Chapter 243: Returning to her hometown, she no longer has to hide any secrets
"you--"
What are you doing!
Haibara Ai turned her head and wanted to ask this question.
However, when she met Tomoaki Aida's gaze, she was speechless.
At an angle where only she could see his gaze, Tomoaki Arai finally took off his gentle mask and revealed his true expression.
The expression was cold, with a hint of contempt, and a hint of resentment and disappointment, which made Haibara Ai's breathing stop.
The cold feeling crept up her body again, threatening to make her shiver.
Fortunately, at this time, Azaide Tomoaki turned his head and looked away.
"Let go." A voice as thin as a mosquito came out of Xinchu Zhiming's mouth, "Don't you know how important your life is? You actually sacrificed yourself to save him."
Haibara Ai opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but no words came out.
Her grip on Kiichirō Numabuchi was a completely unconscious move. They thought he was just a fugitive, but she knew he wasn't. He was someone who had finally escaped from hell and was trying to find a new life... In some ways, they were alike, and their shared pity for Kiichirō Numabuchi made Haibara Ai want to help him.
But she didn't want to implicate others. If only they hadn't come so quickly, she could have slowly comforted Kiichirou Numabuchi.
It wasn't her intention to let the situation turn out like this.
But, please, we can obviously delay it a little longer... Aren't the police coming soon?
Even if she was willful, she just wanted to give Kiichiro Numabuchi another chance.
This world is so unfair to him.
Haibara Ai just wanted to give him a chance to choose.
She tried to clench her hands, but Aida Tomoaki still firmly pried her finger bones apart bit by bit.
Haibara Ai's eyes blurred.
She felt very sad.
Not only for Kiichirō Numabuchi, but also for herself.
It wasn't just Kiichiro Numabuchi who didn't have the right to choose. Neither did Ai Haibara.
She knew that Tomoaki Arata was a member of the organization, so she didn't dare to shout out his actions. She could only bite her lip and resist with her insignificant strength.
She has always lived under the protection of others, so once she leaves that person, she can do nothing.
Even now, Haibara Ai shamelessly thought, if only Sister Lin could appear here... In that case, no matter whether it was the organization, Kiichiro Numabuchi, or Tomoaki Amadeu, as long as Sister Lin was standing in front, she wouldn't have to worry about anything. Sister Lin was so powerful, she would solve everything.
But Haibara Ai remembered the purple marks she accidentally saw on Lin Xi's neck a few days ago.
It’s so hateful… With a plop, her tears began to fall.
Why can't you be a little stronger, Miyano Shiho?
Do you think you can start a new life by changing your name and pretending to be a child?
But the old life never left, and the shadow of darkness followed. Even Sister Lin would get hurt in the corner you couldn't see.
In the end, not only can you not protect the people you wanted to protect in the past, you can't protect the people right in front of you either.
Just like now - if she wasn't a child, if she was an adult, could she hold Kiichiro Numabuchi back?
Kiichiro Numabuchi, who was at the center of the whirlpool, was stunned.
Haibara Ai's tears fell on his face, feeling cold.
...Shiho cried.
She looked so sad.
Did he do something wrong?
"Haha, yes...it's all your fault because of your indecision."
The man's figure disappeared, but his voice continued to echo in Kiichiro Numabuchi's mind.
"If you hadn't hesitated just now, Miyano Shiho wouldn't have been dragged down by you."
"How pitiful! How come you messed up even this last thing?"
...Did he mess up again? Was Shiho implicated by him again?
Kiichiro Numabuchi also became sad.
I'm so sorry, he didn't mean it.
He really didn't mean it...
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." He cried, "Please let me go, please..."
He relaxed his hand and felt Haibara Ai's hand slowly being pulled away from his.
The feeling of weightlessness suddenly surged into his body, but he actually felt a little relaxed.
If I die, I will no longer be able to hear those voices, and I will be truly free...
The hand loosened.
Morofushi Kagemitsu and Judy wanted to reach out, but they were too tall and the distance was not enough to catch Numabuchi Kiichiro.
At this moment, a hemp rope whizzed from the edge of the cliff and wrapped around Kiichirō Numabuchi's waist.
The hemp rope was made into a slipknot and began to shrink when it was put around Kiichiro Numabuchi's waist. The other end went around a tree on the edge of the cliff and was held in the hand of a young girl.
"Phew, luckily we made it. How did you get yourselves into such a mess?"
Hearing this voice, Haibara Ai felt relieved.
"Sister Lin..."
Lin Xi pulled the rope hard, then reached out and pulled Kiichiro Numabuchi, who was dragged to the edge of the cliff, up.
She took a breath and looked at the four people lying on the ground in confusion: "Are you guys stacking up like a pyramid?"
Zhu Fujingguang: "..."
Miss Lin really has some magic that can instantly relax the tense atmosphere.
Judy: "What is a pyramid?"
Miss Lin is very strong as she can pull more than ten bags of rice.
The doctor who was being held down by her patiently explained, "It's an acrobatic performance from China."
They got up from the ground and dusted themselves off.
Before Kiichiro Numabuchi could recover from his shock after being pulled up by Lin Xi, he saw a handsome face approaching him: "Are you Kiichiro Numabuchi? I heard you also have a mental illness?"
Kiichiro Numabuchi was first dazzled by Lin Xi's face and closed his eyes, then a special smell hit his nose.
"You smell so good." He said subconsciously.
So delicious…it was the aroma that made his stomach growl.
It was much more delicious than the animals he had eaten...
"Me? I didn't wear any perfume." Lin Xi raised his sleeve and smelled it.
"Ms. Lin." Judy couldn't help but stand in front of her, separating her from Kiichiro Numabuchi. "This man is very dangerous. Stay away from him. Let me, your teacher, stand in front to protect you!"
"It's okay..." Lin Xi waved her hand and tied up Kiichiro Numabuchi tightly with a hemp rope she had taken out from somewhere. "It will be fine now. We can hand him over to the police and explain his mental condition. That's all that's needed, right? Xiao Ai, what's wrong?"
Ai Haibara grabbed the corner of her clothes.
Lin Xi squatted down and asked gently: "Is there anything you want to tell me, Xiao Ai?"
Huibara Ai nodded.
Lin Xi casually handed the end of the rope to Conan and pulled Huiyuan Ai to the side: "What's wrong, are you scared... Your hand is blue."
Haibara Ai was stunned for a moment, but Lin Xi still grabbed her wrist and examined it carefully.
"It's okay. But you need to apply some medicine. You and Ayumi will have to go to the village hospital to get some medicine."
"Sister Lin..." A feeling of grievance suddenly surged up, and Huiyuan Ai hugged Lin Xi, "I..."
Fortunately, you came just now, otherwise Numabuchi Kiichiro would have really fallen...
Tomoaki Aride is from the organization, I think he recognized me...
I was very scared just now.
"Don't be afraid." Lin Xi patted Huiyuan Ai's head, "Am I not here?"
"But you were too aggressive just now. How could you have held that guy back by yourself? Luckily, Dr. Arata, Teacher Judy, and Mr. Morimoto are here. Otherwise, you would have fallen with him, Ai."
Haibara Ai blushed a little.
But she didn't ignore the hidden meaning in Lin Xi's words: "Sister Lin, why do you know that I just..."
Was she the one who grabbed Kiichirō Numabuchi just now?
Lin Xi paused and looked down at Huibara Ai.
"I am your guardian. No matter where we are, your safety is the most important thing. Ai, how could I leave you outside without taking any protective measures?"
Her fingers gently pinched the collar of Haibara Ai's clothes, removed the first button of her clothes, and placed the button in Haibara Ai's palm.
"There's a transmitter and... a receiver inside." She pursed her lips. "Will you be angry, Ai?"
Haibara Ai quickly shook her head.
All her clothes were prepared by Lin Xi. Since there was a listening device in the button of this dress, there should be one in her other clothes as well.
Ai Haibara accepted the fact that she was being monitored all the time, and even felt that the matter was settled: she no longer had to hide any secrets, and Sister Lin should know everything through the monitoring device.
Regardless of whether Lin Xi is Punch or not, there is no longer any barrier between them.
It’s just that Huibara Ai is a little strange.
Because she still remembered that Lin Xi once mentioned to her that she attached great importance to the privacy of teenagers and would never look through her children's things casually like East Asian families did.
So why now...
Sister Lin has been acting a little strange lately...
Huiyuan Ai temporarily suppressed this question: "It's okay, Sister Lin..."
"I have something else I want to tell you. Kiichiro Numabuchi's mental state is very unstable right now. He suffers from schizophrenia and has visual and auditory hallucinations. I'm afraid something might go wrong if I just hand him over to the police."
"Can you explain the situation to the police and ask them to arrange for a psychiatrist for him?"
"Besides, he didn't actually hurt me... He just stole the animals raised by the villagers and killed a dog..."
"Xiao Ai." Lin Xi shook his head.
"He's your friend, right? But, Ai... he didn't just kill a dog. He's a murderer who killed two innocent people and a poor police officer. Oh, and now I'm afraid there's one more person—Conan and I found a mutilated body in the cave where he was hiding."
Haibara Ai's pupils shrank slightly.
Did Kiichiro Numabuchi kill anyone after he escaped?
But, but, even when he was sent by the organization to carry out those killing missions, didn’t he mess it up?
"There must be something wrong, Sister Lin, I don't believe it..."
"Don't you believe your friend would kill someone?" Lin Xi lowered his head and removed the small stone from Huiyuan Ai's head. "But you just said that his mental state is very unstable."
"He was extremely cruel to others - perhaps only you could bring back a little bit of his conscience."
"In your eyes, he's a poor man who's been forced into a strange situation by life, but in the eyes of others, he's just a dangerous beast, a murderer who's responsible for several lives."
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