Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

Chapter 44: 3 Handfuls of Champagne, James's Identity

The sky lights up slightly.

After Baijiu delivered Bourbon to his residence, he quickly rushed to where Vermouth was.

Vermouth leaned exhausted against the telephone booth, the blood on her thigh staining her pants red.

Baijiu carried Vermouth into the car, took out the first aid kit from the trunk and handed it to Vermouth.

"Were you injured by Akai Shuichi?" Baijiu asked tentatively.

"Yes, I feel like he broke several of my ribs." Vermouth touched her abdomen in pain.

Baijiu took out the disinfectant and rubbed it on Vermouth's legs.

"But thank you so much, I owe you a favor."

Vermouth wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said breathlessly.

"As I said before, since we are in the same camp, we should not be so polite. We should help each other."

Baijiu takes good care of Vermouth.

"Jingle Bell."

Baijiu's cell phone was ringing.

【Gin】

"What's wrong? Gin." Baijiu picked up the phone.

"Did you place a bug on Vodka's shoulder and then leave the ship?" Gin said in a cold tone.

Vermouth put the phone aside.

"I asked him to do this, Gin. I asked him to come for support because I was shot by Shuichi Akai." Vermouth said weakly.

"You said you were shot by Shuichi Akai?!" Gin's tone suddenly became louder.

"Yes, I was discovered by him accidentally, and he broke three of my ribs with a shotgun."

"He should be the FBI agent you lured out in New York by pretending to be a robber but didn't kill." Gin said with a little excitement.

"If it was just an ordinary robber, he would have let down his guard. If I had known this would happen, I would have gotten rid of him at that time."

"I think he might really be a silver bullet that can destroy our organization. We must get rid of him as soon as possible."

"There is no silver bullet in this world that can destroy us in one strike."

"By the way, I want to ask you one more thing. Do you know——"

"Kudo Shinichi?" Gin asked in a cold and low voice.

Vermouth and Baijiu both widened their eyes and listened attentively. Baijiu secretly observed Vermouth's expression with the corner of his eye.

Vermouth hesitated for a moment, then raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said with a faint smile.

"I'm sorry I didn't know."

"Okay, give the phone to Baijiu. I have something to talk to him about."

"What is it? Gin?"

"Come to Tokyo Airport at 10 o'clock tomorrow. We are going to France to carry out a mission under the instructions of Champagne."

"We will know the specific mission only when we arrive in France. There will be a contact person to meet us."

"Just the three of us? What is Champagne?"

"How many more people do you want? Champagne is the third in command of the organization, and the people around him are busy with other things, so he asked us to do it."

"Oh." Baijiu sighed.

"You should feel honored to be able to participate in this mission! Because the personnel are personally selected by Brother Gin! Brother Gin asked you to take action, which means that Brother Gin trusts your ability!!"

Gin's number one fan, Vodka, spoke excitedly.

"See you tomorrow then." Baijiu hung up the phone impatiently.

"So in the end you were tricked by the FBI, right?" Baijiu looked at Vermouth who had just wiped her wound.

"I guess so. There are too many uncertainties in the process."

"I'm sorry to trouble you with the school leave, Vermouth."

Vermouth tapped her forehead gently.

“Have you ever seen champagne?”

"I don't have much contact with him. I only know that this guy does things in a very high-profile and extravagant manner. He is a high-ranking figure, but he never shows up in the organization." Vermouth recalled.

"Ding."

[I’m afraid we won’t be able to have dinner together in the near future. I’m in the hospital now. Sorry, Teacher Yi Yu——Judy]

Baijiu felt filled with guilt, but soon calmed down.

"Was it sent by the FBI's Kitty? If I had known, I would have shot her to death." Vermouth said angrily.

"But this is not a bad thing. At least we have one more spy in the FBI." Vermouth smiled meaningfully.

"I remember you had a bandage on your face at the time, so they shouldn't have noticed it," said Vermouth.

"I don't think so. There's one more? Do you mean there's an undercover agent planted by an organization in the FBI?" Baijiu looked at Vermouth with some surprise.

Vermouth looked at Baijiu with a smile.

"You'll find out later."

After Baijiu sent Vermouth home, he came to the hospital where Judy was.

Baijiu came to the outside of the ward with a fruit basket, took a deep breath outside, and entered the room with a calm expression.

Xiaolan and Sonoko are standing outside Teacher Judy's bed.

"Teacher Yi Yu?! You are here too." Xiaolan and Yuanzi greeted Baijiu warmly, then left with a smile.

"Huh? Aren't you going to stay here? Why did you leave as soon as I arrived?" Baijiu touched his head in confusion.

"We still have to go to class, you two can chat slowly! Bye!" Yuanzi said in a mean way and made a cheering gesture to Baijiu before leaving.

"Teacher Judy, why are you in the hospital?" Baijiu looked at Judy with concern.

"Wasn't there a thug who was shooting indiscriminately at the cargo port yesterday? I was hit by him, but it seems that the goddess of luck is on my side."

"It didn't hit my vital parts, and perfectly missed many important organs, just like it was intentional." Judy said optimistically.

Baijiu remained silent beside him.

Baijiu looked at Judy silently.

"Are there any rice grains on my face?" Judy asked Baijiu embarrassedly, with a slight blush on her face.

"Ah? No, I'm just thinking about tomorrow's arrangements." Baijiu said calmly.

"Did you quit your job too?" Judy asked doubtfully.

"No, I received a notice to go to France to study for a week to improve my painting skills. What did you just say? Did you resign?" Baijiu asked Judy.

"Yeah, I don't think I can go back to school for a while." Judy looked at her arm regretfully.

Baijiu picked up his phone and stood up from his chair.

"Then I'll go back first. We'll keep in touch via text messages when we have time." Baijiu walked towards the door.

"Wait a moment!"

Judy grabbed Baijiu's strong arm, seemed to test Baijiu's pulse with her slender fingers, and looked deeply into Baijiu's eyes.

"Are you Black?" Judy looked at Baijiu sincerely.

"Black? What are you talking about? Teacher Judy."

Baijiu looked calm and confused at Judy. His heart was beating normally and his eyes did not avoid Judy.

"It's okay, I'm glad you didn't know." Judy looked at Baijiu meaningfully.

Baijiu pushed the door open and went out. At this time, an old man with a white beard was standing outside the door and walked in.

The liquor passed him by, and a smell of cigarette smoke hit him.

You're being too obvious, Judy. The CIA's polygraph test doesn't work on me.

There are so many mysteries everywhere, and human hearts are unpredictable.

Baijiu walked out the door confidently.

"How is it? Can the Japanese police accept our explanation to them?" Judy asked.

"Well, when this siren sounded, one of the kidnappers drove away with one of the teenagers."

"Later, the kidnapper abandoned the teenager in the woods and fled alone."

"As for the other madman who was shot through the heart by Akai, although his body has not been found, I think he has sunk into the deep sea and will surface sooner or later."

James said earnestly.

"Then I told the police that the most regrettable thing was that it was too dark at the time and you and the two children didn't see the face of the criminal."

"Of course I have communicated with the two children about what to say, but this time we were unable to arrest her and we don't know what his motive was."

"I don't want to announce that the criminal is actress Crispin Yard, mainly because I don't want to make a big fuss."

"After all, we didn't get permission from the Japanese police in advance, so we let you go undercover here. It's a bit unreasonable."

"But the problem now is the little girl named Shirley that Vermouth mentioned." James thought thoughtfully.

"I wonder if she will accept the witness protection program we proposed."

"Were you doubting that man just now?" James raised his glasses.

"I guess so. Just to confirm, I took a polygraph test using the CIA and it showed nothing abnormal."

"But I always feel like something is vaguely wrong."

"Maybe it's because you just experienced such a fierce battle. You should pay more attention to rest these days. I will send someone to take care of you regularly." James stroked his beard.

"Thanks, Captain James." Judy lay on the hospital bed and closed her eyes.

"It's okay, but we have to be careful about our actions in Japan from now on."

James turned his back with a sinister expression.

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