Chapter 191 Conan's Terror

Day 12 of the Highway Survival Game!

Just as Conan was standing there struggling with his decision, the only one among the three people who was walking quickly toward the back of the car while talking seemed to sense something and turned to look in his direction.

Faced with the organization's constant vigilance and his incredibly agile physical reflexes, he instinctively hid behind Professor Agasa's chubby body, his baggy pants completely concealing his small frame.

Nevertheless, just a second before hiding, Conan still managed to see the face of the person who suddenly turned around. It was a familiar face, the guy who had recently appeared beside Uncle Mori, offering a large sum of money to lure Uncle Mori into taking him on as an apprentice, and who claimed to be a detective.

He was also a member of the organization. Look at his attitude towards Gin, the extraordinary aura that couldn't be hidden beneath his harmless expression, and the subtle hints he gave in several cases that made Uncle Mori, whose reasoning ability was close to zero, reveal his hidden reasoning ability when solving cases on his own.

Compared to the ordinary abilities of the organization member in the hospital who easily revealed his weaknesses when casually tested, this person clearly holds an extraordinary position in the organization. Perhaps he is an executive with an operational code name, like Vermouth and Gin, or perhaps he is actually Bourbon, mentioned in Kir's intelligence.

If he is Bourbon, then it's definitely not a coincidence that he would accept the investigative request from Uncle Mori's classmate's fiancée. It's even less of a coincidence that he deliberately offered Uncle Mori a large sum of money to take him on as an apprentice. Did the organization suspect Uncle Mori? Did they send Bourbon to investigate Uncle Mori?

Wait a minute? Didn't Kir say that Bourbon returned to Japan to investigate Shuichi Akai's death because he questioned Akai's fate and believed only he could eliminate him? If he really is Bourbon, why would he deliberately approach Uncle Mori? Why?

When this question surfaced in Conan's mind, a lightning bolt flashed through his mind: Rena Mizunashi had asked Uncle Mori to investigate the harassment incident, which led to him unintentionally attaching a bugging device to Kir's shoe, and subsequently triggering a series of events including Kir's capture and Akai's faked death.

Yes! If Bourbon doesn't believe Akai's death, he'll definitely suspect that Kir, who personally 'killed' Shuichi Akai, is involved, and Kir's whereabouts and contacts during the time he was missing were all FBI agents.

If Bourbon believed it would be difficult to obtain relevant information from the FBI, then Uncle Mori, the only person Kiel had contact with before his capture, became the most suspicious and the most suitable target for investigation.

Not to mention that in the early stages of poisoning, he didn't know much about the organization and was unaware of their dangers. During the explosion at the video game company, he finally came across clues about the accomplices of those who had poisoned him.

His reaction was extremely impulsive; in front of the Metropolitan Police Department officers and the employees of the video game company involved, he actually used Uncle Mori's voice to say things like "colluded with the Tequila guy" and "their gang."

Later, it was also Uncle Mori who took over the investigation of Itakura Taku's death case. At that time, he happened to use the floppy disk left by Itakura Taku to lure out members of the organization. In addition, Kir's matter was also seemingly related to Uncle Mori...

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-_-|| It's fine if you don't think about it carefully, but once you do, you realize that things are serious. If you're unlucky, there might be organized people investigating the video game company on-site. The organized people will definitely think that Uncle Mori is secretly investigating the organization!

Even if they were lucky and didn't find any of their people during the on-site investigation at the video game company, and the events involving Takumi Itagaki and Kir were connected, if they were members of the organization, they would definitely find Uncle Mori suspicious. No wonder it attracted people from the organization to approach Uncle Mori.

What to do? What to do? The organization has already become suspicious of Uncle Mori. Given the organization's style, isn't Uncle Mori in grave danger? Given their tendency to eliminate all traces of anyone involved, Ran will likely face the same danger...

Don't panic! Don't panic! It's not that dangerous yet. Given the organization's style, if they were certain that Uncle Mori was deliberately trying to silence them, what awaited them wouldn't be this unidentified member of the organization intentionally approaching them, but rather a devastating barrage of firepower like the attack on Tokyo Tower by armed helicopters last Tanabata...

Despite these thoughts in his mind, Conan couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine and break out in a cold sweat when he thought about how his investigation of the organization, using Uncle Mori's identity, had actually dragged Uncle Mori and Ran into danger and attracted the organization's attention...

One minute ago:

“I don’t have such an extravagant amount of money.” Bourbon denied it with a half-smile when he heard Vermouth say that, and then glanced at Gin.

Gin understood what he meant, his cold face expressionless, and he simply said, "I will report the details to the Boss in a moment."

"Tch! Didn't you always hate secretive people? When did you change your style?" Vermouth immediately understood what the two meant and knew what had happened with the termites that had suddenly appeared and disappeared. These two definitely knew the inside story.

But whether or not I can be told is up to the BOSS. It seems I'll have to ask the BOSS about this later. I've never heard of the organization developing such a dangerous thing, or such advanced deployment and recovery technology.

However, regarding the BOSS... She thought that the BOSS's current state made him more cautious than before, and even his former confidant Rum was suspicious. Not only did she and Rum not know his whereabouts, but only the person he trusted most was by his side to serve and protect him.

If this matter truly involves more classified information within the organization, would the BOSS have told him? He had no idea the organization had researched these termites before; clearly, he had been too presumptuous, assuming the organization had no secrets from him. He had probably overestimated himself…

The charming and alluring Western beauty, with her coquettish smile, remains captivating even with half her face obscured by oversized glasses. Furthermore, her acting prowess as a chameleon makes it impossible for anyone to discern what lies beneath her mask.

However, despite the stunning beauty beside him, the two men seemed oblivious. One of them took a long stride and quickly left the beauty behind, while the other, being quite accommodating, walked alongside her. But as they walked, he seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around.

Seeing his movement, Vermouth looked over and saw the Mori father and daughter standing behind him, seemingly talking to the chubby Professor Agasa. Looking around, she saw that the childish Shinichi and Sherry were not nearby.

The presence of the other three children who were often with Shinichi made her secretly relieved, but she was also a little worried that Shinichi would choose to protect Sherry again this time, putting him in danger when Gin and Bourbon made their move later.

Where is that child now? Could he have sensed the organization's presence and gotten involved with Sherry, trying to fight against them? She worried inwardly, but outwardly remained calm as she probed Bourbon: "What's wrong? Is there anything unusual behind you?"

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"It's nothing! It's probably just my imagination!" Upon hearing this, Bourbon turned around and gave Vermouth a bright, innocent smile, but the image of half a toddler's shoe peeking out from between Professor Agasa's chubby feet flashed through his mind.

The shoes were exactly the same style as the ones Conan had worn, which he had confirmed before getting on the bus. It seems that Conan is currently with Mori and the others, and that the termites disrupted their order, causing him to get separated from Sherry.

Or had Vermouth instilled fear in Sherry, causing her to choose to leave these people and face the danger alone, so as not to implicate innocent people?

Ha...this pattern of action is quite similar to her mother's. She appears gentle, considerate, and caring, without any racial prejudice, yet she's actually conducting inhumane and taboo research for her husband's dream! The two sisters are the same...

Thinking about how the two sisters, one of them wanted to prevent her younger sister from being corrupted by the organization's evil deeds and committing unforgivable crimes, she personally planned and carried out a robbery and murder to seize a huge sum of money and seek to break away from the organization.

A suspect, who might collaborate with the US and Japan in the future to completely produce and mass-produce that forbidden drug, took a deep breath to dispel the wavering that had arisen from recognizing the good side of Sherry's humanity.

In a seemingly innocent but actually cold-blooded Bourbon tone, he said, "By the way, how's Sherry doing? Have you confirmed her location, Vermouth?"

"Not sure! But I can roughly guess where the most dangerous place is right now, she should be there, hmph~~!" Vermouth chuckled in her almost demonic voice, as if showing off and being smug, "I wasn't idle just now."

Not only did they eliminate the kitten that might get in their way for a moment, but they also instilled in Sherry the impression that the organization had already targeted her, filling her with deep fear. Knowing her personality, she would definitely choose a dangerous place to avoid the crowd and wait for the organization to make their move.

The members raised and nurtured by these organizations are brainwashed by the organization with fear and enticement from childhood to adulthood. Their fear of the organization is like the flesh and blood that accompany them as they grow up, and they can never get rid of it in their lifetime.

If it were purely black, it would be fine; when facing the organization, one would only act according to the way the organization taught them to live, and it would be relatively difficult to provoke the organization's disciplinary action. However, Miyano Akemi was meddlesome and tainted her with some white. This impure stance was destined to cause her suffering.

Moreover, the fact that their parents, knowing full well that such research was an absolute taboo for humanity, still continued their research in the name of doing what was best for humanity, meant that the two sisters were destined to suffer the punishment for their parents' sins.

Miyano Akemi, who has self-awareness, is one thing, but Sherry, who inherited this stupid research, is the most unforgivable. Even if she can't personally deal with her because of her promise to Shinichi, it doesn't mean she can't take care of her by organizing other people. Humph!