Chapter 74 The Birth of Ai Haibara 3
Around 10 a.m., Conan Edogawa, riding his smoking little flying skateboard, drifted and stopped in front of an abandoned swimming pool.
It was almost lunchtime, and Conan hadn't eaten properly for over ten hours. His stomach growled a couple of times, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it.
Under the blazing sun, Conan had to raise his hand to shield his eyes in order to see the Tokyo Skytree to the south.
To the left of the Skytree stands an extremely tall building, and in front of it is an arch-like structure.
To make the two buildings overlap, they need to be moved back a little.
Conan backed away, one step at a time, until he reached the glass doors of the abandoned swimming pool.
"Found it, this is it!" Conan looked at the scene, which was very similar to the description given by the lawnmower, and felt absolutely certain.
He turned around and examined the abandoned swimming pool. He remembered that he had been here when he was a child.
The abandoned swimming pool building is unusually mottled. The blue paint has long since faded from the wind and sun. Dust, rain stains, ivy... everywhere are traces of time.
The glass door had clearly been pushed open; there was a handprint on the doorknob.
"Squeak—" The old glass door made a noise that made people scratch their heads.
Conan slowly walked in, cautiously observing his surroundings as he ventured deeper into the building.
He walked past the empty reception desk, through the cluttered corridor, and into a changing room.
The changing room was lined with many wardrobes, all covered in rust.
On the north side of the changing room, there was a door that was slightly ajar, and through the crack, one could see the graceful figure of a long-haired woman standing tall.
"Squeak—creak—"
Just as Conan was observing carefully, the glass doors of the swimming pool were pushed open again, accompanied by heavy footsteps.
Conan immediately went on the alarm, spotted an open cabinet door nearby, and nimbly slipped inside.
As Conan closed the cabinet door, he felt as if his head was entangled in a spider web, and a small spider scurried out from the gap under the cabinet as if trying to escape.
"Da da da!"
The person arrived.
Although the changing room was rather dimly lit, Conan still recognized the person who came in.
It's Gin!
Kurosawa Jin, dressed in his usual classic Gin black coat, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, casually pushed open the last door.
After the door opened, he stood quietly in the doorway, looking at Miyano Akemi through the door.
"Where's the stuff?" Kurosawa Jin took the cigarette out of his mouth and flicked off the ash.
Akemi Miyano gripped the pistol hidden behind her back and said loudly, "I hid it somewhere."
"Bring my sister over, and then give us two plane tickets to go abroad, and I'll tell you its location."
"Oh, you're not entirely stupid." A hint of surprise flashed in Kurosawa Jin's green eyes. "But only a little."
As he spoke, he raised his pistol. "Final warning, where's the package?"
Akemi Miyano also raised her pistol, trembling as she aimed it at Jin Kurosawa.
"Take my sister with you first... Ah!" Before she could finish speaking, Kurosawa Jin's bullet struck Miyano Akemi's wrist, knocking the gun away from her.
Compared to the combat personnel, Akemi Miyano's skills as an outer member were simply no match. Jin Kurosawa approached Akemi Miyano and pointed his gun at her head.
He flashed Gin's classic sneer, "I gave you a chance."
Miyano Akemi clutched her wrist, wincing in pain, and said, "Even if you kill me, you won't get that package!"
"Heh!" Kurosawa Jin chuckled. "The item is hidden in a locker at Beika Department Store."
Upon hearing this, Miyano Akemi's pupils constricted, and she looked at Kurosawa Jin with a stunned expression. She finally realized that she had been set up.
"To tell you the truth, there was only some waste paper in that package. You're really stupid to believe me."
Kurosawa Jin exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke coldly and indifferently.
"If you even have the slightest thought of betraying the organization, then your ultimate fate will be..."
"die!"
"Bang!"
Before Miyano Akemi could recover from her disbelief, a gunshot rang out, and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. Then, as if she had been deprived of her right to breathe, the whole world spun around her.
"After you die, your sister will have no more worries and will be able to contribute more to the organization..."
This was the last thing Akemi Miyano heard.
After doing all this, Kurosawa Jin took out a remote control and fiddled with it in his hand.
Conan, who was hiding in the closet, could see this scene, and a sense of foreboding instantly rose in his heart.
That was a bomb remote control! He wanted to use the bomb to cover his tracks!
Once Kurosawa Jin was out of sight, Conan crawled out of the wardrobe on his knees.
He first checked on Akemi Miyano, and unsurprisingly, she was already dead.
"Damn it!"
Conan didn't have time to examine the body closely; his immediate priority was to leave.
He knew that the bomb would detonate once Gin moved out of the blast radius, and he had to escape before Gin pressed the button.
As time ticked by, Conan frantically ran outside, his life a race against time.
"Bang! Bang bang bang!"
The moment Conan rushed out of the swimming pool, a violent explosion came from behind him, and a wave of heat knocked Conan onto the grass in front of the gate.
Ignoring his own injuries, Conan quickly hopped on his skateboard and moved away from the scene. The explosions continued for a full thirty seconds.
So this is the organization Gu Ze was talking about! They really are ruthless!
Conan broke out in a cold sweat as the image of the organization was re-established in his mind, especially Gin's.
[Ding! Shinichi Kudo's approval rating -15]
The current approval rating is 40.
"hiss!"
Kurosawa Jin looked pained. Even though he was somewhat prepared, it still stung; those were fifteen recognition points!
The assassin, who had just finished his act, swaggered out the front door, but now he sheepishly returned to the swimming pool through the back door, which was quite comical.
He put a pill in Miyano Akemi's mouth to keep her in a daze.
The bomb was specially made, designed to make a lot of noise but have little effect, so the area around Akemi Miyano was not damaged.
"Cough cough." He hoisted Miyano Akemi onto his shoulders, stepped over the burning ruins, and was choked by a puff of black smoke.
Akemi Miyano isn't very bright, but she is, after all, Shiho Miyano's older sister. From the perspective of increasing Shiho Miyano's approval rating, Akemi Miyano must be saved.
"After rescuing Miyano Akemi, next, cough cough, we have to go to the next rescue operation." Kurosawa Jin coughed and muttered.
As for what the next game will be, we have to go back to forty minutes ago.
At Experiment Base No. 14, Shiho Miyano, as usual, put on her white lab coat and went to inspect the condition of the various experimental subjects in the experimental area.
She had lived this kind of life for many years, and she knew all too well that her hands were stained with blood. To think that she could return to a normal life was simply a pipe dream.
"Lady Sherry, the test subjects in Area A are all normal, but one of the test subjects in Area B died last night."
"Hmm." Shiho Miyano took a file from a researcher, glanced at it a few times, and handed it back.
"We will continue blood sampling in Area A today, so we will not be conducting any experiments."
"I remember, a new batch of test subjects arrived last night. Take me to see them."
The junior researcher quickly responded: "Those test subjects are placed in Zone B, rooms 201 to 211."
Without saying a word, Shiho Miyano put the pen in her breast pocket and headed straight for Area B.
Area B was very close, only a two-minute walk away. After instructing a few researchers to do other things, Shiho Miyano went to visit the new batch of experimental subjects alone.
Looking down the corridor, rooms 201 through 211 are neatly arranged, with the experimental subjects locked inside, some in pairs and some in single rooms.
A large pane of glass is embedded in the wall separating the room from the corridor. This glass is special; people inside cannot see outside, but people outside can observe inside.
Shiho Miyano walked around, stopping occasionally, and casually held up a board to record information about the new experimental subjects.
These new test subjects were either still asleep, shouting, or sitting idly with their heads down...
Anger, despair, calm, numbness, and then death—these are the stages that every batch of test subjects goes through upon arriving here.
She stared blankly at the people inside...
until!
She met Gu Ze's eyes.
A man as tall as Shiho Miyano stood straight in front of the glass, his almond-shaped eyes bright and lively, his face handsome, and a faint smile on his lips, mysterious and beautiful.
At first, Shiho Miyano thought the eye contact was just a coincidence. However, when she moved to the right, the man's eyes followed her to the right, and when she moved to the left, the man looked to the left.
After going back and forth several times, her face was filled with disbelief.
She supervised the installation of all the glass here, and she personally inspected every room; there couldn't possibly be any mistakes.
While Shiho Miyano was standing there thinking, Gu Ze opened his mouth and moved it, as if he was saying a name.
Shiho Miyano.
Yes, even though Shiho Miyano didn't recognize the man in front of her, she still knew that he was calling her name.
Then, Gu Ze, through the glass, spread out his right hand and placed his palm on the glass, trying to make Miyano Shiho see the words. After doing this, he showed a kind smile.
Shiho Miyano took two steps forward and leaned closer, only to see a few small words written on the man's palm.
I can take you out.
In an instant, Shiho Miyano's eyes widened. She took a deep breath and tried her best to maintain her expression, even though her heart was in turmoil.
[Ding! Shiho Miyano senses your mysterious nature.]
Shiho Miyano's approval rating +5]
Should I trust him? Can he really get me out of here? Or is this just a test from the organization?
Her life was in danger, so she had to be extremely careful.
She clenched her teeth, her eyes filled with inner turmoil.
"Shiho, believe me, we'll be free the next time we meet!" Miyano Akemi's words seemed to echo in her ears.
Recalling her sister's performance last night, Shiho Miyano's sixth sense told her that this might be an opportunity, and she was willing to take a gamble!
So she called over two junior researchers and said, "Take this test subject to Lab Six."
"Take two more vials of DXY-1205 from the refrigerator."
"Yes, Lady Sherry." The two researchers entered the room.
Shiho Miyano took one last look at Gu Ze, who was being held captive by several researchers, before stepping back and leaving.
"Since you want to help me, then let me see your strength," Shiho Miyano thought to herself.
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