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Chapter 13 - Encounter

"Ah, I won't be working alone." Matsuda Jinpei glanced at Hagiwara Kenji. "Catch that b*stard who run away from the prison with your own hands."

"Of course." Hagiwara Kenji smiled brightly.

[Ahhh! So handsome! I declare that he's the best person in Conan's world!]

[Whoo, we'll be able to see the cooperation of Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei! This wave is worth it!]

[Yes! Yes! Yes!]

[I'm more curious about what actually happened three years ago in Matsuda Jinpei's case.]

[I'm also curious!]

And soon, they saw the flashback amidst the cooperation between the two of them. They also found out that Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei kept a secret note.

[S? Who is this?]

[I don't know, but it might be an important character who got involved with the Red Team]

[But seeing them save and sound is really great!]

[Under what circumstances would someone couldn't tell them directly?]

[It couldn't be Furuya Rei, right? His name and even pseudonym didn't use the letter 'S' at all]

[Hhhh, my brain crash!]

So while Aikawa Saki was going back to the organization bar, she saw the dense barrage and fell into silence.

She originally wanted to draw a river, so she made a wave (~) as her marking. How did it get mistaken as the letter 'S'?

After all, her nickname in the SAT was Kawa meaning river.

She had jokingly used this wave to sign when making up codes with her teammates before to pass on information when their communication device was not available.

If this letter was shown to Sawada Yoshiko, he would definitely know the truth.

Aikawa Saki felt depressed.

But her depression soon disappeared when she saw the popularity was rising. Even though she hadn't appeared yet, but since she's technically this 'S' the popularity was still added to her account. The discussion was massive and there were many people who were curious and even started to guess here and there.

This made Aikawa Saki a bit embarrassed.

Ehm… Is the code too difficult to solve?

She felt that she had made it extremely simple and easy!

But anyway, seeing more than 10 thousands in her account, Aikawa Saki's fingers were itching to start the lottery. Unfortunately, she was somewhat worried that her luck would be bad, so she restrained her impulse for the time being.

Let's wait a while more.

Aikawa Saki made her way to the organization base and she looked at the guards who stopped her speechlessly.

"Minor are not allowed in," the guards said calmly.

Aikawa Saki took a deep breath and silently took out her phone. She did bring her ID card, but she didn't want to leave her name here. 

"Sake?" A voice came from the other side.

Aikawa Saki's codename is Sake and she already had this codename for years. After all, she entered the organization earlier than Furuya Rei and the others. Hmm, about a few months earlier?

She originally thought that Furuya Rei and Morofushi Hiromitsu entered the organization right after their graduation. But then she found out that they had to undergo training first, so they actually entered a year or two afterwards. Not to mention, cleaning up the file would take some time.

Unless they entered during an emergency like her whose file was directly sealed as 'death,' their status would be that they quit the police forces. 

That meant they were already 23 or even 24 years old when they entered the organization.

And now they were 26 years old.

She herself entered the organization when she was 24 years old due to an emergency after working for more than a year. Thankfully, she was in the SAT, so her identity was kept secret most of the time and it wasn't that difficult to clear up…

Well probably.

Her commander might have worked overnight back then.

Aikawa Saki looked away.

She focused her attention on the phone call and said, "Gin, since when does the organization's bar have minor restrictions?"

"...You're being detained outside again?" Gin's voice was cold and he felt a headache.

Sake's appearance was very deceiving.

It was not like there were no other people with baby faces, but Sake's appearance, when she hid away all of her edges, was truly like an ordinary junior high school student.

This made them feel helpless.

And Sake was not the kind of person who liked to show off her killing intent all the time. After all, they also have to act normal on the outside.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to live normally.

They would end up being detained by the police officers first. 

So in the end, someone usually had to pick Sake.

Even though Sake was wearing a mask, some people still strangely think that she's a minor.

Aikawa Saki: "..." while she's happy that she has a baby face, but being mistaken as a minor all the time is still very difficult.

Vermouth walked out and she shook her head in amusement when she saw Sake was leaning against the wall with the guards watching over her.

"Sake, come in."

"Ah." Sake nodded and walked inside amidst the guard's shocked expression. It was obvious that he didn't expect that she was also a codename member.

"Why are you here, Vermouth?" Sake asked.

If she was not wrong, there would be a movie shoot for Sharon soon.

"There's a mission," Vermouth replied while taking a puff of her cigarette.

Sake nodded and then frowned. "It couldn't be that we're working together, right?"

Acting in front of Vermouth is really difficult. She managed to pass all these years because she used the time skip function of the time dungeon. If she were to get into trouble… Sake was not entirely sure that she could fully bluff Vermouth.

Ah… headache.

"Rum is doing an internal inspection again," Vermouth said calmly. "So some missions have to be directed at others."

Sake nodded thoughtfully.

Internal inspection…

It seemed that Morofushi Hiromitsu was found in this period of time. Is it because of internal inspection or because there was a traitor in the public security?

Either way, she will check both.

And if possible, help other undercover agents who might be found out in this operation. 

"Fine, who's the target?"

"Here."

Sake read the file and frowned. "You get the information and I'll deal with him."

"Ah, good~." Vermouth nodded calmly. 

Gin was drinking not far away from them, but from his posture that keeping away outsiders, the two women chose not to bother with him. 

They didn't want to provoke him. 

Instead, the two women started discussing makeup and so on.

When Vodka came in, he even looked at Gin in confusion, wondering if he had entered the wrong set. But seeing Gin's cold face, he swallowed his confusion.

Vermouth and Sake had fun with each other and then went their separate ways.

Anyway, the mission was for tomorrow and there's still time for rest.

On her way back, Aikawa Saki couldn't help it and tried to do the lottery. Nothing much, just the lowest lottery. 

[Congratulations on winning 1,000 yen. Nothing much to say, just an ordinary banknote usable in the Detective Conan world.]

[Congratulations on winning 1,000 yen. Nothing much to say, just an ordinary banknote usable in the Detective Conan world.]

[Congratulations on winning 1,000 yen. Nothing much to say, just an ordinary banknote usable in the Detective Conan world.]

[Congratulations on winning an alarm clock. Nothing special, but it's very noisy and might alarm your neighbor.]

Aikawa Saki: "..."

She really shouldn't overestimate her luck.

8 of them were 1,000 yens and the last two were useless items. Thankfully, she could put these items in the system space, so it wouldn't hinder her.

The only good thing is that… she probably wouldn't be lacking in money at all after getting a lot of 1,000 yen.

And this is her legal money…

Who the hell needed legal money as an undercover agent who was committed to making Winery bankrupt?

Aikawa Saki rolled her eyes at the lottery. 

'How do I get closer to Ran without attracting suspicion?'

Aikawa Saki was troubled.

As she was thinking, her feet brought her to Mouri Kogoro's place and she looked at the young woman standing in front of the detective agency while muttering, "Stupid Shinichi! He forgets the appointment again."

Aikawa Saki: "..."

Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji were indeed very poor in terms of keeping their appointment, aren't they?

She felt helpless when she thought about this.

And after looking around, Aikawa Saki looked at the cat on the tree nearby and smiled.

Well, she could use this.

"Meow."

Mouri Ran was surprised by the sound of a cat and turned around. She saw a young girl (actually already an adult) jump down with a cat on her arm. The cat was also very docile in her arms even though it was not actually hers.

Her beautiful appearance was really attractive. Coupled with her youthful look, she could easily be mistaken for a junior high school student, the same as Mouri Ran.

"Ah, sorry, did I startle you?" Aikawa Saki asked gently.

"No, no." Mouri Ran blushed and shook her head. She looked at the docile cat and asked, "Is this cat yours?"

"No, this belongs to Grandma Karome," Aikawa Saki replied. "She must have been naughty and ran away again."

Her tone contained helplessness as she stroked the cat's fur.

Mouri Ran saw how docile the cat was in the girl's arm and guessed that this was not the other party's first time helping to catch the cat.

"She's so docile!"

"Karro is a good cat. Would you like to pet him? He's usually good to strangers," Aikawa Saki offered.

"Can I?"

"I don't think Grandma Karome will refuse having a good girl like you to pet her cats."

Mouri Ran blushed once again and then she petted the cat tenderly. The cat purred at the comfort of having two girls stroking the fur.

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