Haibara Ai has no idea what kind of terrible layout and power a wealthy man who should have been dead for half a century has in this world, but she can vaguely guess one thing or another. This is why, even though Shimizu Koji is already very powerful, she still has great fear of the organization. Long-standing instinct is only part of it.

However, from Vermouth’s cooperative answer, Shimizu Koji smelled something unusual.

He frowned slightly, then asked, “Where is the boss?”

“Sorry, I don’t know.”

“What about Sharon? Where is she?”

“I do not know.”

Vermouth adjusted her sitting position and flicked the ash aside while holding a cigarette. Her beautiful eyes flickered as she looked at Shimizu Koji and Haibara Ai opposite her. Ever since Shimizu Koji finished his big talk that made her laugh and cry, a vague idea had been surging in her mind.

Maybe, he really can?

“Vermouth, I know there may be something wrong with your body. As a deal, I can try to help you solve this problem, but you must also exchange the organization’s intelligence.”

When Koji Shimizu’s questioning was fruitless, Haibara Ai spoke decisively and put forward conditions to Vermouth.

She has always been sharp-minded. From the lifeless look in Vermouth’s eyes just now, she guessed that although Vermouth was not forced to do so, she was definitely not someone who would willingly become a tool. This was confirmed from Vermouth’s cooperative answer just now.

Therefore, she proposed a deal to Vermouth without hesitation. Once a woman becomes smart, men will have no chance. At least Shimizu Koji really has no way to deal with Vermouth, and he can’t offer any conditions that can impress Vermouth.

Chapter 529 I want him

To be honest, Haibara Ai’s conditions actually hit Vermouth’s soft spot. She was thinking about this just now. Not only was it possible that Shimizu Koji could really do what he said to the organization, she also thought that Miyano Shiho, who inherited the Miyano family’s top brains, might be able to solve her problems.

If Shimizu Koji succeeded, she might be able to get rid of her identity as a tool, and if Haibara Ai also succeeded, she might be able to become a “person” again, a woman.

Vermouth couldn’t say that she was tired of her current life, but she didn’t yearn for a peaceful and happy life either. She just wanted to be herself. She liked dancing on the edge of a knife, teasing those stupid people, watching the bright blood spurting out of their chests and admiring their unbelievable expressions before they died. She also liked the feeling of walking on a long red carpet under the spotlight, surrounded by stars.

But even though she liked it, it was never what she wanted to do.

In fact, Vermouth has always been very hesitant in her heart. Even today, when she came into contact with Kudo Shinichi, she had some strange thoughts in her mind.

Silver Bullet

She had originally planned to investigate this young detective who had escaped from Gin’s clutches, and the good son of her best friend, but now it seems that there is no need for that?

Vermouth rarely hesitates, and she didn’t think for long this time. Her eyes moved and lingered briefly on Haibara Ai’s delicate, cute, and yet very serious little face, then she smiled again.

“I think I can agree to your terms, but~~.”

“But what?” Haibara Ai raised her eyebrows, having a bad feeling.

“I want to add one more condition. I want him.”

Vermouth pointed with her slender jade finger, and Haibara Ai’s little face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. Well, it was a bit exaggerated, but Haibara Ai’s mood was indeed extremely unhappy at that moment.

“Impossible, you should change the conditions.”

Although she was very angry, for the sake of Shimizu Koji’s grand plan, for herself, and for their future, Haibara Ai swallowed her anger and did not lose her temper directly. Instead, she behaved very calmly.

He was not affected at all by Vermouth’s blatant provocation.

And Shimizu Koji is definitely the one with the most inexplicable mood among the three people right now.

The situation changed too quickly. In his expectation, he should be the one using coercion and inducement. Well, without inducement, he couldn’t offer any conditions to induce Vermouth. In short, he should be the one to dominate the overall situation and decide Vermouth’s life or death.

Haibara Ai should be hiding in his arms in fear, watching him teach this bad woman a lesson, and then, the final result should be that he was shocked, and Vermouth bowed down, and then, with Vermouth’s cooperation, they worked together inside and outside, directly attacked Huanglong and captured the boss of the organization, put him under house arrest, and then secretly used the emperor to control the princes, slowly swallowing up the power of the organization.

Koji Shimizu actually had a very grand blueprint in his mind~, but the organizational situation was too complicated, and even two of Vermouth lost their minds for a moment, and suddenly the situation became a “shura field” for Shiho and Vermouth.

He has become a bystander?!

It also became a bargaining chip!

Koji Shimizu glanced at Vermouth. He was an honest man. No man could resist Vermouth’s charm. He had indeed been coveting her for a long time.

So, if it’s this kind of chips, it doesn’t seem to be impossible.

Having made up his mind, Koji Shimizu calmed down, kept silent, and continued to be a bystander, sitting on the mountain watching the fight between the two tigers, and reaping the benefits.

And the reason why Vermouth said this was that 80% of her intention was to tease Haibara Ai on purpose, and the other 20% was to tease Shimizu Kōji~.

Shimizu Koji’s previous “bad deeds” were not the first or second time. Thinking back to the “Mom” that day, even Vermouth couldn’t help but blush.

“I don’t think you can help me solve the problem.”

“Oh, how do you know if you don’t try?”

“You can’t even replicate the failed product made by your parents.” Vermouth’s tone was indifferent, but it was this attitude, coupled with these words, that hit the sore spot of Haibara Ai’s arrogance.

In front of Shimizu Koji, even though Haibara Ai has always been helpless with Shimizu Koji’s mysterious Sharingan and cannot provide him with much help, she has always worked very hard and maintained her identity and dignity as a cool scientist.

One can imagine how she felt now that she was directly exposed by Vermouth. However, her fair and tender little face, which was blue and red, did not look scary at all, but rather very cute.

“Three years at most. I can definitely do it!”

“Two years, maybe? I can’t wait that long.” Vermouth chuckled. This was considered as her agreement, but she didn’t actually have too many expectations.

Huibara Ai paused for a moment, then snorted coldly and turned her head away from her.

Seeing this, Shimizu Koji knew it was time for him to take action. He coughed lightly and looked at Vermouth. “In fact, I have always felt that you are not so ‘loyal’ to the organization, Vermouth. But we will talk about this later. Let’s talk about your physical problem first. Maybe Ai will have some solution now.”

“Ai-chan, her name is pretty cute.”

“Uh, that’s not important.”

Vermouth smiled slightly, crossed her legs, and leaned back on the back of the swivel chair. “That semi-finished drug really doesn’t have the effect of keeping me young forever. It just makes me age much slower than the average person. Indeed, it also has great side effects.”

“I lost a part of my ’emotions’. It may be hard to understand, but it is true. Compared with the physical obstacles, the loss of this part of ’emotions’ made me become like a machine, a tool. I have seen too many landscapes, seas of fire, gunfights, corpses everywhere, rivers of blood. It was exciting, but it only left a little impression on me. The life of a big star, top hotels, noble dinners, music, sports cars, countless dollars, these can’t even make me a little moved.”

“Then you didn’t–” Shimizu Koji said nothing, but he said everything.

“I also lost the so-called ‘pleasure’ in my body. The smell of men disgusts me instead.”

Shimizu Koji didn’t quite believe it. Emotions were a bit mysterious. Maybe it was a problem with some hormones in the brain? But it didn’t look like it. It was impossible for Vermouth to have not been examined and treated. In this case, it was no longer something that science could explain, at least not others.

Maybe Huiyuan Ai can do it, and maybe he can do it too, but he can’t suggest helping Vermouth at this moment, or he will be bitten to death by Huiyuan Ai first.

Well, putting aside these ridiculous thoughts, Koji Shimizu and Ai Haibara can both feel that Vermouth is indeed telling the truth, because only in this way does Vermouth have a reason to betray the organization, give up those possible bonds, and the life of a big star.

If a person has no “feelings”, it is indeed no different from being dead, and life is meaningless. However, due to some reasons, one does not want to and cannot end such a life. It is a normal choice to find someone to end it for oneself.

Chapter 530 Master Qingshui

“It’s getting late. Let’s talk another day. The show is about to start.”

After chatting for a few more words, Vermouth looked at the time, stood up from her chair, and magically put on the disguise on her face. Her voice also changed from a charming and mature female voice to a sunny and warm man’s voice.

In response to this, Shimizu Koji and Haibara Ai frowned subconsciously. They could believe what Vermouth said, but they did not believe that this woman was now completely on their side. After leaving the room, there was no way to guarantee that she would sell them out.

“If you don’t believe me, then do it.”

Vermouth calmly glanced at the gun that Koji Shimizu placed next to him. She also had a gun on her, but she had no idea of ​​resisting because she knew very well that in front of Koji Shimizu, her resistance would be futile.

If it were someone else, there would be a 99% chance that she would choose to give it a try.

Haibara Ai frowned, but she was somewhat tempted. Although Vermouth was very cooperative, she was still unwilling to believe this woman from the bottom of her heart, especially Vermouth’s deliberate provocation just now, which showed that she simply didn’t take her seriously.

However, Haibara Ai still believes in Shimizu Koji’s decision. She will not order Shimizu Koji about anything, even though Shimizu Koji is very doting on her most of the time. But she knows deep down that she cannot interfere with Shimizu Koji on some things.

“You just said that Karasuma Renye was the former head of the current Karasuma Group? Then how much does the current Karasuma Group have to do with him?”

Koji Shimizu did not let the atmosphere become more tense. Instead, he changed the subject and started talking about Karasuma Renya.

After chatting with Vermouth for a while, and through the information she told him, Koji Shimizu roughly came to a conclusion, that is, the most critical problem of the organization is dispersion and mystery, and only very few major decisions rely on the boss’s single line of communication.

It can be said that it is like a spider web, and the existence of the boss is the most critical central node.

And if you can start directly from the boss and quietly replace him, you can even take over the entire organization without even showing up.

This is an obvious shortcoming, but no one can guarantee whether the boss has left any backup plans, or whether there are extraordinary people like him among the security personnel around him.

Koji Shimizu came up with this idea after learning from Vermouth that the boss had not appeared for many years. Although there are many problems, it is possible to put it into practice.

Therefore, he set his sights directly on Karasuma Renya, but unfortunately Vermouth also had a completely one-way communication with the boss and did not have many clues, so he had to change his mind again and thought of the Karasuma Group.

These big conglomerates are quite famous, some are high-profile, some are low-profile. For a flamboyant up-and-coming company like the Suzuki Conglomerate, I’m afraid anyone caught on the street can tell the whole story. The Karasuma Conglomerate is relatively low-key, but it is a conglomerate after all, and it is impossible for it to hide under the surface.

When Koji Shimizu was receiving education from Michiko Tetsu, he gained a systematic understanding of these big families and big conglomerates.

“I don’t know.” Unfortunately, Vermouth’s answer still disappointed him, so much so that Koji Shimizu began to doubt whether this woman was really hiding something from him.

However, Vermouth changed the subject and continued, “But it is certain that this large consortium is still controlled by him. Um, do you still remember Baijiu Pharmaceutical? Oh, this little Miss Ai must remember it. It is a pharmaceutical company under the name of Karasuma Group.”

What Vermouth said cannot be said to be unimportant. At least for Koji Shimizu, it can be directly confirmed that the Karasuma Group is the main source of funds behind the organization, which is commonly known as the money bag.

To form a criminal gang, there are only three key elements: people, money, and weapons. In the context of modern society, money is everything. Food, shelter, etc., even weapons, can be derived from money.

“Why, you plan to attack the Karasuma Group? Koji-kun, I’m not looking down on you, but your money won’t make a ripple in front of such a large group. Your military force will hardly be effective in such a large group that can replenish and replace talents at any time, unless you can kill all those people, but this is obviously impossible, right?”

With just one question from Shimizu Koji, Vermouth almost saw through his thoughts. It’s not just Vermouth, but also Haibara Ai. In other words, any smart person can think of it.

Vermouth’s eyes seemed to be smiling. Those foreign forces had also thought of the same idea as Shimizu Koji, but unless the state machinery attacked head-on, those spy organizations would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of the big conglomerates.

She didn’t mean to look down on Koji Shimizu, she just felt that Koji Shimizu still had a kind of innocence and naivety that was unique to teenagers. She quite liked this feeling, which was much cuter than the way Koji Shimizu killed people.

And Shimizu Koji didn’t know what she was thinking. Even if he knew, he would just smile faintly. After a little hesitation, Shimizu Koji nodded and said, “Although I really can’t trust you yet, I believe that only Xiao Ai can solve your problem. If you still want to be a person, don’t let our cooperation down.”

“I won’t worry about your revenge. Since I dared to join the organization alone, I have the trump card of not fearing the organization’s revenge. If you want to see it, Vermouth, you can give it a try, but I think you should be very clear about the price.”

Although verbal threats are the most useless thing, they are still necessary for their cooperation which has no constraints or leverage.

Koji Shimizu did not lie, but he did not have the confidence at the beginning. But now, the only big player in the open is the Karasuma Group.

This is very simple. He can advance to take Hongye or retreat to defend Zhuyu. He also has a loyal ally Ayako. As long as he protects the people around him, his personal safety will not be a problem. In fact, it is those in the organization who should worry about their personal safety.

“Oh, I’ll wait and see.” Vermouth smiled and her answer was very ambiguous, but Shimizu Koji had a very certain feeling that Vermouth would not tell anyone about what happened today.

After a pause, before Vermouth turned around, Shimizu Koji said, “There is something I need you to investigate.”

“So, I have become your employee, or servant now? Qingshui-Master? Hehe.”

Shimizu Koji ignored her teasing and suppressed the angry Huihara Ai. He just continued coldly: “I think it shouldn’t be difficult for you to find the list of the leaders and actual manipulators of the various groups in the Karasuma Group.”

Even Vermouth was startled by the loud words of someone like Shimizu Koji.

What a joke! Even for an ordinary large conglomerate, it is not easy to investigate the complicated shareholding relationship behind it, let alone the Karasuma Group, which only shows the tip of the iceberg on the surface.

You are really good at sending people!

Looking at Shimizu Koji with a smile, even Vermouth couldn’t help but want to curse in her heart, but she also knew that if she continued to refuse, she might not be able to leave the door today.

So I didn’t say anything and just nodded, which was considered as my agreement.

Anyway, there is no time mentioned. Humph!

Chapter 531 Bold guess

The boss is still very mysterious. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, this tycoon has been dead for many years. No one would know that this tycoon faked his death and escaped, let alone his current whereabouts. Even Vermouth knows this.

Therefore, Koji Shimizu plans to start an investigation from the Karasuma Group. After all, there are two “Vermouth”, and even Vermouth has not seen her mother Sharon for a long time. The confidentiality of the organization is indeed mysterious.

However, precisely because it is too mysterious, Koji Shimizu has already generated a lot of speculation and doubt in his mind.

Vermouth left first, as there were still twenty minutes before the play started, but as the newly-appointed doctor, she was a behind-the-scenes participant and had to arrive early.

In the health room, only Haibara Ai and Shimizu Koji were left for a while. Haibara Ai did not ask Shimizu Koji about the details of joining the organization. She just held Shimizu Koji’s big hand with some concern.

Koji Shimizu could have had nothing to do with the organization, stayed away from it, or even gotten along well with those rich girls and become a glamorous son-in-law of a wealthy family. But for her and her two sisters, he took the risk and joined the organization alone early on, wanting to completely eliminate future troubles for them.

She was a thoughtful person, so she could easily come to these conclusions after just a simple thought. Her usual arrogance was gone at this moment as she was deeply moved.

If she wasn’t too embarrassed, she would have even wanted to throw herself into Shimizu Koji’s arms and act like a spoiled child. Of course, this wasn’t something she wanted to do, but she knew that this perverted Shimizu Koji liked her like this the most.

“What are you going to do next?”

Shimizu Koji came back to his senses, looked at Huibara Ai’s concerned eyes, smiled slightly, and squeezed her small hand, “I don’t have any plans. The Karasuma Group will definitely investigate. If they find anything, that would be the best. If not, it doesn’t matter.”

He was simply trying to find something for Vermouth to do, and Shimizu Koji didn’t want to alert the enemy unless it was necessary.

After he got the information about the organization from Vermouth, the bold idea in his mind became more and more serious.

Shimizu Koji looked at Huihara Ai’s delicate little face, and subconsciously reached out and pinched her fair face again. Huihara Ai blushed, with a look of reproach in her eyes, but Shimizu Koji suddenly had an idea in his mind –