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

Generally speaking, when a woman cares so much about another woman, it's either because she's infatuated or because she's jealous.

Vermouth's feelings for Shiho Miyano transcend both of these; they are simply pure hatred.

It wasn't what Shiho Miyano did to her, but what Shiho Miyano's parents did.

However, the reasons behind this remain a mystery.

As the saying goes, children have to pay for their parents' debts, and Vermouth transferred this hatred to Shiho Miyano.

While the organization was in power, it was forbidden to take action, but now that Shiho Miyano is a defector, killing her without hesitation is not an issue.

Vermouth stared intently at Ai Haibara, while the little girl opposite her remained oblivious to her prying gaze.

After all, it's normal not to notice other people's gazes from such a distance.

But Ai Haibara is different.

Perhaps because she had been in the organization for a long time, the shrunken Ai Haibara developed a special ability.

Once members of the organization appear around her, or she hears their voices, her body will experience withdrawal-like symptoms.

Why is she not reacting now?

Perhaps it was because there was a man even more terrifying than Vermouth standing beside her with a smile on his face.

Then, Vermouth witnessed Qi Ming leaving with Ai Haibara.

Although she was somewhat concerned about what Qi Ming wanted to do, seeing Mori and Conan standing still, Vermouth ultimately did not follow. Instead, she got off the car and blended into the crowd, quietly coming up behind Conan and the other two.

At the same time, she also overheard Ran Mouri's suspicions about Conan.

Vermouth sighed as she watched Conan frantically make excuses to escape.

He's really having a tough time figuring out how to investigate their organization while also keeping his identity a secret from this girl.

However, this lie—trying to escape and make an excuse—is actually quite...

Vermouth walked past Ran, and saw the girl staring blankly at Conan as he left, her face full of suspicion.

A hint of helplessness flashed across Vermouth's brow as she muttered to herself in a voice only she could hear, her tone tinged with affection.

"Let me cover up your lame excuse, coolguy. After all, none of us want to drag her into that world."

If other members of the organization were to see Vermouth speaking in such a tone, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop to the floor.

But perhaps this is the kindness that Vermouth has always retained in her heart.

Like a person walking in the dark, about to fall into an endless abyss, being saved by two fireflies flying up from below the cliff ahead.

……

2-22, Yoneka Town, the home of Dr. Agasa.

Professor Agasa looked at Conan, who was sitting in a chair with his head down, with a worried expression, not knowing what to say.

Ever since Conan returned and told Professor Agasa about what happened that day, he has been sitting there silently thinking.

Professor Agasa is one of the few people who knows Conan's true identity, and Conan sought out Professor Agasa immediately after shrinking in size.

"Shinichi, if you really can't figure it out, why don't you ask Yusaku?"

Professor Agasa watched as a single hair of Conan fell onto the table and couldn't help but sigh.

"what?"

It must be said that Professor Agasa is quite something; Conan immediately snapped out of his daze after he mentioned Yusaku's name.

"Why ask Dad? I can figure it out myself."

Conan said somewhat unconvinced, but he also knew that he really couldn't think of any answers to today's events.

"Oh well, if I happen to run into him again and he commits another crime, given enough time, I'm sure I can find his flaws!"

"This time, I was just too hasty!"

Seeing that Conan had regained his spirits, Professor Agasa smiled with relief and then asked Conan a question out of curiosity.

"Speaking of Qi Ming, do you think he might be a member of that organization? The one that shrunk your body?"

Conan became serious, and after a while, he shook his head.

"It's similar, yet not quite. Judging from their methods the first time they acted, that organization should have kept a low profile."

"But Qi Ming is different; he's too flashy."

Conan stroked his chin and walked to a whiteboard, picked up a marker and wrote several names on it.

Old Qin, Lao Fu, Madeira, Shirley.

Harley Quinn, Qi Ming.

Conan circled the names in the first row, and after thinking for a moment, he circled the names in the second row as well.

Then Conan connected Qi Ming and Madeira with a line, with a question mark in the middle.

Conan believes that Qi Ming must be connected to the person named Harley Quinn.

They're all crazy, they don't care about human life, and they all have magic tricks like Kaito Kid, where they can conjure objects out of thin air.

Conan also completely overturned his previous guesses, and Qi Ming could still be Madeira.

But isn't he afraid of exposing himself by acting so blatantly and casually?

Conan glanced at Harley Quinn and Qi Ming's names again.

Is it possible that Qi Ming and the woman at the casino belong to another organization...?

Conan's head was spinning as he looked at the names on the whiteboard, until Professor Agasa suddenly said to him:

"Conan, Ran called and wants you to go home quickly."

"okay."

Conan shook his head to clear his jumbled thoughts.

There's still plenty of time, we can take it slow.

Without further ado, Conan greeted the professor and ran out the door.

He completely forgot about Xiaolan's previous suspicions about him.

If Conan had an attribute chart, his memory and reaction speed would definitely be rated E to S.

……

Conan returned to the Mouri Detective Agency.

The famous detective finally remembered Xiaolan's suspicions when he and Xiaolan parted ways the moment he knocked on the door.

White teeth! Forget about power!

"Hey, it must be Conan who's back, right?"

The next second after the knocking, Xiaolan's voice came from inside, followed by increasingly clear footsteps.

"Oops!"

Conan looked around anxiously.

There's no time left to ask Professor Agasa to give false testimony; he needs to make a run for it, come back after figuring out a plan!

However, just as Conan stepped down the stairs to escape, another voice came from behind the door.

A voice that Conan knew all too well.

"Is Conan back? I haven't seen him for a while."

"Speaking of which, Ran, you're really strange. You actually thought Conan was me. How could that be?"

The moment the sound rang out, Conan abruptly stopped in his tracks and nearly fell down the stairs.

Conan turned around, his expression one of shock.

The voice coming from behind the door was clearly my own!

It's Shinichi Kudo's voice before he shrunk!

"Conan, you're back?"

The door opened, and Ran Mouri smiled at Conan, her previous suspicion completely gone from her face.

"Uh, um."

Conan nodded, mechanically walked into the house, and his gaze shifted to a figure inside.

On the sofa, Shinichi Kudo, who should never have appeared, was there!

Shinichi Kudo smiled slightly and nodded gently as he looked at the shocked Conan.

"We meet again, Conan."

Undoubtedly, this person is Vermouth, who came to help Conan clear his name of suspicion.