Chapter 5959

Conan Edogawa explained to Haibara Ai everything that had just happened.

Haibara Ai's expression initially flickered back and forth like a traffic light, then gradually turned into a flat electrocardiogram like Conan's - in short, it was numb.

It's probably similar to this: If you hear that a meteorite will hit the earth the next day, you might panic and worry about disaster. But if you hear that 1,000 meteorites will hit the earth every day for the next 100 years, then nothing will happen.

In the final analysis, it is because the amount of information is too shocking, to the point where people can no longer bear it, and so they become numb.

After a moment of silence, Huiyuan Ai said, "Okay, it seems that the side effects of Aptx4869 are latent and contagious. I will study it further."

Edogawa Conan pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said slowly: "However, the traces left at the scene prove that everything really happened. No matter what the details are, at least - I think those may not be all illusions."

She said flatly, "Please don't give up treatment."

Conan Edogawa: "...I'm serious!"

On the other side, the Boy Detective Team called Haibara Ai's name. Haibara Ai turned around and was about to go over, but when she heard Conan's voice, she nodded to indicate that she understood.

After being overwhelmed by excessive information, there is no fear or doubt anymore, only a slight numbness.

Conan Edogawa watched the other person go away, then he retracted his gaze and continued standing there thinking.

As a detective, Edogawa Conan certainly wouldn't just use hallucinations to explain everything.

However, sometimes people need to build a ladder for themselves so as not to overload their brain.

Anyway, after the initial shock, Edogawa Conan has now calmed down and is thinking carefully about what just happened.

Come to think of it...at that time, why was Gin able to perfectly guard against the attack of his own equipment in advance and at the same time not have any unnecessary suspicion or questioning about himself?

It's obvious that those equipments are not what an ordinary elementary school student would have. Given Gin's suspicious personality, how could he handle them so carefully without caring about them?

It was as if he had already investigated and understood everything. Everything was clear to him.

Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan couldn't help but start to sweat a little on his back.

...Has the other party discovered his true identity, Kudo Shinichi? ! Decided to play the long game and catch the big fish? ?

But what is there for me to worry about in the long run? If my identity has been discovered, why didn't I come to deal with it in such a long time?

Is it for a longer-term observation experiment? Does the organization really feel comfortable letting the unsettled elements that were missed run around in society?

All kinds of confused thoughts intertwined in his mind, and Edogawa Conan's emotions rose and fell like waves.

"Hey, Conan-kun!"

A call from the side interrupted Conan Edogawa's thoughts. He raised his head and saw Asahi Yuaki limping over to him.

Asahi Yuaki had just walked out of the school doctor's office.

The school doctor gave him a quick checkup - although he had fallen from a large pit, a backpack of snack bread had acted as a buffer and saved him, so he had not suffered any serious internal or external injuries.

However, I don’t know if it was when he fell down or when he was thrown up, but Asahiki’s left leg was broken.

I didn't feel any pain at first, but after Gin left and I went to the school doctor, I found that my ankle had swelled up into a big ball without me noticing.

Chaori Xiqiu looked at the big swelling on his ankle and poked it with his hand out of pure curiosity. Then he almost jumped three meters high in pain and created a medical miracle.

Ah, that's how it is. As the school doctor applied medicine on Asahi Yuki, she gasped and realized that her friend had pierced the football on the tree because her foot was injured, so she couldn't play football. The truth is causing global warming!

True care is expressed without words. Who understands, my family members? Gin is really a good person!

...I just wonder if the danmaku-kun from another dimension can understand the deeper meaning of this.

I beg you, friends in the other world who always do weird reading and comprehension, to apply reading and comprehension to this aspect.

Asahi Yuqiu opened the bullet screen and took a look, but he didn't see the floating translucent text. He wasn't sure if he had missed it when the show just ended, or if the camera didn't follow him.

Well, no matter what, at least help the white-haired friend to gain some kindness points with the elementary school protagonist, and prove to Conan that there was a reason why Gin stabbed the football - in short, the white-haired man is definitely not a villain who bullies children!

Alas, I have helped my white-haired friend so much, it would be impolite if he refuses my request to sell melons next time, Chaori Xiqiu muttered silently.

After the school doctor gave him simple treatment, Asahi Yuaki limped to find Edogawa Conan.

"Thank you for coming to see me, Conan-kun." Asahi Yuqiu raised his eyes and handed over a small bread (a compressed version) from his backpack. "Try this - although it's flattened, it's still delicious."

Conan Edogawa took the small bread, but his eyes were still on the boy with fox eyes, and his mind couldn't help but recall the scene just now:

#Enthusiastic citizen Gin bravely rescued a child who fell into a pit#

Each word is Japanese but when put together it becomes something completely incomprehensible!

However, I don't think I've ever seen Gin actually kill a child, Edogawa Conan thought suddenly.

Then again, I should have been killed, but then I was fed drugs and turned into a child. Asahi's situation should be similar to mine, she was fed drugs and shrunk.

Although it can be explained that feeding drugs can kill people more seamlessly, but seeing so many shrinkers of Aptx4869, this...

A somewhat absurd idea suddenly occurred to Conan Edogawa.

Could it be that Gin likes children, so he laid out a long-term plan, using the organization's Aptx4869 to drug people everywhere, trying to make everyone in the world look like children?

#Shocked! Touched Japan! One man single-handedly reversed the phenomenon of declining birthrate! #

"..." Conan Edogawa was shocked by his own imagination.

He shook his head to get rid of this wild idea.

Hey, [Gin cares about children] or something like that is not as reasonable as [the organization's latest research on mitotic individuals has resulted in the emergence of experimental subjects that are completely different from the original person]!

In response to this, when talking to Huihara Ai about this later, the genius researcher said calmly: "No, the organization does not have the technology of mitosis - and please do not give up treatment, Kudo."

Conan Edogawa: ...I really am not suffering from hallucinations!

Anyway, instead of thinking about whether Gin really cares about children, it is better to speculate something else: for example, Gin actually knows Asahi Yuaki or something... eh? Wait.

Edogawa Conan was stunned for a moment. After this thought came to his mind, he recalled what happened not long ago, and some details popped up like bamboo shoots after rain.

Contact and dialogue, attitude and choice... all kinds of signs roughly revealed that Jiujiu Rousong Egg Roll - or more precisely, Asahi Yuqiu, seemed to have dealt with Gin before. Moreover, they were not enemies.

After all, if it was an enemy, Gin would definitely not rescue the person, but would add another handful of soil and bury the person neatly and efficiently, achieving the achievement of [All enemies are trampled into the ground] 100%.

So, in other words, Asahi and Gin are from the same camp. Is Asahi the hostage, not an undercover policeman, but a member of the organization? Is he a spy, or a spy on a mission?

Is Asahi Yuqiu really affected by the side effects of Aptx4869? Or is everything just a superb childish disguise?

But if the two really had some undercover deal, why did they let me go even though I saw everything, and why didn't they silence me?

Edogawa Conan fell silent.

His sapphire eyes flickered, carrying confusion, concern, vigilance and a desire to explore, as he looked at the rising sun and setting autumn from a distance.

At this moment, Asahi Yuaki continued: "I'm sure you saw it just now, Conan-kun. That man."

Edogawa Conan paused and answered cautiously: "You know each other."

Asahi Yuaki originally wanted to praise the enthusiastic citizen Gin from the perspective of an ordinary passerby, but after hearing Conan Edogawa's affirmative answer, he knew that the bystander perspective would not work - he was worthy of being the elementary school student protagonist, he actually saw through it.

If this continues, I can't pretend to be a passerby, otherwise the main plot will definitely set me up secretly.

You know, the ones hiding are the main characters, and the real passers-by are always NPC-like and will answer any questions!

So Asahi Yuqiu simply admitted: "Since you can see it - well, yes, that's it."

“…”

The scene fell into a brief silence.

Asahi Yuaki considered his words and felt that Conan seemed to have a psychological barrier towards the white-haired man.

Taking into account the widespread circulation of white-haired monster stories among primary school students, he tried to appease them with less provocative descriptions, that is, not mentioning the white-haired ghost story explicitly, but only hinting at it from the side.

"That person is different from what you imagined." Asahi Yuki said, "You can't judge a person's inner qualities simply by his appearance."

The wind blew through the forest, swaying the shadows of the trees, and spots of light flickered on the face of the fox-eyed boy.

When he said this, his voice was a little low, but the corners of his eyes were raised, and his golden eyes were like gems shining in the deep sea, deep and bright.

When Conan Edogawa saw Asahi Yuaki's serious appearance after she shrunk for the first time, her words and expression seemed to have the power to convince others naturally.

His sapphire eyes blinked slowly, and his square-framed glasses reflected a white light.

"He is not who you think he is." Chaori Xiqiu said succinctly, "Actually...how should I put it, he is on the good side."

In short, Gin is not a monster, but a good person!

Edogawa Conan: "..."

Gin is on the good side?

Hearing words that seemed to be suggestive and contained a lot of information, he found it difficult to describe his inner feelings.

Could it be that Gin is also an undercover agent?! Is Gin really a member of the police or other secret agencies? ? ?

Although it sounds absurd at first, and even more absurd after further thinking, it explains why the other party did not silence Asahi and him just now, and why they did not make any other statement even though they suspected that his identity was investigated, because he is a friendly party.

…So Gin gave him drugs in order to increase his chances of survival without exposing his identity? Huh???

Conan Edogawa's expression was like a rice ball that had been exposed to the wind for three years, turning blue, purple, and black. He really found it difficult to accept this setting for a while.

If Gin is an undercover agent... no, is there really any real Gin in this organization???

You won't find out that the boss is the biggest rat in the end? This is too darkly humorous!!

After enduring several attacks in succession, Conan Edogawa's resistance has improved, and it is not so easy for his mind to go blank. At least at this moment, he still has the energy to struggle and think.

Conan Edogawa opened his mouth and finally murmured: "...He is not an accomplice of those people, but their enemy?"

Is it true that Gin is from the anti-organization camp?

"Yeah." Hearing Edogawa Conan's reply, Asahi Yuki showed a convincing and reliable attitude, nodded and said slowly, "He is my teammate."

They are the best teammates to sell melons!

——Although he is the only one who has made the unilateral invitation, Chao Ri Xi Qiu believes that with time and effort, his white-haired friend will be moved by his persistence one day, discover that watermelon is the best thing in the world, and join him in selling watermelons.

After hearing this, Edogawa Conan stopped talking completely.

The sun was shining brightly overhead, and the bread in his hands was flat and soft. At this moment, he actually had nothing to think about, and he couldn't think about anything.

→Data [Gin is a rat] detected.

→This data brain cannot function.

Edogawa Conan, brain.exe is not responding.

=

It has been a long time since the elementary school students' study tour ended, and Conan Edogawa has not yet recovered from his trance.

He told Haibara Ai about [Gin is suspected to be his teammate]. Haibara Ai listened to him calmly, walked into her small laboratory calmly, and handed out a small bottle of pills calmly: "Three times a day, one pill each time."

Edogawa Conan: "..."

Conan Edogawa: "...I really don't have hallucinations!"

Huihara Ai nodded and took out a new small bottle: "This is the meat floss egg roll. His symptoms are more serious. Take it six times a day, two tablets each time."

Hearing the call, Asahi Yuki looked up from the TV and asked, "What do I want to eat?"

Huiyuan Ai Chong waved to Hiashi Qiu and said, "Come here, pork floss egg roll. I made you a sweet one."

So Chao Ri Xi Qiu came over happily and took it.

Conan Edogawa looked at Asahi Yuaki's cheerful face and began to wonder: Is this kid real or just pretending? He looks just like the real thing!

When I was talking to myself, I looked very serious for a few moments. It can't be that I am only normal for a few moments.

The conversation between the two continued only after Asahi Xiqiu returned to the sofa to continue watching the cartoon.

Conan Edogawa asked: "Gin... didn't he have any suspicion of being an undercover agent in the original organization?"

"No." Huiyuan Ai answered. But after a moment, she said, "Maybe, a little bit, I'm not sure."

"What?"

"...Sister." Huiyuan Ai muttered, "I don't know how she is doing now. Not long ago, when the Rye undercover was suspected, Gin took her away. I thought the organization wanted to harm her, so I swallowed Aptx4869 to protest."

"But, according to the information I collected after becoming smaller--" Huiyuan Ai paused, "it seems that my sister was sent to that man."

That man, Akemi Miyano's boyfriend, Dai Morohoshi, also known as Rye Whiskey, whose real name is Shuichi Akai.

Conan Edogawa and his friends met him in previous events, cooperated with each other, and also knew each other's true identities.

Currently, Shuichi Akai is still lurking in the organization.

The undercover suspicion not long ago, after various twists and turns, was finally dismissed by Gin's words "It will be useful if you keep it".

"Ms. Akemi was assigned to Mr. Akai?" Edogawa Conan was a little surprised, "But she is not a combat member."

"Hmm." Huihara Ai frowned, "So I'm not sure what that means - it is said that she is now arranged to work in a watermelon shop in Nagano."

Edogawa Conan:?

Huiyuan Ai: "That watermelon shop seems to be the organization's nest. The man was suspected and excluded from the core circle, so now he is doing odd jobs. He is the owner and his sister is a clerk."

Edogawa Conan:?

After the initial question mark, he quickly calmed down.

There is nothing strange about this. The various bases of an organization must be sufficiently common so that they can remain hidden in the city.

I heard that Rum is also a chef. I wonder where he is hiding in society.

When it comes to watermelon shops, Conan Edogawa's first reaction is the Asahi Yuaki Seishun Watermelon Shop in Tokyo's Beika-cho - just downstairs from the Mori family.

He remembered that he had seen a job advertisement posted for a short period of time at Chaori Xiqiu's store, recruiting a melon seller. Later, he found the job.

Speaking of which, Conan Edogawa dug out some images from the depths of his mind: he seemed to vaguely remember the former clerk of Asahi - long black hair, green eyes, and he looked a bit like Mr. Akai in his memory.

Edogawa Conan: “.”

If we infer that Asahi Yuaki and Gin are teammates, then did they start laying the groundwork so early?

Could it be that he had already spotted the undercover agent in the organization and helped find a way out?

(In fact, Gin originally just wanted to find a few workers to deal with Asahi's melon-selling problem: ...)

Both of them were silent for a while. Then Edogawa Conan raised the medicine bottle in his hand: "This medicine——"

"This is not medicine." Huiyuan Ai said calmly, "It's just sugar - Aptx4869 does not have a fantasy effect, I know."

Similarly, this is because the amount of information was too great, and the stepping stone she had set up for her brain was broken.

They looked at each other. Edogawa Conan exhaled and said first: "...So, Gin..."

They can’t really be teammates, right?

Too magical, too scary! This is even more shocking than Gin's respect for the elderly and love for the young!

"Let's take it one step at a time." Huiyuan Ai pursed her lips, "It's too early to draw conclusions."

Indeed. Edogawa Conan tried to calm himself down. It was too early to draw any conclusions.

Teammates or enemies are matters that must be carefully judged - only when more information is available in the future can it be determined.

Conan Edogawa imagined the scene of Two Seconds fighting side by side with Gin, and then he got stuck.

→Data [Gin is a teammate] detected.

→This data brain cannot function.

Edogawa Conan, brain.exe is not responding.

=

Regardless, gathering information about the organization is always the first step.

Conan Edogawa still remembers that before he left Shenlin, he caught a glimpse of the blue ticket in Gin's windbreaker pocket - it was a ticket for a gem exhibition on an ocean cruise ship.

Coincidentally, the Phantom Thief Kid sent out a notice. The popular detective Maori Kogoro was invited to participate, and Maori Ran and Edogawa Conan followed.

After hearing about it, several members of the Young Detective Team also wanted to come and play. As one of the organizers, Suzuki Sonoko generously gave a few more spots so that Professor Agasa could come with a few children.

Thus, Chaori Xiqiu happily embarked on a new journey.

One of the dishes at the cruise dinner was crystal dumplings. Through the translucent skin, you could see the tender green filling inside, which was said to be made from zucchini.

Asahi Yuqiu picked up the greenest crystal dumpling that was closest to him, and when he took a bite, he paused in his chewing motion.

...Is this stuffed zucchini? Why does it smell like watermelon rind?