Chapter 269
Because Usakabe Saiki had changed from his usual chattering to being very quiet and composed, Gin felt something was off the whole way and kept suspecting that something was wrong.
So he cautiously asked Vodka to contact Pisco again.
Vodka had something to hide, and since Gin had given him work, he quickly got busy to try and distract himself from the email content that had inexplicably entered his mind and wouldn't leave him...
Vodka even recalled that a few days ago, when Usoppei asked him about Sherry's whereabouts, he said that there should be news soon after hearing that there had been no news. And today, his older brother did indeed...!
No, I can't think about it any longer!
Vodka focused on his phone, ready to hear how things were going on Pisco's end.
After a while, Vodka began to sense something was wrong: "Brother, Pisco isn't answering the phone or replying to emails."
Gin frowned, sensing something was amiss, and quickly glanced at Usui Saiki in the rearview mirror: "Potnis?"
"Why did you call me? What does it have to do with me? I already promised you I wouldn't interfere." Bo Yezhai rolled his eyes. "What, is the mission going to fail? Planning to shift the blame to me?"
Gin cautiously observed Usuo Saiki, but couldn't discern anything.
Vodka quickly added, "But Pisco's computer has a transmitter; we can follow the transmitter to get there."
Taking advantage of the red light, Gin coldly stared at Usui Saiki.
An accident occurred before we even arrived at the destination. If we take Usoya Saiki with us, who knows what might happen? Even if Usoya Saiki has the Boss's endorsement, his suspicion is perfectly reasonable.
Usoppon pursed his lips, getting Gin's meaning: "Okay, it's not far anyway. Just drop me off here, and I'll walk over by myself. You should be done by the time I get there, right?"
Gin didn't respond, but waited for the light to turn green, then drove to the side of the road and let Usaku Saiki get out of the car.
Before getting off the train, Bo Yezaki gave a cold laugh.
Vodka's heart skipped a beat.
Gin also frowned.
Today, Usoppō Saiki was being a little too cooperative, making him wonder if keeping Usoppō Saiki around was the right choice...
No, if Bo Yezaki isn't around, he can handle things normally even if something happens, but having Bo Yezaki around will distract him!
After leaving a deep shadow and suspicion on vodka and gin, Usoppei casually walked slowly along the roadside toward the hotel.
There's only one intersection left, so he could take a walk there, and... he really should contact Chianti.
So after Gin's car drove away, Usui called Chianti: "I saw your previous email. I couldn't talk to you in Gin's car just now... It's okay as long as you get here, I'll be there soon."
Usakabe Saiki booked a room at the Beika City Hotel and sent Chianti there first—from that room, you could see the rooftop of the old building, which was a great viewpoint.
Chianti had no objection to Usakabe Saiki's arrangement. She looked out into the street through her binoculars and said, "I see Gin's car. Shall we go and meet him now?"
“Wait for me, I already told you I got off Gin’s car,” said Saiki Usopp. “Anyway, Pisco has already gone missing, it will take him a while to find him, I can go and monitor him when I get there… By the way, why did he go missing? Did you hear anything at the hotel?”
Chianti immediately said, "I heard the cleaning staff say that the police are investigating, and the media are there too. It seems like there are already suspects or something... Could Pisco have really failed his mission?"
"Who knows? I don't know Pisco. Gin chose him." Bo Yezhai said indifferently, "More importantly, I just heard something from Vodka. Gin actually recognized Sherry from a single hair just by looking at it!"
Chianti immediately showed a disgusted expression: "Ew, is Gin really that perverted?"
"At first, I thought it was because he couldn't catch Sherry and was just putting on this show, but thinking about it carefully, it's possible that it's just because he's a pervert. An ordinary person wouldn't come up with such a reason." The woman's friend, Usakawa Saiki, sighed. "You should be careful of Gin in the future."
Chianti replied firmly, "Don't worry! If Gin dared to be this freakish to me, I would definitely kill him!"
"I'm hanging up now. I caught a lot of wind and snow while talking to you, my stomach's going to hurt in a bit," Bo Yezhai instructed. "Just wait for me in the room! Don't wander off!"
"I know, I know." Chianti may have a bad temper, but she can be very obedient when she wants to be.
After some time, Chianti finally heard a knock on the door.
She rushed over to look through the peephole and then let Usui Saiki in: "You're finally here! Shall we go? Where's Gin?"
"Wait, let me rest for a bit." Bo Ye Zaiji covered his ears. "The cold wind is giving me a headache."
He walked to the chair by the window, intending to sit down and make a phone call.
However, just as he put his hand in his pocket, he suddenly called out to the impatient Chianti: "Chianti, come here and take a look, is that gin and vodka?"
Chianti was taken aback, then quickly moved to the window and looked down in the direction that Usoya Saiki pointed. Sure enough, she saw two men in black standing on the low rooftop below, who were particularly conspicuous in the white snow and, more importantly, looked very familiar.
“It really does look like vodka and gin…” Chianti exclaimed in surprise. “What are they doing here? Aren’t Target and Pisco supposed to be in the banquet hall?”
Bo Yezaki immediately nudged Chianti: "Hurry up, get the video recorder out."
Chianti stopped complaining about Usakabe Saiki being a weakling and slowing down the progress. She immediately moved the video recorder to the window, pointed it at Gin and Vodka, zoomed in on the screen, and turned on the recording function.
After a while, a person climbed out of a chimney.
And this person is none other than Sherry, the organization's researcher who mysteriously disappeared not long ago.
"I've climbed out." Ai Haibara asked her companion through the communication function of Professor Agasa's modified glasses, "And then, Kudo?"
Ai Haibara and Conan Edogawa were unaware that Gin had recognized her from a single hair. They had only received intelligence from wiretapping that the organization was planning an operation at the banquet held at this hotel, so they rushed over.
As a result, Ai Haibara's true identity was discovered by an organization member who had seen her as a child. She was kidnapped and taken to a wine cellar, where she had to drink strong liquor as a temporary antidote to turn into an adult before she could escape through the chimney on all fours.
The most dangerous moment was just now. Gin and Vodka found the cellar using the transmitter on Pisco's computer. If she hadn't changed into a cleaner's uniform and hidden in the middle of the fireplace chimney, she would have been discovered by Gin and Vodka long ago.
Professor Agasa continued the call with her: "Kudo just left. Just wait there, I'll come pick you up in a bit..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ai Haibara felt a sudden pain in her shoulder, and Professor Agasa heard the gunshot and immediately became very nervous.
"Ai?"
But Ai Haibara no longer had the energy to deal with Professor Agasa. She turned around, clutching her wound, and looked in horror at Gin and Vodka, who were pointing guns at her.
"Ah~ Sherry~"
Gin's call sent a chill down Ai Haibara's spine.
"...How did you know I would come up from the chimney?"
Gin, who hadn't laughed in a long time, finally revealed a childlike smile: "Because of your hair, I saw your hair from beside the fireplace and heard your heavy breathing... I could have killed you in the cellar just now, but I still wanted to make your death more spectacular."
Gin, caught up in the excitement of catching his prey, didn't notice Vodka's hesitant expression behind him.
Bro...why is it hair again...isn't that a bit too weird...?
And why say so much...?
"Now, tell me how you escaped from the research institute."
Gin, like a cat toying with its prey, cruelly fired shot after shot at Ai Haibara, but Ai Haibara remained stubborn and refused to speak.
After all, once she revealed it, it would expose the fact that her medicine could shrink her size, and Shinichi Kudo would suffer the same fate. She could accept her own death, but she absolutely couldn't let Shinichi Kudo be implicated.
Watching Gin's marksmanship, which was barely better than outlining a human body, Vodka's expression changed repeatedly.
Hmm... It seems that the eldest brother didn't kill Sherry directly because he was interrogating her. Indeed, this question still needs to be asked. If he can't get the answer, the eldest brother will definitely not hesitate to kill her!
It's impossible that kid Bo Yezaki did something like deliberately letting people escape... Big Brother isn't that kind of person!
This can't go on like this; we need to confirm what's going on with Piske.
So Vodka found an opportunity, looked at the traitor who had been shot several times, and reminded Gin, "Big brother, it looks like she doesn't want to confess."
—Just kill him already! Slap Usaku Saiki in the face! Things might get complicated if we wait!
Gin didn't quite understand why Vodka was in such a hurry, but then he thought it might be because he'd run into Usui Saiki earlier that day. This made him uneasy, so he abandoned his plan to torment Sherry a little longer and coldly raised his gun: "In that case, I'll send you to see your sister..."
Vodka looked expectantly at Gin's gun.
Bro! There's no Chianti this time! You can fire with confidence! As long as you fire, I can go toe-to-toe with Usui Saiki and confidently say that you couldn't possibly miss!
Just then, Gin suddenly froze, abruptly pulling back his hand that was gripping the gun and clutching his arm.
...A needle? Something was injected into his arm, and it's already starting to go numb...Is it an anesthetic?
The drug was too potent; Gin swayed slightly, knelt on one knee, and stubbornly refused to collapse.
Vodka exclaimed in surprise: "Big brother?!"
Bro, what's wrong with you?! Why do you have to let us down at such a crucial moment?!
Just then, an unfamiliar voice came from behind the door on the rooftop: "Get in the chimney quickly!"
These words were clearly not directed at them. Vodka had originally intended to fire another shot at Sherry, but upon realizing there were others so close by, he quickly turned his gun and fired in the direction of the sound: "Who goes there!?"
Ai Haibara knew that Conan Edogawa was using a voice changer, so she immediately followed his instructions and poured the voice into the chimney.
In just a few seconds, half of Ai Haibara's body had already entered the chimney. Vodka turned around to fire a finishing shot, but it was unclear whether he had hit a vital spot. He could only watch helplessly as she fell completely down.
"Damn it!" Vodka, ignoring Sherry, looked at Gin helplessly. "Big brother, what happened to you? Are you alright?"
The tough guy Gin was hit with a powerful tranquilizer dart, but he managed to stay conscious until now. He even used his last bit of sanity to shoot himself in the spot where he was hit with the tranquilizer dart.
The intense pain finally overcame the effects of the anesthesia, allowing Gin to regain some clarity and stand up.
Gin frowned and explained, "It's nothing, I just felt like I was shot by something."
Vodka: "………………"
Brother, have you considered how Usaku Saiki would react if he found out about this?!
Based on my understanding of Usui, he would definitely say that you are destroying evidence! You have no evidence to prove that you were poisoned by anything! You are just trying to escape killing Sherry!
...Brother, you really didn't stage this yourself, right?
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Ah~ Sherry~
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Vodka is already a qualified laminar flow...
But this time it's not vodka's fault; it's Gin's own actions that are too suspicious, right?
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