Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 198 Xiaolan has completely dyed the color of firefly
"Oh my god, why did things turn out like this."

Xiaolan held her forehead helplessly. Their originally peaceful life and the four peaceful people seemed to have suddenly become strange in a short period of time.

"Can you explain it a little more clearly, Suigetsu-kun? I have no idea what's going on right now."

“In short, Xuesong Kiyoko is from the winery, codenamed Vermouth. After I accidentally discovered this, I wanted to kill her, but I also wanted to find out why she approached Kudo first, so as to avoid other troubles afterwards.

As for Kudo, he doesn't know much. This time I mainly used him as a decoy to attract other people's attention so that I can act secretly.

But I assure you, if the plan goes smoothly, Kudo will not be in any danger, but will accomplish a great thing.

Of course, I am not sure now. According to the calculations... well, there is a certain possibility that he was forced to join the winery and become my colleague."

"........."

Xiaolan looked at him blankly; "Are you serious?"

"of course."

Yingsheng shrugged: "They were all plotted by me, the mastermind behind the scenes. If Gin wasn't as tough as a cockroach, I would have dealt with the three members of the organization at once and rescued Miss Shirley. Sigh...

Why do I feel a little bit regretful when I talk about it? "

"..."

Xiaolan was speechless: "I feel it's a pity that I didn't fully understand it, so we should have chased after it at that time, right?"

"No, your own safety is the most important thing. There is no need to force a change with them. It's not worth it."

Yingsheng shook his head helplessly: "Besides, who could have predicted Gin's situation in advance? The main reason I didn't chase him was because of the ghost's bomb."

"Ok."

Xiaolan sighed: "Then we can only wait until next time."

"…Xiaolan, do you have a grudge against them too?"

Xiaolan snorted: "If Shuiyue-kun's true identity is discovered, I will definitely not be able to escape. Don't think about leaving me alone. If you do that, I can only passively wait for fate to come."

"Hey, is this still the Xiaolan I know?" Yingsheng looked at her carefully and said in amazement: "Completely different. Weren't you the kind of person who passively waited for your fate before? Both your parents and Kudo."

"It's like the saying goes, 'A red flower grows redder when it's near a red flower, a black flower grows blacker when it's near a black flower. Humph, who do you think I'm with every day?"

"I am guilty and I repent."

“But I’m very happy.”

"Poor little fellow, you really are so lacking in love that you got on my ship so easily."

"Anyway, this is the reality. What can I do? You told me to do it. Don't think too much."

As Xiaolan was speaking, she took Yingsheng's hand and shook it vigorously:
"Don't say anything else to spoil the fun. There is no other possibility now."

"Hey~~ I don't really have any special fetishes after all." Yingsheng smiled, "But when you said this, you exposed a small problem."

"what?"

"Suzuki-san has contacted you, right?"

"...Really? Are you always analyzing? Be careful that your brain CPU will overload again."

"Isn't this normal? What did Suzuki-san tell you? About the Sakura class?"

"I only mentioned this briefly, mainly to ask when we confirmed our relationship. Sonoko thought you were a little confused about the situation." "Oh, what do you think?"

"I think that's it. Anyway, I lost to you. Whether you have feelings for me or not, whether you are moved or not...ah, I have no idea. Just keep getting worse."

"Hiss - you don't really think you are a green tea?"

"I'm not admitting it, it's just what I have always been like."

Xiaolan pouted: "According to what Shuiyue-kun said, you can really feel the love of others. For so long, I am afraid that I have never provided it to you once. Doesn't this prove the problem?"

"How do you know it hasn't been offered? Maybe it's already sold out."

“Because I can feel it, like…

Sorry, I have to mention Shinichi myself at this time. If I compare him to someone else, I sometimes worry about him, his safety when solving cases and his forgetfulness in life, but I don't think so with Mizuki-kun.

In the final analysis, I have only been greedy for your warmth, but what is really going on in my heart...ah, it is so terrible, why am I such a person. "

"Hmm... Is there a possibility that you know that I am very reliable?"

"It's different. Trust and worry are two different things."

"Okay, then let's just say you're a green tea. But men all like green tea. And I really think it's pretty good. It's very casual to get along with each other, and there are occasional Easter eggs, just like going back to the past."

"Easter eggs? Like the ambush before?"

"Almost. Back to the Sakura class, you don't know which kindergarten Kudo attended before he transferred to that school?"

"I don't know. He never mentioned it. Is it important?"

"It's not very important. But if the people at the research institute start to fully connect with intelligence, they will definitely mention that place. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about it, such as an ambush, or anchoring keywords to consciousness."

"........."

Xiaolan was speechless: "Mr. Shuiyue, be careful of your extreme wisdom and get hurt, and what does consciousness anchoring keywords mean?"

“It’s just like the hypnotic keyword in hentai, but it’s used to awaken traumatic memories, and is often accompanied by great pain and somatic reactions.

Through some methods, this kind of anchoring can be artificially created, just like the tight hoop in Journey to the West. No matter how happy the Monkey King was before, he will stop dancing as soon as he hears the key words. "

Yingsheng explained.

"So..." Xiaolan squinted and said, "Are you planning to use this method on Shinichi?"

"Of course not. Why should I control him? There's no benefit."

Yingsheng sighed lightly: "I'll tell you directly, before Kudo transferred to your Sakura class, he and Shirley were childhood sweethearts. Later, the people from the winery forcibly took Shirley away, leaving Kudo with traumatic memories, and then his brain helped him avoid it.

And after Gin eavesdropped on the conversation between the Miyano sisters, he might realize this.

Do you know what this means?

This means that if the winery has done some research in the field of memory and consciousness, they can evolve this incident into Kudo's consciousness anchor. He will never forget that scene and may even continue to indulge in the great pain he felt at that time.

No matter how righteous Kudo was originally, by then, I am afraid he would have no choice but to succumb to darkness."

"!!!"

Xiaolan was shocked: "Then we are still going to eat?"

(End of this chapter)