Professor Agasa jumped in fright. "You mean, this invitation letter..."
Conan nodded. "It should be a hongmen banquet set specifically for me by the person codenamed 'Vermouth.'"
Professor Agasa froze. "Isn't this too sudden? Shouldn't we be the ones in the shadows while they're out in the open?... Why does this Vermouth seem like she's already seen through your identity?"
"I don't know." Conan gave a wry smile. "But if I'm not mistaken..."
Professor Agasa held his breath, waiting for what came next, but nothing followed for a long while. By then, Conan had already switched to another topic. "Since things have come to this, we can only follow the invitation and board the ship to take a look."
"Are you crazy?!" Haibara Ai was startled. She had never expected Conan to make such a decision in the face of such a suspicious invitation. She did not want anyone to be killed by The Organization because of her. "It's a trap. If you go, you won't possibly come back alive!"
"Don't be so pessimistic." Conan looked at her. "Since we're all still alive right now, why would we die just because we board the ship? On the contrary, if we stay here and do nothing, my investigation into The Organization will never make any progress."
Haibara Ai wanted to say more, but Conan had already pulled Professor Agasa away to another room.
Haibara Ai: "..."
After a brief silence... a Mini Scientist took out her phone.
—Though she felt she couldn't ask Jiang Xia about everything, this seemed like the kind of life-or-death matter she had no choice but to ask about.
If Jiang Xia thinks Kudo shouldn't go... Haibara Ai pressed her lips together. *Then I'll buy some sleeping pills, put them in their food, and let them sleep