After Izumi Linyin bought the bill for the children, and their meals were delivered in batches, Akai Shuichi arrived late with the book.

"Miss, I'm late."

"Huh? You came just in time."

Quan Linyin took this opportunity to leave from the two children.

Because of the position, Izumi Rinne, who was facing away from them, didn't notice. The moment she saw Akai Shuichi, Haibara Ai, who had been trapped in her own world like a pink bubble, froze.She trembled instinctively, and hid away from Conan, avoiding Akai Shuichi's sight.

But doing this kind of action, what she thought in her heart was that when she got out of the coffee shop, she had to tell Conan about the setting that "she can recognize the members of the black-clothed organization by her breath".

Haibara Ai (Spire): I seem to have overlooked something?

Huihara Ai (Steep Tower): It doesn’t matter if I didn’t think of it the first time!

A certain player didn't realize at all that since Kudo Shinichi has become Conan, Akai Shuichi, who is Ley and exudes the "black organization atmosphere", should not appear here in his original form at this time.

Not to mention, he stayed by her side as a subordinate of Quan Linyin, a "special NPC".

Compared to Izumi Rinne herself and Haibara Ai who was passively affected by the card, Conan's first attention was the book in Akai Hideichi's hand.

The bestseller Akai Shuichi bought happened to be the only published detective novel written by Edogawa Ranpo that Conan had read some time ago.

No one knows if this is another intentional scheme by Miss Witch.

But in any case, under the passive sabotage of Haibara Ai, Conan, Izumi Rinne and Akai Shuichi had a good chat because of the topic of this book.

Izumi Linyin knew Conan's true identity a long time ago, so she didn't have much reaction, while Akai Shuichi, who was full of observation, remembered Conan, a little detective who was so mature that he didn't look like a child.

Quan Linyin ate the lemon cake contentedly, and left the coffee shop without any regrets, preparing for the next event.

Conan, who watched her go, rarely felt that the meaning was not enough.

Rinne Izumi is an impeccable listener.

When she is willing to be patient with someone, there are few people who can refuse her approach.

Just like people will not reject the warm sun in early spring or the cool breeze in summer for no reason.

If you don't even have this ability, how can Izumi Linyin, who is still an ordinary person, jump left and right between the (former) two major cadres of Mafia without being hated by them at all?

Kudo Shinichi, who maintained the daily life of ordinary people for the time being before becoming smaller, naturally cannot resist the attraction of Miss Witch beyond human consciousness after becoming Conan.

Besides, compared to Akai Shuichi who looks like an ordinary person beside her, who talks and plays riddles, Conan prefers to deal with a young lady like Izumi Rinne who looks delicate but is actually very straightforward.

He suddenly thought of a friend of Qingmei's, and allowed himself to shake his head, denying the idea that the two of them were similar.

——If I hadn't suffered an accident and became smaller, but met Quan Linyin with her original identity, I would definitely become a good book friend with her.

Conan was still secretly sighing, waiting for Akai Shuichi to leave with Izumi Rinne, and Haibara, who finally got rid of the requirements of the character design, tugged at his sleeve.

"Grey Yuan?"

"That man." The player deliberately used a nervous tone, and said to his temporary teammate, "I feel that there is nothing wrong with him...he is a member of the organization."

The originally relaxed state of mind suddenly tightened. Conan quickly glanced at the two of Izumi Linyin who could no longer see their figures, unconsciously lowered their voices, and became serious.

"Huihara, how do you know? You know them?"

Conan thought of the girl he was able to chat with just now, and felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart because "she may be one of the murderers who caused him to become smaller", "Could it be that he knows me--no, it's not like. If you know me, and You are not dead, there is no way they will let us go."

"It's not them, it's 'he'." The player rejected the correct option because he was invited to dinner.

Without even thinking about it, she identified a certain undercover gentleman, imagining the behind-the-scenes boss who was deified in the forum as an ordinary young lady who was deceived by an undercover agent, "I only feel the breath of the organization in him... It's hard for me to explain , but I can feel that kind of breath... Only members with code names in the organization can give me that kind of oppressive feeling."

Conan's expression fell silent visibly to the naked eye.

The person involved was not in front of him, so he maintained a little calmness for the time being, and did not take the initiative to provoke as rashly as he did at the beginning.

Thinking of the pleasant morning tea time just now, Conan didn't know whether he should be thankful that Rinne Izumi didn't have the "black breath" that Haibara felt, or whether he should wonder why people from the organization would follow her.

"Don't be impulsive." The player saw his entanglement, and persuaded his temporary teammates for the main line, "We need a more detailed plan. Before you want to destroy the organization, we must first get the potion...don't implicate the innocent."

Conan exhaled and nodded silently.

"I memorized their license plate numbers. If they didn't deliberately lie, the previous chat can also infer their approximate itinerary in the morning and circle their temporary residence."

The smaller detective regained his due meticulousness. He pushed the plain glasses on to hide his appearance, and said in a deep voice, "Although the real information may not be correct, let's start from here."

The non-intelligent players nodded in approval, and decided to listen to the teammates whose IQ was above the line.She wandered off thinking that she had to find an opportunity to tell him that Akai Shuichi was actually an undercover agent.

However, the player didn't know that before she took the initiative to reveal Akai Shuichi's undercover identity, the winery received the informant first.

That was two weeks after the morning tea incident.

It was also the last day of failure to organize a transnational operation.

On the afternoon of the same day when the FBI, which succeeded in preventing the operation, was caught by the winery and accidentally exposed that there were FBI undercover agents in the organization, someone received an email.

——Ley, a member of the organization, is an undercover agent of the FBI.

This news was not conveyed to the leader, but sent directly to the terminal of the first killer in the organization, Gin Jiu.

"You really are a traitor." Gin was standing on the roof of a building suitable for sniping with a gun in hand. He was wearing a headset, which was connected to Shuichi Akai's internal line.

"Don't talk? It doesn't matter, the traitor has only one way to die."

The ability allows Gin to hit its own target without having to aim specifically.

But his opponent Akai Hideichi deserved the title of trump card, and he avoided the deadly point he was aiming at during the shuttle.

Akai Shuichi did not hang up the communication, but also did not reply.

He originally wanted to use communication to interfere with Gin's judgment, but obviously, he didn't do it in the end.

Gin has no tolerance for traitors.

Just like his reputation as a "scavenger" in the winery, Gin will personally threaten and finally take his life if anyone is confirmed or suspected of being an undercover or a traitor.

Therefore, it is not surprising that gin will become the last obstacle on Shuichi Akai's retreat.

--but.

The current gin is still "abnormal" in Hideo Akai's eyes.

Regardless of whether Gin Jiu reported his undercover status to the leader, Gin Jiu's attitude alone is very problematic.

He is too eager.

Even though this eagerness was negligible, as his old opponent, Akai Shuichi still felt it.

Just like a hunter who has endured for a long time, he can finally set up a hunting gun.

Although the hunter has not yet discovered the eagerness in his movements, Shuichi Akai, who has temporarily become the prey, has keenly noticed this abnormality that is easily overlooked.

——What is Gin looking forward to?

Akai Shuichi combined many clues, and finally got an unbelievable fact, but he had to believe it.

——What Gin expects is for him to stay away from the eldest lady.

According to Akai Shuichi's temperament, this result must be to satirize Gin before leaving, in order to make it easier for him to leave when the other party misses in anger, or to take the opportunity to inquire about some more news.

But in the end, he still didn't say anything.

Because he suddenly thought of the discussion that the eldest lady had with him after reading the book.

— just two hours before he defected.

She was reading a very short story.

The content is bold and funny, full of a certain ironic humor.

It was a story of an undercover agent lurking in a black organization, who was promoted to second in command because he did so well, was even trusted by the leader, and finally became the new leader.

Akai Shuichi felt that she cared about something.

But if it was really a temptation, her attitude was too open.

"Why did the lady suddenly read such a story?"

"Because I remembered a sentence I heard before."

The afternoon sun was really warm, and the young lady under the sun was more like some kind of luminous body, attracting the attention of others.

As if bewitched, Akai Shuichi, who didn't want to ask any further, finally opened his mouth.

"...What do you say?"

"If you fight a dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself."

Akai Shuichi didn't know that there was another sentence in this sentence.

He only remembered the expression on the eldest lady's face when she said this.

Stripped of superficial pampering, demarcated the scope of human nature, full of divine, or demonic peace.

In less than a moment, the expression disappeared far faster than the light, and returned to his familiar appearance.

But Akai Hideichi remembered her expression at that time clearly.

Regardless of personal likes and dislikes.

Just thinking of that look, he couldn't help but want the owner of that look to look at him.

——I can't keep thinking about it.

he thought vigilantly.

Akai Shuichi almost forced his thoughts to turn in another direction.

He smashed the headset as a cover-up, and the sudden busy tone made Gin's attack more tricky and merciless.But Akai Shuichi still left the organization's siege in the chaos because of his early preparations.

Who told Gin the news about him?

It wasn't the FBI who was caught by the winery and died, nor was it the eldest lady who connived and let him escape.

--So.

Akai Hideichi wanted to light a cigarette, but stopped again.

He unconsciously thought that the eldest lady didn't like the smell of cigarettes, so he hadn't touched a cigarette for a long time, but he smiled again, took out the cigarette and lit it.

In the smoke, the FBI with indifferent eyes began to think about who was the culprit who caused him to be exposed.

The culprit?

Of course there is.

The man who manipulated the events did not have direct access to the center of events.

He has always been good at manipulating people's hearts, and except for one exception, he rarely misses.

This time the FBI's most important undercover exposure in the winery was naturally his work.

Unlike previous calculations, this time he "has fun".

"Dazai."

The red-haired man who was processing the documents glanced at the door and walked in. The young man who seemed to be in a good mood said, "Have you often been running to 'over there' lately?"

"Because Rin is over there~"

The young man humming an unknown tune responded to his friend's words with a smile on his face, "After four years of silence, he reappeared. Oda Saku came to the detective agency, but Rin met Mr. Mori as a 'black party'...Hmph, as expected It's Rin!"

The red-haired man Sakunosuke Oda, who was also "disappeared for a few years before returning to normal life", did not feel guilty about what he meant. It would be better to say that he did not care about the accusations hidden in Dazai's tone - such as condemning without distraction, Why did I stay with Quan Linyin all the time during the healing period, but didn't tell him where the girl was.

Thinking of Miss Witch, Oda thought for a while.

He belatedly remembered that he should symbolically control his friend's desire to make trouble.

Yes, only symbolically.

Even though he was classified as a friend by Dazai, and he even admitted that his position in his heart is second only to "the person he cares about the most", Oda still doesn't feel that he can stop Dazai who has already decided what to do.

So Oda quickly withdrew his gaze and reminded him with his usual idle attitude.

"Don't trouble President Fukuzawa, Ms. Izumi."

"I won't~"

Dazai narrowed his iris-colored eyes.

If it is an exaggerated description, the background behind the young man at this moment seems to be floating with various small flowers.

It looks fresh, relaxed, and intentionally innocuous.

Even if the inside is the exact opposite of these.

"This matter has nothing to do with the detective agency."

"Of course I won't trouble Rin."

"I'm obviously helping Rin clean up the 'pests' in the organization?"

after all……

Personal protection or something, it's really an eyesore.

Now that someone has exposed his identity, he should get away in embarrassment and honestly.

— but an undercover agent.

Don't get too close to his Rin.

The author has something to say:

If you fight with the dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself.

The last sentence of this sentence is the familiar "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you (to the effect)".



But Miss Witch said this, not to remind him that as an undercover agent, he would be assimilated by the winery, but to mean that he was by her side and would be infected by her thoughts (and already partially affected).

Miss Witch has the feeling of mental pollution, right?Of course, it’s not at the level of the restraint system, it’s just a little assisted by a certain ability.

[after Ley's defection]

Shirley: You see, he is a scumbag.

Miyano Akemi: A man is not as good as a sister.

Akai Shuichi: ...

(Although, he did not do it kindly)

(He was wrong, but he will dare to eradicate the organization next time)

At last.

Gin Jiu, who failed two missions, was unwilling or unwilling to be forced to admit his mistakes to the eldest lady in front of other code members... Although he was a little sorry for him, the author Sang thought it was delicious.

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