Chapter 671 Even the weakest is not easy to deal with.
As he watched Subaru Okiya contact the police, Machi Kawasaki's gaze fell upon the rock next to him with inscriptions.
Those are the names of four types of fish: mackerel, carp, sea bream, and flounder.
"This must be a message left by the deceased before they died," Kawasaki Machi said casually, then raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned, muttering to himself, "This is really strange, I feel a little sleepy."
After muttering to himself, he yawned again and then squatted down against the rock.
Subaru Okiya glanced at him and pointed in the direction Conan and the others had run off to. "I'll go check on them. If you're tired, just go back to the ship and wait."
"Oh, okay." Kawasaki Machi squinted and raised his hand to give him an OK sign.
Although he verbally agreed, he actually stayed in that corner, watching the dusk gradually darken.
Until he heard a scream from Ayumi.
He immediately knew that Ayumi was being held hostage again.
Kawasaki Machi got up and walked around the rocks, arriving right behind the culprit who was holding Ayumi hostage.
At this moment, the murderer's attention was drawn to some of his.
He blinked, then silently came up behind him, grabbed the hand holding the dagger with one hand, and delivered a chop to his neck with the other.
When he appeared behind her, Subaru Okiya was already prepared to take Ayumi back from the murderer.
Upon seeing the unconscious culprit, the three young detectives were immediately shocked, exclaiming, "Wow!"
Back in Beika City 2-chome, Subaru Okiya borrowed Professor Agasa's kitchen and used the fish the Detective Boys had caught to cook several dishes for them.
Kawasaki Machi also stayed behind.
However, apart from the three children and Professor Agasa, almost everyone else noticed a faint sense of being spied on from outside the window.
After Professor Agasa escorted the three boys back, Machi Kawasaki and Subaru Okiya also prepared to return to the next room.
Reluctantly putting down his video game, Kawasaki Machi got up and walked towards the door.
Suddenly, he paused for a moment, then fell straight forward.
Subaru Okiya, who was just a little in front of him, quickly reached out and caught him.
"Makoto!" Conan, who was also about to return to the Mouri Detective Agency, rushed over to check on the situation.
Kawasaki Machi clutched his heart, feeling a sharp, throbbing pain, and gently inhaled.
To achieve the best possible effect, the clone's heart is now connected to the main body's heart condition.
Kawasaki Machi trembled all over, his face turned pale rapidly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, then slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the clothes of the person in front of him.
He was like a fish stranded on a dry beach, struggling to breathe.
"Could it be..."
Conan felt something was familiar, so he subconsciously wondered if the drug's effects were wearing off.
However, Kawasaki Machi immediately fainted, though he was still trembling and his brows were furrowed.
Subaru Okiya frowned slightly, then picked him up and carried him to the sofa.
The sound of bones cracking began to emanate from Kawasaki Machi's body, and blood even started to seep from his mouth, nose, and eyes.
Even as he held onto his upper body, Subaru Okiya could clearly feel his body temperature dropping rapidly, becoming cold and stiff, and his breathing growing weaker and weaker, as if his life force had vanished in an instant.
Having swallowed APTX-4869 and experienced the pain of its effects, Conan couldn't help but gasp.
He only experienced some pain during the process, but Machi Kawasaki's condition looked more like he would die if he couldn't make it through.
Ai Haibara, who had been holed up in the lab almost as soon as she got back, appeared. She glanced at Machi Kawasato, who was twitching slightly in Subaru Okiya's arms due to the effects of the drug, and quickly walked over. She opened a vial of medicine and carefully poured it into his mouth.
"This is……"
"This was left by the Sage of the River, who said that he fed it to him when he turned back into a child."
As soon as Conan opened his mouth, Ai Haibara knew what he wanted to ask, so she calmly answered the question he hadn't yet voiced.
The process of Kawasaki Machi's body shrinking lasted for almost fifteen minutes.
Watching him shrink back to a tiny size, Subaru Okiya remained expressionless, his thoughts unreadable.
Ai Haibara then took out five more vials of the same medicine and handed them to Subaru Okiya, her voice sounding quite indifferent, "According to Kawasaki, I've asked you to feed him one vial every three hours."
Subaru Okiya took the potion. "I understand."
With one hand, Subaru Okiya picked up the limp, boneless baby version of Kawamoto Machi and left under the watchful eyes of the two behind him.
But as soon as he reached the middle of the two houses, a group of men in black wearing various animal masks surrounded him.
The one wearing the silver wolf mask seemed to be the leader. His eyes, hidden beneath the mask, also gleamed with a dangerous light, like a wolf's. He pointed at the child in Okiya Subaru's arms and said, "Hand over that little guy in your arms."
Subaru Okiya casually stuffed the five small vials of medicine, which were still in soft plastic tubes, into his pocket, and his squinted eyes seemed to open slightly.
What if I say no?
The other person didn't say anything, but attacked him directly.
They did not use weapons, after all, if they had accidentally injured the test subject, they would have been guilty beyond redemption.
Subaru Okiya's fighting skills were not weak either, but carrying a fragile child in his arms affected his actions to some extent. Moreover, the opponents were not civilized and directly ganged up on him.
He dodged and fought back, holding the child tighter in his arms.
Handing him over is impossible, but continuing like this will only make things worse for him.
Just as he was pondering a plan, a lazy voice suddenly came, "Huh? I ran into a fight on the street as soon as I got back? How unlucky."
Subaru Okiya turned his head and saw that it was the young man he had seen when the incident happened at Mokuma-sou.
His whereabouts are somewhat mysterious; he is rarely seen.
A boy stood beside the young man, but he was pale and looked unwell, and he coughed from time to time.
"I don't really want to meddle in other people's business, but there are so many of you blocking our way."
Liu Qingyao chuckled, rubbing his hands together as if he were about to get started, but he also looked a bit nonchalant.
But his fighting skills were no joke; he could easily take down several masked men who rushed at him.
The masked men knew they were no match for the young man with silver-red highlights, but they also recognized the boy watching from a distance.
Qianzhu coughed lightly, covering her mouth with her fist, and slightly turned to dodge a masked man who attacked from behind, then casually threw him over her shoulder.
Masked man: "..."
I didn't expect that even the weakest one would be so difficult to deal with.
Qianzhu glanced at them but didn't pay them any more attention.
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