Conan: Goodbye, Brewery, I'm running away

Akikawa Sarina nodded, "He said my mother was the last child he had through in vitro fertilization."

When Toru Amuro asked the question earlier, he had already stood up and walked to the side of Akikawa Sarina. Hearing the emotions implied in her tone, he bent down and hugged her in his arms.

"Sarina, don't be afraid."

Akikawa Sarana put her hand on the back of his hand, leaned sideways in his arms, listened to his heartbeat, and whispered, "I'm not afraid."

She leaned against Amuro Toru and continued, "That old guy wanted to increase my loyalty to the organization through blood ties..."

Akikawa Sarana simply recounted the conversation between her and Karasuma Renya about the process of coercion and inducement to Amuro Toru. However, she concealed the part of Karasuma Renya's old den mentioning Bourbon during the coercion and inducement. Those words were usually flirting between her and Zero, but in that case, Karasuma Renya said it to insult Zero, and she didn't want to pollute Zero's ears.

Amuro Toru was so smart that he figured out the key in an instant, "He plans to let you take over Rum's position."

Akikawa Sarina hummed in a muffled voice, kneading Amuro Toru's fingers and continuing, "In order to reassure him, I deliberately revealed my ambition and the hatred I had for Vermouth that I hadn't hidden well."

Toru Amuro cooperated and moved closer to Akikawa Sarana, placing his hands in a position that was convenient for her to play with. "Thank you for your hard work. You were able to deal with the boss perfectly even after suddenly knowing this kind of news."

Amuro Toru felt like he had figured out what was going on when Sarina's eyes flashed with murderous intent when she mentioned the boss's loyalty. "Sarina, did the boss threaten you with me again?"

If Matsuda and Hagiwara were discovered by the BOSS, Sarina would have told them immediately. Even if Sarina had already dealt with the situation, she would have told him in the narration just now.

So the means used by the boss to threaten Sarina must have been him, and it should not be a normal means of threat. Amuro Toru thought about his image in the organization, his eyes slightly shifted, revealing a bit of guilt. In the eyes of the organization, he seemed... indeed... to have a bad name.

Bourbon, a dangerous man who is extremely good at setting honey traps.

It is highly likely that the boss’s means of threatening would not be very good, which is probably why Sarina skipped the intimidation stage.

"I did mention you, but..."

Akikawa Sarina turned her body slightly and looked into his eyes habitually, but she sensed a little bit of guilt on his face. Akikawa Sarina narrowed her eyes slightly, showing a bit of fierceness.

But she couldn't hold back her laughter for more than ten seconds. She pointed her right index finger at Amuro Toru's chest and said, "Why are you feeling guilty? Do you think I don't know what you did?"

Amuro Toru realized what she meant and couldn't help laughing. At the same time, he raised his hand to hold Akikawa Sarana's fingers and kissed the back of her hand gently. Then he looked at Akikawa Sarana, "I almost forgot, Sarana, if you want to completely avoid me these years, you must be aware of my whereabouts in a timely manner."

Even if he didn't know his location at all times, he must have investigated all of Bourbon's missions.

Now it was Akikawa Sarana's turn to feel guilty. She blinked and pointed to the last row of bookshelves in the room. "On the third row of bookshelves, on the third shelf from the left, in the seventh column, there are three file boxes. Two of them are from Bourbon."

The other one is from Scotland.

The more she spoke, the softer her voice became, until at the end it seemed as if it was just humming from her throat.

Amuro Toru raised his eyebrows and did not choose to look at the documents. Instead, he looked at his girlfriend with interest, "I was just guessing at first, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Although he said this, the joy in his heart had already reached the point where he could no longer conceal it.

Although he knew it before, he couldn't help but feel happy now that he was 100% sure. It turned out that he was not the only one who hadn't forgotten her either.

What? Is this behavior a bit abnormal? Amuro Toru, who has been influenced by the organization, doesn't think so. He just thinks it's his girlfriend's love for him!

Hearing his tone, Akikawa Sarana no longer felt guilty. She immediately became confident and said, "Why, Officer Furuya, are you going to arrest me?"

Looking at his girlfriend's cute appearance of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside, Amuro Toru chuckled. He bent down and carried her out of the chair, then walked out. "Yes, Officer Furuya is going to arrest Miss Akikawa and take her to dinner."

It has been 20 minutes since he came down, and with the time before, the stew upstairs should be almost done. And they will definitely come downstairs to sort out the information after dinner, so there is no need to clean up the table now.

Akikawa Sarina put her arms around Amuro Toru's neck and leaned her head against him, "Is that all?"

Amuro Toru hooked the door of the basement room with his foot. After hearing her question, he lowered his head and kissed Akikawa Sarina's forehead. Then he whispered softly, "Because Miss Akikawa has long been hidden in Officer Furuya's heart."

Akikawa Sarana couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips when she heard the sweet words, "That's such a coincidence."

When the two were about to walk out of the basement, Akikawa Sarana suddenly said, "I thought you were going to ask what the relationship between me and Vermouth is."

Amuro Toru didn't stop, and continued to go upstairs steadily, carrying the person in his arms. "I am a little curious."

He only found out that Vermouth should be related to the BOSS by blood. He wanted to ask her just now, but he was worried about his girlfriend's feelings.

"It should be my aunt, right? Or maybe my cousin? But I think it's more likely to be my aunt."

Akikawa Sarana calculated in her mind and felt that she was probably right. "The purpose of the organization is not to restore youth, but to maintain immortality. I'm not sure whether she is the daughter of the boss or just like me."

Conan's shrinking was probably just an accident.

Amuro Toru's focus was obviously on the first part. Sarina's guess was similar to what he had investigated before, and he was also more inclined to believe that Vermouth was the daughter of the boss. "Why did Sarina have another guess?"

Hearing his confusion, Akikawa Sarana patted his back and motioned for him to put her down and let her walk by herself.

Toru Amuro followed her wishes, bent down, put his girlfriend on the ground, and then held her fingers.

"This is just my random guess. When I was a kid, I once saw a woman who was even more mysterious than Vermouth. She was older than she looked, and she wasn't so polite when communicating with Vermouth. She looked like an elder? But I only saw that woman once, and I never saw her again..."

......

Akikawa Sarana put down her bag, sat opposite Vermouth, and said to the waiter who came to her side to wait for her order: "Just do the same as her."

After the waiter left, Akikawa Sarana looked up at Vermouth, "I thought that given our current situation, you would meet me less often."

She didn't believe that Vermouth didn't know what happened two days ago. After all, that base was previously under the control of Vermouth.

Vermouth had a gentle smile on her lips, "Of course I'm concerned about your feelings."

She glanced at Akikawa Sarina's condition and saw that she was in much better spirits than before, so she felt relieved. "I was worried that you would be upset after suddenly hearing the news."

Hearing what she was saying, Akikawa Sarana raised an eyebrow, "You knew this all along?"

Vermouth nodded, "Of course, I am quite familiar with your mother."

Of course, in terms of age, she is much older than Sarina's mother.

Akikawa Sarana thought about the matter she discussed with Zero two days ago. She leaned forward slightly and asked, "So are you my aunt or my cousin?"

Seeing that she was looking at her very seriously, Vermouth stretched out her slender fingers and pressed them against Akikawa Sarana's forehead, and opened her red lips slightly, "A secret makes a woman woman."

Akikawa Sarana instantly sat up straight with frustration, "I knew you wouldn't tell me."

Seeing that she was deliberately showing off her two-point disappointment to the fullest effect, Vermouth shook the wine glass in her hand, "This is not important, is it?"

Knowing that she had recognized her acting, Akikawa Sarana suppressed her frustration and nodded, "That's true.

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As Vermouth said, her relationship with her is not important, and it must not be important.

Akikawa Sarana remembered that Vermouth had hinted to her twice before that the boss was getting impatient. "He doesn't want us to have a good relationship. Is it because he can't hold on any longer?"

Many powerful people like this are afraid of having their power taken away from them when they get old, so they like to use this kind of inferior means of checks and balances.

In response to her question, Vermouth just smiled and did not answer the question directly. But her silence already represented everything.

Vermouth was not at all surprised that Akikawa Sarina would think of these things. She had deliberately revealed this matter to Sarina from the beginning, even though she had revealed this to Sarina before so that she could concentrate on helping Conan instead of seizing power.

Akikawa Sarana was silent for a moment, and she did not talk about this matter with Vermouth anymore. The two of them turned to talk about some recent topics in the fashion circle, as if the two of them met today just to have dinner together.

After dinner, Vermouth gave Akikawa Sarina one last reminder before leaving, "Gin and I will help you with the rum issue."

Although Gin is only guessing that the boss is asking someone to investigate Rum, she believes that as long as it is to deal with Rum, Gin will not hesitate to help.

Looking at Vermouth's leaving back, Akikawa Sarina still had a blank expression on her face.

Of course she would seek Gin's help. They had already made a series of plans to deal with Rum, which required Gin's "help".

Akikawa Sarana narrowed her eyes with some pleasure. She thought, Gin would be very happy to help!

After coming out of the restaurant and before reaching the parking lot, Akikawa Sarina suddenly heard a familiar voice. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ran Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, Masumi Sera and Conan. Next to them was...

Akikawa Sarana looked at the woman standing among the four people. She remembered that her name was Judy Stelline, and she was one of the members of the FBI team that came to Japan to investigate the organization.

The people on the opposite side obviously also saw her. Suzuki Sonoko stretched out her hand and waved vigorously to Akikawa Sarina to say hello.

Akikawa Sarana also nodded to them. Since they were heading in the direction she wanted to go, she simply walked towards them.

After everyone greeted each other, Mao Lilan also introduced Akikawa Sarina and Judy Stelling, who she didn't know on the surface.

Judy's eyes flashed with wariness towards Akikawa Sarana, and she quickly returned to her usual cheerful and slightly off-kilter state in front of Mao Li Ran and the others, and stretched out her hand in front of Akikawa Sarana, "Oh~ This is the Miss Akikawa you mentioned before. Nice to meet you, Miss Akikawa."

Akikawa Sarina did not miss Judy's flash of vigilance. She also reached out and shook Judy's hand gently, "Hello, Ms. Judy."

Xiaolan has just said that Judy used to teach English at Teitan High School, but she is no longer a teacher, so it is normal for her to call her that.

Conan looked up at Akikawa Sarana, feeling strange. From what he knew about Akikawa, she should dislike the FBI just like Mr. Amuro. Why was she so... so calm when facing Teacher Judy? She had always said something sarcastic when she saw Mr. Okiya before.

Conan glanced at Judy, whose nerves had already been tense. He was also a little confused. Teacher Judy probably didn't know the identity of Miss Akikawa, right? Why was she so alert?

"Akikawa-sister, are you coming here to eat?"

Suzuki Sonoko glanced at the direction where Akikawa Sarina was walking towards, "I remember there is a French restaurant here that tastes good and is a little hard to make a reservation for."

Akikawa Sarina took back her hand and looked at the three high school students with a gentle look, "Yeah, eat here with friends."

Although Masumi Sera is someone's sister, she is also the sister of Akemi and Ai, and this child is much more likable than her annoying brother.

"You guys are here too, are you going to eat or are you going home?"

Suzuki Sonoko pointed in another direction, "We just finished our meal over there and were about to go home when we ran into Teacher Judy."

Conan, who was listening, looked left and right at Judy and Akikawa Sarina, as if he had figured something out and looked at Akikawa Sarina again.

Is Akikawa-san's friend... a member of the organization? That's why Judy-san is so wary!

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(Someone asked me to take a break for two days before writing, so I decided to update once a day. Otherwise, I’m afraid I’ll just stop updating if I really take a break.)