Vermouth's Wild Speculations / Shiho Miyano's Suspicions About Vermouth

Without a doubt, the person in the photo holding a pistol and pointing diagonally upwards, preparing to fire, is the perpetrator in this case.

Masuyama Kenzou, the current president of Masuyama Motors, is also Pisco, an executive of the Black Organization.

Seeing this, Jiang Hang looked at the reporter in front of him. Being able to take this photo was certainly a stroke of luck.

This means that the reporter and this photo are about to become famous!

As a result, the main subject of the photo, the couple embracing each other, may also become a viral sensation.

After all, being able to capture the appearance of a murderer committing a crime in a gossip photo means that whenever someone mentions the case in the future, they will be able to picture the couple in the photo.

However, this is also a potential problem.

After all, given the nature of the Black Organization, they certainly don't want their organization's information to be leaked.

Especially veteran employees like Masuyama Kenzou who have served the organization for decades.

He knows too much and is involved too deeply. If he is arrested by the police, it will implicate a large number of people. It would almost mean that a small part of the organization's secrets in this area of Japan, which must never be revealed to the public, will be exposed by the police.

The journalist who took this photo may very well face retaliation from the organization in the future.

However, Jiang Hang couldn't always be by the other party's side to protect him. At most, he could only remind the other party to be careful recently, and then apply for a period of witness protection for the other party after the case was over.

Thinking this, Jiang Hang led the reporter directly to Inspector Megure's side. On the way, he took a moment to slightly shake his head at Vermouth, who was not far away, as if to tell her that Pisco was beyond saving and that she should take care of herself.

"Wh... what? He just happened to take a picture of the moment the murderer committed the crime!?" Upon hearing Jiang Hang's words, Inspector Megure looked at the equally bewildered reporter in shock.

"What happened? Did I capture the murderer on camera?"

But as Jiang Hang pointed to the figure behind the photo, both Inspector Megure and the reporter fell silent instantly.

Inspector Megure was shocked by the coincidence of all this. He considered dozens of possibilities, but he never expected that the case would find the culprit in such an outrageous way. He didn't know how to write the case report after the case was over.

The reporter's thoughts were much simpler: Damn, I've lost a lot of money. Can I contact the website to ask for more money? No, can I still go to the website to change the title?

Regardless of what the reporters thought, the police quickly located Masuyama Kenzou was standing nearby preparing to pressure the police with his friends, based on this photo.

When the police came to his door, he wasn't too flustered. But when he saw the photo of him firing a gun, his expression immediately darkened. He seemed unable to believe that he, who had been so brilliant all his life, had fallen in this place.

With this irrefutable evidence, Masuyama Kenzou was arrested by the police without a doubt. In addition to him, those who had frequent contact with him also became the focus of the police's attention. After all, the other party was a member of a mysterious force. Since he came to the scene today to attack Nomikuchi Shigehiko, there must be his accomplices in the venue!

However, Masuyama Kenzou was quite cautious in this regard. The people he dared to communicate with openly and honestly were all people he had met under the identity of Masuyama Kenzou.

Even a low-level cadre within those organizations would never have any contact with the other party in broad daylight.

Even after seeing the photo of him raising a gun to fire, Masuyama Kenzou immediately shut his mouth. No matter how the police questioned him, he didn't say a word, as if he had become deaf and mute.

Only Jiang Hang knew that this veteran cadre, who had dedicated his life to the organization, probably hadn't lost hope in the Black Organization yet; he was still waiting for Vermouth to come to his rescue.

Unfortunately, his hopes were dashed.

Chapter 433: Chapter 429: Vermouth's Imagination

When the police arrested Kenzo Masuyama Kenzou, the chairman of Masuyama Motors, who is now over seventy years old, in front of everyone, the guests present were not able to react at first.

Some well-informed people knew that this case involved sensitive firearms and terrorist organizations, which is why the police were on high alert.

But unexpectedly, this wealthy man with assets worth hundreds of billions of yen secretly joined a terrorist organization and even directly participated in its assassination missions.

It's truly remarkable that at his age, his hand holding the gun is still so steady; one can only say that you can know a person's face but not their heart.

Those who had dealings with the Masuyama Group were now feeling uneasy, only wanting to find out if the police had made a mistake. If it really was Masuyama Kenzou who did it, then the Masuyama Group was definitely doomed. They needed to quickly come up with appropriate public relations strategies to deal with those annoying reporters and their company's shareholders after they got back tonight.

However, with so many people present, the one who must be having the biggest headache is obviously Vermouth.

She originally thought that she and Jiang Hang had reached some kind of tacit understanding, that they would each give way a little, and that this case would be dealt with casually, and that would be the end of it.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hang had just handed her an important clue to the case, but in the blink of an eye, he produced an even more irrefutable "ironclad evidence".

Because she was standing close, and because Jiang Hang was deliberately speaking loudly to Inspector Megure, Vermouth was able to hear the truth of the matter.

But this is also the most speechless part.

There was no rigorous reasoning, nor any brilliant flash of inspiration; it was simply a random event with an impossibly low probability—the moment Pisco committed the crime, a gossip reporter happened to capture the moment in a photo taken by someone secretly photographing another person's relationship.

She didn't even spend much time before she saw the photo on the gossip reporter's website. Although the person was a bit blurry in the dark, she could easily identify them with a little attention.

She had witnessed so many crime scenes and seen many criminals whose lies were exposed by famous detectives, but this was the first time she had encountered such a lucky break.

Vermouth even began to doubt whether it was truly a "coincidence".

What if this is also part of Jiang Hang's plan?

After all, the mysterious and unknown Templar Knight Order and the Pioneer Foundation behind Jiang Hang are not just empty words.

Although the Black Organization claims to be unwilling to let others know of their existence, Vermouth actually knows that there are many spies from various countries lurking in their organization, and their existence is probably mentioned in classified documents of various governments.

Although the spies from various countries have not yet been able to access the organization's core secrets, they have caused considerable obstacles to the organization's development over the years. This is why Gin couldn't help but want to kill people the moment he heard the word "spy."

The Pioneer Foundation is different. Although it was also an organization that had been targeted by intelligence agencies from various countries, the undercover agents sent by these countries not only failed to obtain any useful intelligence after infiltrating the Pioneer Foundation, but also became the organization's top-notch employees who worked tirelessly for them. Moreover, their treatment was ridiculously good. Even when their undercover identities were exposed and they had to retire, they could still receive a substantial retirement pension from the Pioneer Foundation. Don't ask how the Black Organization knew this, because they had tried it themselves.

For this reason, intelligence organizations from various countries, worried that their undercover agents would completely turn into the shape of the Pioneer Foundation, abandoned their investigation of the Pioneer Foundation after several years of fruitless probing and did not regard it as a dangerous organization.

Vermouth didn't know what the other intelligence organizations were thinking, but she had personally witnessed how, more than 40 years ago, someone had stormed into her organization's headquarters without a word of argument, and even nearly scared the then 100-year-old organization's BOSS, who had just faked his death, to death.

A behemoth that is many times more powerful than the Black Organization, and has evolved from the earliest days of humanity to the present day, no matter what the Pioneer Foundation does, Vermouth feels that she would not be surprised.

And now that I think about it carefully, Jiang Hang's action of handing her that handkerchief without any hesitation was indeed a bit strange, but if the other party knew at the time that Pisco couldn't escape, then all of this can be explained.

So, the other party only produced a piece of evidence that was of little use, and their organization had no choice but to obediently work for them?

Vermouth deeply felt how difficult the other party was to deal with.

Having dealt with him a few times before, she felt that Jiang Hang sometimes seemed a bit too honest, and his personality seemed quite easygoing.

Looking back now, who knows if it was just a disguise on the other end?

However, Vermouth didn't dwell on this for long.

As a master of disguise, Vermouth knew that the more she agonized over her thoughts, the more easily she would fall into the trap the other party had meticulously designed.

Given the complete imbalance of power between the two sides, and since Jiang Hang claims that it was all a coincidence, let's just treat it as a coincidence.

Her most important task right now is to resolve this matter properly before Pisco leaks information about the organization.

There are two ways to do this.

Save Pisco or kill Pisco; there are no other options.

Although she held a high position in the organization and could make her own decisions, since Jiang Hang was an unknown variable X, she immediately contacted the organization's BOSS and reported all the details so that he could make the decision.

The organization's boss's reply was very concise: a short "clean up the mess," which effectively sealed the fate of Pisco, the organization member who had served him since childhood.

"As ruthless as ever," Vermouth murmured.

After that, she contacted Gin again.

There was no way around it; there were quite a few cadres in the organization, but very few she could be sure weren't undercover agents.

To be precise, Gin is, after all, the one who deals with traitors. If he were not trustworthy, the organization would have collapsed long ago.

The others were either incompetent like Vodka, who blindly followed Gin's orders and had little independent thought, or too Mind's Eye to be fully trusted, like the mysterious Rum who always liked to hide his secrets.

In addition, Bourbon, who has been quite active under Rum recently, is also included.

In short, it's better to keep things simple when dealing with this kind of thing. Since the boss has said to handle it cleanly, it's only natural to contact Gin for help.

Jiang Hang was unaware that Vermouth was preparing to summon Gin to do something, but he could guess that Vermouth was definitely going to take action against Pisco. He just didn't know how Vermouth planned to deal with him.

Is it better to use Vermouth's disguise skills to sneak into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, assassinate Pisco unnoticed, and then escape, or to take him down with a single long-range sniper shot, like Gin did?

However, this has nothing to do with him anymore. Anyway, he has done what he was supposed to do in this case. As for the rest of the headaches, Vermouth can figure them out herself.

Before leaving, Jiang Hang wanted to remind Vermouth not to forget their agreement, but after thinking about it, he felt that such behavior was a bit like killing someone's spirit. In order to avoid Vermouth's wrath, he decided not to go up and cause trouble for himself.

After greeting Inspector Megure receiving his thanks, Jiang Hang, having easily solved the case, left the hastily concluded memorial service with Shizuka Sakaki, who had already obtained an autographed photo of the famous actress Chris Vineyard.

Unsurprisingly, the top news trending the next day became the case from the previous night.

The fact that a legislator who accepted huge bribes was murdered by the chairman of a car company while attending a memorial service for a famous director on the eve of his arrest, and that the incident was filmed by someone, is already quite a suspicious story.

What's even more intriguing is that a car accident occurred during the police's transport of the chairman, resulting in the immediate death of the suspect. The police still don't know why the suspect killed the congressman.

Then, the accompanying photos in these news reports were quite consistent. First, there were the photos of the crime scene taken by the gossip reporter, which made all of Japan aware of Masuyama Kenzou's murder of Representative Nomikuchi Shigehiko, and also inevitably revealed the secret relationship between the two "real protagonists" in the photos.

This clandestine relationship suddenly became a national couple known throughout Japan. Jiang Hang wondered if the two of them could handle it; he thought it was a bit risky.

Secondly, there are photos of the car accident scene.

The scene of the car accident was horrific, but fortunately there weren't too many casualties. The Black Organization's attitude was clear: they absolutely could not let Pisco live. This car accident has brought the organization into the sights of the Japan political world. It's just unknown whether the political world will also pretend to add new infiltrators to the organization.

In short, Jiang Hang estimates that this news will stay on the front page for a day or two. Even after the hype dies down, this case will likely be embellished by countless people who love urban legends.

Because Jiang Hang played an extremely important role in this case, he received a call from Jiang Hang Nichuri TV the very next day, saying that the detective program, which was originally scheduled to start recording two episodes later, had been moved up to the next day.

It can only be said that Nichuri TV is indeed good at riding the wave of trending topics.

After having Shizuka Sakaki and Koharu Yoshino handle a ton of business calls, Jiang Hang originally planned to go out and do some good deeds and maybe rack up some mission rewards. But he was unexpectedly blocked in his own detective agency by an uninvited guest.

The unexpected guest was none other than Miyano Shiho, who rarely left Professor Agasa's house.

Miyano Shiho's disguise skills have now reached a point where she can go out without worrying about her disguise melting off, unless there is a typhoon or heavy rain.

Moreover, under Jiang Hang's guidance and with the learning buff from the Assassin System, many of Miyano Shiho's personal habits left behind in the organization have been adjusted and changed. Even the most familiar people probably wouldn't recognize Miyano Shiho now.

Upon seeing Miyano Shiho's sudden arrival, Jiang Hang, having roughly discerned her purpose, could only temporarily halt his good deed for the day and directly led Miyano Shiho to his room for a secret discussion.

Shizuka Sakaki seemed a little nervous when she saw Miyano Shiho arrive.

She was already quite familiar with the other person's existence.

After all, she had already met the other person when they first arrived, and they had even traveled to Kyoto and Osaka together a few days ago, during which they naturally exchanged ideas.

Of course, she doesn't know the other person's true identity yet, only that the other person's sisters' names are "Ai Haibara" and "Nagasawa Masami".

She didn't know why the two sisters had different surnames, nor did she understand why Jiang Hang would teach them the art of disguise. But she knew how much Jiang Hang valued these two people, and she knew that Jiang Hang must have his reasons for doing so. If he was unwilling to tell the truth, then she would just wait patiently for the day when he was willing to tell her everything.

Ms. Nagasawa is now the de facto manager of the art museum. The Beika Art Museum was on the verge of being converted into a hotel due to poor management, but now, under Ms. Nagasawa's management, the number of visitors every month is increasing at a considerable rate.

As for Ms. Haibara, she seems to be a scientific researcher. Although Shizuka Sakaki doesn't know what she is researching, she has occasionally overheard Jiang Hang and Ms. Haibara talking. They seem to be talking about some kind of medicine. In any case, given Shizuka Sakaki's level of knowledge after graduating from high school and going to a voice acting school, she can't understand what the two of them are talking about at all.

It was precisely because she couldn't understand that Shizuka Sakaki seemed somewhat reserved in front of him.

However, since the other party usually doesn't come over on their own initiative, Shizuka Sakaki felt a little better.

The other person arrived suddenly today, and judging from her appearance, she seemed to have something very important to talk to Jiang Hang. They even went into Jiang Hang's bedroom together.

Although Shizuka Sakaki knew it was most likely serious business and reminded herself not to overthink it, she couldn't help but wonder what the two of them were talking about in the room.

Koharu Yoshino, however, found it somewhat amusing to see Shizuka Sakaki fidgeting like that.

As long as she doesn't get involved, it'll be another day of enjoying gossip and shipping various couples.

I saw spoilers for the latest Detective Conan movie last night. Although I don't know if they're true or not, I do feel a bit uneasy.

If it's true, then I can only say that Aoyama has really figured out the mentality of people who enjoy entertainment. If it's released in China, I'll definitely go to the cinema to see it.

Chapter 434: Chapter 430: Miyano Shiho's Speculation about Vermouth

In Jiang Hang's bedroom, Miyano Shiho looked somewhat serious, and the atmosphere in the bedroom was not at all as ambiguous as Shizuka Sakaki had imagined.

Miyano Shiho Jiang Hang was not surprised by Shiho Miyano's sudden visit; it was about the case from the previous night.

Although last night's case didn't take Jiang Hang much effort, and the elements of reasoning were pitifully few.

However, because this case involves too many factors and a wide range of people, coupled with the crime scene image that quickly spread online, the case of Nomikuchi Shigehiko is now being discussed quite heatedly online.

As for the official attitude, it is quite subtle now. At least they have not held a formal press conference to explain the whole story of this case.

After all, they hadn't had time to thoroughly investigate what organization was behind Masuyama Kenzou before he was silenced.

As for the car company founded by Masuyama Kenzou, the authorities are currently conducting an intensive investigation, but given the Black Organization's style, they probably won't find much useful information about the company.

And what about the descendants of Masuyama Kenzou?

It is also a pity that Masuyama Kenzou did not leave any direct descendants in official records, and there were not many people related to him, so it is not an easy task to start from this point.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department must be having a headache over this too—they caught the culprit, but due to their own negligence, a big fish slipped right through their fingers.