Bourbon has been feeling a bit retrograde lately, as if everything is going wrong.

After finally gaining the boss's trust and getting rid of the endless tasks from Granburch;

But then he heard the news that Shuichi Akai was missing or alive. He searched for more than half a month based on the landing point calculated by Granburch, and almost dug the entire mountain three feet deep, but still found nothing.

Now, after finally relaxing a bit, Granburch is targeting us again!

He sat in the cafe full of resentment, ordered a latte, and stared at the door dimly.

Time passed minute by minute. He had already refilled his coffee four times. When he saw that others were almost ready to order lunch, he finally saw Granburch's late figure.

Bourbon put on a fake smile and asked him sarcastically, "Granburch, is your clock broken? Do you need me to fix it for you?"

Chu Ming ordered a cappuccino at the counter, then came over and sat down. "That's not necessary, you're too polite."

Bourbon gritted his teeth: "Do you know what time it is?"

Chu Ming glanced back at the clock on the counter, then turned around with a calm face: "It's eleven fifty, what's wrong? Are you hungry?"

Bourbon placed his coffee cup on the tray with a click and said word by word, "Isn't your appointment time ten o'clock?!?"

Chu Ming thanked the waiter who brought his coffee, turned around and looked at Bourbon innocently, and shook his finger calmly: "Think carefully, what I said yesterday was that I hope you will show up at the coffee shop at ten o'clock this morning, but I never said that I would come at this time~"

“……” Bourbon was choked by Chu Ming’s unreasonable arguments and his face gradually turned darker.

Chu Ming lowered his head and took a sip of coffee. The slightly bitter taste of coffee mixed in with the milk foam in his mouth made him frown. He put the coffee on the table and saw that Bourbon didn't say anything. He went straight to the point: "Since you don't have any other questions, I'll get straight to the point."

Bourbon said nothing, just stared at him to see what tricks he could come up with.

"I have a long-term mission that requires your cooperation." Chu Ming rested his elbows on the table, supported his head with his hands and smiled at Bourbon.

When Bourbon heard about the long-term mission, he felt a throbbing pain in his head and refused: "I'm a bit busy recently, so I may not be able to do the long-term mission..."

Chu Ming interrupted him directly, smiling: "Bourbon, I know what tasks you have recently. Do you want me to list the tasks you have currently?"

Bourbon paused. His previous excuses for refusing missions were directly blocked by Chu Ming. He was quite annoyed. He forgot that Chu Ming’s current authority allowed him to review not only the missions of the action team, but also the missions of the intelligence team.

The excuse for slacking off was cut off directly.

He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Chu Ming saw the opportunity and made the final decision: "It's settled. I remember that you have an identity as a detective, right? You find a way to get close to Maori Kogoro, and it would be best if you can lurk beside him. Of course, I'm just suggesting, you don't have to be a detective, you can make the arrangements yourself."

Bourbon was obviously still trying to struggle: "Aren't you already with them? Why do I need to do this?"

Of course Chu Ming couldn't tell him because his identity had not been revealed, but in Conan's eyes, his identity as a member of the organization was confirmed.

After all, this is the black-skinned member who appeared with Granburch and committed crimes.

From this point of view, Bourbon is better than Vermouth~

He was looking forward to Conan's look when he saw Bourbon deliberately approaching Kogoro Mori.

*

Chu Ming went to the Maori Detective Agency with some fruits, and thoughtfully brought three amulets that Maori and his friends had prayed for at the shrine. During this period, everyone from Maori Kogoro to Ran and then Conan were hospitalized one after another, so it was a good idea to give them an amulet to pray for their safety.

Although their injuries were all related to him, he was actively trying to make amends.

Conan took the amulet handed to him by Chu Ming and forced a smile. Although he knew that Chu Ming was teasing him, he was upset and couldn't muster up the energy.

"What's going on?" Chu Ming keenly sensed that something was wrong. Conan didn't look so depressed yesterday, so why did he suddenly become so depressed today?

Conan was worried, not knowing what he had been thinking about. When Chu Ming asked him, his eyes were full of worry: "When I came back this morning, Xiaolan said that there was a photo missing from the album of her and my childhood. Brother Chu Ming, do you think it could be..."

Chu Ming's eyes flashed with enlightenment very quickly. So it was because of this. He had just borrowed the photo to use for a while, but Gin's hands were so fast that he didn't have time to react before the cigarette in Gin's hand hit Conan's head...

He couldn't put the photo with the hole burned in it back in, could he? So the photo now lay alone in the trash can at the organization's base.

"It's possible, but think about it. It's been almost a day and a night since that member of the organization escaped. If he really reported it, would the organization have done nothing for so long? The photo might have been stolen by that person, but you just didn't notice it before." Chu Ming quickly threw the blame away and put the blame on Ireland.

Conan felt a little better. He actually knew that Chu Ming was comforting him, but what could he do? Now he was no longer in the dark organization or in the light. The organization might have known that Kudo Shinichi was still alive.

As for the news that he is Kudo Shinichi, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny...

He touched a small box in his pocket. It was the antidote that Haibara Ai had once given him, which could allow him to temporarily change back.

He kept it by his side and waited for the critical moment to use it.

If he really can't hide anymore, he will take the pill and turn back into Kudo Shinichi. In this way, he will die in the hands of the organization as Kudo Shinichi, and the organization will not turn its attention to Conan, and will not implicate Xiaolan and the others.

Chu Ming watched Conan's gaze gradually become firmer, and tilted his head in confusion, feeling that Conan was thinking about something strange.

He slapped Conan on the back of his head, shattering the worries that Conan had been brewing: "Okay, let's go eat first, there's no point in thinking too much."

Xiaolan brought out the dinner and just happened to hear Chu Ming's words. She was a little confused: "Conan seems to be really worried recently. How about this, Sonoko said that her uncle has been thinking hard about catching Kid and finally came up with a good idea. Why don't I talk to Sonoko tomorrow and we go to the scene together?"

Xiaolan also saw that Conan looked a little depressed recently, so she planned to take him out to relax.

In addition, although it is still not certain whether Conan is Kudo Shinichi, Chu Ming has had small lessons with her before, and she has listed the similarities between Conan and Shinichi during this period in a small notebook. Now is the time to verify them one by one.

——For example, the persistence when facing a certain thief.

[Thanks to the cute girl for sending Xiu'er. I was going to add another chapter, but it's too late today. I'll make it up tomorrow (づ ̄3 ̄)づ╭?~]

[It’s snowing heavily in Jiangsu! Classes will be suspended tomorrow! No need to go to work! (*^▽^*)]

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