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

Chapter 197 The Dusk Villa-Soldier
The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.

The sun gradually sets, stretching the shadows of everything, as if it is a sign of the coming darkness.

Nagano Prefecture.

At the boundary between the suburbs and the urban area, a group of buildings are scattered here.

The underground spaces between these houses were all connected together, forming a spacious underground base.

It is unknown how long this base has existed, but this space of thousands of square meters is just a branch.

In a lounge in the underground base.

A blond, blue-eyed middle-aged foreign man wearing a black shirt was holding a goblet in his hand and shaking it gently while watching a comedy show on TV.

After a while, he picked up the glass, put it to his lips, and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

The sweet aroma left him with an endless aftertaste, and he exclaimed in praise:
"Oh! It's Chablis as expected, sour and sweet as always! A treasure from heaven!"

Ireland, who had just walked into the lounge: "..."

Does Chablis still have any shame in bragging about himself so openly?

The man lying on the sofa watching TV leisurely was none other than Chablis.

Ireland, who was twice as big as him, glanced at him and silently went over to pour a glass of Chablis.

Chablis, a white wine made from Chardonnay grapes, has a very special mineral taste due to its origin.

...It's quite sour.

"Chablis, you've been here for two days, why don't you go back to Tokyo to report on your work?"

Ireland took a sip of the pale golden wine.

Chablis was enjoying the show and said casually, "Don't worry, you can go back to Ireland first... After all, this is the hometown of that person, and I want to pay more respect to it."

“…I won’t believe you.”

Ireland didn't believe a word of Chablis' lies.

"Tsk, how can you talk like that?" Chablis raised his eyebrows in displeasure, then smiled, "It's obvious that even ghosts don't believe it."

Ireland:"……"

He was so self-aware that he didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke: "Besides that person's villa, is there anything else here that interests you?"

"A lot of things."

Chablis smiled, "And Gin... I'm very interested in him."

"Gin?" Ireland gave him a strange look. "Gin went back to Tokyo a long time ago, okay?"

"Ah... that's right." Chablis scratched his cheek, put the glass on the table and spread his hands, "Well, actually he said that day that someone would come to the annex the day before yesterday, but I didn't quite believe it."

Ireland's eye twitched: "And?"

"Then I asked someone to guard the intersection." Chablis crossed his legs with a smile, "Oh, I didn't expect someone would actually come..."

"...I really don't understand why you would doubt Gin." Ireland looked at him speechlessly and twitched his lips.

Chablis picked up the glass again and took a sip, "Because of the feeling."

Ireland:"……"

"He seems to be uninterested in everything." Chablis looked at the liquid in the glass. "Whether it's me, you, the mission... or that person's villa, he doesn't seem to care at all."

"Chablis."

Ireland suddenly said with a sullen face:
"Gin joined the organization at the age of 7, and became the top killer among his group at the age of . Since then, he has been personally paid attention to and trained by that person... Your suspicion is unreasonable."

"Yes Yes……"

Chablis shook his head helplessly.

Really, it’s just a guess, it won’t hurt…

"You'd better not let that person know about your speculations. He will definitely be very dissatisfied." Ireland reminded again.

Chablis just nodded and drank his wine gloomily. When the two were silent, a mobile phone rang.

They both touched their pockets almost simultaneously, and then Ireland pulled his hand back—it was Chablis's phone.

"How is it? What's going on?"

After asking, Chablis paused in his drinking when he heard the voice coming from the other end of the line.

A smile gradually spread: "Is that true? Interesting."

"Okay, I get it, just keep guarding."

After saying a few quick words, Chablis simply hung up the phone and stood up suddenly.

Ireland was startled, "Chablis! What are you doing?"

"I'm going to the other side of the building." Chablis took his coat from the hanger.

"at this time?"

"Of course I have to. My men saw Gin! I have to go and supervise him and see what he wants to do...I'll leave this to you, Ireland!"

Bang!

Looking at the door that was slammed shut, Ireland's lips moved.

Is Chablis crazy? Doubtful of gin?
The number of undercover traitors Gin has killed is older than that one, right?
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"Damn it! That gas station owner actually asked me to take this road..."

On the bumpy path in the woods, a white rental car was bumping forward.

In the driver's seat, Kogoro Maori tried hard to keep the car stable, while cursing the gas station owner who made him take this road.

They were driving on a regular road when their tire suddenly blew out, and there was no spare tire in the car...

Fortunately, there was a gas station, and they were able to continue moving forward after changing the tire.

But this road...

It’s really hard to put into words.

The soil in the forest was already very soft, and now that it was raining, water accumulated in the mud pits.

They were afraid that the car would get stuck in a pit and never get out...

"Dad, is this road really okay?"

Mao Lilan held the handle on the roof tightly, doubting whether this road could lead to the destination.

Conan was sitting alone in the back seat, already fastened with his seat belt, trying hard not to fall.

He did not doubt the correctness of this road - such a bumpy road meant that a car must have passed by it before.

"How should I know..." Maori Kogoro was also very depressed, "If this is the wrong way, I will definitely beat up that boss when I get back!"

Maybe God is on the side of the gas station owner.

Just after Kogoro Mori finished saying this, their car drove up a steep slope and then onto a smooth mountain road paved with cement.

“…Finally, there is a proper path.”

Kogoro Mori took a breath.

Xiaolan still held the handle with some concern, "Does this really lead to the destination?"

Conan unbuckled his seatbelt and leaned against the window: "I think this is indeed a shortcut."

"Eh?"

"Look on the right, that should be the Twilight Annex, right?"

After hearing what Conan said, Mouri Kogoro and Ran turned their heads and saw a huge mansion standing on the edge of the cliff.

But under the cover of night, the villa does not look as glorious as it used to be, and instead makes people feel eerie and scary.

(End of this chapter)