Chapter 175: Teenagers' Treasure Hunt Who can guarantee that we are not living in...
Toru Amuro had imagined many of Lin Xi's reactions.
For example, ask blankly: "'X'? Are you talking about me?"
Lin Xi just has no idea about his own identity.
Or, her expression would turn cold, and she would say in a warning tone, "Don't meddle in my affairs."
It means knowing your past but not wanting others to know it.
Either reaction is understandable.
But he didn't expect Lin Xi to react like this.
She looked at him in surprise. "Huh? How do you know 'X'?"
"I thought only people in the art world knew about this... Is 'X' so out of the circle?"
Amuro Toru: "...You used to be as well-known to the public as the novelist Kudo Yusaku. Are you really unaware of the influence of your own work?"
"Wow." Lin Xi read it with a smile, "Then I'm pretty good."
The footsteps upstairs gradually grew louder. Lin Xi grabbed Amuro Toru's hand, who was about to say something, and said, "Let's go downstairs and talk. It would be very embarrassing if the police found me, a parent, here... I don't want to be seen as an irresponsible parent."
Amuro Toru let her pull him down the stairs they had come up.
Strange, Lin Xi... when she mentioned "X", she didn't look like she had lost her memory and knew nothing about her past.
But if she said she remembered it, it seemed even more incongruous - Amuro Toru noticed that when Lin Xi heard him say "burn the work" and "die in fire", his eyes looked as if he was listening to a stranger's story, with an inexplicable sense of alienation.
"Did you go to my school?" Lin Xi asked as she walked downstairs. "Who told you this? My classmates or my teacher? It should be my teacher—"
"It's Mr. Ando," Amuro Toru interrupted her. "He thought I was your friend and hoped I could persuade you to return to your studies and career."
Lin Xi: “?”
She paused.
Toru Amuro had a bad feeling in his heart.
As expected, Lin Xi turned around with tears in her eyes. "'Thought'? Brother Tou, I didn't expect... After all this time, you actually never considered me a friend..."
Amuro Toru had a headache: "That's not what I meant..."
Lin Xi sighed: "I understand now, it turns out that all this was just my own wishful thinking..."
Amuro Toru's fists hardened.
But when he thought of what he saw in the surveillance video, the girl watching her painting materials twisted in the fire, his fists loosened again.
Did he ever consider Lin Xi a friend? Obviously not, and it was impossible.
Friends don’t have as many secrets as they do.
But if they are not friends, what are they doing now?
He couldn't help but ask back: "Do you consider me a friend, Lin Xi?"
He regretted it as soon as he asked.
This question made him look stupid, he thought.
From the very beginning when Lin Xi asked him, he should have told her with a smile that they were friends, just like he did to others when he was trying to extract information.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xi nodded as a matter of course: "Of course."
"Amuro Toru is Lin Xi's friend, and Bourbon is Punch's friend, right?"
Toru Amuro: "..."
"Why does Punch have to be brought up here?"
Lin Xi: "Oh, because it's neater this way."
Toru Amuro: "?"
Lin Xi: "Ahem, don't worry about those details... Um, my good friend, can you tell me what you have found out about me?"
"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I was in a car accident and hit my head. I can't remember anything that happened before..."
Amuro Toru had a deadpan expression: "It really looks like he hit his head."
Lin Xi pretended not to hear: "o3o~"
"I'll tell you later..." Amuro Toru said helplessly, "Your phone is ringing."
Lin Xi took out a flip phone from her bag.
It was Inspector Megure calling.
Ask her to come to the police station to pick up the child.
She agreed and hung up the phone.
"That's great," she said. "So, the story of 'Young Treasure Hunt' pretty much ends here."
"We're about to start a new chapter. But I haven't decided on the name yet..."
Amuro Toru: "...You are quite immersed in the role. I am not filming with you."
Lin Xi: "Life is like a play. Who can guarantee that we are not living in a novel?"
Amuro Toru chuckled twice: "As expected of an artist, you have a rich imagination."
Lin Xi: "Well, this should be considered a philosophical question. But it is true that you should be different from me. You should at least live in a comic book."
Amuro Toru: “? Why?”
Lin Xi: "You're so handsome. If you were drawn into a comic, you'd definitely become a popular character."
Toru Amuro: "..."
He remembered that Punch had once suggested that he make his debut, and he felt that although Lin Xi and Punch were two different people, they were really similar in some aspects.
"Thank you for the compliment." He said, "Miss Lin, are you going to the police station now?"
They walked out into the street.
Not far away, a police car flashed red and blue lights, complementing the neon lights of the street signs.
Lin Xi pondered for a moment: "Well, I'll take the kids home... Mr. Amuro, do you have anything else to do? Would you like to come to my house for dinner?"
Toru Amuro opened his mouth but didn't say anything like "Aren't you afraid of being misunderstood by your own sister?"
Sometimes, he really admired Lin Xi's extraordinary insensitivity.
“…Okay,” he said.
.
"Habara." Conan moved next to Haibara Ai and asked, "Did Sister Lin send you a message?"
They sat on a bench in the corridor of the police station. Except for the two of them, the other three children had been picked up by their parents.
There are not many people in the police station now. The few policemen who are left are all gathered in the interrogation room, interrogating the fugitive who was just captured.
But no one came to question them. Haibara Ai originally thought that she would be asked questions like where the smoke bomb came from and why she was holding a gun...but no one came to question her.
I guess Sister Lin said something to Inspector Megure.
"Yeah." Huiyuan Ai nodded, but her face was not happy: "Sister Lin asked if you want to go to her house for dinner tonight."
"Then we must go." Conan didn't hesitate for a second.
Huihara Ai: "That detective is going too."
Conan: "Which one? Oh, you mean Mr. Amuro... What, is he going too?"
"Did Sister Lin also invite him to dinner?"
His expression became serious: "Huiyuan, he is very likely a member of the organization, but he is so close to Sister Lin..."
He wanted to discuss this matter with Huibara today at Poirot Cafe.
If the "brotherhood" on Moon Shadow Island was just a little joke played by the organization members on ordinary people, then judging from the fact that Toru Amuro took the initiative to apply for the Poirot Cafe, he must be serious about it.
After all, it is impossible for the members of the organization to be so poor that the detective agency has closed down and they have to work in the cafe to make a living.
Considering that the Poirot Cafe and Sister Lin's apartment are less than a block apart...
Conan thought there was a 90% chance that this guy was coming for Lin Xi.
“…” Huibara Ai didn’t say anything.
She is struggling.
She felt that Sister Lin was most likely Punch... Even if she wasn't, she definitely had some connection to Punch...
In other words, it has a certain relationship with the organization.
But this matter must not be told to Edogawa.
Now Edogawa is suspicious of the blond guy, thinking that he is a member of the organization, and he will definitely rely on his relationship with Sister Lin to go up and investigate.
Sister Lin is fine, but the other people in the organization are not so kind. What if they find out that Edogawa Conan is Kudo Shinichi, then...
This kid might disappear without a trace.
Therefore, not only could she not suspect the golden-haired guy along with Conan, she also had to make excuses for him, and she couldn't let the golden-haired guy suspect Edogawa when he was testing him.
Huiyuan Ai: ...
So annoying.
It feels like I'm helping my parents hide their love affairs in a reconstituted family.
It's really confusing.
Conan next to him was still saying: "Why do you think the organization sent people to approach Sister Lin? Well, could it be that they thought Sister Lin was very rich, so they wanted to win her over..."
"Edogawa," Huihara Ai interrupted him, "Putting aside the facts, is there a possibility that that guy really approached Sister Lin for personal reasons?"
Conan blinked innocently: "Personal purpose? What do you mean? Do you want to keep the money for yourself, or..."
"He likes Sister Lin and wants to develop a special relationship with her." Huiyuan Ai gritted her teeth and said, "With Sister Lin's conditions, it's easy for her to be admired by single men, right?"
Conan: “?”
Conan: “…”
Conan: “!!!”
"Ah?" His eyes widened. "Isn't that even more dangerous?"
Huibara paused.
Oh, this statement seems to be more dangerous.
"Edogawa." Haibara Ai tried to save the situation. "In fact, there are many people in the organization. Although they are members of the organization, they still manage their own identities on the surface and have complete families. Some members of the organization don't even know their true identities to their partners and children..."
"Habara," Conan retorted, "Have you forgotten how perceptive and bold Sister Lin is? Once she really becomes a couple with Mr. Amuro... she will definitely find something wrong with Mr. Amuro."
"What if she wanted to investigate and Mr. Amuro found out and hurt her?"
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
Only then did she realize that she seemed to have dug a big hole for herself.
"Besides, were you trying to make me think that it doesn't matter even if Sister Lin establishes a closer relationship with the members of the organization?" Conan raised his voice slightly and questioned Haibara Ai.
Huiyuan Ai: ...
She wanted to cover her forehead.
"No." She said with a headache, "What I mean is, even if you want to investigate him, please pretend that... you are dissatisfied with him and Sister Lin being together."
"Don't forget your situation. If he finds out your identity is wrong, we'll all be finished."
"Don't worry," Conan replied, "I'm good at pretending to be a child."
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