Conan's organization will end sooner or later without me

Chapter 511 Ai Haibara: Yin Jiu's Foundation in the Organization

"Forget it, there's no need to go over there. The person can still be saved."

When people are hungry, they subconsciously focus more attention on the hot dishes. While admiring the cold dishes, Yin Jiu's gaze did not completely leave Conan and Amuro Tooru.

Seeing Conan withdraw his fingers from the man's neck, Amuro Tooru shook his head in their direction.

Yin Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief: Great, it seems we don't need to make a statement.

He waved again, beckoning Ai Haibara to come back and sit down.

Ai Haibara: ...? Aren't you going to go check it out?

Ai Haibara was stunned for a moment, not understanding but obediently sitting down next to Yin Jiu.

Perhaps because she had spent too long in a comfortable environment with Conan, Ai Haibara used to think that Yin Jiu was used to staying away from people. He seemed gentle, but he was indifferent to many things.

However, after considering Yin Jiu's identity as the second-generation leader of the organization, Ai Haibara has a new understanding of Yin Jiu's behavior - if Yin Jiu were to act like Conan and rush to the forefront of a murder case like a silly deer, that would be a disaster!

Gin can tolerate a kid who "follows orders, has temporary value, and has connections with the organization's higher-ups" operating outside, but he absolutely cannot tolerate a troublemaker who "doesn't care about the occasion, joins in the fun everywhere, and is always at the forefront, becoming the center of attention."

Especially since Yin Jiu used to live with Vermouth, in addition to conducting experiments, he also had to cooperate with Vermouth to provide cover at all times. His actions may seem cold, but they are the foundation upon which this child was able to survive in the organization.

"Can you recognize the species of fish?" Yin Jiu asked, picking through the fish in the basin with a somber expression.

Although every fish seemed friendly and eager to get close to him, Yin Jiu had to admit that he suffered from severe face blindness in the fish world. Perhaps only after cooking all these adorable little creatures and serving them on the table would he be able to recognize their species.

"...Barely acceptable?" Ai Haibara's attention was drawn back, and she looked down at the fish with a face full of black lines.

Although he realized that organizational environments can easily create eccentric individuals who "do things unconventionally in order to protect themselves," and that Brother Yin Jiu was probably forced by circumstances, wouldn't it be a bit too oblivious for him to still be focused on eating fish in such a situation?

"Then let's look for sea bream, or pomfret, turbot would be fine too, those sound more auspicious." Yin Jiu's expression relaxed instantly when she heard Sherry's answer, and she started to act as a hands-off manager, instructing, "Put them in the bucket after you find them, and give them to Professor Agasa later."

"Are you preparing a birthday present for the professor?" Ai Haibara paused in her hand as she picked out fish. Of course, she hadn't forgotten Professor Agasa's birthday, but with her hospitalization, she and Kudo couldn't avoid the FBI's eyes and ears, so the gift was put on hold.

It's surprising that even though she and the children didn't mention it, Yin Jiu still remembered it... Thinking about it this way, her assumption that Yin Jiu was emotionally cold was too hasty.

Or... should we observe it further?

Ai Haibara blinked her large, sapphire-blue eyes.

On Yin Jiu's side, the boy had already scooped a dark-colored sea bream out of the bucket.

"Look, there's another black sea bream!"

Yin Jiu's voice was filled with surprise. While putting the fish into the small black bucket to isolate it, she didn't forget to take out her phone to take pictures and search for images.

"Indeed, it's a rare high-end item." Ai Haibara also leaned closer, and seeing the identification name on the phone screen, her mood brightened.

"Then let's keep it and leave it for the professor." The other fish ate it.

Yin Jiu subconsciously curled her lips, but the thought of her withered stomach quickly made her wilted again.

"?" Ai Haibara had been paying close attention to Yin Jiu's emotions and had finally managed to relax, but now she frowned again because of Yin Jiu's sudden dejection.

Why does Yin Jiu seem to have such fluctuating emotions?

Ai Haibara was muttering to herself with her head down, not to Yin Jiu, but Conan, who was walking back, overheard her.

Conan said irritably, "After all, a case happened, so it would be strange if you were completely unaffected by it, wouldn't it?"

"Heh..." Ai Haibara's laughter was tinged with a hint of speechlessness. "So someone is admitting that they're weird, that they actually have a problem?"

Conan remained silent, directly replying that the other party was simply taking it personally, and he wouldn't fall into such a low-level self-proof trap.

"So what kind of good catch did you manage to catch?" Conan changed the subject, trying to ease the awkwardness.

“It’s black sea bream.” Yin Jiu moved the bucket forward a little.

He couldn't remember the specific details of the case in the story, but the general ending was that Genta and his friends caught a black sea bream.

It's unclear whether Genta will have the same luck after his "meddling," with the fish swimming wildly below.

Yin Jiu smiled faintly, her gaze sweeping over the slightly chubby child who was fishing silently on the other side, looking a little anxious. She silently apologized to him.

The plot can be tweaked, but the ending will ultimately return to where everyone is. So much 'disruption' is permissible under the guise of fate.

Yin Jiu felt that he was about to cross the threshold of that red line.

"It's here!" Just as Genta was about to lose his patience, the swim bladder began to throb up and down.

At the same time, Yin Jiu's spider web also plunged into the water.

really....

It's a black sea bream.

Yin Jiu's eyes became empty, and spider silk flowed downstream against the current.

"Huh? Ah! Huh?!" Genta quickly responded with a sound effect. With a pull and a lift, and a few forceful movements, a small black sea bream leaped out of the water. "Fish...fish head!"

Yuan Taichao stumbled backward, his pupils dilating as he stared at the black juvenile fish that now only had half a head remaining.

"There were probably bigger fish hunting down below while you were fishing," Yin Jiu smiled, retracting the spider web and concealing his accomplishment.

He figured it out.

"What a pity, I thought I could catch a big fish." Genta sat down on the ground in frustration.

"It's alright, at least you caught one." Yin Jiu patted Yuan Tai's shoulder. Although tearing off the fish's tail only changed half the result, Yin Jiu was obviously satisfied.

So, in a great mood, he generously offered up all the fish in the box, saying, "Anyway, our Junior Detective Club is a team, so what I caught is not much different from what you guys caught. It will definitely be enough to eat if we divide it up among everyone."

"And I've also prepared a gift, so consider it a gift we're giving together." Yin Jiu pointed to the only black sea bream that wasn't frozen.

The bewildered fish, unaware of its fate, immediately responded by blowing two bubbles when it saw Yin Jiu turn her head.

"That's... true." Genta seemed convinced, looking at the mountain of fish with a dazed expression.

"Then I'll throw this fish head back into the sea for you."

Conan's case seemed to be nearing its end, and Yin Jiu hurriedly removed half of the fish head from the hook, completing the final step of 'destroying the evidence'.

"Are you still dealing with the juvenile fish?" Conan thought that Yin Jiu had finished cleaning up after so much time, but he didn't expect to see Yin Jiu throwing fish into the water again as soon as he turned around.

"No, it was Genta who caught a fish by the head, and it must have been bitten off by the big fish below," Ai Haibara explained in a low voice.

"A headless fish." Amuro Tooru, however, had a different opinion.

When Yin Jiu was fishing, there were schools of fish gathered nearby, but there were obviously no large carnivorous fish, which is quite rare.

Is it because today's victims were taken away by ambulances and didn't die, so the bad luck was spread to all the members of the God of Misfortune's team?

It must be said that although Amuro Tooru's idea was off-topic, it completely explained the current situation.