In the dim bar.

Belmode listened to Shirakawa Yu expose himself with a smile, his vigilance and alertness continued to increase without any slacking off.

It's indeed a difficult and keen guy.

Is this Keshwasher?

The other party's unpredictable attitude and the smile that had been hanging on his face made it difficult to understand his true thoughts.

Judging from the unique condition of "difficulty in understanding".

Belmode believes that this guy can even be on par with Gin.

However, there is an essential gap between the two.

Unlike the gin that closes its heart like ice, Keshwaser is like liquid and elusive.

This liquid is more than just water.

But like gasoline, it will explode at some point, making people feel dangerous and unstable.

——Cunning is hidden in gentleness.

This is probably the first impression of Belmode of Shirakawa Yu after meeting.

But then that's it, Belmode is not as afraid of the other party.

These days, she has investigated and obtained a lot of information from the other party through disguise.

Several of them are like poisonous gas stored in alchemy cans... Once it is leaked, it can even kill Keshwasser.

Therefore, even if he exposed the information by pretending to gin, Belmode was not at all panicked.

Instead, in accordance with Yu Shirakawa's intention, he reached out to his erect neck and pulled it upwards, and pulled off the gin disguise mask.

It's like a person is revealed in Slime.

The hypocritical gin instantly turned into a blond, cold and white-skinned young woman.

It's Belmode.

Of course, Belmode is just a code name, this guy is layer by layer.

In New York, one person plays two roles and is a world-renowned actress. She is both a daughter and a mother, and is a comparison with schizophrenia patients.

"Belmode, right?"

Yu Shirakawa held his chin and glanced at her true face with great interest, then went straight in.

"…I have been secretly investigating me recently and have secretly visited you, right?"

"Well, that's true, sorry..."

Belmode tweaked his hair and admitted it openly.

"I have heard about you from Gin, and I can't help but be curious."

"...and you don't know the rules of the organization. If I want to know the information about you, I can only adopt this compromise method."

“…”

What a compromise.

After hearing this, Yu Shirakawa didn't say anything and narrowed his eyes into a line.

If you can even break into the empty door...

I really want to give you a win.

He thought this in his heart, but there was no anger on the surface.

Belmode continued to say lightly: "Speaking of this, the intelligence house you opened is within the jurisdiction of the organization, right?"

“…If possible, can you help me investigate someone?”

She suddenly said this, not sure what purpose it was.

Yu Shirakawa smiled and replied, "It's usually done business, and you have to pay for Gin when you come... I wonder who you want to investigate?"

The two suddenly talked about the intelligence room.

To be precise, Belmode drives the rhythm of the conversation and actively leads the topic to the intelligence room.

Now she has the initiative to talk.

"I want to investigate a fugitive criminal..."

Belmode took out a slender women's cigarette and lit it. At the same time, his eyes were closely watching Yu Shirakawa's facial expression.

"… By the way, do you have any impression of a weird guy wearing black, black hat, and pure white three-hole mask?"

——This is one of the things that Belmode cares more about during the investigation.

Judging from her investigation results, this criminal in strange clothes must have something to do with Keshwasser.

The bombing in Shinjuku Park was too similar to that guy and Keshwasher's mission motives.

Belmode speculated that the masked man might have been instructed by the other party.

Unfortunately, speculation is speculation.

She had no clue about the actual investigation of the man in black.

——Every time the other party appears, it seems to appear out of thin air, and every time he leaves the field, it seems to disappear out of thin air, making people unable to find any clues.

The second time the strange masked man appeared after the first Shinjuku Park bombing was when he stabbed a child in an alley.

Although the report did not disclose the victim's name, with Belmode's ability, it is not difficult to investigate that the stabbed child was Didan Primary School, a primary school student named Conan Edogawa, and lived in Maori's house.

Belmode had never seen Conan Edogawa's appearance, and he didn't know what this child had to do with Xiaolan.

But, love the house and the U.S.

As soon as the Maori family is involved, it will inevitably make her a little irritable.

So, even she wanted to find out the strange masked man.

besides.

Belmode actually suspected that Keshwasher might play two roles alone, and the role of the masked man is what he pretends to use to amplify the dark side of his heart.

After all, after such a long period of investigation, she also had enough knowledge of the person named Keshwaser.

But unfortunately, she learned during the investigation that Keshwasher had perfect absent evidence of the two appearances of the masked man, and was witnessed by his neighbors at home without even leaving the door.

Unless the other party has superpowers such as instant movement, it is impossible to play two roles and commit a crime.

Anyway, I have said so much.

Belmode's purpose of trying to contact Yu Shirakawa was to two points.

1. It is the task that the other party has been responsible for, among which Shinichi Kudo is whereabouts.

Second, it is to find out the real identity of the masked man, whether there is a special direct relationship with the other party, etc.

Regarding these two purposes, she will first test the other party’s reaction and see if the other party is doing something.

If you don't get the answer you want...

Then she didn't mind, and moved the handle she held to the open and made it hard with Keshwasher.

While Belmode was thinking, Yu Shirakawa's slow voice came-

"A man in black mask? Is he someone in the organization?"

"...Well, I've read the news. According to the description you said, it's not the guy who did the Shinjuku Park explosion, is it?"

"...If it were that guy, the intelligence could be investigated, but the intelligence fee might be slightly higher."

He pushed his empty glasses back and forth on the bar.

Ice hit the wall of the glass, making a tingling sound.

These meaningless actions make it harder to guess the truth or falsehood of what he said, and what emotions he was holding to say these words.

“…”

Belmode paused here without saying a word, but frowned slightly, paid close attention to Yu Shirakawa's micro-expression, and tried to detect a lie.

However, it is of no use.

It's so hard to guess what this guy is thinking through his expression.

Then, in order to determine whether Yu Shirakawa was not pretending to be stupid, she smiled softly and spoke in a tone that was sure to win:

"My intelligence businessman, don't pretend to be ignorant."

"...You know it so well that you deliberately bargain with me like this, right?"

Facing Belmode, who was pressing step by step, Yu Shirakawa spread his hands and shrugged:

"You can imagine this freely... After all, you will ask this. Even if I denied it readily, you won't believe it easily, right?"

——His performance was flawless.
To be continued...