Outlaw in Conan's World, Tokisaki Kurumi

Including Inspector Megure, who had been waiting on Moon Shadow Island to ambush them, nearly every officer learned within half an hour of the incident that someone had used guns to intercept the vehicle transporting the prisoners, injuring three officers and killing two criminals.

On Moon Shadow Island, after leaving behind only the words, "We got beaten to the punch by the criminals," Megure, his eyes blazing with fury, immediately led all the officers off the island, leaving the Mouri family completely bewildered.

At the inn, Mouri Kogoro indignantly remarked, "Criminals these days are really getting out of hand. To do something like that in broad daylight..."

Having learned about it from her father, Mouri Ran wore a worried expression as well. "Dad, could those two have offended some gang because of their drug trafficking? Maybe they were killed to silence them?"

After taking a sip of beer, Mouri Kogoro nodded. "That's possible. Maybe whoever killed them didn't want the police to get any secrets out of them."

Conan, meanwhile, did not join in the father and daughter's speculation.

Because he knew full well that no one besides Kurumi could have pulled this off.

If he was right, Kurumi had probably already left the clinic and returned to Tokyo by herself.

To confirm his suspicions, Conan made up an excuse and left the inn, running straight toward Aso Narumi's clinic on his short little legs.

Roughly shoving open the door, Conan immediately saw Aso Narumi, dressed in a white lab coat, staring at him in surprise. She clearly had not expected anyone to be so direct.

"Tell me, was that what Tokisaki did?" Conan asked bluntly.

"That? Which thing?"

Ignoring Conan's overbearing tone, Aso Narumi genuinely had no idea what he was talking about.

After all, the two of them had done quite a lot over the past few days.

"The murder of Kuroiwa and Nishimoto!"

Conan was still panting heavily, clearly not having caught his breath yet.

"Oh! You mean that!" Aso Narumi finally understood.

She nodded. "Yes, that's right."

Aso Narumi sounded like she was in quite a good mood.

Seeing her calm attitude and unhurried tone, Conan immediately flared up. "Didn't you promise that Tokisaki wouldn't do it herself? How could you go back on your word?"

Instead, Aso Narumi became unhappy at Conan's accusation. Frowning, she looked at him irritably. "Listen, great detective. The agreement was that those two scum would be on Moon Shadow Island. But they had already returned to Tokyo. Did Kurumi do anything wrong?"

Conan was so thoroughly shut down by that sentence that he nearly failed to catch his breath. His little face turned bright red, and for a moment, he had no idea how to refute her.

Meanwhile, Kurumi had already returned home, taken a comfortable bath, changed clothes, and lay on the sofa watching television.

System, check my current points.

Having neglected her system for quite some time, Kurumi suddenly remembered it once she had some free time.

Current Points: 9750

Nine thousand seven hundred and fifty points were the usable points Kurumi had saved up over the past two years.

It was a four-digit number. Calling it a lot would be an exaggeration, since it was not enough to exchange for any particularly good Stands. If she wanted to exchange them now, most of the available abilities were Stands belonging to minor JOJO grunts.

They were like chicken ribs—useful, but not useful enough to make much difference.

Calling it too little was not quite right either. There were plenty of technological weapons she could exchange for, but compared to Stands, such externally dependent equipment was far less convenient and discreet.

Forget it. Let's check the daily missions first. With the mindset that even a mosquito was still meat, Kurumi turned her attention to the daily missions issued by the system, hoping to randomly get a reliable mission and earn a few points.

The next morning, Kurumi was a little tired and listless as she drove herself to Tokyo Airport, something she rarely did.

According to Vermouth's instructions, an important person in the story would soon be getting off the arriving flight.

Miyano Shiho, the genius girl whose Organization codename was Sherry.

In the bustling terminal stood a graceful, beautiful young girl who appeared to be waiting for someone.

Because Kurumi's appearance was far too eye-catching, she was approached by quite a few people while she waited boredly for Miyano Shiho.

There were even talent scouts out looking for potential targets.

Naturally, Kurumi rejected them without a second thought. She especially despised those talent scouts who shamelessly came over and immediately showered her with praise, acting as though she would definitely become more famous than Ono Yoko in the future. It made her sick.

Kurumi was not some ignorant little girl who was easy to deceive.

Did those men really think they could hide what was going through their minds from her?

So, after Kurumi turned several people down, she finally got some peace and quiet for the rest of her wait for Miyano Shiho.

More than ten minutes later, a girl with short brown hair arrived in the terminal, accompanied by a burly man in black.

Noticing that her target had finally arrived, Kurumi, who was starting to feel drowsy, walked over.

"Sherry?"

Ignoring the big man beside Miyano Shiho, Kurumi looked directly at Miyano Shiho, who was sizing her up.

"You are... Bloody Mary?"

Looking at the sweet-looking girl before her, who seemed even younger than herself, Miyano Shiho's eyes were filled with suspicion.

As an important member of the Organization, Miyano Shiho had heard more or less over the years about Kurumi's codename within the Organization, as well as how much blood had been spilled beneath that codename.

She had once imagined that Bloody Mary might be a mature, beautiful, and alluring female spy like those in espionage films.

Or perhaps someone utterly ordinary, with an appearance so plain that she would disappear the moment she was thrown into a crowd.

Miyano Shiho had even guessed that Bloody Mary might actually be a man with a woman's appearance.

"Stop looking. It's me." Kurumi could read the suspicion and surprise in the other girl's gaze.

That alone was enough for Kurumi to imagine that Miyano Shiho's impression of her had probably not been very good.

"Lady Bloody Mary, according to orders, I am to escort Sherry to the destination."

Since the man in black was not from their faction, his tone when speaking to Kurumi was neither respectful nor hostile.

He was like nothing more than a tool.

Escort Mission Complete, and the Coming Cohabitation

His calm, neither servile nor overbearing tone and manner showed that he held a certain status within the Organization.

But compared to Kurumi, who already possessed a codename, the man's apparent standing was still somewhat lower.

"These are my car keys. You'll drive when we leave."

Kurumi took her keys from her pocket and tossed them to the man. On the one hand, she did not like acting as a driver for people she did not know.

On the other hand, she wanted to test the man's skills and see whether he was merely putting on a cool act or hiding something.

From over a meter away, the car keys thrown from Kurumi's right hand, empowered by King Crimson, shot straight toward the man's chest with terrifying speed and force.

Smack!

Under Miyano Shiho's slightly surprised gaze, the man swiftly and precisely caught the flying car keys with his right hand.

Perhaps startled by Kurumi's instantaneous explosive power, a trace of pain appeared on his otherwise impassive face.

Feeling the pain in his palm, he looked from the keys in his hand back to Kurumi, and the earlier contempt in his eyes was gone.

Because he knew that Kurumi was giving him a warning.

"I understand, ma'am."

The man nodded, tacitly accepting the new task Kurumi had given him.

Miyano Shiho looked at Kurumi and, after a brief moment of thought, revealed an interested expression. "I never expected the famous Bloody Mary of the Organization to be a little girl."

In truth, to Miyano Shiho, everyone in the Organization—especially those with codenames—constantly radiated an aura that made her feel deeply afraid.

But she could not sense that from Kurumi at all. Kurumi seemed like an ordinary girl, someone no one would feel the need to guard against.

That made Miyano Shiho curious.

"Miss Sherry, haven't you heard that you can't judge a book by its cover?" Kurumi teased Miyano Shiho amiably. "After all, judging people by appearances isn't a good habit."

Having been blocked by Kurumi's words, Miyano Shiho pressed her lips together and said nothing more.

She already disliked people from the Organization. If it had not been for Kurumi's beautiful appearance, she would not have bothered talking to her at all.

After spending a few minutes walking to the parking lot, Kurumi had the man sit in the driver's seat while she and Miyano Shiho sat in the back.

They arrived safely at the Organization's Tokyo research facility without any incidents. After passing a series of inspections and verifications, Kurumi successfully brought Miyano Shiho to the laboratory inside the building.

As for the man who had acted as the driver, Kurumi took back her car keys upon arrival and sent him away without hesitation.

When they arrived at the laboratory door, Kurumi said, "All right. Starting today, this will be Miss Sherry's workplace."

Hearing Kurumi's tone, which suggested she did not live here, Miyano Shiho, who had remained silent the entire way, finally spoke. "You trust me that much?"

According to the Organization's rules, researchers as valuable as herself had to be kept under strict surveillance. At the American branch, for example, researchers had to report to security personnel whenever they left their workstations. Even when they went home to rest, they were watched at all times to prevent anything improper from happening.

Kurumi smiled at Miyano Shiho's question. "I don't care about all those rules meant to restrain you. My task was only to bring you here. As for everything else, someone will naturally come and inform you later."

Hearing that, Miyano Shiho nodded, though no one knew what she was thinking.

After completing her task, Kurumi returned home once more.

A few days passed as she leisurely went about her daily life, until Kurumi received a call from Aso Narumi.

"Hello? Kurumi?"

Hearing the noisy sounds coming from Aso Narumi's side of the phone, Kurumi knew that she had probably arrived in Tokyo.

"Sister Narumi, are you finished over there?" Kurumi asked with a giggle, lying on the sofa and swinging her legs.

"Yeah, there wasn't actually that much on Moon Shadow Island..." Aso Narumi sounded somewhat lacking in confidence as she said this from the dock.

After all, at her feet sat a stuffed backpack and two suitcases.

"Honestly, Sister Narumi, why didn't you call me before boarding the ship? Then you wouldn't have had to wait!" Kurumi's tone carried a faint complaint, since she knew it took quite a while to drive from Tokyo to the dock.

Aso Narumi felt a little embarrassed at Kurumi's scolding. Shy as she was, she could hardly admit that she had wanted to see Kurumi so badly that she had forgotten all about it.

"It's fine. I don't have anything to do anyway, so I'll just wait here for you!" With her face slightly red, Aso Narumi quickly hung up.

Standing in an open area nearby, Aso Narumi sat on her backpack and quietly read a magazine as she waited for Kurumi to arrive.

Mm... Starting today, I'll be living with Kurumi... Will Kurumi do this and that to me again tonight? Aso Narumi's mind had completely drifted away from the magazine as her imagination started running wild.

Especially when she recalled that intense pleasure, that madness that seemed to rush straight into the clouds, Aso Narumi unconsciously pressed her black-stockinged legs together.

Ah! I'm so shameless!

Feeling a little stirred up, Narumi hurriedly stopped her imagination. At that moment, she could feel that her face must be completely red.

When Kurumi drove to the dock, she spotted Aso Narumi sitting by the roadside at a glance, along with...

"Sister Narumi, this is what you call not having much stuff?"

Looking at the mountain of bags and luggage, Kurumi's eye twitched. "And how did you manage to carry all this here by yourself?"

Kurumi felt that she might have underestimated Aso Narumi's physical strength.

"Well, don't worry about that stuff."

Aso Narumi hurriedly stood up, rubbed her hands together, and stuffed the magazine into her backpack.

Seeing Narumi's bashful manner, Kurumi smiled.

Ah! I can finally live together with a beautiful girl! Yay!

"All right, I'll help you put the luggage in the car first." Looking at the backpack, which was nearly taller than herself, Kurumi thought for a moment. "The suitcases can go in the trunk. As for this big thing... it should go in the back seat."

"Mm, I'll listen to you!" Aso Narumi readily agreed, feeling that her wish had finally come true.

Kurumi's House Was Pretty Big

Feeling that she could finally live with Kurumi, Narumi happily chatted with her all the way.

After spending quite a bit of time driving back from the dock to the city, Kurumi parked the car in her own yard.

"Wow! So this is your house? It's really big!"

Looking at the exquisitely decorated two-story house before her, Aso Narumi sighed at just how wealthy Kurumi truly was.