Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 193 Ai: Can I help you take a bath? No, I still want to sleep with another woman!
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Kitahara Natsuyu swept all the gunpowder off the truck, leaving not a single pellet for the Black Organization, and then left with Ai.

After Kitahara Natsuyu and Haibara Ai left, Vermouth also left with Vodka, Tequila, and the others.

Police officers and fire trucks from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived late, after they had all left.

Some are putting out the fire, while others are searching for traces.

Everyone seems busy, but in reality, nothing has been accomplished.

The other side.
Kitahara Natsuhiro led Haibara Ai to the vicinity of Beika Town, then slipped into a dark alley and told her to keep an eye out and prevent anyone from entering.

Outside the alley, Tokyo's nightlife unfolds with its ever-flashing neon lights.

Although it was already past midnight, there were still many office workers outside indulging in pleasure and revelry.

Ai Haibara watched all of this with an unusual sense of comfort, an experience she had never had before.

Because she had never seen the night outside the organization.

Ever since she demonstrated her research abilities, she has been kept under the organization's watchful eye and has never been allowed to venture out of the organization's base at night.

Even after returning to Tokyo, she could only meet with her sister during the day and had to return to the organization in the evening.

There is no freedom at all.

But now, she has gained true freedom and is no longer a caged bird.

At that moment, a tall figure appeared beside Ai, patted her on the shoulder, and said softly, "Ai."

Upon hearing this somewhat unfamiliar voice, Ai's body reacted, and she immediately jumped away, turning to look at the man beside her.

Upon seeing the man before her, an incredulous look appeared on her face: "Manager Kitahara?"

"Could it be that you are Lord Gastly?"

Although she didn't know why Lord Gastly had brought her into the alley, once inside, Lord Gastly instructed her to guard the alley and prevent anyone else from entering.

Then, Gastly disappeared, and Kitahara Natsuhiro took its place.

So the result is not hard to guess: Gastly is Kitahara Natsuyu, and Kitahara Natsuyu is Gastly.

There's nothing hard to understand or accept about this. After all, we've seen ghosts, so what else is unacceptable?

“That’s right, I am Gastly!” Kitahara Natsuyu stretched out his palm, causing part of it to vaporize and reveal his Gastly form: “But Kitahara Natsuyu is my true identity!”

Upon hearing this, Ai nodded: "So Kitahara Natsuhiro is your hidden identity in the human world."

"No wonder you contacted me in the first place. Does that mean you found me after you got in touch with me?"

She went to the store to find her sister, which led to her first contact with Kitahara Natsuyu, and she even received her first clean paycheck from him.

She has kept this salary to this day because she simply can't spend it and can't bear to spend it.

"That's about right, but..."

He was going to correct Ai: Kitahara Natsuyu's identity wasn't something he created to hide in the human world; he was Kitahara Natsuyu all along.

But after thinking about it, I decided against it. Anyway, no matter how he explained it, Ai would just fill in the blanks in her own mind.

After all, in Ai's eyes and those of others, he really is an ancient ghost who has lived for hundreds of years.

If it can't be explained clearly, then don't bother explaining it.

"Lord Kitahara, what do you want to say?" Ai asked.

Kitahara Natsuyu waved his hand: "It's nothing."

“I’ll take you to my house now. You can stay here for the next few days. Once Absinthe has taken care of your identity documents and household registration, you can move out.”

After saying that, he lifted his leg and walked forward, leaving the dark and gloomy alley and entering the neon-lit streets, where the lively atmosphere immediately came to life.

Ai quickly followed, and after standing next to Kitahara Natsuhiro, she mustered up her courage and shook his hand.

Kitahara Natsuhiro felt the warmth and softness of the palm and turned to look at Ai.

Ai blushed and said, "I'm a little scared to walk alone."

"This is the first time I've been to a place like this by myself. Even when I go out, I'm always accompanied by my sister or someone from the organization, which is why I couldn't help but hold your hand."

Although the organization had been monitoring and watching over her, she was always by their side.

Now, she no longer has these people around her, but walking alone on the streets at night still makes her feel inevitably a little scared.

Even though the street was brightly lit and bustling with people, she still felt a little scared.

Because all of this seemed somewhat unfamiliar to her, except for Kitahara Natsuhiro.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuhiro sensed Ai's emotions and instinctively tightened his grip on her hand.

He cursed the black organization in his heart.

Black Organization, you really deserve to die! How could you drive such a weak woman like Ai to this state? What a terrible thing you've done!

"Ai, all of that is in the past. From now on, you are free. I will always be by your side, as will your sister Akemi Miyano. You will also make many new friends."

“You can even treat absinthe as your friend,” Kitahara Natsuhiro said with a smile.

"Mmm-hmm-hmm," Ai nodded vigorously upon hearing this, but when she heard the last sentence, she felt as if she had misheard: "Vermouth is not my friend."

"She's been plotting to kill me within the organization all along. I don't have a friend like that."

Although they are now on the same side, she still doesn't really like Vermouth, that pretentious woman, and even wants to kill her!
Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu burst into laughter: "That was in the past. From now on, such a thing will not happen again."

"So you can trust Vermouth, don't be afraid, I'm here for you."

Vermouth is a sensible woman. Now that she's with him, she won't mess around with her own people. She's very sensible.

"Hmph! Then why didn't you speak up for me just now?" Ai pouted and said, "You watched me being bullied by that woman Vermouth."

It makes me angry just thinking about it. She's already left the organization, yet she still gets bullied by Vermouth.

“It’s naturally not my place to interfere in matters between you women.” Kitahara Natsuyu coughed lightly and said seriously, “Besides, you’re all my people. If I were to help you, wouldn’t that be unfair to Vermouth?”

"But if I help Vermouth, it would be unfair to you, so I will not take sides."

"Besides, Vermouth is a sensible woman and won't do anything excessive to you. You should know that."

If the vermouth had been a little too strong, Ai would never have had the chance to grow up like this.

She was killed when she was a child, not to mention that she was in school in the United States, the territory of Absinthe, where they held absolute power.

If Vermouth wanted to, secretly killing Ai wouldn't be difficult, even with organized protection.

And now, Ai is still alive and well, without any missing limbs, which shows that Vermouth didn't really want to kill her.

Furthermore, in the original work, Vermouth had many opportunities to kill Ai, but she escaped each time thanks to Conan or Ran's help.

Ran and Conan's help is one thing, but the most important thing is that Vermouth still has a trace of kindness in her heart.

Otherwise, the young Jodie Starling, now Ai Haibara, would have been killed long ago, and these menaces wouldn't have been left alive.

Ai understood all the reasons Kitahara Natsuhiro was giving her. If Vermouth had really attacked her, she wouldn't have survived this long.

Moreover, the worst thing Vermouth did to her was to make her exercise and train in combat skills, nothing more.

But she was afraid of absinthe, after all, it was a shadow that had haunted her for so many years, and it wouldn't heal anytime soon.

"Okay." Ai pouted and said, "But I still don't really want to see her. I'd rather avoid seeing her if I can."

Kitahara Natsuyu said, "That won't work. Your household registration and identity documents still need to be processed by Absinthe, so you still need to contact her."

Upon hearing this, Ai's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "Lord Kitahara, are you a physical education teacher at Teitan Elementary School?"

"Yeah, the first-grade PE teacher, what's wrong?" Kitahara Natsumi asked, puzzled.

Ai rolled her eyes and replied with a smile, "It's nothing."

Kitahara Natsuyu responded and glanced at the food stalls on the street: "Want to eat something before going back?"

Upon hearing this, Ai suddenly felt hungry.

Although she had already eaten dinner, it was at six o'clock, and after dinner she stayed at the research institute.

And after she started thinking about it, she felt hungry very quickly, and now that she thinks about it, she really does feel hungry.

"Okay, but what should we eat?"

"Ramen, oden, or sushi?" Ai looked at the shops on the street and hesitated for a moment.

Most of the shops still open at this time are open 24 hours, so you can get hot food no matter when you go.

In addition, there are small vendors selling their wares from carts.

"Anything is fine. Eat whatever you like. If you really don't know what to choose, you can buy a little of everything. Don't worry about not being able to finish it, because I can eat a lot!" Kitahara Natsumi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ai covered her mouth and laughed, glancing at his stomach: "Lord Kitahara, you really can eat a lot."

Vodka swallowed all the gunpowder he had stolen from the Japanese gunpowder depot, and even some dirt on the person who initiated this mission, Teiji Moriya, was in his stomach.

If nothing unexpected happens, Kitahara Natsuhiro is planning to use this dirt on Moriya Teiji.

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well extort some money from the wealthy Moriya Teiji. After all, he's so rich, and not only is he rich, but he's also given people leverage over him.

If we don't extort you, who will we extort?
I've got Moriya Teiji all I want, even if Aoyama comes, it won't make a difference!

"Then I'll have a little of each."

"can."

After half an hour.

Ai, clutching her stomach, was helped by Kitahara Natsuyu to walk towards the Beika Apartment.

Although she only ate a little bit of each item, she couldn't resist ordering too much, and before she knew it, she had eaten too much, and all the other food ended up in Kitahara Natsuyu's stomach.

But after Kitahara Natsumi finished eating, she didn't have a belly at all; instead, she developed a belly.

Do you have two stomachs?!

"Ai, it seems you're really happy today. You've even eaten yourself to the point of being stuffed," Kitahara Natsumi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ai said with a pained expression, "I was very happy today, so I accidentally ate too much. Now my stomach is too full and I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Then walk there, walk over there, and you should feel much better after you get there."

It's not far from Mihua Apartment, only a ten-minute walk, quite close.

And from here on, those colorful neon lights disappear, because this is a residential area, not a commercial area.

"Ah."

Ai nodded and slowly walked towards the Mika Apartment.

“By the way, my neighbor is named Judy Starling. You should know who she is!” Kitahara Natsuhiro said.

Upon hearing the name, Ai's expression turned serious: "I've heard of this name, and I've also seen this woman's picture."

"Judy Starling, Shuichi Akai's ex-girlfriend, is also an FBI agent."

Because of her relationship with Shuichi Akai, she knew information about the people around him, including this Jodie Starling.

After all, Shuichi Akai almost killed her sister, so she would never forgive him.

"That's right, she is an FBI agent. Besides her, Shuichi Akai has also come to Tokyo and is active in the Beika-cho area."

"And your aunt and cousin are here too," Kitahara Natsuyu said. "And their memories of you haven't been altered."

Because of the time constraints, these people's memories of Sherry have not been altered, so they know what the real Sherry looked like, unlike those in the Black Organization whose memories of Sherry were all wrong.

Of course, due to time constraints, he has not yet made any modifications to them.

He will apply these patches tonight.

In Tokyo, apart from Akemi Miyano and Vermouth, who are in the know, everyone else's memories will be altered to prevent future trouble.

Sure enough, it was another busy night.

"My aunt and cousin?!"

Upon hearing this news, Ai Haibara was completely taken aback.

In fact, she knew that she had an aunt and that Shuichi Akai was her aunt's son, that is, her cousin.

After all, after Shuichi Akai's identity was exposed, the organization did its best to investigate his information, and that's how they learned about this information.

As one of the parties involved, Ai naturally obtained this information.

However, she was not familiar with her aunt's family and had never met them before. She had only occasionally heard her sister mention them when they were chatting.

Unexpectedly, my aunt and cousin came to Tokyo.

“They came a few days ago and are now living in the Mihua Apartments, but on the twentieth floor.”

"Their purpose in coming here is to find Shuichi Akai, then beat him up and avenge your sister!" Kitahara Natsuyu said with a smile.

Although Mary Akai and Masumi Sera are Shuichi Akai's family, they are more discerning and know what they should and should not do.

So after learning that their son had done something unforgivable, they traveled across the ocean to Tokyo, intending to avenge their niece whom they had never met.

It must be said that Mary Akai and Masumi Sera have relatively sound values, unlike Shuichi Akai.

"what?"

"Are they going to kill their own sister to avenge my sister?" Ai blinked, looking completely bewildered.

She couldn't believe that her aunt and cousin had come here because of this kind of thing, and were even prepared to turn against their own family for the greater good. Was it really true?

"I don't know about the principle of sacrificing family for the greater good, but a severe beating is inevitable."

“After all, Shuichi Akai is her son. No normal mother would kill her son, so don’t even think about it,” Kitahara Natsuyu said.

"Too."

Even tigers don't eat their cubs; even for the sake of his niece, he wouldn't kill his own son.

Mary Akai isn't that heartless.

But the fact that she came all the way from London to Tokyo to stand up for her sister is already quite remarkable.

This made Ai feel much more favorably toward her aunt's family, whereas her previous favorability ratings were all negative.

After all, if a child is not properly taught, it is the father's fault.

Shuichi Akai's current state is definitely inseparable from Mary Akai.

But this kind of thing really can't be blamed on Mary Akai. She really did raise her children well. Hideyoshi Haneda and Masumi Sera were both good children. It was only Shuichi Akai who was such a scoundrel.

It might be related to Shuichi Akai going to study in the United States!
After all, the United States is the beacon of light!

Free America, gunfights every day.

It's perfectly normal for Shuichi Akai to be corrupted; Shuichi Akai might even be a born bad seed!
"I'm telling you all this to give you a heads-up, so you don't slip up when you run into them."

"Of course, the flaw will only be revealed tonight, because I will be working overtime tonight to modify their memories."

Since we've already done it, we should go all the way and leave no room for future trouble.

Hearing Kitahara Natsuhiro's words, Ai felt a surge of emotion.

Lord Kitahara has worked so hard day and night for me; how can I possibly thank him enough?

And she has no memory of her aunt's family, so let's just change it!
no problem.

"Yes, Lord Kitahara, then I'll leave it to you."

"Since it's already done, there's no trouble at all."

As long as his mental strength is sufficient, he can modify the memories of everyone in the world. Modifying only twenty or thirty people is nothing to those who have been enhanced.

"Then," Ai looked up, mustering her courage, and said, "may I help you with your bath today?"

"This is my duty as a priestess!"

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu shook his head and said, "It won't work today."

"Besides altering my memories, I'm also going to sleep with another man's woman later. I ran away secretly."

"You still have to wait in line!"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)