Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

Koizumi didn't actually run too far with Vermouth.

After getting rid of Shuichi Akai's sight, she immediately put away the Porsche and replaced it with an inconspicuous small motorcycle, and slipped away openly with the still child-sized Bayonetta.

It is also for this reason that the London police have not been able to track down the whereabouts of the red Porsche, because very few people have seen the car, and most of those who saw it were pedestrians passing by nearby. By the time the police sent people to investigate, the people had already disappeared.

At this moment, Koizumi was sitting in the hotel room where Bayonetta was staying, staring at Bayonetta across from him.

Seeing that an hour was almost over, Vermouth had basically returned to her normal shape.

However, during the entire transformation process, she did not experience the symptoms of extreme pain and inability to struggle as in the experiment on Chianti, and it also did not heal the gunshot wound in her lower abdomen. It seemed to be closer to the effect when Koizumi tested the drug himself.

How is this going?

Could it be that the effects of the Level 4 "Rejuvenation" on ordinary people are unstable? Is the probability of side effects also random?

There are too few samples for drug testing, so it’s hard to say.

It seems that even if it is just to report to Karasuma Renya, she needs to put the human experiment on the agenda as soon as possible.

But the style of human experimentation is too shady, so it must be kept secret from the Point Five Group.

In this case, when arranging personnel, she'd better exclude the security company's personnel, start from scratch and train a group of new people, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Red Party.

Moreover, Koizumi does not want to kidnap and control ordinary people like the organization does and use them for experiments, so the source of test subjects is also a big problem.

While Koizumi was thinking about these things in his mind, he watched Vermouth hastily treat her wound and then change her clothes to disguise herself.

"Sister Bei, are you planning to go out and find a place to treat your injuries? Does the organization have a reliable cooperative clinic in Tokyo? How about I go out and buy you some medicine?"

Vermouth's face was still a little pale. She smiled and said to Koizumi concisely, "Come for a walk with me."

Of course Koizumi would not refuse, so he disguised himself and the two of them went out together.

Koizumi didn't know about Vermouth's plan. Seeing that she was not in a hurry, he simply relaxed and followed her like a tourist, looking at this city he had never been to.

It was completely dark, raining, and cold.

Pedestrians on the street pulled their coats tighter and hurried past the two people.

Koizumi originally wanted to take out an umbrella, but seeing that the locals basically didn't use umbrellas and Vermouth didn't seem to care at all, he gave up the idea.

Fortunately, she was wearing a windproof and waterproof jacket and did not feel cold.

Koizumi told Vermouth about the progress of collecting Rum assets in the past few months, and Vermouth also told her some interesting anecdotes in London. No one was in a hurry to get straight to the point.

The two were walking and talking, and Koizumi suddenly saw a ball of white light appearing in the rain ahead.

Wow, she actually encountered a singularity?

Based on the size and brightness of this ball of light, Koizumi estimated based on his experience that the singularity should be around ten points.

really not bad!

Although I had guessed that singularities were refreshed worldwide and could be found everywhere, it was still a pleasant surprise to be able to find something without deliberately looking for it.

Koizumi followed Vermouth slowly forward.

She originally planned to wait for Sister Bei to pass by first, and then she could collect the singularity with a small movement without attracting attention, but she never expected that Vermouth's body would pass through the light first, and then the ball of light disappeared...

Eh?

Koizumi looked around in astonishment.

really gone...

Vermouth turned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"...No, it's nothing."

Koizumi had seen ordinary people pass through the light without knowing it before.

However, ordinary people are unaware of the existence of the singularity, and the singularity will not disappear because of the touch of ordinary people.

So this time...

Could it be that this time she just happened to encounter a singularity that was about to be annihilated over time?

Well, it seems like we encountered a low-probability event.

So Koizumi didn't take it to heart and continued to follow Vermouth.

However, after walking for a while, there was another flash of white light ahead.

Huh?

Another singularity?

Koizumi consciously lagged behind Vermouth half a step to observe.

Just like the previous ball of white light, Vermouth passed through the light, and then the singularity disappeared again!

Once is a low probability event.

Twice is an extremely low probability event.

What about the third and fourth times? How do you explain it?

When she reached the fifth ball of light, Vermouth suddenly stopped.

She turned to look at Koizumi, who was gradually becoming silent and serious, and pointed ahead and asked, "Can you describe to me what you see?"

Koizumi frowned slightly.

What does Vermouth mean by this?

Since she can collect singularities, she should be able to see it, right?

Although she was successful with the secret code last time, she was still not reassured. Was she planning to test herself in this way?

But didn’t she say that there was someone else in 1999?

So is this a test from Bayley or a test from 1999?

Koizumi glanced at Vermouth's ears and confirmed that she was indeed not wearing any communicator, so she should not be under anyone's instructions.

Koizumi hesitated for a moment, but still answered: "...This is a ball of white light, called a singularity."

Vermouth's mouth curled up: "... Then, can you judge its value?"

Koizumi glanced at the strange point and said, "Early twenties."

Vermouth nodded, took a few steps forward, and passed through the light again.

When the singularity disappeared, her eyes widened for a moment, then the expression on her face completely relaxed instantly, and she let out a long breath: "Your statement is the same as his description, and the value is also within the error range."

Vermouth nodded to Koizumi and smiled with relief: "I'm sorry to test you in this way at the end. Now I can be sure that the person I'm waiting for is really you."

Koizumi: ...

"It matches his description? Can't you see it yourself, Miss Bay?"

Vermouth nodded: "Yes, I can't see it, I can only vaguely sense the existence of the singularity within a certain range.

"Collecting singularities and repairing the body is the ability I was given. However, I only know the most basic way to use singularities."

[Granted abilities]?

[The most basic method of use]?

Koizumi narrowed his eyes slightly.

The so-called "endowment" is the spiritual talent and ability of her fellow villager?

Just like her own transformation, and Sakurai's sense of danger?

However, the "most basic use of Singularity" is to repair body damage, which is different from her understanding.

Shouldn’t the basic usage of the system, and also the most frequently used, be the storage space?

They were still on the street, so it was not a good time to have a deep conversation. So Koizumi just silently wrote down the question and did not rush to express his opinion.

Vermouth touched the gunshot wound on her lower abdomen and said, "This will do for now."

She turned to Koizumi and smiled: "Let's go back. I will tell you the whole story about him."