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After a long period of contemplation, Haibara Ai, who was handcuffed to the bed legs, suddenly looked up at Igarashi Kiyoko in front of her, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
"I already know your identity."
I think, no matter who it is, everyone should know it, right?
Chapter 485: I'm right, right? Vermouth!
"I already know your identity."
In the room, Haibara Ai, who was handcuffed to the bed legs, suddenly looked up at Igarashi Kiyoko in front of her, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
"Oh? Tell me about it?" Upon hearing this, Igarashi Kiyoko leaned back in her chair and acted as if she was listening attentively.
“First of all, there is no doubt that the explosion at the guesthouse was organized.
And two minutes before the explosion, you suddenly invited our group to take a group photo at the main entrance of the hall. From an hindsight perspective, this location was the relatively safest place in the entire hall and was the least affected by the explosion.
This was not a coincidence, but you knew from the beginning that an explosion would happen in the guest house soon, so you used this method that none of us would doubt at the time to "save" us.
From this, we can confirm the first point: you are definitely a member of that organization."
"That's right, go on." Igarashi Kiyoko nodded, indicating that she should continue.
"Then, the way you invited us to take a group photo was also very special. You first pretended to invite only the uncle, which aroused Sister Xiaolan's vigilance. Then you took advantage of her vigilance and invited all of us. Even I, who originally wanted to refuse, was forcibly pulled over by those three children.
I'm not sure if you really wanted to take just me over there, or the uncle and his group as well, but the end result was that we were all taken over there by you without even noticing.
From this point of view, you are probably familiar with the relationship between the uncle's family and their friends. "
“The process is a little far-fetched, but the result is right.”
Igarashi Kiyoko nodded again, then looked at Huihara Ai and said with a smile:
"By the way, although you are indeed my target, the Maori detective and his group with you are also people I want to save."
[Is that so…]
Upon hearing this, Huiyuan Ai slowly exhaled, calmed her breathing, and then continued:
"Finally, it was me. When we were taking the group photo, you took the opportunity to take off the mask on my face, but when I woke up, the mask was put back on my face. I think you must have done that, and the reason you did that... is because you actually know the real purpose of this mask, right?"
After saying this, Haibara Ai's heartbeat started to speed up and she looked at Igarashi Kiyoko nervously.
Although she had guessed the final answer, everything remained unknown until the mystery was truly revealed.
If her guess was wrong, then not only her, but also...
"That's right." Without letting her wait too long, Igarashi Kiyoko nodded again, confirming her reasoning once again.
【The bet was right! 】
This made Haibara Ai's originally tense heart relax immediately, and that relaxed and confident smile appeared on her face again.
"Your operation this time should also be directed by the person codenamed Regel. You are responsible for using the power of 'Igarashi Kiyoko' as a government councillor to mobilize the police to block and surround this Edo Street, and take me away after the explosion.
As for Bourbon and Gil who also appeared in the hall, I think their mission should be to cooperate with your actions, attract and contain our rescue operations, am I right?"
"uh-huh……"
However, in response to her reasoning, Igarashi Kiyoko just smiled lightly, and the smile on her face was meaningful, which made Haibara Ai, who had been confident, suddenly feel a little unsure again.
"continue."
This time she did not say whether her reasoning was right or wrong, but just signaled Haibara Ai to continue.
Huiyuan Ai could only bite the bullet and continue to reason. She had tried her best to connect the little information she had. There might be mistakes in the process, but the result should be fine...
"But you didn't act completely according to your original plan, right?"
"Why do you ask?" Igarashi Kiyoko looked at her curiously. She didn't seem surprised that Haibara Ai would say this.
"Because, I think... your organization cadre codenamed Regel must have two preset targets for this operation."
Her heartbeat quickened again. Ai Haibara looked directly into Igarashi Kiyoko's eyes and said word by word:
"There is no doubt that he will take me away from this Edo Street alive. His second goal is to label Mr. Akai and his companions trapped in Edo Street as terrorists, and then use the police officers surrounding Edo Street to either cooperate with the police's surprise operation or make full use of them to eliminate Mr. Akai and his companions completely!
It is very simple to do this. The police have been made nervous by the continuous terrorist attacks in Tokyo during this period. The organization only needs to create some conflicts after the police launch an operation on Edo Street, and a fierce battle between the two sides will inevitably occur.
No matter what the final result is, the organization can benefit from it!
But there is a very important premise to trigger this series of consequences, or... it is a very important premise for Regel who is commanding this operation, and that is me!"
Gradually finding that familiar feeling of reasoning, Haibara Ai's tone became more and more excited.
"I am extremely important to Regger. He is probably not willing to take even the slightest risk when it comes to me!
Therefore, taking me away from Edo Street safely became the most important prerequisite for all this! But you didn't do it!
After you took me away from the guesthouse, you secretly hid me in this room. I think not only Mr. Akai and his team, but also other members of the organization are not aware of our current location! Right? !
And you did it only because you wanted to save me!"
"Am I right, Vermouth?"
After she finished speaking, Haibara Ai looked up at Igarashi Kiyoko in front of her with a nervous expression. Her hands, which were tied behind her back, had already been clenched subconsciously, and her palms were full of cold sweat.
But even so, she still had that confident smile on her face, because she was extremely sure that the final result of her reasoning must be correct!
The woman in front of me must be Vermouth in disguise!
Only this can explain her previous series of abnormal behaviors.
Only this can explain why Kiyoko Igarashi went out of her way to help her put the mask back on.
Only this can explain why Haibara Ai can still stay here safely instead of falling into the hands of members of the organization.
"Crack! Crack!"
After a brief silence, Igarashi Kiyoko raised her hands and patted them gently.
"What a wonderful reasoning."
Chapter 486 I am the one who knows you best
"What a wonderful reasoning."
In the room, after Haibara Ai finished her reasoning, Igarashi Kiyoko smiled and clapped her hands lightly, then took out the cigarette box from her body, took out a cigarette and lit it skillfully for herself.
Her actions gave Haibara Ai a strong sense of familiarity.
Blowing out a smoke ring, "Igarashi Kiyoko" looked at her, her eyebrows raised, and the tone of her voice changed completely.
"Although there were some mistakes in the process, the final result was correct... Congratulations on your guess, little detective. My real identity is Vermouth."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and touched her face.
"Of course, since this face may be of some use later, I won't tear it off to show you this time."
"Where is the real Igarashi Kiyoko?" Haibara Ai asked immediately.
After confirming Vermouth's identity, she suddenly felt more confident.
"Don't worry, she's safe. After all, I don't have a hobby of killing people at random. But you..."
Looking at Haibara Ai, Vermouth pointed to the detective badge in her hand with her other hand.
"You have quite a few strange little things on you. Not to mention the mask that can change your voice, this little badge... I just studied it when you were unconscious. It should have a positioning function, right?"
Hearing her words, Huibara Ai's heart sank.
"You were able to stay calm after waking up, probably because of this thing, right? After all, as long as it's still with you, no matter where I take you, your companions can use it to locate you.
Maybe they are already on their way here, am I right, Conan? "
With just one sentence, Vermouth revealed the true identity of the "Haibara Ai" in front of her.
This was not difficult for her to find out. When she took off the mask on Conan's face before taking a photo at the Guest House, she had already discovered the voice changer hidden inside the mask.
When the explosion occurred in the guesthouse, she took the unconscious Conan away and recognized the disguise mask on his face. At that time, she had already confirmed Conan's identity.
"You have discovered it after all." After his identity was revealed, Conan, who had disguised himself as Haibara Ai, no longer tried to hide it and admitted it immediately.
He was not surprised by this. Rather, his previous reasoning was based on this. After all, in the current organization, there were only a few people who knew his identity but would not do anything excessive to him.
"Come to think of it, the technique used to make this disguise mask on your face seems quite familiar to me... Was it made by Yukiko? Could it be that she has returned to Japan?"
After all, they are from the same school, and Vermouth had long recognized the origin of the disguise mask on Conan's face.
Hearing her question, Conan remained silent and did not answer.
Vermouth guessed correctly. Kudo Yukiko, his unreliable mother, returned to Japan from the United States yesterday, and she came back with Mr. Akai.
It is said that the two met on the same flight due to a series of coincidences... Although the two of them spoke clearly, Conan always felt that they seemed to be hiding something from him, but he just hadn't found the opportunity to ask...
"Clothing trick, I really didn't expect you guys to be so... courageous."
Not paying attention to Conan's silence, Vermouth sneered, shook her head, and threw the detective badge back in front of Conan.
"What do you mean?" Conan asked hurriedly, feeling that she seemed to have something else to say.
"What I mean is, if you really appeared in front of Regel like this, then none of your little tricks would fool him for even a second."
"Why do you say that?" Conan asked with a frown.
In his opinion, his mother's disguise skills were no worse than Vermouth's. At least he couldn't see any flaws in Haibara's disguise mask.
"The reason is simple, because Regal knows Shirley very well, better than anyone in our organization."
Turning around and putting out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the desk, Vermouth said quietly:
"Little guy, it's not that easy to disguise yourself as someone else. You just made a face that looks the same. That child has grown up with Regel for more than half of his life. He can tell whether you are real or fake with just a simple test."
[So there is this kind of relationship between Huiyuan and Regal? ]
Although Vermouth didn't say it very clearly, Conan still heard that when Haibara was in the organization, she seemed to have been raised by Regal?
"So, you should be glad that I took you away. Otherwise, if Regler really saw you, you might die even faster..." Vermouth looked at him and said meaningfully.
【Luckily? Otherwise?】
Conan keenly noticed that the logic in Vermouth's words did not match his previous reasoning. He frowned and thought for a moment. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Vermouth in disbelief, and asked hurriedly:
"Wait! You mean, it wasn't Regel who instructed you to take me away? It was you who did it..."