In fact, the moment his whereabouts were exposed, Gin's first reaction was to kill. However, as the mainstay of the winery, Gin's observation ability was also above average. Therefore, when he met Conan, he had already observed that even when facing the monster's pursuit, although Conan was in a mess, there was really not much fear on his face, and even his voice did not sound panicked.
In Gin's opinion, this fearless courage displayed in dangerous and even desperate situations is an extremely outstanding talent.
In order to verify this, Gin just gave some tests.
Even when he was pointed at with a gun, he was still able to maintain his sanity and courage, and responded with a well-thought-out disguise, although that disguise was still too immature. This was not an easy task, because most of the idiots in the organization could not do such a thing.
And that's not all. Conan, who had just spent a day in the New World line, has not yet adapted to the state of retreating from a high school student to an elementary school student. Coupled with his innate behavioral pattern of observing and thinking all the time, he can't hide his sense of maturity that is inconsistent with his age.
Gin understands this maturity at a young age as Conan's "psychological precocity" or "natural intelligence" caused by wandering since childhood, which is also an extremely rare talent.
Intelligent and mature, he remains mentally resolute and courageous even in dangerous situations. After evaluating Conan in his own way, Gin became more and more satisfied and felt that Conan is indeed a talent worth cultivating. After all, these qualities are only a fine line away from the slightly derogatory words such as insidious, cunning, decisive, and ferocious.
Of course, as a senior cadre in the organization who is responsible for such an important task as a scavenger, the so-called "trust" does not exist for Gin.
Vodka's perception is not wrong. Gin is not a person who likes to express himself with words. Even when facing talented people, he will only test them and give them cold looks, and then decide everything based on success or failure.
So, along the way, Gin never said anything to Conan again.
Until the Porsche stopped at the foot of an apartment building, Gin pushed the door and got out of the car, saying without looking back:
"follow me!"
Conan followed in silence, but his eyes glanced around unconsciously.
The apartment building was pretty good, with open front and back, good views, numerous escape routes, and not many residents. It was a suitable hiding place, and a convenient place to escape capture if discovered.
Conan agreed to join the brewery not just because he had to bow his head when Gin pointed a gun at him.
He wanted to put an end to all the evil that he had caused, so the winery, an evil organization that had not been completely buried in the fifth world line and thus continued into the sixth world line, was naturally his target.
Since he has met Gin and been caught by him, and as long as he hasn't discovered that he is Kudo Shinichi, Conan feels that this is both a crisis and an opportunity.
Sneak into the winery, find out everything about this organization, and then find a way to uproot the winery and completely destroy it.
Admittedly, Conan also knows that his idea is more or less idealistic, even a little naive. Not to mention whether he can be a good undercover agent. Even if he can, if one or two undercover agents can subvert this huge international dark force, then when Kudo Yusaku learns about the intelligence of this organization through his acquaintances, his expression and tone will not be so worried.
But this is not important. This is not the first time that Conan has risked his life for a case and the truth. After experiencing that shocking murder case, Conan is also prepared to risk his life at the critical moment.
After entering an apartment, Gin turned around and said coldly to Conan:
"I will send you clothes and food. From today on, you will live here, and your first task as a peripheral member of the organization is to finish reading these books."
The apartment was not big, and the furniture was complete but rather old. The only thing that was noticeable was a large bookcase filled with books. Next to the bookcase was an expensive luxurious leather sofa that was out of place with the style of the room, and an equally expensive small wine cabinet filled with good brand foreign liquors. It was obvious that these were purchased later.
From these pieces of furniture, Conan can also imagine that there is a person who likes to lie on a luxurious leather sofa in a relaxed and leisurely manner, sipping foreign wine and reading leisurely.
But this information did not stay in Conan's mind for long, because there was more information in this room that deserved Conan's attention, such as the ceiling and walls, and even the bloodstains on the floor.
With such a crazy amount of bleeding, Conan couldn't help but start to speculate what had happened in this apartment.
"A case happened in this apartment not long ago..."
"There's so much blood, is this a murder case?"
Gin seemed to notice Conan's doubts and explained calmly. When Conan heard about the murder case, his expression subconsciously changed and his curiosity gradually emerged. Gin obviously had some misunderstandings and said coldly:
"It's just a murder case caused by a quarrel. If you're scared, there are several other rooms in this apartment building that can be used. You can change to another one, but I want to tell you that the case in this room is the least serious."
Speaking of this, Vodka's emotions fluctuated a little, and he said indignantly: "Those guys are really, they don't do the crime cleanly, they made the room so messy that I even found a severed hand under the bed last time."
Conan was a little stunned. He now understood that this apartment building was obviously quite good, but why were there so few residents? It turned out that there were so many accident rooms in this apartment building. Then, Conan couldn't help asking: "Does the organization have no normal houses other than accident rooms for peripheral members to live in?"
Gin said coldly: "In other places, yes, but in Beika Town, no!"
Hearing this, Vodka couldn't help but say, "Who knows what's going on in Beika Town right now. Criminals are popping up in droves, criminal gangs are springing up one after another, and all kinds of cases are popping up one after another. In the past, the organization had a lot of real estate as assets in Beika Town, but now they have basically become accident houses. Basically, they are all in our hands. My brother and I have to work overtime recently to make up for this loss."
When faced with this topic, Gin did not want to say much. He just stood in front of the window with a stern expression, looking into the distance, and a cold whisper escaped from his lips: "Ah, Kudo Shinichi..."
Obviously, Gin has already found a culprit in his mind for his recent overtime work. Conan has a strange expression on his face. Although he is aware of the need to solve all the sins caused by himself, he really doesn't know whether he should include the matter of [real estate prices in Beika Town plummeting due to frequent crimes] in the scope of things he must solve personally.
But no matter what, Conan didn't hesitate to choose other more exciting accident rooms, so he chose this one. Gin didn't say much, left Conan and left with vodka.
But before leaving, he turned back and gave me a cold look.
Conan didn't do much, he just walked quietly to the bookshelf and picked up a book.
The book has no cover and was bound by itself after printing. When I flipped through the contents, I found that it talked about the structure and shooting techniques of certain firearms. It was illustrated with pictures and the writing was quite detailed. I put the book back and took out another one, and found that it talked about explosives.
Conan was not unfamiliar with this knowledge, because when he was in Hawaii, Kudo Yusaku had taught him related content, but Conan still read it very seriously. However, while reading, he also devoted some of his attention to thinking about other things.
Conan knew clearly the meaning of the cold gaze that Gin gave him before he left.
It was a look of scrutiny and testing.
Perhaps it was the slight magical quality left over from the previous world line that allowed Conan to grasp some of the thoughts hidden behind that look.
Gin is not interested in exploring whether Conan is really an "orphan wanderer", or rather, that is not something that needs to be done now, because if Conan really wants to become a member of the organization, he still needs to pass a series of tests.
For example, now, if Conan really thinks that the two are gone, he will relax his guard and want to do something, say something, or even slip away, then it will be troublesome.
Because Conan had discovered through the mirror in the room a small bug with tracking function stuck to the back of his collar.
However, this might be "special treatment" given by Gin to Conan because of his age, because this small eavesdropping device was actually placed rather randomly and was not concealed.
Of course, these are just things that are on the surface. After all, this is the organization's safe house, and Conan has no idea what kind of surveillance equipment is hidden inside and outside.
So, Conan didn't do anything extra and just read quietly.
After a long time, Gin and Vodka came back with clothes and food. Gin looked at Conan reading quietly, with no appreciation in his eyes, but no malice either.
After putting down their clothes and food, Gin and Vodka left again without saying anything.
It was not until nightfall that Gin came back alone, and then asked Conan who was still reading:
"What book did you read?"
Conan pointed to the book on guns and shooting, and Gin asked:
"Do you understand?"
Conan shook his head: "I don't understand the words, but I can read the pictures!"
At this age, this behavior is "normal", so Gin didn't say much. He took out a gun from his arms, emptied the bullets, threw it to Conan, and said coldly:
“Disassemble and assemble by yourself according to the diagram!”
Then, Gin went to wash up, changed into a bathrobe, sat on the leather sofa, opened the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of wine, and also picked up a book to read.
As a brewery manager, Gin has no home. The organization's safe houses are his residence. Apart from killing, Gin also has his own life. In order to improve his professional skills, he also needs to study.
Just as he watched, Gin frowned. Conan glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. He had read most of the books before and knew that this book was about disguise and performance.
Conan subconsciously recorded this in his mind.
Conan the traitor's undercover distillery notes 1: [Gin is not good at disguise and performance, and is not very interested in related knowledge]
In this accident room with blood all over the ceiling and walls, Conan, as a newbie in the brewery, spent his first night with the brewery's big brother Gin. Then, a few more notes about traitors appeared in Conan's mind.
Distillery undercover notes 2: [Gin has received professional training, is extremely alert and sharp when sleeping, has a very light sleep, and is easily awakened. ]
Distillery undercover notes part 3: [Although he has received professional training, Gin still has a few minutes of deep sleep time. He is prone to dreaming during this time, but will also wake up quickly, and then look out the window with a ferocious look and expression, muttering [Ah, Kudo Shinichi]. To be honest, I don’t want to know what he dreamed about! ]
By observing Gin, Conan wrote all the valuable information into the traitor's notes in his mind, quietly accumulating information in order to subvert the winery.
Time passed quickly, and the next day, the time jumped to March 3rd as usual, which was completely unexpected for Conan. But for Conan, the date didn't mean anything because he still needed to continue "studying".
Gin went out early in the morning and never came back!
Then at noon on the third day, Vodka came back and gave Conan a task:
"This is the identity the organization has given you. Your name is still Edogawa Conan. I will read out your parents' names and information, as well as related information, to you. You should memorize them as soon as possible. Then, Big Brother will let you enroll in Teitan Elementary School. Your mission goal is to find all the information and clues about Kudo Shinichi there through various means."
Vodka glanced at Conan, paused, and seemed a little worried, and gave him one more word of advice:
"After you enter Teitan Elementary School, don't be nervous, and don't rush for the mission. Just behave normally. I will teach you the specific way to perform the mission. It's not that difficult. I have already checked it once. I just buried a nail in it for subsequent review..."
Conan knew Gin's obsession with him, but he couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart after hearing that.
Even though Kudo Shinichi is "dead", he still unexpectedly cannot avoid being remembered.
Teitan Elementary School, Teitan Junior High School, and Teitan High School are all in the same area. It’s okay for elementary school, but Ran Mouri is still studying in the high school.
137. Do you want to become a magical girl?
No matter what, Conan will take on this mission!
Then, just like in the original work, Conan transferred to Class B of the first year of Teitan Elementary School.
One of the little-known facts about the Conan world: Kudo Shinichi is not only good at studying and sports, but also has a very good appearance. Even after he rejuvenated and became Edogawa Conan, he is still a super handsome guy among elementary school students.
Because of his good looks, Conan became very popular after he transferred to the school, and got to know three of the famous Teitan Three Idiots, Ayumi Yoshida, Genta Kojima, and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya.
However, unlike the original work, after Conan transferred to Teitan Elementary School, he became quite taciturn and acted like an iceberg cool guy.
Transferring to Teitan Elementary School is the task given to him by Gin. Although the possibility is not high, there is no guarantee that Gin will suddenly get excited and appear in some corner out of nowhere and cast a cold gaze at him.
Thinking of this, Conan naturally couldn't relax. On the other hand, it was also because he found it a little difficult to adapt to school life.
"The Dark Night Baron is invincible!!"
"Wrong, Brother Xia is invincible!"
During the break, Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko had a heated argument over who was the strongest superhero. After the argument failed, Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko both made a strange pose and said in unison:
"Since it doesn't make sense, let's solve it with a stand-in battle!"
The next moment, a stand appeared behind both Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya.
Genta Kojima's stand is a fat eel with a pair of strong arms, and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's stand is a book, which also has a pair of strong arms.
Maybe it was because both of them were still just children, the body sizes of their stand-ins were reduced accordingly and looked a little mini, but when they fought each other, they should not be underestimated. Then the battle between their stand-ins also affected other children, and then the other children were not to be outdone, and they summoned their stand-ins one after another, starting a big fight.
In an instant, there was chaos and Conan was in the middle of it and could only dodge in a panic, avoiding the flying tables and chairs.
In the end, this stand-in melee in Class 1-B was ended by the sudden appearance of the homeroom teacher, Sumiko Kobayashi.
Kobayashi Sumiko's stand-in named Twenty-Faced Strange Man, with his weird laughter, easily dominated the whole audience and had no rivals.
"You two, stand outside as punishment!"
Under Kobayashi Sumiko's roar, Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko ran out dejectedly and stood in the corner as punishment.
In this age where everyone has a Stand, Conan feels more and more deeply how troublesome his own "disability" is. For example, in the morning class, there is a [Stand Development and Control Class]. The other children listen very attentively and even summon their Stands to practice, but Conan can only smile bitterly.
Then he could only make up an excuse that "the Stand is difficult to control and cannot be summoned for the time being" to fool Kobayashi Sumiko. Kobayashi Sumiko didn't say anything because this was not an isolated case in the class. Children's control abilities are still relatively weak, and the control of the Stand is sometimes effective and sometimes not. Children like Kojima Genta and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko who can summon their Stands normally and engage in Stand battles are considered to be at the top level in the class.
During the lunch break at noon, Conan couldn't help it and ran towards the high school area.
From a distance, Conan saw Mao Lilan.
Ran Mouri was leaning against the railing with a gloomy look on her face, while her best friend Suzuki Sonoko was chatting with her.
Conan had mixed feelings, but he just took a look, made sure that Mao Li Ran was safe, and left, going back to class.
In the afternoon, a case occurred in Teitan Elementary School. It couldn't be called a case, but the kids were whispering to each other, mentioning the seven incredible weird stories in the school. Conan listened and became interested. Then, the three Teitan Idiots came over and insisted on taking Conan to investigate.
The final result was not that complicated. The mysterious shadow, one of the seven incredible ghost stories in the school, was actually the lost wig of the Dean of Academic Affairs. He searched for it secretly everywhere, and finally found out that the Dean of Academic Affairs' wig was hidden by the old principal who loved pranks.
After finding out the truth, Conan was speechless. However, after this incident, Kojima Genta, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, and Yoshida Ayumi realized Conan's wisdom and enthusiastically invited him to join the Junior Detective League. Although Conan had no interest and just perfunctorily agreed, it did not hinder the three children and unilaterally approved Conan's joining.
When Conan returned to the apartment at night, Gin also came back. He didn't care about how Conan spent his first day at the transfer school, but just asked coldly:
"What intelligence have you gathered?"
Conan had already prepared a script for this aspect, and then he started talking incessantly. The information he reported was basically given by other classmates, especially Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko. They were particularly concerned about the powerful Stand users, and knew a lot of information like the back of their hands. Kudo Shinichi was naturally no exception.
But to be honest, the accuracy of the information from these children is beyond doubt, but Conan feels that it is enough to report to Gin.
Gin just listened silently without comment, but based on Conan's observation, Gin should be quite satisfied with his performance. The evidence is that the corners of his lips, which had been tightly pursed, showed a slight sign of relaxation.
In fact, Gin didn't expect Conan to collect any information. He just wanted to see Conan's attitude and quality when facing the task.
After Conan finished speaking, Gin took out a thick stack of money from his pocket and threw it to Conan:
"You were too indifferent in school today. You need more spies and pawns so that you can better collect intelligence. You decide how to do it. This is the mission fund for you to develop spies and pawns. If it's not enough, apply to me..."
It was said that he was developing spies and chess pieces, but to Conan, he always felt that Gin wanted him to make more friends in school, which made him feel a little complicated.
"In addition to keeping up with your studies at school, you must also not stop the tasks assigned to you by the organization. Now, follow me..."
After saying that, Gin turned and walked out, and Conan followed him.
Driving a Porsche, Gin took Conan to wander around Beika Town, and when passing certain places, he would slow down or stop, and then say:
"This is the Beika-cho Art Museum, but the ninth-ranked criminal organization in Beika-cho, the Knights of the Heavenly Punishment, often appears here..."
"This is the Beika Town Library. The Hidden Moon Legion, ranked 30th, has some business here..."
