Conan Rick's Investigator

At this time, Mutsumi Nishikawa, who was handcuffed, happened to pass by under the guidance of Officer Takagi.

Conan quickly ran forward and asked, "When you were in the secret passage, was it the old lady's corpse chasing you?"

The distraught Mutsumi Nishikawa tilted her head and looked at Conan listlessly, her extremely old eyes reflecting an extremely empty soul.

"What corpse?"

"I have no idea……"

After saying that, Mutsumi Nishikawa followed Officer Takagi away like a robot with a pre-set program.

Conan was a little angry because the only witness was unable to testify for himself.

Qin Zhibo came over at this time, touched Conan's head, and said distressedly: "This child must have claustrophobia. As long as he stays in a dark and confined environment for a long time, he will have hallucinations."

Ai Huiyuan held her chin in her hand and nodded in agreement, "That's also possible..."

I was indeed not rigorous just now. I should have taken the recipient's own disease condition into consideration.

The three members of the Junior Detective Team all gave each other sympathetic looks at this moment...

Ayumi said: "Conan, you have suffered..."

Guangyan said, "I heard in a book that claustrophobia is often related to tragic childhood experiences, such as being physically punished by parents or being locked in a small space like a closet..."

Genta asked, "Could it be that Conan is so smart because he was physically punished by his parents and forced to study textbooks?"

The three of them said in unison: "Conan, what a pitiful person..."

Under Qin Zhibo's misleading, seeing that the Junior Detective League's misunderstanding of Conan was getting deeper and deeper, Dr. Agasa could only say "Hey, hey..." twice to express his opposition.

Conan was about to open his mouth to defend himself when the clock struck midnight in the castle.

Officer Megure came over with her big belly and said, "It's already late, so let's not disturb the child's rest. Just find some free time this week and have Conan come to the Metropolitan Police Department to record his statement."

"Oh, there's one more thing..." Inspector Megure turned to look at Qin Zhibo and Dr. Agasa, "Professor Hirota's case has been handled. You can take the relevant evidence back this week."

This week...

Qin Zhibo vaguely remembered that last time he went to Professor Hirota's house, Inspector Megure promised that he could only retrieve the Latin learning disks as evidence next week.

And Inspector Megure said "this week"...

In other words, a new week has begun!

Chapter 276: Communication between Two Materialists

For some reason, when Qin Zhibo learned that a new week had begun, he felt inexplicably moved.

But besides being moved, it also seems a bit sad...

However, Professor Agasa and the members of the Junior Detective League didn't care that today was a new week, but...

Mitsuhiko said with longing, "Can I visit the Metropolitan Police Department, too?"

Yuan Tai immediately agreed: "I want to go too!"

"Conan... take us with you..." Ayumi was more sensible and chose to beg Conan, the only one who was called to go to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Huiyuan Ai said softly: "I'm going too..."

The reason why Haibara Ai wanted to go to the Metropolitan Police Department was not because she wanted to visit it or because she had once been a member of a criminal organization. She herself was very averse to going to places like the Metropolitan Police Department.

But this time it was not just about recording a statement, but also about Dr. Agasa retrieving the disk containing the APTX-4869 drug information.

It just so happened that Qin Zhibo also wanted to retrieve a disk whose contents he didn't know.

In order to prevent the two disks from getting mixed up again, Haibara Ai has to personally supervise this time.

The three little ones and the brown-haired loli each said something, which made Inspector Megure feel helpless.

Who said we were going to the Metropolitan Police Department to visit? We were going to give statements!

And the only one who gave the statement was Conan, who was kidnapped by the criminals!

Although Inspector Megure wanted to say this in his heart, he couldn't say it out loud.

Because if these children knew that they could not go to the Metropolitan Police Department, they might start complaining again or even cry.

At the age of 44, Inspector Megure, who advocates DINK families, is the worst at coaxing children.

Forget it, I'll just hand these kids over to an honest and easy-going brother...

Thinking in his mind, Inspector Megure turned his gaze to Inspector Takagi Shigeru who was walking out with Mutsumi Nishikawa.

It's decided to be you! Brother Takagi!

……

After Inspector Megure and the other police officers left, the Blue Castle returned to peace.

Professor Agasa went to bed first with the Junior Detective Team, whose energy was already severely depleted. Only Conan rested his head on his arms, staring at the ceiling for a long time, unable to fall asleep.

What on earth is going on with that flying corpse?

Is it really my eyes that are blurry?

Or are there really some things in this world that cannot be explained by science?

Conan is a staunch materialist.

So-called materialism is not the same as atheism, but rather the belief that the foundation of the world is matter and that consciousness is a manifestation of matter.

In other words, in the eyes of materialists, as long as it can be proved that there is indeed a god made of matter, then they will believe that there are gods in this world.

However, from the current universal worldview, God is a conception of consciousness and its existence cannot be proven.

Therefore, most materialists are atheists, or the kind of people who don’t even know whether there is a god or not.

But today, Conan's atheism based on materialism has been challenged.

The challenger is none other than the flying corpse...

Conan: (*￣︿￣)

Just then, a faint voice came from the bed next to him.

"Are you still thinking about that flying corpse?"

Conan tilted his head and saw Haibara Ai lying upright on the bed next to him, looking at the ceiling like him.

"Aren't you sleeping yet?" Conan didn't answer directly, but asked back.

"Not very sleepy..."

Conan grinned, thinking to himself: That's right, scientists must be good at staying up late, but...

"If you continue like this, you'll end up bald early like Dr. Agasa..."

Conan's advice is sincere, except that it's a bit straight.

Haibara tilted her head and glared at Conan, then straightened her head again.

"Don't worry about my hair. We may not be bald anytime soon..."

Haibara Ai's words not only refer to herself, but also to Conan.

Conan also knew that Haibara Ai was implying that the organization would kill them both.

This woman has become pessimistic again...

"Hey, hey, don't be so pessimistic..." Conan turned to comfort: "I will definitely find a way to destroy the organization. There are definitely more good people in this world."

Thinking back to the help and encouragement I received from various people after leaving the organization, Qin Zhibo, Masami Asano, Dr. Agasa, Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko...

Huiyuan Ai murmured softly: "Maybe you are right."

"But..." Huiyuan Ai changed the subject, "I'm not talking about the organization, but about APTX-4869..."

"Of the 78 subjects I personally supervised, only the 10th successfully survived after taking APTX-4869."

"But the price is that the body's tissues completely stop growing..."

"The male mouse used in the experiment had fully entered the puberty stage before taking the drug, but regressed to the pre-mature stage after taking APTX-4869."

"Normal male mice mature sexually between 45 and 60 days old, but Subject 10 has not reached sexual maturity even after 60 days."

"This means that unless we find a cure, we will always have the bodies of children."

Conan widened his eyes and looked at Haibara Ai in shock as she calmly told all this.

It will always be the body of a child...

These words echoed in Conan's heart, and their weight even overshadowed the "flying corpses".

If there is no antidote, I will always be Conan!

Conan had previously thought of the worst possible scenario, which was to wait until he grew up and then find Ran Mouri to reveal his identity.

Mao Lilan started school early and is only 16 years old this year, while I am only 7 years old. The age difference of 9 years is not that big, it is just a relationship between an older sister and a younger brother.

As long as Maori Ranken waits for me...

But now, Haibara Ai's words completely blocked Conan's idea.

People who take APTX-4869 will never reach maturity!

Isn't that Barbie Q?

The eternal elementary school student——Conan.

Ten or twenty years later, the other members of the Junior Detective Team have all joined the workforce, while I am still in elementary school...

This is simply a nightmare!

"Hey! Are you really sure you can develop an antidote?"

Haibara Ai's words really scared Conan, and even his voice trembled.

"That's about right." Huiyuan remained calm and composed. "As long as we get the information on APTX-4869, and do what you said about working for nothing, there's still a chance..."

At this moment, Ayumi, who was half asleep on the bed on the other side, said in a complaining tone: "Conan, it's already very late..."

Conan was stunned for a moment, then quickly apologized, "Sorry, I'm going to sleep right away."

After saying that, Conan took off his glasses and fell asleep quickly.

On the other side, Haibara Ai looked at Conan's sleeping face on the bed next to her, and actually had something to say in her heart.

What she wanted to ask was whether Conan really saw the "flying corpse".

If the corpse can fly, then the one controlling the corpse must be the soul of the deceased, which means that there really are souls in this world.

If there really are souls in the world, then she would like to see that person again.

"elder sister……"

That’s right, Haibara Ai is also a materialist.

Chapter 277 New props

In another small guest room in the Blue Castle, Qin Zhibo had not turned off the lights yet.

A new week has begun, and Qin Zhibo must of course check the refreshed items in the mall.

This week's refreshed content is still the familiar five items and one skill.

【Flying Claw】

[As the name suggests, it can be used as a flying claw for climbing]

[The hand bones at the front come from an investigator who was about to fall into the abyss and struggled to grab the edge of the cliff]

【I will never let go! 】

[When we arrived at the scene, all that was left was this hand bone - another investigator]

[Price: 1000 Proficiency]

This should be the climbing prop commonly used by ninjas, assassins and the like in film and television works.