Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 355 Xiaolan’s enlightenment and nature!
"So Kudo Shinichi also took drug A and turned into a child?" Huihara Ai frowned, "Could it be that the organization wants to kill him?"

"That's not clear yet, and it has little to do with us anyway." Xiaolan snorted, "Once the lab is built, I will go and bring him back myself to be your guinea pig, Ai. A special individual like him should be very valuable for research."

"…Did he annoy Sister Xiaolan?"

"There are all kinds of things like this. I don't know if he is too far away from the Miyano family bloodline, and the A drug is not fully effective, so his IQ also decreases when he becomes smaller."

Since she had nothing to do, Xiaolan told Haibara Ai about Conan's various outrageous actions, and added at the end:

"I'm 100% sure that he didn't like me in the past. At least, the things he said now, like 'If I stay away from Shuiyue, this and that will happen', are definitely not out of concern for me."

If it means that one learns to cherish something only after losing it, then I have never heard him say anything nice to me, and he always talks about water, moon and fireflies.

and so……

Xiaolan raised her lips slightly, "I guess he has not been able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes, Ying, so his self-esteem is hurt. He usually solves cases very quickly, and most of them are successfully solved within a few hours. And this time, it has been three weeks since Xuesong Masato's case."

Xiao Ai also nodded. "And this man behind the scenes is still jumping around in front of him, living a very free and comfortable life, stimulating him in various ways. Hmm..."

A trace of sympathy appeared in Xiao Ai's eyes. "Looking at it this way, Suigetsu-kun is too bad. He is almost driving the detective who has been chasing him into a bad state."

"Hina didn't ask him to catch her, she came up to him on her own, and we're not sure if some of the things were done by Ying."

"for example?"

"For example, the first thing, Xuesong Masato's death, although I also thought he was the one who did it after I knew the relationship between Hotaru and Xuesong, but there is no way to prove it at all." Xiaolan cleared her throat, "You have to provide evidence when you speak, otherwise I will sue you for defamation. Isn't that what they say in the movies?"

"But those who say these things are villains..."

Huiyuan Ai paused and shook her head, "Okay, you forgot that we are villains again, but Sister Xiaolan, do you really not care about this?"

Xiaolan's eyes were firm. "Of course I care, but as I said, I also have a share in Ying's sins. At worst, we can go to hell together."

Hui Yuan Ai was stunned.

She found that she had always thought that Yingsheng was a weirdo, but it seemed that she had underestimated the abnormality here.

Or is this the power of love?
Xiaolan laughed again, "Don't be so serious. If it were the old me, I would think that killing someone is a sin. But from my current perspective, killing Xuesong Zhengren may not even be a sin. Let me tell you what kind of person he is."

Alcoholism, gambling, and domestic violence.

For money, he agreed to let a neighboring researcher couple conduct dangerous drug experiments on his few-year-old daughter.

Later, Xue Song Nanami, who provided him with blood, left. When he was penniless, he even took away the money his daughter earned from compensated dating.

In the end, he owed a huge sum of money to the underworld, so he simply sold his daughter.

Xiaolan finished telling what she knew.

Huibara Ai was completely stunned.

Although she had seen a lot of darkness in human nature in the organization and even checked the file of Yuzuki Kiyoko.

But after deeply understanding what Xuesong Masato had done in the past, she was still shocked by how inhumane he was.

Huiyuan Ai suddenly had an idea:
It seems that it is understandable and even worthy of sympathy that Kiyoko Yuzuki has such a bad personality.

As for the fact that she chose compensated dating instead of working in order to make money...

The first point is that she can't see the future.

If the gambling debt is a fixed value, no matter how much it is, she can at least see a goal and keep moving in that direction so as not to get lost.

But, gambling debts are never fixed, they are a bottomless abyss!

Mild pressure can give people motivation, but boundless pressure with no end in sight will only crush people!

If she wasn't blessed enough, it would be inevitable for Xuesong Qingzi to fall into the abyss!
Is she blessed enough?
Huihara Ai suddenly realized something, "No wonder Suigetsu-kun said that Xuesong Kiyoko would provide him with love, he is clearly Xuesong Kiyoko's salvation!"

Xiaolan raised an eyebrow, "I've thought about that before, but Xuesong-san once poisoned Hotaru."

"This……"

Huihara Ai thought for a moment, "Suiyue-kun has a masochistic fetish, is this a little joke between them?"

"...You, just change your name to Huiyuan Kuro."

Xiaolan poked Huibara Ai's forehead again.

The latter rolled her eyes, "They are both under such high pressure. Mizuki-kun has mental problems, and Xuesong Kiyoko is probably no exception. And this and that, it's normal, isn't it? What they have is called sadomasochism."

"…But Hotaru is no longer the same person as before."

"That's right, the sadomasochistic love between the two of them ended with the demise of one of their personalities..." Huihara Ai sighed, "Thinking about it now, Suigetsu-kun only treats Yukimura Kiyoko as a tool to provide love, it's even more sadistic. Yukimura Kiyoko is quite pitiful."

Xiaolan's lips shrank. "According to what you said, Xiaoai, shouldn't I be more knowledgeable and sensible?"

"Forehead……"

Huiyuan Ai said weakly: "Children's words should not be restrained. I am just a child. Please, sister Xiaolan, don't be angry with me."

"Hehe, I'm not that stingy..."

"No, you do."

"..."

Xiaolan rolled her eyes at Huihara Ai and said, "If there is, then there is. Then, may I ask the great scientist, is it possible for a personality that has disappeared to reappear?"

"I'm not researching this area, so it's probably... unlikely."

She really had never studied multiple personality, and brain science was too complicated. Even experts who specialized in this field could not give a 100% definite answer.

Xiaolan snorted, "It doesn't matter even if she recovers. Before that, Hotaru is the way she is now anyway."

Do not think too much.

These words often appear in the conversations between her and Yingsheng. Although neither of them seems to be able to do it completely, they at least understand the principle of living in the present and not worrying about trivial things.

Haibara Ai was stunned for two seconds, then silently gave Xiaolan a thumbs up.

"Sister Xiaolan, you are so handsome."

"Thank you for the compliment, little sister Ai. Let's get back to the topic."

Xiaolan smiled, “Anyway, that’s it, I now feel that even if Xuesong Masato was killed by Hotaru, it’s not a sin.

Later on, there were things like bullying the Nimbus Society, ambushing and killing Gin, and breaking into the research institute. Anyway, as far as I know, I don't think Hotaru's crimes are so heinous that he deserves to be kept under the watchful eye of a savior of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The same goes for Inspector Megure, who has been playing tricks with him along with the third investigation department. Are there no other cases in Tokyo?

If you have nothing to do, go find some maple leaf gold coins. Those dangerous robbers are still on the run."

Huiyuan Ai whispered: "What if there is something you don't know about Sister Xiaolan?"

"If there is, it's probably the deaths of Dr. Eto and Dr. Shirai in the Beika Central Hospital. Hotaru used one of them to steal anesthetics from the hospital. But Dr. Shirai himself was making a murder plan, targeting Dr. Eto. He had accepted bribes and threatened..."

Xiaolan paused for a moment, "Well, there aren't so many reasons. Anyway, if it was really Ying who did it, then we should assume that he killed Dr. Shirai, and I killed Dr. Eto."

Huihara Ai showed admiration, "Sister Xiaolan, you really kill without blinking an eye."

“…What a strange statement.”

Xiaolan almost couldn't help but give Huiyuan Ai a slap on the head, glared at her, and continued: "Besides, probably...

Last Sunday evening, the police evacuated many people in Tsuburaya-cho, and later said that the Ox Shinrikyo was carrying out a terrorist attack there. If this incident is also blamed on Hotaru, this is probably why he is hated by the police so much. "

Huiyuan Ai was quite surprised. "I heard that several policemen were killed there. Could it be related to Suigetsu-kun?"

"I don't know either. He was imprisoned in the Tokyo Police Hospital at the time, so it was impossible for him to rush to the scene. But you saw this time that he is very good at planning ahead." Xiaolan sighed, "His plan was disrupted by Amuro Toru that day, and the police issued a wanted order for Amuro Toru after that day. It must be related to Hotaru."

Haibara Ai reached out her hand, wanting to comfort Xiaolan.

But before she could get her hands close, Xiaolan spoke in a serious tone: "But even if that's the case, I'll calculate based on the worst rumors I've heard, and I'll take the lives of eight policemen. This matter... let's leave it at that!"

Haibara Ai:"………"

Silently taking her hand back, Haibara Ai found herself at a loss for words. She had run into the hands of someone more brutal than Gin, and had Xiaolan really turned into a complete villain?
"Xiao Ai, you said..."

"what?"

"You said if I save 80 people or 800 people in the future, can this be offset?"

Xiaolan's tone was quite hesitant.

Even Huiyuan Ai didn't hear much expectation or self-consolation from it...

She suddenly shook her head heavily. "Sister Xiaolan, you said that this matter might be related to Shuiyuejun. There is no evidence at all, right? The police and detectives have not found any clues in the past week. We are making associations here for no reason. Maybe this has nothing to do with him at all."

"I hope so, but I think this possibility is not high." Xiaolan smiled gently, "But I can't dwell on what has already happened. Nothing can be changed. Let's try to do more good things in the future, even though there is no doubt that we are the evil party."

Huihara Ai held Xiaolan's hand, "Including me."

"Of course." Xiaolan held Huiyuan Ai's little hand and waved it in front of her eyes, then put it on her cheek, "And my most adorable little sister Ai."

The warmth on my cheeks, the warmth in my palms...

Suddenly they came together.

Haibara Ai felt that even if she fell into the abyss again this time, the bottom of the abyss was definitely not a cold pool of water, but a warm lake of sulfur fire.

Ok……

Huiyuan Ai thought that her idea was very bad and quickly shook her head, "Kuroba Kaito is Kaito Kidd, how did you find out about this?"

"Kuroba Kaito didn't hide it at all, he has been using that iconic playing card gun, and he can do magic, and his father Kuroba Touichi can also disguise himself." Xiaolan sighed, "I think his personality is much better than Kudo, but it seems that he didn't hide his identity too seriously."

"Maybe he is now using the identity of Kudo Shinichi, and generally speaking, no one would associate a long-famous thief with a high school student." said Haibara Ai.

"Hina and I also had doubts at first, but now that we have a target for suspicion, after a little comparison, the results are clear at a glance."

Xiaolan said: "Eight years ago, the frequency of Kaito Kid's attacks dropped sharply. In the past eight years, he has only attacked twice, and his methods were clumsy and he was almost caught by the police. But starting this year, Kaito Kid suddenly became active again, and he never missed a gem he targeted. This is obviously a change of person."

Huihara Ai suddenly realized, "Eight years ago, Kuroba Toichi died. The two crimes in recent years were committed by unknown persons in disguise. Now that Kuroba Kaito has grown up, he has taken over."

"That's probably it. We also have some guesses about the unknown person. He should be Kuroba Touichi's magic assistant, Terai Kōnosuke. He was also the one who took care of Kuroba Kaito when he was growing up. He also disappeared during this period of time."

"I didn't expect that there are actually three Kaito Kidds..."

After satisfying her curiosity, Huihara Ai continued to adjust the wax figure, "Sister Xiaolan, you know everything. What are you going to do?"

"I don't plan on doing anything, I'm just a chess piece."

Xiaolan said casually: "Although Kudo... no, Conan's current behavior is very annoying, he is still working for justice. We will certainly not do anything to him, except to tie him up as a guinea pig for you, Ai.

As for Kaito Kidd, as far as the current situation is concerned, he is simply a good man who lends a helping hand to the weak. Moreover, we don’t have gems, so there will be no conflict of interest with him.

As for Inspector Megure and Superintendent Matsumoto...

Ying has always said that we should just treat the police as mindless NPCs, and there is no need to be angry with them. Anyway, we can always use them when we need them. "

Huiyuan Ai was stunned again, "Are you so magnanimous? Don't you have any dissatisfaction at all?"

"Of course I was very angry, especially those guys from the mobile team, who hit Ying in the stomach with the butt of their rifles right in front of me." Xiaolan crossed her arms, "But Ying didn't even react to them at the time, she kept chanting something like 'Yang gives birth to Yin, Yang kills Yin and Yin hides', I don't know what to say.

After I was asked to leave the ward, the person who had been secretly in contact with Ying sent me an email.

She told me that Ying was doing an experiment at the time and that he would be fine, so I shouldn't worry.

If I cared about it, she would help me kill those people, and the Kudo family was no exception.

Having said that, I can only tell her not to be so radical. "

Xiaolan looked at the stunned Huihara Ai, her tone was quite helpless, "Xiao Ai, do you think Hotaru's mind is really abnormal? He doesn't seem to care about anything that happens to him, but if you say that he lives purely for the pursuit of love, it is impossible for those policemen to love him."

Huihara Ai nodded silently, then shook her head, "It is certain that Suigetsu-kun has mental problems, but to say that he lives only for love is absolutely inaccurate. Don't we still have you, Xiaolan?"

"...That's right, I have never provided him with love, so..."

Xiaolan paused for a moment, and suddenly thought of a conversation between Yingsheng and Kudo Yusaku at noon today:
—"The scorer, sir, most of the time I'm the one with the whip."

——"So Gin is special?"

——"No, Xiaolan is special."

At that time, Xiaolan just regarded these words as a casual remark of Yingsheng, but now she thinks that it is special that she did not provide love to Yingsheng.

Does this mean that the other person in this passage is not special?
Gin, will he provide love to Hotaru? !

Xiaolan was a little confused for a moment, and suddenly remembered the moment when Yingsheng used his hand as a gun and pointed it at her head. She immediately pointed it at the right corner of her forehead and looked at Xiaoai.

"What is this brain area? Does it affect human emotions?"

"There are quite a lot of tissues, and the one facing it is the frontal lobe, so of course it will affect emotions." Huibara replied.

"So... after it's damaged, could it make a man fall in love with another man? And also add sadism to it?"

"!!!"

Haibara Ai was no fool, and immediately thought of a recent case, "Are you saying that Gin had a nerve problem because he was shot in the brain, and he fell in love with Suigetsu-kun?!"

Xiaolan sighed, "Based on the hints that Hotaru gave me and Gin's performance, it's almost certain."

"hiss--!"

Huihara Ai took a deep breath and almost cut the wax figure's face, "Gin, he... is there such an outrageous thing in the world?"

Xiaolan looked Haibara Ai up and down and said nothing.

Haibara Ai knew that she was saying that it was also outrageous for her to become smaller. After thinking about it, she still felt that Gin's was weirder.

The cold-faced killer of the organization fell in love with Suigetsu-kun...

"Puch-"

Haibara Ai couldn't help but laughed out loud.

"Ouch, it hurts."

The next second, Haibara Ai covered her forehead with her hands, looking pitiful.

Xiaolan took back the hand that was tapping her head and said unhappily, "I'm really distressed now, are you still happy?"

"Don't worry, Sister Xiaolan, isn't Mizuki-kun's other identity Liuying? He's very good at handling relationships in this area." Huihara Ai held Xiaolan's hand and shook it. "He probably told you this just to comfort you. Don't think too much. He definitely doesn't care..."

Huiyuan Ai shook her head, "No, he has just gained another strange love tool. He doesn't need to be obsessed with this anymore. Sister Xiaolan, you should be happier."

"You've become strange too."

"How about you find a chance to kill Gin, Sister Xiaolan?"

"Okay, I'll call him now."

"Eh???"

(End of this chapter)