Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

"…So, you jumped on my head just to check my hair color?"

"Correct."

Koizumi nodded and smiled at him flatteringly: "Because I remember you should have silver-white hair, so I wanted to see if I remembered it wrong or if you were pretending."

Gin was silent for a moment, then narrowed his eyes slightly: "When did your memory recover?"

Koizumi: ...

Ah, Gin's question hits the nail on the head.

She recovered Sakurai's childhood memories in the second half of this year, on the eve of TSE's special talent recruitment fair.

When he turned into a cat to harass Gin during New Year's Day two years ago, even Sakurai's memory of that time was still confused, let alone his childhood memories.

She couldn't say that she learned this from the original book, right?

But if she can't find a reasonable excuse now, her credibility with Gin will be greatly reduced, which will be very detrimental to the cooperation between the two people later.

Koizumi was speechless for a moment, and the look in Gin's eyes became increasingly unfriendly.

Koizumi sighed, but he was already starting to get excited.

Okay, okay, no need to wait, today is the day!

Anyway, in order to let Gin help her cover up her whereabouts, she originally planned to slowly tell him her secrets.

As for how much to say, it all depends on Gin's own acceptance.

In fact, Koizumi could have just borrowed Gin's words and used the five-yen coin to cover up the Black Cat alias.

But she didn't.

The black cat's vest was her initial test.

If Gin's reaction to the black cat is too strong and unacceptable, then there is no need to mention the puppet and the so-called second personality.

Although Sakurai told Koizumi to just explain things to Gin openly and that Gin would definitely have no problem with it, Koizumi still wanted to take it slow.

because……

"What's the point of saying it all at once? You should say it slowly to see the other person's reaction!

"Think about those five people in the police academy! We have missed the reactions of Furuya Rei and the squad leader. Morobushi's reaction was just hearing the noise. How boring. This is Gin's reaction. Aren't you curious?"

Then Sakurai was convinced by her without any surprise.

Koizumi could easily imagine that Sakurai must be holding a Coke in one hand and popcorn in the other, staring at the screen with great interest, watching the fun.

Oh no.

If it was that guy, what he had in his hand was definitely not Coke, but beer.

Well, although Gin's attitude towards her black cat vest was relatively calm, the process of looking for someone in the room before and his reaction when he just discovered the black cat were indeed super interesting!

So what kind of reaction will the following advanced content bring out in him?

Koizumi originally wanted to let the puppet appear silently behind Gin to see if he could scare him, but then she thought that if she really pissed him off, she would have to comfort him herself, which would be troublesome, so she simply gave up the plan to scare people.

Seeing that Gin was staring at him, Koizumi smiled and pointed to his empty side.

"Are you ready? 3, 2, 1."

Then, at the moment her countdown ended, Koizumi released his puppet.

Sure enough, when a puppet with a human appearance appeared, Gin's reaction was more intense than when a cat appeared.

His pupils shrank slightly and he instinctively drew his gun and took a defensive stance.

However, when he saw Koizumi's grinning expression as she stared at the fun, he immediately realized that this was also some kind of ability of hers.

Gin relaxed a little, raised an eyebrow, and looked at the new puppet that appeared in front of him.

He soon discovered that although the rise and fall of the chest of this guy who suddenly appeared showed that she was "alive", she just stood there steadily and motionless, with no expression on her face and no focus in her eyes. She should be just a puppet with only a shell.

The vigilance in Gin's eyes gradually turned into surprise.

"Is this your ability? A stand?"

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly and said sarcastically: "What's next, will you turn it into a cat, or make it speak human language?"

However, after saying this, Gin found that Mello's smile opposite him became even brighter.

Koizumi did not reply, but pointed at the puppet beside him again and began to count down.

"Are you ready? 3, 2..."

Gin frowned, his eyes fixed on this puppet that had no breath of life.

"...1!"

The soulless puppet suddenly took a deep breath, looked at Gin, smiled and nodded at him: "Hello Gin, nice to meet you."

Gin's pupils suddenly contracted.

Koizumi laughed and said, "It's not really our first meeting, in fact you've met a few times before."

Has he seen it?

Gin narrowed his eyes.

He looked at the other Mello who suddenly came alive, and an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

Hadn't he always firmly believed that there must be someone behind Melo who was secretly assisting her in her performance? Could it be the person in front of him?

So what is she?

A real person?

Or some kind of "creature"?

Gin stared at the two Merlots back and forth.

If they weren't wearing different clothes, Gin really wouldn't be able to tell them apart by appearance.

...No, it's different.

Even though they look exactly the same, their expressions are quite different.

Melo was in a very relaxed state from beginning to end, and the look in his eyes when he looked at him was very pure, as if he had succeeded in a prank and was waiting to watch the fun.

The look in this "new" Merlot's eyes is much more complicated.

There was a hint of nervousness and discomfort in her eyes, but she tried to pretend nothing had happened. She looked at Gin as if she was measuring a commodity. Although there was no malice in her eyes, it did not match the smiling expression on her face.

...Haha, this is so similar to the eyes of the people around him when he was a child.

Ever since he was ordered to leave the Dusk Villa and act alone, there were very few people around him who dared to look at him like this.

This is really a disgusting feeling that I haven't felt in a long time.

...Oh, it doesn't seem to have been that long.

It seemed that not long ago, there were two memories that left a deep impression on him.

And both times were related to Merlot.

It turns out that from the very beginning, Melo had two personalities?

Well, if that's the case, some things would make sense.

Seeing that Gin just stared at her and Sakurai in silence without giving any more emotional response, Koizumi rolled her eyes and had another idea.

She stood up with a smile and pulled Sakurai behind Gin.

"Hey, let me do a little test, don't look back."

Just by listening to the rustling sounds behind, Gin roughly guessed what Koizumi was going to do.

Is this to test whether he can make accurate identification?

Gin sneered, lit a cigarette impatiently, and then picked up the document in front of him and continued to look through it: "What a waste of time."

Three minutes later, Koizumi and Sakurai, wearing the same outfit, walked back into his sight.

Gin glanced at the two of them, and without saying anything, he threw the information in his hand in front of Koizumi: "Before that person's approval comes back, no matter what you want to do, keep a low profile."

Huh, it was discovered at once?

She even went out of her way to imitate Sakurai's expression.

Gin's radar for their two personalities is too sensitive!

Seeing that Gin clearly expressed his refusal to play, Koizumi gave up simply.

She took out the portable camera from her pocket and handed it to Sakurai, then sat back in her original seat.

"We are exactly the same, how can you tell us apart?"

Gin didn't answer.

He glanced coldly at Sakurai who began to take pictures of the documents one by one: "So, who is this?"