Chapter 270: The Disappearing Engineer That was the life he should have lived...
Lin Xi made some home-cooked dishes.
Chinese delicacy.
When she brought out the dishes, the two had stopped their tense conversation and were sitting together on the sofa, looking surprisingly harmonious.
Lin Xi was very relieved.
Sure enough, there's nothing better than doing a task together to break the ice.
Gin is always against everyone in the organization, and there is no one he looks up to. As the boss, I sometimes worry that he will be humiliated because of his arrogance.
Vermouth is also a person who refuses to admit defeat. If the two of them don't like each other, Rum will probably have a headache.
Now seeing the two getting along so well, Lin Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly I feel like a kindergarten principal with children.
.
…
For the three days before leaving, Lin Xi had been with them almost the entire time, running missions, assassinations, and deals together... Lin Xi felt a sense of relaxation that he hadn't felt in a long time.
She found that she had no aversion to doing such illegal and bad things, and she was even more adept at completing the task than Gin and Vermouth.
Am I born to be a villain?
She couldn't help but ponder.
Before leaving, she gave earnest instructions to the two minors she had drafted into the organization: "Listen to Rum while I'm gone. He's a bit of a motherly person and is very caring."
"When will you come back?" Gin asked.
He had asked this question before, and Lin Xi said that they would meet eventually.
But Gin was obviously not satisfied with this answer.
Seeing Lin Xi's hesitation, he understood: "You don't know when you will come back."
Vermouth came forward and gave her a hug: "Take care, Boss."
Lin Xi nodded, waved to them, and quickly blended into the crowd and disappeared as they watched.
When Lin Xi closed her eyes and opened them again, she was back in the familiar park.
An indescribable feeling of nausea suddenly surged into Lin Xi's throat. She bit the soft flesh on her lips to suppress the urge to retch.
"The rain has stopped."
The voice in my head said.
After a while of reaction, Lin Xi realized his current situation.
Oh, now she has another resident living in her mind - a self-proclaimed Aboriginal - "Linxi".
"I know." Lin Xi exhaled and picked up the umbrella next to him.
At this moment, her cell phone rang.
The touch-screen phone vibrated, and Lin Xi glanced at the screen: Amuro Toru.
"Hey." She rubbed her brow and stood up. "What's wrong?"
"The man you just visited has gone berserk." A solemn man's voice came from the other end of the line. "He's almost destroying the room... Luckily, I put special shackles on him beforehand, otherwise I wouldn't be able to subdue him without hurting him."
"Just now...besides asking those questions, did you do anything else to him?"
Kiichiro Numabuchi went crazy?
Just because you smelled your own blood?
Lin Xi frowned: "Are you hurt?"
Amuro Toru didn't expect that she would care about him: "...No."
"You really care about him."
"Shut up... Sorry, I'm not talking to you. Didn't you see everything I did to him?" Lin Xi said, "I didn't do anything unnecessary. I have something else to do, so I'll hang up first."
"Hey-dudu."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Xi opened the system map.
Seeing that among the people he paid special attention to, Conan’s dot turned into "Kudo Shinichi", Lin Xi raised his eyebrows.
Interesting, she hasn't seen Conan grow up yet.
How can I not join in such a lively atmosphere?
And if you're going to make a deal, make a big one.
Pulling out her flip phone, Lin Xi made a call: "Hello? Miss Lan, it's me. I wonder if you have time today? I want you to accompany me to go shopping... uh, to that newly opened arcade."
"Ai? Ai went to Professor Agasa's place to study with Conan. I thought Conan told you."
"No, no, I'll go find you. Let's walk over there..."
…
This is a detective comic.
So, it goes without saying that wherever the protagonist appears, a crime will inevitably occur.
After a brief conversation with Haibara Ai and reaching a consensus, they did not rush to contact Lin Xi, but decided to go to a newly opened video game arcade in Beihua first. Itakura Taku mentioned in his diary that he and the owner of this store are good friends. Not only does he often buy game cartridges from him, but he also often discusses game-related topics.
He had just been here a week before he disappeared and took away the new game cartridges.
So, Kudo Shinichi asked Dr. Agasa to bring them to this video game arcade.
Then came the murders.
Although he knew he should keep a low profile, when faced with the fact that a good man was about to be framed by the real murderer and wrongly accused of being the murderer, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but stand up.
After the brilliant reasoning, Kudo Shinichi won the praise of everyone except the murderer, but at the same time, he was successfully recognized by Inspector Megure.
"Where have you been these past few months, kid?" Officer Megure pulled the masked boy aside. "Why haven't I seen you?"
"Ahaha..." Kudo Shinichi manually pulled up his mask, "Something's going on! I'm off to handle a case. By the way, don't tell anyone about my being here!"
Inspector Megure looked at him suspiciously: "Are you in trouble?"
“No…”
However, something worse than being recognized by Inspector Megure happened.
The voice coming from behind made Kudo Shinichi stiffen.
"Shinichi?"
The girl's voice was a little doubtful, but when Kudo Shinichi slowly turned his head, it became surprised: "It's really you!"
"Really? I'm busy every day. I haven't seen you for a long time..."
Another smiling voice came from the girl's side: "Is this Kudo Shinichi? Xiaolan, you are eating well."
"What are you talking about, Miss Lin..."
It’s Sister Lin and Xiaolan.
How did they get here?
Seeing the girl's greetings mixed with concern, Kudo Shinichi's tense body slowly relaxed, and he felt a little happy to finally see Xiaolan's true face: "Xiaolan."
Lin Xi withdrew her teasing gaze, intending to spend some time with the childhood sweethearts. She swept her eyes through the crowd and caught sight of the little girl with a hood.
"Ai-chan." She walked over with a smile, "You're here. Are you here with Professor Agasa? Where's Conan-kun?"
Ai Huibara glanced at her and felt that she was asking a question even though she knew the answer.
"Dr. Agasa went to buy a CD." She said, "Puzzle games can prevent Alzheimer's disease. I suggest that the doctor come here to buy game CDs."
"Sister Lin, are you here to buy CDs too?"
Lin Xi glanced at her and felt that she was asking a question even though she knew the answer.
"I came to see you. There's been a murder here, and I'm worried about you." She smiled. "I just saw the police coming. Are you scared?"
Haibara Ai shook her head and took the initiative to put her hand into hers.
"Sister Lin, I have something to tell you."
"Um?"
"Did you hear my conversation with Edogawa this morning?"
Huihara Ai was referring to the fact that Lin Xi had placed her eavesdropping device on her.
"Um."
"Did you hear everything?"
"Hmm... I heard you guys discussing my mental state." Lin Xi nodded in distress. "Really? Does my mental state look that bad? It's obviously normal. At most, it's because I haven't had enough rest recently..."
Haibara Ai looked at her quietly without saying a word.
"Okay, okay." Lin Xi sighed, "I don't mean to keep my distance from you. It's just that some things happened recently... It will be fine soon."
Huibara Ai pursed her lips: "It's okay to keep your distance... I'm just worried about you. Don't be stressed."
She just wanted her to take care of herself.
As for the uneasiness in her heart... she can find a way to resolve it herself.
"Since you've heard it all, I don't need to repeat it. Sister Lin, we want to find his CD through the clues left by Itakura Taku, and then trade with the people in the organization to see if we can find more clues."
Lin Xi looked at her in surprise.
"'We'? I thought you were going to stop Xiao Ke, Xiao Ai. Don't you think his actions are too risky?"
"I... did think Edogawa's actions were reckless at first. But then I thought, there seems to be no reason not to take risks," said Haibara Ai. "I was able to hide because of Punch's protection, but I can't hide forever. In fact, even if I had to hide forever, I wouldn't mind. But Edogawa definitely wouldn't be able to accept living as his seven-year-old self."
Her gaze passed through the crowd and fell on the boy who was talking to the girl.
He was telling the girl about the case that had just happened. His expression was not exactly jubilant, but full of confidence.
A famous detective who became famous at a young age - that's the life he should live, isn't it?
"Although the organization is huge, we can also rely on other forces, such as the FBI and the police." Huiyuan Ai said, "As long as we can unite them, even if we can't destroy the organization, we can find a chance to survive with our original identity."
Ultimately, Edogawa isn't that valuable to warrant the organization's continued attention.
Maybe she would have it - because of her scientific research ability - but she is not irreplaceable. There are obviously people in the organization who are better than her in this area.
There is one thing that Haibara Ai didn't say.
She wants to get Punch a chance at witness protection.
If Punch was forced to become a member of the organization for some reason, then Haibara Ai hopes that she has the right to choose light.
If Punch stayed in the organization because he felt at ease, and if he turned a blind eye to them only because of her...
Then Haibara Ai also wanted to leave her a way out.
"Wow." Lin Xi exclaimed in an ambiguous tone.
Who should we ask to join forces? The FBI and the Japanese Public Security Bureau?
That's difficult.
It would be strange if these two sides didn't exchange some sarcastic remarks with each other, and it would be difficult for official organizations to reach a consensus.
Unless the organization goes crazy and creates a crisis that affects the whole world, they will probably stand on the same front.
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