Auntie Is About to Make It!

Vermouth clenched her pale fingers, then pulled a pack of cigarettes from her pocket. With one hand, she deftly drew out a cigarette, lightly held it between her white teeth, and lit it with a lighter.

As smoke curled around her, the chill in her heart faded a little.

Touching Sherry's head had only been to gain her trust.

There had absolutely been nothing else to it.

Vermouth comforted herself like that, then turned to look at the lemonade on the passenger seat beside her.

She was a smart old auntie—a smart old woman.

Before doing anything, she had to think it through carefully...

After all, if she merely wanted to achieve her goal of killing Sherry, she could have just stormed in with a gun.

Then, after killing her, she could set the place on fire.

Old Auntie was very experienced with that sort of thing.

But this time, she had to take Shinichi and Fujino into consideration.

Shinichi was someone she gave special attention to. That went without saying.

As for Fujino, to her, he was like a strategic nuclear weapon—a Mount Tai pressing down on Sherry.

Mount Tai stood as immovable as a bell, but once it moved, heaven and earth would collapse.

And there was only one way to deal with Mount Tai: the Fengshan ritual.

After observing them, she could conclude that Sherry and Shinichi had not yet exchanged information about Fujino. Neither side knew the other's true identity.

Fujino was clearly at odds with the organization, but she had no interest in that. As for how much he had uncovered... judging by things now, he probably still did not know that she was a member of the organization.

If he really did know, there was no way she would still be sitting here drinking