Gao Yuan stated his own reasoning.
"You spoke very naturally when you mentioned your father and mother, but you didn't explain why you named the current research institute after the company they used to work for."
"Unless... they are members of your 'organization,' and you are just following in your father's footsteps."
"If this reasoning holds true, it means that the 'organization' possesses all the information about you from childhood, including, of course, photographs..."
Shiho, whose inner worries had been exposed, could only sigh deeply.
"Hey, Gao Yuan, if you were a police officer..."
If he were a policeman, would I have no choice but to surrender now?
But that would actually be better...
Upon hearing the word "police," Gao Yuan raised his eyebrows high, his face full of sarcasm.
"What? Is the genius female scientist from the criminal organization planning to turn herself in to the police?"
"It's not that I don't have people to recommend..."
“No!” Shiho immediately and firmly interrupted him, “That’s impossible.”
"No one will believe me... the 'me' I am now..."
A little girl who's about a first-grade elementary school student going to the police station and talking about a "dark organization" will only be seen as someone who's watched too much TV drama.
Gao Yuan seemed to tilt his head and examine her for a while with great interest, while chuckling.
"It seems we share the same perception of the police..."
"It can be said that, with the exception of a few individuals, the police force is basically just a group of paycheck thieves."
"They have neither the ability nor the professional ethics."
"I just have some regrets. If I had known back then that you wouldn't die, but instead... ended up like this, staying there wouldn't have been so bad..."
That last sentence suddenly left Shiho feeling bewildered.
I don't think this person is trying to shift the blame. He's already a philanthropist among murderers for taking on such a huge burden of responsibility.
Instead, he realized that after seeing him "take poison," he probably wanted to find someone to treat him as soon as possible, which is why he carried him away from the scene.
Given Shiho's original intention, having taken APTX4869, she wouldn't gamble on that slim chance of survival.
I just feel that even my sister is gone, so there's nothing left to cherish in this world.
Given the current low probability of such an outcome, it seems like I'd be being too dramatic to commit suicide again.
I also feel sorry for the murderer who risked his life to bring me here and took such good care of me.
Shiho, deep in thought, couldn't help but prop her chin up with her hand, and it took her a while to return to her original train of thought.
"You just said... if you had known I wouldn't die, you would have left me at the scene... and handed me over to the police who arrived?"
"What kind of policeman could gain the trust of Mr. 'Puppet Master of Hell'?"
This person just complained about the police, didn't they?
Gao Yuan answered without any reservations: "An annoying guy who's been chasing me."
"But forget it, it's definitely not that easy to ask him out..."
Shiho couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
I almost blurted it out.
I don't trust the police...
Because of my sister...
"So, miss, do you have any good ideas now?"
Gao Yuan asked quite politely.
This also made Shiho realize that she couldn't keep troubling him.
He himself is still being chased by the police.
"I do...want to find someone..."
Let's trouble him one last time.
Shiho said this to herself.
...
Shinichi Kudo—that's the name of the person Shiho is looking for.
A 17-year-old high school student.
Or to be more precise, a high school detective.
"Detectives?" Gao Yuan asked sarcastically. "I feel like there are far too many detectives among our acquaintances."
"Probably because we're bad people."
After Shiho finished speaking coldly, she realized that something seemed off.
"us"? ……
“…No, actually, we can’t really be considered acquaintances.” Her explanation became somewhat hurried.
"It should be said that they were experimental subjects."
Shinichi Kudo became suspicious after seeing Gin and Vodka. While following them, he was ambushed by Gin and forced to drink APTX4869.
"This drug was not originally developed as a deadly poison. However, in subsequent experiments, all the test animals died rapidly without exception, and it was difficult to find out the real cause of death. Therefore, the organization used it as a good tool to kill and cover up the crime."
Shiho explained with a cold laugh.
Indeed, before and after that, everyone who was given APTX4869 died on the spot without exception.
Despite her extreme aversion to it, Shiho, as a researcher, still documented the results of this cruel drug experiment.
"Only Shinichi Kudo..."
According to Gin, the place where he drugged Shinichi Kudo was a secluded corner of a street not far from the Metropolitan Police Department.
On that occasion, he and Vodka were supposed to be making a face-to-face deal with someone, but because they were involved in a murder case, they were taken to the Metropolitan Police Department as witnesses to give statements.
What others saw as irony, Gin saw as an insult.
Therefore, poisoning Shinichi Kudo was both a way to silence him and a form of revenge against the Metropolitan Police Department.
"This 'Gin'..." Gao Yuan suddenly interjected curiously, "is he your superior? The leader of the organization?"
The name Gin should logically be translated as "juniper berry wine," and like Shiho's "Sherry," it is clearly an internal code name within the organization.
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