Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Laforge's men, who appeared here as bodyguards, came and left quickly.

After confirming that Karasuma Soshin and Vermouth had no instructions, the other bodyguards, who did not know the identities of the two and were just following orders, quickly left the house.

Of course, they didn't go far after they left, but settled down in two houses next to this house.

I glanced at Karasuma Soshin, who was sitting on the sofa, lowering his eyes and taking out his cell phone, apparently looking up information.

Vermouth didn't care what the data file was that Karasuma Soshin had just received in the morning and had just sent out.

Instead, he walked to the sofa where the shopping bags were placed, reached out and picked out a few paper bags with dull outer packaging from a pile of colorful shopping bags.

Place it on the coffee table in front of Karasuma Soshin.

"This is for you."

Karasuma Soshin, who was listening to the meeting report in the headphones, raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at the paper bag, and then lowered his eyes again to look at the information on his mobile phone.

It's obvious that this was bought with his money.

Only Vermouth had the courage to give these to him as an apology.

For the sake of disguise, and because Karasuma Soshin didn't want the gambling credit card given by Alexei, which contained a wedding gift and was no different from a curse in his opinion.

After coming out of the Crystal Palace, he tacitly allowed the two credit cards to remain in Vermouth's hands.

When Vermouth bought these things, she did use the money from these two credit cards to pay for them.

But I couldn't help but make a few excuses for Karasuma Soshin's indifferent attitude:

"Ala~ You really don't respect the fruits of my labor at all.

I carefully selected them all for you one by one.

Although it is your money, the time and fashion taste of a famous top movie star in the Berry Country are far beyond the measurement of money. "

Karasuma Soshin showed no change in his emotions. His expression remained cold and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Anything else you want to say?"

Hearing the intention of kicking the man out, Vermouth's expression suddenly froze, and she immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to chat with this unromantic man.

Now let’s get down to business:

"I received a message at noon that the jeweled crown I mentioned yesterday at the Crystal Palace has been withdrawn from the auction list."

As for where they went after being evacuated, the intelligence she found was vague.

All I know is that I was probably sent to an auction of an unusually high level, filled with a mysterious atmosphere.

Vermouth stared at Karasuma Soshin's handsome face, which was full of aloofness and indifference, but if you looked closely at his eyes, you could not see any romantic thoughts at all.

She waited for his next answer with a serious face.

"You should be able to guess that this is just someone trying to muddy the waters and get the mysterious Vasily to cooperate with the eldest son of the Friedman family."

Karasuma Soshin replied in a calm tone, his eyes still fixed on the electronic data in his mobile phone.

"Then this person, is it you?"

Recalling the few acting tips that Karasuma Soshin mentioned to her before the performance yesterday, Vermouth looked at Karasuma Soshin with inquiring eyes.

Her movements were restricted everywhere and she had no one at her disposal, but Whiskey could use the manpower of his equipment group here.

And the mission before Gin disappeared...

At this moment, Vermouth thought carefully and felt that she was just like a puppet, being manipulated by the man in front of her to play a game that was bigger than the countless gambling games of yesterday.

When he heard Vermouth ask this question, Karasuma Soshin raised his head.

After seeing the expression on Vermouth's face, he stretched his body and leaned back on the sofa, his eyes slightly raised, but his tone remained calm:

"Sorry, you don't have enough authority."

Vermouth stared at Karasuma Soshin's face for a few seconds, then said calmly:

"What if Brandy and I team up?"

The reason why she can't move here now is that she realized the situation here is not good after arriving here.

More importantly, it was guessed that the organization's intelligence branch, which had been operating in Elose for so many years, had fundamental problems.

The loss of contact between the top leader, Pasazi, and his team.

Not only did Rum remain silent, he couldn't even give a vague explanation.

The organization immediately banned the internal network permissions of all code-named members of the Intelligence Group's Elos Branch and above, including Passazi.

She knew that once she used the organization's intelligence system here, she would become a sitting duck.

That gentleman would choose to let her come here, ostensibly to let her investigate the matter, seemingly entrusting her with another important task.

In fact, it was to make her act as a living target in the open at a necessary moment.

Do you want to ask Vermouth if she is willing?

Of course she was unwilling.

Even though he knew that even if he became a living target, his life would not be in danger.

But she really felt extremely uncomfortable with the feeling of being led step by step by someone and the other party revealing his feelings so blatantly.

But, no matter how unwilling you are, what else can you do?

Karasuma Soshin, who understood what Vermouth was feeling at the moment, didn't care.

In the entire organization, there are only a few people he really takes seriously.

Vermouth, who is not even a core cadre, was not included in this scope from the beginning to the end.

A hint of extremely fake surprise flashed across Karasuma Soshin's face, but it disappeared completely in an instant.

"Really? Then please do as you like. I have no objection."

After saying that, Karasuma Soshin stood up from the sofa and walked straight to the bedroom upstairs.

Vermouth was left standing there with a gloomy face.

After a long time, Vermouth turned around and went back to the room without even glancing at the pile of bags on the sofa.

Midnight,

The gambling district is still as lively as ever.

Even though the temperature at this moment is much colder than during the day, the place is still brightly lit and full of people coming and going.

Under the cover of night,

Many people who dared not show their heads during the day came out at this time.

Many things that you don’t dare to do during the day no longer have to be considered too much at this time.

The gambling district at night is like a den of brothels with bright lights, which makes people linger and indulge in it.

At this moment, hundreds of casinos in the gambling district are experiencing their best business time of the day.

This area is the most popular and has the brightest lights in the whole of Vladivostok.

However, just like the back of the spotlight stage, there is the ultimate darkness.

The bustling gambling district is a mixed bag of people and is also the most chaotic area in Vladivostok.

Behind the brilliant lights, there is layer upon layer of darkness.

Sitting on the sofa in the exclusive VIP lounge, Alexei couldn't help but show the gradually accumulating anger between his brows.

The special receptionist stood opposite him tremblingly, with his head bowed deeply.

Cold sweat broke out from his back, soaking his shirt.

It’s not because there is no trace of the autographed photo that Alexei is looking for. After all, the order was only given yesterday and the news was only released today.

Instead, just two steps away from the special reception desk, a man collapsed to the ground with his limbs limp, rolling over and howling in pain.

Blood continued to flow out from the man's waist and abdomen, and the brightly colored, exquisitely patterned carpet on the ground was directly dyed with different shades of red.

All that’s missing from a murder scene is a tragic death.

A few minutes later, this was satisfied.

The man who lost too much blood stopped breathing as others in the VIP room looked on coldly.

The tense and cold atmosphere in the VIP room did not ease with the man's death, but became even more solemn.

No one dared to look up at Alexei's face at this time, not even at the tiptoes of Alexei.

Not to mention the pistol with a hot barrel in Alexei's hand.

"Throw it out and dispose of it."

After killing a useless subordinate, Alexei's originally furious mood eased a lot.

The casino bodyguard who heard the order in the corner rushed forward and quickly carried the body off the ground and dealt with it skillfully and quickly.

When the body was being moved, the uncoagulated blood on it dripped down due to gravity, leaving a trail of blood on the carpet.

The strong smell of blood dissipated a lot as the VIP room door opened and closed, but the remaining smell still hit everyone's nose.

"There are still seven days left. I don't think you will let me down, right?"

Alexei swept his cold and cruel eyes over the men in front of him. All of them were trembling with fear and responded quickly.

After being kicked out of the VIP lounge, several men breathed a sigh of relief, showing their relief at surviving the disaster.

However, just two seconds after they were relieved, they thought about the arduous task, looked at each other, and bitterness appeared on their faces.

They have been really digging deep in the ground recently, and they are just about to turn the entire Vladivostok upside down.

But they couldn't find the person who stole the things, what could they do.

Thinking about the young master in the room who was waiting for news, and then thinking about the colleague who was fired for saying the wrong thing, their hearts became heavier.

In the VIP lounge,

When the special receptionist who was left behind heard Alexi's instructions, his face was shocked at first, and then a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"Boss, rest assured. I will inform Master Vasily of the news on time."

That’s great. Even if the autographed photo can’t be found, he’ll be fine.

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(Not related to the main text, just for fun)

Mini-theater 1: Main World Card-drawing Movie-Gin's Weakness (XI)

The darkened curtain lit up again, and rather than the picture, the first thing that everyone heard was the sound of waves hitting the rocks on the shore.

Next, there is an island shrouded in the night.

[On an island surrounded by dense vegetation and forests, several buildings of varying heights are scattered sparsely on a relatively flat mountain.

The buildings are built along the mountains and forests. Except for the main road for vehicles, which is smooth and beautiful, the rest are primitive mountain roads.

Fifty meters outside the building, there are tall trees that are lush and green. When the sea breeze blows, the leaves rustle.

Behind a certain tree, Yueyawan, who had been following the location, looked at the five-story building in the distance that was dark and without any light.

I couldn't help but sigh quietly:

“What a big deal.”

In order to set up this dead end for Gin, he really pulled out all his cards.

Even such a hidden core laboratory with such a high defense level is not willing to be exposed.

It’s just that this place is too remote, they don’t even know how to arrange a few more cars.

Recalling the hardships he had experienced while waiting for the bus in the bushes near the pier, Yueyawan complained while reaching out to scratch the mosquito bites on his neck.

"Om~"

Hearing the sound, Yueyawangang subconsciously reached out to slap the mosquito.

After he reacted and looked carefully, he realized that the buzzing sound was not a mosquito, but a mechanical bee that he released after arriving at the dock.

Seeing the small green light flickering on the tail of the mechanical bee, Yueyawan put down his hand that was about to swat the mosquito and muttered softly:

"When I get back, I'll give you an automatic onomatopoeia control switch that will automatically turn off when you get close to me. Next time, you won't mistake mosquitoes for you."

I recalled the painful experience of squatting in the bushes waiting for the bus, and mistook a mosquito for a mechanical bee that came back to gather information, and was bitten several times.

Yueyawan reached out and scratched the swelling on his neck again, then looked at the building not far away again, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he said softly:

"Next, it's time to save Rapunzel."】

"puff-"

In the red, black and white seats, many audience members who were holding tea or drinks and happened to take a sip but hadn't swallowed it were all frightened by the sound of Rapunzel and turned into human fountains.

Fortunately, these are just virtual products provided by theaters as a high-quality service experience for the audience.

It satisfies people's appetite without causing any burden or harm to the body.

Therefore, apart from the violent coughing caused by emotional excitement, there was no damage to these people's clothes.

Of course, people’s subconscious reactions cannot be changed in a short period of time.

For example, after Vodka spit out the carbonated soda in his mouth, he began to wipe his mouth and clothes in a hurry.

Gin, who was sitting next to him, had a very ugly expression on his face, and it was unclear whether it was because of Vodka's stupidity or Yuegamaru's calling her Rapunzel.

Many people looked at Gin furtively, but when they saw Gin's expression that was no different from that of a devil, they immediately shrank back.

It was rare that Vermouth didn't make a joke at this time.

She stared at the ingeniously constructed mechanical bee on the screen, which was obviously used to gather intelligence, with a deep gaze.

It seems that the position of Edogawa Getsuga in Gin's heart is much deeper than she thought.

During those years, when the organization was searching for mechanical talents in various countries, it did not find this person.

If Gin had known about this earlier but kept it secret, it would mean that even the organization's orders would have to take a step back in front of Edogawa Getsuga.

Gin's weakness is truly incredible.

Karasuma Renya also noticed this, and he looked at Gin's back on the black side's seat.

For the first time, he truly realized that this confidant, whom he had forged into a sharp weapon, was not as loyal as he thought.

Conan and others sitting on the Red Team did not know that the Black Organization had been recruiting mechanical geniuses.

The only one who knew something about it, Ai Haibara, didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, that happened many years ago.

And because the people who were finally selected could not even support the equipment team, let alone withstand Rum's calculations and suppression.

The Equipment Group department no longer exists in the Black Organization. Like the former Technical Group, its members have been split up into other departments.

All the high-end weapons and equipment of the organization were purchased from the arms smuggling market at high prices.

I always have to look at other people's faces and dare not even bargain.

After all, they are also in this circle.

If they offend those top arms dealers, then their arms smuggling business, which is already not that good and is just a low-end way of making a living, will become even more difficult.

Therefore, for Haibara Ai, even the equipment set is a term that requires careful recall to be found from the depths of memory, let alone other things.

Only Dr. Agasa had excitement in his eyes as he looked at the mechanical bee on the screen that was guiding Getsugamaru towards the building.