It took a few minutes for the security guards to clear the crowd, and Chiba and Conan took advantage of their small stature to get through the gap to the closest point to Oji.

The deceased was secured to the seat by the restraints of the game console, his arms changed to their normal position, their palms were upward, and his head was sweating. The exact cause of death is unknown, there are no obvious external injuries on the body, and it appears that the death was due to non-physical causes.

Pathologic death? Toxicologic death?

At this moment, a familiar voice was heard not far away.

"The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a criminal case, please keep your distance!"

The team who led the investigation here was Officer Twilight.

"The deceased, Mr. Kengo Oto, was 21 years old and unemployed, and most of them said that he was of bad character and often wandered here."

"In other words, he's made a lot of enemies here?" Officer Twilight mused.

"Also, according to the results of the investigation, the deceased Kengo Oto died suddenly in the game."

"Is this true?" Officer Twilight looked at the transcript presented by Officer Takagi and was surprised. "The deceased died suddenly in the game?"

"Yes," Takagi nodded. "Everyone said that he died suddenly in a fierce confrontation with another Mr. Shimizu Takaho."

"Shisui Gaobao?" Officer Twilight asked. "Where is he?"

"I'm here," the man in the dark suit walked out. "He did die suddenly in the game, and I was at a disadvantage because of a mistake, but he suddenly didn't move, and I found a chance to beat him. When his supporters went to see why he didn't attack, they found out that something had happened to him. ”

"By the way, how can this person be dressed like this?" Officer Twilight suddenly looked at the game console restraint on Oto's body and said. "How do you look like you're making a sci-fi movie?"

"Because this is the latest somatosensory fighting game, these parts are needed to feedback the somatosensory feeling after being hit... Shimizu explained. "When a punch is made, the device in the corresponding part transmits the sensation of the blow to the player."

"Huh?" Officer Twilight was surprised. "Could it be that he was beaten to death because of the severity of the beating?"

"No, no, no!" Zhishui Gaobao hurriedly said. "The sense of blow is quite formal, at best it is equivalent to hitting the forehead with a finger."

Just then, Officer Twilight's phone rang.

"Looks like the results of the mobile autopsy vehicle downstairs are out," Officer Twilight said after glancing at the sender. "Hmm... A simple toxicology examination did not find any poison, and the cardiac anatomy showed signs of wavering myocardial fibers, and the deceased was suspected to have died of a heart attack. ”

。。。 Bubble tea shop.

“。。。” Gray Yuan was drinking a cup of milk tea, but saw a little brother in a bubble tea shop uniform walking over with a small bottle tightly wrapped in a red ribbon. “？”

"Just now a lady asked me to give you this little bottle," the little brother said with a pleasant face, half-kneeling in front of Gray Yuan's mourning. "She told me to give you this bottle."

"Who gave it to me?" Gray Yuan Ai took the small wine bottle and wondered.

"She just said, "I hope you can have a good day." The little brother shook his head, said softly, and then flashed into the men's bathroom of the bubble tea shop.

Gray Yuan raised an eyebrow, took the red ribbon off the small bottle, and-

Ash Hara's gaze, which had intended to identify the variety of wine from its appearance, stopped at the red ribbon. “！！！”

Gray Yuan's pupils contracted suddenly, and he immediately got up and looked in the direction of the men's bathroom.

"Is something wrong, Ashbara-san?" Mitsuhiko asked curiously.

“。。。” Gray Yuan looked at Mitsuhiko's gaze and hesitated for a moment, but said anyway. "Mitsuhiko-san, you help me go to the men's bathroom and call out the waiter brother just now."

"Okay." Mitsuhiko nodded, walked to the bathroom, passed by a young man, and walked into the bathroom.

Twenty seconds later, Mitsuhiko walked out with a blank look on his face. "Gray Yuan-san...

"What's going on?" Gray Yuan Ai walked quickly to Mitsuhiko and asked. "What about people?"

"There's no one inside," Mitsuhiko explained, blankly. "There's just this uniform."

“。。。” Gray Plains' face was a little pale. "Got it... Then, she walked out of the bubble tea shop quickly, leaving Mitsuhiko behind her, who was still confused.

Fujiwara took a sip of milk tea and quietly watched the back of Gray Yuan's departure.

“？” At this moment, Qian Yu casually glanced outside the game hall, only to find that Gray Yuan Ai was walking out of the bubble tea shop with a panicked face.

"Ashbaranda?" Conan also looked at this side, confused.

"I'll take a look." Qian Yu dropped this sentence and hurriedly walked out of the game hall as well.

。。。

"What's going on?" Qianyu hurried to catch up with Gray Yuanwai and said anxiously. "Why are you so flustered?"

When Gray Plains turned around, Chiba's brow tightened.

He read the horror on Gray Plains' face.

"What's wrong?" Qian Yu asked again. "Is something wrong?"

His gaze fell on the small wine bottle and the red ribbon on Gray Yuan's hands.

There was a passage written on the red ribbon, and although the text was facing down on the reverse side because of the posture of Gray Yuan Ai holding the red ribbon, Qian Yu was still able to distinguish a part of the content that was not covered by Gray Yuan Ai's hand.

There are two types of font sizes for unmasked content, one is the same font size for the sentence, and the other is a larger font size with only one word written on it.

"Vermouth," Chiba read the word. "Be-ru-mo-tto..."

Gray Yuan's body trembled.

"Is this Belmode the one I know?" Qian Yu said in a deep voice.

“。。。” Gray Yuan's face turned even paler.

"Come home with me," Chiba said. "I'll talk about it later."

"It's too dangerous," Gray Plains shook his head. "It's going to hurt you."

"It's going to be fine."

"That's Belmode!" After Ash Yuan Wai finished speaking, she was about to turn around and leave again, but her face took on a look of surprise in the next moment.

Qianyu's hands pressed on either side of Ashbara's shoulders, restraining Ashbara so that she couldn't turn away, and her eyes were fixed on Ashbara. "I'm good enough to protect you, and even if I don't necessarily have an advantage against her and her men head-on, I'll at least be able to guarantee that you—you and I—aren't in danger of your life. I have this confidence, do you have confidence in me? ”

Gray Yuan looked at Qian Yu with an extremely resolute expression in a daze, and his eyes became a little red. Then, she suddenly threw herself into Chiha's arms.

"Thank you..." Gray Yuan's voice has been mixed with crying. "Thank you..."

"I'm here," Qianyu's expression softened, and he hugged Gray Yuan and said softly. "I will, and I will, always protect you."

———————— dividing line of the author's words

Vermouth is Vermouth, while absinthe is Absinthe, and vermouth is a mistranslation of Vermouth by the original translation team. Although both are made up of absinthe-related ingredients, they are two completely different types of alcohol. (In fact, absinthe was banned in Europe and the United States in 1910 and some time afterward, and it wasn't lifted until the 80s and '90s — and the U.S. hasn't lifted the ban yet.) But in 1994 there was no way to restore absinthe to its peak level of 1910 – knowing that only a French distillery managed to do so around 2010. ）

In this article, the translation of Vermouth is uniformly set to Vermouth rather than vermouth, and the transliteration is no problem, and it is still Belmode.

Also, I'll explain the cause of Oto's death in the next chapter (please allow me to use this thing to make up the word count =,=)