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

"Okay, Cat D has already headed over there. After you meet up with him and patrol to make sure there are no problems, head straight back to the restaurant."

"Cat E understands."

After replying, Vermouth gave the incredulous man a seductive smile.

After she stood a little further away with the walkie-talkie, Tequila immediately snapped the guy's neck.

"Are all the hostages in the restaurant? Our brother should be there too."

"It should be."

As Vermouth finished speaking, she looked at Gin and Chianti, who were walking over from not far away.

"None of these people are wearing gas masks, so it seems they didn't use that bacterium on the airship."

"Finding Cointreau's whereabouts is our top priority," Gin said, his tone still icy. "Besides that, that killer bacteria is also our target."

"Then let me sneak into the restaurant and take a look."

Vermouth chuckled softly.

Looking at the lifeless Cat E, she took out a human skin mask from her bosom—she was actually much more anxious than Gin at the moment.

Gin then looked at Chianti: "Chianti, go and take control of the cockpit."

"Row."

Without saying a word, Chianti began to act.

the other side

In the restaurant controlled by the red Siamese cat, no one dared to breathe loudly.

"Ai..."

Ayumi looked at Ai Haibara with concern, whose situation had been very strange since the beginning.

The girl squatted there, her face pale, clutching her arm tightly, her nails digging into her arm.

How to do?

what to do--

Cointreau…

What can I do to save him?!

Bacteriology is a field that Ai Haibara has almost never ventured into, but if conditions allow her to examine, analyze, and provide emergency treatment as soon as possible, there might be an opportunity.

However, the airship has now been hijacked by an armed group, and there is no research equipment on board...

Ai Haibara bit her lip hard.

At that moment, she truly hated her own powerlessness.

It was in that moment that Ai Haibara inexplicably felt suffocated.

Her pupils contracted.

With an incredulous expression, she watched as a fully armed man walked into the restaurant... In that instant, a sharp sense of crisis surged up her spine and into her brain, frantically reminding her to escape as soon as possible.

"Cat E?"

The leader of the red Siamese cats looked at him, puzzled, as he walked over alone. "What's going on? Where's Cat D?"

"When he came back from patrol, he said he needed to go to the restroom."

Seeing this, the leader said nothing more.

Cat E... which means Vermouth is standing at the back with the gun.

She immediately looked around.

Cointreau was nowhere to be seen.

Even Ran and that brat from Yukiko's family were nowhere to be seen...

She did spot Ai Haibara.

The pale, bloodless face filled with fear, which Vermouth suspected wasn't due to being discovered, gave her a bad feeling.

The leader of the red Siamese cats was still unaware that another group had infiltrated the airship. Once the airship had finally passed the conspicuous hill, he immediately picked up his walkie-talkie to order the smoke generator to be activated: "Cat D, please reply, activate immediately—"

click

The gun barrel pointed at his forehead made the leader's voice falter.

He turned to his subordinate in disbelief: "What are you doing?"

"Cat D!?"

"what you do!!?"

"Don't move."

Vermouth spoke in Cat D's voice as before.

With a slight exertion of force, the heavy muzzle pressed down on his head: "If you don't want your head to explode, hand over the bacteria."

"You're not one of my men!?"

Vermouth's words immediately made the leader of the red Siamese cats realize this.

The hostages in the restaurant were also stunned by this sudden turn of events.

Nakamori Ginzo even subconsciously stood up, assuming a poised stance ready to pounce at any moment... He didn't know why, but if given the chance—

"Who exactly are you?"

The leader turned his head and looked at the man who looked exactly like his subordinate with incomprehension.

Several mercenaries nearby nervously pointed their guns at Vermouth.

then,

Da da da da!

boom!boom!

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire from submachine guns rang out from outside the restaurant.

The hostages gathered in the restaurant saw it clearly—when the dense barrage of bullets came in, the armed men standing there didn't even have a chance to react before their bodies were riddled with bullet holes.

Amidst Ai Haibara's horrified reaction, Gin and Tequila walked in.

Although both of them wore gas masks so their faces were obscured, Ai Haibara instantly recognized the other's identity from their flowing silver hair.

"Damn it, you guys—?"

The leader of the red Siamese cats had eyes that looked like they were about to explode.

Still unable to comprehend what had happened, he met Gin's cold eyes behind his mask. The next second, the words spoken by the other man sent a chill down his spine:

"They were just a bunch of mercenaries."

When Gin saw the face of the guy codenamed Cat E in the corridor just now, he felt vaguely that he was familiar with him.

Upon seeing the scar on the leader's nose, Gin finally recalled the information he had sent to Jundo about some international mercenaries seven days earlier.

There are no red Siamese cats at all.

This is just a group of mercenaries hired to use the name of the red Siamese cat to commit a crime with ulterior motives.

"Find the bacteria."

Tequila stepped forward and searched the mercenary leader's body, quickly finding a glass test tube containing a green liquid.

That was definitely something that looked ominous.

Meanwhile, the only woman in the mercenary group, dressed as a waitress, quietly reached for the gun at her waist and released the safety.

But it was only that faint, almost imperceptible amplified sound that made Gin instantly glance at her.

"Go to hell!"

boom!

The waiter hadn't even been able to raise the gun in his hand when he was shot in the forehead and fell backward.

boom!

Following Gin's shot, Vermouth also fired, killing the mercenary leader.

Screams erupted from the crowd.

"Hey! Who are you people?!"

Seeing this, Nakamori Ginzo couldn't help but jump out.

As a policeman, he had a premonition that the group in front of him were even more ruthless and cold-blooded outlaws than those mercenaries.

Their target is undoubtedly also killer bacteria. If this airship falls into their hands...

Nakamori Ginzo's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Gin ignored him.

He looked for Lin Jiashu as soon as he came in, but he didn't see him.

"What should we do?" Vermouth asked him.

"No need to look anymore, just leave."

"What!?"

Upon hearing this, Tequila immediately revealed his deep Kansai accent.

But just as he was about to say something, Gin had already walked out of the restaurant with his hands in his pockets.

After entering the room and discovering that Jundo was not among the hostages, and that the militant's identity was actually one of the many mercenaries Gin had sent him, Gin realized that this whole thing was just Jundo's self-amusement.

This kid is fucking insane.

"..."

Gin's face darkened.

As Gin and the others started to walk outside, Ai Haibara was still trembling.

Dr. Agasa looked at her with concern.

However, Ai Haibara couldn't hear his voice at all. At this moment, watching Gin and the others leave, she had an urge to run up to them and reveal her identity—if she admitted to them that she was Sherry, she could negotiate with them to let them take Jundo with them for treatment, right?

Even though this would expose Edogawa and Professor Agasa...

Even the fact that Cointreau has been protecting him will be exposed to the organization.

However, the value of APTX4869 has already been demonstrated, and we have successfully developed a partial antidote. If we use all of this as leverage, the organization might agree to our terms.

Otherwise, the mortality rate would be 80%...

With these thoughts in mind, Ai Haibara stood up with a gloomy face.

"Ai?"

Dr. Agasa looked at her with some surprise.

"Ai?"

"what happened to you?"

Were you scared?

The three children from Teitan Elementary School also looked over.

At this moment, Nakamori Ginzo and Suzuki Jirokichi exchanged a glance. The latter nodded solemnly, and Nakamori Ginzo immediately stood up and looked at his subordinates: "Everyone, pick up your guns. I'm calling for reinforcements right now."

"Yes!"

Several police officers immediately picked up the weapons that the mercenaries had just used.

Ai Haibara began walking towards the restaurant's door.

Unsure of what she was thinking, Professor Agasa quickly followed and reached out to grab her: "Danger, Ai! Don't go any further!"

“…I’m sorry, Doctor.”

The girl responded in a hoarse voice.