Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

"What? You want to draw blood again?"

Koizumi glared at Vermouth, then looked at the incubator on the bar, and this time there were three empty test tubes inside!

"It's only been a few days? And I'm still a wounded soldier!"

Vermouth smiled and said, "Because you are injured, your blood needs to be drawn."

"Huh?" Koizumi frowned, "What does this mean?"

Vermouth put the wine glass in her hand to her lips and took a sip: "Maybe it's because the newly created blood is fresher and more delicious?"

What the hell? Could it be that he really drank my blood as if it were wine?

...So everyone in the winery is actually a variety of human-shaped wine tanks?!

Thinking of the boss's suspected pica behavior on the day he received the code name, Koizumi frowned in disgust: "Is this his personal hobby?"

Vermouth did not give a direct answer, but only said meaningfully: "So you have to be careful and don't get hurt often."

Although she was very unhappy, she couldn't seem to find any reason to refuse. So even though she was very reluctant, Koizumi rolled up her sleeves and let the white coat fill three test tubes.

Watching the white coat leave under the exaggerated armed guard, Koizumi looked at the two people next to him in confusion: "Is it just me? Or do others want to donate blood?"

Vermouth said leisurely: "Before you came, Gin and I had already finished smoking."

Koizumi: ...

I don't know why I suddenly felt better.

Gin, who had been silent the whole time, changed the subject: "Have you met Rum privately before?"

When she received a system prompt saying that her black reputation had reached the threshold again, Koizumi guessed that with her interference, it was highly likely that the Rum and Gin forces had finally reached some degree of mutual compromise, and the main storyline had deviated again.

Because he had long guessed that Gin would definitely ask this question given his suspicious nature, Koizumi was not panicked at all when he heard this question: "Indeed, I have seen him once."

She consciously let her eyes drift to the left and said, "Last Christmas, I received an invitation to the Christmas dinner at the Masuyama family. When I went there, I found that Rum was also there."

Gin: "Why don't you report?"

Koizumi responded with a roll of his eyes.

Vermouth chuckled: "Tell me what you talked about?"

"He introduced me to Pisker. I never thought that the car tycoon was one of your people. You, no, our organization is so rich?"

She glanced at Gin: "I really can't tell."

Gin:......

Vermouth smiled and said, "And then?"

"Then Rum said he wanted to get some information about Gin from me, and he agreed to exchange one piece of information for a 100 million investment."

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly.

No wonder Merlo was suddenly not so short of money after the New Year and could even afford Pramya's tutorial. So that's how he got the money.

Vermouth asked with interest, "You agreed?"

"Of course!" Koizumi replied as a matter of course, "How can I refuse free money?"

Vermouth glanced at Gin and said, "So what information did you provide him?"

Koizumi: "I gave him two pieces of information. The first one..."

She looked at Gin and said, "Gin's driver, Vodka, likes to drive with sunglasses on, even at night. He still doesn't change even after being reminded many times."

Gin:......

"Article 2..."

She looked at Gin again: "Gin is very short of money. We have met quite a few times, but he always wears the same clothes."

Vermouth raised the corner of her mouth and jokingly said, "That's true."

Gin:......

Koizumi: "Why are you looking at me like that? You and Rum, who do you think I am? What decent information can a newcomer like me give?"

Vermouth: "Hehe, then what? You got the money for all this?"

Koizumi spread his hands and said, "The information is true, and it is indeed new information to him. Why not pay him? But it was only done twice, and then he learned his lesson."

"Haha, what next?"

"And then? He kept pestering me to buy my shares in Victoria Group. He actually sent me a few people, but every one of them was as weak as a chicken. They couldn't even beat me. I threw them to Nekozuka for special training. How can you be a security guard without a good physique?"

Vermouth was laughing so hard that her body was shaking.

Gin next to him was speechless. With your agility, there are not many people who can beat you.

Melo has been working on her own since she got the codename, and judging by the speed at which her dark web resume is growing, she probably doesn't have the time and energy to do anything behind the scenes.

But if it wasn't her, who else could have a decisive influence on Rum? Even less likely were the rubbish around him.

Gin thought about it and asked, "Besides asking you to provide information, what else did he tell you?"

Koizumi frowned: "Huh? It's been so long, how can I remember?"

Turning around and seeing that both of them were staring at her, she could only sigh helplessly, "Okay, okay, let me think about it. Well, he said to Gin that you are a rookie and you will never amount to anything. Then I told him that things change over time, you look down on others and they look down on you too. Then he said why do you look down on him, and that the kingdom he conquered is so awesome. Then I told him that you are the one who only thinks about fighting and occupying territory all day long, and you don't even understand win-win situations. You are nothing. Then he said that this is the kingdom I conquered, so why should I give it to others..."

Vermouth interrupted her with a smile: "Did he really say that?"

"Well, just get the gist of it. That's probably what he meant. It's been so long, I don't even remember his exact words."

At this point, Koizumi paused for a second, then turned to Gin and said confidently, "But the swear words were his original words, not made up by me."

You even don't forget to sow discord. You're just like me.

Gin and Vermouth exchanged glances.

Their guess turned out to be correct. It was really Mello's fault that Rum suddenly changed his attitude towards them.

Probably in order not to arouse suspicion from him and Vermouth, this man deliberately took the opportunity of taking inventory of the companies he had and handed over their target, Qingshui Technology. Then he deliberately hinted at his intentions in the call with Melo, and at the same time inserted his men into Melo's security company as spies. Finally, he estimated that they had already found out the results of the investigation, and instructed Pisco to come forward and admit his mistake, expressing his willingness to provide them with long-term and stable financial support.

Just as Melo said, he was short of money, especially money. The issue of funds hit his weak spot, forcing him to compromise and accept the other party's request for peace.

Three birds with one stone.

Humph, this guy Rum really has a good plan.

Gin looked at Koizumi with a complicated look.

...So I have to thank her?

Koizumi looked around and saw the strange expressions on Gin and Vermouth's faces and knew that he had gotten away perfectly, but he still asked in confusion: "Why are you asking these questions all of a sudden? Is Rum causing trouble again?"

Vermouth chuckled: "That's right. But this time it's a good thing."

Koizumi was puzzled: "...Huh?"

Gin suddenly said with a serious expression: "Mello..."

Before he finished speaking, Koizumi stood up and left: "Oh, I, as a patient, need to go back and rest."

Gin: "...It's not a mission."

Koizumi turned around and walked back: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You scared me. What's the matter?"

"Want a drink? It's my treat."

"Huh?" Koizumi looked at the man in surprise.

However, before she could say anything, Vodka came in from outside, sweating profusely, and said to the bar: "Tom, give me a can of Coke."

Koizumi: ...

She looked at Vodka and then at Gin with a strange expression, suppressed her smile and nodded to Gin: "Have fun."

Then he turned around and left.

Vermouth also patted Gin on the shoulder teasingly: "Have fun, see you later."

He put down his wine glass and left.

Gin:......

Vodka drank a whole can of Coke, wiped the sweat off his head, turned to Gin and said, "Brother, the matter you asked me to investigate..."

Suddenly meeting Gin's murderous gaze, Vodka shuddered: "Big brother, big brother?"

"Speaking of the investigation results."

"...Yes. Melo got the information about the buyer of the Pramia course from the Jingqiu Association."

"Shinji Hagiya's Kyoto Autumn Party..." Gin frowned slightly.

"Yes, she went to the Blazing Bar to place the commission. In order to get first-hand materials quickly, she even paid ten times the expedited fee."

After hearing what Vodka said, Gin immediately relaxed his eyebrows and said with little interest: "Next."

"There are two other people she has close contact with on the dark web. One is Yoshiaki Aburashi, a reporter from the Beika Times, the person she once offered a reward for feeding cockroaches, and the other is Satoshi Nishijima, a detective."

Gin waved his hand: "These two are ruled out as well. Anything else?"

"Uh, no more."

"Gone……"

Vodka hesitated for a moment, but still asked cautiously: "Brother, do you suspect that there is something wrong with Merlot?"

Gin lit a cigarette and said, "Aren't you curious about who moved my car? Mello originally planned to buy information from me, but he changed his mind as soon as he walked out of the bar. Don't you think there's something wrong?"

Vodka shook half of his head obediently, froze, and then pretended to turn his head and look away.

Gin didn't even bother to pay attention to this unintelligent little brother, and continued to talk to himself, "I want to know who the person who helped her steal the information from my car is."