Chapter 164 Finale
Falling into the water from a high altitude, the water pressure squeezed Higashino Hiroshi and Hatori Yuiichi, forcing them apart. Furthermore, the underground darkness and the swift current of the underground river instantly widened the distance between the two.
Higashino immediately activated his [Thread Pull] skill, his mind acting as if it had been equipped with radar. Even without opening his eyes, he could still locate Hatori Yui's location. He quickly swam towards that location and grabbed Hatori Yui.
But he found that Hatori was the only one who did not respond and could only lean weakly in his arms.
Higashino was extremely anxious. A rock had just fallen with them, and he wondered if Hatori Yui had been hit.
He wanted to carry Hatori Yui upstream, but the water was deep and the unconscious person was heavy, so he couldn't float to the surface despite trying several times.
At the critical moment, Dong Yexi had a flash of inspiration and changed his appearance card to [Frosty].
This card has an inherent freezing effect, freezing anyone who comes near it into ice. However, reality is more exaggerated than the adjective. With him and Hatori Yui as the center, the water around them quickly froze, soon forming an icicle, standing upright in the water and floating upwards.
They didn't expect that the ice would have such great buoyancy that it could carry both of them to the surface.
Higashino Hei adjusted his breathing. He reached out and touched Hatori Yui, finding that he was only slightly hypothermic and still alive, and he breathed a sigh of relief. If Hatori Yui had been frozen to death by the system, who would he turn to for justice?
However, other problems followed. This special effect couldn't be used for too long. He had other ways to keep warm, but Hatori didn't. If it lasted too long, he would suffer from hypothermia, which was a very dangerous condition.
Dong Yexi felt in his pocket and found a pen in it, so he took it out immediately. He had put it in there after signing the document before the operation.
He put on the skill of [Magic Brush Ma Liang], and then drew a lifebuoy on the ice. Immediately, an identical real one appeared on the water, and even the crooked edges were perfectly reproduced.
Don't worry about the details, just make it work.
With confidence, Higashino immediately drew an inflatable boat and a life jacket. Although the edges were not very smooth, the buoyancy was no problem.
Dong Yexi was afraid that these things would float away with the water as soon as he finished drawing, so he specially drew a rope to connect them, with the other end extending from the ice surface to his hand. After the skill was used, the rope in his hand became real, and he also held the life-saving tools firmly.
Higashino pulled the rope, tossing the life jacket and lifebuoy onto the inflatable boat. After preparing himself, he removed [Frost and Ice], and the ice instantly vanished. Freed from its confinement, he immediately pushed Hatori Yui onto the boat and climbed aboard himself. Without even a moment's rest, he first helped Hatori Yui put on her life jacket, then the lifebuoy, and finally, after getting himself in place, he slumped down on the boat to rest.
He let Hatori Yui lean halfway against him and then applied the [Upright] Appearance card. This card's special effect would maintain his body temperature at a normal level, making him insulated from the cold. This way, he could act as Hatori Yui's hand warmer.
Higashino rubbed his hands together vigorously to warm them, then placed them on Hatori Yui's chest. Compared to Hatori Yui's slightly cool body temperature, he felt like a small heater. Only after confirming that Hatori Yui was merely unconscious did he finally have time to check the system tasks.
This time, not only the name of the event changed, the cause of death also became "drowning", and the death countdown changed again, with less than fifteen minutes left.
The countdown can jump back and forth? You can't play it like that!
It was almost completely dark underground, I couldn't see anything and didn't know what was going on around me. It was really dangerous.
Dong Yexi thought about it and changed the labels to [African American] and [Crow Mouth].
He said: "I was so unlucky today. Not only did I fall into the underground river, but I was also washed out into the river outside. I don't know where I ended up."
After saying this, he closed his mouth and waited quietly.
In previous tests, only things that he felt were unlucky would happen. Now with the addition of [Unlucky Person], the effect should be doubled, right?
Time passed bit by bit. Just when Dong Yexi didn't know how much longer he would have to drift, there was another muffled thunder in front of him, and then the top of the underground river began to collapse, and rocks kept falling.
"Fuck!" This isn't the kind of bonus he wants!
Higashino Hi immediately drew a shield with a pen and raised it above his head to protect him and Hatori Yuichi.
He felt the inflatable boat under his butt gradually speeding up. Just when he was worried that the boat would be smashed by rocks, a light suddenly appeared in front of him.
It's the exit!
Before he could even feel happy for a second, the current swept them out. However, the hole was five meters higher than the water outside, and he and Hatori were forced to separate from the inflatable boat and fall into the water again.
Fortunately, they still had life jackets and lifebuoys!
Dong Yexi pulled Hatori Yui and drifted forward for a distance, following the current, and then the flow slowed down. Compared with the underground river, the river outside was almost motionless.
When the system prompted him to escape danger, he suddenly had a premonition that he would never encounter a crisis again.
He looked up at the blue sky and felt himself relaxed.
From now on, he is completely free!
"Hmm..." Hatori Yui slowly woke up, and the moment he opened his eyes, he met Higashino's star-like eyes. He couldn't help but smile: "It's great to be together even after death."
"Pah, pah, pah!" Dong Yexi said immediately, "What nonsense! We are still alive and well!"
Only then did Hatori Yui realize that they seemed to be in the water.
Are they really not dead?!
Higashino Hi was still saying, "We are not only living well now, but also in the future. You can continue your studies, and maybe try to be a professional player. Even if you don't want to work after graduation, I guess my eldest brother won't object to having another idler. And Jinger can go to school too, we... um..."
The remaining words disappeared between lips and teeth.
Hatori Yui gently stroked the back of Higashino's neck and kissed him hard on the lips. Higashino also put his arms around his neck and responded passionately.
The excitement of surviving a disaster needs to be relieved in this way.
After a long time, Dong Yexi pushed Hatori Weiyi, and the two of them separated slightly and touched their foreheads together.
"We're taking a break today." Dong Yexi felt a little dizzy and explained with a gasp, "It's not that my lung capacity is not good, but I was underwater for too long before, and my lungs are tired."
Hatori Yui was amused by him: "This is the first time I've heard such a statement." He gently kissed the corner of Higashino's mouth and said, "It's okay, we still have a lot of future."
Now he can openly imagine their future.
Dong Yexi thought about it and was amused by his own weird reason.
Then I turned around inadvertently and saw a strange raft floating on the water.
"What is that?"
The two swam over there, but found Conan Edogawa who had fainted.
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Three days later, Higashino Hiroshi met Edogawa Conan again.
He came to give news to Higashino Hiroshi and Hatori Yui.
The FBI and police arrested many members of the organization in the chaos, including familiar faces such as Vodka, Chianti, and Cohen. However, in the end, Vermouth and Gin were not found, and even their bodies were not found.
Some people said they saw them fall into a crack in the ground and might have been buried by rocks.
When Hatori Yui heard this, he lowered his head silently, making it impossible to see his expression.
However, since he and Dong Yexi were able to fall into the underground river and get a chance of survival, it is possible that they are still alive.
"Anyway, Mr. Akai and Amuro... or should I say Mr. Furuya, they both think that the two are not dead. The wanted levels of the two of them have been raised several levels, and there will be rewards for reporting them." Conan Edogawa said, "Mr. Akai also said: 'How could my lifelong enemy die so easily?'" He imitated the tone perfectly.
Higashino Xi relaxed his body, leaning against Hatori Yui, and said, "Then I don't think you'll ever find them. Vermouth's nickname, 'The Thousand-Faced Witch,' is no joke."
Conan Edogawa also felt that without the constraints of the organization, it would be almost impossible to catch the two again.
He continued, "I learned from Mr. Furuya that the person who activated the bomb was Rum's former bodyguard. After Rum's death, Karasuma Renya transferred him back to his side. So it's not surprising that he knew there were bombs next to Rum's bed. However, he underestimated the number of bombs."
After the explosion that day, the hill where Karasuma Renya's villa was located was completely destroyed.
Although no one lived nearby, the explosions continued and many people saw the forest fire. To cover up the truth, the authorities could only say that they were testing new weapons. As a result, they were scolded by the public.
Who's testing artillery shells in the woods? Isn't that a voluntary ignition?!
The authorities were unable to defend themselves and could only silently take the blame.
"After he and I escaped successfully, I originally wanted to use an anesthetic needle to anesthetize him, but he reacted too quickly. He grabbed my hand and twisted it back, and the anesthetic needle shot into me..." Edogawa Conan still remembers the playful look in Kayao's eyes before he fainted. His expression was annoyed and puzzled. "I was behind him. How did he notice such a small movement?"
Hatori Yuiichi smiled slightly and said, "He has a strong sixth sense. When we were little, we would secretly make faces at him from behind, and we were always caught. Sometimes we even wondered if he had another eye behind his back."
Edogawa Conan imagined that scene and couldn't help but shudder.
The picture was so beautiful that he dared not look at it.
"He and I both took several lists from Karasuma Renya's study. I've already given mine to Mr. Furuya, but his copy... unfortunately, I don't know what he took away. It should be something related to the organization's members."
Hatori Yui lowered his eyes slightly. If he guessed correctly, Kayao had taken away the list of experimental subjects from the research institute.
There were many people who had been experimented on, but few, like him, had been bred from a young age by the organization. Excluding those who had reached adulthood, the remaining number, including those who had successfully matched, those who were not yet old enough to match, and those who had just been born, was estimated to be less than twenty.
Because they were few in number, their location was relatively secluded. Furthermore, "everyone inside must have been relocated before the war began. Hayama Ayana submitted her resignation report and disappeared when Karasuma Renya was hospitalized, uh... at the experimental base."
Combined with the fact that Kayao escaped from the experimental base with Vermouth without any hesitation, everything seemed to make sense.
If he hadn't known in advance that something might happen to the BOSS, how could he have been so decisive in giving up on saving people?
Hatori Yuiichi thought: It seems that his previous attempt to instigate rebellion was not ineffective.
Nana-san took the people away, and Kayao took the list away. Not only were the people safe, but he and Jinger were also able to completely break away from the organization and gain complete freedom.
As for the only two people who knew about the situation, Furuya Rei and Akai Shuichi...it wouldn't be difficult to ask them to keep it a secret for their brothers. They hadn't reported Miyano Shiho's survival anyway, so a few more people wouldn't matter.
Over there, Conan Edogawa was still brooding over what happened to Kayo, and kept nagging and condemning him for abandoning the child.
Dong Yexi was getting a little annoyed and asked a soul-searching question: "So, why did you appear on that mountain? And why did you run to the villa?"
Edogawa Conan was like a duck being strangled by the neck, his voice suddenly stuck. Facing Higashino Xi's questioning eyes, his eyes wandered and he stammered, "Because... because..."
Before he could finish saying "because", Dong Yexi sneered: "Humph, go explain to Xiaolan."
Edogawa Conan faded instantly and turned into black and white lines.
No!!! Give me another chance!
Hatori Yui looked at their noisy scene and laughed heartily.
They will have many more happy days in the future.
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