Kurokawa Saki shook her head at their noisy arguments.
And when she thought that she could rest, she received a call from Gin.
Kurokawa Saki: "..."
She wanted to flip a table to show how annoyed she is right now. After answering the call, Hikari Yuki fell into silence and then looked at the sky.
Conan, how did you attract so many cases?
…
It was the Countdown to Heaven's movie's arc and Sake sighed.
She originally thought that she could avoid this arc, but a certain man called her and invited her to hunt Sherry together.
Unfortunately, she knew about this too late or she would be able to remind Miyano Shiho about the fact that her sister's original apartment was under watch. She could only come after everything has been settled.
Hmm, even though Miyano Shiho knew that Miyano Akemi was still alive, she still couldn't help but send message to that apartment.
*sigh*
She better have a talk with Miyano Shiho after this to remind that girl.
"Why do you even want me to go with you?" Sake asked with clear annoyance. "I'm not interested in hunting Sherry."
"This is a mission." Gin narrowed his eyes.
When the word mission was mentioned, Sake sighed and simply followed Gin to the rooftop. She was dressed in black male clothing, to be exact, she was wearing black windbreaker and a cap that covered her head. Even though she was in disguise, Sake didn't really want this face to be known to Conan and the others for the time being.
Thinking about it, Bourbon hadn't hunted down Sherry in the Suzuki Train at this time.
Otherwise, Gin would not be so fixated on getting Sherry down.
She quickly set up her sniper rifle and stretched her finger slightly. It was really cold out here.
"Over there. Let's duel." Gin looked excited, eyes narrowed as the night breeze blew.
Sake glanced through the sniper scope at Suzuki Sonoko, who was in the tourist elevator with the same hairstyle as Sherry, and fell silent.
"What? You're still asleep?" Gin taunted her when she didn't say anything. He was thrilled to have successfully found Sherry tonight, and to have watched her fall into his trap step by step through his calculations.
"Not really. I'm perfectly sober now…. But are you sure you can tell it's Sherry from this distance?"
"Heh, I thought you were going to say something." Gin sneered disdainfully, aiming his gaze at the woman in the elevator, who was talking to her companion. "Sherry... I'd recognize her even if she were reduced to ash."
Sake: ...
Well, as long as you're happy.
It wasn't Gin's fault for his poor eyesight; today's Suzuki Sonoko, from her height to her hair color and hairstyle, looked extremely similar to Haibara Ai's former self.
But Gin's confident expression was truly hilarious. His words were filled with familiarity with Sherry, leading her to believe he and Sherry had some special connection.
But now it seemed that this so-called understanding was probably just... Gin's assumption.
Although Sonoko and Sherry has some physical resemblance, their personalities could not be more different.
One was a calm, intelligent, and gifted pharmaceutical researcher; the other a cheerful, playful, and naive rich second-generation daughter. The two of them have no resemblance aside from their physical appearance due to Sonoko's dress up today.
That was why she said Gin's mistake simply meant he wasn't familiar enough with Sherry.
Otherwise, judging by Suzuki Sonoko's demeanor in the elevator, it didn't look like Sherry at all.
Through her sniper scope, she'd instantly recognized Suzuki Sonoko. This was based on her familiarity with her and the fact that Ran was talking to someone else but Sonoko.
Of course, she also knew that Sherry was currently Haibara Ai, so she immediately ruled it out.
As for whether Sonoko might have been mistakenly killed, she wasn't too worried. After all, Conan was the protagonist. Besides, Sonoko was considered a member of the main cast, so she was confident it would be a safe bet.
As she predicted, Conan, sitting in the elevator, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He realized that Suzuki Sonoko, who was currently joking with Ran, looked exactly like Haibara Ai when she was grown up. It was the Organization's sherry, and it always made him feel a momentary unease.
It was precisely this feeling of discomfort that led him to think about the purpose of the events that happened recently.
Yes, the deliberate explosion that destroyed the power room and computer control room might have been a deliberate attempt to force them all into this elevator, which had a backup battery. And then...
Conan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked out of the elevator. Adjusting his glasses to maximize his vision, he instantly spotted two figures dressed in black, holding sniper rifles, on the rooftop opposite.
One of them had long, silver hair that fluttered in the wind, and Conan recognized him instantly.
Gin!!!
Conan's heart raced, and the next second, he saw the red spot of a sniper's aiming on Suzuki Sonoko's face.
What should I do?!
Seeing Gin's bullet about to strike Suzuki Sonoko in the head, Conan shouted, "Sonoko-san, your underwear is showing!!"
"Huh?!" Suzuki Sonoko instinctively leaned down to check her skirt, narrowly avoiding the sniper bullet that was launched from seven hundred yards away.
Bang!
"Ahhhhh..." Suzuki Sonoko also realized something. Turning back, she saw the bullet hole so close to her and burst into a frightened scream in the elevator.
She clutched her head, her expression contorted. She looked nothing like a wealthy young lady, but rather a downright idiot.
Conan heaved a sigh of relief.
He didn't know who was with Gin right now.
Even though his high-tech glasses magnified the image several times, he still had a hard time making out the other person's face from such a distance.
After all, he was able to spot Gin at first glance thanks to his long, silver hair, which was so conspicuous.
As for the sniper beside him, he could only vaguely make out a dark figure. The man seemed to be deliberately hiding himself behind a peaked cap, and with the lower half of his face obscured by the sniper's rifle, Conan could not see any useful information at all.
Moreover, he didn't look like Chianti or Cohen.
Could it be the man that faced Akai Shuichi before?
…
This is nothing like Sherry...
Seven hundred yards up, on the rooftop, Gin, peering through his sniper scope, also realized something was amiss.
He'd mistaken her for someone else.
His embarrassing moment of misidentification was witnessed by his colleague, someone whose rank was similar if not higher than him.
It should not be a problem normally, but the problem was that she had just specifically asked him, "Are you sure this is Sherry?"
What did he say?
At this thought, Gin's face darkened, as dark as ink.
He said, "Sherry, I'd recognize her even if she turns into ash."
Hmm, that's what he said.
The key was that the other party had already recognized her, which made his failure to recognize her even more embarrassing.
This incident would definitely be ranked among the top three black histories in his life.
"Pfft." Sake was having a hard time holding back her laughter. Her shoulders were shaking constantly, and even the sniper rifle in her hand was trembling with her, showing how hard it was to hold it in.
"Laugh if you want to." Gin put down the sniper rifle and looked at her coldly.
"Gin, Gin... Hahahaha..." She opened her mouth to say something, but ended up bursting out in laughter again, completely unable to contain it. "I can't help it. How can this be so funny, Gin?"