fingers, revealing a somewhat perverted smile.

Earlier at Kenbashi Station, Gin lost track of the "drunkard," but during the chase, he found a strand of her hair that had fallen out.

Upon seeing that familiar brown hair, Gin instantly deduced that the "drunkard" was Sherry, who had successfully escaped from the organization's laboratory.

What Gin didn't know was that the brown hair he picked up was actually deliberately left behind by Vermouth.

Vermouth knew that Gin was naturally suspicious. If she didn't let him pinpoint a suspect, he would relentlessly pursue the matter and might even suspect her.

Therefore, Vermouth simply shifted the blame to Shiho Miyano, since she also disliked the Miyano family. She felt perfectly justified in doing so.

"Drip drip..."

Just as Vodka was about to ask Gin what they should do next, his phone suddenly rang.

"Hello? Who is it? What did you say?! Okay, I got it!"

Vodka initially didn't take it seriously, but when he heard his subordinate's report, his expression instantly turned serious.

Chapter 483 The Future Camera

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After hanging up the phone, Vodka hurriedly reported to Gin: "Brother, Kawai found out that Miyano Akemi rented an apartment before she died and prepaid a year's rent."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing the name Akemi Miyano, Gin immediately showed an expression of interest.

After all, Akemi Miyano was Shuichi Akai's woman, and she almost killed Gin and Vodka before she died. He wouldn't easily forget such an interesting woman.