ROSE AMIDST MYSTERY

13; ❝ BAMBOO SHOOTS ❞ ❁ཻུ۪۪⸙͎༄

「 Episode 315, Place exposed to the sun_⌫」

In which Conan finds out that Reisamu has a vast knowledge in flora and plants.

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The Mouri pair, Conan and Reisamu found themselves in a train headed towards the Fukushima prefecture, Kogoro was going there to help a drinking buddy and a depressed artist teacher. Reisamu was there at the request of Conan, something that perplexed Ran who had noticed that Conan wasn't very close with the brown haired woman at first, if anything he appeared distrusting.

'well perhaps they are finally getting along!' she thought in slight relief.

The young shrunken detective eyed the woman who sat beside him. She wore a turtleneck sweater to hide the hand shaped bruised on her neck, eyes narrowed and brows furrowed as he mulled over the conversation he had with her and that mystery guy in black in the car.

"I saved you from getting caught by Gin and Vodka."

There was no waver in her voice, no body language that suggested she was lying. Yet the young boy remained cautious. "Why should I believe you?" he questioned, his voice losing its childlike tone, now the person that sat at the back was no longer Edogowa Conan but now Kudo Shinichi.

"I have a medal of honor to prove it." she gestured to the hand shaped bruised on her neck "A price to pay to get Gin to leave." Reisamu simply stated, she wasn't terrified or traumatized at all, she didn't seem to be affected unlike the driver who's hands gripped the steering wheel just a tad bit tighter.

"You know about the organization?" he questioned, shock,

Reisamu twirled a lock of her hair, "it's one of the reasons why your parents put your safety in my hands. I know more than you, but then again my information is outdated." "What do you know?"

"I know about a few nocs and former nocs in the black organization, I know about Sherry, Akemi and you. I know about the drug to some extent, I know about other members like Gin, Vodka, Chianti, Corn and Vermouth." Reisamu turned back to face the road, body leaning on the seat as she tried to relax, arms crossed as she slightly shivered at the temperature. Was it always this chilly?

"How do you know all about this?"

"That I cannot tell you yet." she closed her eyes. "Why?" he voiced, frustration starting to brew. "Where's the fun in that, you're a detective right? find the answer to that question of yours. I have no obligation to tell you when you never trusted me." she huffed.

Shinichi clicked his tongue "why should I trust you in the first place?" "that's fair, then you should have at least trusted your parents. They know more about you, did you think they'd hire me, tell me about your state and your situation if they didn't trust me?" she shot back and the detective was silent.

"Fine." Shinichi eyed the driver "who's he?" "a potential ally, he knows about the organization as well, he's more focused on catching them like you, compared to me." Reisamu answered.

"Potential?"

"We will all see in the future." Reisamu vaguely hinted as Akai rolled his eyes with a scoff.

The car was silent for a few moments until Shinichi asked "how did you escape Gin and Vodka and got me out of there?" "I know them and they know me, on a more personal level." Reisamu said a yawn escaping her lips "Vodka left me alone with Gin, Gin and I exchanged a few words, he got riled up, I nearly got choked to death, he left and I got you out of there as soon as he and their watchdogs left."