Vermouth's New Job

Two years later.

The Earth had not stopped turning just because Lin Xinyi had left.

But its course had quietly changed.

At the very least, Akai Shuichi had never imagined that an ace FBI agent like himself would become a Japanese police officer—and stay one for two whole years.

His days as a Forensics Division officer had been peaceful and stable.

To him, it seemed as though nothing had happened over the past two years.

And yet, it also seemed as though many things had happened:

First of all, his work in the Forensics Division was no longer as busy as before.

The forensic science boom Lin Xinyi had sparked all by himself had finally borne abundant fruit after two years.

Quite a few outstanding medical graduates, inspired by their admiration for Officer Lin and their yearning for justice, had resolutely given up lucrative careers as doctors after graduation and enthusiastically chosen the promising profession of forensic medicine.

Thus, the Forensics Division was finally no longer short-staffed.

The haphazard team that had once consisted of old hands and untrained police officers had, after two years of adjustment and progress, finally built a systematic and professional technical investigation force.

Akai Shuichi and Asai Narumi, the two former section chiefs in name only, were no longer commanders without any men to command.

And speaking of these newly recruited professionals—

One had to mention the once-renowned Heisei Holmes, Mr. Kudo Shinichi.

He had entered university together with Mouri Ran and was studying medicine at Todai University;

At the same time, following in Miss Mouri's footsteps, he had officially joined the Forensics Division as a specially appointed police officer, working alongside his girlfriend—

Yes, Kudo was now his girlfriend's subordinate.

The kind who had to stand at attention and salute whenever they met.

And