Chapter 127 Main Thread

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Seeing the text message from Hagiwara Kenji, the two of them suddenly stopped breathing. Matsuda Jinpei said decisively: "I'll go over and talk to you - why don't you leave first?"

Furiya Ling opened his phone and looked at it, frowning: "It's okay, tonight's time belongs to me, I can do the task all night."

Matsuda Jinpei's expression was a little confusing: "Is it the special spell of the name 'Tooru'? Rei, I remember that before you changed your name to Amuro Toru, you were not so hardworking, right?!"

Because I was called "Toru-kun" countless times because of my pseudonym, I always had déjà vu when I saw Rei Furuya at the same time: "..."

The worker gave an awkward but polite smile.

The two of them quickly took a taxi and rushed to the hospital. The depression in their hearts was relieved a little because of these little jokes.

As long as we know the reason why Chiyodani Toru is in a coma, there will always be a solution, right?

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Hearing the footsteps, Kenji Hagiwara took the initiative to step forward and opened the door to welcome the two people in. Chiyodani Toru was lying on the hospital bed behind him, his face still pale from his severe injuries. The instruments surrounding him made him look particularly thin.

"Hagi!" Matsuda Jinpei shouted softly.

Hagiwara Kenji glanced at the two of them and waved his hand: "Let's go talk next door."

This is a very private hospital that cooperates with the police, so there is no need to worry about talking, but it is enough to show that Chiyotani Toru's condition is not simply overwork.

Furiya Rei's originally relaxed brows instantly wrinkled.

"Just tell me!" Matsuda Jinpei said with a headache, "We have kept Toru's coma a secret from Jingguang for now. He finally woke up, but his mental state is not very good... He will definitely want to see Toru in a few days, and then something serious will happen."

Hagiwara Kenji spread his hands and said bitterly: "Then I think we should first think about how to explain it to Xiao Zhufu."

"What do you mean?"

Kenji Hagiwara took out the report that was folded into a mess from his pocket and handed it to the two people. He looked to the side, as if he could see the person lying on the bed through the wall.

"In addition to overwork, Toru's coma was caused by a rare toxin detected in his blood by the doctor." He began with some difficulty, "The toxin has been deeply rooted in his body... for many years."

“Rip!”

Matsuda Jinpei's hand trembled, and the report sheet that he and Furukaya Rei were each holding half of suddenly broke in half.

"What kind of poison?" Furiya Ling's attention was not on the report at all. His subordinates tightened their consciousness and crumpled up the remaining half of the report. "Are you sure?"

Hagiwara Kenji nodded. "The hospital has tested it several times and the results are the same. This toxin will quietly destroy the body's functions and eventually lead to death. The poisoned person will feel heartache and even cough up blood. But they have never seen this type of toxin before, and they don't know how to detoxify it for a while."

Jinpei Matsuda was struck by lightning.

If they don’t know how to detoxify, then they can only watch Chiyodani Toru decline... ?

The series of events these days have given him a splitting headache.

Furuya Rei tried his best to remain calm: "Can you find out when the poisoning occurred? And how can you be sure since you have never seen it before?"

Hagiwara Ken was holding the goldfish amulet between his fingers. The threads on it had been worn loose by him. He said with a trembling voice, "Poisoning... can be traced back to seven years ago."

Seven years ago, when they were still attending the police academy, Chiyotani Toru was taken away by the organization and then sent back for some reason. Since then, his personality has changed, becoming much colder and even forgetful at times.

Because of this, Jinpei Matsuda even speculated whether Chiyodani Toru had multiple personalities.

If I was poisoned at that time, everything would become clear.

Fūya Rei unconsciously took a step back. His injured hand was burning with pain. He lowered his head, still using the hood to block the light in front of his eyes.

He said hoarsely, "The organization has been investigating a secret of the Chiyogaya family. This is very important to them. The reason why Shinsou was imprisoned in such a place is that they hope to find out this secret by crushing her spirit."

"These are some of the inside information I just barely managed to find out from the members of the organization recently, but I can't ask for more specifics."

"Che told us that he was only seven or eight years old when he left home. Logically, he should know nothing. But - the organization may not believe it."

Therefore, when Chiyotani Toru returns as an adult to look for his sister and investigate the organization, he will definitely be targeted by the organization. However, because of the secret, the organization will not kill him, but choose a more roundabout way to threaten him with poison.

Allowing him to leave the organization and return to the police academy was, on the one hand, a credit to the police rescue, but on the other hand it was also a fishing mentality.

A sharp knife cuts through the Gordian knot. Most strong-willed people have the courage to do so without fear, but what about using a soft knife to cut flesh? Facing your own decline and pain day after day, will there ever be a day when you can no longer bear it and want to confess?

Furiya Rei didn't dare to imagine how many days and nights they didn't know about, as Chiyodani Toru endured pressure and pain from all sides alone, yet felt unspeakable despair.

Matsuda Jinpei exhaled and closed his eyes: "I think I know why he works so hard."

Just like a candle that is about to burn out, the only choice is to illuminate the surroundings more fiercely, because there may be no chance again afterwards.

If I put myself in his shoes, if he really had a terminal illness, it seems that he would choose to keep it secret in order to alleviate the lingering pain of his family and friends, and to give his final bit of strength to the career he loves.

This is the consensus of each of them, but when the expected thing finally appears around them, no one can accept it calmly.

No one.

Besides, Chiyodani Toru's disease is not terminal, but that organization...

The organization that persecuted the Chiyogaya family and caused the death of Chiyogaya Sawaori!

Matsuda Jinpei gritted his teeth, the pain from the friction between his teeth barely calmed him down. He even tasted blood.

Hagiwara Kenji was waiting for the two of them to absorb this news.

As smart as he was, after deducing the approximate time of poisoning in the hospital, he quickly connected the causes and consequences, and almost got entangled in the emotions that were like slowly sinking but unable to escape from quicksand.

He took a long vacation, and every day he faced Chiyodani Toru's face, but he could say nothing except sighing over and over again.

The amulet he gave to Chiyodani Toru eventually lost all its effect because it was stained with blood.

"Go on," said Furuya Rei, "There's something else you haven't finished talking about, right? I'll keep an eye out for this poison in the organization. If there's poison, there must be an antidote."

Hagiwara paused and said, "This can be combined with your previous question. We discovered this toxin because we found a sustained-release ingredient in the medicine bottle that Toru often carried with him."

"That is to say, he carried a short-term antidote with him to prevent the poison from attacking."

Fūya Rei raised his head in disbelief: "Can he get a short-term antidote?"

"Well, although the medicine bottle is full, it can be seen that he doesn't take it often, but it is indeed useful." Hagiwara Kenji curled his lips, "I have handed it in, and I hope a complete antidote can be developed."

Matsuda Jinpei spoke impatiently: "Where did he get the antidote? If he had the ability to find a short-term antidote, there was no reason to delay for so many years. And if he had an antidote, why didn't he tell us?"

"That's what I feel is wrong." Hagiwara Kenji said softly, "Also... the kid named Edogawa Conan was there at the time, and he noticed a tiny earring on Toru's right ear."

Matsuda Jinpei: “Huh?”

Earrings are something that are basically only worn by delinquents, but since they could be associated with that good student, Chiyodani Toru, Jinpei Matsuda suspected for a moment that there was something wrong with his ears!

Hagiwara Kenji said helplessly: "You heard it right, it's the earrings, but about this... we haven't found anything."

He continued, "It was just an ordinary earring, but it seemed that it was not properly treated when it was inserted, and it became infected and affected his hearing... It was several years ago. I don't understand what Toru was thinking at the time, but I think there is something fishy about this matter."

Chiyotani Toru was suffering from a chronic poison; he had a temporary antidote with him; he had his ears studded a few years ago, and the stud even affected his hearing.

If one temporarily regards the last point as something that Chiyodani Toru improvised, some people may still feel critical; but when the first two pieces of information are combined, anyone can smell something fishy.

Fūya Rei was silent for a long time, until Matsuda Jinpei pushed his shoulder and he came back to his senses.

"Zero, do you think... Toru might still be in contact with the organization?" the curly-haired police officer asked in an almost inaudible voice, "After all, we don't understand the internal style of the organization, but given Toru's experience, the possibility of him getting a short-term antidote by himself is too small."

A young man without parents and no background, who even had to work several jobs to make a living during his time in police school, after becoming a criminal policeman who had to deal with cases every day, the possibility of him hiding the composition of the toxin from everyone and entrusting others to make a short-term antidote is extremely small.

But assuming he still maintains contact with that organization, through some kind of exchange...

Matsuda Jinpei didn't dare to think further. He didn't want to doubt his close friends, but there were no other interferences to blur his reasoning.

Furiya Rei bit off the dead skin on his lips with his teeth, but accidentally bit off blood. After a while, he exhaled and said, "This is not enough to prove that they are connected... The organization's actions have always been cruel and greedy. If they really wanted to use Toru to do something, then the Public Security Bureau and the Metropolitan Police Department would not have been so peaceful in recent years."

"I think we can consider Shinsou. Maybe she got some information and asked Shirley to develop a temporary antidote and send it to Toru." Furiya Rei tried to explain.

Hagiwara Kenji's eyes lit up: "Do you know Shirley? Can you go ask her——"

Furuya Rei shook his head: "Shirley was a researcher who had a very good relationship with her. Although she has now defected from the organization and is missing, her defection was the reason for the organization to attack Shinsou. It is also possible that she discovered the antidote they gave to Toru."

It’s really ridiculous to think about it. Each clue is linked to another, forming a vicious circle, but in the end it was deadlocked because of Shinsou’s death and Chiyodani Toru’s coma.

Matsuda Jinpei slapped his lips and sipped his lips. "Why would he have any doubts? If he really had connections with the organization, how could he stay in the archives all day and not be dragged away? The light of the Justice Star is almost as bright as the Justice Sun - what could he have access to?"

He felt that his suspicion just now was ridiculous and groundless.

"So I just think it's weird." Hagiwara Kenji shrugged. He didn't think much about the organization, but he was a little resentful of Chiyodani Toru getting his ears pierced. "Kojinpei and I watch him all day long. Toru has never failed in his duties as a policeman."

"When you say that, it makes it seem like I'm still in doubt?" The blond man couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"I believe in Toru with my feelings." He said softly, "but I will still look for other clues to explain all this."

Hagiwara Kenji said, "I'll leave it to you, Kouya."

Apart from this doubt, no one would think that Chiyodani Toru had any other connection with the black organization. He concealed the poisoning and the short-term antidote and did not report it, most likely because he did not want to involve them.

This operation was all too familiar to Chiyodani Toru, and he lost count of how many times he had been scolded for it.

Matsuda Jinpei thought to himself, as expected, that guy will go crazy if he isn't beaten up for three days... He's a dog that can't be changed - bah bah bah!

When he wakes up, I must make him explain everything clearly!

[Ahhhh! No——No! Police Academy Team, wake up! ! It is related! !]

[What do you mean by missing the truth? (Tactical retreat) I thought Toru was going to be exposed this time! I didn't expect the organization's locator to be so high-tech that it can't be detected normally.]

[Toru's chronic poison is exposed...choked up, compared to the police academy team who know nothing, the old thief has drawn what he looks like when the poison takes effect! I am still the one on the chopping block of emotions (corpse lying flat)]

[Move over for me. My heart ached when I saw him vomiting blood (corpse No. 2 lies flat)]

[Sobbing! A person endured seven years of pain, and suffered double the pain from Shinso, but the organization took the blame... huh? I remember that the organization didn't know what was going on at first, and even helped him develop an antidote?]

[This pot is so big, so black, and so round... Hahaha, I suddenly want to laugh, you, the organization, have come to this day!]

[I suddenly wondered if Toru had given himself this poison? He wanted to fight the boss to the death, otherwise it would be hard to explain why he had refused to take the antidote despite the poison several times]

[It seems that Toru may have been the one who poisoned Gran in the beginning, but after cooperating to fight against the boss, the two personalities tacitly refused to take the medicine]

[The three of them tried to find a reason to clear Toru of suspicion. Subconsciously, they didn't want to believe that he had any connection with the organization. In fact, Chiyotani Toru was Granmani, a notorious killer in the organization - a madman]

[Zero is suspicious. It must be said that he has always had the professional qualities of an undercover agent. Even though he is much younger now because the police academy team is still there, his suspicion has never changed.]

[Ahhhh! Wuuwuwu! I am dying. I dare not imagine how the police academy team will be backstabbed by Gran. It is too cruel.]

[Although the poisoning was exposed, Toru was on the verge of falling off his horse, but this is not the reason for his coma! Shinsou sister——Hiro——]

[Hiro will be in a state of collapse if he knows the truth after he has recovered]

[Oh yeah, this can only explain why Toru is in poor health, it doesn't seem to include coma... ahhh! Can they find out anything about empathy? Thank you so much, I'm really screwed by this organization!]

[I am fearless in all the hardships, hahahaha... I beg you, I would rather Toru keep it a secret than have him see it exposed. At that time, it will not only be the betrayed police academy team that will collapse, but also Toru's own personality... You know, the police academy team is his anchor. Once he loses the last anchor, he will die, really die!]

"There is one more question." Furiya Rei quickly came to his senses. He suppressed his mixed thoughts about Chiyodani Toru in his heart and asked in a deep voice, "Hagiwara, the toxin you provided in the report doesn't seem to be the cause of Toru's coma. What else could it be?"

The thread of the goldfish amulet in Hagiwara Kenji's hand was completely cut in his anxious movements. He scanned the two of them with his purple eyes and said bitterly: "Sometimes... I quite admire Hiro's intuition."

He exhaled slowly: "Do you remember the first time we had a night party without telling Toru during the police academy? At that time, Toru had not experienced a fire, but was still afraid of heat and sun. We analyzed it for a long time."

"And Hiro mentioned that... twins who are very close to each other can sense each other's state in certain situations."