The establishment of the Time Travelers Alliance began in the first year of Conan

Chapter 158 The last chance - can it succeed? (Please vote for me!)
It's him?

No, it's her!

Carrying a chill of death, the sharp and deadly metal bullet tore through the air.

Miyano Akemi closed her eyes in despair.

I'm sorry, Shiho, I still can't...

Then, after the gunshots, she found herself still standing there intact.

A brief silence spread throughout the warehouse after the gunshot.

Time seemed to freeze at the moment the gunshot just now.

Gin didn't move, nor did Vodka - even a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead due to nervousness.

Just now, a bullet almost brushed past him and then accurately hit Gin's bullet that had just been fired.

Vodka could even see the sparks that flew when the bullets collided in mid-air, and then hear the sound of metal bouncing and rolling on the cold ground.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the half-open warehouse door.

The rusty and dilapidated door clearly separated the dim and peaceful golden color like old memories from the cold and damp darkness inside the warehouse that was corroded by the sea breeze.

"Da da da--"

A sound of footsteps, even filled with determination, echoed in the silence that had just followed the gunshot.

As the footsteps gradually approached, light and shadow intertwined, and a long shadow spread from the bright and warm space outside the door into the warehouse.

First, turn to the position of gin and vodka.

Then the shadow slowly extended under the setting sun, moving forward slowly.

Finally, it overlapped with Miyano Akemi's position.

——It’s Ms. Miyano.

A serious look flashed in Gin's eyes, and he lowered his left hand and silently pressed on his trousers.

"Miyano, you should know what your presence here means, right? Appearing here means you are a traitor to the organization."

"Do not--"

Gin was stunned by Miss Miyano's denial, and then he saw Miss Miyano throwing a lit mobile phone at him.

"This is the boss's order. I just want her to understand."

"Brother! She must want to let her go--" Vodka was interrupted by Gin before he could finish his words.

Gin laughed grimly.

"Well," he said, "I don't care if you want to let her go secretly or if you really intend to do it. As long as we have the three pointers, we will go."

So Miyano Akemi watched as another self approached her, and then, as if knowing where she had hidden the bag, she searched it out from her body.

Ms. Miyano threw the bag containing three pointers at Gin and raised the gun in her hand.

"I wouldn't mind if two dead men stayed to listen, and then I'd return the pointer myself."

Under the threat of Ms. Miyano's extremely high fighting power, Gin and Vodka retreated.

"Brother? Are we really leaving like this?"

"of course not."

Gin closed the phone that Ms. Miyano threw to him.

The first letters of each line of the Boss's order sent to Ms. Miyano were combined in his mind.

"Vodka, I told you."

——The boss had already planned everything.

"Let's go to the warehouse where that guy Miyano is hiding first. Humph, a dying man wants to cause trouble for the organization?"

On the other side, after a sudden brake, the car stopped at the port gate, and Heiji and Conan got out of the car.

Looking at the screen that had gone out, Conan recalled the location where he last saw the signal dot flashing, and outlined a map in his mind.

"It should be at the very back of the harbor, Heiji."

Conan looked up at Hattori Heiji, his tone filled with urgency.

Their eyes met in the gradually darkening sky, and they nodded to each other.

"We need to move faster. You go to the right, I'll go to the left, and we'll meet in the middle."

As for Akemi Miyano now, she watched helplessly as her last hope, the bargaining chip for negotiations with the organization, was taken away.

As the three amber pointers disappeared from her body, she realized that she could not escape the organization after all. She sighed, her tone somewhat sad and desolate.

"So, Shiho and I...were your pawns from the beginning?"

"No, Miyano Akemi." Ms. Miyano shook her hair, as if to loosen something, then she raised her hand and took off the mask that had been stuck to her face.

The next second, a face exactly like Miyano Akemi appeared in front of Akemi.

Miyano Akemi heard a hint of pity in the tone of this person who looked exactly like her.

"Of course, I hope you and Shiho can leave the organization."

Now, there is no need to hide anything.

Perhaps in order to let Akemi put aside her worries about Shiho, or to be a "knowing ghost" as she said, Ms. Miyano told Akemi everything she knew.

She explained the meaning of the pointer to Akemi Miyano, revealed the existence of the dual timeline, and even... even admitted that she was just a "phantom."

"Anyway, my plan has failed now, Mingmei."

Ms. Miyano's tone was very calm, but Miyano Akemi could hear the unspeakable sadness hidden in her voice.

In Mingmei's opinion, there is nothing more sad than having to kill herself and her sister's relatives personally.

Facing the gun raised by Ms. Miyano, Mingmei made a bold move——

She didn't care at all about the cold gun barrel pressing against her, she just gently hugged the other "self".

"I hope you can protect Shiho for me."

Miss Miyano heard Mingmei speak softly. Her voice was very light, as light as a dead leaf falling from a tree.

But these words made her feel that the gun in her hand suddenly became extremely heavy, making her fingers tremble slightly, and she could hardly hold it, and even made Ms. Miyano's body tremble slightly uncontrollably.

——Ms. Miyano had never resented her own existence so much.

"Why……"

Miyano Akemi could hear another voice of hers trembling a little.

"Why... am I just a puppet?"

Ms. Miyano originally thought that she had already made up her mind and would not even hesitate at all——

As long as I shoot here, won’t I have perfectly completed the requirements of the [Story Timeline]?

Wouldn't it be possible for me to survive and provide protection and help to Shiho in the danger that Shiho will face in the future as described by Yamazaki?
Even if I really help the [Story Timeline] complete the subsequent tasks, wouldn't I be able to usher in a perfect timeline?
……

In fact, Ms. Miyano has countless reasons to continue to convince herself to take action.

But at this moment, she let go of the gun, letting the eerie metal fall to the ground with a crisp sound.

Ms. Miyano reached out and hugged "herself" and murmured in Mingmei's ear.

"I think Shiho still wishes she had a real sister."

Akemi Miyano could feel Miss Miyano trembling slightly.

Then, the hands gently pushed her away, and she saw crystals in the eyes of her other self sparkling like pearls in the darkness.

Ms. Miyano forced a smile and sighed softly.

"I really envy you, Mingmei."

Miyano Akemi heard another self speaking softly, and she responded to the gentle voice with the same gentleness.

"But if that happens, Shiho might be troubled."

"Eh?"

Ms. Miyano raised her head and saw Mingmei's gentle eyes.

Miyano Akemi saw through Miss Miyano's thoughts, and it seemed like she was telling a fact that Miss Miyano had deliberately ignored. Her words made Miss Miyano stunned for a moment.

"Shiho and I have mentioned you many times, Ms. Miyano. I can see that Shiho likes you very much."

Akemi's gentle words finally made Ms. Miyano unable to stop her tears, and she felt like her throat was blocked by something.

She originally thought that she had accepted this, that she had long since accepted the "existence destined to disappear" and accepted that she was just an "illusory" shadow.

Now, Ms. Miyano couldn't stop her tears from falling.

With a sob of happiness, Ms. Miyano finally made some kind of decision.

"Ok."

Ms. Miyano originally thought that she would not need this plan, a plan with extremely slim chances of success.

But now, she suddenly wanted to give it a try.

After wiping the tears from her eyes, Miss Miyano smiled with tears in her eyes and extended her hand to Miyano Akemi.

"Mingmei, listen to me."

"Maybe... we still have one last solution."

(End of this chapter)