Chapter 455 Unavoidable
Chapter 456: Unavoidable

It was 12:28 noon. I had left Dr. Agasa and the children and came to an empty park, waiting for the phone to ring.

And when the time on the phone jumped to thirty, my phone rang on time.

"Moshimoshi." I spoke first.

"Brother Bing." Mary's voice was a little suppressed, and the environment was a little noisy, as if they were in a large shopping mall.

“Yeah, I can hear you,” I replied.

"I'm sorry, Brother Bing. I can only walk back and forth in the mall like this to call you now."

"It's okay, I just want to ask you some information." I kept it short. "Where is Ling now?"

"I don't know. She seems to have been assigned a mission by her superiors. She hasn't contacted me and Taichi for a while." Mary was a little disappointed. "But I heard that it was a mission related to Vermouth."

"WTF? Are you serious?!" My face turned pale instantly after hearing what Mary said. "What's the situation with Vermouth now?"

"She hasn't been back for a long time. No, it should be said that she hasn't sent me a mission for a long time. Since the last mission, I haven't received any instructions from Vermouth."

"Have the other members taken action?"

"So far, the few gold medalists I know of haven't made many moves. Gin seems to be completing a mission as well, but I've seen recent mission lists and there's no record of him."

"It's a bit troublesome." I clicked my tongue.

"Find a way to contact Taichi. Even if it means taking risks, we must check the whereabouts of Vermouth and Ling. I want to know where Vermouth is now and what mission Ling has accepted. This is very important!"

"Yes, Brother Bing, I'll find a way to contact him right away." Mary responded quickly, as if she realized the seriousness of the problem on my side.

"Tonight, I want to know the details. Is it too late?"

"I'll try. At any rate, I'll tell you everything I can before five this afternoon."

"Yeah. Thank you for your hard work." I hung up the phone. From the last time I saw Vermouth until now, Mary has not received any news from Vermouth, which is very unusual. This makes me doubt the authenticity of the information Judy said that day. There is a high possibility. . This is true.

But why is this? When Vermouth and I separated for the last time, the FBI had stopped chasing us. Could it be that they had been tracked?
Impossible. Apart from a brief battle with Akai Shuichi, Vermouth should not have touched anyone. Even Judy had no chance to touch Vermouth. How could she be tracked? And I clearly blew up the car before we parted. Plus, if there was really a tracker in the car, my identity should have been exposed long ago.

Could it be that Sister Bei was really unlucky? Did she run into the FBI on the way back to the organization? No, that's not right. Even if she was injured, Vermouth would never make such a low-level mistake.

But then again, if Vermouth was really arrested by the FBI, then who was the one who surrounded the corpse and attacked the reinforcements this time? Or... me?

I shook my head. It might be too long since I thought about the FBI's behavior. It made my head hurt. But I'll wait until I get the information from Mary before making a decision.

So, I gave up thinking for the time being and returned to the hotel in Sannoji. When I returned, Shiho and the others had just completed the check-in procedures.

"You're done so soon?" Shiho was a little surprised to see me come back so quickly. "I thought you'd be away for a long time."

"I asked Mary to check it out. Waiting for the news." I responded simply. "There is a high probability that what happened to Vermouth is true."

"Eh?" Shiho was surprised. "Didn't you just separate from her? Were you really caught so soon?"

"Yeah, that's why I'm wondering how she got caught by the FBI again."

"If this is true, then are you going to..." Shiho frowned slightly, and it was obvious that she already knew what I was going to do next.

"To be honest, if the organization could send someone other than Ling, I really wouldn't want to get involved in this mess." I clicked my tongue helplessly. "But Ling is directly under Vermouth. If Vermouth is really caught, she will definitely be sent by the organization to be rescued. After all, we were the only ones who were able to successfully break into and escape the FBI headquarters. But at that time, Ling still had me. This time, without me, I'm not sure if she can really escape from the FBI headquarters that has already set up a dragnet."

"It's five in the afternoon, and there are still four hours left." Shiho looked at her watch and said, "If this is true, you don't have much time left. Do you want to prepare in advance?"

"I have all my equipment with me." I patted the necklace on my chest. "I just don't know where I'm being held, so I can't make any preparations. But once I know where I'm being held, it'll only take a plane or train to get there. But here, I have to find a way to get out."

"If it doesn't work, you should ask Sister Jingliu to call you remotely and help you get out of this situation."

"That's all I can do." I shrugged, hoping for good news. "What about the antidote? If you really want to go, when do you plan to use it?" Shiho still asked about the antidote for APTX-4869.

"Take it for now. The final plan is not yet determined." I gave Shiho a big smile and took her hand. "Let's go and take a look with the kids. The ancient atmosphere here is still very attractive. The most important thing is that the teppanyaki is really delicious."

"Heh~" Shiho chuckled. How could this boy look like someone who was about to go to a dangerous place for a decisive battle? He was clearly a foodie kid next door. However, perhaps it was this calmness that allowed this boy to break through obstacles with his family time and time again, giving his family an unparalleled sense of security.

"Kaoru! Haibara-san! There's a shop selling eel rice that looks delicious over here! Come quickly!" On the other side of the street, Genta was waving at two people.

"Coming!" I responded to Genta's call and pulled Shiho's hand and ran to the other side of the street.

Time flies, and the time spent with children always goes by very quickly.

Of course, this is for children, after all, play time always passes by inadvertently. But for me, these hours are extremely long.

Shiho obviously saw my inattention and didn't bother me too much. Instead, she helped me block the many children who wanted to come up and chat, giving me more time to think.

Four hours passed slowly. The children had returned to the hotel to rest. At five in the evening, my phone received a text message from Marissa.

[Vermouth is currently imprisoned in a secret shelter of the FBI in Tokyo. The news of her release has been confirmed to be true. It is rumored that an FBI undercover was organized to take this opportunity to kidnap Vermouth. The current IceWine is the one who has given Vermouth the rescue mission. Gin was transferred to the United States to cooperate with the gold medal there to make a certain degree of feint attack. The detailed address has been sent to you via the attachment, and the personnel guarding it are currently unknown. But it must be a lot of traps. Do you need any help from me? ]

"Huh... As expected, what is coming is coming, there is no way to avoid it." Looking at the message on the phone, I couldn't help but frown. The thing I was most worried about had happened. After thinking about it, I edited a message to Marissa.

[Specific mission time, and try to delay IceWine as much as possible, and leave the rest to me. ]

[The latest execution time is two days later. I will do my best to hold her back.] Throughout the whole process, Mary never called my name, probably for safety reasons. Even if such a risky behavior is discovered, without a title, the organization will not point the finger at me. So when I responded to her, I also abandoned the original title of Ling.

"Is the situation not optimistic?" Seeing my expression change, Shiho also realized that what we had speculated before had become a fact.

"Looks like I have to go." With great helplessness, he gave Shiho a bitter smile. "There is no time to lose. We have to leave tomorrow at the latest."

"Yeah." Shiho said nothing, but nodded slightly and took out a small medicine box from her bag. It contained two red and white capsules and a tiny reagent bottle.

"Antidote, just in case. One pill is enough for about three days." Shiho pointed at the capsule. Then she pointed at the reagent bottle with her second finger. "Nutritional supplements, better than nothing."

"Oh, that's thoughtful." I gave Shiho a grateful look and stood up to leave the hotel and go back to Tokyo first.

"Be careful on the road. I don't know what your backup plan is, but please take care of your health." Before leaving, Shiho's words of concern arrived as promised.

"Oh, don't worry." I nodded in response. "I'll leave it to my dad. You can find Jingliu or other reasons. Anyway, I..."

Buzz..buzz..
The phone buzzed, and when I picked it up, I found that the caller was Conan.

Oh no, they forgot about this guy. By now they should have collected the evidence and are ready to arrest him, right?
"You'd better give me some good news." I picked up the phone and said helplessly, because when someone called me at this time, I always felt that it was not good news.

"Um... it's not good news." On the other end of the phone, Conan's voice paused for a moment, then he spoke in a dry voice.

"Kazuha was captured by Nishijo Taiga, and Hattori fainted due to worsening injuries. I'm on my way to take him to the hospital now."

"Time, place. I'm in a hurry." I got straight into the state, my voice a little cold.

".Gyokuryuji Temple in Kurama Mountain. One hour... no, fifty minutes later. Xihe specifically asked Hattori to go alone. I plan to borrow the antidote from Huibara and disguise myself as Hattori to rescue people."

"No, let me do it." I said calmly, "It just so happens that I also need an opportunity to grow bigger and try the antidote. You are not good at fighting. Let me take the place of the drug test this time."

"Sure enough, you have already developed the next stage of the antidote."

"I'm not in the mood to argue with you right now." My tone was a little cold. "Anyway, meet at the entrance of Yulong Temple in forty minutes."

"it is good."

Mid-Autumn Festival!

I suddenly appeared and scared a few of them to death~
I accidentally owed ten chapters, and this is the first chapter that I will return slowly.