Chapter 534 First Appearance: Character Protection Period
"If she was able to get to the summer festival all by herself, then either she escaped from that research base, or someone from the base brought her out, and she ran away secretly."
Bertrand thought to himself, "If we rule out the possibility that she couldn't escape from the heavily guarded base, then the second one is probably the most likely, right?"
Gin nodded. "I sent people to check that night, and her body was gone."
“Either her body was taken away by people from the base, or…” Gin’s voice was low, “she left on her own.”
"Huh?" Bertrand looked at him, puzzled.
Gin glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and said, "It's impossible that they haven't made progress in their 'symbiosis' experiments over eight years. The Ryoko we saw that night was most likely a clone as well."
"According to the intelligence team's investigation, on the night of May 18th, in the series of cases involving ten rabbits, Ryoko Koide was killed, and her body was taken away by her parents for cremation. There is no possibility that she is still alive."
Hearing Gin's words, Bertrand raised an eyebrow slightly and said in a low voice, "So, the dead Ryoko Koide was a clone, and the Ryoko Koide we see is a clone?"
"Do they all look exactly alike?" he asked.
Gin nodded in agreement.
Bertrand pursed his lips.
"Then let's investigate the entire Mikasa area. If Ryoko Koide really is a clone, will they take more measures to prevent what happened to me back then? For example, multiple clones?"
His voice lowered again, then a suppressed excitement and anticipation welled up within him, and his eyes reddened slightly with emotion.
On the other side.
Chizuru, Conan, Ran Mouri, and Sonoko Suzuki are in an arcade. While Ran and Sonoko are chatting, they talk about Jodie, a new English teacher at their school.
Upon hearing this, Qianzhu's eyes flickered slightly.
"..."
I was hospitalized for so long that I forgot there was even a main storyline.
Coincidentally, while they were talking about Ms. Judy, they suddenly heard a shout behind them. When they turned around, they saw a foreign woman who looked very familiar.
She was standing in front of a shooting game machine, skillfully and elegantly shooting down the monsters in the game, leaving the passersby in awe.
Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki paused for a moment, exchanged a glance, and then walked over, just as Jodie finished her game.
"Ms. Judy? I never expected to run into you here." Ran Mouri said with a blank expression.
Judy turned her head, a look of surprise on her face. "Ah, it's Mori-san and Suzuki-san."
After attracting the attention of those around them, they moved to another spot and chatted for a bit, then learned that Judy was actually a game enthusiast, so they went back to the arcade machine.
Looking at Judy, who had a rather sophisticated air about her in the early stages, Qianzhu tilted her head slightly.
Is this... a protection period for newly debuted characters?
Suddenly, Judy noticed him. "Oh! Is this also a classmate of ours?"
“No, he’s our friend, Chino Chitake. He doesn’t go to school because of health reasons,” Ran Mouri explained to her.
"Oh, I see. Hello, handsome young man, I'm Judy." Judy greeted Qianzhu with an innocent look.
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