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Furthermore, Bourbon and Sano knew each other before they were promoted to codename members. Regardless of the depth of their relationship, even if Sano is a cold-blooded animal and was not affected in the slightest, if Vodka remembers correctly...
It seems that Sano once suspected that Bourbon was a rat?
What does this mean?
The representative said that if they successfully found evidence that Bourbon was a rat, they would reap a huge boost in sales.
Given this, how could Sano, a performance-driven maniac, possibly be willing to kill Bourbon?
Now let's compare ourselves again.
The mission is an assassination mission, not a surveillance mission, and unexpected events could happen at any time.
As for friendship, it's not that there's none at all, but it's probably close to zero.
Finally, Vodka did not believe he had any reason to be suspected of being a rat.
In conclusion, the danger level of this mission is—Hell.
What's the difference between this and certain death?!
What is the eldest brother thinking?
Could it be that he intends to use himself as a third test?
But aren't you afraid that if this test fails, you'll lose your life?
If you're gone, who'll drive you around, bro?!
Vodka is shivering.jpg.
Sano fastened his seatbelt, looked at Vodka who hadn't moved for a full five seconds, frowned, and reached out to pat him: "Hey, what are you doing? Let's go."
Vodka, who was deep in thought, was suddenly startled and almost drew his gun.
Realizing that if he drew his gun, Sano would likely mistake him for someone who wanted to attack, and he would be dealt with even faster, Vodka suppressed the impulse.
"I'm leaving now."
Vodka forced himself to speak, then started the car and drove towards the mission objective.
While driving, Vodka felt like he had a bomb inside him because Sano had touched him earlier, and he couldn't help but want to search his body.
However, considering that Sano was right next to him, and that his "distrustful" behavior might upset Sano, Vodka suppressed the impulse once again.
Sano sat in the passenger seat for a while and was surprised to find that, compared to the cars he had ridden in before, the car driven by Vodka did not seem to have any bumps or swaying, and the comfort was exceptionally high.
That's a really good driving skill.
Sano adjusted his sitting posture. The driving skills he just mentioned were not the kind of reckless speeding and flying cars seen in movies, but rather the kind of driving skills that make people feel no discomfort whatsoever, like driving with vodka.
It's no wonder he's Gin's personal driver, someone even he'd keep by his side.
Sano glanced at the vodka again, a little scheme forming in his mind.
"Brother Jia".
As Sano uttered his affectionate address after a few seconds of deliberation, Vodka's previously smooth steering wheel suddenly trembled, and the previous sense of comfort vanished instantly.
What's going on?!
What on earth is this guy up to? Could he actually be considering planting a bomb on himself?
Vodka was inwardly turbulent—not excited, of course, but terrified.
After all, Sano's sudden and inexplicable appearance was completely out of character and did not fit his usual "friendly" persona, which was really too strange.
Meanwhile, Sano sighed with slight regret. This vodka was good in every way: honest, obedient, quiet, and a good driver. He was practically the best of the best. The only problem was his mental fortitude...
It's really not working properly. Why are you so easily startled by the slightest noise?
Hmm, this criminal is clearly unusually strong, but unusually cowardly?
After calming himself down, Vodka, still somewhat uneasy, shifted slightly and cautiously looked at Sano, asking, "Uh... is there something wrong, Black... Brother Mai?"
...Vodka tensed up—he didn't expect Sano to treat him well, he just hoped that the other party would end the mission quietly. If possible, he would even call the other party his ancestor, let alone the other party call him brother!
"Hmm... Have you thought about changing teammates?"
Sano took a lollipop out of his pocket and placed it next to the vodka, then asked, "Anyway, it's all about driving, so it doesn't matter who drives it, right?"
That's right, Sano wanted to poach Gin's employees and make Vodka his personal driver.
Sano wasn't worried that Gin would be angry. After all, he was just a driver, and he didn't think there could be any deep feelings between the two criminals.
What Sano didn't consider was that just because he was interested, it didn't mean Vodka was interested in the same thing!
Just teaming up with someone once is terrifying enough. If you're teammates with someone for a long time, you might as well just tell yourself to jump off a building!
If we had to pinpoint Vodka's current thoughts, it would probably be...
retreat!retreat!retreat!
or……
Don't come here! ! !
So Vodka shook his head vigorously, and to avoid displeasing Sano, he kept describing how deep his feelings for Gin were, how loyal he was, and so on, trying to dispel Sano's... covetousness towards him.
Seeing that Vodka was so resistant, Sano had no choice but to abandon his plan to poach Vodka.
However, this did manage to get them talking, and Sano, feeling bored, chatted with Vodka for a while.
...This big guy's personality seems to be a bit similar to Cohen's; he doesn't like to talk much, so most of the time Sano is the one who takes the initiative to start the conversation.
Sano didn't pay much attention to this, and just asked some questions that he was curious about, such as—
"Brother Jia, why do you always wear sunglasses? Aren't you afraid it will affect your vision?"
Upon hearing Sano's "friendly" nickname again, Vodka felt his throat grow drier and drier.
After licking his lips, Vodka subconsciously pushed up his sunglasses: "It's alright."
Sano narrowed his eyes. This answer was a bit vague. It was definitely not right.
Sano actually has two guesses about why Vodka is wearing sunglasses.
One is simply showing off, which is irrelevant.
But the other one made Sano even more curious.
That is, Vodka wears sunglasses not to show off, but to prevent himself from looking bad—for example, his eyes are the type that doesn't suit his appearance at all.
It's fine if someone looks fierce or ugly, or even weird; that's not unacceptable. But the real problem is if they look too cute.
Sano imagined what it would be like if Vodka took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of bright, expressive eyes.
Tsk tsk tsk, I bet the enemy will be laughing so hard they can't even hold their gun steady.
Sano secretly glanced at Vodka's profile. How come he couldn't see his eyes from this angle... Could this guy be an eyeless man?
Sano planned to find an opportunity to take off Vodka's sunglasses and find out what was going on.
...It wasn't out of curiosity, but rather to be prepared in advance. What if, during a team operation, in the heat of battle, vodka and sunglasses fell off, and Sano was laughing so hard he couldn't straighten up?
Yes, that's right, it's all for the mission.
……
The assassination mission was completed very smoothly.
Using a passerby hat, Sano quietly sneaked into the target's home, dropped a pill into the water glass on the bedside table, and waited until the target drank the water and went to paradise before meeting up with Vodka, who was on lookout duty.
Then Sano was given a ride by vodka... literally.
Of course, to avoid increasing the risk of exposure, Sano did not have Vodka delivered to his home. Instead, he got off halfway, changed his clothes, and walked home.
And then...
Then it started to rain.
...This is absolutely ridiculous, why does it always rain on my way home?
Frustrated and annoyed, Sano bought what felt like the umpteenth umbrella before heading home. As he passed through a small alley, he spotted a small, thin figure in the rain.
It's hard to tell whether to describe it as coffee-colored or brown wavy short hair, with distinctive mixed-race features, and an adult white lab coat that clearly doesn't fit his body.
If Sano didn't recognize who this was, the heavens would probably send down a bolt of lightning.
...It actually got smaller?
So now, is Conan's fake kid team finally going to start expanding?
Looking at the miniature version of Shiho Miyano, Sano's eyes showed a hint of surprise, but this was not really unexpected.
What really puzzled Sano was how Shiho Miyano escaped from the prison cell.
The Aogang Research Institute is a key location for the organization, heavily monitored and guarded by dozens or even hundreds of peripheral members. Even if Shiho Miyano turned into a child, or even a fly, she probably wouldn't be able to fly out.
Chapter 188, 187: What the older sister has, the younger sister must also have!
...It couldn't possibly be that they shrunk down and acted cute to sneak out openly, could it?
Just as Sano was pondering this, Shiho Miyano, who was leaning against the wall and staggering out of the alley, also saw him.
...Miyano kept the pill intending to commit suicide, but unexpectedly, his body underwent a strange change after taking it.
Thinking back to the high school detective who took the drug but wasn't actually confirmed dead, and who even found his childhood clothes missing in the other person's house, as well as the case of the shrunken white mouse that I had accidentally discovered once.
Shiho Miyano could only lament the fickleness of fate.
Since she hadn't managed to die, Shiho Miyano certainly didn't want to give up so easily.
Using her shrunken body, Shiho Miyano successfully broke free of the chains and escaped the research institute by climbing up through the ventilation shaft of the detention cell.
As the most important research institute within the organization, Qinggang Biotechnology has a lot of surveillance equipment, but precisely because Qinggang Biotechnology is so important, those surveillance cameras are usually not turned on and are just for show.
...After all, what criminal would be stupid enough to leave behind evidence of their crime?
That kind of thing is fine for scaring unsuspecting outsiders, but how could Shiho Miyano, as a resident codename member of the Aoka Research Institute, not know it?
Therefore, it would be difficult for Shiho Miyano to be discovered in a short period of time after escaping from her cell.
However, this does not mean that Shiho Miyano is out of danger.
As I said before, research institutes are very important.