Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

After returning to the office, Koizumi immediately announced that the three of them would disband on the spot.

Miyano Akemi just wanted to digest the information she got today, so she left quickly.

Nekozuka was a bit of a stickler, and he didn't want to leave no matter what, so Koizumi had to assign him a new task.

Now there are two more code-named members in the office, the concentration is a bit excessive.

Taking advantage of the fact that he now had plenty of spare money, Koizumi asked him to look for a new place to stay as a safe house.

She is now a member of the Black Team after all, and she has to start acting like one.

Let’s start by learning from the saying “A cunning rabbit has three burrows”!

After being assigned a new job, Nekozuka stopped resisting. He agreed with Koizumi on a time to come back and report on his work, and then left.

The office finally became Koizumi's own world. And she was sure that there would be no trouble before the New Year, so she could finally take a vacation without any worries!

The first thing she had to deal with was...

"Ding! The Black team's reputation has reached the threshold. Please choose the reward you want."

"Ding! Option 1000: points of singularity. Option : Random life skill. Option : Choose an existing item or skill to enhance. Please make your selection and the countdown begins."

Her Black reputation has reached the threshold again.

Koizumi felt that she seemed to understand a little.

She gained Black Party reputation twice because she more or less changed the original development path of the organization.

The last time was because she caused a scene in the Big Black Bar, disrupting Gin's action against Rum and forcing Rum to return early.

This time it was because she finally joined the organization and became a code name member who might have some say, adding unknown options to the development of the organization.

In other words, if she wants to continue to gain the reputation of the black side, she must try her best to change the original development process of the organization.

But why did that gentleman do this? What was his purpose?

Allow her to be a little conspiracy-minded, but Koizumi always felt that the decision against her was made with ill intentions.

During the organizational assessment, she had already filled in the holes in the system repair. Although she was curious about what the life skill blind box in option 2 could reveal, she had no extra storage space now, so she couldn't choose even if she wanted to.

Select 1000 singularities.

Hmm, how should I use it?

Before she had time to think about it, the doorbell of the office rang.

Koizumi was stunned for a moment.

Why did someone chase her when she just got home? Could it be that they were guests who didn't see the holiday notice?

She put aside the matter of the singularity for the moment, walked over to open the door, and was surprised to find that it was Ethan Bentang standing at the door.

The man glanced past her into the cat cafe and said calmly, "Gin asked me to bring you something."

Koizumi raised an eyebrow.

She had just chatted with Gin at the Daikoku Bar. If she had anything to give her, she would have given it to her long ago. Wasn't this just an excuse that Ethan made up to get in touch with her?

Although he thought so in his heart, Koizumi still made way: "Come in."

Ethan Bentang walked in and looked at the cats that gathered around him out of curiosity. He had an indifferent expression and neither drove them away nor approached them.

The tabby cat came close to him and sniffed the man's scent, then suddenly breathed at him and shouted: [It's the enemy! ]

Before the tabby cat could attack, Koizumi had already hugged it in his arms and stroked its fur soothingly: "Go play by yourself, don't make a fuss."

The tabby cat still stared at Ethan and threatened him with a "woohoo" sound: [Boss! He must not be a good person! ]

"Okay, okay, I get it. Be good and go play by yourself."

As Koizumi said this, he placed the tabby cat on the cat climbing frame next to him and looked up at the big orange cat lying in the cat nest at the top.

Daju had been staring at Ethan Hondou, but when he heard what Koizumi said, he turned his head and lazily called out, "Everyone disperse."

As the chief of the internal staff, he spoke, and the other cats followed his orders and left. Only the tabby cat remained on guard.

Koizumi poked the tabby cat's head with his finger and said, "Be good, stop meowing. Go play with Hei-chan and the sheriff."

The tabby cat instantly became excited: [Bring them here? Is there going to be a big operation? I'll go right away! ]

After saying that, he jumped off the cat climbing frame and ran away quickly.

Koizumi turned to Ethan Hondou and said, "Let's go upstairs and talk."

The two sat down in the reception room of the office, and Ethan Hondou placed a new black mobile phone in front of Koizumi: "This is the phone that all new code members will have."

Koizumi picked it up and played with it for a while: "Did Gin ask you to? Why didn't he just give it to me?"

Ethan Bentang: "I have a lot of experience, so some things are directly handed over to me to handle, and he won't ask any more questions."

It’s a good excuse, but unfortunately I don’t believe it.

You were also involved in the assessment, but why didn't you prepare it in advance and give it to me directly after the assessment? Why didn't you give it to me in front of Gin? And where's Nekozuka's phone? You knew we were together.

Xiaoquan put down the phone: "Oh, then do you have anything else to do this time?"

"Of course, I'll come to exchange information."

Ethan Bendon said bluntly, taking out a signal jammer from his pocket, turning it on and placing it on the table.

Koizumi smiled, took out another signal blocker of his own from the drawer under the coffee table, turned it on, and placed it next to his blocker: "Double insurance."

Ethan Bendon's eyes flickered, but he didn't say much.

Koizumi took out his cell phone, recorder and other recording devices and placed them on the coffee table, smiling, "To show my honesty."

Ethan stared at her for a while, then suddenly laughed, took out a running portable recorder from his pocket, turned it off in front of her and placed it on the coffee table.

Koizumi smiled and said nothing more.

Ethan Hondou: “Can we start now?”

Koizumi: "Okay, one question each. You are the senior, so go first."

"Did you see the gentleman's features?"

Sure enough, this is what you are most concerned about. It seems that you have never seen it. No, I can't be completely sure.

Koizumi: "I only saw a silhouette. The gentleman was careful enough not to show his face or even speak."

Ethan Hondou frowned: "There's not even any sound information..."

Koizumi: "Were the blood drawn for the assessment of other code members as well?"

Ethan Hondou: "Yes. Have you guessed why?"

Koizumi tilted his head slightly: "Are you sure you want to ask this?"

Ethan Bentang nodded: "I want to hear your reasoning."

Koizumi: "Then I can tell you clearly. During my interview, the gentleman drank the liquid in the thermostat in front of me like tasting wine."

Ethan Hondou: "Incubator? You guessed it was blood."

"Yeah, I guess it was my blood. He gave me my code name after drinking it."

Ethan Hondou frowned: "...Pica?"

He thought for a while before looking up and asking, "Go on, your next question."

Koizumi smiled and spread his hands: "No more."

Ethan Hondou stared in surprise and looked at Koizumi with a bit of disbelief.

Koizumi: "Don't look at me like that, it's really gone."

She chuckled and said, "You've told me everything I wanted to know."

Ethan remained silent, only his pupils shrank slightly for a moment.

Koizumi could guess what was going on in his mind. This man must be quickly reviewing the conversation in his mind, wondering if he had leaked any important information.

Koizumi was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

"Ding! The selection is about to time out, and the energy is fading..."

Oh, how could she have forgotten about this.

...Forget it, just leave it alone and treat it as an experiment.

If one thousand points cannot convert one storage space, she will have to give priority to the storage space option in future rewards.

Koizumi continued to wait patiently.

After a while, Ethan reached out and picked up his things on the coffee table, and stood up on his own initiative: "Then I'll take my leave."

"Okay, I'll give it to you."

After sending Ethan Hondou out of the cat cafe and watching him walk away, Koizumi reached into his pocket, took out a tape recorder that was still running and turned it off.

She turned and went into the house and asked, "Daju, did that person do anything just now?"

[He was going to throw something into the corner, but you were watching closely, so he gave up.]

"Heh, okay."

Returning to his car, Ethan Bentang took out a pocket tape recorder from his sleeve, listened to the recording, and put it away after making sure there was no problem.

Then he took out another headset and put it on, then turned on a receiver at hand.

The sound of someone walking down a wooden staircase came from the headphones, and then the door was pushed open.

Is she going out?

Ethan Bentang began to silently recall the map of the vicinity in his mind, guessing the direction she was about to go.

However, there was a "click" sound of the bolt being pulled open, and then a loud "bang", and there was no more signal in the headset.

It seems that she has discovered my little trick. Is it a warning to destroy it with a gun in front of me, the audience?

Ethan Bentang smiled, took off his headphones and receiver and put them away.

He took out his phone and dialed a number: "Did you record it?...Okay, it's okay."

Then he put away his phone and drove away.

Koizumi packed up the destroyed black phone and threw it into the trash can with an expressionless face, then turned around and went back to the office on the second floor.

"Ding! The selection timeout has occurred. The energy is automatically converted into two storage spaces... The conversion is complete."

Koizumi:!!!

After deducting the 150 points lost due to the 750-minute decay, the remaining points were converted into two grids?!

In other words, the price of one grid of space is between 251 and 374! Given that the known consumption amounts of the space are basically all integers, the price of one grid of space can basically be determined to be 300 points!

加上固定的150点的手续费，一次性转化一格空间需要150+300=450点，转化两格需要150+300*2=750点，以此类推。

In other words, the more one-time conversions you make, the more cost-effective it is!

...But where can she find so many singularities? Her current loan limit is only 140, not even enough to pay the handling fee!

Fuck, a plant!

There was a fluttering sound on the stairs, and soon four cats came running in.

[Boss, boss! I found them all! ]

Xiaoquan reached out to catch the little black cat that pounced on him, and announced on the spot with a smile: "I'm on vacation, let's go out and play!"