Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

"Yo--"

The long-haired man raised an eyebrow, keenly aware of Green Chat's abnormality: "You don't look like the kind of person who would sit and wait for death. Are you just going to accept your fate like this?"

"What can we do? It's Gin who's coming." Green Chat shrugged.

The long-haired man looked around and said sarcastically, "So you invited all these people here just to see your grand funeral?"

Green Chat scoffed, "Why not? If I wanted to, I'd rather have everyone here buried with me."

His tone was particularly disdainful, and the originally gentle old man finally revealed the dark aura of the organization, like a giant crocodile dozing in the water, finally opening its bloody mouth.

The long-haired man chuckled: "It's going to be a good show, I'm really looking forward to it."

Green Chat glanced at "him": "As long as you don't get in the way, Vermouth."

The long-haired man, Vermouth, shrugged casually: "I just came to see you off. I have no other plans. Otherwise, I will have a hard time explaining myself to Gin alone."

"Hmph, are you still afraid of Gin?" Green Chat obviously knew that this was Vermouth's excuse, but his nerves were obviously not so tense anymore.

"I don't think it's worth it to be targeted by Gin because of a dead man."

Vermouth seemed to remember something and chuckled:

"Oh, by the way, remember to tell your daughter not to continue to ride on my popularity. I still cherish my reputation. Sharon may be dead, but I am not. She uses the name of little Sharon every day to drag my fans down, which really annoys my fans."

Green Chat: "...What a petty woman."

Vermouth didn't answer, but just glanced at the scene casually: "If there's nothing else, I'll find a place to sit by myself."

"Let me first show you my youngest son, Ian. You haven't met him before."

"Youngest son? You actually have a son?" Vermouth was obviously very surprised.

Green Chat didn't explain much and took Vermouth to a corner of the banquet.

At this moment, the young master, dressed in a black suit and looking particularly noble, was talking to the lawyer beside him. When Yu Guangzhong saw the old man coming over, he immediately turned around and smiled, "Father."

"Ian, this is your father's friend, you can just call him Uncle Troy—"

The young man raised his eyes, and his blue eyes, as clear and clean as the deep sea, met Vermouth's eyes, but it was as if a storm was blowing on the sea, rolling up huge waves.

Vermouth stared at the boy, her hands clenching imperceptibly.

The man next to the boy pushed his glasses, a cold look flashed across his eyes, and he stood up and walked to the boy, making a protective gesture without leaving any trace.

Vermouth forced herself to retract her gaze, which fell on the plain-looking man wearing glasses. She frowned slightly, and the coldness in her eyes was about to overflow.

In an instant, an invisible confrontation arose between the two sides.

Kudo Shinichi, who was in the center of the vortex, was completely unaware. He looked at the person in front of him calmly and said in a soft voice, "Hello, Uncle Troy."

Vermouth pulled the corners of her mouth and revealed a gentle smile: "Good evening, little Ian."

Baichuan Qiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his originally nervous fists slowly relaxed.

The system sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, "Host, what's wrong?"

"This person is in disguise." Baichuanqiu said firmly, "And the only person who can appear here at this time is Vermouth."

"What?!!"

The system turned up the volume.

"Then we're doomed! She'll definitely see through our disguise!"

Shirakawa Qiu watched as Mr. "Troy" turned around and said something to Green Chat very calmly. Then Green Chat laughed, took Kudo Shinichi's hand, and spoke very kindly, showing no anger at all.

It seems that Vermouth did not tell Green Chat about this.

"It seems that Vermouth doesn't have much hostility towards Kudo Shinichi."

Baichuan Qiu seemed to have thought of something and asked the system: "Have you seen some plots before? Vermouth seems to be particularly caring towards Kudo Shinichi."

The system also remembered: "It seems so. Vermouth has secretly protected Conan several times before. Even when facing people from the organization, she was intentionally or unintentionally helping Conan cover up. She is also one of the few people in the organization who knows that Kudo Shinichi is Conan."

From this perspective, Vermouth’s current attitude is very intriguing.

The system couldn't figure out what kind of emotion this was, so it could only say, "Maybe this is what it means to be a mom fan?"

Baichuan Qiu: "..."

This is the first time I feel that the system is reliable.

"And this is Mr. Oba, a lawyer from Sakura." Green Chat even did not forget to introduce Shirakawa Qiu.

Vermouth looked at Shirakawa Qiu, her eyes were not gentle, and even carried some hostility, but she still stretched out her hand and shook hands politely with Shirakawa Qiu: "So it's Mr. Wei Yu..."

Baichuan Qiu remained calm in the face of Vermouth's hostility, and even showed a slightly provocative smile: "Yes, Mr. Troy, please give me your guidance."

Vermouth stared at him with a forced smile on her face. She retracted her hand and looked at Green Chat: "Since there is nothing else to do here, you can go. Don't worry about me. I'm just here to watch the show."

The smile on Green Chat's face seemed to be much more relieved. He glanced at Vermouth and said, "Aren't you going to see Morgana?"

Vermouth simply rolled her eyes.

Green Chat understood: "It seems that you like Little Ian more."

Vermouth: "I don't like anyone."

As she spoke, the smile in her eyes faded slightly, and she changed the subject: "Besides, didn't you ask me to stay out of the way? I remember that."

So she will abide by the rules and definitely not meddle in other people's business!

Green Chat shrugged, not taking Vermouth's attitude to heart.

He has more important things to do.

"Ian, take care of Mr. Troy."

"Okay." Kudo Shin nodded.

With Green Chat's departure, only three people wearing masks were left at the scene.

The originally lively atmosphere suddenly plummeted to the bottom.

Vermouth sat on the sofa with a very fake smile on her face, staring at Kudo Shinichi with burning eyes, which made Kudo Shinichi feel a chill down his spine.

He looked at Baichuan Qiu in confusion, but Baichuan Qiu shook his head at him subtly.

So Kudo Shinichi could only suppress the inexplicable sense of danger and actively talk to Mr. "Troy" with a smile.

Mr. "Troy" also unexpectedly cooperated, the relationship between the two gradually became harmonious, and the atmosphere began to become lively again.

The system was a little anxious: "Host, why didn't you remind the protagonist?"

“Is there any difference between reminding and not reminding?”

Baichuan Qiu asked back.

System: “Uh——”

"Since we know that Vermouth won't reveal our identities, what difference does it make whether we know or not?"

Baichuan Qiu looked at the way Vermouth and Kudo Shinichi were chatting, and said in a teasing tone: "It's just right, let Kudo get closer to her, so that she can better turn against Kudo in the future."

If Kudo Shinichi knew about this, the atmosphere would definitely not be so natural.

System: "...That makes sense."

So, host, you just sold the protagonist like this?