Xian drove Vermouth back, thinking about what Vermouth had said before.
Rum stole the gentleman's medicine, and not only did he die, but he died in a ghostly manner. It's really something that makes people pay attention to.
According to Conan's plot, that gentleman, Karasuma Renya, is already 140 years old. Even if he is really very long-lived, he must be in his twilight years, so he would like to seek immortality through the organization, that is, the rejuvenation of drug A, or even resurrection from the dead.
When Rum died, part of his skin was still as old as an old man's, while part of it was as white as a teenager's. It is not difficult to see that the medicine Rum took must be related to rejuvenation.
However, the rejuvenation effect of drug A is only a small probability and it cannot be considered completely successful. In other words, the medicine in Haibara Ai's hand has not yet been handed over to that gentleman.
So where did his medicine come from? Xian calmly glanced at Belmode who was sitting in the passenger seat. Ever since she saw Rum's death, her mood had become visibly worse. It was not difficult to feel that while she was unhappy, she seemed to have some mockery in her heart.
Vermouth knew the effect of the drug... but he couldn't ask directly, because it didn't fit his character of Finlandia. But... maybe he could guess it.
Yes... Bourbon is about to take over, and the distillery is in danger. Xian silently lit a candle for the distillery in his heart. But apart from anything else, Rum has stepped down, and the remaining party must be cleaned up. This matter cannot be done by him alone, and he still needs to find Gin.
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Did Finlandia remember everything he had forgotten because of the gentleman's "guidance" and the forgotten relationship between him and Gin? "Well... I know most of it." Xian was a little depressed, and he didn't seem happy to remember the past.
It seems that he is not happy... Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at Xian without leaving any trace, but apart from being unhappy, he didn't seem to have any other extreme emotions.
"So, I decided to leave the result to you." Xian suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, raised his chin slightly, and there was a bit of arrogance in his smile.
"If you don't want to say it..."
Finlandia this time was different from the last time we met. He seemed to be more peaceful... Although Finlandia was usually gentle, he was from that organization after all. After watching him for a long time, you could feel the dark aura from his smile. But this time... that aura seemed to be much weaker.
However, Rum was suspicious by nature. He probably doubted the effect of the potion, so he did not drink it immediately. Instead, he kept hesitating until the gentleman discovered something. Only then did he make up his mind to drink the potion directly, and the result was what he had just seen.
"This is the interesting thing." Xian's tone suddenly became cheerful, "Curaçao told me that Bourbon was an undercover police officer, but now he is going to become the second in command of the organization."
"..." Zhu Fu Jingguang broke out in a cold sweat. Such detailed information coming from Finlandia showed that Finlandia had completely mastered the information about Zero. He had nothing to say.
But if the potion really has the effect of restoring youth, why did Rum die miserably after drinking it? But when the gentleman drank it, nothing happened? This is also a suspicious point. It is very likely that the potion also works on different people... Xian silently recorded it in his mind.
"...Leave it to us?" Zhu Fu Jingguang's voice was a little dry.
"Yes, because of the intervention of the FBI and others, the organization learned that Bourbon was not an undercover agent, so they chose to believe him. I learned about this from Curacao by accident, and I was the only one who knew about it." Xian pursed his lips and drooped his eyelids slightly, "But by then I had recovered my memory, so I chose to let this misunderstanding go."
Forget it, let's just assume this. After all, the organization is a huge entity that has existed for more than half a century, and the research on the drug cannot only start with Haibara Ai. Before her, there must have been similar drugs produced, such as Vermouth.
"So, what do you think?" Zhu Fujingguang asked with his head tilted. After all, what he wanted was not necessarily what Xian wanted. Although they were now sitting together harmoniously and "talking", in essence, their positions were different.
"No." Xian interrupted Zhu Fu Jingguang, "I was just thinking about how to say it..." Xian's face was full of complexity.
"......?" We? Zhu Fujingguang was stunned for a moment, looking at Xian's smile, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Wait a minute, I haven't finished yet." Xian stretched out his hand and made a "stop" gesture, then continued, "Before Rum died, he launched a mission and ordered his confidant Curacao to go to the public security department to investigate the undercover list."
"Just, literally." Xian stretched out his index finger and tapped his chin, then spread his palm towards Zhu Fu Jingguang, "I have recently learned some disguise from Vermouth, and I can fine-tune your appearance." This was a lie, Vermouth would never teach that, disguise was just a simple mask obtained using the system.
In other words, the research of Miyano Elena and Miyano Atsushi back then actually produced results? The result was eternal youth like Vermouth?
Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't say anything else, just waited quietly for Xian's next words.
Xian: ...
"Yes, the organization will not push an undercover agent to the second-in-command position, provided that the organization knows that Bourbon is an undercover agent." Xian restrained his smile and looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang seriously, "This is what I just said. I don't want to make any comments on your behavior of erasing my and Gin's memories, or any act of extreme revenge. I just want to leave it all to you to deal with. After all, aren't you officials?" Xian said as a matter of course.
Actually, Gin guessed it right, but not completely. Xian was indeed hiding from Gin. After showing off his acting skills in front of Gin last night, if it weren't for that gentleman's mission, he should have waited for Gin to come back in the safe house and then lit up [Childhood Inheritance] in one fell swoop. But after that gentleman's intervention, it was destined to fail to light up smoothly, and he could only pretend that nothing happened and temporarily not contact Gin.
Xian tilted his head and continued, "The conditions have been created for you. Whether you can do something for the organization depends on you."
[This possibility cannot be ruled out.]
Since Furuya Rei knew that Morifushi Kagemitsu was still alive, it would be easy to deal with. Anyway, Furuya Rei would soon be in power and would be able to bring down the winery with the help of both insiders and outsiders. So, he might as well just pack up Morifushi Kagemitsu and send him to Furuya Rei.
Zhu Fushi Jingguang's cat eyes widened slightly. Although he had expected it, he didn't expect that the gentleman would actually do it. And what he didn't expect was that Finlandia and Gin, the two enemies who were known to everyone in the organization, were actually childhood friends.
"..." Zhu Fu Jingguang kept looking into Xian's eyes, gritting his teeth to make himself look appropriately surprised.
"..."Xian lowered his eyes and thought.
"Did...something happen before?" Zhu Fu Jingguang asked tentatively.
"You..." Zhu Fu Jingguang felt like he had something stuck in his throat. He knew that even if his memory was restored, it was unrealistic for Finlandia to turn against the organization in an instant after so many years of brainwashing and control. However, he did not expect that Finlandia would directly allow the undercover to take the position of senior management. This was more decisive than he imagined.
As the person who has followed that gentleman for the longest time, he must have known a lot of information. He knew very well the purpose of Karasuma Renye and the effect of that potion. In order to keep himself away from death, Rum took the risk to intercept the potion that was to be sent to Karasuma Renye.
Zhu Fujingguang was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect this answer. He thought that at least Finlandia would have an idea in her mind.
"Bourbon? It's him." Zhu Fujingguang tried his best to make his tone sound normal. "When I was in the organization, he had an excellent ability to collect intelligence. I didn't expect that now..."
"I'll let Bourbon get deep inside the organization, and I want to send you there too. After Rum dies, the intelligence team will have to clean up a lot of people, so they will be very short of people. It won't be difficult to get you in. Anyway, you are all colleagues, and you must have your own contact codes, so you should be able to recognize each other soon."
[Host, although I can find out this kind of information, you need to pay experience points! And because it is confidential information, it requires a lot of experience points, and you... don't have enough. ]
"Furugaya Rei, a member of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, alias Amuro Toru, code name of the organization, Bourbon."
"..." Zhu Fu Jingguang fell silent, and his heart really sank.
"Well... do you want to join the organization again?" Xian organized his words and finally decided to get straight to the point.
"But, you do this..." Zhu Fujingguang was a little speechless. It was natural for him to be able to infiltrate the organization again, but if the organization member Finlandia wanted to help him... it seemed a little weird no matter how he thought about it.
After all, Haibara Ai is not the first generation researcher to study Drug A. Before her, her parents were also engaged in similar research, and Vermouth's eternal youthful appearance is obviously the result of some experiment conducted by that gentleman.
Xian silently called Gin, briefly explained Rum's situation, and then expressed to him the idea of purging Rum's remaining followers. As soon as Gin replied "I know", Xian quickly hung up the phone.
I don't know why, but I always feel like Xian is avoiding me. Is it because my memory is a little confused? Just like when I just recovered my memory.
Zhu Fu Jingguang: ...? "What...what do you mean?" Zhu Fu Jingguang licked his dry lips.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Fu Jingguang blinked his cat eyes and vaguely felt that something was wrong.
"But, after forgetting about my relationship with Gin, Mr. was really nice to me..." As he said this, Xian frowned tightly, looking extremely conflicted.
But on the other hand, there were other things to do. He went back to his shop first, found a set of suitable clothes for himself to change into, and then drove to a place he had not been to for a long time - where Zhu Fu Jingguang was.
Zhu Fujing's eyes lit up slightly: "Is it something from the past?"
"Xian? Long time no see." After seeing the person who opened the door and came in, Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled and nodded to Xian.
The next second, Zhu Fu Jingguang's uneasiness grew, and he heard Xian slowly say, "Today, or last night, Rum died." Xian paused, "You don't need to know the specific reason, but you know that the position of the second-in-command of the organization, in charge of the entire intelligence team, cannot be left vacant. The person who takes over this position is Bourbon."
"...No, according to what you said, the organization will never let Bourbon take over that position." Zhu Fujingguang neither confirmed nor denied Xian's statement, but only raised an objection.
Gin: ...
And that gentleman has been taking that kind of medicine, so theoretically he is still alive and seems to be in good condition even though he is over 140 years old.
"...I know what you're thinking." Xian turned his head, pursed his lips, and whispered, "If I'm the only one who thinks of it...I won't do this."
Xian ignored Zhu Fu Jingguang's slight abnormality and said to himself: "Although Curacao suddenly betrayed the organization and was dealt with in the end, he left behind very interesting information before his death, such as..." Xian raised his head and glanced at Zhu Fu Jingguang, whose expression was a little stiff.
If the potion was to maintain youth, it would make sense that Rum would secretly intercept it and take it privately. After all, Rum was not young anymore, and half of his body was in a coffin, so it was impossible for him not to be afraid of death.
After discovering Akai Shuichi there last time, he hadn't been there again. Although there was no clear confirmation that Furuya Rei and Morobushi Keimitsu had met, looking at Furuya Rei's four obvious whitewashing points, it was really hard for him not to believe that Furuya Rei didn't know that he had been saved by him as a child.
"To put it simply, Gin and I were brought back to the organization together. Before we joined, our relationship was better than I thought. So much so that after we joined, in order to gain our complete loyalty, Mr. tampered with our memories and used a series of brainwashing methods such as psychological suggestion..." Xian said as he carefully considered his words.
So... that's how it is. Zhu Fujingguang instantly understood what Xian was struggling with.
I'm telling you, can you please stop agreeing with me and come up with something useful, like directly tell me what medicine Rum is taking?
"..." Xian was silent for a long time, then he slowly raised his head, looked into Zhu Fu Jingguang's cat eyes, and said slowly, "I don't know."
"Um... Jingguang." Xian sat opposite Zhufu Jingguang, stroking his chin and looking at him.
"..." Xian pursed his lips and was silent for a while, then lowered his head slightly and explained hesitantly, "Some things came to my mind recently..."
Zhu Fujingguang's mind flashed with a white light, and he blurted out: "You mean, Gin too?!"
"So, do you want to go?" Xian neither denied nor confirmed, but tilted his head and looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang again, "Although we may not be able to give you any substantial help." The tone of his voice was very honest when he used the word "we".
Zhu Fujingguang swallowed his saliva, clenched his fists, and many thoughts flashed through his mind. After a while, he slowly uttered a sentence.
"Okay, I promise."
(End of this chapter)