Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

"But I have to repay you well."

Until you can't hold on any longer——

Lin Jiashu thought as he leisurely admired her eyes which were intoxicated and a little blurry.

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Chapter 203: Vermouth's meeting

Almost a week had passed since the events of the memorial service.

Calm and calm.

It was very quiet at the winery, and Lin Jiashu didn't receive any news.

It was Haibara Ai who suddenly found Hayashi Yoshiki.

"Jun Du, who was that person who pretended to be me on the rooftop of the Beihu Hotel that day..."

"died."

Looking at the road ahead, Lin Jiashu responded directly.

Haibara Ai looked at him.

"She was a female thief with a long history of crimes. I had hoped to use her to create the illusion that you had died at the hands of Gin, thus completely escaping the organization's search. Unfortunately, I failed."

"..."

"What's wrong? Are you upset that someone died in your place, even if it was a guy who deserved it?"

"I……"

"I had no intention of letting you know this."

Stopping at a red light with his brakes on, Lin Jiashu sighed, "Is it Conan who revealed these things to you?"

"Ah."

"He can be troublesome sometimes."

"..."

"Listen carefully, Shiho. I saved your life, so I will be responsible for you. I will do things like that dead woman as many times as I can without any burden - as long as you can be safe."

This is the first time I heard him call himself that.

Haibara Ai felt that her thoughts were a little confused.

In fact, she has been thinking about what happened in Beihu Hotel these days.

The woman pretending to be dead, Gin and the others' actions, and what did Cointreau do in all this...

Guilt, worry, relief

All kinds of emotions came one after another and mixed together, making her a little listless these days.

the most important is,

She didn't quite understand why Cointreau would do this?

"Because you are the only one who can understand my current situation, Shiho."

As if he had guessed her thoughts from her face, Lin Jiashu suddenly spoke.

The girl's face froze.

"You and I are similar."

"Actually, I noticed the first time I saw you in the lab. You had no control over your own situation in the organization. You looked so depressed despite your bright face. You seemed a little angry when you first saw me, right?"

Lin Jiashu had a smiling expression on his face.

It was raining outside the car window.

The raindrops falling on the windshield reflected the red traffic light ahead, but were wiped aside by the wipers the next second.

"I don't know what's going on."

"But, for some reason, I couldn't help but want to lend you a hand."

"Do you sometimes wonder why I always want you to smile more?"

"Because unlike you who has always been controlled by the organization, there are some things that are hard to bear under this gray sky, but there are also many wonderful things."

"...Really, I don't know what I'm saying anymore."

"If you still mind me taking advantage of other people's lives, then let's say goodbye after we pass the traffic light ahead."

He spoke in a soft, very calm tone.

Looking at his delicate face without any gloom, Huiyuan Ai quickly shook her head: "No, I don't think so--!"

"..."

"...I just feel like you don't need to go to this extent for me. I don't know how much of a risk you're taking."

Unlike Conan's abnormally excessive sense of justice, Haibara Ai, who grew up in an organizational environment, has long been accustomed to death and is more able to accept it.

Lin Jiashu put his hand on her head and rubbed it, messing up her hair.

The latter remained silent.

When the light finally turned green and we could pass, the car fell into a brief silence.

Haibara Ai secretly looked at Lin Jiashu.

She didn't expect that Lin Jiashu would notice the resentment in her eyes when she first saw him... Should this be attributed to her misunderstanding at that time?

If she thought about it carefully, she might have felt like smiling knowingly - but she couldn't.

"By the way, Edogawa went to investigate your editor, Nanae Asamiya, a few days ago."

"And then nothing, right?"

"Ah."

That's right.

The excuse Hayashi Yoshiki had Haibara Ai give Conan was that she fainted and was taken to a room upstairs at the Haido Hotel by Asamiya Nanae to rest. However, Asamiya Nanae never did this, and Conan's indirect attempts to explain it would only lead to conflicting answers. In this case, he could only conclude that someone impersonated Asamiya Nanae to protect Haibara Ai—after all, someone already pretended to be Miyano Shiho, so another impersonator wouldn't be surprising.

Just as Hayashi Yoshiki sent Haibara Ai to where Miyano Akemi was, he suddenly received a message on his black cell phone.

"Do you have time to meet, Cointreau?"

Unknown number.

Just as Lin Jiashu was still wondering who it could be, another message came from the other side:

"My code name is Vermouth. Gin should have told you about me."

You actually came here directly?

Lin Jiashu raised his eyebrows.

Cointreau: "When? Where?"

Vermouth: "How about tonight at 19:30 PM? Let's go downstairs at the Rice Flower Hotel."

Cointreau: "OK"

After Lin Jiashu replied, he directly forwarded the text message sent by Vermouth to Gin.

the other side,

Gin, who had just laid down to rest in the safe house, opened his eyes the moment he noticed a slight movement from his cell phone.

As soon as he saw the content of the text message, he immediately exclaimed "tsk".

Gin: "That woman probably wants to get you into the intelligence team, don't trust her too much."

After sending the text message, Gin thought about it and simply called Lin Jiashu directly.

"Hello?"

"It's me. Have you agreed to meet with Vermouth? Wait."

"Ah, because I'm a little curious about what she wants with me."

"There's no need to meet her. Just stand her up."

"...We're colleagues after all, so this isn't a good idea, right?"

"Hmph... Don't listen to anything that guy says."

"You seem to have a lot of complaints about her."

"The intelligence team is full of people who believe in mysticism and only know how to hide behind others and give orders. If you join them, Rum will probably try to use your identity to steal some information. Of course, you will probably have fewer opportunities to kill people."

Gin's words were half truth and half lie.

Cointreau's abilities are well-used, and there's no way rum will be shelved.

"Rum?"

"The leader of the intelligence team." He didn't say that the other party was the second-in-command of the organization.

"Sounds like he's a difficult guy...Okay, I get it."

The two ended the call at this point.

Hayashi Yoshiki pretended not to hear the part where Gin treated him as a crazy murderer.

To be honest, he was really interested in the intelligence team - if he joined there, he should be able to get more information about the organization, and maybe he would have a chance to get Rum's real name.

But there are gains and losses.

In addition to having to do more work on Rum's side, many situations in the intelligence team are unknown to Lin Jiashu, which is quite dangerous - and from Gin's tone, he doesn't seem to get along well with that side.

If you "jump job", the risk is a bit high.

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Chapter 204: Belmode's Thoughts

The rain that had been falling all day finally stopped.

The air after the rain felt much clearer. Before the appointed time, Lin Jiashu drove to the entrance of the Mihua Hotel.

The bright blonde woman was already standing there waiting.

When Lin Jiashu parked the car and lowered the window, she looked over here first.

A smile appeared on the woman's face.

She had obviously dressed up carefully.

She has long wavy light golden hair, charming peach-like eyes, moist lips with light lipstick, and a fair and flawless face with delicate features.

She was wearing a relatively casual black dress. The light and fluttering straps left her shoulders exposed. Her long neck looked exceptionally slender, and the curve down to her collarbone had a kind of overly beautiful bony quality, which made her look even more alluring when contrasted with her delicate fair skin.

A woman who looks like she spends a lot of money.

This is the right word to describe her, as her appearance makes her so unapproachable.

Her figure and appearance are undoubtedly top-notch.

She looks like a very pure foreigner, maybe a little mixed-race, and her body seems to be well-proportioned... In short, she is a top-notch girl that you would never see in the social circle of a normal man in his daily life.

"I'm glad you're such a punctual person."

She opened the car door and got in the passenger seat.

"After all, making a woman wait on a first date is a penalty. I would never make that mistake."

"You sound like a habitual offender who often dates girls."

"That's what I said, but you made an appointment to see me today, Miss Vermouth."

"what……"

There is something a little strange about adding a title after the code name.

Cointreau, this man probably feels comfortable with being in the organization.