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Vermouth carefully pushed aside the clutter, every movement filled with caution.

Suddenly, some mysterious symbols came into her view.

These symbols, carved on the wall, are strangely shaped, with twisted lines full of mysterious rhythm, as if telling an ancient story unknown to anyone.

Vermouth felt a sudden chill. With her years of experience and keen intuition within the organization, she knew that these symbols were no accident. They must hide a major secret, possibly hinting at an even more ancient and extremely dangerous entity, closely related to the series of bizarre events currently unfolding in Tokyo, like an invisible thread connecting all the mysteries.

Leveraging her extensive network and astonishing resources accumulated over many years within the organization, Vermouth embarked on a challenging journey alone to uncover the meaning of these symbols.

Like a lone wolf traversing a dark labyrinth, she moved back and forth among the towering bookshelves in the organization's confidential archives, flipping through those long-sealed, dusty old files.

Chapter 265 The Unspeakable Secret

Each file carries the organization's untold history, and she tries to find clues about these symbols within them.

She also contacted some mysterious figures who knew the history of the organization through various secretive and mysterious channels.

However, when she asked these people about the symbols, most of them were evasive and their eyes revealed fear and hesitation, as if these symbols concealed a secret that could overturn everything.

After a difficult and tortuous investigation, which felt like groping forward in the dark, Vermouth finally discovered some key clues.

These symbols are associated with a legendary ancient organization called 02.

It is said that this organization possessed a mysterious and powerful force long ago, even before the Black Organization was created.

They were obsessed with this power to the point of madness, single-mindedly exploring its limits, and conducting all sorts of crazy, dangerous, and unethical experiments in the process.

They attempted to seize this power to realize their arrogant ambition of world domination, placing the entire world under their dark rule.

The Black Organization's genetic modification program was likely inspired by this ancient organization, or it may have some kind of secret and complex lineage with it.

This discovery weighed heavily on Vermouth's mind, making her realize that things were far more complex and dangerous than she had initially imagined, and that a huge storm might be brewing.

Meanwhile, Conan and Amuro Tooru followed the clues and arrived at a suspicious area on the edge of the city.

Here stands a seemingly abandoned, dilapidated factory, overgrown with weeds that grow wildly as if to devour it.

The factory gate was half-closed, creaking in the breeze, as if the abandoned factory was groaning in pain, telling the story of its past sins.

The two cautiously entered the factory, and a pungent chemical smell hit them, making them wary as if warning them of the dangers that lay ahead.

The factory was in complete disarray, as if it had been the site of a brutal war.

Everywhere were remnants of experimental equipment and documents. Most of the data had been destroyed, leaving only some incomplete papers and broken instruments.

These broken instruments seem to be silently lamenting the insane experiments that once took place here.

But Conan and Amuro Tooru were not deterred by the predicament before them. Like skilled jigsaw puzzle masters, they worked hard to piece together the key clues from the fragmented information.

They carefully examined each torn piece of paper and analyzed the traces left on each broken instrument.

After careful and arduous research, they finally discovered that the Black Organization had attempted to incorporate a mysterious substance from ancient legends during its genetic modification program.

This mysterious substance is the culprit that caused those people to exhibit abnormal behavior.

Conan and Amuro Tooru realized that the seriousness of the problem far exceeded their expectations.

The anomalies caused by this mysterious substance are like a terrible plague, potentially posing a devastating threat to the entire city and even the world.

They knew that they had to race against time to find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, and the whole world could be plunged into endless darkness and chaos.

Therefore, the two quickly made a decision to split up and each give full play to their strengths.

With his deep background and extensive network of contacts within the public security system, Amuro Tooru was tasked with reporting the findings in detail to the Japanese Public Security Bureau, requesting additional manpower and advanced resources. He also contacted top experts in related fields to jointly study how to deal with this anomaly caused by the mysterious substance.

Conan immediately returned to the Mouri Detective Agency and, together with Ai Haibara, conducted an in-depth analysis of the collected information, attempting to find a key breakthrough in solving the problem from the complex clues.

After hearing Conan's story, Ai Haibara's usually calm face couldn't help but show a hint of seriousness.

She immediately realized the urgency of the situation and, like a soldier about to go to battle, quickly threw herself into intense research.

She sat at the table piled high with documents, the air around her seemed to freeze, her gaze focused and resolute, as if the whole world consisted only of her and those fragmented pieces of information.

She meticulously analyzed this information, drawing on her expertise in biology and pharmacology.

Chapter 266 has made significant progress.

She immersed herself in a large number of professional books and research reports, trying to interpret the properties of this mysterious substance from a scientific perspective.

She kept flipping through the book, searching for clues in the dense text, not letting go of any possible detail.

After a long and arduous struggle, like searching for light in the darkness, Ai Haibara finally made a major discovery.

This mysterious substance seems to possess a peculiar and bizarre ability: it can stimulate the body's latent functions, as if unlocking a hidden treasure trove of power, granting people extraordinary abilities such as strength and speed beyond human imagination.

However, this stimulation comes at the heavy price of damaging the human nervous system.

Once the human nervous system is damaged, the user will fall into a state of madness, lose their rationality, as if their soul has been controlled by a demon, and then go berserk out of control.

Moreover, once this substance spreads in the human body, it will trigger a chain reaction, like toppling dominoes, potentially affecting more people and causing a terrible disaster that could drag the entire city or even the world into an abyss of no return.

While Conan and Ai Haibara were racking their brains to come up with a solution, Vermouth also made significant progress.

Through in-depth investigation, she discovered that this ancient organization had once established a secret base deep underground in Tokyo.

Those mysterious symbols are the directional markers leading to this base.

She knew that the key to solving all the mysteries might be hidden in this base, and only by entering the base could she find a solution to the problem and stop the impending disaster.

However, she also understood that going to this dangerous place alone would be like dancing with demons, and could involve enormous risks.

Every step forward could lead her into an unknown and dangerous trap, but her thirst for the truth and her vigilance against the unknown dangers burned like a raging fire, driving her to decide to take the risk.

Following the guidance of the mysterious symbols, Vermouth arrived at what appeared to be an ordinary basement entrance.

The entrance is hidden in the basement of an abandoned building, surrounded by dust and cobwebs, as if it had been forgotten by time.

There was an old and decaying atmosphere here, as if time had stood still.

She carefully pushed open the dilapidated door, the hinges creaking loudly as if protesting the disturbance.

A musty, decaying smell hit her, and she frowned. She turned on her flashlight and followed a narrow, dark passage.

The walls on both sides of the passage flickered with a faint light, which was some kind of ancient lighting device struggling to keep working. The light that was emitted was bright and dim, as if it would go out at any moment, adding an eerie and gloomy atmosphere to the entire passage.

Her footsteps echoed in the silent corridor, each step feeling like a tap on her own heartbeat, a sense of tension spreading through her.

As she ventured deeper, the atmosphere around her grew increasingly oppressive and eerie.

Suddenly, a low buzzing sound entered her ears. The sound was like the operation of some huge machine coming from deep underground, or like the flapping of countless insects, which made her hair stand on end.

Vermouth felt a chill run down her spine; an ominous premonition washed over her.

She gripped the weapon tightly in her hand, which gleamed coldly in the dim light, as if offering her a sense of security.

She quickened her pace, her heart filled with both fear and a relentless pursuit of the truth.

When she reached the end of the passage, a huge stone door appeared before her.

The stone gate was covered with the same mysterious symbols as those previously discovered. These symbols seemed to have a life of their own, shimmering with a mysterious light in the dim light and exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

Vermouth took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and began to carefully observe the stone door, attempting to find a way to open it.

Her gaze swept across the stone gate, not missing a single detail of (Li Zhaohao).

After careful observation, she discovered several dents on the stone gate, the shapes of which matched some mysterious items she had found at the base.

She carefully took out the props, her hands trembling slightly, and inserted them into the recesses in a specific order.

As the prop was inserted, the symbols on the stone gate began to flash and emit a low rumble.

Immediately afterwards, the stone door slowly opened, and an ancient aura rushed out, as if it had come from another time and space.

The aura, imbued with the vicissitudes of time and a mysterious power, sent a chill down her spine.

Chapter 267 Ancient Organization

Behind the door was a huge space filled with all sorts of strange devices and ancient documents.

These devices have unique shapes and emit a mysterious light, as if they come from another world.

Their shapes and structures were completely beyond Vermouth's comprehension. Some of the devices were still trembling slightly and emitting a faint light, as if telling the story of their past mission.

Ancient documents piled up like mountains, covered with strange characters and symbols, as if recording a history forgotten by time.

As Vermouth stepped into the space, a sense of awe arose within her.

Her heart began to race uncontrollably as she began to examine her surroundings closely, trying to find clues to unravel the mystery from these enigmatic objects.

On a huge stone platform, she discovered an ancient book.

The book's cover was made of an unknown material, hard and smooth, and also engraved with those mysterious symbols.

She carefully turned the pages of the book, each page making a soft rustling sound, as if telling an ancient story.

It contains records of the history of this ancient organization and the various crazy experiments they conducted.

It turns out that this ancient organization once harbored a crazy dream of creating a perfect human being, attempting to endow humans with superhuman abilities by fusing mysterious substances with human genes.

They believed that in this way, humanity would evolve to a whole new level, thereby achieving dominance over the world.

They conducted countless experiments in this secret base, investing a great deal of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

However, the experiment went out of control.

Due to a lack of understanding of the mysterious substance, many test subjects, while gaining superpowers, also fell into an abyss of madness and death.

The horrific state of those experimental subjects filled the entire base with an atmosphere of fear and despair.

To cover up the truth, they hid the base.

Conan, Amuro Tooru, Vermouth, and others, while jointly investigating a series of bizarre incidents in Tokyo, find themselves in a complex maze. Each clue they uncover feels like groping forward in the dark. As their investigation progresses, a shocking truth gradually emerges from the dust of history—the Black Organization's chilling early genetic experiments were inspired by an extremely mysterious and almost forgotten ancient organization.

This ancient organization has long since disappeared into the annals of history, as if it had never existed in the world.

However, the legends it left behind are like a faint, elusive ghost, circulating in some unknown, hidden corners in a mysterious and eerie way.

Their worship of supernatural forces bordered on fanaticism, firmly believing that through a series of ethically questionable (acae) and taboo experiments, they could achieve so-called "human evolution" and ultimately reach the goal of dominating the entire world.

With her intricate network of connections within the Black Organization and her special access to its classified archives, Vermouth gleaned vague information about this ancient organization from dusty, old documents and through secret conversations with mysterious figures who knew its secret history.

It turns out that this ancient organization has an extremely long history, with its origins dating back thousands of years.

They are like giant pythons hidden in the abyss of darkness, lying dormant for countless years, quietly waiting for the time to revive, like demons lurking in the darkness, ready to extend their claws at any moment.

From the occasional fragments found in ancient documents and the obscure information left by those mysterious symbols, the group painstakingly pieced together a partial historical outline of this ancient organization.

They seemed to possess a unique and mysterious system of knowledge that far surpassed the scientific understanding of the time, integrating mysticism, genetics, and some unknown energy realm.

Their forbidden experiments aimed to break the inherent boundaries of human physiology and spirit, attempting to unleash the mysterious power hidden deep within the human body, a power that even humans themselves had never been aware of.

However, these experiments were cruel and bloody, and carried enormous risks. Countless innocent test subjects died in agony or fell into an inescapable state of madness, just like the out-of-control people who recently appeared in Tokyo, as if they were controlled by some evil force and lost their self-awareness.

Chapter 268 Unveiling the Secrets Hidden in Their Hearts

In order to uncover more clues about this ancient organization, Conan and Ai Haibara devoted themselves to a vast amount of research.

They plunged headlong into libraries and archives, where mountains of books and documents seemed like a mysterious treasure trove waiting to be unearthed, or a labyrinth full of unknown dangers.

They sifted through these materials day and night, not letting go of any record that might be related to the ancient organization, even if it was just a vague word or an obscure symbol, it could become a key clue to unravel the mystery.

The sound of each page turning is like history whispering secrets unknown to others.

At the same time, Amuro Tooru made full use of the vast and efficient resources of the Japanese Public Security Bureau to conduct an in-depth and meticulous interrogation of the remaining forces of the Black Organization.

Like a seasoned hunter, he tried to pry information about the ancient organization out of the tightly closed mouths of these remaining members, even if it was just a few words, as they could be the key to unlocking the truth.

The atmosphere in the interrogation room was tense and oppressive. Amuro Tooru stared intently at the remaining members, trying to discern their hidden secrets from their every expression and every subtle movement.

Vermouth, on the other hand, continues to delve deeper into the secrets buried in the darkness, thanks to her extensive connections within the Black Organization and her keen insight.

Like a mysterious night owl, she roams between various hidden strongholds, holding secret meetings with those who know the organization's dark history.

These meetings often take place late at night, in abandoned warehouses or dark alleyways, filled with mystery and danger.

She skillfully used her wisdom and charm to glean clues about the ancient organization from these people, gradually piecing together a clearer outline of this mysterious organization.

After a long and arduous struggle, as if groping forward in the dark, they gradually unveiled a more detailed picture of this ancient organization.

This organization has a strict and mysterious hierarchical system, resembling a dark pyramid.

Those at the highest level are revered as "prophets," like gods in this dark world. They possess the organization's most core secrets and forbidden knowledge, and are the soul and decision-making core of the entire organization.

Below the "Prophet" are the "Executors," who are responsible for carrying out those crazy experiments and dangerous missions.

The “Executors” are like loyal hunting dogs, carrying out the orders given by the “Prophet” without hesitation. Their hands are stained with blood, and they are the direct implementers of the organization’s evil plans.

Meanwhile, the organization's ordinary members are like chess pieces scattered around the world, using various legal or illegal identities as cover to secretly collect resources and find suitable test subjects, working tirelessly to achieve the mad goal of "human evolution."