Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

It's just that Ai Haibara has a kind personality and is unwilling to use those torturous methods on humans.

Ai Haibara forcibly suppressed her urge to kill and replied expressionlessly, "Fine, I'll go with you."

Sensing the coldness in Ai Haibara's tone, Vermouth didn't take it to heart and led her towards the stern of the ship.

Even when Ai Haibara hadn't shrunk, Vermouth didn't take the defenseless Shiho Miyano seriously, let alone now that she's a little girl.

If it weren't for the fear that Ai Haibara's sudden disappearance would trigger a massive search by the Suzuki Group, exposing Conan to the Black Organization's surveillance, Vermouth would have silenced her long ago.

When Vermouth, with Ai Haibara at her side, arrived at the stern of the ship, the murderer who killed the ghost captain was already waiting there.

In fact, the murderer in this case did not have any major grudge against the Ghost Captain; he was just a scapegoat chosen by Vermouth.

The murderer was also a member of the Black Organization, but he was only an outer member and knew very little about the organization.

Chapter 584 Die in Regret (Fourth update, bonus chapter for 200 monthly votes)

Although the murderer himself did not want to kill the ghost captain, Vermouth used his family as leverage to force him to shoot the ghost captain with a crossbow, even though he had only had a minor conflict with him.

Of course!

Vermouth's act of forcing the murderer to kill the ghost captain was actually a smokescreen created for the police and the Suzuki family; the only person she truly wanted to kill was Ai Haibara.

Vermouth would have the murderer shoot Ai Haibara with a crossbow, creating the illusion that Ai had just discovered her true identity and was forced to kill to protect herself.

With the murderer's family members' lives as leverage, Vermouth wasn't worried that he would dare to back out halfway.

As long as the police and the Suzuki family don't make the news of Ai Haibara's murder public knowledge afterward, Conan won't be exposed to the Black Organization because of this.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"

Seeing the murderer standing there dumbfounded, Vermouth assumed he was reluctant to harm a child and coldly threatened, "Do you want your whole family to die with you?"

Faced with Vermouth's threat, the murderer, his face filled with terror, raised his crossbow and aimed it at Vermouth's head.

"What do you want to do?!"

Upon seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Vermouth's beautiful eyes.

Vermouth originally only wanted the murderer to turn himself in to the police after killing Ai Haibara; she did not intend to silence him.

But if the murderer is looking for death, Vermouth wouldn't mind sending him to meet God!

Sensing the murderous intent emanating from Vermouth, the killer, fearing for his family's safety, cried out in terror, "No, it wasn't me! My body is out of control!"

"What did you say"

Before Vermouth could figure out what the killer meant, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and her right arm involuntarily rose up, pointing the silenced pistol at the killer's head.

"This is spider silk!"

Unable to move, Vermouth was suddenly horrified to discover that a transparent spider silk was attached to her wrist.

If it weren't for the moonlight causing the transparent spider silk to reflect slightly, Vermouth would never have noticed its existence.

"I just want to live a normal life. You shouldn't have bothered me."

Under Vermouth's incredulous gaze, Ai Haibara slowly raised her hands and walked to a spot several meters away.

Under the moonlight, Vermouth could clearly see that dozens of reflective spider silks were connected to Ai Haibara's delicate, lush fingertips.

Vermouth cried out, "You...you're a mutant!"

Normally, most countries try to block information about superhumans in order to maintain social stability, so ordinary people are unaware of their existence.

But the United States is different. Those high-ranking politicians not only made the existence of mutants public, but also described them as very terrifying, inciting ordinary people to be hostile to mutants.

The reason those corrupt politicians do this is mainly because they fear and envy the power of mutants.

After all, a powerful mutant like Magneto could easily destroy a modern army of hundreds of thousands of people single-handedly.

If politicians in high positions don't find a way to push mutants to the opposite side of ordinary people, they probably won't be able to sleep at night.

It's important to understand that in capitalist countries like the United States, the real power behind the scenes lies with the financial tycoons who operate behind the politicians.

For those financial giants, the existence of mutants could very well shake their rule, so they will spare no effort to suppress mutants.

Vermouth lived in the United States for a long time and was a well-known American actress who attended many high-end banquets, so she naturally heard a lot about mutants.

However, Vermouth never expected that Ai Haibara would be a mutant, and seemingly a very powerful one at that.

If Vermouth had known earlier that Ai Haibara was a mutant, she would never have bothered with her.

Of course!

You can't blame Vermouth for being reckless, because Ai Haibara only recently awakened her ability to control spider silk.

"I'm not a mutant, I'm a superhuman!"

Ai Haibara had also heard about mutants from Akemi Miyano. She knew that mutants awaken superpowers because they possess the "X gene" in their bodies.

Ai Haibara's awakened web manipulation was achieved using the "Book of Inheritance," so she is not considered a mutant.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat, it's time to send you on your way!"

As Ai Haibara finished speaking, her fingers flicked slightly, and Vermouth and the murderer's fingers also involuntarily bent slightly, pulling the triggers of the silenced pistol and the crossbow.

"boom!"

"stop!"

With two soft thuds, the killer's head was blown off by bullets, while the crossbow bolt passed right past Vermouth's ear.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Vermouth broke out in a cold sweat, but instead of feeling relieved, she had a sense of foreboding.

"Considering we were once colleagues, I was originally planning to give you a quick death, but you shouldn't have used Seimei to threaten me!"

Ai Haibara's fingers danced lightly, causing Vermouth to bow forward, look directly into her eyes, and reveal a cruel yet wicked smile: "Don't worry! I won't kill you so quickly. I'll let you struggle slowly in the cold seawater and regret what you've done."

"Da da da"

As Ai Haibara finished speaking, she gently waved her hands, controlling Vermouth to walk towards the side of the ship.

Under Ai Haibara's control, Vermouth uncontrollably climbed over the railing and then jumped down with her arms outstretched.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Just as Vermouth jumped into the sea, Ai Haibara also withdrew the spider silk that was wrapped around her and cut the Achilles tendons in both of her feet.

With both legs crippled, Vermouth has no chance of swimming to shore, and the blood flowing from her wounds will attract nearby sharks, making her their prey.

"Thump, thump, thump"

Although Vermouth knew very well that in her current state, there was no way she could make it back to shore alive, her instinct to win still drove her to struggle desperately in the icy water, paddling her arms with all her might.

"Shiho Miyano, you're really ruthless!"

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Feeling the sharp pain in her feet and the biting cold all around her, Vermouth couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Chapter 585 Eating Mermaid Flesh (First Update, Please Vote)

If Vermouth had known Ai Haibara was this powerful, she definitely wouldn't have bothered with her.

However, compared to Ai Haibara, Vermouth hated Gin, that bastard, even more at this moment.

If it weren't for Gin telling Vermouth that Shiho Miyano was a helpless kitten, how could she have possibly kicked a steel plate?

Gin, that idiot, didn't even know that Shiho Miyano had superpowers. No wonder he was completely fooled by those two sisters!

"Perhaps this is karma."

After struggling for more than ten minutes in the icy seawater, an exhausted Vermouth finally chose to give up. A hint of reluctance and relief flashed in her eyes as she slowly sank into the deep sea.

"crash"

Just as Vermouth's mouth and nose were submerged in seawater and she was about to suffocate and fall into a coma, a dark shadow suddenly shot out from the deep sea in the distance.

Am I dreaming?

As the shadowy figure drew closer, Vermouth, whose senses were beginning to cloud her mind, finally saw her clearly. She was a mermaid with the upper body of a human beauty and the lower body of a fish tail.

That's right!

This suddenly appearing mermaid is none other than "Flame Spirit Princess," one of Suzuki Seimei's four stand-ins.

Although Vermouth is a major villain, Suzuki Seimei has a good impression of her and naturally won't just watch her perish at sea. Moreover, he plans to take this opportunity to subdue Vermouth.

Am I going to die?

Upon seeing the legendary mythical creature with her own eyes, Vermouth thought it was a hallucination she was having before she died, so she slowly closed her eyes and fell into a coma.

"whoosh"

Seeing this, Yan Lingji bent down and gave Vermouth a breath of oxygen. With a powerful flick of her tail, she carried Vermouth away and disappeared into the deep sea.

On the other side, after Ai Haibara threw Vermouth into the sea, she didn't expect her to survive and returned to the ship's deck without changing her expression.

Because Conan and the others were all focused on the ghost captain's corpse, no one except Suzuki Seimei noticed that Haibara Ai had just left.

Suzuki Seimei knew very well that the reason why Ai Haibara killed Vermouth was because Vermouth had touched her sore spot, and he would not blame her for it.

Although Suzuki Seimei wanted to take the opportunity to subdue Vermouth, he would not use his true identity to subdue her. Instead, he would have Aizen's stand-in come forward and pull her into the Shinigami organization.

Because of the murder that occurred on the ghost ship, it immediately returned to Tokyo Bay.

Once the ghost ship docked, Inspector Megure, who had been waiting on the pier, quickly led Inspector Takagi and the others onto the ship.

"Brother Mori, what exactly happened?"

Inspector Megure first had Inspector Takagi and his team maintain order, and then he personally went to Kogoro Mouri to inquire about the details of the case.

When Inspector Megure learned from Kogoro Mouri that the murderer of the ghost captain was very likely hiding among the seven guests who had obtained the Death Card, he immediately led his men to examine the tarot cards in the guests' hands.

After a thorough search, Inspector Megure and his team only found six guests who had obtained the Death Card.

In order to find the seventh guest who had obtained the Death Card, Inspector Megure sent people to search the entire ghost ship, and finally found the killer's body at the stern.