Chapter 556
Conan Edogawa pondered, Conan Edogawa reminisced, Conan Edogawa sweated, Conan Edogawa fell silent.
Shuichi Akai, observing the elementary school student's changing expressions, said, "It seems you've remembered."
“…Mr. Akai could have been more obvious in his reminder,” Conan Edogawa complained. “Usui-san can’t be watching you all the time.”
Hideaki Akai bluntly stated, "But your acting was so bad that I wasn't sure what he would do if he found out I hadn't kept my promise."
Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but nod: "His acting was indeed a bit lacking."
Conan Edogawa couldn't very well refute his own acting skills, so he could only say something else: "I don't think Usopp-san is that scary."
Even though he knew that Conan Edogawa was trying to get information out of him, Shuichi Akai remained silent.
This time it wasn't that he couldn't speak, but rather that too many things came to mind in that instant, and he didn't know where to begin.
Zhu Fujingguang looked embarrassed: "Bo Ye... well, how should I put it, he bumped his head..."
Let's get some precautions in advance, lest the child be frightened by Potts's level of madness later.
Conan Edogawa tentatively asked, "I heard from Haibara that there are rumors in the organization that Potts has a mental illness... but Usoppie looks perfectly fine to me, so it should just be a rumor, right?"
The two undercover agents remained silent.
Conan Edogawa: "...Let's discuss how to save Ai Haibara first."
"My information is that Gin will be entering the submarine this evening, so the submarine will surface. If Ms. Haibara can find a way to get out of the submarine, we can find a way to rescue her," said Morofushi Hiromitsu. "As for how she will get out..."
Shuichi Akai chimed in, "That depends on Potts. If Potts genuinely wants to help, she'll definitely be able to get out."
Conan Edogawa squinted at them: "Didn't you say you didn't trust Uso-ba?"
"I just don't trust his humanity, not his intellect," Shuichi Akai explained objectively.
Zhu Fujingguang repeated: "Human nature..."
Conan Edogawa's lips twitched: "Has it come to this? If we only look at the result and not the process, then Brother Bo Ye did help you, didn't he?"
Akai Shuichi: "…………"
The key is the process! The process reveals a person's true nature!
Morofushi Kagemitsu chimed in, "Yes, he even saved Akai's cousin, Miyano Akemi..."
Conan Edogawa was shocked: "What?! Akemi Miyano is still alive?!"
He knew Ms. Akemi Miyano and guessed that she was probably coerced into robbing the bank. But when he finally understood and followed her, he found that their destination was already on fire, and the police issued a statement saying that an unidentified female corpse had been found...
So when Ai Haibara missed her sister, Conan Edogawa also felt a little sad, thinking that if he had thought faster and acted more quickly, he might have been able to save Akemi Miyano.
So now these two undercover agents are saying Miyano Akemi isn't dead?!
Shuichi Akai frowned: "If we have to say, Potts saved not only us, but also Akemi... He even saved an MI6 undercover agent, but his attitude is really hard to trust. I don't know if you can understand, but it's just hard to trust him."
Having heard many conspiracy theories about Usakuya Saiki from Furuya Rei before, Morofushi Kagemitsu felt that this argument was very familiar: "I think I understand what you're thinking."
Conan Edogawa pondered: "...I can barely understand it...Usoya-san really likes to joke around, and sometimes it's impossible to tell if he's serious or not. His attitude is very unpredictable, but I believe he won't have any problems when it comes to serious matters!"
Despite the severe fright he suffered last night, Conan Edogawa relaxed as soon as he learned that Ai Haibara was alright, and even mentally made various excuses for Saiki Usaba's plan to kidnap Ai Haibara.
From his perspective, he did indeed trust Usui Saiki more than Shuichi Akai, because while Usui Saiki had been hiding something very important from him, he had also been hiding something very important from the Black Organization...
Moreover, while Potts has a terrible reputation within the Black Organization, his image in his mind is quite good. Therefore, Conan Edogawa believes it's quite easy to judge which side Usuba Saiki cares about more.
Morofushi Kagemitsu was naturally pleased with Edogawa Conan's attitude, and Akai Shuichi was too lazy to explain why he was so wary of Usuba Saiki. The three of them stopped discussing topics related to Usuba Saiki, and the atmosphere instantly became much more harmonious.
The group discussed what kind of assistance the FBI and the Japanese Public Security Bureau could provide, and then each went to contact their own people.
Conan Edogawa did the same. He asked Professor Agasa to disguise himself as a fish-watching boat and go out to sea in the evening, prepare bait to distract the Black Organization, and be ready to meet them at any time on the sea.
As the time approached, Conan Edogawa began calling out to Ai Haibara through his detective badge.
If the submarine is wandering in the deep sea, it will be difficult to contact the Detective Badge, but if it is to surface to meet Gin, the signal will improve once it reaches a certain range.
Sure enough, not long after Ai Haibara noticed the submarine surfacing, she heard the Detective Badge calling her name.
"Edogawa! I heard you!" Ai Haibara exclaimed in surprise.
Conan Edogawa had no time to be happy and quickly got down to business: "You're in a submarine right now, aren't you?"
How did you know?
Conan Edogawa said, "I saw Usopp and the submarine last night... Usopp was covered in blood, which startled me... Anyway, according to my information, there's an entrance/exit in the sea. Did Usopp say anything to you?"
"I don't know! I haven't seen Brother Bo Ye since I woke up in the submarine. I don't know if he's still alive! Even if he wanted to tell me the exit, there's nothing he could do..."
Conan Edogawa was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
“Yesterday, after Brother Bo parked his car, he suddenly forced me to shoot him in the chest. He bled a lot…”
Conan Edogawa was utterly shocked: "Why would he do that???"
"I don't know, there's no reason why, but I felt his mental state was very strange at the time..."
Conan Edogawa: "………………"
Oh no, could Bo Ye really be mentally ill?! He's starting to think Bo Ye is a bit unreliable too; no wonder Mr. Akai acted that way!
Fortunately, CIA undercover agent Rena Mizunashi had been waiting outside the door. Hearing the discussion inside about the entrance and exit, she went to the control room to ask for help.
She knew that Ai Haibara had planted a listening device on her. To be honest, the method was quite poor. If she hadn't been an undercover agent, Ai Haibara would have been exposed long ago. But Ai Haibara was lucky to have encountered her, and she was willing to help someone escape the clutches of the organization without exposing herself.
Rena Mizunashi originally wanted to find vodka, but unexpectedly she saw Potts in the control room.
She glanced at Vodka and noticed that he was very tense, his eyes fixed on Potts. She realized that talking to Vodka at this moment might not be very effective, so she turned to Potts, whose position was somewhat ambiguous.
She asked casually, "Speaking of which, how did Gin come in from?"
Hearing this, Ai Haibara, who was locked in the room, immediately lit up and gestured for Conan Edogawa to be quiet.
Usakabe Saiki said, "I think it's fine to let him come in through the torpedo tube. It's not far from the Pacific buoys. Wouldn't it be conspicuous for a helicopter to come over?"
Just as Rena Mizunashi had guessed, Saiki Usaba indeed struck up a conversation.
Vodka, not daring to ignore Usoppō Saiki, could only reply, "That's my older brother..."
"Just because he's Gin, does it have to go to all this trouble?" Usui Saiki said, not entirely satisfied. "How is it inconvenient for him to come in through the torpedo tube?"
"It's probably more convenient from the bridge side," Rena Mizunashi said insincerely. "It's troublesome to get the torpedo tubes in and out."
“What’s the problem?” said Bo Yezaki. “Come on, Vodka, explain it to me. For example, how do I get out of the torpedo tube?”
Vodka patiently explained to Usaku Saiki, unaware that Ai Haibara had overheard everything he said.
Ai Haibara breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, Usopp-kun is still alive. He's trying to find out how to get out, it's through torpedo tubes..."
Conan Edogawa breathed a sigh of relief: "I see. I have indeed heard of torpedo tubes that divers can enter and exit... With Usui-kun helping you, I can rest assured..."
Because they were worried that their communication would be discovered by the organization, they should have kept it brief, but Conan Edogawa still asked a question.
"How does Brother Bo Ye's voice sound?"
Ai Haibara said worriedly, "He sounds quite energetic, but the extent of his bleeding yesterday was at least excessive. At most, there's no infection, but he'll need at least a few months to recover..."
After last night's inexplicable ups and downs, including shooting Bo Ye, and Bo Ye helping her find an escape route, Ai Haibara, who wasn't particularly afraid of Bo Ye to begin with, now considers him one of her own, even one of her own with mental issues. She's already worried about him even though she hasn't escaped yet.
Recalling the rumors about Potts within the organization, Ai Haibara felt that her death was most likely caused by the organization, which was somewhat plausible. However, if Usopp died, it might be due to a mental breakdown, which would be a truly unjust death.
Her death was predictable, but it was impossible to say when Brother Bo Ye would fall ill. It seemed that Brother Bo Ye was the one who needed to be worried about more.
But she's in a precarious situation herself right now, so she should try to escape first.
When Ai Haibara was tied up, she deliberately used a position that was easy to untie. Rena Mizunashi noticed this, but still cooperated. So Ai Haibara quickly untied the ropes binding her and helped untie another kidnapped programmer as well.
Then, while the organization members were busy picking up Gin, they hid in the torpedo tubes using the method they had previously extracted information from.
When Gin entered, his first thought was to see the child who supposedly looked exactly like Sherry when she was a child. However, when he opened the door, he found only loose ropes inside, and the child was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is he?" Gin demanded.
This is a submarine, there's nowhere to escape to. Soon everyone located the torpedo tubes.
"Seawater has already been injected, and the hatch can't be opened. They'll be launched into the sea in a few dozen seconds!"
Gin sneered: "Then let them die here!"
As he spoke, he reached out to pull a lever that would inject compressed air into the torpedo tube, killing anyone inside.
At this critical moment, Usakabe Saiki stepped forward.
"Gin, you're not trying to destroy evidence, are you? After all, you said you killed Sherry, and now a child who looks just like Sherry has appeared... If she's not Sherry, that's one thing, but what if she is? What kind of evidence are you trying to destroy? And isn't her secret of shrinking worth investigating?"
Rena Mizunashi also said, "And the organization needs that programmer inside to live! Gin, you..."
Ireland seized the opportunity to settle a personal score: "Gin, you're not an undercover agent, are you?"
Gin: "…………"
Just as Gin reflexively fell silent, the people inside the torpedo tubes had already been launched.
But Bo Yezaki still hadn't let him go.
"That's why I told you to come in through the torpedo tubes. If you had listened to me, none of this would have happened. Why did you have to come in by helicopter from the bridge? I think you were just deliberately giving those two a chance!"
Gin finally lost his temper: "Weren't you injured?"
Why are you still talking so much?! Why didn't that shot kill you?!
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