Chapter 174: Young Treasure Hunt Team, what about you?
"Grass!"
He cursed in Japanese with a clear and fluent voice.
He subconsciously wanted to draw his gun, but he couldn't do it quickly enough in the choking smoke.
After he finally touched the gun, he found that he could no longer open his eyes.
He had just faced the smoke that was rushing towards him, and his eyes were still red and tears were constantly flowing.
He didn't dare to shoot for fear of accidentally injuring his companions, so he could only retreat slowly.
…
Not far from the others, in a corner that no one noticed.
Lin Xi released the hand that was holding down Amuro Toru's arm.
This guy just saw the fugitive pulling out his gun and was about to rush out. Lin Xi almost couldn't hold back his momentum.
"Did you give her that thing?" Toru Amuro has calmed down now. Although his eyes are still fixed on that direction, he is no longer ready to rush out.
Lin Xi shook her hands: "You are so strong, my hands are sore..."
"I've always told you to be patient and wait and see. If they were in real danger, I'd definitely rush in faster than you."
They came up early from the other side of the building.
That's right, seeing the neon lights decorating the bridge, Amuro, who is also very good at puzzle solving, successfully solved the puzzle before Conan.
Amuro Toru said insincerely: "Sorry."
"So, did you give that smoke bomb to that kid?"
"Of course not." Lin Xi looked at the cloud of smoke and sniffed its scent as it drifted towards him. "Hmm... the smell of stimulant."
"That kid's grandfather is a retired PhD who owns an independent laboratory. It's not surprising that he could come up with anything, right?"
Amuro Toru looked at Lin Xi suspiciously.
Lin Xi shrugged. "Don't disbelieve me. This is nothing. Keep reading—it's Edogawa's turn to appear."
Amuro Toru followed her gaze.
The little boy found the right opportunity when the three gangsters were affected by the smoke and temporarily blinded, and took out the football from his belt. The modified sneakers crackled and emitted a scientific light.
He shouted and gave the football a powerful kick. The powerful force caused the ball to visibly deform, and it quickly launched with great acceleration. After bouncing off the wall, it continued to strike the leading criminal on the back of the head with considerable force, knocking him unconscious.
The pistol flew out of the man's hand.
Amuro Toru was stunned.
Is this still Earth?
Did he really not stumble into some hot-blooded comics?
This goes against the laws of physics!
Is the kid's foot okay?
Lin Xi, standing next to him, gave a rather surprised expression. "Oh, I forgot to mention that retired doctor I mentioned earlier is also an inventor with multiple patents."
"How about this football and sneakers? They're pretty cool inventions, aren't they?"
Toru Amuro did not refute Lin Xi's words.
It’s more than just a great invention.
The doctor who could invent such a thing is not only talented but also has a rich imagination.
He stared at the gun flying out of the man's hand and couldn't help but want to pick up the dangerous weapon and confiscate it.
But Lin Xi seemed to realize his intention and pressed his shoulder.
The gun knocked against the ground a few times and rolled to Haibara Ai's feet.
Amuro Toru saw the little girl pause.
Haibara Ai - his impression of her was that of a little girl who was much calmer and more composed than other children of her age, and she was Lin Xi's younger sister.
There's one more thing: having a grandfather who is a great doctor and inventor.
The reason why she is considered calm and steady is that she not only actively signaled her companion (Conan) to cooperate with her, gave orders and went around, but also methodically asked the three children to go outside to find the police to report the situation when the smoke was thick.
But no matter what, guns are still too dangerous for children——
When Toru Amuro saw Haibara Ai possessed, he picked up the gun on the ground and pointed it at the two people who were still choking in the smoke under Conan's shocked gaze.
Amuro Toru's muscles tensed again.
"Relax." The girl's voice came nonchalantly in my ears, "Isn't it good to just be a spectator?"
"Sir, please don't interfere in everything. It will only make people hate you."
Her hand did not move away, still pressing on Amuro Toru's shoulder.
Toru Amuro found this situation quite absurd.
After all, isn't Lin Xi the child's older sister?
His sister wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she pulled him to watch the show and asked him not to interfere - but how could she be sure that the children were not in danger?
What if the gun goes off accidentally?
He turned to look at Lin Xi, wanting to question her, but found that she was looking at the little girl more intently than he was.
"Haibara!" Conan was the first to react. He ran to Haibara Ai's side and did not forget to open the window behind him for ventilation before leaving. "You——"
The boy didn't know what to say.
With the flickering light of the neon lights outside the window, he barely managed to see Haibara Ai's expression.
As usual, calm and composed, yet he exuded a sense of danger that made Conan subconsciously want to stay away from him.
It was as if some cruel, bloody bloodline had always been flowing in the girl's blood, and that was another side of Haibara Ai that he had never known.
Plus, she held the gun so skillfully that she didn't look like a novice...
Ah, she mentioned that Gin taught her how to shoot.
As expected, he's someone who's been in the organization before. How dangerous...
Just when Conan made the worst plan and was ready to stop Haibara Ai at any time, the little girl seemed to sense his complicated mood, turned her head and smiled at him.
All of a sudden, all those dangerous feelings disappeared, and in Conan's eyes, Haibara Ai returned to the Haibara Ai he was familiar with.
"Guns are dangerous objects."
She said that, but her hand holding the gun didn't move at all.
Conan looked at her like this, laughed dryly twice and chose to believe her: "... Be careful of accidental discharge, Huibara."
He turned his head back to the three escaped bandits. As the smoke cleared, the remaining two seemed to gradually recover and barely opened their eyes.
"You two. Don't move. Raise your hands and slowly step back." said Haibara Ai.
The two men thought that special police had arrived and thrown tear gas at them, but when they opened their eyes, they saw two little children.
One of the children was holding a gun and ordered them to retreat in a childish voice.
The two of them felt a little magical.
Do special police also recruit child laborers these days?
One of them forced a smile and said, "Little boy, please put that dangerous thing down, okay?"
"This thing is really dangerous. Do you want to know where it is aiming now?" Haibara Ai took the gun and made a standard aiming action, which made Amuro Toru's pupils shrink slightly.
"Your head," the little girl said calmly. "As soon as I pull the trigger, the bullet will pierce your skull at a speed of 400 meters per second, spinning and turning your brain into a pool of useless mud."
"But you can rest assured. Pain is perceived and processed by the brain. When a bullet hits the head, the brain tissue is severely damaged, and the system responsible for transmitting pain fails, so you won't feel pain."
"To die in an unknown, unfinished building beneath the treasure you've always dreamed of, that's a pretty good ending for someone like that, right?"
The little girl's tone was emotionless, her statement calm. But it was this calm tone that made the two men dare not make any unnecessary moves, because they were not sure whether the little girl would really shoot.
In the end, they were frightened by Haibara Ai's words and raised their hands at gunpoint.
In the corner, Toru Amuro fell silent.
"Is this what you taught her?" asked Toru Amuro, his hands clenched at some point.
"Teach her to shoot, teach her to use chemical agents, Lin Xi? You can use a gun too, right? Did Punch teach you?"
"What else? Fighting? With fists, with a knife?"
Lin Xi let go of his hand.
In fact, she was shocked herself.
Didn’t she teach?
Well, maybe she taught her a little... But she remembered that Shiho was reluctant to learn how to shoot, and her shooting skills were terrible, so she simply stopped her from learning...
It can be said that Miyano Shiho's shooting skills at the time were no different from those of someone who had never learned shooting.
Why have you become so skilled now?
Could it be...could it be...
Thinking of the message he sent to Gin before leaving asking him to take care of Miyano Shiho, Lin Xi couldn't help but want to hold his forehead.
It must have been Gin's doing!
Train her sweet and soft sister into a reserve killer!
But...I can't tell this to Toru Amuro.
I can only take the blame on myself.
So she said calmly, "So what? It turns out it works - it's better to be able to hold a gun yourself than to have someone point a gun at your head."
Amuro Toru took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "But she is only a seven-year-old child."
"Letting a seven-year-old hold a gun? That kind of education is totally—"
"Brother Tou." Lin Xi said.
When Toru Amuro met her calm honey-colored eyes, he realized that his voice was a little too loud.
Fortunately, the kids over there were focused on the criminals and didn't notice them.
"Not everyone can spend their childhood carefree and their youth full of youthful troubles as you wish," she said.
After all, who among those present doesn't have a secret of their own that is too heavy to reveal easily?
The shrunken Shiho and Shinichi, the undercover Amuro Toru, and even herself, "Lin Xi"...
"Sometimes you don't want to do it, but you have to do it." Lin Xi concluded, "As you can see, this kid already knows how to hold a gun."
"But I can assure you that the weapons she learned to use have never yet been used to spit out a bullet with any intention of harm."
There were hurried footsteps coming up the stairs from downstairs.
The police are here.
When the little girl saw the adults coming, she quickly handed the gun to the female police officer who came to comfort her, and said tearfully, "It's so scary..."
Toru Amuro noticed that she was even considerate enough to turn up the safety of the gun before handing it over.
He exhaled slowly and said tiredly, "Lin Xi, what on earth are you..."
What is the purpose?
Pull him over and let him see this scene...
It was as if she had discovered his intention to investigate her, so she took the initiative to disclose some details to him.
Lin Xi patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Why are you doing this? Isn't this a happy occasion? Except for the guy lying on the ground who got hit on the head by the ball and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, no one was bleeding—"
"I was just thinking," Amuro Toru grabbed her hand that patted her shoulder, "Lin Xi, what about you? How many things do you not want to do but have to do?"
"A year ago, why did you burn your own work and expose yourself to the flames? Did you intend to be consumed by the flames?"
"Or do you really want me to call out your name—"
"'X'?"
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