Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

"Long time no see, Zhen."

Although the lights were not on in the dim room, Koizumi could still see the expression on Gin's face clearly.

Gin's eyes widened in shock at first, but he quickly calmed down.

In other words, he quickly suppressed his emotions.

Gin took a deep breath, then slowly said: "Do you remember everything?"

Koizumi lowered his eyes slightly and replied in the same tone as him: "No, it's just a small part."

"When did you remember it?"

"Just these two days. Then I suddenly understood what you said to me before the police academy graduation ceremony. Ha, who needs memories like that?"

After a pause, he said, "That gentleman asked Dean Guxi to test me. If my memory is restored, it must be recycled. Is that right?"

"Heh... that gentleman? Dean Guxi? It seems that you really don't remember much."

Koizumi looked up at him: "I didn't lie to you."

Gin shifted his gaze instead: "What does it matter? Anyway, you already remembered it. Then..."

He reached for the inside pocket of his windbreaker.

Koizumi looked at him silently, his body still relaxed, without any movement.

Although, I bet you... won't do it.

Gin seemed to have something in his hand, lowered his head and asked: "...You won't resist?"

Koizumi curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

As long as you don't make a move right away, I win!

But she knew that this psychological game had just begun.

Koizumi chuckled and asked back in the same tone as the other party: "What about you, you won't resist?"

Gin raised his head sharply and stared at her with eyes full of hidden hatred: "Resistance? Do you think I'm one of your kind, a natural winner, Ms. Sakurai?"

【you】?

"When you were taken to the castle to enjoy life, I was killing people in the welfare home to get a place in the duel field. When you were walking in that damn garden, I was lying in the preparation room waiting to die. When I finally climbed into the castle gate by stepping on those corpses and won a number, what I encountered was endless and more rigorous training, and in the end I just became one of your bodyguards. When you escaped later, did you ever think about what kind of punishment we would receive? Do you know what price I paid to keep my current position?!"

Gin sneered: "Now, I finally have the chance to take you back with my own hands, but you ask me if I will resist? No... I would love to!"

Koizumi was trembling. She clenched her teeth, afraid that she would make any noise and be discovered by the people on the other side.

It wasn't out of fear, but because he was so excited that he couldn't help trembling.

Gin's words have indirectly confirmed some of her guesses.

Seeing that Koizumi on the opposite side didn't make any sound, Gin took two steps forward a little confused, trying to see the expression on her face.

Then he suddenly discovered that the person opposite him seemed to be... holding back his laughter?

In shock and anger, Gin strode forward and grabbed her neck: "Is it funny? Do you think this is funny?!"

Gin was really trying hard and she was a little out of breath.

But Koizumi still did not resist, and just said reluctantly: "I'm sorry."

"Is sorry helpful?"

Gin really wanted to strangle the damn woman in his hand to death.

But he knew that if he really did that, his life would be over.

Does he want him to be buried with this guy?

What bad luck!

Gin pushed Koizumi away with all his strength, gritting his teeth and trying to suppress the rage that was rising from the bottom of his heart.

Koizumi's lower back hit the corner of the table, which was painful, but it effectively offset her excitement.

She leaned against the table, reached out and stroked her neck. She couldn't help but coughed twice, then said slowly: "Hehe, bodyguard. Isn't it a guard? As for the so-called young lady... Which young lady would live in a laboratory without windows? What you call a walk is just a necessary activity for them to keep my body functioning. Don't you understand?"

Sakurai Izumi didn't recall much, but it happened to include this part.

A castle built in the mountains and surrounded by jungle.

The exterior looks luxurious and elegant, but the laboratory is dark and always filled with the smell of blood.

There is also the castle housekeeper who grew up with her, the former director of the Shirahito Welfare Home, Ms. Furushi Yoshiko.

And after mastering the information that Sakurai remembered, Koizumi also figured out one thing.

Why Gin avoided letting her know anything about the laboratory, why he kept a close eye on her whereabouts for a long time. And why that gentleman gave her so much power when he granted her the code name, and almost completely let her do whatever she wanted in Tokyo.

Haha, you treat me like a canary in a cage.

After recalling these things, Sakurai fell into a state of confusion again, and he probably wouldn't be able to return to normal in a short time.

Koizumi didn't want to force her and decided to let her recover slowly.

Since Sakurai couldn't help at the job fair, some of the collaborative performances that had been planned had to be abandoned, and the props she could use were extremely limited.

Well, it doesn't matter.

If she doesn't have props, she can use her brain to make up for it. She can do it!

After hearing what Koizumi said, Gin gradually calmed down.

Yes, he knew it all...

I should say, how could he not know?

Every time this young lady was "invited" to take a walk in the garden, who cleaned up the blood stains on the laboratory table?

Thinking of those scenes buried in his memory, Gin suddenly felt his throat tighten and he felt so nauseous that he wanted to vomit.

He slowly retreated back to the shadow where he had originally stood, and after calming down for a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Will you be my woman when you go back?"

Koizumi could see the expression on Gin's face clearly.

Ah, that desperate look again.

She didn't understand before, but now she understands it completely.

That was out of despair of having no hope of escaping the organization and being at the mercy of others.

"Because you treat your woman well?"

Koizumi chuckled: "Thank you for your kindness. But..."

She changed the subject and said sarcastically, "Using the best test subjects and the strongest individuals to breed better test subjects or something like that, sorry, I have absolutely no interest in that."

Gin sneered: "Even if your memory is restored, you still won't give up?"

"Of course!"

"Do you think that gentleman will indulge you in your mischief?"

"Why do you think I made such a big fuss in Tokyo?"

Gin:......

To be honest, he really couldn't figure it out.

Melo once scolded him, saying that he was not enterprising and that his efforts were useless and that he could not achieve any results.

Haha, once you achieve something, it will be taken back and handed over to a more suitable person to run. He is not stupid.

Being busy but achieving nothing is his way of survival.

As long as he is still in his prime, he can live "freely" until someone can take his place.

So, what is the way of survival that Melo has set for himself?

For a moment, neither of them spoke.

However, the silence did not last long. Koizumi spoke again: "Gin, as an apology for running away before, I want to give you a gift. But it may take a little time to prepare. Can you wait?"

Gin didn't rush to reply.

He lit a cigarette for himself again, and only when he felt that his emotions had completely cooled down did he say in a cold tone: "Oh, how long will you wait?"

Koizumi calculated the time in his mind: "No more than five years."

"Oh, that's not bad. I've waited for sixteen years, so five more years won't make a difference."

"Don't you want to ask what the gift is?"

Gin sneered and said nothing.

"Freedom. Don't you want it?"

Gin's smoking motion froze for a moment, he raised his head and stared at Koizumi for a few seconds, mechanically repeating: "Freedom."

"Yes."

"…Do you know the weight of these two words?"

"of course."

"…Are you sure you can do it?"

"Of course!"

Gin was silent for a long time, until the cigarette in his hand burned to the end, then he said, "What do you want me to do?"

Koizumi took a few steps forward and stood in the light coming into the room from the window. He said seriously, "You don't have to do anything. Just pretend you don't know that my memory has been restored and keep everything the same. Give me another year to complete the layout of Tokyo. One year from now, I will go with you."

Gin looked at her and slowly put the thing he had been holding in his hand back into the inner pocket of his windbreaker: "Huh, do you think I will still believe you?"

Koizumi watched his movements and a smile spread across his face: "Well, give me a chance."

Gin looked away and snorted, "...Let me ask you a question."

"Well, you said."

"How did you escape then?"

I don’t know, Sakurai didn’t remember.

Koizumi thought about it and smiled, "Maybe, is that so?"

Before she finished her words, she disappeared in front of Gin.

Gin was stunned, he rushed forward and waved his arm at the place where Koizumi had just stood, but there was nothing there except air.

This living person disappeared right under his nose!

There were some noises outside the office.

Gin rushed to the door in one step and opened it without caring about the possibility that the air outside might still be filled with anesthetic gas.

He saw Nekozuka open the warehouse door, walk up to Amuro Toru and wake him up.

Melo said that no one was allowed to enter or leave without her order.

Since Maozuka opened the door, it means that he just received Mello's order!

Gin ran over and asked loudly, "Tequila, where is Merlot?"

Mao Zuka glanced at him and pointed outside the door: "The boss told me to open the door, and then went downstairs from the stairs over there."

Gin didn't care about the other people in the room and rushed out and followed down the stairs.