“So…” Shiho Miyano finally spoke, her throat dry and her voice hoarse, “You know they didn’t drink a lethal drug…”
“That night, I watched as you tested the drug on the mice, and then Ms. Miyano secretly slipped back and re-injected the mouse.”
The other person opened their hands.
"If I couldn't be sure that Ms. Miyano had a kind heart, how could I not have stopped her in advance?"
Shiho Miyano nodded blankly.
Even before he knew that this person had been secretly watching him since that day, he had realized that the other person had seen through his betrayal of the "organization".
But it doesn't really matter anymore.
Anyway, I need it too...
“So, the person born on the seventh day of the fourth month,” she asked, raising another question that had been lingering in her mind, “was the person on the list yourself from the very beginning? Did you want to enter that plan under that identity?”
"You also said that Kindaichi and the others are your friends."
"If the target is just a few college students, someone like you should be able to easily find other opportunities, right?"
"Or have you already made your move?"
But I haven't heard of any recent murders at West East Medical Center...
During the standoff, Shiho Miyano was distracted and thought for a moment.
The other person laughed approvingly at her reasonable speculations.
"No, not at all. Thanks to someone, those college students were taken away by the police and are under investigation. It might uncover some previous murder case."
"As for me, my style has never been about simply and brutally killing people. I prefer to create a magnificent stage, allowing the intended target, the killer, and the audience to all participate in this immersive performance..."
Upon hearing this almost childish description, Shiho Miyano suddenly thought of someone.
A person who only appears in the news and police wanted posters, and ordinary people never have the opportunity to see him in person.
A killer with a unique style—
"—'The Puppet Master of Hell,' Takato Yoichi." The man opposite bowed politely, his posture resembling that of a magician standing on a stage filled with dreamlike lights.
"Ms. Miyano, it's a pleasure to meet you."
...
Although Shiho Miyano had heard of the name Takato Yoichi, it was still unfamiliar to her.
After all, I wasn't interested in it and hadn't even looked at the photos carefully.
A wanted criminal with multiple murders on his hands and who instigated others to kill multiple people should not be able to appear openly in the sunlight.
So it's no use for her to recognize that face.
Thinking this, Shiho Miyano realized that the person in front of her was much bolder than she had imagined.
He certainly had the audacity to back it up.
As the two were talking, Shiho Miyano watched as he walked up to the two men in black who had been knocked down and delivered a fatal blow to each of them.
Judging by the force, it was enough to keep Narita and Nishimura unconscious for another three or four hours.
Shiho Miyano actually felt a sense of relief.
As if sensing her feelings, Gao Yuan asked with interest, "If I had drunk the original cup of coffee—which contained a regular anesthetic, right?—what would you do next, Ms. Miyano?"
"These two don't seem like the type to obediently follow your orders."
Shiho Miyano shrugged.
"Of course I also prepared suitable medicine for them... As long as what I did is not exposed, we can still be considered accomplices, and there will always be a chance to make a move."
“I have no doubt,” Gao Yuan said with a smile, “that Ms. Miyano has the ability.”
"However, I'm asking about what happens next... like now, what are your plans?"
"I doubt your 'organization' would tolerate traitors."
He was very thoughtful.
With a slight smile, Shiho Miyano thought to herself that she never expected to receive such care from others in the final moments of her life.
Concern from a notorious murderer.
"Just as you said, that Kindaichi-kun has a friend in the Metropolitan Police Department."
"He'll definitely call the police once he wakes up."
With a disdainful smile, she kicked the two men in black lying on the ground with her toe.
"APTX4869, do you know what that is?"
"It was a drug that I led the research and development of at the request of the 'organization'..."
She paused, but still didn't say what the medicine was for.
Perhaps, it's because they can't bear to say it.
"In short, in my plan, when the police arrive, they will find Kindaichi... as well as you, 'Mizuki Nanami' and others, all safe and sound, while these two have already died from an unknown drug..."
"With such a heinous incident occurring in a prestigious university's drug lab, surely the police wouldn't stand idly by, would they?"
Her tone was uncertain, and her gaze flickered a few times before being hidden by her lowered eyelids.
"That means they want to run away."
Hearing that she didn't mention her own fate, Gao Yuan smiled and gracefully extended a hand.
"If Miss Miyano would allow me to do you a favor..."
Shiho Miyano was somewhat taken aback.
She stared at the hand in silence for a while before shaking her head.
"No, you don't understand..."
"There's no escaping it..."
"The organization's power is far beyond your imagination. No matter where I escape to, my final fate will be the same."
"so……"
She raised her eyes and looked directly at Gao Yuan opposite her, a resolute glint suddenly flashing in her eyes.
Then, she quickly stuffed the capsule she had been holding into her mouth and swallowed it whole.
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