"I recently heard something very interesting, I believe you will be very interested."

There was a hint of smile in Hoshino Aoi's voice, and Vermouth knew it was not a good thing.

"Oh? Something interesting?"

Vermouth on the other end of the phone raised her eyebrows slightly, her mind racing, trying to find the thing that Hoshino Aoi called "very interesting".

But it didn't.

Whether it was in her or other people in the organization, Vermouth could not find out what the so-called "very interesting thing" was.

She couldn't help but frown.

And Hoshino Aoi also got the answer she wanted from her silence.

"really……"

She curved her eyebrows and chuckled:

"It seems that gentleman doesn't trust you that much. He actually excluded you completely. Is he worried that you might do something and disrupt the progress of the experiment?"

Hoshino Aoi spoke in a teasing tone, trying to sow discord, but it also gave Vermouth a hint of suspicion in her mind.

Did something go wrong with the APTX4869 experiment?

No……

wrong……

Vermouth thought.

After all, Hoshino Aoi knew very well that she had no good feelings about this experiment, so if it was really this experiment, or if there was something wrong with Shirley.

Then she shouldn't have called her specifically to tell her about this matter in such a playful and gloating tone.

Based on Vermouth's understanding of her, she would only use this tone when there was a problem with something she cared about.

etc……

What went wrong with something important?

The first two children she thought of were Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran.

However, as a high school detective, news about Kudo Shinichi has always been loved by many media. In addition, his mother is a famous movie star - Kudo Yukiko, and his father is also famous, he is a famous mystery novelist - Kudo Yusaku.

Therefore, if he really encountered any accident, the media should have revealed it soon.

But it turns out not to be.

so……

Could it be Mao Lilan?

Thinking of this, although Vermouth did not show it on her face, her heart was actually slowly tightening, and she no longer felt relaxed.

"You called me specially, it shouldn't be to make fun of me for not being trusted anymore, right?"

Her voice sounded a little deeper. Even though Vermouth had tried her best to control herself, and even in the eyes of most people, her attitude had not changed at all, but in the eyes of Aoi Hoshino, who knew the inside story, her voice was full of flaws.

She was anxious.

Hoshino Aoi said with certainty in her heart, while smiling calmly on the surface:

"Of course not. Don't accuse me wrongly. I called you as soon as I got the news."

Seeing that Vermouth didn't say anything, Hoshino Aoi also knew that teasing shouldn't be too harsh, so after saying this in a joking manner, she immediately became serious and whispered:

"Kudo Shinichi was fed APTX4869 by the organization. His life or death is currently unknown, so Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko are preparing to return to their country to investigate the situation."

Upon hearing this, Vermouth didn't even bother to ask her where she got the information from, and why she, who had already left the organization, knew something that even she didn't know.

"Are you sure?! But he and the organization..."

Vermouth wanted to ask him why he had provoked the organization, but the words just came out of her mouth and she swallowed them back.

After all, she knew Kudo Shinichi's character very well.

Naturally, he also knew that if he accidentally saw someone in the organization doing some shady business, then given his personality, he would definitely follow them.

The key point is that Kudo Shinichi is still a teenager after all. No matter how smart he is, he still possesses the recklessness unique to teenagers.

This cannot be said to be completely bad, but it depends on the situation. If he follows people in the organization with this attitude, he will definitely suffer from the other party's murderous hands.

but……

“Why is it APTX4869…?”

However, after the words fell, Vermouth had the answer in her heart.

Not everyone knows the ultimate goal of the APTX4869 experiment.

Apart from the researchers including Shirley, only that gentleman, Rum and she knew about it.

As for the others...

For example, gin.

They only knew that there was such an experimental project, but most people thought that this experiment was to make a new type of poison.

After all, so far, no one has successfully survived after taking APTX4869.

Therefore, it is normal for some people to use APTX4869 directly as poison, and then use it to get rid of the other party when it is inconvenient to use guns and ammunition to silence them.

Of course, she was talking about Shirley's current experiment with APTX4869, not the Silver Bullet experiment her parents had previously conducted.

However, for Vermouth, she felt that there was no essential difference between the two experiments. In her opinion, there was no difference between the products obtained through the two experiments. They were all poisons that could only make people feel extreme pain.

It is also because of this that she has always been opposed to this experiment and is disgusted with the Miyano family.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the gentleman excluded her and would not easily tell her about APTX4869.

Vermouth also believed in the idea of ​​out of sight, out of mind, and never took the initiative to pay attention to anything related to the experiment. Therefore, she naturally didn't know that Kudo Shinichi's status in the APTX4869 experiment list had changed from "unknown" to "death".

But I believe she will know soon.

After all, regarding what Hoshino Aoi said, even if she didn't think that she would lie to her with something that could be found out with just a simple investigation, Vermouth would definitely investigate it herself.

And after knowing that Kudo Shinichi's status was not even 'unknown life or death', but 'confirmed death', regardless of whether she would go to Kudo's house to investigate in person, Vermouth's attitude towards Shirley, the researcher who was mainly responsible for this experiment, would definitely be worse.

In order to retaliate against the other party, he might even cause the death of Akemi Miyano.

And this was the purpose of Hoshino Aoi calling her specifically.