"I'm looking for gin."

"Master Gin is away on a mission, so he's not here."

"I'm looking for rum."

"Uh... Lord Rum is also out on a mission."

"Where's Bourbon?"

“…”

Morobushi Jingguang stared at the anxious member of the organization's information department in front of him, and only looked away after cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Where is their task list?"

"Lord Yule, it's a secret mission..."

"Are they all secret missions?" Zhu Fu Jingguang narrowed his eyes and mentioned the names of several code-named members.

"Please don't embarrass me." The member of the Information Department was sweating profusely. "I only have the right to register, not the right to query!"

Something is wrong. It is so wrong.

After the "mission failed", Morobushi Kagemitsu was sent out by the boss to do another mission without stopping. Now when he comes back, he finds that none of the code members who usually stay in Tokyo can be contacted.

It was as if everyone had planned something in just this short week.

The masked man showed no signs of uneasiness. He tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Give me the registration form of the organization's recent weapons deployment."

"grown ups……"

"Bang!"

The bullet flew past the information department member's ear, burning his scalp and making it numb. The man in front of him remained calm and said, "Give it to me."

Now the members of the Information Department dared not hesitate any longer.

The information about the code members being collectively punished for failing their mission a few days ago was spread like wildfire in the organization, and the lower-level members who were so addicted to the gossip almost lost sight of their own position.

He quickly retrieved the form and handed it to Yule, his heart pounding.

The next moment, thick murderous aura enveloped the entire room, making it difficult for people to breathe.

Morobushi Kagemitsu looked at the large number of bombs registered under the name of "Bourbon" and the deposit and withdrawal of rum, and soon understood the organization's plan.

The organization's top priority recently is to assassinate Matsue Shigure, who is a provocateur and threat to the organization.

Since Yul's emotional assassination attempt failed, the best way is naturally to transfer this unstable factor away and send someone else to take action.

It looks like rum and zero are coming out this round.

Morofu Jingguang held the information tightly. His mood did not improve after knowing the trend. Instead, he felt even more depressed.

Zero will certainly not let anything happen to the instructor, but Rum is not someone who can be easily fooled. Do they have any specific countermeasures for mobilizing so many bombs?

And——are Zero and the instructor's identities completely interchangeable?

Given Rum's personality, he would not allow Bourbon, the former owner of A, to have any abnormal thoughts. He would take the initiative to conceal the truth so that Bourbon could focus on dealing with Matsue Shigure.

But with Zero's keen observation skills, if he realizes this "truth", will it cause other twists and turns?

After learning the full identity of Matsue Shigure, Morofushi Jingguang was in a daze for two days; Bourbon, who is more hostile to A in the organization, is probably not in a good state.

Very uneasy.

Morofushi Kagemitsu also saw the record of Gin mobilizing a large number of weapons today, which was a large time difference from Rum and others.

People who walk on the edge of danger often have an inexplicable sixth sense, and now, Morobushi Jingguang's intuition makes him particularly uneasy.

...We can’t wait any longer!

He must contact zero!

The brown-haired man suppressed the turmoil in his heart, put the wrinkled form on the table, and even smiled politely at the member of the information department: "Thank you for your trouble."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left with his gun, leaving the member of the Information Department paralyzed in his chair. The latter took two minutes to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead with shaking hands and spat silently.

He thought he was almost dying!

Damn it, if anyone ever says that Yule is a smart but opportunist, he will be the first to object!

So who is this mission target that can make so many big guys fail?

*************

"I knew I could seduce her out." Songjiang Shiyu said proudly in his mind, "Come on, come on, Tongzi, come here quickly to recognize your father."

System: "...giao! Rum, you are so impatient!"

Matsue Shigure: "Over and over again, I have pretended to be blind three times in a row. If he doesn't believe me anymore, he is not the impatient rum sauce."

System: "Yue... don't call me disgusting like that."

Matsue Shigure: "Hurry up and stop lying. Also, remember to follow my performance and adjust your state. If anything goes wrong, I will install a pig squealing program on you, so that every sentence you say will sound like a pig squealing!"

System: “!”

Grab this guy!

System: "So when did you steal the pills from Shirley?"

Songjiang Shigure was somewhat emotional: "When I met them on the boat today, I quietly changed it - I thought it was useless at the time, but now I think it can be used as a magic medicine~ My goose girl is awesome!"

It's a bit unscientific to beat people when you're blind. Then take some medicine and beat them when you're no longer blind. That's very - scientific!

By the way, he combined the effects of the pills introduced by Haibara Ai and acted it out, and no one could figure it out.

The system hummed: "Aren't you afraid that you will find some bugs by taking advantage of the loopholes?"

Matsue Shigure was very calm: "It can be more serious than last time, so what? And theoretically speaking, taking advantage of loopholes is not a bug."

The two discussed the effect of "blocking pain value".

Although it is a mental setting, hormones will still be affected. Conversely, it is possible to change the body's state by adjusting these data.

This is the result that the player has just discovered, and he even turned up the pain value to make himself cry.

Songjiang Shigure: I really gave too much!

*************

Goddess.

"Ah, you reacted quickly."

"Rum." Matsue Shigure read out the other party's code name. He stared at the two of them and almost squeezed out the words from his teeth, "Let Conan go!"

"Oh? Since when did you have the authority to order me around?"

The one-eyed man sneered, he leaned over and put the suitcase on the ground, kicked it forward a distance with his foot, then directly picked up Edogawa Conan and pressed him in front of him with the strength of his arms.

The young detective was caught off guard and let out a cry of pain, but he quickly swallowed the sound back and glanced at the gun pointed at him, feeling extremely anxious.

Rum has been lurking on the deserted Goddess. Doesn't this mean that the other party has already calculated that they will get on board?

——Did he plan the disappearance of Naka Yonghe or the deliberate seduction of Marumori Kosuke? !

Damn it! How can I face Rum in Songjiang's current state?

Mr. Amuro! Mr. Akai! Whoever it is, come and save me! !

Conan Edogawa hasn't been in such a dangerous situation for a long time. His only weapon now is the anesthetic needle in his watch.

But for members of the drug-resistant organization, this kind of anesthesia can only make them dazed for a moment, but it cannot make them unconscious!

——He had already tried it on Gin and Vermouth.

"Don't let the child get involved in our affairs." Matsue Shigure did not waver. He held the gun and said coldly, "Let Conan go!"

"This isn't an ordinary child, is it?" Rum lowered his head slightly and looked at Conan Edogawa, "Kudo-kun?"

"!" Conan Edogawa's pupils suddenly dilated.

"How did you—"

"How do I know your identity? It doesn't matter now, right?"

Rum's voice was particularly eerie. After being deliberately softened, it not only did not sound intimate, but instead sounded like a venomous snake slithering across the skin.

"But don't worry, I don't want to kill you for the time being. After all, it's not easy to find such a perfect sample of APTX-4869."

Conan Edogawa twisted his hands and gritted his teeth: "Is Marumori Kosuke your man? Did you let him kill us?"

Rum suddenly laughed, as if he had heard something extremely funny.

"That idiot thought he could mess up my plan, but he didn't realize he was the best bait, right, Officer Songjiang?"

The blond young man who was holding the gun in a standard posture subconsciously pursed his lips. His knuckles had already turned blue due to excessive force.

Conan Edogawa immediately understood what he meant. If it weren't for Kosuke Marumori's attack, Matsue Shigure's memory would not have been stimulated, let alone he would not have fired the gun.

Matsue Shigure knew that Rum was on the boat and did have the idea of ​​dealing with him, but at the same time, Rum also wanted to get rid of him completely.

It's Shuichi Akai - I don't know what role he plays here.

Suddenly, the blond young man relaxed his movements and stood straight again, with his pistol hanging at his side.

"Let Conan leave, and tell me the location of Councillor Zhong Yonghe."

Matsue Shigure's tone was terrifyingly cold: "Rum, I think you should also know why you are here."

Rum's expression suddenly changed, and murderous aura almost overflowed from his body.

He stared at Songjiang Shiyu with his only remaining eye, and said word by word: "It has come to this, and you still want to be stubborn with me?"

"Ha, it's come to this, and you still want me to beg you?"

Songjiang Shigure responded to him, he covered his mouth and coughed a few times, taking the opportunity to stuff a few white pills hidden in his sleeve into his mouth.

He swallowed the pill dry, the bitter taste lingering between his lips and teeth, directly suppressing the nauseating smell of blood.

The chaotic blocks of color in front of his eyes gradually faded away, and the wronged souls seemed to be swallowed by the devil, dissipating unwillingly with shrill screams. Only a silent black-haired young man was left standing in front of him.

The dead partner watched everything coldly.

But Songjiang Shiyu had no time to care about it at the moment.

The pain that seemed to be able to split a person's soul spread from top to bottom, quickly sweeping across the body, and like a vanguard of an assault, it quickly occupied all the space below the thigh. Every movement of the toes felt like a knife cutting.

He staggered back involuntarily, grasping the only weapon with lethal power in his right hand, and tried to bite his lips to concentrate.

Ferry, sea, moonlit night.

This situation... is a bit like a fairy tale.

Rum did not immediately respond to Matsue Shigure's ridicule, but stood there leisurely, admiring the stubbornness of the young man in front of him who was at the end of his strength.

This is indeed A’s character.

Even at the moment of death, he still can't stop talking, as if he doesn't care about anything and it doesn't matter.

But - is it really so?

A has nothing to care about, but Officer Songjiang does.

"I'll make you beg me." Rum said coldly, "Or do you want to take this kid away with you with a broken gun that still has two bullets left?"

"Rejuvenation, cough cough." Songjiang Shiyu suddenly chuckled, "Rum, are you willing to give it up?"

"You, are you willing to do that?"

The young man's voice was hoarse and shrill, but it hit Rum's soft spot accurately.

Gin will kill Kudo Shinichi because he has no interest in rejuvenation, and he is the sharpest sword under the boss, a weapon.

But Rum is different. He is older and has less energy than before. He also has the young and energetic Bourbon waiting to take over.

No one who has climbed to the top can rest in power, and no one can remain calm after gaining a deep understanding of the organization’s longevity plan.

It is said that Rum, who was disguised as "Kanenobu Oda", did not discover the true identity of Conan Edogawa? It is too untrue.

It's just that this greedy old man wanted to use him to gain more power, and at the same time wanted to intercept his last body.

How did Matsue Shigure trick rum onto the ship?

He sent a message to Rum, using all the swear words he had stored to criticize Rum from every angle and in every direction, saying that Rum was old, weak, and trashy, and not as good as gin and bourbon. Then he sent him a few photos.

Matsue Shigure has always been conscious of changing her hairstyle. She used to have a casually tied pigtail, then a neat ponytail when she was an instructor, and she hid her hairstyle very strictly when she became A - until now it is completely exposed.

Due to his circumstances, not many people would pay attention to the changes in his appearance. Only by comparing photos from all periods together, would one be surprised to discover what a true freeze-frame is.

No one knew Songjiang Shigure's past. He was a miracle that appeared out of nowhere, like an apple in the Garden of Eden, tempting the daring ones to pick him.

************

Victory.

"Bang!" The heavy door was smashed open, and the policemen who had been prepared rushed in, looking around vigilantly with guns in hand.

Zhong Yonghe sat in the center of the lecture hall, with his mouth covered with tape and a black cloth covering his body.

He stared in horror at the police who rushed in and made a "mmm" sound.

Matsuda Jinpei, who was walking in front, tore off the tape on his mouth. He immediately heard the man in front of him shout at the top of his lungs: "Back off! Everyone, back off!"

"Swish!" The black cloth covering him was untied as everyone retreated, revealing the bomb tied to his body.

For a moment, everyone was shocked and subconsciously looked at the Explosive Explosive Disposal officers who were providing close protection.

Zhong Yonghe's face turned pale: "It's that threatening letter! Someone wants to harm me!"

"Member of the Council!" Megure Jusan's forehead was covered with sweat. "Please don't be nervous. We are here..."

"Unrelated police officers please leave first and go protect other people!" Councillor Chung Yong-he interrupted him and he took a deep breath. "I am very calm, but the situation is a bit complicated this time."

Hagiwara Kenji paused and asked, "What do you mean?"

Just as Zhong Yonghe was about to speak, a loud speaker suddenly rang out throughout the living room.

"Congratulations on reaching the last level."

An indistinguishable male or female voice rang in everyone's ears: "Do you see the congressman in front of you? Oh~ poor congressman, with so many bombs tied to his body, he must be very scared. Police, do you want to save him?"

Matsuda Jinpei said angrily: "What bullshit!"

"That's something you need to think about carefully." The excited voice said, "In addition to the bomb on the congressman, there is another bomb. Once you defuse this bomb, the other bomb will explode--"

He stretched out his voice: "Bong! It exploded like fireworks!"

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense.

Miwako Sato said calmly: "Where is the other bomb?"

"Don't ask me where the other bomb is. It's a two-way question."

I don't know if it was a recording or someone was watching from behind, but the radio picked up the conversation accurately. He hummed a strange tune: "Twenty minutes, I'll give you twenty minutes to continue playing hide-and-seek~"

"Are you going to save your councillor at the cost of another's life? Or are you going to risk it all?"

"Or - if you detonate the other bomb in advance, this one won't explode!"

The broadcast ended here, leaving the police officers with blank expressions.

Megure Jusan's chubby little round face was now covered in sweat. He yelled, "Why don't you hurry up and look for it again!"

"Matsuda! Hagiwara! And Sato! You stay here with Councillor Nakayoshi! Everyone else, hurry up and follow me to find——!"

"Yes!" Everyone took action immediately.

Megure Jusan wiped his sweat while looking at Hagiwara Kenji who was already leaning over to check the bomb. He coughed and asked evasively: "If we want to dismantle this bomb, how long will it take you?"

"At least ten minutes." Matsuda Jinpei said calmly, "If there are no unexpected events."

"Then let's find it in ten, no, seven minutes..." He looked at his subordinates hesitantly, and finally his eyes fell on Councillor Zhong Yonghe, "Just find it in seven minutes."

No one responded, only Zhong Yonghe insisted: "We must find the other bomb! I can't let people get hurt! If we can't find it, we'll keep looking!"

Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda walked to the other side and began to make advance preparations for bomb disposal. The former glanced at the pale-faced congressmen from time to time, and a strange sense of disharmony arose in his heart.

"Xiao Zhenping, do you feel something is wrong?" he asked in a low voice.

"What?" Matsuda Jinpei frowned. "I'm worried about the instructor's situation. It seems someone else has gone there! Didn't you say the yacht was gone?"

Jinpei Matsuda turned up the volume of the detective badge to a level that only they could hear, and then pinned it on his collar.

It seemed to have been damaged, and the sounds coming from the detective badge were intermittent.

He heard Matsue Shigure's cold rebuke, calling the other party "Rum".

——The people from that organization appeared!

Matsuda Jinpei felt as if his heart was hanging in the balance. The bomb in front of him was not as concerning as the information from the other side.

"I did not see any remnants of the yacht, but the fugitive should have been dealt with by the instructor." Hagiwara Kenji murmured, "So this should be a pre-recorded recording. As long as we dismantle the bomb, there will be no problem."

Matsuda Jinpei took a deep breath and said, "I want to see the instructor as soon as possible... I shouldn't have brought him here."

I promised to protect him, but...

Jinpei Matsuda couldn't help but clench his fists. He still didn't like the police!

Kenji Hagiwara pursed his lips, not knowing how to express the strange feeling of unease in his heart.

**************

Rum stared at the young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

Matsue Shigure is in a very bad condition now. Cold sweat has dripped down his cheeks onto his clothes. His eyes hidden behind the glasses are dim and unclear, and it seems that even standing is an extremely difficult action for him.

But, he is indeed young.

Rum would not kill Kudo Shinichi. Compared to the completely uncertain situation of A, he believed more in the research he knew, but he was unwilling to let A die like this.

The one-eyed man lowered his head, looked at the boy who was sweating but still calm, and suddenly chuckled.

Take it one step at a time.

"I won't let Conan die, but I can't say for sure whether he will leave unscathed." Rum said, "Officer Matsue, you probably don't want to see others get hurt for you, right?"

Conan Edogawa's expression changed: "Brother Matsue! Don't worry about it——!"

"Good boy, be quiet." Rum covered his mouth and said to Songjiang Shigure, "I'll give you a choice."

The blond young man held the gun and looked down at the floor. He was still standing straight, but with a slight tremor.

"Hey, what do you want?" He said coldly, "Unless you let Conan leave first, I think there is no need to talk between us. And Rum, you are really not suitable to be a father. Who are you still thinking about with your old orange peel appearance?"

Rum was so angry that his breathing quickened. The veins on his hand holding the gun popped out. Finally, he laughed out of anger: "Okay, very good, Conan-kun, I will let him go - but, Officer Matsue, do you really think this is the only backup plan I have?"

He deliberately emphasized the title "Matsujiang Police Officer", as if to hint at something.

For a moment, Conan Edogawa didn't understand why Rum would talk about Matsue Shigure's past experiences like the fugitive did, but he clearly saw that the other party shuddered.

It seemed that Rum calling him that made him more afraid than facing the fugitive.

Backhand...

The young detective subconsciously turned his eyes to the suitcase on the ground. Rum had just taken the thing and kicked it directly between them and Matsue Shigure.

What's in here?

Matsue Shigure repeated in a hoarse voice: "Let Conan go first."

"Didn't you ask me where Councillor Zhong Yonghe is?" Rum chuckled. "He is also on the verge of death now, because you--"

"He is now tied to a bomb and trapped in a corner. I don't know if those poor policemen can find him."

"What do you want?" The blond young man raised his head suddenly, his silver-chain glasses shaking violently with his movements, his cobalt blue eyes full of murderous intent, "Do you think I care about the life of a stranger?"

"There's no point in pretending to be indifferent in front of me now." Rum said slowly, "Weren't you very affectionate with Conan just now?"

Matsue Shigure looked at them solemnly, his fingers sliding over the gun, but he couldn't lift it.

Edogawa Conan's expression suddenly twisted.

Rum heard everything Matsue Shigure said to him just now!

It was because Conan Edogawa insisted that Matsue Shigure go back to bandage his wound that he told him the reason why he was in such a hurry to find Naka Yonghe.

He really didn't care about Councillor Nakayoshi, but Officers Matsuda and Hagiwara...

How could it be so unlucky!!!

"Zhong Yonghe is a popular legislator recently. If he died on the boat, do you think the party that has spent so much effort to win him over will let the police officers who were responsible for protecting him go?"

Rum said slowly, "Let me think about who it is? The famous bomb disposal team of the Explosives Division? The policewoman of the First Investigation Division? The police captain who has worked for half his life and is finally getting promoted?"

Now even Edogawa Conan's face turned completely pale.

Those were people he was familiar with and close to. If something really happened to Zhong Yonghe, the crazy politicians would take more actions than just demoting them.

What to do...

Songjiang Shiyu said woodenly: "What do you want?"

Rum pointed to the suitcase on the ground and said, "There's another bomb in here. If you stand here with the bomb for 20 minutes, or even detonate it in advance, the bomb in Zhongyonghe will become ineffective.

I will let Conan go first, and then I will leave after a while, how about that? One life for two lives, is this a deal?"

"Of course, you have to throw away the gun first."

Edogawa Conan widened his eyes: "Mmm!" Brother Matsue, don't agree!

The blond young man lowered his head, his messy long hair hiding most of his expression, and only his increasingly trembling body could be seen.

Like anger, or maybe despair.

*************

"Haha! Help! Why is this such a coincidence? Haha!"

Matsue Shigure almost laughed his head off: "I thought Rum had some plan and asked Akai Shuichi to prepare planABCD, but this is what happened!"

System: “Huh?”

Matsue Shigure: "It's stable, it's stable. I don't even need to do anything. Matsuda and the others will find the problem."

The player smiled slyly while lowering his head. "After all, as Rum said, Zhong Yonghe is so important that he would not die in such a place. Do you think a member of the organization who has climbed to this position would let Rum install a bomb that is enough to threaten his life?"

--will not.

Therefore, Zhongyonghe will definitely take the initiative to delay time.

Based on the player's understanding of the students, especially Kenji Hagiwara, the guy who is always thinking about the case seven years ago, there is no reason why he would not notice something unusual!

Not to mention that the information that "Zhong Yonghe is a member of the organization" was known to more than just him on the ship.

Matsue Shigure only needs to sell a wave of misfortunes, and after ensuring the safety of Edogawa Conan, he can take action against Rum.

God is really helping him!

****************

"Let's start defusing the bomb." Sato Miwako checked the time and looked anxious, "It's almost time!"

Looking outside from here, one can see a crowd gradually gathering in the open air. The lively atmosphere still surrounds them. No one knows what the police are facing now.

Even though it was delayed for more than ten minutes due to an accident, the fireworks show after the dance was still about to begin.

But even though Sato Miwako urged twice, no one on the scene took any action.

Councillor Zhong Yonghe was still tied to the chair, but he showed a righteous expression: "Let's look for it for a while! I can't let others die for my own sake. Besides, I believe that the two best bomb disposal police should be able to protect me."

Miwako Sato disagreed: "We still need to make preparations in advance."

"Matsuda, Hagiwara?" Sato Miwako looked at the two people who had suddenly stopped in front of the toolbox for some reason and called out to them, "Hurry up and prepare to rescue Councillor Naka Yonghe!"

“No…don’t.”

The curly-haired police officer immediately let go of the tool in his hand. He squatted on the ground and inserted his fingers into his hair, as if he had heard some unbelievable news.

"One life for two lives, is this a deal?"

"cough……"

Someone seemed to cough a few times, indicating acquiescence and compromise.

The sound coming from the detective badge made the two men feel like they were struck by lightning. The man named Rum told them directly where the other bomb was!

On the Goddess, in a place they absolutely cannot go to now!

Next to Matsue Shigure!

A huge panic instantly overwhelmed them.

"How could this happen!"

Hagiwara Kenji subconsciously put his hand to his lips, trying to lower his voice, but his increasingly rapid breathing made him look particularly strange.

He bit his lower lip involuntarily, the taste of blood escaping from his mouth, his eyes fixed on the bomb on the congressman's body.

If they defuse this bomb now...

Kenji Hagiwara's vision went dark for a while.

Matsue Shigure will die...will die under the bomb.

Will die at their hands.

************

“Pah.”

The pistol with only two bullets left was casually thrown on the ground. The blond young man's hands hung naturally, as if he had no strength to pick up anything.

"Oh yeah, you probably can't see it now, right? The box is right in front of you, you should be able to feel it if you squat down and touch it."

Matsue Shigure, whose weaknesses had been completely exposed, was now as silent as a puppet. He seemed unable to hear Conan Edogawa's struggles, and staggered forward.

Each step was difficult, as if he was walking on the edge of a knife, but he did not pause at all until the tip of his shoe hit an object, making a crisp collision sound.

don't want……

Conan Edogawa struggled hard, but he couldn't break free from Rum's grip. He watched Matsue Shigure standing next to the bomb, tears streaming down his face without him noticing.

He bit Rum's hand, and when the other party let go in pain, he suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "Brother Songjiang, don't--!"

How to choose between revenge of the past and inheritance of tomorrow?

Matsue Shigure's palms slowly clenched.

"They are my students..."

As he spoke, a streak of blood slid down his pale jaw.