Chapter 213 Love at the End of Lies Beibei
Lin Xi stood there without moving.
She was sure that no one had ever seen her in her current state.
Shibahara Hiroshige was just an idea in her mind, and it was an idea based on Punch...
Even if we know that Punch is the boss, who would know that Shibahara Hirojin is not Punch's real brother, but another identity she has disguised herself as?
Very few people in the organization can get in touch with her, and even fewer know her identity.
When you count them all, there are only a few... gin, Madeira and rum.
None of these three people can change their appearance, and their figures are completely different from Sayuri Mizutani's curvy figure.
Then, after eliminating all wrong answers, there is only one possibility left -
She once used Shibahara Hiroshi's face to contact a member of an organization in a dungeon.
There's a simple way to verify this.
Lin Xi opened the map and zoomed in.
The bright red dot displayed near her flashed, and a new entry popped up next to it.
【Vermouth】
[A core member of the Black Organization, suspected to have some special relationship with the organization's boss.]
[She was once a test subject for the APTX series of drugs. She has an ageless appearance and is skilled in disguise, earning her the nicknames "The Ageless Witch" and "The Witch of a Thousand Faces."]
Lin Xi stared at the words "suspected of having some special relationship with the organization's boss" for a while, and instead of stepping forward with the wine glass, he drank the liquid in the glass in one gulp, turned around and blended into the crowd of people in suits and ties. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
After Lin Xi's figure disappeared, Vermouth was still staring at the place where she disappeared, smiling happily.
It wasn't until Tsukawa Hideji's old-fashioned and cold voice sounded beside her that she came to her senses: "Sorry, I just saw an acquaintance. You said you have something I like and wanted to go to a quiet place to discuss it in detail? Haha, of course..."
…
Lin Xi took out his touch-screen phone and opened his email.
She checked her mailbox. Apart from Rum's daily reports and Madeira's daily harassment, there were only occasional messages from Gin.
Until now, her mailbox only has three contacts.
But that doesn't mean only three people knew about her emails.
After becoming a codename member, they can get her email address and contact her - this is one of the privileges she grants them.
But no one else dared to contact her.
Vermouth should also know this email address.
But Lin Xi's phone had no past chat history—the Vermouth dungeon's timeline should have been very early, at least before Chrissie Wynyard became famous. Even now, none of those grayed-out, blacked-out plot dungeons showed any sign of being accessible.
Lin Xi was rarely confused. After thinking about it, she decided to ask Gin for help.
"When did Vermouth and I meet?"
Gin didn't reply immediately this time.
Lin Xi waited for about half a minute before seeing the reply:
"?"
Lin Xi: ...
A small question mark can cause such great harm.
"We're playing Truth or Dare." She tried to sound sincere—she wondered if Gin could see through the pile of Japanese text. She typed, "I won the Dare game."
Gin surprisingly didn't expose her lame excuse: "Same as me, thirty years ago."
Lin Xi:?
Thirty years ago, wasn’t that when she was a researcher at Baijiu Pharmaceutical!
How come she doesn’t remember anything?!
She suddenly felt a sense of horror, as if she had done something and everyone remembered it... except herself.
...What a terrible feeling.
Moreover, she used to be the one who completed the plot, and even if she encountered the main plot, she was always the one who took the initiative; but this time she felt like she was being manipulated by the plot, as if the system finally couldn't stand her slacking off, so it attracted all the main characters to her side, forcing her to complete the plot.
When the game of [Detective Conan Remake] is over...what will become of these characters, and herself?
Will she come home?
When she first came to this world, Lin Xi was full of fighting spirit and wanted to complete the plot and go home; but now, she feels more and more that this place is like the real world - not the style of painting, which is still a pure two-dimensional comic style - but the people she comes into contact with, they are all too like real people.
It seems that under the flat skin, there are living souls.
In this world, she has a sister, friends, bad friends (Amuro Toru might not admit it), people who depend on her, and people she can trust unconditionally...
Looking back at her past life, she could hardly remember what the past days were like...
Lin Xi touched his chin and threw away the unnecessary emotions.
No matter what, the storyline must be completed.
Since Vermouth recognizes her current appearance, she must have seen her disguised like this thirty years ago.
The system's character entry states that Vermouth was once a test subject for the APTX series of drugs, so her situation thirty years ago should have been the same as Gin's.
It doesn't matter. Once she completes the copy where she and Vermouth met, she will know everything.
She waited for a while, until most of the people at the charity dinner had left. Then she quietly passed through the gate and arrived at the door of the hotel where Sayuri Mizutani was staying.
Knocked on the door politely.
"Come in." A laughing voice came from behind the door.
Lin Xi ignored the sudden nervousness in her heart and opened the door.
…Then I saw Hideji Tsugawa lying on the floor like a dead fish.
Lin Xi: “…”
Everyone in the Fengtan group is a fool!
"Boss, long time no see." Vermouth, still in her disguise, came forward with Mizutani Sayuri's face. Seeing Lin Xi looking at the man lying on the ground, she explained, "That's someone from the Fengtan Group. I don't know why they're targeting me. It doesn't matter. The Fengtan Group is no longer a force to be reckoned with. The remaining ones are just a few small fry. I can handle them."
Lin Xi felt a little guilty.
Tsukawa Hideji targeted Mizutani Sayuri because she stole her identity and bought a painting...
"Where's Mizutani Sayuri?" she asked. "She's dead?"
Vermouth led her to a seat on the sofa, then pulled a glass of iced lemonade from the hotel's small refrigerator, handed it to Lin Xi, and replied, "Yes, she committed suicide by slitting her wrists. I had met her before and thought her identity would be useful, so I worked to conceal her death, creating the appearance that she was elusive and reclusive, and occasionally used her identity to carry out actions."
No wonder Sayuri Mizutani's profile shows that she has no fixed relationship or residence recently. She is always traveling to various places and only occasionally shows up...
Lin Xi felt a little disappointed.
She wanted to meet more people who had seen the exhibition and learn more about the "X" exhibition from them.
However, it doesn’t matter if Sayuri Mizutani died, there are still many people on the list.
She sat on the sofa, took a sip of lemonade, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Fortunately, Vermouth didn't seem to notice her awkwardness and took the initiative to steer the conversation: "How have you been lately? I heard that you found Shirley and moved in with her..."
Lin Xi almost spit out the lemon tea in her mouth.
What? Has everyone known that I live with Ai?!
Gin knows it, Vermouth knows it, and I'm afraid Rum has known it for a long time too!
No wonder the various plots in the original story about discovering Ai’s identity and hunting her down never appeared at all!
"Ahem, do you all know?"
Vermouth smiled. "You're not having an easy time at all. You're active right in the heart of Tokyo... Last time, you almost made it to TV because you helped the police solve the brutal 'Whitechapel Serial Murders'. It's hard not to be noticed, right?"
Lin Xi: “…”
If I had known earlier, I would have known earlier...
She changed her appearance when she entered the first dungeon and met Gin!
Although she didn't know how to change her appearance at that time...
But she was willing to sell everything she had and beg the system to learn it!
However, since they all recognized her face, then... did they know about the "X" incident?
After all, "Lin Xi" has the same face as her.
However, even if they knew, they would probably think that the identical face was her doing, to replace her in the future or something like that - she believed they would all be able to tell that it was not the real her.
Another possibility is that their memories have also been blurred by the system, and they have no impression of "Lin Xi"!
At the same time, she did not ignore the word "almost" and gloated in her heart.
It's worthy of being an organization, there must be a mole among that group of FBI - she almost appeared on TV, not already appeared on TV, so we can know that she is involved, wow, Shuichi Akai, danger!
Big Brother is watching you! (Note 1)
"Hey." She leaned back on the sofa and resumed her utterly unpresentable appearance. "Beibei, I thought you were abroad."
Judging from the tone of the words Vermouth said just now, even if her image has not completely collapsed, it is probably almost there.
In that case, she simply stopped pretending.
Anyway, everyone who knows the boss knows what kind of person she is.
The smile on Vermouth's face became more genuine: "Boss, the flight from the United States to Japan takes less than a day. After I finish dealing with things over there, I will come back occasionally."
"I just didn't expect to meet you. I'm so happy..."
Lin Xi smiled awkwardly.
She didn't expect it either.
"Are you here looking for Mizutani Sayuri?"
Vermouth leaned forward, holding the armrest of the sofa with one hand and resting her head on the back of the sofa. She had the elegance of a mature woman and a bit of childishness.
The contradictory temperaments are strangely unified in her, blending into amazing charm.
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(Note 1: From George Orwell's 1984. This sentence is often used to describe the ubiquitous eyes or the state of being monitored.)
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