Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 180 The aftermath
'Drip drip drip'
Tokyo, the organization's base.

The sudden ringing of a bell caught Gin's attention.

He stopped processing those weird emails and answered the phone: "Who?"

"Master Gin, it's me, Clarett..." The woman's voice was a little hesitant.

Gin raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Clarett... He remembered that he was also Pisk's subordinate, why did he suddenly call him?
"What's up?"

Clarett hesitated. "No, it's nothing serious...it's just that my companions have been complaining about you recently, so I wanted to report it to you."

"...Those complaints are meaningless to me." Gin made a few circles on the notebook with a gloomy face, indicating that he was not sincere. "As long as they abide by the rules of the organization, I will not care about them."

"Thank you for your generosity."

Clarette seemed relieved, "I'm sorry to bother you with these little things, Master Gin."

"Well, it's okay."

……

After Gin hung up the phone, he looked surprised.

It's amazing, one of Pisk's men actually has a crush on someone else...

After staring at the phone for a while, Gin remembered that he hadn't contacted Noah for a few days. After thinking for a while, he dialed a few numbers on the phone and waited quietly for a few minutes...

[Confirm that there is no abnormality in the environment... Master Ren, is there anything important?]
There are many surveillance networks in the organization's base, and Noah needs to check them carefully before accessing them each time.

Gin hadn't thought of anything important recently, "No, tell me what's going on over there?"

[Okay, Master Blade.] Noah's clone program was brewing for a while, [Recently, the second lady has started to develop an antidote for the drug...]
Gin: "..."

Damn it, this is unscientific. How can he make an antidote when he has changed the information so much beyond recognition?

As if he had seen through Gin's thoughts, Noah followed up: [Based on the conversations I heard, and the data I occasionally obtained by hacking into the doctor's computer, it seems that the second lady independently developed an antidote to the original drug based on the ingredients of the liquor... In other words, it has little to do with the original data, and a semi-finished product has been developed.]
Hearing this, Gin clenched his fists.

No! I can't let Conan change back! Absolutely not!!
[However, the second lady also said that it is impossible to develop a complete antidote for the time being, and the antidote is still time-limited.]
"...That's pretty much it."

Gin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

If Shirley could really develop an antidote, then his efforts would be in vain...

"Okay, is there anything else?" Gin continued.

If it is just a temporary antidote, it won't have much impact on him, but it may attract the attention of the organization if he is not careful.

[Also, we have recently discovered that a certain number of foreign nationals whose identity information cannot be matched have entered the country. We have now handed the information over to Master Xie to confirm.]
"Oh?" Gin's eyes lit up slightly, "Noah, let Xie contact me directly after confirming the information of these people."

These people...could they be the FBI?

If that's the case, then it's easier - at least it's no longer a matter of waiting aimlessly.

Noah replied respectfully: [Okay, Master Gin... There is one more thing. Master Jing said that when he was sending the second young lady back, she woke up halfway.]
Gin was stunned: "Did Jing speak?"

[No……]
"That's okay."

Gin didn't care about this. As long as Jing didn't speak and wore a mask, who would recognize him?

And it doesn't matter even if you are recognized.

He asked Jing to protect people, not to harm them... If it really doesn't work, revealing some news about the Five-Star Group is also acceptable.

[Also, Master Jing said that a woman disguised as a man was spotted around the second young lady not long ago. She seemed to have a special intention and seemed to be sneaky. He wanted to ask Master Xiaren for his opinion.]
Noah thought about it and told Jing what he had said, "Jing said that if you don't tell him otherwise, he will get rid of that person the next time he sees him..."
“……” Gin nodded his pen silently.

A woman disguised as a man?
Among the people he knew, there seemed to be only two women who could disguise themselves - one was Kudo Yukiko, and the other was Vermouth.

Kudo Yukiko is still staying in the hotel with Kudo Yusaku, keeping watch. Even if she goes to her own house, she shouldn't be considered sneaky by Jing...

Then if we round it off, it should be Vermouth?

"What does this woman want to do..."

Gin rubbed his forehead and almost forgot that Vermouth was also at the memorial service. Did she see the shrunken Shirley?

But he remembered that Vermouth seemed to be protecting Conan?

So is Vermouth simply looking for Conan's whereabouts or is she also looking for Shirley?
"Noah, tell Jing that as long as the other party doesn't do anything too outrageous, don't worry about it."

Vermouth can’t tell who’s friend or foe right now…and after all, they’re old colleagues, so if anything needs to happen, he’ll have to do it in person.

Let's wait and see what this guy does.

Gin vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a scene where Vermouth and Conan fought against each other? Or was it someone else... Anyway, Gin couldn't remember clearly, but there must have been a fight with someone.

[Okay, Master Blade!]
Noah responded cheerfully.

After making sure that Gin didn't want to listen to the daily trivial reports, he used the offline escape.

Gin then continued to stare at those sarcastic emails, dealing with them with a cold face while feeling guilty in his heart - it was clearly the unscrupulous boss who asked him to kill someone, but in the end, all the blame was on him.

I can’t stand it anymore, let’s kill the boss quickly!
……

"Doctor, are you sure there's nothing wrong with my body?"

"Yes, don't worry, Auntie. It's just a slight cold. It won't be a big deal..."

New clinic.

The doctor who used to see patients, Yoshiteru Shinide, is no longer there, and has been replaced by a young man.

The work tag on his clothes had his name on it: Tomoaki Niide.

The patient he just saw was an elderly lady who came to the clinic because she had been having trouble sleeping recently.

"Oh...thank you, doctor." Hearing that she was not seriously ill, the middle-aged woman smiled with relief. After thanking him, she got up and left the clinic.

Outside the clinic.

A foreigner wearing a hat seemed to be lost and looked around.

But after seeing this middle-aged woman come out, he immediately changed direction... It looked very suspicious.

……

On a low building.

After a brown-haired woman hung up the phone, she stared at the sky in a daze.

Not long after, an impatient shout came from behind her:

"Clarette, who are you talking to on the phone? Are you still not well!"

"…The landlord contacted me and changed the rent." The brunette frowned. "Don't be so impatient, Grappa."

(End of this chapter)