Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

At that moment, Carmel's voice came through the headset: "Something's wrong, James! They suddenly stopped following me and turned right at the intersection just now!"

"..."

James put down his phone, his face grim.

Chapter 386: Rum: "Your mother's Cointreau!"

When James rushed to the scene, he found an empty ambulance.

Judy immediately pulled out her gun and ran over to check.

no……

The driver disappeared, and Rena Mizunashi also disappeared.

Can't go wrong.

It's definitely that woman!

Thinking of the other person's beautiful yet utterly repulsive face, Judy's expression turned extremely ugly.

Vermouth probably took advantage of the time when the dean went to the hospital in the morning to anesthetize him, and then disguised herself as the dean to sneak into the hospital to investigate information... As a result, James, who was unaware that the dean had been impersonated, came directly to her to discuss the transfer of Mizunashi Rena. This was exactly what happened: they took the initiative to deliver Mizunashi Rena to their door!

"This……"

When Hayashi Yoshiki and Conan got off the bus and walked forward, James could only make an expression of not knowing what to do.

Meanwhile, Vermouth, along with the awakened Rena Mizunashi, reunited with Gin and the others.

The two sides gathered in an inconspicuous garage.

"I heard you got completely fooled, Gin."

The middle-aged man who got out of the car spoke in a flirtatious voice, and with Chianti clicking her tongue in displeasure, Vermouth removed the mask from her face.

Gin's face remained expressionless.

His gaze was fixed on Rena Mizunashi, whom he hadn't seen for a while and who seemed incredibly weak.

According to Cointreau, he had casually asked the FBI to confirm whether Kiel had woken up and been interrogated, and was told that Kiel had been unconscious the whole time.

When did you wake up?

Gin's cold gaze fell on Gil's face.

About a day ago.

Kiel smiled. "For a whole day, I lay motionless on the bed with my eyes closed under the scrutiny of a group of people... It's really fortunate that you came to rescue me today, otherwise I don't know when I would have given myself away."

Gin tentatively accepted this statement.

After all, judging from the FBI's actions today, the FBI still has considerable faith in Jundal... They shouldn't be so likely to deceive Jundal on such a matter.

So, does that mean Kir didn't leak any information about the organization...?

Gin's gaze swept over Rena Mizunashi's face, silently exerting pressure.

Just as cold sweat began to seep from the latter's back, a sudden ringtone broke the silence, and Gin picked up his phone and answered.

"Hey, it's me."

"Has Kiel successfully received it?"

"Ah, that's right."

Upon hearing Rum's voice, Gin remained calm.

"That's good. I'll report this to that sir."

"What do you mean?"

Although Gin's voice was flat, it actually carried a hint of surprise.

"What do you mean? Kiel was able to escape so easily because of me."

"..."

Upon hearing Rum's words, Gin looked at Vermouth, who then pulled out a cell phone with a smile and showed it to him—not Vermouth's own phone, but the Dean's.

At that moment, Gin understood.

He grinned:

“It seems you’ve misunderstood something, Rum.”

"What?"

"Kiel's successful escape was not due to you, but to Cointreau."

Gin realized that Rum was starting to get anxious.

The setback in the Vespania ore incident has put Rum in a rather unfavorable situation. Having been thoroughly berated by that man, he is probably planning to use this opportunity to wash away his shame.

Indeed, it turned out exactly as Gin had guessed.

Rum had already discussed this with James during today's operation. He planned to use this opportunity to rescue Gil before Gin could – James would discuss the relocation location with the Dean, and then send someone to take the unconscious Gil somewhere.

However, the plan went wrong at a crucial point: the dean was impersonated by Vermouth without anyone knowing.

That's the situation.

"His job is to demonstrate his value to the FBI and, incidentally, make you guys look foolish."

"And the blame for us getting Kiel back will fall on their FBI superiors—who told them to trust the wrong people?"

"But I never expected that even the Dean was Rum's spy."

Vermouth casually brushed her dazzling long hair aside and said with a smile.

After she finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.

After a moment, Vodka suddenly spoke:

"Is the director of that Beihu Hospital a spy for Boss Rum? Doesn't that mean Boss Rum already knew that Gil was in this hospital? But wouldn't that be strange? The organization has gone to so much trouble to find Gil's whereabouts."

Upon hearing this, Kiel gave a cold smile.

"I think he probably wanted to take this opportunity to see if I was an undercover agent or a traitor."

She looked at Gin and said, "How was it? I don't think I disappointed you."

"Humph."

Gin glanced at the phone, which Rum had already hung up on unilaterally, snorted, and got into his car.

"They retreated."

Seeing Gin's calm demeanor, Rena Mizunashi breathed a sigh of relief.

I finally got away from that paranoid guy. Just like he said, things might go smoothly...

Since the others were all riding motorcycles, Rena Mizunashi ended up riding in Gin's car.

The distillery group quickly left the underground parking garage.

Meanwhile, Rum was furious—damn it, wasn't he just waiting for Gin's operation to fail so he could seize Kir and show off his abilities? What were Cointreau and Vermouth doing, inexplicably showing up and ruining everything?!

Caught off guard and unaware of the full story, Rum gradually calmed down.

He contacted the dean immediately and learned that the guy had been drugged and had his identity stolen by Vermouth. He then figured out what had happened.

Damn it!

Just because James told him that the Dean was a trustworthy person, Jundu immediately took a liking to him and used the Dean's identity!

He just happened to ruin his own good thing...

Moreover, that guy seems to be trying to gain the FBI's trust.

A glint appeared in Rum's only remaining eye.

"..."

James Black was his collaborator, and their partnership lasted for more than a decade, making it a very solid collaboration.

However, just as James Black kept information about Rum, Conan, and Ai Haibara's identities, as well as Kir's undercover identity, from Rum in the original work, Rum would certainly not be completely unguarded around James.

The two are getting what they need, but to some extent, they are also adversaries that need to be guarded against.

Cointreau's abilities will be very useful.

If he could even kill Shuichi Akai, then killing James Black would be a piece of cake...

One day, he might need to rely on him to get rid of James. In that case, he would have to help Jundu hide his identity from James.

Chapter 387: The Spy List

The incident is over.

For the FBI, this whole thing ended up being a complete waste of time.

Unable to obtain any information from Rena Mizunashi, whom they had been guarding for so many days, they allowed her to be kidnapped.

"Ugh."

Judy Sterling sighed.

She unzipped the coffee can, sat on the bench, tilted her head back, and drank half the can in one go.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Jiashu walked over.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Lin…”

Judy said in a heavy tone.

"Everything went exactly as you predicted, Gin and the others were fooled, but then this happened—"

Lin Jiashu even expressed on several occasions that he was very concerned about whether the dean was trustworthy.

Strictly speaking, the blame for this cannot be placed on the dean, since who could have imagined that Vermouth would infiltrate the organization and replace him first?

Vermouth...

Thinking of the woman who murdered her parents twenty years ago, and how she had tricked her again today, Judy's eyes were clouded with gloom.

At this moment, she was even somewhat discouraged.

The full moon event failed to yield any effective results.

Now it's too late to show off.

This operation was also a complete failure.

Are the people in that organization really that capable? Or is it the FBI... or is it just my own incompetence or bad luck?

Judy looked down at the coffee in her hand, her eyes somewhat blank.

"No, until now, everything is still within expectations."

At that moment, Conan walked over.

Looking at Judy, who seemed a little downcast, he wore an excited smile that radiated strong confidence.

Judy was puzzled.

“Rena Mizunashi…or rather, Ms. Hidemi Hondo of the CIA, her being taken back by that organization was a scene we had planned from the beginning.”

Lin Jiashu sat down next to her.

Unlike the two people drinking coffee, he was holding a bottle of mineral water.

Seeing Judy's astonished and even bewildered expression upon arrival, Hayashi Yoshiki smiled and said, "Just last night, Mizunashi Rena had already woken up. After Conan and I realized this and confirmed her identity, we made a deal with her."

"The terms of the deal were that we needed her to infiltrate the Black Organization to gather intelligence, while we... or rather, the FBI needed to protect her younger brother, Hondo Eisuke."

Seeing Jodie's astonished expression, Conan explained Mizunashi Rena's situation in detail.

The CIA, or Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, is under the same jurisdiction as the FBI, but due to overlapping responsibilities, conflicts sometimes arise. Mutual attacks, sabotage, and even sabotage are long-standing traditions between the two.

After finally processing the information Conan gave her, Jodie pointed at herself incredulously: "You kept us FBI in the dark, and now you're making us take on the responsibility of protecting someone after everything's over?"

That's right.