Reliable Vermouth - Please Vote!

Conan had slipped away secretly plenty of times before, and the naive Mouri Ran did not suspect a thing.

She knew Suzuki Sonoko truly was not cut out for looking after children, though she was quite skilled at fighting with them... So she told Mouri Kogoro and Jiang Xia, then hurried back to the room.

The two little lambs of justice who had barged in had now both left the battlefield. Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia were both very pleased with this development.

Amuro Tooru had no Ghost, so he could not eavesdrop on other people's phone calls.

But he glanced at Mouri Ran's retreating figure and the phone in her hand, then remembered the "Suzuki Sonoko" who had left at some unknown point. He guessed this was probably Vermouth's doing.

It was a little meddlesome. But on second thought, it also seemed perfectly normal. Vermouth had always been an odd executive. Most of the time, she was ruthless and vicious, one poisonous scheme after another, sometimes even willing to abandon a little dignity and use a Honey Trap on enemies and allies alike. Yet at times, she would also take the initiative to avoid harming innocent bystanders, and was especially tolerant toward children. Perhaps she had reached the age where she liked kids?

Amuro Tooru vaguely felt that perhaps he could dig deeper into more of Vermouth's secrets based on this Habit of hers, using them as leverage or bargaining chips.

But now was not the time to think about that. He had to finish the Organization's assignment first.

Amuro Tooru turned to look around. Of the irrelevant people among them, only Mouri Kogoro remained. Fortunately, Mouri Kogoro looked easy enough to fool and unlikely to cause trouble...

For the moment, Amuro Tooru shifted his attention away from the