Chapter 422
"……Feel sorry."
Vermouth closed her eyes briefly: "This time, Gin absolutely refuses to let you know. If the news leaks from me, it'll be very troublesome..."
Usakabe Saiki seemed surprised: "Gin? Gin is involved in this mission? Is he in the car?"
“No, he should be at the final stop,” Vermouth said gently. “I know you and Gin don’t get along, but this is my mission after all… Considering how important this mission is to me, can you pretend you don’t know?”
Usaku Saiki showed a thoughtful expression.
Vermouth cursed Gin in her heart for being so unlucky. If it weren't for Gin getting involved... well, if Gin weren't there, she wouldn't be able to explain why he wouldn't tell Usui Saiki the details of the mission.
Let's just consider Gin as the scapegoat. Thinking about it that way, it's not too bad. At least he's being put to good use.
Usakabe Saiki was indeed giving Vermouth face: "Alright, for your sake... but be careful, it's dangerous to go on missions with Gin. He tried to blow me up before."
Vermouth knew about this, but... because she also had ulterior motives, wanting to hide it from Bourbon, who planned to take Sherry back alive, and blow Sherry up in the car, possibly killing Bourbon as well. This was something similar to what Gin did, so she couldn't help but find excuses for Gin's actions.
“I heard he just forgot to remind you…” Vermouth changed her tune when she saw Usui Saiki’s expression. “But I know that’s just an excuse. It at least shows that he doesn’t care about your life. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have forgotten to remind you of something so important.”
Usoya Saiki: [Did you record it?]
Undercover System: [Recorded!]
Usoppei was satisfied: 【Very good, I'll play it for Vermouth later.】
Previously, he had to do these kinds of recordings himself, but now that the undercover system is here, even if it doesn't charge points, it's happy to help with such trivial matters, saving Bo Ye Zaiji a lot of trouble.
The skepticism system lamented: "Don't make your labor so cheap! At least charge a fee!"
It knows what human salespeople do when they want to sell something, such as serving tea and water, massaging shoulders and backs, and showing concern for others, even more attentive than one's own children. In the end, even if one's own children say they don't want to buy, they can't resist their parents' persistent buying.
But it always felt that since they had so many things that ordinary people couldn't buy, they could simply wait for a better price and didn't need to do those things... It never expected that the undercover system would act this way.
The suspicion system is now even questioning whether, if the undercover system continues to be so obsequious, when Usoppō Saiki wants to buy permanent residency, he might also try to buy it from the undercover system.
After all, they had only made a verbal agreement before...
Damn it! At the time, it was only thinking that it wasn't its fault and that it couldn't cause it to be complained about. It was so eager to please Usaku Saiki that it forgot that Usaku Saiki was a liar who didn't even bother to think before he started lying!
But after all, it had spent seven good years with Usoppō Saiki. The suspicion system couldn't stand it when it suddenly lowered its guard like the undercover system. It even hoped that the undercover system would stop fawning over it.
Undercover System: [However, even without my help, his phone can record conversations, and I'm not irreplaceable... Perhaps I could use this to gain some goodwill.]
Suspicion value system: [...]
Bo Yezhai: [Watch closely and learn from how others do sales.]
The suspicion system went silent.
Usoppai said he wouldn't care: "Since Gin doesn't want me to talk about it, I won't care either. I'm with Shinichi and the others anyway, so let's just pretend we don't know each other."
Vermouth couldn't be happier!
She immediately agreed: "Okay, be careful when you go out, don't get caught."
Usoppei said casually, "It's nothing. Shinichi, don't you know? There's been a murder case. Those detectives probably won't have time to come here. They'll probably be busy for a while. I'm too lazy to run around, so I thought I'd go sit in the dining car."
Vermouth: "..."
Well, it sounds like Usaku Saiki and Kudo Shinichi have a pretty good relationship... If it weren't for the fact that this guy's mental state is just too... too energetic, she would actually hope that Usaku Saiki would choose to help Kudo Shinichi like she did.
But for now, we can only see how long we can keep it a secret, and then we'll see.
Usoppai opened the [Universal Navigation] app, glanced around to make sure there weren't any familiar faces nearby, then swaggered out of Vermouth's room and continued walking towards the dining car.
As they walked, they suddenly saw a familiar face. This person was even more arrogant than Vermouth and hadn't disguised himself at all!
"Yukiko-neechan, what's wrong—"
"Shh!" Kudo Yukiko turned her head and saw Usuiba Saiki. Her expression changed immediately. She covered Usuiba Saiki's mouth and dragged him into her room.
Usui Saiki was very obedient and did not resist. Only after Kudo Yukiko let go did he ask with a puzzled look, "Were you following Shinichi again?"
Yukiko Kudo quickly went through her plan in her mind.
She wasn't on this mysterious train for fun; her presence was part of a plan and arrangement by her son.
Previously, the Junior Detective League went camping, but an accident occurred, and Ai Haibara had to take a drug to become an adult in order to save the children.
These innocent children, unaware of the implications, only felt they had been saved and wanted to thank the person who saved them. So they sent the photos they had taken to the Mouri Detective Agency, hoping that Kogoro Mouri could help them find out who the kind older sister was.
As a result, Shuichi Akai, who had been keeping a close eye on intelligence from all sides, discovered that someone had logged into Kogoro Mouri's computer and website in the middle of the night. After confirming with Conan Edogawa that no one was using the computer in the agency at that time, he immediately concluded that it was someone from the organization who had made the move.
So Shuichi Akai, Conan Edogawa, and Yukiko Kudo discussed the topic of "the organization has most likely discovered Sherry. The photos show the access ring for the Mysterious Train, and they might be doing something on the Mysterious Train." They came up with a plan to protect Ai Haibara from being discovered, and if all else failed, Yukiko Kudo would disguise herself as Sherry and fake her death.
The plan didn't mention what would happen if Usaku Saiki found out.
Conan Edogawa only found out today that Saiki Usaba was coming, because Ran Mouri wouldn't specifically mention who would be coming. And when Conan went to Saiki Usaba's house a couple of days ago, Saiki Usaba even claimed that he wouldn't leave the house until he beat the game...
Conan Edogawa calculated that, based on Saiki Usaba's level, it would take at least another week. Unexpectedly, when he asked again today, he found out that he had already completed the game.
Conan Edogawa was a little suspicious and even asked who helped him play the game. Usaku Saiki, unusually, asked back with great displeasure.
"Couldn't I have just finished the game myself?"
Conan Edogawa: "...You weren't this efficient before."
Bo Yezhai grumbled, "That's because I wasn't serious. When I want to be serious, no obstacle can stop me."
At the time, the system's skepticism was met with sarcasm: "Isn't it just switching accounts to impersonate Hanchuan Shenliu and using skills to cheat?!"
Bo Yezaki ignored it.
In short, after Usuiba Saiki got on the bus, Conan Edogawa hesitated for a moment about whether to bring Usuiba Saiki into the plan, but after thinking about what he had complained about to Hattori Heiji, he decided against it.
After all, there would be too much to explain if we were to include Usaku Saiki in the plan, and the plan doesn't actually need another person, as long as Usaku Saiki doesn't get in the way.
Therefore, Conan Edogawa didn't say anything extra to Saiki Usui, but instead sent a message to Yukiko Kudo and Shuichi Akai, telling them to keep their distance.
Leaving aside what Akai Shuichi felt after seeing the email, Kudo Yukiko genuinely wanted to hide, but she still needed to come out and observe the situation to see if there were any suspected members of the organization. She never expected to run into Usui Saiki so coincidentally, even though she was just about to go back to her room! It was just a few seconds away!
In short, since they had to keep it from Usui Saiki, they needed to find an excuse, and Usui Saiki's casual remark, which followed Kudo Yukiko's usual style, was quite appropriate.
So Yukiko Kudo immediately laughed and said, "Yeah, don't tell Shinichi, or he'll throw a tantrum again."
Usakabe Saiki nodded: "Okay, but Yukiko-neechan, your hobby is really quite strange..."
Yukiko Kudo's performance was very realistic: "Oh dear, it's not fun when the kids grow up. Now that he's small, I always feel nostalgic, but if I look at him for too long or take pictures, Shinichi gets angry and embarrassed, so I can only do it secretly."
If it weren't for the fact that Usaku Saiki knew these people were up to something behind his back, he would have believed it just by looking at Kudo Yukiko's acting skills.
Yukiko Kudo pretended to have just returned to Japan and asked Saiki Usui about Conan Edogawa's recent situation.
Bo Yezaki naturally complained, "He rushes to wherever there's danger, and we can't stop him. Even without that black-clad organization, he'd get involved with the white-clad organization sooner or later... What if someone from that organization finds out?"
Just then, Usakabe Saiki's phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Conan Edogawa calling.
"Brother Bo Ye, weren't you going to the dining car? Have you seen Uncle Maoli? I tried calling him but couldn't get through. Could you please ask him to come over? Someone's been killed in carriage number seven!"
After saying that, Conan Edogawa hung up the phone as if he was in a hurry.
Usakabe sighed, "You've seen it yourself, he's practically a walking accident magnet. Wherever he goes, a case seems to occur, and he just won't leave any way out..."
Yukiko Kudo sighed, "Everyone else spoils him a bit. It's a good thing you're here. If you talk to him more, he might behave for a day or two."
Bo Yezhaiji looked like he had received a royal decree: "If there's really nothing I can do with him, then I'll try to reason with him more."
And so, Usui said goodbye to Kudo Yukiko and continued on her way to the dining car.
It was just a few carriages, but walking through them felt like overcoming numerous obstacles. It was only with great difficulty that I finally reached the dining car and saw Kogoro Mouri asleep leaning against it.
Usaku Saiki went up and woke up Kogoro Mouri, then led his men back to carriage number seven.
Sera Masumi complained, "Why are you taking so long? Didn't you go to the dining car a while ago?"
Usakata Saiki sighed: "We encountered a little accident on the way..."
Conan Edogawa assumed the accident referred to Yukiko Kudo—he had already received a warning from her—so he didn't take it seriously.
Just like Yukiko Kudo, Saiki Usaba also tipped off Vermouth by sending her an email... Anyway, Yukiko Kudo only told him not to tell Conan Edogawa, not Vermouth.
[I saw Yukiko-neechan! What a coincidence, you're all on this train.]
Vermouth's eyes lit up; this was exactly what she needed. She quickly asked, "Which carriage and room is she in?"
Usui Saiki: [Your mission isn't to kill Yukiko, is it?]
Vermouth: [How could that be? I just didn't want her to ruin my plans. After all, she might be able to see through my disguise, so I was just taking precautions.]
Usoya Saiki gave her the address and told her not to say that she was the one who gave it to her.
Vermouth readily agreed.
She was initially worried that Usaku Saiki would affect her plans... but unexpectedly, after excluding Usaku Saiki, he actually helped her!
This shows that as a member of the organization, Usoya Saiki has actually done nothing wrong, and he can genuinely help if he wants to.
Compared to this, Gin really deserves it!
Why would Usakabe target Gin for no reason? Gin must have been in the wrong first!
Although she roughly understood Gin's reasons for wanting to kill Usui, since Gin dared to make a move, it was only right for Usui to retaliate.
Sigh, thankfully, when she worried that Usaku Saiki knowing about Kudo Shinichi would be a hindrance, she only thought about it and didn't really harden her heart... Usaku Saiki is actually a very considerate child! Seeing her old friend in the car, she remembered to remind her!
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I should be able to update earlier tomorrow. I need to think this through; I definitely need to go to bed early tonight.
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Those who exploit information asymmetry will later deeply regret not asking more questions when they learn the truth.
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Thin Leaf has obtained a new recording!
This recording was indeed for Vermouth herself (...). The recording was all about boomerangs.
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Vermouth now knows that Usui already knows Shinichi = Conan, but she thinks Usui is unaware that it was her organization that did it.
Vermouth: Thin Leaf's mental state...it's so energetic!
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