Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

"Oh……"

Sano nodded in realization, then looked at Gin and said in a sarcastic tone, "Even bartenders get holidays, but we don't."

Gin's lips twitched.

"Haven't you taken enough leave?"

Sano tactically shook his leg: "A lot?"

After giving a cold snort, Gin didn't dwell on the topic and instead asked, "After I told you to come back yesterday, I asked you to come here to talk in person. Why didn't you come?"

"It's so late when you get back, you have to go home and be with your kids."

Sano sighed and said, "Well, I doubt you'd understand the meaning of this if it were said to Gin-sama, who doesn't have any children. My apologies."

Gin's lips twitched again: "There's air conditioning in the bar, no sun, and no outsiders. Why are you still wearing that hat? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Upon hearing this, Sano raised an eyebrow again.

...Is this self-doubt?

Chapter 608, 611: Asai Narumi's Troubles

That makes sense, after all, it's Gin.

If I didn't have some suspicions, I probably wouldn't have survived.

Sano chuckled lightly, but did not resist, and raised his hand to take off his hat.

"Yeah, we're used to wearing them."

Upon seeing Sano's clean-cut face revealed after he took off his hat, Gin narrowed his eyes: "When did the scar on your face heal?"

"It's been fine for a long time."

Sano let out a long breath and said with a smile, "Of course, I used a little trick."

Gin nodded thoughtfully.

...You should know that scars are things that cannot heal on their own.

Generally, other means of intervention and repair are needed.

As for the scars on Sano's face, no matter how good the methods are, it will be impossible for them to fade away in less than a few years. Even with skin grafts, it is impossible to achieve a perfect result without leaving any trace.

But now it's completely healed.

Normally speaking, this would be unreasonable... but Sano is abnormal, after all.

A monster that can perfectly disguise itself without even needing a human skin mask.

It's perfectly reasonable to do something so trivial.

Sano was surprised to see that Gin accepted the message so easily.

That's how he withdrew his attention from the corner of his eye.

Actually, if Sano wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble, he could have chosen... or more accurately, he should have kept the scar.

But that thing really ruins the aesthetics.

It's not that Sano is particularly bothered by scars or the like; on the contrary...

Sano admits that this thing sometimes possesses a special kind of beauty.

However, that only applies to "sometimes".

At least for Sano personally, he didn't think that Rye's face and the scar were compatible in any way; in fact, they seemed very incongruous.

Of course, such a stark contrast could be quite oppressive, or rather, frightening... But Sano doesn't need that. If he really wanted to scare people, he could just pull out a gun and a bomb.

Isn't this more exciting?

The main thing is to seek a sense of comfort for oneself.

If you want the rye's face to match that scar...

Sano wasn't without ideas... to make something like a shark tooth. Although it was a bit cringeworthy and chuunibyou-ish, he still thought it would be quite fun.

cough.

But that would contradict the original purpose.

Sano simply didn't want to do anything too complicated, so he just wiped the scar off.

Anyway, the rye vest usually wears a casual hat, so you can't see his face.

In other people's eyes, it's impossible for the scar on their face to disappear overnight.

Meanwhile, Gin, who was standing nearby, dismissed his initial, instinctive concerns.

They completely forgot about what happened yesterday.

Sano died and then came back to life; this isn't the first time something like this has happened.

Although this time was different from the last, with Amuro Tooru having a relatively high level of "testimony" and "witnessing" it firsthand, he was given the reason of "hallucination".

Even Gin couldn't find the slightest flaw.

Even though that matter is in the past, there are still some things Gin has to say.

"...Although at the time you thought Bourbon had abandoned you and run away without a second thought, something was definitely wrong. Even if you later went to seek revenge on your own and it was inconvenient for you to answer the phone, you should at least have contacted me."

Before leaving, Gin still gave Sano a lecture or criticism.

...Gin shouldn't be the only one being criticized and educated.

That's right.

Gin was also criticized and educated.

Just because of what happened yesterday.

Of course, nothing major happened, so it was just mentioned a couple of times, but that was enough to make people unhappy... It was all for nothing.

After all that work, I still have to pay out of my own pocket. It's enough to give anyone a heart attack.

"Yes, yes, I understand. I'll be more careful next time."

Sano gave a perfunctory reply.

He then drank the coffee and milk in his cup in one gulp and got up to leave.

"That's all for today, I'm off work now."

"Okay, remember to get to work tomorrow."

After leaving the cocktail bar, Sano happened to encounter the vodka that had been served.

Upon seeing Sano, Vodka was taken aback at first, then nodded in greeting.

Sano nodded in response, but then put his arm around Vodka's shoulder again.

"Hey, Ga, how did you feel when you heard from Bourbon yesterday that I was dead? Did you feel sad for me?"

Vodka's body stiffened, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, of course I did. I was devastated and couldn't believe it..."

"Can't believe happiness came so suddenly?"

Sano gripped Vodka's neck, removed the hat from the passerby hat, and stared straight into the other's eyes, a smile playing on his lips.

Vodka felt a sudden tightness in his scalp and shook his head repeatedly.

"How could that be? I consider you the closest person in the organization besides my eldest brother!"

"Oh?"

Sano smiled and released Vodka's neck.

"Then let's just say that's how it is. I'm sorry to have worried you."

After saying that, Sano waved and left.

"No way, this is only natural. It's good that you're alive!"

Vodka waved goodbye as well, until Sano entered the elevator.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

...Sigh, this is really suffering.

Vodka looked out the window with mixed feelings.

One is one, two is two. Although sometimes Sano does make Vodka feel a little bit dangerous and unapproachable.

But the two sides have known each other for so long.

Nothing really happened during that time, but there was still some affection between us.

Anyway, when Vodka received the news yesterday, he was too shocked to react.

I didn't have any other special feelings.

After calming down a bit, I only felt a little sigh and emotion.

Perhaps we should also add a sense of shared sorrow for the fallen.

In short, Vodka was genuinely not happy about Sano's death.

I really wasn't lying just now!!

"What are you doing?"

Hearing Gin's disgruntled voice from behind, Vodka immediately snapped out of his daze and turned around.

"Big brother..."

"You asked me to come up here, and you've been dawdling around like this?"

The anger of those around Gin was clearly due to being criticized, which led to collateral damage.

Honest Vodka could only keep quiet.

...Amuro Tooru is from the next group, while Sano is someone you can't criticize from any angle.