Conan's Distillery: A Semi-Workaholic's Slacking-Off Life

Chapter 38 Amuro Tooru: Not a Loss Byakuya Osamu: A Huge Profit

"I'd like to know what I should call you," Amuro Tooru said as he entered the room.

When he accepted the task, Gin only gave the person a phone number and email address, but did not tell him what to call the person.

"Kundo is fine." Bai Yexiu poured Amuro Tooru a glass of water.

Cointreau, also known as orange liqueur, is a fruit liqueur.

It seems this is this person's code name.

Amuro Tooru looked at the boy before him with a complicated expression. Joining the organization at such a young age, he would surely be a major threat if he grew up.

He drank his water, pondering how to reform the boy. Such a young child still had a chance to turn over a new leaf; with a little effort put into his thinking, perhaps he could be won over.

Bai Yexiu was unaware of Amuro Tooru's ulterior motives. He calmly pulled out a piece of paper from under the fruit plate and handed it to Amuro Tooru: "This is a confidentiality agreement. Gin asked me to sign it for you."

What? A confidentiality agreement?

Amuro Tooru was stunned. He took the paper and glanced at it. There were only a few lines of text on the paper, and the first four lines were written in large characters: Confidentiality Agreement.

Confidentiality Agreement

1. You must not disclose any information about Cointreau to any party. If you are found to have done so, you will be treated as a traitor.

2. Do not ask Cointreau any questions about organizational secrets.

3. Must be available at any time.

4. Supervise Cointreau and prevent him from eating frozen or junk food.

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"Sign it!" Bai Yexiu handed Amuro Tooru a pen with a smile, making Amuro Tooru feel as if he was being forced to sign some kind of servitude agreement.

However, Amuro Tooru still signed the contract. He reasoned that accepting the mission would give him the opportunity to obtain more information about the organization and also allow him to find out the boy's background. Being humiliated by Gin wouldn't be a bad deal.

“Let me add a few points,” Bai Yexiu said with a smile as he sat down opposite Amuro Tooru. “First of all, Tooru-chan, you don’t need to cook for me every day, because I’m not home sometimes.”

Tou-chan? What kind of nickname is that... and how did he know my name?

As if knowing what Amuro Tooru was thinking, Bai Yexiu raised his phone: "Gin sent me your resume."

"Also, since you've accepted this mission, you're probably practically one of my subordinates now, so the third clause in the confidentiality agreement isn't unreasonable, is it?" Bai Yexiu asked with a smile.

This undercover police officer was now practically half of Bai Yexiu's subordinate, which pleased Bai Yexiu greatly. Even though he was only half a subordinate, he could easily order Amuro Tooru to do many things for him, and Amuro Tooru, being an undercover agent, wouldn't refuse to avoid arousing suspicion from the organization.

So here comes free labor, right? And this free laborer can even cook for him, this is a huge win.

“Of course not,” Amuro Tooru replied.

Poor Amuro Tooru had no idea that he would later become free labor.

Amuro Tooru then received another email from Gin.

[Find all the frozen and junk food that Cointreau has hidden in his house and throw it away. —Gin]

The next second, Bai Yexiu also received an email from Gin.

[Get rid of frozen and junk food at home proactively; don't wait for someone to come and search for it. —Gin]

The two looked up one after the other, their eyes meeting awkwardly.

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"Toru-chan—" Bai Yexiu hugged Amuro Tooru's arm with tears streaming down his face, his composure and mystery from just moments before completely gone.

"Could you please not throw away my tonkotsu ramen...?"

Amuro Tooru held up the two boxes of instant noodles in his hands to prevent Cointreau from snatching them away, and said apologetically, "I had no choice, it was Gin's order."

Amuro Tooru truly felt that the person in front of him was a fickle person. When he first met him, he seemed mysterious and had something going on, but now, the moment he touched his instant noodles, he became like this.

Bai Yexiu's reasoning wasn't without merit; it was simply because the tonkotsu ramen was incredibly delicious. Moreover, it was a sample pack from a certain company, and he had gone to great lengths to manage to snag three boxes. If he lost his two treasured boxes, he wouldn't be able to eat it for the next month. Because that company hadn't officially started selling the tonkotsu ramen yet…

This is so hurtful...

Bai Yexiu gave up on saving those two boxes of instant noodles. Anyway, Amuro Tooru's cooking skills are very good, so he should be able to make up for the lack of tonkotsu ramen!

Thinking this, he sat down on the sofa, slightly disappointed, letting Amuro Tooru search for him.

It's okay. Losing two boxes of tonkotsu ramen in exchange for free labor in the future is a win-win situation. It's just a pity about those two boxes of tonkotsu ramen...

Damn Gin.

Bai Yexiu pulled Gin's black card out of his pocket, plotting some wicked thoughts.

He still hasn't returned Gin's black card, which he swindled last time. Might as well just spend all the money on that card until it's overdue.

……

Amuro Tooru finally packed up and threw away all the frozen and junk food in the house.

He returned to the house somewhat nervously, worried that Jundu would give him a hard time because of the instant noodles incident, which would make it more difficult for him to extract information from this person later.

To Amuro Tooru's surprise, he returned to normal and even gave him a black card.

"Use this card for grocery shopping or whatever I need to buy. Don't worry, spend it as you please." Bai Yexiu spoke casually, as if the card wasn't even his own.

In fact, this card doesn't actually belong to him.

Amuro Tooru looked at the black card in his hand and Bai Yexiu's relaxed expression... It seems that Jundo spends money rather extravagantly.

Cointreau trait +1

Unaware that Amuro Tooru had labeled him as a spendthrift, Byakuya took out another spare room key from his pocket and handed it to Amuro Tooru.

Previously, only Gin had a spare room key, but now that Amuro Tooru has been ordered to take care of Byakuya Shu's meals, he should also have a spare room key.

At that moment, Gin, sitting in his Porsche, was on his way to the location of his next mission when he suddenly sensed something was wrong, as if he had been tricked by someone.

Gin didn't pay much attention to this inexplicable feeling.

Ha, even if Jundu wants to scheme against him, do you think he'll let him scheme against him a second time after he schemed against him once?

impossible!

Gin thought to himself with conviction.