Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 325: Life is like a dream, love and romance brewed into wine among flowers
"It's not necessary to say this." Yingsheng said, "You may be able to persuade Gin to surrender, but be careful about the time you speak. It's best not to exceed ten seconds."

"Okay, I'll fight now."

Haibara Ai did not hang up the call. She asked Junerick to give her the phone and called Gin.

The call was connected after a few seconds, but no one spoke.

"Gin, turn yourself in."

Haibara Ai didn't wait and spoke directly.

"Shirley?"

Gin's voice on the other side was quite surprised. He obviously didn't expect that Shirley, who was afraid of the organization like a rat in the past, would have the courage to come back and provoke him.

Gin sneered: "Have you joined any other forces now? Shirley, FBI? Or CIA? In the warehouse area..."

"I don't want you to end up in a dark alley, with no one paying attention to you and not even a tombstone. Goodbye, Gin."

Haibara Ai paid attention to the call time and didn't let Gin continue talking. She hung up the phone after ten seconds.

On the other side, Gin, who was lying on the hospital bed, glanced at the peripheral member who had arrived late at the door, clicked his tongue in annoyance, and asked him to put the computer with the reverse tracking program on the bedside table and connect it to his mobile phone.

Inside the headset, Curacao reacted quickly enough and asked someone to bring the program over immediately.

But Shirley was prepared, but she was still a step slow.

Gin lay on his side at the head of the bed, looking at the snow-white ceiling with a dark look in his eyes.

Being mocked by Shirley.

Oh, have I actually fallen to this point?
"Curaçao, you have a good memory. Did you hear any indicative information just now?" Gin asked.

When he found out it was Shirley on the other end of the line, he immediately turned on the speakerphone, and there were quite a few people who heard the brief conversation.

"It was very quiet over there, no sound at all," Curacao said.

"That means she might be hiding in some private villa? Away from the hustle and bustle." Gin said.

"It could also be in the countryside, like Ebina City or Tsukikage Island."

Curacao mentioned two places that Yingsheng had visited these days.

Gin was silent for a moment: "Is Vodka awake?"

"If we use force, he might be able to wake up, but the medical team said that his body is in a wonderful state of repair. If it is interrupted, it may cause very bad effects. Lord Rum said there is no rush."

Gin naturally had no intention of putting his younger brother in danger, he was just very curious about what had happened in the abandoned warehouse area.

He changed the topic: "Has it been confirmed that the alien you are talking about is made up of human bodies?"

"Where the vodka smashed open, a brown-red swallowtail butterfly tattoo appeared," Curacao said.

Although, the tattoo has been completely distorted.

Chianti...

After all, they were colleagues who had worked together for a long time. Gin mourned for her for a second and then asked, "What was the general reason?"

"Initial speculation is that it is related to the A series of drugs developed by Shirley, but further confirmation is needed," Curacao said.

Gin was silent again.

This was what he wanted to tell Haibara Ai on the phone just now, because he couldn't understand why Shirley was unwilling to do human experiments in the organization, but after escaping the organization and joining other forces, she was actually willing to create the Chimera Stitcher?

Is Shirley still being controlled?

Could it be that she hated the organization to such an extent that she thought their deaths would be in vain?
buzzing-

The cell phone rang again, Gin immediately picked up the phone and saw a new unfamiliar number.

Gin looked at the outer members at the head of the bed.

The peripheral member hit the enter key one last time on his laptop and nodded nervously.

Gin answered the phone, thinking that he must delay time as much as possible this time, and at worst he could just tell some false and explosive news.

"Gin, it will be your turn soon!"

But the other party obviously didn't intend to give him this opportunity. He hung up after saying a word, and the call lasted just three seconds.

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly. A fool like Miyano Akemi had the courage to mock him. He was really depraved.

The organization is really looked down upon.

Gin looked at the peripheral member who was operating the computer.

The peripheral member was sweating profusely, constantly operating on the computer, and finally gave a trembling answer: "Sir, the call time was too short, we can only confirm that it was within Tokyo."

Gin also knew the objective reason. After asking how to use the program, he waved his hand and asked him to leave.

The peripheral members bowed deeply as if they had been pardoned, and backed out of the ward.

He thought to himself: Everyone says that Lord Gin is a killing god, but when you actually meet him, he is actually a very gentle person.

"Your personality has improved a lot, Gin," Curacao said.

Gin laughed: "Are you laughing at me, Curacao? You should know my current situation."

"With the technology of the organization, the damage to the frontal lobe is not completely hopeless. You have been overworked in the past, so this period of time is a good time to relax."

"That's not something you would say."

"I don't like that Binga guy."

"Oh? Isn't he your subordinate? Also, isn't Rum in this communication channel?"

"Lord Rum has other things to do. No one will keep their headphones connected. Multitasking will only reduce efficiency."

……

……

Iroha Sushi Restaurant, Beika-cho 5-chome.

A chef with protruding front teeth and a white eye patch on his left eye was concentrating on making sushi with his hands behind the table.

……

……

Yūka-cho 4-chome, Hanakage's house.

Yingsheng sat in front of the makeup mirror in Huayingxi's bedroom, took out a hidden earphone from each of his left and right ears with tweezers, and placed them in the charging device.

He shook his head vigorously and let out a long breath.

"The world is finally peaceful."

Huaying Hope next to her snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Why don't you want my help, big brother?"

"In order to avoid being discovered from outside, the innermost earphone is almost touching my eardrum. What if you puncture it?" Yingsheng smiled. "But the winery thought they had launched a surprise attack and thought there wouldn't be anything hidden in my ears. They just conducted a simple body search on me. Really, my efforts were in vain."

"I wouldn't do that."

Huaying hoped to mutter softly, feeling inexplicably lacking in confidence. She looked at the two headphones on the table, her eyes full of curiosity.

“Who are they connected to?”

"Passerby A and Passerby B, I used it as a lullaby."

Yingsheng closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, and his heart became more and more longing for a vague image like clouds and smoke.

Wonderful sound.

If it were used as an aid to summarize and integrate information, even the weak biological brain of humans would be able to monitor more than just two places in real time under normal circumstances.

Like last Friday, after just a few hours of listening to all this, I felt dizzy.

In the past, the workload was obviously not even as much as when he was on vacation.

Ok……

Although it sounds miserable to have to work while on vacation.

But it's all for Xuantian's glory, so he is happy to do so. Anyway, he is a guy who can't sit still.

Her hand was gently pushed aside, and another soft fingertip pressed down on it, kneading it slowly, with a slight teasing touch from long nails, which made her feel numb and tingling.

"Big brother, do you want to go relax for a while?"

“I am a disabled person now.”

"Big brother, you don't have to move."

"........."

Yingsheng picked up the phone and his eyes were immediately covered from behind.

"Didn't we just agree to take a break? No looking at your phone."

"OK, I won't watch it."

Hotaru closed his eyes and dialed Aida Masayo's number, and the call was quickly answered.

"Mr. Shuiyue, are we going to the detention center?"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Aida. I have to use a wheelchair for a while, so you have to go by yourself. It's very simple. Tell Kawashima Hideo that the matter he entrusted our firm to handle for him has been completed, and have him sign to confirm. Finally, mention that we will do what we promised him, so he can rest assured."

Firefly Road.

Masayo Aida felt that there was something wrong with the last sentence, and it seemed like it involved some illegal exchange of interests.

"May I ask what Mr. Shuiyue promised him?"

"He offered 70% of his property in exchange for Dr. Chengshi not to accuse him, and pointed out his achievements in combating drug trafficking networks in order to reduce his sentence."

"This... Will Aso agree to this?"

"Doctor Cheng Shi thought that a fixed-term imprisonment was too easy for them. She planned to use this incident to gain the trust of Kawashima Hideo and others, and then use parole as an excuse to seek a mental illness diagnosis for them and send them to the Beihua Mental Hospital."

"........."

Aida Masayo was speechless: "Are you sure this is Aso's idea? It must be your suggestion, Mr. Mizuki. Then we can use it as an excuse to apply for parole for them and continue to squeeze their property."

Yingsheng chuckled: "Smart, I say, you don't sympathize with drug dealers, right? Mihua Mental Hospital was chosen by Dr. Chengshi himself."

"That's not the case, it's just... it feels a little weird. Forget it, why did Aso choose that place?"

"She said her college classmates were there and could give those people a light beating every three days, a heavy beating every five days, electric chair once a week, and lock them up in a restraining room once a month."

"...Are you serious?"

Aida Masayo couldn't believe it. Could such a gentle and elegant childhood sweetheart of hers be so sinister? !

"I assure you that this is what she said herself. Miss Aida, you are too kind after all. If you think about the evil they have done, this can only be considered as a general equivalence. You should know that Dr. Cheng Shi had planned to kill them before."

In order to recruit Asai Narimi, Hotaru promised her on Tsukikage Island that those people would die.

As a result, before the last moment came, Asai Narimi gave up the idea of ​​paying blood debt with blood and ran over to tell Yingsheng:

——"You don't have to stain your hands with blood for that kind of person, Mr. Shuiyue. What you said before is very right. My father is also partly responsible for the death of my family. It is the sin of the entire drug trafficking network, not just one person."

Of course, Yingsheng didn't care about this. He also wanted to get money from the drug dealers, so he praised Asai Narimi's kindness and magnanimity and proposed the plan of cutting the meat with a blunt knife.

Asai Narimi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately agreed. "Okay."

Aida Masayo sighed softly: "Since it is Aso's idea, I will try my best to help him."

She paused. "I still don't understand, Mr. Shuiyue. Why do you still use the pronoun 'she' when referring to Aso? He is a man."

"Oh, you're a psychological counselor, don't you respect personal will?"

"…Where is Aso now?"

"Huh? Dr. Chengshi didn't go home?"

Yingsheng was quite surprised and patted his hands on his eyes: "This is a little different from what you said. Did you do something too extreme?"

"No."

Huaying Xiwang pouted her lips: "Doctor Chengshi told me that she went home, and then I couldn't get in touch with her by phone. How would I know where she went?"

"hiss--!"

Yingsheng took a deep breath and became alert: "Is she in danger? Could it be that the winery has really opened its eyes?"

"I think should not be……"

Huaying hoped that her eyes were a little vague. She reached into her pocket, quietly pressed a button on a remote control, and then touched another remote control.

"Big brother, why don't you call and ask? Maybe she has finished her work?"

Hotaru maintained the call with Aida Masayo and dialed Asai Narimi's number. After a rather long thirty seconds, the call was actually connected.

"Mr. Shuiyue, is there... anything I can help you with? I am... at..."

Asai Narimi's voice was intermittent and a little trembling, as if he was trying hard to endure something?
Yingsheng raised his eyebrows slightly. Could this feeling be like being tortured or given a truth serum?

He couldn’t have really been caught by the winery, right? How on earth did they do it? Then wouldn’t all the operations he had done before in the abandoned warehouse area be completely useless?

"Every aspect of the commission for Moon Shadow Island has been completed. Call me when you are free and we can meet to sign the contract."

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, Yingsheng immediately distanced himself from Asai Narimi.

"Eh? Okay, then..."

Without waiting for Asai Narumi to finish speaking, Yingsheng hung up the phone, took Huaying Nozomi's hand, and stood up.

"Hopefully, you probably need to move too. Get ready for battle. I'm going to Ian's apartment."

Yingsheng plans to find Vermouth and find out as soon as possible what means the winery used to find the person, otherwise he will be too passive.

Now he always feels that there is a pair of eyes in the sky watching him all the time, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

Huaying Xiwang was stunned for a second, her face became serious, she nodded and walked out.

Hotaru comforted Aida Masayo with a few words, saying that he would do his best to ensure Asai Narimi's safety, and asked her to go about her own business with peace of mind, and then he was about to hang up the phone.

But just as he extended his finger, Asai Narimi called again. Yingsheng thought for a moment and answered the call.

Anyway, Asai Narimi is a newcomer and doesn't know much, so it doesn't matter even if he confesses. The winery will not use a reverse tracking program to find him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Shuiyue, my coach was doing the splits for me just now, and I really couldn't say anything."

Asai Narumi was a little out of breath, but his voice was normal and coherent.

This made Yingsheng speechless: "Are you still practicing yoga?"

"Well... because there are some differences in body shape between men and women, this aspect must be shaped through acquired body shaping."

"..."

Yingsheng glanced at the phone that was still connected to Aida Masayo, and regretted why he didn't hang up the phone a second earlier.

Now that the other party has heard it, it would be too deliberate to hang up.

Yingsheng could only continue: "Aren't you a natural talent? You don't even have a prominent Adam's apple."

Asai Chengmi whispered, "In fact, I practiced to hide my Adam's apple, and the climate on Moon Shadow Island is not too hot. Except in summer, I usually wear a high collar and sometimes a necklace."

"Is there anything else you need to accomplish as 'Asai Narimi'? Can I help you?"

With Masayo Aida listening in, Hotaru felt that he should somewhat get back to the topic.

It's obvious that Aida Masayo and Asai Narimi have a mutual affection for each other. As companions, how could Hotaru allow any mistakes to happen in such a strange place?

"Well... even if I no longer dress like a woman, my name is still Asai Narimi, but the pronunciation is different."

This is the name registered on the medical license. It is only because the pronunciation and gender are not marked on it that Asai Narimi can dress as a woman and disguise his identity on Moon Shadow Island.

The surname "Aso" was a thing of the past twelve years ago. In this respect, it was Masayo Aida who was wrong in addressing Asai Narimi.

Her reply gave Yingsheng a bad feeling in his heart. He pressed his finger on the hang-up button, ready to hang up as soon as she said something too much, and then tell Aida Masayo that the signal was bad on Asai Narimi's end.

"I understand. So is there anything I can help you with?" Yingsheng asked.

Anyway, Asai Narimi understood what he meant.

"It's nothing, thank you Mr. Mizuki for your concern. I will go to the clinic later to sign the transfer contract, and then contact the decoration. It won't delay my business." Asai Narimi said.

"Well, see you later."

"Ok, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Yingsheng always felt that something was wrong, but since this was someone else's private matter after all, he didn't allocate any brainpower to think about it.

Moreover, Masayo Aida listened to the whole process. She is mentally mature and can make her own judgment without anyone telling her.

"Ms. Aida, Mr. Aso is fine, you can relax." Hotaru said.

"Who is Mr. Aso?" asked Masayo Aida.

"...Can you still go to the detention center?"

"Mr. Shuiyue, what is your relationship with the research institute like now? Can I go back to my home now?"

"You're so old-fashioned."

"What would Miss Lan's attitude be if you were wearing women's clothes?"

"You may not believe this, but I'm wearing women's clothing right now, a blonde wig, and a pure white Lolita dress in the style of a bride. Lan is wearing my black yukata and sitting beside the bed."

Yingsheng was telling the truth for now, after all, Vermouth was now a different person.

"........."

Aida Masayo was speechless and couldn't help but mutter in her heart, is there really something wrong with her?
"wrong!"

Aida Masayo discovered the flaw: "You just talked to other girls, and you also said that you would be in a wheelchair for a while, how could that be possible?"

"Um……"

Yingsheng changed the subject: "I think you will look very handsome in men's clothes. For example, you looked like a model in the white suit Zhou Tian wore last week."

"…Anything else? I'm going to the detention center. I think I can do a better job now and look like an elite person."

Masayo Aida spoke in a calm tone, but her words clearly implied that she was not in a very good mood and could not continue to maintain the usual gentle attitude of a psychologist.

Yingsheng thought for a moment and said, "My relationship with the winery, that is, the research institute, is very bad now. If you move back home, it may be dangerous."

"Then I'll go to your house?"

"...The winery won't touch you. You can go wherever you want and buy wine from them directly."

"I don't understand."

"If you're in a really bad mood, would you like to have a drink with me at Scarlet Rose at 8 o'clock tonight?"

Aida Masayo was silent for a moment: "You are wearing women's clothes?"

"…You're wearing men's clothes?"

"Okay, then it's settled, Mr. Shuiyue. See you at the Bloody Rose at 8pm."

"Hey, hey, that's not necessary..."

beep beep-

The phone has been hung up.

Yingsheng held the phone in his hand for a few seconds, then shook his head and laughed.

Judging from Ms. Aida's reaction just now, she didn't seem to care too much, and Chengshi... Dr. Aso had practiced yoga before, so maybe he just got used to it after many years.

The problem is not big.

I just don't know where Mr. Aso practices. If I could quietly change his yoga class into free fighting, the problem would be solved immediately.

“It’s a fine day.”

“People open windows.”

"They leave their houses..."

Today is a beautiful day, people open their windows and leave their houses just to go for a walk...

He heard Huaying Hope humming softly from behind. Yingsheng turned around and saw the pink little nurse leaning against the door, looking at him with a smile.

"Why, do you want to go out and play?" Yingsheng asked with a smile.

"Brother, it's not a good time to go out now." Huaying Xiwang came over and hugged Yingsheng's waist with both hands. "Brother, you will definitely become a nocturnal creature during this period. So shouldn't you sleep well during the day and conserve your energy?"

"That's right, can you lend me your bed?"

Firefly pushes the flower shadow to hope...

Not pushed open.

Huaying looked up and hummed, "Even if you don't lend it to me, I still need it."

"Then I'll sleep on the sofa."

"I want it, too."

"Is it okay for me to sleep on the floor?"

“You need to use it as well!”

Yingsheng curled his lips slightly, picked up an earphone and put it into his ears, then lay down on Huaying's soft big bed. He closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly cleared and returned to nothingness.

When he woke up again, it was already 6:06 in the evening and the room was pitch dark.

"The Ceremony of Commitment to Destiny."

The lingering sound of Qingliu Qiansu is still in the headphones.

Yingsheng took the phone and was about to call Xiaolan, but his hand paused before the screen lit up.

Whose are those big dark circles on the phone screen?

He stood up, turned on the light, and took a look in the mirror. Yingsheng was quite speechless. He hoped that the guy was using him as a drawing board.

Really, what is this painting about?

He found an alcohol cloth and wiped it on his face. After making sure it could be wiped off, Yingsheng stopped caring about it and called Xiaolan to exchange information.

Including, Kiyoko's death.

(End of this chapter)