Conan Rick's Investigator

“Why does it feel like the plane is flying this way?”

"Oh no! If we keep going like this, we're going to crash into each other!"

The three little ones screamed in panic.

Conan and Haibara Ai already knew the script, so their expressions were relatively calm at the moment.

Conan glanced at Curacao next to him. The latter frowned slightly and stared at the approaching helicopter, without any other reaction for the time being.

When the helicopter reached the same height as the Ferris wheel cabin door, the helicopter door opened and a black figure appeared in the cabin in the shape of a large character.

The white hair flying in the air looked like snow, and a ferocious smile appeared on the cold face.

Gin!

Seeing this familiar face, Haibara Ai's pupils suddenly contracted and her heart trembled violently.

Although she had been mentally prepared, when she saw it again, she still felt the long-lost uneasiness and fear, and even a chill ran down her spine.

And compared to the previous blond hair, this image seems to be even more frightening...

"Gin" at the helicopter door was holding an earphone in his hand and speaking into the microphone. At the same time, the man's cold voice rang out from the speakers in the Ferris wheel cabin.

"Curaçao, are you still playing boring house games?"

"I am here to take you back under the orders of Lord Rum..."

When the low voice of "Gin" sounded, Haibara Ai in the cabin trembled slightly, and subconsciously raised her hand to hold the seat next to her.

Even after so much time had passed, she still couldn't get out of the haze that this man had created in her heart.

Even though I know it's fake...

The three little ones looked up at the speaker in confusion, wondering, "What does this mean? What is Curacao?"

"Is this talking about Big Sister?"

Mitsuhiko was smart and guessed the correct answer.

Conan didn't say a word throughout the whole process, but just silently observed Curacao's facial reactions to see if his companions in the organization could trigger her memory.

But Curacao's expression remained calm, as if she was completely unaware that "Curacao" was referring to her.

Still not working?

Just when Conan frowned and thought that the plan had failed, Curacao suddenly stood up from his chair.

She picked up the safety hammer in the corner and smashed it against the edge of the Ferris wheel glass.

Click!

The entire window of glass shattered, and broken glass pieces fell from the sky.

Curacao stepped out of the cabin door, grabbed the horizontal railing above with both hands, hung his slender body outside the cabin, and smiled at the shocked children in the cabin.

"Sister is leaving."

"Take care, Shirley..."

Upon hearing this last title, Haibara Ai and Conan were stunned.

"Hey!"

But before Conan could finish shouting, Curacao kicked with his right leg, and then pushed himself up with the strength of his arms, and nimbly climbed to the top of the Ferris wheel cabin.

Gin drove a helicopter to the top of the Ferris wheel and lowered a rope.

Curacao stood on top of the cabin, raised his arm, and wrapped the rope around his right arm.

As the helicopter slowly rose, her feet in high heels slowly left the solid surface.

Looking at the faces of several children below who were constantly looking up at the sky, a smile appeared on Curacao's lips.

Bye now……

But in the next second, the door of the Ferris wheel cabin suddenly popped open, and a young figure fell out of the cabin.

"Grey Yuan!"

The three little ones wanted to reach out and grab it, but were stopped by an invisible wall of air.

Curacao, who was slowly rising, saw this scene, his pupils contracted instantly, loosened the rope wrapped around his right arm, and fell steadily back to the top of the cabin.

Then, she leaped downward, catching the free-falling Haibara Ai in a professional parachuting pose. A sudden warm, oppressive sensation rippled through her body, and Haibara Ai's expression froze for a moment. She looked at Curacao's heterochromatic eyes in surprise.

At this time, Curacao was highly concentrated. While holding Haibara Ai and trying his best to adjust his posture in the air, he tried to reach out and grab the horizontal railing on the top of the Ferris wheel cabin below.

However, this extreme operation was ultimately not completed, and the fingertips brushed past the last horizontal bar that could be touched.

Under the influence of gravity, the two were falling irreversibly downwards, about to hit the ground and turn into a pool of meat paste.

The rustling sound of the air in my ears was like the final countdown.

At the last moment of his life, Curacao hugged Haibara Ai in his arms and closed his eyes.

But after a few seconds, the instant pain of being shattered into pieces did not appear.

Curacao opened his eyes in surprise, only to find that this was not the Dongdu Aquarium.

I was in a world of light, and everywhere I looked was soft white light.

And in the white light, several figures appeared in a cyberpunk way.

“Congratulations, Curacao.”

"You have recovered your memory and redeemed yourself..."

The body of a mixed-race man gradually solidified and walked out.

The man's face was somewhat unfamiliar to Curacao.

"Who are you?" she asked warily.

The mixed-race man smiled and introduced himself: "My name is Qin Zhibo, and I'm a detective..."

"What you just saw was actually a test I gave you."

"What do you mean?" Curacao still looked alert and dodged slightly.

Seeing this situation, Qin Zhibo also knew that it was not so easy to influence Curacao.

Even though Curacao still has some humanity and good intentions, it doesn't necessarily mean she will join other organizations casually.

In this case, I can only explain it to them with reason and appeal to their emotions.

"As you can see, this is not the real world, but a virtual world."

"Everything you just experienced didn't really happen."

"Originally, my purpose in doing this was to stimulate your memory recovery so that I could get information about the organization."

"But it seems that your memory has been restored when you entered this virtual world..."

What Qin Zhibo said was something he only realized when he appeared in a helicopter in the form of Gin.

Because the "cocoon" in the real world has a body monitoring function, Hiroki Sawada is also recording Curacao's physical data at any time.

When the helicopter appeared, Curacao's heartbeat in the real world accelerated, his blood flow quickened, and his pores expanded...

These most instinctive and subtle reactions of the body do not lie.

This shows that Curacao is very clear about what the helicopter in the distance means.

This also proves that she has actually recovered her memory.

This is why she did not show that kind of stimulated reaction again when riding the Ferris wheel, but instead looked calm.

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know how she recovered her memory, since that was the case, he took her back to see if he could get some useful information out of her in the identity of "Gin".

But when Curacao parted with the young detective, Curacao's words "Take care, Shirley" made Qin Zhibo change his mind again.

Curacao has actually recognized the true identity of Haibara Ai!

However, in front of Gin, Curacao did not reveal the secret and chose to return to the organization alone.

This further proves that even Curacao, who has restored his memory, has not completely lost his humanity.

So, Qin Zhibo broke the door of the Ferris wheel cabin at the right time, allowing Haibara Ai to fall from a high altitude, further testing her.

And Curacao chose to fly in to save the man, proving once again that she was someone who could be approached directly.

"Although I don't know how you recovered your memory without us noticing, your behavior seems inconsistent with your personality as a member of the organization..."

"Why do those 'extra' things?"

Qin Zhibo questioned Curacao, continuing to examine her reaction.

When Curacao was asked this question, his pupils dilated slightly and his brain seemed to be lost in thought.

After a few seconds, she shook her head slightly.

"I am not sure as well……"

"Perhaps to atone for sins?"

"Or find a reason that can convince myself to get out of that dark place..."

Until this moment, Curacao was still a little confused.

Coming from an organization, she has no clear concept of good and evil, and what drives her to act are only cold orders.

The heavy and depressing atmosphere made her want to escape from there.

But it is just an unrealistic idea.

Not to mention the organization's huge influence that has everywhere, where would one go if he defected?

Even if you can escape, at the moment you decide to escape, you don’t know where to go.

In her eyes, the world is inherently black.

If we want to escape from the "darkness" of the organization, which "darkness" should we target?

Escape without direction is doomed to be unrealistic.

But after spending some time with the young detective, she truly felt the existence of another world.

Another world called "Light".

The children's innocence and simplicity, their laughter, and their free and relaxed life under the sun are exactly that "another world" that she has never been exposed to.

Being in this world, she felt unprecedented comfort and pleasure.

At that moment, she knew that the world was not all black.

There is also white on the earth where the sun shines.

"Maybe it's to repay a favor..."

Curacao chuckled, finding his own ambiguous expression ridiculous.

Qin Zhibo's face was calm. With a wave of his right hand, Conan and Haibara Ai appeared in the world of light.

Looking at the two people who suddenly appeared, Curacao was slightly stunned.

“Shirley…”

"You do know me."

Haibara Ai walked forward slowly and looked up at Curacao who was much taller than her.

"How did you recognize me?"

"Also, since you recognized me, why did you ask me to take care of myself? Why did you save me?"

"Why didn't you choose to report me to Gin at that time?"

Although Haibara Ai asked calmly, there was a hint of gentleness in her tone.

Curacao was silent for a moment, then he raised his drooping eyebrows, looked directly at the brown-haired girl in front of him and said, "I don't know why I saved you..."

"Maybe I just like myself the way I am now, that's all."

Curacao's tone was not corny and sensational, but a calm statement of a fact.

Even the way she looked at Haibara Ai was not as gentle as when she looked at the three little ones. She just looked at a stranger calmly.

But Qin Zhibo feels that this is the real Curacao.