Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

"Cute, really cute."

After Vodka said those words.

The entire scene fell into an unusual silence.

Ai Haibara couldn't believe what she was hearing and was completely stunned.

No, what kind of quality is Qi Ming's wine?

Gin and vodka actually cooperated with him?

Are these two still the cold-blooded and ruthless members of the organization that I know?

On the other side, Conan's eyelids twitched heavily when he saw this scene.

He still felt that the two people in the car were very intimidating.

Who would have thought that after Vodka uttered those words, Bige of the Black Organization would vanish instantly?

Conan looked at Qi Ming with some disbelief.

Just who is this person?

"Cute?"

Qi Ming adjusted his glasses, a smile appearing on his face.

"Then tell me, how do you mean cute?"

Upon hearing Qi Ming's question, Vodka opened his mouth somewhat sheepishly, then looked at Gin.

No one knows just how naive and ignorant those eyes behind the sunglasses truly are at this moment.

"..."

Gin glared at Vodka fiercely.

This indecisive person.

"Hurry up and ask me," Qi Ming urged.

Seeing that Vodka was looking at him again, Qi Ming also gave him a sharp look without any politeness.

This indecisive genius.

Qi Ming still doesn't understand why Gin likes to bring vodka on missions.

This provides absolutely no emotional value to people.

"this and that……"

After stammering for a while, Vodka finally gave his answer.

"Um, her eyebrows are beautiful, her eyes are beautiful, her nose is beautiful..."

What kind of straight-male statement is this guy making?

Qi Ming sighed and waved his hand, "Never mind, don't say anything more."

"Old Qin, take Vodka to a mindset training class, seriously."

"..."

Ai Haibara blinked.

Anyway, starting today, the oppressive image of vodka has crumbled in my mind.

Of course, Ai Haibara also knew that Vodka was acting this way mainly because Qi Ming was present.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop talking about it."

No longer dwelling on the issue, Qi Ming's smile returned.

"Then I'll just say one last thing... You see, it's almost Chinese New Year, shouldn't we give our sister a red envelope?"

"Come on, Ai, wish these two uncles a Happy New Year."

A faint excitement appeared in Qi Ming's eyes.

He used to be afraid of scaring the child and didn't want to bring Ai to meet the organization members.

It is different now.

He even considered taking this younger sister to visit the members he knew every day.

Shirley is standing right in front of you. You can see she looks a bit like she used to.

"Come on, Ai, say Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year..."

With her mind in complete disarray, Ai Haibara mechanically followed Qi Ming's words and read them aloud.

She only realized what she had said after it had already come out.

What did I just do?

He actually wished Gin and Vodka a Happy New Year?

"..."

Gin stopped talking, but took out a few banknotes from his pocket and threw them out the window.

"Walk."

Taking advantage of Qi Ming's attention being drawn to the money, Gin instructed Vodka, and the all-black Frog finally escaped.

"Hey, not bad, all of them are knives."

Qi Ming clutched all the banknotes in his hand.

Even though it's only $800 in total, it's still satisfying to get even just $1 for free from someone else.

Qi Ming put Ai Haibara down and then held the money up in front of her.

Ai Haibara reached out in a daze to take the money, only to see Qi Ming take it back.

"Ai, you're still young. I'll keep this for you and use it to pay your tuition."

"……snort."

Ai Haibara snorted and ignored the lunatic.

But what exactly is this guy's position in the organization?

So the person who was monitoring me back then was of such high caliber!

"Alright, we've bought all the clothes, let's go home."

Seeing Qi Ming about to leave with Ai Haibara, Conan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Wait for Brother Qi Ming."

Hearing the voice from beside him, Qi Ming turned around in surprise.

"Huh? You're still here? I thought you'd left."

"..."

Conan's eyelids twitched.

Even though I'm short now, I shouldn't be that lacking in presence...

Conan looked at Qi Ming, his expression becoming somewhat serious.

He received an overwhelming amount of information today.

First, they learned that Qi Ming's girlfriend, the mentally unstable woman, was a member of the organization.

Secondly, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about another member of the organization, Bourbon.

And Shuichi Akai, who might be an enemy of the organization.

However, despite having a lot of information, there were even more questions.

For example, Qi Ming clearly knew his identity, but he didn't seem to care at all.

Even when they met Gin and the others, they didn't tell anyone...

Conan could sense that Gin glanced at him during this time.

However, the other party did not seem to notice anything amiss.

Didn't he realize that he looks a lot like Shinichi Kudo?

"Ok?"

Hearing Conan's words, Qi Ming looked at him in confusion.

"Do you remember what happened the last time you said this to me? And now you're doing it again?"

Ai Haibara's eyes flickered slightly.

Does "last time" refer to yesterday?

"Um, um, that..."

A flicker of fear crossed Conan's mind, but he calmed himself down and carefully chose his words, asking cautiously.

"Brother Qi Ming, can I talk to you alone? Would you be able to answer some of my questions?"

"Are you Talkman? I'm not chatting, I'm leaving."

Qi Ming rolled his eyes at Conan and was about to leave with Ai Haibara.

But then he suddenly remembered something and stopped again.

Come to think of it, it's been so long and I've never received a main quest from Conan.

I had always thought that the main storyline revolved around Conan chasing after their organization and taking advantage of them.

But so far, the organization hasn't told them who they're being investigated by...

"Edogawa Kudo, what exactly is your main storyline?"

Qi Ming asked with some confusion.

"In human-machine terms, is your future goal to wipe out the organization?"

Let's put aside the fact that Qi Ming has given himself a new name.

Conan really couldn't figure out Qi Ming's thoughts. Why was he asking this?

"no, I do not……"

"to be honest."

"...I want to arrest them."

Qi Ming raised an eyebrow.

So his prediction of the main plot wasn't wrong, was it?

"So, what stage are you at now? It seems like nothing's happened for ages."

"I……"

Conan was somewhat speechless.

This is the truth.

Despite having investigated the organization for so long, he had made absolutely no progress.

Perhaps the only progress is that I met the member who was killed in the explosion at the video game company last time, Tequila.

But what's the use of meeting them?

The tequila felt like a lowly henchman, offering no information other than that the organization's members used alcoholic beverage names as code names.

Who are the members of the organization? What are their roles? What are the organization's goals and plans?

I don't know, I don't know anything about it.

"No way, you don't know anything?"

Looking at Conan's expression, Qi Ming knew what was going on.

So it turns out the reason the main storyline hasn't been triggered for so long is because the protagonist hasn't even completed the prerequisite quests?

Qi Ming sighed, then pointed to himself and asked:

"You must know that I'm from Madeira, right?"

"……what?"