Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 516 Tired of Playing

But no matter how much Vermouth didn't want to wake up, she couldn't stay lying there forever.

Having mentally prepared herself, Vermouth pretended to regain consciousness, her long eyelashes trembling, before she opened her eyes.

"My head hurts so much."

With her eyebrows slightly furrowed, Vermouth rubbed her forehead and glanced around with a strange look in her eyes.

"What's going on here? Weren't we just practicing shooting at the range?"

"But why are there so many spent shell casings on the ground now? What happened?"

Vermouth then pretended to look up at the timer, but the numbers on it had already reached zero.

"What happened? Did the fog from earlier cause us to faint?"

Vermouth looked at Qi Ming and Shinichi Kudo, frowning and asking in confusion.

She acted as if she had no idea what had happened during that period.

"...Don't you remember what just happened?"

Shinichi Kudo looked at Vermouth with a puzzled expression.

Could it be that people's physical constitutions cannot be generalized?

The memory of what just happened is incredibly clear in my mind.

Vermouth pretended to think for a moment, then shook her head.

"No, I don't remember at all."

"..."

Qi Ming squinted at Vermouth.

This woman is faking it.

So what does this mean? She just kept emphasizing that this is the ego and the true self.

Is she about to be surpassed by her current self, and now she's going to deny it once she lifts up her skirt?

"Do you really not remember anything about what happened?"

Qi Ming stood in front of Vermouth and looked directly into her eyes.

Looking at Qi Ming, and recalling what she had said to him before she lost consciousness, Vermouth couldn't help but clench her toes.

With her hands behind her back and her hands on her waist, Vermouth tried to appear calm and said to Qi Ming with a helpless expression.

"I really don't remember."

"But judging from your statement, do you and Shinichi Kudo know what just happened?"

Qi Ming observed Vermouth's expression.

He truly deserves to be called a veteran actor.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. If you don't remember, I'll help you recall."

Qi Ming laughed and patted Vermouth on the shoulder, then handed the phone to her.

It's just bringing up a playback, no big deal.

Upon seeing the image on her phone screen, Vermouth's expression immediately froze.

Damn it, this memory should just exist in her mind, why make her experience such embarrassment again through her sight and hearing!

I should have just admitted it earlier.

……

After the video finished playing, Vermouth fell silent.

Besides her, Shinichi Kudo also felt quite ashamed.

Unlike hunger, which can detect abnormalities, he felt absolutely nothing amiss with this surge of jealousy.

I feel like I'm obsessed with being in love...

No, this is more than just being love-struck; this is madness!

"that."

Shinichi Kudo took a deep breath and looked at Vermouth.

"Although I was harmed by that criminal's trap, I still want to apologize to you both."

Then, Shinichi Kudo looked at Qi Ming with a serious expression and bowed at a 90-degree angle.

"And thank you, Brother Qi Ming. If you hadn't managed to knock me out, I don't know what I would have done."

Of course, this is just polite talk.

Shinichi Kudo believed that Qi Ming at the time just wanted to mess with him.

Seeing Shinichi Kudo's attitude, Vermouth also spoke to Shinichi Kudo.

"I also need to apologize. What I said just now... wasn't what I really meant. Please don't take it to heart."

"And Qi Ming, thank you very much."

Seeing that the two of them were bowing to him, Qi Ming sighed and patted them on the shoulders.

"Oh, what can I say after you've all said that? We're all brothers and sisters, it's okay, I don't hold grudges."

"Are you hungry after sleeping for so long? How about I get you something to eat?"

"...That won't be necessary."

Shinichi Kudo shook his head.

Recalling what Vermouth had said earlier, Shinichi Kudo turned to Vermouth and asked her a question.

"Um, can I ask you something?"

"Ok?"

"What do you mean by saying that Xiaolan and I once saved your life?"

"..."

Vermouth glanced at Shinichi Kudo and named a location.

"New York."

"New York?"

Shinichi Kudo frowned, lost in his memories.

With the location and people already set, the time just popped into my head with a snap of my fingers.

That happened about a year ago when my mother took me and Xiaolan to New York.

He and Xiaolan did save someone back then, but it was a man...

Wait, Vermouth can disguise herself!

So, the person they rescued was Vermouth?

Shinichi Kudo's mouth was slightly open.

He never imagined that he would have been connected with this organization so early on.

However, this also explains why Vermouth didn't reveal her identity to the organization.

I never expected that members of the organization would have this side to them.

Stopping his wild thoughts, Shinichi Kudo looked at the door that had been opened at some point and asked.

"There's the human way and the heavenly way, and the prisoner has set two more traps. Let's get out of here as soon as possible."

No one wants to go out more than Shinichi Kudo right now.

He had to explain to Xiaolan that his previous actions were not his intention!

Qi Ming stroked his chin and looked at the two of them, asking a question.

Do you want to continue playing?

"Ok?"

Shinichi Kudo and Vermouth were somewhat confused about Qi Ming's meaning.

However, since the other party has said so, we must follow his lead.

"Yes, of course we have to continue. It's so much fun, I love playing it."

"...That's it."

Qi Ming shook his head and simply took a chair and sat down.

"Since you guys still want to play, then you can go ahead. I'm a little tired, so I won't go."

"Don't worry, we've insured you. Play as much as you want without worrying about dying while playing."

"……Eh?"

Vermouth and Shinichi Kudo blinked at each other.

Dude, if you didn't want to play anymore, you should have just said so earlier.

What you just said made it sound like you'd punch us in the head if we didn't play.

"Cough cough."

Shinichi Kudo coughed twice, immediately denying his earlier statement.

"Actually, I feel that there's really no point in continuing to play this game."

"Well, the mechanisms are rather poorly made, basically just for us to amuse ourselves."

Vermouth also follows the diaphragm.

All she wants now is to get back quickly, go to a bar, have a couple of drinks to numb her senses, and forget all the memories of this place.

"Row."

Before they met, neither of them had any intention of continuing, and Qi Ming also stood up.

He threw a disc on the ground and disappeared.

Before Vermouth and Shinichi Kudo could even ask themselves a question, the disc that had been thrown on the ground suddenly generated an elliptical beam of light, and Qi Ming's figure stepped out from it.

Qi Ming looked at the two of them and said.

"Then you can go back first. I'm going to say a few words to the person in charge here."