Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

The two jumped down into the cave. Vermouth casually pulled out a cell phone from her chest, turned on the flashlight, and shone it on them.

They discovered that the old man had died from the fall, and Uehara was also half-dead from the fall.

Falling vertically from a height of ten meters is something that ordinary people in the world of anime and manga cannot withstand.

Vermouth immediately slapped Uehara twice to bring him back to his senses.

Uehara groggily opened his eyes, not knowing what was happening.

"You're awake. Tell me, where's the gold?"

"W-what gold? I don't know anything about it!"

Although Uehara was still somewhat confused, he instinctively wanted to conceal the presence of the gold.

· ······Requesting flowers· ···

Vermouth took a pill directly from her chest and put it into Uehara's mouth.

Uehara seemed possessed, and confessed everything.

Lin Xiaofeng was very curious about this, so he asked Vermouth.

"Sister Bei, what did you feed Uehara?"

"Truth-Telling Pills".

"There's such a thing? Could it be that Sherry invented it?"

"Yes, Shirley is a senior researcher for the organization."

Having confessed everything, Uehara was no longer of any use. Vermouth pulled a gun from her chest, preparing to kill him to silence him.

"and many more."

"What? You're not trying to persuade me to let them go."

"Of course not, I don't care about their lives."

Lin Xiaofeng took out APTX4869 and put it into Uehara's mouth.

In a daze, Uesugi Harasaki struggled in agony for a while before dying.

"Killing Uehara this way will leave no trace."

Lin Xiaofeng followed Gin's example, but he didn't bring any test tubes.

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“APTX4869?” Vermouth asked, tossing her long, wavy silver hair.

"Yes." Lin Xiaofeng nodded.

How do you have APTX4869?

"Oh, Ling Xueli assigned my wife Anren a task: to find three people to test the drug. The drug's name is (A:P9TX4) 869 (I think you know it)."

“Of course I know.” Vermouth stood up and looked at Lin Xiaofeng. “That drug is dangerous.”

"Without your reminder, most people who took APTX4869 died."

“Most of them?” Vermouth asked skeptically. “Are you sure it’s not all of them?”

"Shinichi Kudo survived."

"You even know this? Did Shinichi Kudo tell you?"

"Yes and no, I found out, and Shinichi Kudo admitted it too."

"Did you give Shinichi Kudo APTX4869 to make him shrink?"

"No, he had already become Conan Edogawa before I joined the organization."

Lin Xiaofeng stared at Vermouth, seeing her incredulous expression.

"How do you know that Shinichi Kudo only became Conan Edogawa after taking APTX4869?"

Vermouth began to have doubts about Lin Xiaofeng.

"I know that, is that wrong?"

Lin Xiaofeng answered calmly.

Vermouth didn't delve into the matter further, but instead warned Lin Xiaofeng: "The organization must not find out about this."

"Ling, don't remind me. Sixth, Fujimi Shinichi, no matter how you say it, he's still my classmate (I wouldn't betray him). It's like you're the older sister, why are you protecting him, even forbidding me from cheating on him? Are you his mother, why are you so concerned about him?"

Vermouth bit her lip and decided to tell Lin Xiaofeng the truth: "That's right, I am Shinichi Kudo's godmother, and he is my godson."

"real or fake."

"Of course it's true. Shinichi Kudo's mother, Yukiko Kudo, and I are from the same school. Through various circumstances, I became Shinichi Kudo's godmother."

"I see. No wonder you're protecting Shinichi Kudo."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaofeng's lips curled into a smile. Not only was Shinichi Kudo's biological mother in danger, but even his godmother was about to lose her job.

76. Vermouth went all out to protect Shinichi and Ran.

The location of the gold that Uehara mentioned was actually a set of steps in the cave ruins. Lin Xiaofeng had also been there during the day and hadn't noticed that the steps were gold; the cave was just too chaotic.

Vermouth then took a sack from her chest and began filling it with gold.

"Sister Bei, may I see your breasts?"

"Of course not! A girl's breasts shouldn't be shown to boys so casually!"

"I just want to know how much you're hiding in your chest."

"It's a secret."

Vermouth winked at Lin Xiaofeng and quickly packed the gold into a sack.

The gold, worth one billion yen and weighing approximately 120 kilograms, was easily lifted by Vermouth.

"Sister Bei, are you sure you don't need my help?"

"You mean gold?" Vermouth's lips curled slightly. "No, I'm afraid you can't handle it."

"Belle, you're amazing!"

"No problem." Vermouth thoroughly enjoyed Lin Xiaofeng's flattery, especially his adoring gaze, which was genuine.

"I'll carry it. I don't want to be looked down upon."

Lin Xiaofeng, nicknamed "980", managed to take 120 kilograms of gold from Vermouth. It was really heavy; if his overall score hadn't reached 19 points, he really wouldn't have been able to carry it.

"not bad."

Vermouth praised him, and indeed looked at Lin Xiaofeng with even greater admiration.

Handsome, intelligent, powerful... a man so perfect that you can't find any flaws really exists!

Thinking of this, Vermouth deliberately asked, "Lin Xiaofeng, I'm very curious, what is the truth?"

"We've already got the gold. Does the truth matter?" Lin Xiaofeng retorted.

"It's not important, but I want to know. Aren't you a high school detective? Don't tell me you don't know anything!"

Alright. Since we're in the world of detectives, how can we forget the reasoning of famous detectives?

"The gist of the matter is that Hamada murdered the ship owner in order to keep the gold for himself, and then hid the Shenlong, which was filled with gold, here, using the rumors of naval ghosts and the work of the tower guards to prevent the gold from being discovered."

"Uehara was most likely a crew member on the Shenlong, but I don't know why he wasn't killed by Hamada. He came here for Kaneko. Besides him, there's another guy who's also eyeing Kaneko, and that's the old man who fell to his death."

"He killed Hamada. He must have also found out where Kaneko was, which is why he didn't want Uehara to be caught, because that would expose the fact that the murderer of Hamada was someone else and the clues about Kaneko."

At this point, Lin Xiaofeng suddenly stopped, and he and Vermouth simultaneously looked towards the entrance to the naval cave. Both of them became alert, concealing themselves while their gazes shifted to two short figures not far away.

...It was Conan, that troublemaker, and a little girl named Mikami Suzurin.

"Conan, you kissed me, so you have to take responsibility for me."

Suzuka Mikami, her face flushed, said with a grin, while Conan's face also turned slightly red: "Idiot, idiot, that was just a transaction. Isn't that the Navy's cave up ahead?"

Lin Xiaofeng, who was listening intently, looked on with a hint of shock. He couldn't believe that Conan was such a troublemaker.

...What the hell? Conan, a boy with the mind of a seventeen-year-old, is actually dating an elementary school girl. How shameless!

It's one thing to have an affair in the void, but to have one that's so small... no, this is already a crime!

"What do we do, Sister Bay? They might find the body soon?"

"give it to me."

Vermouth pulled a human skin mask from her chest and put it on.

After tidying up her hair a bit, her silver hair turned black, and she even grew her signature unicorn horn.

The black bodysuit, as if by magic, transformed into a long dress.

Lin Xiaofeng, standing to the side, was completely taken aback.

It can only be said that Vermouth truly lives up to her reputation as a disciple of Kuroba Toichi; her disguise skills are on par with Kuroba Kaito's. It can no longer be described as magic; this is clearly sorcery!

Vermouth walked out gracefully, a smile on her face: "Conan, what are you doing here?"

"Xiaolan... Sister?"

Hearing Vermouth's flawless imitation, Conan looked over in surprise: "What are you doing here? And... you've changed your clothes?"

Vermouth smiled and said, "Isn't the islanders' self-defense force searching? I came to help them. I've already searched this area, and there's nothing strange. But that guy still has a gun on him, so just in case, you two can't wander off."

As she spoke, Vermouth was about to pull the two kids away, but Conan, of course, was unwilling, struggling and shouting that he wanted to go to the Navy cave for a look.

Then... Vermouth punched Conan on the forehead.

"I told you to go back right away!"

Although Vermouth still had a smile on her face, her clenched fists and the veins on her forehead made Conan involuntarily cover his head and shrink back, and he could only obediently follow her away.

A few minutes later, Vermouth returned and met Lin Xiaofeng's gaze, remaining silent for a moment.

"What, are you surprised by your sister's disguise skills?"

"This must be magic."

"Hehe... You saw right through me, it really is magic."

Vermouth's mastery of disguise is so advanced that even high technology cannot imitate it; it is already within the realm of magic.

"I believe it."

Lin Xiaofeng now understands why Phantom Thief Kid can fly around defying gravity on a hang glider—because Phantom Thief Kid is truly a magician.

Now that they have the gold, Lin Xiaofeng and Vermouth should leave.

Lin Xiaofeng and Vermouth arrived at the seaside under the cover of night.

A gentle sea breeze and a sky full of stars—it's quite romantic.

"Belle, shall we steal a boat and leave?"

“Idiot, we’ll get caught stealing the boat. I’ve already called Bourbon to come and meet us.”

"Oh... should we share the money with Bourbon?"

“No need. We agreed that if we find the gold, we’ll split it equally, so it will be split equally. Same old rule, I’ll sell the gold on the black market at 20% off, and you can get 400 million yen.”

Vermouth, true to her word, said to Lin Xiaofeng.

"Actually, Sister Bei, I'd be happy to give you all the gold, as long as you're willing to be my girlfriend," Lin Xiaofeng said casually. Since acquiring 200 million yen, Lin Xiaofeng no longer cared much about money. As a high school student, he couldn't possibly spend that much. 200 million yen was enough for him to live on for a very, very long time. Money, no matter how much, was just a number.

However, when Vermouth heard that Lin Xiaofeng was willing to give her all the money, she couldn't help but gasp. This young man was actually willing to give up 400 million yen just to get her.

However, Vermouth isn't so easily moved, and it's possible that Lin Xiaofeng has bigger plans. If she becomes Lin Xiaofeng's girlfriend, he can legitimately spend her money.

"What a cunning little man!"

"What? Sister Bei, you said that as long as I behave well, you would date me and be my boyfriend."

Lin Xiaofeng disagreed.

Instead of answering directly, Vermouth asked Lin Xiaofeng.

"I heard that Gin has given you a test that will determine whether you can become a cadre of the organization and obtain a code name."

"Yes. The test is to help Shirley find twenty people to test the drug on."