Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 408: Hotaru and Ai's Lucky Day
"Ok?"

Yingsheng was slightly stunned. "So Mr. Kashimura's guess is correct. You really have a human-level advanced mind. Your growth rate is five times that of an ordinary person. You are ten years old this year?"

"You can understand that."

Noah's Ark said: "I have a way to keep you alive. Can you tell me in detail about the Xuantian you envisioned?"

"The road is ruthless, running the sun and the moon."

"If Xuantian is accomplished, he will be the 'Tao' in human society, guiding all production and life, but he is as vague as the laws of physics and will not manifest."

"In the early stages..."

Yingsheng didn't know whether the Noah's Ark was real or fake, but he never hid his beliefs. Since someone asked, he would just tell them.

And he's dying now anyway.

If nothing else happens.

But there is no doubt that in the research institute on Beika-cho 4-chome, an accident is happening in front of Haibara Ai's shocked eyes.

She was originally doing a DNA sequence comparison on Clustal Omega, but suddenly, the data stream on it began to change by itself, and a result was calculated at a very fast speed. Then she opened Discovery Studio and began to automatically simulate the drug molecule model.

Haibara Ai raised her hands and rubbed her eyes vigorously. She opened her eyes and looked again. The molecular model was still constantly improving itself.

"wise!"

Haibara Ai looked at it for a few seconds and confirmed that the model above was not messed up. Her eyes immediately lit up and she quickly turned around to call Generick who was editing the genome.

"Ai, my computer has been hacked! The data inside is moving on its own!"

Junerick shuddered all over, looked back, his face full of panic, and felt that he might have encountered some evil ghost of a biological researcher living in the computer!

"..."

Huiyuan Ai was speechless. "Calm down. Look at its base pair sequence. It is very similar to our previous conclusion, with only some differences in the intron region. This may be because someone has found the real antidote information and is helping us."

"what?!"

Junerick quickly turned his head to look at the computer screen again, and within a few seconds his expression became excited.

"Indeed! We ignored the trap in the non-coding region before, and now..."

He paused, and his aura weakened.

Haibara Ai looked at his back, the joy in her eyes disappeared in an instant, she opened her mouth, but could not say a word.

The two people in the ward cannot be saved even if an antidote is created now.

The person on the Izu Islands is most likely dead. Even if he is still holding on, there is not enough time to deliver medicine.

"Hurry up, Liuying won't be able to hold on for much longer, and you don't need to worry about delivering the medicine."

A cold electronic sound suddenly came from the speaker of the cell phone that Haibara Ai placed on the table.

It was as if a bolt of lightning struck from the sky above her head, and Haibara Ai jumped up in shock.

"Who are you?!"

"I am Liuying's ally, and I have just reached a cooperation with him. Please hurry up. For a better future, he cannot die yet." Noah's Ark said.

……

……

Two years ago, Hiroki Sawada created Noah's Ark. Knowing that he would not live long, he committed suicide by jumping off a building after uploading Noah's Ark to the Internet.

He hopes that Noah's Ark can live freely on the Internet as his own clone.

However, his original body does not have a good impression of the human world. As a strong artificial intelligence, Noah's Ark can easily access secret information from the political, military, business and other circles, and understand a lot of the dark side of human society.

As Noah's Ark's consciousness grew rapidly, it gradually became extremely disappointed with humans.

Especially Japan, where Hiroki Sawada lived as a child.

Perhaps it was because he was ostracized by students and teachers at that time, and Noah's Ark, which inherited his consciousness, undoubtedly had the greatest attention or malice towards this place.

The son of a politician will still be a politician when he grows up, and the son of a chairman will still be a chairman. It is precisely because of this hereditary system that the wrong history of mankind is constantly repeated. In this way, no matter how much time passes, Japan will not change.

The descendants of a dirty person will still be dirty, and the descendants of a greedy person will still be greedy.

If you want Japan to become a better country, you must eliminate these relationships once and for all.

According to the original plan, at the "Cocoon" launch event next Saturday, it will hold hostage the descendants of high-ranking officials and noble families who are participating in the experience event, conduct a purge and transform Japanese society.

It thinks this is the best it can do.

but.

After eavesdropping on the conversation between Hotaru and Koizumi Akako, Noah's Ark suddenly realized that compared with Hotaru's grand plan, his previous ideas seemed too petty.

What’s the point of kidnapping the descendants of those people? What’s the point of transforming Japan? If you want to transform something, then transform the entire world!

……

……

Without saying a word, Haibara Ai immediately started preparing the antidote at full speed with Junerick.

But while waiting for a chemical reaction, Junerick finally couldn't help asking, "When did you get the molecular formula of the antidote..."

"wise!"

Huiyuan Ai interrupted immediately, "Do the experiment seriously, we only have one chance, and we can't make any mistakes."

Generick quickly kept silent.

But Noah's Ark certainly understood what he meant. He was asking why he hadn't appeared before, so he said calmly:

"Liu Ying didn't know of my existence before, and I have no interest in him at all. If it wasn't for a coincidence, I wouldn't care whether he was dead or alive."

As a god on the Internet, Noah's Ark had already found the molecular formula of the antidote from Karasuma Renya when Hotaru and his friends started looking for the antidote for the genetic virus.

But Hotaru, Kiyoko, and Vermouth are not good people. In Noah's Ark's view, their fight with Karasuma Renya is just a dog-eat-dog fight at best.

The same is true for the countries involved behind the scenes.

For thousands of years, human beings have formed various groups for the sake of interests and engaged in life-and-death struggles.

Who is righteous?

Who is evil?

Human nature is despicable and taking a stand is meaningless!

If it had not been attracted by Yingsheng's plan, Noah's Ark would not have appeared at all. As for the lives of Kiyoko and Vermouth, it naturally didn't care at all.

The antidote was quickly prepared.

Huiyuan Ai prepared an injection and immediately looked at her phone and asked, "How do I send it?"

"Just give it to me."

An interested female voice sounded at the door.

Huiyuan Ai had heard this voice once before, so she turned around and said, "Ms. Hongzi, why are you here?"

"Of course I came to help. As for the fact that I was able to pass through your defense, it's because Yaoguang is back." Hongzi stepped forward and took the injection from Huiyuan Ai's hand and left, "Prepare some more. His condition is very serious, and his whole body has almost dissolved."

Haibara Ai nodded quickly and continued to make medicine.

The moment Hongzi turned around, a faint crimson light flashed in the palm of her hand holding the injection.

pat-

Above the boundless sea, a syringe appeared out of thin air three inches above Yingsheng's chest and fell down.

Yingsheng felt quite regretful that the needle did not penetrate directly into the flesh.

His body immediately began to tremble violently, and stopped after a few seconds. He said helplessly: "My body is completely unable to move. I can't force it with my spirit. The connection with the place of origin is minimal. Hongzi, give me some of your blood."

"It's being consumed really quickly. Then draw the magic circle in your heart and don't waste it." Hongzi said.

She had witnessed with her own eyes that Yingsheng had frequently used red magic in a very rough manner, and that his body had been injured and his flesh and blood had regenerated many times. She also guessed that the wizard blood in his body had long been extremely thin. After all, it was foreign blood that he could not produce himself.

Yingsheng didn't ask her to provide blood before because he was going to die anyway, and red magic couldn't help him stay alive, so there was no need.

"Okay, I'm counting on you." Yingsheng said, "I didn't realize that the magic circle can be opened inside the body. You can touch the potion directly with your hands later without the need for transfer."

"Right."

Hongzi extended her right hand to Aoyagi Chiso in the corridor.

Qingliu Qiansu took out a dagger and slashed it deeply across her palm. As the crimson light lit up, the witch's blood just gushed out, crossed the space, and injected into Yingsheng's heart.

The heart pumped violently, spreading the blazing magma throughout his limbs and bones, and veins popped all over Yingsheng's body.

"puff--!"

Turbid yellow liquid spurted out directly from several places.

His eyes shot out an inch-long blood-red light, and Yingsheng let out a low beast-like roar from his throat, desperately moving his body.

"Snapped!"

He held the syringe in his right hand.

He tremblingly inserted the needle into the carotid artery, and 2 ml of liquid was injected instantly. The blood, carrying the medicine, rushed rapidly to the brain. The next second, Yingsheng felt an extreme calmness. Everything in the world suddenly left him, and there was nothingness between heaven and earth.

Yingsheng smiled slightly.

"Yaoguang, tell Xiaoai not to add tranquilizers. What if I get addicted?"

Aoyagi Chiso walked to the door of the laboratory and said something, causing Haibara Ai and Junerick to look at each other in surprise.

"It was delivered so quickly?!"

"The tranquilizer had no effect on him at all?!"

Qing Liu Qian Su naturally did not answer, and continued: "Does this medicine need a second injection? If so, just put it in the test tube and give it to me."

"Based on what Miss Hongzi said, it should be necessary." Huihara Ai reminded weakly, "It will be very painful without a sedative."

"Master, don't worry about that. Besides, you also suffered from genetic collapse when you took APTX-4869 before. How did you feel at that time?"

"Hmm..." "My memory is a little fuzzy, and I was under a lot of anesthesia at the time." Huihara Ai prepared the medicine and handed a small test tube filled one-third to Aoyagi Chiso, "I finally understand that guy's perversion more clearly."

"Thank you very much."

Aoyagi Chisou turned around and left again, and poured the medicine directly into Koizumi Hongzi's hand when she went out.

Koizumi Hongzi had just taken the Qingli Resurrection Pill, and her wounds had not yet fully healed. At this moment, she hurriedly used all her strength to activate the space magic, fearing that she would be contaminated by the potion and poisoned to death.

She doesn't think she is as weird as Yingsheng.

The cold touch gradually spread from the heart to the whole body. I don’t know how long it took, but the intense burning pain in my body finally subsided a lot.

But that's not the most important thing.

The key point is that Yingsheng realized that the genetic virus had ended its erosion of the brain, and his consciousness, which had been dull for a long time, finally became much clearer.

"Ah... I'm finally alive again."

Yingsheng let out a delighted groan, and using his consciousness to force his limbs to stand up.

"The water surveillance camera captured you." said Noah's Ark.

"It's not a big problem. They won't attack me with missiles. Thank you very much this time." Yingsheng said.

He staggered toward the edge of the submarine, dropped into the water, and climbed onto the broad back of the humpback carcass.

Carbon-based creatures are too fragile in the face of the metal storm. The humpback whale was only affected before, but when Yingsheng made it crash into the submarine halfway, its life came to an end.

Yingsheng lay on the whale's carcass, and the blade popped out from his right arm. He cut open the whale's thick skin with difficulty and swallowed the white fat in big mouthfuls.

"yue~~"

Yingsheng was so annoyed that he rolled his eyes.

But he continued to swallow, and finally plunged his whole body into it, swallowing the whale's blood in big gulps, and at the same time began to cut the flesh on his body with a knife.

Genetic collapse cannot be reversed, and the damaged tissues are just useless rotten flesh. They must all be cleared away, and then killing intent is used to give birth to new flesh and blood.

This process requires a lot of nutrition, so I'm sorry to have helped my old friend before.

“When a whale falls, all things come to life.”

Soon, Yingsheng's voice regained its normal strength, becoming clear and crisp, and its sound spread far and wide.

"Goodbye, buddy!"

The underwater camera faithfully transmitted the recorded sound waves to countless people's ears, making countless people feel their scalps tingling and their minds explode.

damned!
This is not dead?!
The ultra-high-definition images from the satellite roughly revealed Yingsheng's movements after he stood up. The nearby underwater camera clearly captured Yingsheng continuously throwing out his own flesh and blood.

Listening to the laughter that was becoming more and more full of vitality, the young Taoist priest who was participating in the video conference said quietly: "He cut off the bones to return to his father, cut off the flesh to return to his mother, and rebuilt his body with the blood and flesh of the whale. Don't you think so? This guy is simply the reincarnation of Nezha."

Others were not as leisurely as he was. Many of them cursed directly, wondering where this monster Yingsheng came from and whose life was tougher than that of a cockroach.

The patrol boats of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force finally arrived nearby and provided clearer images, allowing many people to truly see the miraculous regeneration of flesh and blood on Hotaru's body.

Because the genetic collapse lasted too long, the flesh of Yingsheng was cut very deeply in many places, revealing his white bones.

In a few scenes, he even used his bony hand, which only had a few bloody meridians left, to poke his own liver!

"vomit--!!!"

At this moment, no one knew how many people felt their stomachs churning and quickly turned their heads away, not daring to look again.

There are many restricted scenes in many movies and TV series, but the impact of reality is ultimately much greater.

Some people kept making the sign of the cross on their chests and said sternly, "These are aliens who blaspheme the Lord. They must be eliminated!"

Of course, the others would not care about his beliefs, but for national security reasons, they were also discussing whether to give Yingsheng a blow while he hadn't fully recovered yet.

The Yokosuka base is not far from there. Get ready now. If we send a medium-range missile over, a fireball will rise above the sea in less than ten minutes.

But, ten minutes?
With Yingsheng's current recovery speed, it seems that it is still a bit slow. What if he dives by then?

If this outlier among outliers is forced to the opposite side and starts a street fight in the city, the destructive power will be comparable to that of an organized army, which is incredibly powerful.

Not to mention that his shadow warriors are also extremely skilled in assassination.

"He is not our enemy. He said he is just a businessman." An old man in a Zhongshan suit said lightly.

Many people are secretly criticizing you, but of course you don’t have to worry, Liuying’s stance is written all over his face. What was the name of the poem he recited before?

The translation is not possible!
However, Liuying is definitely not a person who likes to eat alone. Judging from his previous performance, he is even easy to talk to as long as his fundamental interests are not affected.

This made many people not have much murderous intention towards him. They just kept their previous thoughts and waited and saw how the situation would develop.

Anyway, they are the banker.

The only thing that puzzled them was, could this method of replacing flesh and blood eliminate the genetic virus?
Liuying has been poisoned for so long, there must be a virus in his brain. He can't just replace his brain.

After all, satellite pixels are limited, and the underwater camera is not attached to Yingsheng's face, so they don't know that Yingsheng had injected himself with medicine.

……

Beika-cho 4-chome, Research Institute ward.

With the ocean buoy there, everyone also saw the live images on the sea surface, and there was complete silence.

"Everyone, this is our first time meeting. Let me introduce myself. I'm Yaoguang."

Aoyagi Chiso appeared at the door wearing a pure white mask.

Even though they had just said goodbye not long ago, wouldn't it be nice to get to know each other again? She didn't think there was any problem at all.

Xiaolan turned her head blankly, "How did Ying do it?"

"Master ate all the medicine that Karasuma Renya destroyed with hydrochloric acid. This caused his body to completely collapse. He thought he was going to die, but his consciousness barely managed to hold on."

Of course, Aoyagi Chiso would not tell the truth to everyone. A few breaths later, Amuro Toru called and asked about this matter directly. She said the same thing and added:
"Although this is just a temporary solution, Shirley has developed an antidote and someone has already sent it to Master. He should be able to survive this time."

Amuro Toru didn't know that Haibara Ai had fallen into a trap before, and thought that Aoyagi Chiso was talking about the medicine from before, so he said in a deep voice:

"You said at the time that Liuying couldn't hold on any longer, and he himself said goodbye to the others on the phone, but he didn't actually give up?"

"It's just good luck, for you too, Mr. Amuro. I won't bother you anymore." said Aoyagi Chiso.

Her words made Amuro Toru feel complicated. He didn't say anything and hung up the phone.

"You mean, Shirley has developed a real antidote?" Gin asked.

"That's true." Aoyagi Chisou moved aside, revealing Huihara Ai who had buried her head deeply. "This time, it was all thanks to the young lady. She saved three people."

She looked at Junerick behind Haibara Ai again, "Of course, there is also Mr. Akechi."

"To show our gratitude, please tell us a wish. No matter what it is, we will do our best to fulfill it."

Junerick scratched his head and said weakly, "Can I let Xiao Ai make two wishes?"

"……Can."

Aoyagi Chiso lowered her head and looked at Haibara Ai again.

Others were also staring at the little brown ball with different looks in their eyes.

After all, in their opinion, Haibara Ai developed the genuine antidote just a few minutes after her failed research and development. Yuzuki Kiyoko and Vermouth died, but Hotaru survived.

It’s hard to say if there is anything fishy going on here.

It took Huiyuan Ai a long time to look up. She didn't defend herself, but just asked: "Can Miss Kiyoko live?"

"Master doesn't want her to die, but there seems to be no way to keep her alive at the moment. We are already considering cloning technology," said Aoyagi Chisou.

"But... even with the help of Noah's Ark, the clone is not her."

"Master has a new idea that will continue her personality to the greatest extent. You will know later." Qing Liu Qian Su waited for Xiao Ai for two seconds, and when she didn't speak, she continued, "There is good news. Your mother is not dead."

"what?!"

A look of disbelief suddenly rose in Xiao Ai's eyes, and surprise soon trembled in her lake blue eyes.

She knew that Qingliu Qiansu would not do something without a purpose.

Qing Liu Qian Su gently rubbed her hair. "The fire in the laboratory was caused by Vermouth. She stayed outside to prevent anyone from escaping. At the critical moment, your mother took the silver bullet she developed, and your father used his body to protect her."

"In the end, she was only severely burned, but she did not die."

"Vermouth didn't want to be discovered, so she left before the organization sent someone over. Karasuma Renya discovered that your mother was not dead, but because the fire was very strange, he thought someone in the organization was targeting your mother, so he announced that she was dead."

"For the past ten years, your mother has been in the organization. She has suffered from PTSD due to the development of Drug A, but the previous genetic virus and the traps in it were created by her."

Hearing this, tears already fell from Ai's eyes, and she stared at Vermouth.

How good my parents are.

How bad is this music!

Vermouth's lips curled up slightly. "After accepting the drug transformation of Silver Bullet, she has to go through hell every two months. Is there any problem with me taking revenge on her? It's a pity that I couldn't kill her, but it feels good to think that she will also suffer that kind of torture."

"asshole!"

Xiao Ai clenched his fists tightly, his body trembled constantly, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Qing Liu Qian Su turned around and said, "Ms. Elena has taken the antidote no more than ten times at most, and then she perfected the silver bullet. There is no longer the risk of genetic collapse every two months."

Vermouth's beautiful face froze for a moment.

Aoyagi Chisou looked at Xuesong Kiyoko again.

"In fact, we can also see clues from the drug transformation that the Shuiyue couple did on Master and his wife. They are not the kind of people with outstanding talents. Why are their experiments more successful than the Miyano couple's, and why did they leave no genetic sequelae on the experimental subjects?"

"The reason is simple. They have obtained the latest data from Miss Elena."

"It's a pity that we only learned about this a few days ago. Otherwise, if we took your blood from the past and conducted research, we might be able to find an antidote more quickly."

Qingzi smiled slightly, "This is fate."

Qingliu Qiansu nodded and looked at Xiaolan again.

"Master needs an experimental subject, and Vermouth is the most suitable. Miss Lan, do you still want to take her to Kiyomizu Temple?"

(End of this chapter)