Chapter 148: Trolley Problem "Sheep Pen"
Jack carried the girl and left the amusement park through the small door on the south side - he actually had the key to the south gate of the amusement park.
The balloon in the girl's hand fell out of her hand, slowly floated into the sky, and finally got stuck in the branches of the maple tree.
…
"That lady asked me to bring you a message..."
The guy holding the balloon said.
"What?" asked Hiroki Sawada.
"Um, she said... she's going to be away for a while, so don't worry about her. Also, she asked me to tell her sister..." The young man looked at Huibara Ai hesitantly. After seeing Huibara Ai nod, he spoke again, "'Don't worry, don't forget our agreement last night.'"
Haibara Ai was stunned.
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through her mind, such as what Punch said to her in her room last night... But she quickly realized that Lin Xi should be hinting at the matter they discussed with the FBI in front of the female corpse last night.
It's about being the so-called "bait".
Telling her "not to worry" also alludes to the night when she held his hand and told him not to worry about her.
Well, is this what she and the FBI expected, that they encountered "Jack the Ripper"?
It seems like she won't be back for a while.
After making a decision, she glanced at the ice cream in her hand, sighed, and thought:
It seems that she has to eat the ice cream alone.
She didn't rush to synchronize information with Sugishima Jun'e and Sawada Hiroki next to her, but asked the boy first:
"Did she say anything else?"
The young man was stunned for a moment: "Oh, no more. But she also asked me to give this to you..."
He took out three hydrogen balloons and handed them to the three people.
"Thank you." Sugishima Jun'e took it with a smile.
"Thank you..." Sawada Hiroki also took it and asked in confusion: "Where did she go?"
The young man scratched his head and said, "I don't know. But I saw her following a middle-aged man. Maybe she was called away because of something."
Just as Hiroki Sawada was about to ask further questions, he felt his arm being pulled.
He turned around and saw Xiao Ai slowly shaking her head at him. He understood what she meant and stepped aside with the balloon.
"Ai-chan?"
After he was far enough away from the balloon seller, he asked, "Do you know where Sister Lin went?"
Haibara Ai nodded, then shook her head and told the two what happened in the supermarket last night.
After hearing this, Sugishima June and Sawada Hiroki looked at each other.
"As expected of Sister Lin..." Hiroki Sawada exclaimed, showing no sign of worrying about Lin Xi at all.
"Maybe we can help." Sugishima Jun'e said, "Hiroki, our database should have the contact information of the FBI director, right? Let's contact them first--"
For five years, Noah has been active on the Internet and has built a huge database.
This includes information on various official organizations.
“——No need.” Haibara Ai licked the ice cream.
"I have the FBI's contact information."
She lowered her head, holding two colored ice cream cones in one hand and a teddy bear in her arms. At this moment, she struggled to take out her mobile phone (no doubt given by Lin Xi) and dialed Akai Shuichi's number.
She had added him when they were chatting that night.
“Drip, drip…”
It took quite a while to dial through.
It took a long time before the call was picked up, and a hoarse man's voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Hello?"
Huiyuan Ai moved the phone away from her head in disgust, turned on the speakerphone, and said, "Sister Lin met Jack the Ripper."
"Whatever plans you have for the future, act now."
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, and then a woman's urgent and surprised voice said, "What—?"
“How could it be so fast!”
"What plan? What plan can we have? Oh no, Jin, did she bring that thing with her... Huh? She did? That's great!"
"Ms. Lin is indeed reliable!"
It was the voice of the female FBI detective that night.
Jodie Stelling.
What was she talking about? No plans? So what did they talk about when she went to see Shuichi Akai?
Were we to talk only about Thomas Schindler and his ill-fated product launch?
It’s ok that Sister Lin is unreliable, but why are you, the FBI, the local tyrants of the US and Japan, the running dogs of the White House, official organizations, and the guest villains in film and television dramas as unreliable as Sister Lin?
Kim Bonnar's voice came from the other end of the line, unusually calm compared to Judy Stelling's. "Don't worry about her. Have the technical department connect to this signal. This must be the transmitter she placed on the murderer."
Hearing this, Sugishima Jun'e gave Sawada Hiroki a wink. Sawada Hiroki understood, looked around, and winked at the surveillance camera closest to them.
The surveillance camera actually seemed to understand what he meant and nodded up and down in a humane manner.
That was Noah in control.
The phone in Hiroki Sawada's arms vibrated, and Noah shared the FBI signal with Hiroki Sawada.
On the phone, Judy sighed: "Little sister, don't worry, Miss Lin will be fine."
Huiyuan Ai: ...
No need for the FBI to tell you.
Why did she accept it well and feel relieved when Lin Xi told her not to worry - but why would she be so offended when the FBI said such things?
"Exactly. She'll be fine."
This time it was Shuichi Akai who spoke first.
Haibara Ai:.
Even more angry.
She opened her mouth, about to say something to express her dissatisfaction, when she heard the man continue, "Haibara Ai. Is Sawada Hiroki also with you?"
Haibara Ai:?
What happened to Guan Hongshu?
She looked at Sawada Hiroki and saw his surprised expression, so she leaned over and asked quietly:
"Brother Hongshu, you ran away from home. Your adoptive father wouldn't call the police, right?"
She was already surprised that Hiroki Sawada ran away from home, and she was even more surprised that Thomas Schindler called the police.
No matter how you think about it, you wouldn't call the police at a time when you're already embroiled in scandal, turning a family matter into a public matter that would affect the image of Schindler's company, right?
She really didn't understand the shark's thinking.
Unexpectedly, Sawada Hiroki laughed and looked away: "Well, maybe... it's a little more serious than running away from home...?"
Haibara Ai:?
She turned down the volume of her phone and put it in her pocket.
"Brother Hongshu, you wouldn't..." The little girl became alert, "Have you cleaned up the traces?"
Could it be that Hiroki Sawada killed Thomas Schindler?
The traces were not handled properly and were discovered by the FBI?
Hiroki Sawada looked up at the sky: "I think it's been dealt with..."
All the surveillance footage that recorded him passing by was replaced with a composite image of Noah?
Even if someone checked the surveillance cameras in the amusement park today, they would not be able to find him.
He thought he had handled the traces very cleanly, so how could he be suspected by the FBI...
Haibara Ai was shocked: It looks like it hasn't been handled properly!
The phone in her pocket now felt like a hot potato, and Haibara Ai seemed to hang up the phone.
But if I hang up the phone now, I will definitely be suspected!
She struggled for a moment, but still took out the phone and winked at Sawada Hiroki:
Don’t talk yet!
Unexpectedly, Sawada Hiroki blinked his eyes and opened his mouth, completely misunderstanding what she meant. He thought that Huiyuan Ai took out the phone to ask him to answer the FBI's questions:
"I'm here, officer."
Huiyuan Ai:? ? !!
It's over.
He has completely walked into a trap.
I'm sorry, Sister Lin, I failed to protect Brother Hongshu.
She decisively hung up the phone and grabbed Sawada Hiroki's arm: "Brother Hiroki, run."
"I'll hold off those FBI agents for you!"
Hiroki Sawada was suddenly grabbed:?
OVO?
Delay the FBI?
Why delay the FBI?
Didn’t the FBI and Sister Lin have a plan?
Also, why did Xiao Ai hang up the phone before she even finished listening to what the FBI said?
Sugishima Jun'e had been quietly listening to their conversation, her eyes shifting back and forth between the two children.
...?
OWO.
The current situation...
Xiao Ai must have misunderstood something, right?
She held a child in each hand, calmed Ai down, and then told her the news of the day.
Huiyuan Ai: ???
QAQ!
So, it turned out that she had misunderstood?
She looked at the phone she had hung up, feeling like crying but unable to cry.
Now, what should I do now?
If we fight back, wouldn't that be a bit of a cover-up?
.
After a period of chaos and war.
The phone was dialed again.
It was Shuichi Akai who answered the phone again.
His familiar voice coming from the other end of the phone actually made Haibara Ai breathe a sigh of relief.
He didn't seem surprised by the call back: "Lin Xi's location has stopped moving."
"Sure enough, the 'Ripper's' house is near this area."
"But how could they act so quickly?" This was Judy's voice.
"We've just narrowed down the area and are about to check each resident one by one. Did he notice it?"
"Maybe." This was Jin's voice.
"He's been coming out more often to look for suitable prey," he said in a flat tone. "He wants to complete his ritual as quickly as possible—before we catch him."
On the other side where Ai Haibara and the others couldn't see, Judy Stelling took off her glasses and pinched her eyebrows.
"Let's deploy our people first," she said.
"The important thing is to see if we can get in touch with Miss Lin... Because if nothing unexpected happens, in Jack the Ripper's house..."
"...and a girl."
.
Lin Xi opened his eyes.
Her brow ached from time to time.
She licked her dry mouth, twisted her neck, and started moving from her fingers, like a robot that was forced to shut down and restart.
A strong, banana-like smell lingered in her nose and mouth. It was the residual anesthetic.
What a crude anesthetic, Lin Xi thought.
The anesthetics produced in the tissues are insensitive, painless and have no side effects.
How could she be like this now, with pain in her head, shoulders and all over her body?
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