Conan Rick's Investigator

It is also the Curacao that I need most.

At this time, Curacao continued.

"As for why I recognized you..."

"Because I once saw a photo of you when you were a child at your mother's."

Chapter 1447 Choice

As soon as Curacao finished speaking, Huihara Ai's expression froze and her pupils dilated slightly.

"My...photo?"

Curacao looked at Huiyuan Ai who was standing low, and said calmly: "Your mother is Miyano Elena, right?"

"I have met your mother... once before."

"I saw a picture of you on her lab table. It was roughly what you look like now."

"So when I first saw you, I was aware of your identity."

Hearing this, the expression on Huibara Ai's face became even more shocked and her eyes widened.

Not that she doubted that Curacao had seen pictures of herself as a child.

But that photo shouldn’t exist at all!

"This is impossible!"

"My mother died shortly after giving birth to me. How could she have photos of me as a child?"

"That person you saw is definitely not my mother!"

Haibara Ai felt her brain swelling and her tone of voice gradually lost its composure.

Because her mother Elena is dead, this is the knowledge that she has maintained in her heart for more than ten years, and it is also what her dearest sister Miyano Akemi told her in person.

It has even become a part of our worldview.

Now, a member of the organization whom she has never seen before suddenly appears and says that he has seen her mother and is still alive. How can she accept this?

Qin Zhibo and Conan on the side knew that what Curacao said was most likely true.

Haibara Ai's mother, Miyano Elena, is indeed not dead.

But in order to prevent Haibara Ai from imagining too much, I never told her about this.

"Whether she is really the mother you think she is, I don't know."

"I only know that person's name is Miyano Elena, and her organization's code name is Shirley."

Curacao stated calmly.

When facing the "child-like grandma" Huibara Ai, she was not as kind as when facing the three little ones.

Qin Zhibo then asked, "Where did you meet Miyano Elena?"

"It's on the NPL." Curacao answered without hesitation.

"NPL?"

Qin Zhibo looked doubtful.

Conan frowned, feeling as if he had heard this abbreviation somewhere before.

At this time, Haibara Ai calmed down a little and said lightly: "New Potential Laboratory, New Potential Laboratory."

"This is a secret laboratory of the organization. It is said that the scientific research conducted inside has surpassed the scope of general science..."

The moment Haibara Ai said that long list of words, Conan, who was recalling, suddenly had an idea and remembered it.

The last time I heard this word was when I met the fugitive Miichiro Numabuchi in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture.

At that time, Haibara Ai revealed that Siichiro Numabuchi was an experimental subject abandoned by the organization and had previously been in NPL.

"Is it the laboratory where Miichiro Numabuchi once worked?"

Conan confirmed with Haibara Ai again.

Huihara Ai nodded slightly twice.

Conan's words also reminded Qin Zhibo of Siichiro Numabuchi, whom he had fought before.

At that time, he was still lurking in the organization, codenamed Michael, and followed Gin to "recover" Siichiro Numabuchi.

But this man seemed to have special abilities under the moonlight. He suddenly became so powerful that even he himself could not subdue him.

That operation ultimately ended in failure.

But a few days later, the police issued a notice that the body of Miichiro Numabuchi was found at the foot of the cliff. It seemed that he had fallen off the cliff while fleeing and broke his neck.

At this time, the anxious Conan heard that there was a clue that could lead to the main line, so he quickly turned his head to look at Curacao again and asked anxiously.

"Where is that lab?"

Curacao shook his head. "I don't know where it is now..."

"Now?" Conan frowned slightly.

"Because the NPL is actually set on a ship."

"what?!"

Conan and Qin Zhibo immediately showed shocked expressions, and even Haibara Ai's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

Curacao continued, "The ship has no fixed course and drifts in the oceans of the world all year round, only occasionally docking to replenish supplies and personnel."

Hearing this familiar description, Qin Zhibo suddenly thought of the ship.

Seven years ago, Ethan Hondou, who was undercover in the organization, once witnessed a huge ship at the port of Tokyo Port.

As a member of the organization, he only knew that the ship was very important to the organization and that it drifted on the sea all year round and rarely docked.

Even if it docks, the world will not be able to find the ship's barge records, voyage route and vessel number.

It can be said that the ship is a "ghost ship" in the real world.

Tracking the whereabouts of that ship is also one of Ethan Hondo's lifelong obsessions.

However, just recently, Qin Zhibo encountered a ship that was suspected to be that ship in the "Aphrodite" incident.

When the "Aphrodite" was sinking, a huge ship appeared in the sea not far away.

At that time, everyone thought that the other party had received a distress signal and came to rescue.

As a result, the other party did not save anyone, but just stayed in the nearby sea for a while and then disappeared.

The Coast Guard later checked the ships passing through the nearby waters, but found that no ship's route passed through that area.

This incident later caused a sensation on the Internet, "The Sinking of Aphrodite and the Ghost Ship."

But Conan saw a huge crow mark on the ship through his black-tech glasses.

The same crow mark also appeared on the custom-made tableware of the Dusk Villa.

In other words, the ship was the property of Karasuma Renya.

And judging from the fact that there is no sailing record for it, it is very likely the ship that Ethan Bentang saw seven years ago.

It may also be the NPL mentioned in Curacao today, the New Potential Laboratory!

Qin Zhibo was also somewhat excited when he learned of this important clue.

Because the organization has hidden the ship so deeply for so many years, there is a high possibility that there are some shocking secrets on the ship.

At this time, Huiyuan Ai looked at Curacao again and asked, "You mean, you were also on that ship and met Miyano Elena."

Here, Haibara Ai did not call "Miyano Elena" her mother, because she still couldn't believe that her mother was still alive.

But there was no emotion in Curacao's statement, and there was no need to lie to her.

Curacao nodded, "Yes, I was once a test subject on that ship, conducting some experiments on the body."

"Among the researchers I met at the time was Elena Miyano."

"Physical experiment?" Qin Zhibo asked seriously, "What kind of experiment is it?"

Curacao thought for two seconds and replied, "It's an experiment on physical enhancement. The organization has been trying to create the best agents in the world."

"Inside NPL, that plan was called the 'New Humanity Plan'."

"However, the success rate of this plan is not as high as expected. Experimental subjects like me who have successfully obtained excellent abilities are extremely rare."

Curacao calls herself a "guinea pig," which is how the organization initially positioned her. "Within the NPL, all guinea pigs face only two fates: one is to acquire exceptional abilities and then serve the organization."

"The other possibility is that it will become a failure and be exiled to other laboratories to continue serving as an experimental subject, or be destroyed on the spot."

"The Numabuchi Miichiro you just mentioned should also be one of the failed products of a certain experiment..."

As Conan listened to Curacao's statement, his eyes changed from shock at first to seriousness after he calmed down.

"Then what ability did you gain?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"…physical fitness and memory abilities that exceed those of ordinary people."

Curacao raised his finger and pointed at the translucent pupil of his right eye. "This eye is not actually my original eye. It was transplanted to me when I was very young."

"This eye, combined with some parts of my brain, gives me a photographic memory."

"It was because of this ability that I was saved by Rum when I accidentally remembered something that was detrimental to the organization, and I was not silenced."

"Quiet?"

Qin Zhibo was surprised for a moment, and quickly said, "Wait a minute, you said you remembered something that was detrimental to the organization, what was it?"

Conan also showed a serious expression. If it was something detrimental to the organization, wouldn't it be a major benefit to the Red Camp?

"whats the matter?"

Curacao's expression was a little dazed. He stood there for a moment, the only movement being his rapidly blinking eyelids.

After a moment, she shook her head slightly.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember..."

"I just remember that it seemed to be related to Vermouth."

Hearing this all-too-familiar code name, Qin Zhibo, Conan and Haibara Ai's eyes changed slightly.

Conan immediately asked, "Didn't you say you remembered it? How could you have forgotten it?"

Conan's tone sounded a little anxious. After all, this might be another important clue about the organization.

But Curacao still shook his head, "I didn't lie, but I really don't remember..."

“Also, my memory is not always on. Instead, it requires some specific actions to turn it on and off.”

"What specific action?" Conan asked.

"Five-color card."

Before Curacao could speak, Qin Zhibo answered first.

"Am i right?"

Curacao nodded and agreed.

Qin Zhibo continued: "The set of five-color cards left in the police department is the prop that can control the switch of memory ability."

"You are able to recover your memory now because the hypnotic light emitted by the Cocoon has a similar effect."

When Curacao mentioned the 'specific action switch memory ability', Qin Zhibo immediately thought of the five-color card prop.

At that critical moment, the appearance of the five-color card must have a specific meaning.

It’s just that Qin Zhibo had always been thinking that there was some secret about the Five-Color Card itself.

Before entering the virtual world of "cocoon", players will be illuminated by a special halo that is close to a mixture of five colors of light, and enter a hypnotic state.

Curacao saw the light and somehow recovered his memory.

As for the fact that she was able to wake up early, it was probably because her physical fitness was better than that of ordinary people, and ordinary doses of sedatives had no obvious effect on her.

For details, please refer to Kogoro Mori.