Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 263: Red and black are reversed, the genius Ai deserves warmth!

After leaving a note for Junerick who was obsessed with research, Hotaru went downstairs through the main entrance. After walking around outside to make sure there were no spies, Xiaolan jumped out of the window holding Haibara Ai, her legs slightly bent, and landed silently.

"Actually, there's no need to do that." Yingsheng said casually, "Beware of gentlemen instead of villains. If someone really wants to monitor this place, a few cameras can easily find them."

"That's at least better than going through the main entrance."

Xiaolan put Haibara Ai down, held her hand and followed Hotaru towards the street corner. She glanced at Hotaru who was still wearing a white T-shirt, then looked at Haibara Ai who was wearing a lavender shirt and shorts, and finally looked back at herself in a pink and white contrasting short-sleeved shirt, and finally became dejected.

"We are not hiding anything at all. We are even bolder than before. We don't even wear masks."

"Anyway, our disguise level can only fool passers-by, so it doesn't matter. The best way to hide your identity is to make your opponent not suspect anything at all." Yingsheng said.

"Eh? But didn't Suigetsu-kun say before that someone might be following us?"

"It was possible before, and it is possible now, but with Mr. Amuro's phone as bait, the chances of us being watched are lower now."

Not too far away, Yingsheng raised his hand to stop a taxi. The destination was the underground parking lot of a nearby shopping mall. Yingsheng changed to a black Toyota here and drove himself, then drove leisurely to another shopping mall.

"You have secretly formed a force?"

Huibara Ai in the back seat couldn't help but ask.

Yingsheng chuckled: "Take a deep breath, can't you smell the scent of lavender?"

Huihara Ai was slightly stunned.

Xiaolan reacted immediately and said speechlessly: "Some other woman left the key to your car, right? What we are doing now is very dangerous. Aren't you worried about getting her into trouble?"

"She is using the car, but the name belongs to someone else." Yingsheng said casually, "Besides, it's fine as long as we don't get discovered. I consider myself a brainpower player, but I always hope to avoid direct confrontation."

Recalling the previous plan, Xiaolan nodded in agreement: "You are a shrewd and calculating conspirator."

However, Haibara Ai had a strange look on her face. How dare you two break into a heavily guarded research institute? What strategy are you talking about? Can't you just rush through?

Soon, another shopping mall arrived and asked Xiaolan and Haibara Ai to wait in the car. Hotaru got out of the car and went to the locker to take the things that Sumiyoshi had put there. He quickly returned to the car and handed a black travel bag to Haibara Ai.

"Take a look and see if it's suitable."

The vehicle started again, and Huihara Ai opened the travel bag, revealing a bright silver metal box inside. She wanted to open it, and found a four-digit password, so she asked.

Yingsheng thought for a second: "0410."

This is Mizuki Hotaru's birthday.

The metal box opened, and a wisp of cold air escaped. The black flannel lining was divided into two spaces. On the left were some simple chemical experiment utensils such as test tubes and droppers, and on the right were some medicine bottles placed in slots.

After checking everything, Huihara Ai closed the metal box and said, "It's OK. There are still some things missing."

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Some things are really hard to get, young lady, you have to understand the difficulties we ordinary people face."

"Are you considered an ordinary person? It's been less than five hours since I made the request." Huihara Ai tapped the metal box with her fingertips, making a crisp sound. "And there are some drugs left that are not obviously prohibited. In fact, we can ask the Suzuki Group for help."

"Maybe it's okay to break the rules. This is for the advancement of science. Don't treat them as conservative moralists."

"So you've actually already looked for them, right?"

"Not really. I don't know if the truth serum you made will be as effective as drug A, making people answer whatever they ask. But generally speaking, hallucinogens are almost the same. They destroy a person's higher-level thinking ability, making it difficult for him to lie logically. The most logical part of what he says is more likely to be true."

Yingsheng looked up at the rearview mirror and said, "I saw this in a popular science magazine. Is this true?"

Huihara Ai nodded: "Almost. Hallucinogens will affect people's cognitive abilities. If they want to lie, they might say that aliens sent them to attack the earth, which would be easily discovered.

But I have to remind you that even if he has received professional training and has prepared a clear logical chain for the fake news, as well as anchor points such as keywords to strengthen the impression, this method may not work, at least not in the short term. "

Yingsheng nodded in agreement. He had a deep understanding of this, but still didn't know the name of that dog that licked Vermouth's ass.

Mr. Anonymous is truly a tough guy.

After a while, Yingsheng asked curiously, "Can the truth serum you plan to make solve this problem?"

Huiyuan Ai said calmly: "In my imagination, it probably can, but the specific effect is still uncertain."

“Hi! That’s amazing.”

Yingsheng was quite surprised. This kind of drug that could extract intelligence from the brains of primitive creatures was rare even in his previous life.

After all, most human brains by that time had already completed data evolution. Even those who were born before the advent of evolution, except for a very small number of die-hards who resisted technological progress, had brain-computer interfaces installed.

The gods and Buddhas in heaven possess supreme authority and can see through all human thoughts at a glance if they wish.

Unless that person is blessed by another god or Buddha.

Even those low-level information dealers rely on hacking techniques to dig out intelligence, and they have a headache when they encounter the diehards of the old times.

As for biological agents...

It seems that it is only sold in the black market of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Jiuhua Taoist Temple. Unfortunately, there has never been any demand for it in the past, so he has never bought it.

Thinking of this, Yingsheng asked hurriedly: "Is there something like this in the winery?"

"Probably not, otherwise everyone who joins the organization would be interrogated first, how could there be an undercover agent." Huiyuan Ai laughed softly, with a hint of sarcasm, "That gentleman is most concerned about drug A, and doesn't care much about other aspects."

"Oh--"

Yingsheng smiled in amazement: "So you really were slacking off every day in the past."

"What else? You can't force someone like me who is coerced to willingly use all my talents for the organization. I don't have Stockholm syndrome."

Huiyuan Ai snorted: "Anyway, most researchers can't understand the core data, and those who can understand it have similar ideas to me. The progress of the experiment is up to me. If you don't save me, I will keep dragging it out."

Yingsheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your passive attitude won't fool many people."

The software that Itakura Taku has and what Gin said before about the organization's attitude towards Shirley both show that Shirley's slacking behavior has made the organization very disappointed in her.

"Ugh--"

Huiyuan Ai lowered her eyebrows and sighed: "Of course I know about this kind of thing, but what can I do?"

"Didn't the winery threaten you with your sister?" Yingsheng asked.

"Of course, I will tell them that I have been working hard, but when it comes to science, there is no clear progress bar." "Haha, awesome, awesome! The boss of the winery should be in a hurry to use drug A to prolong his life. Are you trying to drag him to death?"

"I vaguely had this thought, but before he died, my sister and I would definitely die first, so I don't know what I was thinking before. Maybe I couldn't see the future, so I thought about sinking, but I was unwilling to give up on myself."

“I see… I’m sorry.”

"I should be the one to thank you."

"Xiaolan's knee pillow is very soft, do you want to try it?"

"What? I..."

While Haibara Ai was in a daze, she felt her body being picked up and lying on the back seat of the car. Her little head was gently put down. What she touched was the softness and warmth that she had not felt for a long time. What she saw was the eyes that were as gentle as ripples in a spring pond. There was a vague familiar touch.

"I'm sorry, Ai, I'm not as sharp as Suigetsu-kun." Xiaolan smiled gently, "But I will always be here, and now, you can have a good rest."

Haibara Ai only felt that something deeply touched her heart, and a ray of light finally penetrated into the closed darkness.

What kind of people are these two people?
Mizuki Yingsheng, does he really have no other purpose?

A few random thoughts arose, and then dissipated with the wind. At least for now, she didn't want to think about them.

She slowly closed her eyes.

So warm, so safe...

Yingsheng slowed down the car, letting the slight breathing inside the car gradually calm down. When he arrived at the destination, he did not stop, but circled slowly nearby.

This is an abandoned warehouse area that has been deserted for a long time and is completely uninhabited. The lights are sparse, even fewer than the stars in the night sky under the bright moonlight.

But with the weeds that stubbornly poke out from the cracks in the cement and sway in the wind, and the night breeze bringing the smell of hay and rust, this place does not seem desolate. It is just far away from the hustle and bustle of the modern city, leaving a rare tranquility.

After completing the first big circle, Yingsheng went a little deeper and continued to circle, but unfortunately it didn't last too long before a faint smell of blood wafted in the air.

Yingsheng hurried to close the window, but it was undoubtedly too late.

Xiaolan felt that Haibara Ai's small body suddenly tensed up, and the next second, she opened her eyes.

"Are we there yet?" Huibara asked in a sad tone.

"Sorry, I didn't expect there would be such obvious signs." Yingsheng sped up a bit.

Xiaolan took back the hand that was gently stroking Haibara Ai's hair, lifted her up, and looked into the rearview mirror: "Is Suigetsu-kun already having someone lynch him?"

"Someone has to do this kind of thing." Yingsheng said.

However, he did tell Nozomi not to go too far, because Toru Amuro was the gift he was planning to give to the Miyano sisters, so she should pay attention to the quality of the gift.

That guy wouldn't get excited while interrogating me and suddenly have a seizure, right?

Well, there's really nothing we can do about her.

Then wash Toru Amuro before giving him the gift.

With this thought in mind, Yingsheng parked the car in a narrow alley next to an abandoned warehouse, got out of the car first, and said he would go in to check the situation to avoid any accidents.

In fact, he was preparing to pour two buckets of water on Amuro Toru to prevent people from being scared by his bloody appearance.

But in less than two minutes he returned to the car and opened the back door with a strange look on his face.

"It's all right inside, go in."

Several people entered the warehouse next door through the gap of the half-open iron door. The first thing they saw was a row of empty shelves with rust all over the places where the blue paint had peeled off.

The back of the shelf was covered by newspapers and was dimly illuminated by the lights from deeper inside, highlighting the large headlines of [Aoyama Pharmaceutical Company is on Fire], but the back could not be seen clearly.

Walking around the shelves, the view suddenly widened. The concrete floor, about 100 square meters, was empty, with only a few newspapers scattered around.

In the center, there is a figure hanging upside down like a lead weight, with one end of a thin rope tied high above the steel beam of the ceiling, and the other end tied to the ankle wrapped in black trousers. Underneath is a rose-red shirt, dark skin, and golden hair.

Because of the gravity of being hung upside down, his complexion became even darker and his forehead was full of blue veins, almost bleeding.

Maybe it has already dripped out.

The washbasin just below him, less than an inch away from his head, was filled with blood. Even his golden hair hanging in it had already been dyed dark red!

When they saw the basin of blood, Xiaolan and Haibara Ai's pupils dilated instantly. Fortunately, they were both experienced enough now that they did not scream out.

They all had the same thought in their minds: what kind of inhumane torture had been experienced here before!
But after just a few seconds of careful observation, they realized something was wrong. There didn't seem to be any blood on the man's body.

Has it been cleaned up?
"Look over there."

Yingsheng raised his hand and pointed to a corner at the edge of the wall. Xiaolan and the others looked in the direction and saw a short pile of snow-white things mixed with some black, making a lot of noise.

Haibara Ai was about to go closer to check, but the sharp-eyed and sharp-eared warrior Ran had already spoken in shock:
"It's a Husky!"

"It's probably a wild dog from the neighborhood. Killing it is considered to be a way to get rid of harm to the people." Yingsheng walked towards the center. "This basin of blood is just someone's evil taste. In fact, they haven't tortured them yet."

Huihara Ai glanced at the straight rope that didn't move at all, and walked over: "Did you give him anesthesia?"

"Of course, we are old acquaintances, and it would be a bit awkward to meet under such circumstances," Yingsheng said.

Xiaolan looked at the upside-down figure carefully for a few times and asked in confusion, "Mr. Amuro is quite powerful, it seems that he was taken down without any resistance?"

"If you plan carefully, things will be simple."

Yingsheng sighed softly: "And you may not believe it, but the main reason why this guy fell is probably because he has lost his conscience and is considered a good person."

Xiaolan thought about it, her eyes complicated: "You didn't set up a situation where the hero saves the beauty, and then the person being rescued waits for him to get close and then launches a sneak attack on him, right?"

Yingsheng tilted his head to look at her, his eyes showing surprise: "Awesome, Xiaolan, that's probably it." He smiled, "Why, do you think I'm despicable?"

Xiaolan sighed softly: "There are indeed some, but if you want to catch a fox, the hunter must be more cunning than the fox."

Huihara Ai nodded in agreement: "What should we do next?"

(End of this chapter)