Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

Koizumi ate monjayaki with everyone else, sent the Mori father and daughter home, said goodbye to Officer Hayase, sneaked into the Sakurai Building, said hello to Nekozuka and took Hiroki away, played with little Hiroki for the whole afternoon, saw Hiroki and Dr. Tani off, put on some light makeup and went to the Daikoku Bar feeling refreshed.

Seeing that Merlo seemed to be in good spirits and in a very good mood, Gin felt a little depressed.

After Vodka's investigation, he found that there was indeed a luxurious private room in the Mihua Hotel under the name of "Zhu Fu Jingguang", and the time also corresponded with the time of the call between Merlot and himself.

Furthermore, after investigation by external members, it was found that the room did show signs of having been occupied and used.

However, Melo probably guessed that he would definitely ask someone to investigate her whereabouts, so he checked out and left immediately after the call.

I don't know where these two people went to fool around later...

When Gin thought of Morobushi Kagemitsu, who was suspected to be an undercover agent of the Metropolitan Police Department after investigation, he felt disgusted as if his own cabbage had been infested with bugs.

Damn Metropolitan Police Department, they actually used the honey trap trick?

Damn Mello, a mere Zhu Fu Jingguang, who only has a good-looking face, could actually charm her like that?

But seeing Mello's intense reaction when he called today, Gin knew that he couldn't easily take action against Zhu Fu Jingguang at the moment, especially at this critical moment on the eve of the special talent job fair.

If it were someone else, they might still consider Gin's face and prestige and not dare to turn against him.

But Merlot...

Is there anything else this guy doesn't dare to do?

If she really turns against us and quits, all the benefits that should belong to the organization in the future will be lost!

Damn it! Damn it!

I'll kill that guy after the job fair is over!

Koizumi silently observed Gin's expression.

Although he pretended to be calm, it could be seen from the ashtray full of cigarette butts in front of him that Gin's emotions were not as stable as he appeared.

Haha, this guy is probably thinking about how to find out that Zhu Fu Jingguang blew his head off?

Very good, very good, that's what we want.

Come on, Qin-chan!

...Perhaps, she should take this opportunity to investigate the Metropolitan Police Department to see if anyone has been particularly active recently, or has investigated the information of Morobushi Kagemitsu.

Maybe this way we can catch the big bug hiding in the Metropolitan Police Department?

It's a pity to throw away such a great opportunity.

However, the Metropolitan Police Department did not have her staff. Even the useless people in the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Bureau were not capable of doing this.

Unless you have abilities similar to those of Furuya Rei, don't even think about it. You don't want to end up not only failing to accomplish your goal but also losing your life.

Alas, a bunch of waste that can hardly be recycled.

Koizumi sat down opposite Gin, stared at him for a long time, and said, "If you're okay, I'll leave."

Gin:......

irritable.

"Are you okay? Okay, bye."

Koizumi stood up and prepared to leave without hesitation.

"…Are you really attracted to that man?"

Koizumi tilted his head and looked at him: "Who?"

Gin:......

irritable.

"The one called Zhufu Jingguang."

Koizumi sat back down opposite Gin and nodded with a smile on his face, "Yeah. After all, he was my former police academy classmate, so we know him well."

Gin frowned: "...So you know his background?"

"Of course, if I didn't know I wouldn't be with him."

Koizumi answered as a matter of course: "When I had Kazami as my informant, I felt that there was no need to hire another person like him. But since you killed Kazami... Don't stare, you killed him! If you hadn't arranged that kind of assessment task for me, why would I kill my own informant, when I was clearly using him well."

Gin suddenly figured out something.

When he first met Melo, Miyano Akemi once reported to him that the policeman named Kazami was Melo's boyfriend.

Also a boyfriend.

...So having a boyfriend is actually Melo's usual tactic?

Before realizing Mello's true identity, Gin never cared about such trivial matters.

Who is around Sakurai Izumi, who she often sees, who she likes, what does it have to do with me, Gin?

He clearly didn't care, so when did he start to care so much?

If you think about it carefully, this change in mentality should have happened after he knew Melo's true identity...

What does this mean?

He has already accepted that Melo will become his woman, so he has a possessive desire for her?

...Isn't this exactly what that gentleman wants?

Can I not escape the predetermined ending after all...

Gin's eyes had a complicated look, which Koizumi couldn't understand.

She silently memorized this look in her mind and continued, "...I just developed another informant. What's the big deal?"

"Hasn't he been fired by the Metropolitan Police Department? How can he still be your informant?"

Koizumi smiled and said, "Ah, this time it was a bit of a failure..."

She lowered her eyes slightly and smiled gently for a moment.

"…But people don't just use it in one way."

When she raised her eyes, she regained her original cold mood: "After all, what kind of fun I want to have and how I want to have fun are all my own private affairs. It has nothing to do with you, right? Don't tell me that the organization also controls who the code members associate with?"

Gin:......

We really don’t care about ordinary code members.

But you and I are different.

...That complicated look again.

But this time, Koizumi vaguely read a hint of "despair" in Gin's emotions.

This made her feel uneasy and she wanted to escape.

"Okay, anything else?"

"…I'm warning you. Stay away from that Zhufu Jingguang."

Koizumi smiled and stood up: "It's none of your business."

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Coming out of the Big Black Bar.

Koizumi stood on the side of the road and hailed a taxi. After telling the driver the address, he sat quietly, staring out the window in a daze, and then let his consciousness return to the system space.

"Sakurai, how was my performance just now? Was it sexy enough?"

Sakurai Izumi chuckled: "I think your understanding of sexiness is very problematic. That expression is not sexy. How should I put it? It's quite... loving?"

Koizumi was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "...Okay, I know I'm really not that kind of person. Did you feel that Gin's mood was a little abnormal just now?"

"Yes. A big anomaly."

Sakurai Izumi covered her mouth and chuckled: "I can tell you now with certainty that Gin has taken a fancy to you."

Koizumi: ...

"Don't disbelieve me. When it comes to judging men, you are so far behind me."

"No, no, no, I still don't believe it!"

"Oh, poor Gin. He's been showing his jealousy so obviously, but you, the person involved, didn't notice it at all? It's really...tsk tsk."

Jealous?

Was that look in his eyes just now a sign of jealousy?

Why is he so jealous and desperate?

However, Koizumi did not continue to defend himself.

She trusts Sakurai Izumi's judgment, but she also trusts her own intuition.

Gin's emotion just now was definitely not just jealousy as Sakurai said.

She looked up at the ceiling for a while, then suddenly said, "Sakurai, give me the photo."

"photo?"

Sakurai Izumi was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and waved towards a ball of light above his head, then handed over a few photos.

It’s a group photo of the five-member group and a black cat.

Koizumi: "...Not this one, it's the photo in the file given by Shinji Hagiya."

Sakurai Izumi looked at her in surprise: "What clue did you suddenly think of?"

Opening the file bag, Koizumi looked down at the two questionable photos in his hand.

A woman holding a baby...

The baby girl lying on her back in bed...

Koizumi pondered for a moment: "Sakurai, you have never tried to upgrade your photos, right?"

"Eh? Upgrade photos?"

Sakurai Izumi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly followed Koizumi's imagination.

She had never thought of this idea!

Sakurai Izumi's eyes widened in shock: "...What do you mean!"

Koizumi picked up the photo of the woman holding the baby: "Begin strengthening...upgrading..."

After an upgrade, the scene in the photo really changed as Koizumi had expected.

The original static image was turned into a dynamic image, and the photo appeared to go back in time by about three seconds!

In the photo, the baby girl in the woman's arms waved her hands slightly, and the expression on the woman's face kept switching between tenderness and numbness.

Sakurai suddenly pointed at the corner of the photo and exclaimed, "Izumi, look here!"

Koizumi stared at the place she pointed and found that a small section of the gun muzzle was briefly exposed when he traced back to the end of the third second.

This photo was staged under the threat of a gun!

"That is to say, if we continue to trace back, we can see what happened earlier. But there is also a great possibility that we will just waste the singularity and get no useful intelligence."

She shook another photo of a baby girl in her hand. “If we trace back this photo, maybe we can see who put the baby in the bed?”

Koizumi raised his head and looked at Sakurai Izumi with a serious expression: "Want to bet?"