Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

"The reason I did this was because of what Narumi-kun said before he was escorted into the laboratory again. He said..."

A light screen like a TV screen unfolded in front of Koizumi, and began to synchronously reproduce the scene described by Vermouth.

Koizumi finally saw the appearance of the first holder of the system.

Ming Hai Lu Xing, whose real name is unknown, is over 1.8 meters tall and is indeed very handsome, but his face is pale, and he is only wearing an ill-fitting hospital gown and is barefoot. He looks quite disheveled and has obviously suffered a lot.

He and Vermouth, who looked like a young girl, were surrounded by a group of men in black. They were unarmed and surrounded by black gun muzzles.

Behind this group of men in black, Koizumi saw a man with a hooked nose and gloomy and greedy eyes. He must be the middle-aged version of Karasuma Renya.

"Sharon, my good child, please bring the ring here quickly."

Ming Hai Lu Xing looked at Vermouth standing beside him, then looked at the ring that she was holding tightly in her palm, and his expression looked unsightly.

Vermouth's face turned pale. She bit her lip and said nothing, but she did not make a choice immediately.

Karasuma Renya's eyes narrowed dangerously: "...Are you really so obsessed with this boy that you're willing to die with him?"

Vermouth swallowed and her hands shook even more violently.

Ming Hai Lu Xing raised his voice and said, "Hey, old bastard, if I give you the ring, will you let her go?"

Karasuma Renye pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled grimly: "Of course, she doesn't have what I want."

"...Okay, remember what you said."

Ming Hai Lu Xing's eyes became firm, and it was obvious that he had just made a decision.

He reached out and gently pushed Vermouth from behind: "Go ahead."

Vermouth involuntarily took a step forward.

At the moment when Vermouth's body blocked him, Ming Haijun said quickly in a very light voice: "System, activate the self-rescue plan, call for help, and issue three tasks.

"First, find my ring. Second, kill that bastard no matter what he wants to do. Third..."

His lips moved, and his complicated gaze stayed on Vermouth's back for two seconds, and finally he said, "Forget it, just these two tasks. Execute them."

As the word "Execute" came out, a ball of white light flew out from Ming Hai Lu Xing's forehead and quickly fell into the black ring in Vermouth's hand. At the same time, his body fell backwards and fell heavily to the ground, motionless.

However, obviously no one at the scene could see the white light. Everyone only saw Ming Hai Lu Xing who suddenly fell into a coma inexplicably.

Hearing the noise behind her, Vermouth turned around instantly.

She did not get closer, nor did she dare to act rashly. She just stared at the person lying on the ground with complicated eyes for a moment, made up her mind, strode towards Karasuma Renya, and handed over the black ring in her hand.

Karasuma Renya couldn't wait to take the ring. After confirming that it was indeed what he wanted, he nodded with satisfaction and put the ring on his hand.

He closed his eyes and waited for a moment, first frowning in confusion, then his face gradually became gloomy.

Karasuma Renya opened his eyes and said "tsk" in dissatisfaction: "So this is not the superpower he got from this thing?"

His eyes fell on Vermouth who was still standing in front of him.

"Sharon, I won't kill you, but you have made a mistake and you still have to be punished."

Karasuma Renya glanced at Ming Hai Shixing's body with a poisonous gaze and said, "Then you will be in charge of the experiments on special abilities until you find the answer."

At this point, the content played on the system light screen ended and disappeared from Koizumi's sight.

[Ding! The contents of the black box have been unlocked and can be watched repeatedly. ]

At the same time, Vermouth's story came to an end.

"That gentleman failed to obtain what he wanted from Narumi-kun's ring, so he placed all his hopes on the so-called 'soul transfer' experiment, hoping to find a way to obtain special abilities.

“And I guess that the person who has acquired Narumi-kun’s special ability must be here to rescue his companions.

"Although I don't know when, in what capacity, and in what form his companion will appear."

Vermouth's eyes gradually became empty, and her voice became lower and lower. She murmured, "In order to find Ming Haijun's companion, I asked the same question to every successful experiment subject and suspicious person, but including those who later awakened special abilities, no one could answer my question, not even one. Including you in the past...

"I waited for nearly forty years... I really couldn't hold on any longer... So I hid it from everyone and secretly threw you into the medical waste bin... I had clearly given up...

"That day outside the Dahei Bar, I don't know why I asked you about the Imperial Jade Wine...

"Perhaps it's because your extremely special performance has aroused the last struggle in my heart?"

Vermouth's eyes fell on Koizumi's face, then moved away stiffly: "But, it's too late... You're too late."

Koizumi: ...

Got it, she got it all.

All the clues that we had previously mastered have been connected together.

Ming Haijun ordered the system to enter self-rescue mode, and his soul was transferred into the ring, which is the main body of the system. It is probably still in a dormant state waiting for rescue?

Later, probably because the system would transfer after the death of the human body it was attached to, but there were limited experimental subjects for it to choose from in the laboratory each time, so no matter how it transferred, it could not escape the control of the organization.

Therefore, there is no successful soul transfer experiment at all, and the magic circle is nonsense. The so-called soul transfer is just the self-migration of the system!

The only problem is that every time it transfers, it takes away the soul bound to it and brings it to the next new body, which causes the problem of soul duplication.

It was not until it came to Kyoko that she accidentally acquired special skills and the system was able to escape from the organization's laboratory with her.

It is unknown how Kyoko got along with the system later, whether the system called for external support, and whether the self-rescue mission was sent to an outsider or to Kyoko herself.

Anyway, the final result was that Kyoko finally returned to the organization and died on the experimental table.

The system was imprisoned again until Sakurai was secretly thrown out by the desperate Sister Bayonetta, and then after the condition of this body stabilized, the outsider Koizumi appeared.

She finally understood what that inexplicable system task that seemed like a riddle meant.

That was not a task given to her by the system at all, but a rescue mission left to her as "foreign aid" by the system's first holder, Ming Hai Lu Xing!

Also, why, even though they had exchanged the secret code, Vermouth had no intention of communicating with her?

She understood it all.

Koizumi raised his head and took a deep breath.

"Maybe it's not too late."

Vermouth suddenly turned around and asked hesitantly, "You, what did you say?"

Koizumi said confidently: "I say, it's not too late. If I'm not mistaken, Narumi-kun should still be alive."

“What…what?!”

Vermouth stood up suddenly, her voice trembling slightly with excitement: "Are you sure?"

It can be basically confirmed.

However, due to his usual caution, Koizumi still did not dare to say anything definite: "Well, 80% sure."

Vermouth stared at her, her face changing and her chest rising and falling.

After a while, she got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face. When she came back, her outward emotions had been restrained again.

Vermouth sat back on the sofa in front of Koizumi and looked at her calmly: "What is your plan? How do you need my cooperation?"

"plan……"

Koizumi chuckled and said simply, "It's simple. Kill Karasuma Renya and destroy this organization."

"Simple……"

Vermouth's eyes were a little complicated. She stared at Koizumi for a moment and chuckled, "Since you said this, I believe you.

"Is your agreement with Gin still valid?"

Koizumi nodded: "Of course."

"Okay, then count me in. To be honest, I've been looking forward to that day for a long time."

A hint of teasing suddenly flashed in Vermouth's eyes: "Just think of it as a gift for Mom."

"Eh?"

Koizumi was stunned.

Vermouth leaned back comfortably on the sofa: "Like I said just now, the soul transfer experiment has always been in my charge. All the test subjects, including you, were selected by me personally."

She tilted her head slightly and looked at Koizumi across from her: "You know, I was the one who gave you the name Sakurai Izumi. Of course, that was after I threw you out of the lab."

Koizumi raised his eyebrows.

Sure enough, the person who helped Sakurai overcome the difficulties and created a new identity for her was Sister Bayonetta!

"Now are you willing to tell me Sakurai Izumi's original name?"

Vermouth raised the corner of his mouth: "Do you really want to know?"

Koizumi nodded: "Yeah, I'm very interested."

Vermouth stared at her for two seconds, then pointed at the scar on Koizumi's right wrist: "A073."

Koizumi was stunned.

that's it?

Ok……

A person who is destined to die on the experimental table does not need a proper name.

It’s no wonder that Gin, who is his childhood friend, had no reaction to her name Sakurai Izumi, because he really didn’t know her.

"Oh, right. Do you want to know what Gin's code name is?"

Koizumi: ...Is it important?

But since Vermouth said so...

"...What is it?"

Vermouth smiled meaningfully: "Z370."

Koizumi: ...

"A to Z. Interesting, isn't it? You two might really be a match made in heaven."

(Note: A to Z means: from beginning to end.)