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

Chapter 706: Procrastination and Exposure (4k, I want to round it up)
Europe.

The underground stronghold in the east half of London has fallen.

The main force of MI6 discovered that the organization's resistance was much stronger than in the previous raid. Although they felt something was wrong, they became more determined to take down the organization's headquarters.

The firepower poured out more and more fiercely...

This has put a lot of pressure on those members of the organization who are still holding their posts.

"Damn it! How long are we going to delay?" Marin yelled in frustration.

Her face and neck were covered in blood...but none of that blood was hers; it was the blood of those agents she had killed at close range before.

"It's just a garbage dump, what's there to defend? What are those people up there thinking? The boss can't get over it, so can they not get over it too?"

While cursing, Marin smashed the head of one of the agents who was peeking out.

Beside him, Mark cut the neck of another agent. He looked much calmer than Marin, but his tone was somewhat helpless. "Stop complaining. What we see as a garbage dump may be the treasure house of those big shots... Before the order is updated, we can only hold on.

This place can no longer be defended, keep moving."

"If you ask me, those people in the upper echelons are just bored! Originally it was just a fake loss, but now with this, the loss is at least ten times, ten times the original amount!" Marin looked at the corpse on the ground with disdain, wiped the blood, cursed for a while, and then took out the communicator to contact other members.

They are now in another underground base, and the coffee shop where they were originally staying has been bombed...

While Marin was contacting the transfer, Mark was also busy. He took the time to ask the boss what they should do next.

Unfortunately, the only response he got was: [Wait.]

Mark's eyes twitched, and he agreed with his teammate's comment that the higher-ups had nothing better to do. Just as he was about to silently reply with an "understood", Marin suddenly said, "Mark! The investigators along the Thames River have discovered something. A group of strange forces have intervened!"

Mark paused, "Do you know who it is?"

"…Let me ask."

Marin asked for a long time into the intercom in a very niche language.

"They said it was a force we had never seen before, but their characteristics were very obvious. Basically, they were all wearing smiley masks."

"Masked forces?" Mark searched his mind for a long time, but couldn't find any information about these people. He simply reported the situation honestly and asked casually, "How threatening are those people?"

Ma Yin shook her head and said, "I don't know. The investigators only found this group of people but didn't see them take action."

He paused, "Of course, it is also possible that everyone who saw them do it is dead."

Mark looked a little subtle.

Why does this sentence feel like it describes themselves?
He silently added another sentence to the report.

After they moved to another area, the boss's reply arrived:

[Put it on and wait for my news. 】

mark:"……"

It's true that the emperor is not anxious about the eunuchs... He actually couldn't understand how the top leaders could sit still when their casualties were already so high?

Could it be that the top management intends to abandon the car to save the driver and prepare to run away?
mark:"……"

Damn, he felt this possibility was very high.

Taking a deep breath, he replied "I understand" as usual, then looked at Mayin seriously, "Mayin, I have bad news for you."

Marin was aiming at the pursuers behind her. "What bad news? Are you pregnant? No way?"

Mark: “……?” Pregnant! He’s a man!

……

Outside the 'exercise ground'.

A group of masked men were sitting on the building...eating melon seeds.

"Hey! Iori, where did you get these melon seeds? They taste so good!"

One of the masked men wearing a conical hat praised the taste of the melon seeds mercilessly.

Iori Fujimu lifted the mask on his face and squinted at him. "I bought it at the convenience store in Chinatown. Please change your accent."

The mainland is such a magical place. No matter where their members are from, as long as they go to the mainland to study for a period of time, their accents will become very heavy.

"Eh? Okay, I'll take it." The masked man lowered his tone, but he couldn't stop talking next, "Where is the convenience store? I'll buy another pack when I'm done..."

"..."

Iori Fujimi stopped talking, she just watched the battle silently.

After a while, he said, "It's almost done, let's get started."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen or so masked men nearby stopped what they were doing and stood up at the same time.

Except for Iori Fujino and the man who just asked where to buy melon seeds, the five-pointed stars on the foreheads of the masks on everyone else's faces are hollow.

"Iori, which side should we help?"

"Why do you talk so much nonsense?"

Masked man: “……?”

They say he has a heavy accent... Don’t you have a heavy accent too?

……

Osaka.

At the party venue.

The banquet has ended, but the venue is still packed - if for no other reason, just because... someone died at the party!

The guests who came to the party were either rich or noble, which also attracted the attention of the criminal police who came to investigate the case.

Iori Muga, who was being interrogated, had a cold face and said nothing, implementing the principle of silence is golden; it was not that he did not explain his whereabouts, but that he really did not do anything good just now... But it doesn't matter, the gentle lady next to him is helping him to argue:
"Officer, Mr. Iori didn't have time to commit the crime! He was chatting with us before, and he only went to the toilet in the middle..."

"There's only about five minutes left. It's too late."

Mao Lilan asked her father to testify for others.

But Iori Muga was actually a little confused - when the girl who called herself Mao Li Ran came to him just now, he was very confused because he had never seen her before.

But he soon figured it out: he was a loyal servant of the Ooka family and had just returned from Europe about a month ago. Before that, in order to prove his presence, he asked his sister to impersonate him and work in the Ooka family.

This girl might have thought of him as her sister... because they were twins and looked almost identical.

However, Iori Muga did not explain this for the time being - he had just secretly replaced the assets prepared by the Ooka family, and he hid the money in a secret place. Now he had to try his best to avoid the police's attention on him.

……

The second floor of the venue.

Conan, Hattori Heiji, and... Vermouth, who was wearing a fake face, did not forget their duties and began to investigate the case. Hattori Heiji looked at the floating fishing line on the windowsill and showed a confident smile on his face, "It's just as I expected."

Conan's expression was similar to the previous one, with a frightening light flashing in his eyes. He looked at the dent on the railing and said, "It seems that's right."

Then, the two guys looked at each other:
"Now that's all that's missing."

"Well, you found out too, right?"

Vermouth looked at the two people expressionlessly.

What did you expect? What did you discover? What was missing?
Could you please be more direct and clear?
How come these two guys, who are even more mysterious than Gin, haven’t been beaten to death yet!

All the riddle masters, kill me!

Vermouth roared wildly in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Conan and Hattori Heiji suddenly looked at her, "Mr. Akai, you also found it, right?"

“…Hmm?” Vermouth didn’t expect that the fire could burn her. She controlled her expression and pretended to be calm, “Ah, of course…”

"That's easy now!"

Hattori Heiji grinned with a set of big white teeth that contrasted sharply with his skin color.

"Now that a case has happened, those people will definitely not take action." Conan spoke immediately, and then he and Hattori Heiji pulled Vermouth aside.

Vermouth blinked, feeling a little nervous inside - she actually had no idea how to solve this case, what should she do?

Just as Vermouth was struggling over whether or not she should just fill in the gaps, she realized that she didn't seem to need to.

because……

The two young men in front of her pulled her to a corner, one raised an anesthetic watch, and the other raised a wooden sword for kendo, staring at her fiercely.

Vermouth: “…” My goodness, when was she exposed?

"You really don't understand Mr. Akai at all." Conan's voice was cold, and the harmlessness on his face just now disappeared completely. "We just checked, you didn't bring any firearms with you... Although I don't know why you climbed in through the window, but you have no way to escape now! Just surrender - Vermouth!"

Hattori Heiji even waved his wooden sword twice to show his power.

As for why they found something wrong, it was very simple - first of all, in Conan's impression, 'Akai Shuichi' was always so upright, he would go through the main door and never climb through the window; secondly, when Akai Shuichi met Conan, he always kept his phone in his hand, even if there was no message or call, he would take it out from time to time to check, but tonight 'Akai Shuichi' did not take out his phone...

Also, after careful observation, Conan discovered:
No matter what movements Akai Shuichi makes today, he mainly uses his right hand!
Although Vermouth intentionally controls her dominant hand, but... habits are still a bit difficult to imitate, especially for a left-handed person. Some subtle movements may expose the fact that she is actually right-handed.

Hattori Heiji's face was full of eagerness to try.

His information has been synchronized with Conan's, and now he really wants to fight with this Vermouth!
Vermouth looked at Conan quietly for three seconds, then suddenly laughed.

"As expected of you, cool-guy?"

He didn't feel anything when he used his voice towards Shuichi Akai's face, but the two people on the opposite side couldn't help but get goosebumps.

and also……

Cool-guy?

Isn't that what Teacher Judy calls him?

Vermouth didn't care about Conan's slight surprise, because she didn't know what the little Kubao was surprised about. She just tore off her fake face under the gaze of the two and revealed her real makeup. "How did you find out...ah, forget it, I won't ask."

She noticed that as soon as she asked the question, Conan's eyes lit up like LED lights, so she stopped asking the question decisively.

"...?"

Now it was Conan's turn to be puzzled - this script is wrong!
Shouldn't he be the one who raises the question and then solves it? Why didn't he get a chance to show his abilities this time?

"What's wrong, you devil girl? Have you given up struggling?" Hattori Heiji came up and fanned the flames, his eyes burning, "What is the purpose of your organization this time? I advise you to tell the truth!"

Vermouth raised her eyebrows, "Hey boy, do you think you can defeat me?"

She reached into her clothes with a playful look on her face, and under the stiff gazes of Conan and Hattori Heiji, she pulled out a small pocket pistol from her chest...

Conan: "..."

No, that's not right, this is not scientific! The place was so flat, how could it possibly fit a gun?
Hattori Heiji:"……"

I hope the amulet that He Ye gave him can help him dodge bullets.

“But it’s not that I can’t tell you.” After enjoying their expressions, Vermouth suddenly felt satisfied and changed her words, “Actually, I came here…

Travel~"

Conan/Heiji: "..." Do you think we believe it?
Vermouth laughed twice and said, "I'm telling the truth. Believe it or not."

She has always been the one who gets humiliated in front of Gin, but today it is finally her turn to get humiliated. It really feels... so good!
Conan and Hattori Heiji naturally would not believe her nonsense.

Even if what she said was true.

"Auntie, don't think that we are really afraid of your organization!" Hattori Heiji seemed to be well aware that the arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of those who don't care about their lives.

However, in Vermouth's eyes, his hard-working and fierce appearance was like a little black dog baring its teeth at people, and in her eyes, it was not threatening at all.

“Oh?” Vermouth decided to respond to Hattori Heiji’s attitude. She curled her lips, loaded her gun openly, and pointed it at the two boys. “Really? You’re not afraid at all?”

Come to think of it...did this kid just call her auntie?

It's really not polite at all!

"..."

Feeling his life threatened, Hattori Heiji froze, his drooping hands constantly gesturing behind his back:

Kudo, what are you doing? Hurry up and give this woman the anesthetic injection!

"..."

Conan looked at the gesture and wanted to say at this moment - you let me get an injection, but don't stand right in front of me! !
But he couldn't say it, for fear of alerting the enemy.

"..."

Vermouth watched as her little cool baby carefully moved half a block away from behind the dark-skinned boy, and she also silently moved a step forward, blocking Conan's body again.

Although she looks like a villain now, Vermouth is actually a little panicked: Who is she, where is she, what should she do... Gin's childhood friend only asked her to dress up as Akai Shuichi, but didn't tell her what to do if she was exposed...

For example, should she maintain her identity as an organization, or could she expose the fact that he has joined the Five Star Group?
Bald.

The police kept everyone in the lobby on the first floor. The second floor was empty. Three people were confronting each other under the lights, and the atmosphere was a little tense for a moment.

Conan and the others are wary of Vermouth, but they don't know that Vermouth is also in trouble.

Finally, when Hattori Heiji was about to rush forward with the bamboo sword, a voice appeared and prevented the tragedy from happening -

"Ah! I've been looking for you guys for a long time... Hey, little Conan! Why haven't you solved the case yet?"

(End of this chapter)