Conan's Distillery: A Semi-Workaholic's Slacking-Off Life

After following the teachers at Teitan Elementary School for two days, Bai Yexiu silently typed "No problem" on the list.

As expected, investigators are as troublesome as ever.

It was nighttime. Bai Yexiu looked up and scanned the street before seeing the words "Mouri Detective Agency" in large characters.

Isn't this where Conan lives?

Bai Yexiu scratched his head. He really hadn't noticed that he and others had followed him to this place.

However, it was the "Poirot Cafe" located below the detective agency that caught his attention.

He didn't want to walk hundreds of meters to get something to eat, so he decided to grab something nearby.

As soon as Bai Yexiu entered the coffee shop, he saw a familiar figure busy at the counter.

Isn't this Tohru-chan? Come to think of it, Tohru-chan mentioned before that he did a part-time job there...

"Hello, what do you want... Hey, aren't you..." Amuro Tooru stared blankly at the familiar person in front of him, remembering that this was a boy he had met while working part-time at a certain store.

"Hello, Mr. Amuro. It's been a long time since I've seen you. Oh, so you're here." Bai Yexiu said with a smile.

After all, he was using the pseudonym Ryuzawa Ikuya today, and this pseudonym had worked part-time at the same store as Amuro Tooru when he first came to Japan.

“Yes, I haven’t seen you since Ryuzawa left last time. What would you like to order?” Amuro Tooru seemed quite happy as he handed over the menu.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Bai Yexiu ordered a slice of mousse cake and a glass of juice. It was late, and Bai Yexiu didn't plan to drink coffee; he wanted to sleep until dawn when he got back.

"Why is Ryuzawa still out so late?" After a while, Amuro Tooru brought over the cake and juice and asked curiously. After all, there are very few people in the cafe this late, especially since the shop was almost closing.

Bai Yexing picked up a small piece of cake with his fork, preparing to put it in his mouth: "You went to a friend's house during the day, right?"

Amuro Tooru looked like he understood, then added, "Don't stay out so late in the future. You're still young. If your family can't find you out so late, they'll worry."

As a police officer, he had helped many rebellious teenagers who wandered the streets late at night, so he wasn't surprised that Long Ze, at his age, was wandering the streets.

"Don't worry, my family won't blame me." Bai Yexiu started eating.

His "family" definitely wouldn't blame him. The boss is far away overseas and doesn't even know what he's doing, so how could they blame him?

Amuro Tooru looked at Byakuya Xiu, who was eating, and felt a strange sense of familiarity.

He found it strange. The first time he met this boy named Long Ze, he felt a sense of incongruity, but this time, he felt both incongruity and familiarity at the same time. He felt that Long Ze inexplicably resembled someone.

Who does he resemble...?

Amuro Tooru stroked his chin and began to think.

Halfway through the meal, Bai Yexiu's phone suddenly vibrated. He looked at it and saw that it was an email from his long-silent boss.

[Is Gin okay?]

Sure enough, they came to ask about Gin.

Bai Yexiu didn't dare to reveal that he hadn't investigated Gin (slacking off), because if he did... he would be fined!

Bai Yexiu typed in the boss's email address on his phone, and the keystrokes changed to the familiar tune of "Seven Children".

He actually has two cell phones. One is the one issued by the winery when he is not disguised, and the other is a cell phone he bought outside for his alias, Ryuzawa Ryuya. The data stored on both cell phones is the same, so both of his cell phones can receive emails sent to him at the same time.

The difference between the two phones is that the phone issued by the winery does not have button sounds, while most phones on the market nowadays do have button sounds.

He also wanted to use the brewery's phone to reply to the boss's emails, since there would be no key presses, preventing any malicious people from nearby. However, he was currently using the alias Ryuzawa Iruya, and he couldn't very well take out the brewery-issued phone in front of Amuro Tooru, since Amuro Tooru had seen that phone before.

"Seven children".

Back then, Boss loved to use this nursery rhyme to lull his young son to sleep.

[No problem, it was just Gin's mistake. — Cointreau]

Bai Yexiu believed this was Gin's mistake. If Gin was an undercover agent, then the organization might as well disband.

After finishing his meal, Bai Yexiu smiled and said goodbye to Amuro Tooru. As soon as he left the store, he sent Amuro Tooru an email:

[Please help me look these things up. — Cointreau]

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They've all got so much free time that they're working part-time at the coffee shop. I really envy those members who don't get any big cleaning assignments.

Bai Yexiu put his phone back in his pocket, feeling annoyed.

Unlike him, he already had a premonition that he was going to become the next Gin.

After the person left, Amuro Tooru tidied up the things on the table, but the image of Ryuzawa Ryuya kept appearing in his mind.

Who does it resemble? Not only its smile, but even the way it eats... It's really strange.