Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

She was troubled by the task, so she turned down many activities and stayed at home to focus on the plan.

As a result, one day, Aoyagi Binkou came to the door.

"Want to join us?" he asked.

"Oh?" Vermouth raised her eyebrows with interest.

The two sat at the table, and Aoyagi Akiko even considerately helped to prepare two dinners - considering that other members of the organization might be invited over recently, Vermouth temporarily asked the original housekeeping staff to go back and rest.

Aoyagi Binguang picked up the aperitif, swirled the glass, took a sip, and then put it down with displeasure: "I want to try to complete two tasks at the same time."

Belmode rested her chin on her hand and looked at the undercover agent who was sent out: "What do you want to do?"

"I have found the snake venom."

Aoyagi Akimitsu casually dropped a bombshell, "He has been in New York for all these years, living in Brooklyn, and even got married."

Vermouth said softly, "Oh!" "I really didn't expect that..."

Qing Liu Bingguang did not ask her what she "didn't expect". Did she not expect that he would find the person so quickly, or did she not expect that the traitor would be in the mood to get married and start a family? She continued: "Although he has left the organization in recent years, he has not forgotten his dark life. He accepts orders on the dark web and works as a killer."

Hearing this, Vermouth seemed to understand: "So you want to hire him to kill Lei? So that both of them will suffer?"

Snake Venom is quite powerful. He was proficient in everything from fighting to sniping, otherwise he would not have become the teacher of the Aniseit brothers and Gin.

Although he had been hiding from the organization, he left twelve years ago. Unless someone in the organization had been contacting him, he would not know that Lei was an escaped undercover agent of the organization and would only think of him as an FBI agent with a more vicious temperament.

Letting a traitor kill an undercover agent, this is really...

"No."

Aoyagi Akimitsu denied it.

He quickly gave an explanation: "Snake Venom has been targeting small-time figures over the years. It no longer uses long-range sniper rifles, and its close combat skills have also declined a lot. The success rate of killing Lei is very low. I hope you can do it."

This time Vermouth did not interrupt him and listened to him continue.

Aoyagi Binkou didn't like being a riddle teller, so he explained his plan in a calm tone.

"I plan to hire Snake Venom to kill some ordinary FBI agents first and create a serial murder case, including those who have a good relationship with Akai. With this kind of person's personality, he will take the initiative to ask to participate in the investigation of the case."

"During this period, I will secretly assist She Du so that he does not leave any clues in the previous cases, thereby increasing the psychological pressure on the personnel in charge of this case."

As Aoyagi Binkou spoke, he looked at the sofa not far away.

On it was a latest newspaper. The front page was about the recent serial murders of young women in New York. In the corner was a notice for a performance of "The Golden Apple" in a month.

"Snake Venom's apparent job involves frequent travel, so this will be a major multistate case, with the final case taking place in New York, where he will 'accidentally' leave an oversight that leads the FBI to him."

"Then, he would 'unfortunately' be shot dead on the spot."

Vermouth lowered her head to drink, savoring the taste of the aperitif in the glass while thinking about Aoyagi Akiko's words.

Lure the undercover agent into the game by harming relatives and friends... Well, ordinary undercover agents would suspect it was a trap, but Akai Shuichi is a guy who likes to take the initiative, even if he has doubts... No, it should be said that it is because of the doubts that he chooses to participate.

As for being shot dead on the spot...

The American female star, who was familiar with the environment here, remained silent. It was indeed not a difficult task to let the suspect be shot dead on the spot by ordinary police officers.

"Then your mission is accomplished." Vermouth said, "And I can take advantage of their relaxed state of mind after they finally solved the case and assassinate him when their vigilance drops?"

Aoyagi Akimichi nodded: "Yes, you can disguise yourself as a wanted common murderer, like the murderer of the female serial murder case... When you 'accidentally' meet Akai, you attack him first because you are worried about being caught... Afterwards, you can shoot yourself to 'commit suicide' and erase your traces."

Vermouth remained silent for a moment, carefully thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

...It is indeed feasible. At least the success rate is higher than if she took the risk of killing him on the street or disguised herself as someone around him to kill him.

only……

Vermouth said lightly: "What a cruel man. A plan like yours will involve many irrelevant people."

Aoyagi Binguang smiled at her.

"If you mind, I can control the quantity and reduce it to a level that won't cause you any displeasure," he said politely.

Vermouth laughed as if she heard something funny.

No, she didn't care at all whether innocent people were involved. For people like them, killing innocent people, even if the dead were weak children, would not cause any ripples in their hearts.

——They are just a bunch of scum who deserve to go to hell.

Vermouth raised her glass to Aoyagi Hikari, but did not directly agree or disagree. She reminded him, "If you want to attack multiple agents, you'd better inform Goldwasser in advance."

"I have already sent the email," Aoyagi said, "but today is the Sabbath, I don't know if he has seen it."

The two began to enjoy dinner while discussing details and perfecting the plan.

When she heard that he even planned to broadcast one of the games live on the dark web, Vermouth suddenly spoke up.

"Anis, I remember that in your doctrine, there is a rule that forbids killing people, right?"

Hearing this question, which seemed extremely ridiculous in the organization, Aoyagi Binkou did not sneer like a good colleague who gave him a name, but still smiled gently and good-temperedly.

"Vermouth, it's not 'you', it's just him - I myself don't have any beliefs."

Aoyagi Akiko corrected him seriously, then said, "Goldwasser is indeed a relatively devout believer... But, asking others to kill or forcing them to commit suicide is not considered a violation of the commandments."

Vermouth fell silent.

Aoyagi Binguang looked at his right hand holding the fork for several seconds as if there was some stain on it, and then he stuffed the cut lamb chops into his mouth.

……

Back to this rainy night.

As soon as Vermouth, who was wounded in the abdomen, finished reminiscing, she heard Aoyagi Akiko say casually: "What a pity, you failed."

He came to help clean up the mess because Vermouth was going to disguise himself as a silver-haired killer from another serial case, and he had to keep an eye on him during this time. Now the other party was in this abandoned apartment.

"Yes, it was a complete failure..."

Vermouth was helpless, but this was within her expectations. The moment she tried to shoot Akai Shuichi and he dodged and hit her back, she knew the mission was a complete failure.

But she was not discouraged, after all, she was very clear about the strength of Akai Shuichi, who was called "Silver Bullet" by the boss. Goldwasser was also aware of this, so this was not a mission that had to be completed in one go.

Vermouth estimated the time the two children left and the speed at which the police arrived, and wanted to get straight to the point, but when she met those light brown eyes, the subject suddenly changed.

She mentioned again the Japanese woman whose murder was broadcast live.

"What was your purpose in letting Snake Venom conduct that live broadcast?"

Vermouth taught Anis, who was going to be an undercover agent, disguise techniques and knew his character very well.

Aoyagi Akiko is not a sadist. He will not torture people intentionally unless there is a need. The same is true for Gin. He shoots the undercover agents cleanly. But the reason they don't kill them is not because they are soft-hearted, but because they simply don't want to waste their time.

"She looks a bit like Miyano Akemi, who guided Lei into the organization. I want to see if Lei will be angry when he sees the video." Aoyagi Akimitsu said.

Vermouth was stunned for a moment.

"Someone told me that he is very similar to Gin, so I have always wanted to know to what extent they are alike...Preliminary observations so far show that he is more restrained in expressing his emotions than Gin."

Aoyagi Binkou's tone was like that of a critic who was carefully comparing which of two gems was more beautiful, with a hint of genuine appreciation and love.

Something froze in the air. For a moment, everything was so quiet that only the sound of rain could be heard.

Vermouth looked outside the door. There was no movement outside for the time being. "I'll leave the finishing touch to you."

Aoyagi Binguang didn't care about her abrupt change of subject. He nodded, took the gun he had confiscated from her, and turned to walk inside.

Vermouth looked at his back and said something suddenly, seemingly unintentionally.

"By the way, the last gem you got from the 'Zoo' half a year ago has been given to that gentleman. He likes it very much."

Aoyagi Binguang did not stop.

"Got it, thank you."

Vermouth left quickly and Aoyagi Akiko began his work.

Thanks to the heavy rain, which washed away the blood she shed outside, his finishing work was much easier.

Now, we just need to leave fingerprints and blood where they should be, leave a gunshot wound in the same position on the abdomen, put a bullet that can be used for ballistic comparison, and then let the criminal "commit suicide", and that's it...

Aoyagi Binkou, wearing a black raincoat, did all this familiarly and quickly.

He came to the fourth floor, and in an empty room, he pulled the silver-haired killer who had been imprisoned by him for several days out of an abandoned closet and threw him on the ground. At the same time, there were bursts of brake sounds outside the building, and someone rushed in.

Aoyagi Binkou squatted down, let the unconscious killer hold the gun, put his index finger on the trigger, pressed it against his temple, and helped him pull the trigger.

"boom--"

A gunshot rang out in the rainy night.

The noise outside was getting closer and closer, and someone rushed up the stairs and hurried over here. Qing Liu Bingguang stood up slowly and looked towards the door.

The next second, his figure disappeared from the room.

……

"Buzz..."

Inside the black Chevrolet, when Aoyagi Akimitsu started to call Kudo Shinichi for the second time, Akai Shuichi's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone, and almost at the same time, Aoyagi Binguang's call finally came through.

"Akai, get to West 42nd Street right now!"

"Teacher Aoyagi, Xiaolan and I encountered the silver-haired killer in an abandoned apartment near West 42nd Street!"

——Two voices, one in English and one in Japanese, sounded together in the car.

Because he was sitting very close and heard what Aoyagi Akimitsu was saying, Akai Shuichi subconsciously glanced at him.

Aoyagi Binguang raised one hand to support his forehead, and after a full second, he responded: "How did you encounter a case again... Are you all okay now?"

There was a hint of fatigue in his voice that was hard to suppress.

Chapter 245 His Purpose

The Chevy turned around at the next intersection and headed back to the same street they'd been on.

"Xiaolan and I are in a safe place now. Xiaolan has a fever and has fallen asleep..."

There was a young man's voice in his ears, but Qingliu Binguang didn't pay attention. He sat upright, and all the month-long memories just flooded into his brain. He couldn't digest them for a while, and his head started to feel buzzing and painful.