Chapter 109, Chapter 108: Isn't this my lovely little sister...?
Doctor: You have no magnesium left in your body.
Me: 0Mg
No one can say for sure what the Boss did during those eight uneventful hours, why he didn't contact anyone, or whether he was heading to Tokyo as Noah's Ark predicted.
However, Zhuge Tongzhi believes that as long as the possibility of memory sharing exists, even if the other party only saw the events of the past three days through Lag's eyes, they will definitely be interested in Beika Town, a place where the Red Team gathers.
Not to mention that the old crow may have also seen Lag's memories, thus learning that this world is actually a comic book, and the protagonist is Conan Edogawa, whose goal is to defeat himself and return to Ran Mouri's side.
If Zhuge Tongzhi were the organization's boss who knew everything, she would definitely come to Tokyo to see just how capable this kid really was.
In conclusion, Zhuge Tongzhi arrived directly beside Conan.
Today, her ale has taken root here!
Who says waiting passively for a windfall is always wrong?
The mistake was that you didn't choose the right stake that would definitely attract rabbits!
You see, the stake she was guarding had the highest success rate of catching alcohol. The black-haired girl glanced wistfully at the short stake where the detective was talking to Takagi Wataru, but the alcohol caught by this stake usually disappeared very quickly, which was quite worrying.
Conan could feel two very strong gazes fixed on him—carrying a faint resentment that he could never explain and had already given up on explaining—and they were staring at him intently.
"Hey, Zhuge, instead of just watching from the sidelines, why don't you come up and help investigate the case?" Conan revealed his crescent-shaped eyes and turned to look at the black-haired girl who was squatting under the shade of a tree, looking gloomy and brooding over mushrooms.
Thanks for the invitation, but no thanks.
Zhuge Tongzhi made a very clear X in front of him.
She could barely keep up with Conan's pace when investigating cases before, and sometimes she could even be a little faster than him, simply because she was present at the scene of the entire incident and unconsciously remembered all the environmental information received by her five senses.
So for her, such cases were like puzzle games where you had to find the differences between two pictures. Once you could find the reasons behind all the anomalies, the plot of the case would naturally become clear.
But now that she's basically a newcomer, she hasn't seen any of the details before the incident, so she can no longer use the old methods to take shortcuts in the investigation. She has to use her brain to deduce clues bit by bit.
However, Zhuge Tongzhi was not fond of deduction. With little understanding of Japanese allusions and local myths, he was completely baffled by the enigmatic messages left before death by those mysterious figures.
If you ask her why "the elixir of immortality can be interpreted as bowling," she can give a brief explanation. But if you tell her that you need to add a spoonful of Sato to the batter when making small cakes and cook it until it melts, she needs a moment to process it before she can shift her impression from "who makes cakes like this" to "Sato and sugar are homophones."
Ultimately, it's because Japanese is a second foreign language for her, and the cultural context in which she grew up is not Japanese.
Leave the brain-teasing deductions and cases to Conan. Zhuge Tongzhi squatted on the ground, having not closed his eyes to rest for almost half a day, and now he just wanted to squat here and wait for the rabbit to come to him.
I'll keep staring at you, staring at you, staring at you... until... the silly rabbit I'm going to catch appears...
The girl, whose body was starting to emit black energy, was easily pulled away by Ayumi Yoshida, who was cheerfully dragging her friend along to investigate the case.
Conan breathed a sigh of relief.
The girls returned to the detective team. Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, holding his small notebook, turned around and enthusiastically shared clues with his friends who had returned from their trip. Genta Kojima, rubbing his stomach from not having breakfast, suggested having eel rice for lunch.
"What do you think, Kiri-chan!" Yoshida Ayumi affectionately linked arms with her somewhat listless friend and began to chatter on and on about how beautiful the sunrise they had seen before the incident was, so beautiful that the crowd had fallen silent.
"Suddenly someone screamed, which startled everyone." The short-haired girl finished her vivid explanation and then pointed to Conan, who was carefully examining the deceased, exclaiming exaggeratedly, "Conan was so scared that he almost jumped up."
Zhuge Tongzhi: In Ayumi-chan's eyes, is Conan like a frightened kitten?
Knowing that her friend was trying to cheer herself up, the black-haired girl, who had just switched to low-battery mode, sighed slightly before adjusting her expression and reading aloud, "What? Is Conan such a coward?"
Seeing that her method was effective, Yoshida Ayumi nodded quickly. Before she could finish nodding, she saw Zhuge Tongzhi raise his foot towards Conan. "I have to go and make fun of him."
"Hey!" Yoshida Ayumi, who had fabricated dirt on her friend, suddenly got angry and grabbed Zhuge Tongzhi's arm tightly, trying to dissuade him: "No, Zhuge-kun, the teacher said that you can't laugh at other people's imperfections."
"Let's get to the case quickly." She quickly changed the subject, her face flushing red under Zhuge Tongzhi's amused gaze. Forcing herself to concentrate, she said, "The murder weapon must have been thrown into the sea, we..."
As the three detectives talked, they approached the deceased on the ground. The three suspects were pulling each other's hair nearby, while Conan had obviously discovered a key clue and began tugging at Officer Takagi's sleeve, trying to give him a hint.
The familiar three-choice question, the familiar cute gestures and hints, the familiar love, hate, misunderstandings and harm...
Zhuge Tongzhi didn't pay close attention to the case-solving process in front of him; instead, he was distracted by the real-time broadcast from Noah's Ark in his headphones—it had just captured Lag's facial information from places like Tokyo's airport, Shinkansen, and subway.
The good news is that the person is no longer untraceable.
The bad news is that these events happened simultaneously, but Rag's cheat code is the memo, not the ability to create clones.
"Is it Vermouth?" Zhuge Tongzhi asked with a frown, then immediately refuted himself, "No, she has already reached an agreement with Rag and wouldn't do anything to harm Kudo and Ran."
"Can you tell which ones are in disguise?"
Unfortunately, Noah's Ark couldn't answer her question. Even the most intelligent artificial intelligence would find it difficult to distinguish whether someone was a person based on limited images and faces covered by hats and masks in this era before cameras were everywhere.
This requires hard work and manpower, and we cannot be careless when dealing with suspected lagers. The Red Team must split up and lead teams to investigate the true identities of the suspects one by one according to the clues.
Shuichi Akai, accompanied by Ai Haibara, arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency under the guise of a disciple visiting his master, carrying stewed beef, and was responsible for protecting the three of them.
The rest of the FBI agents stayed behind at the Kudo residence to guard this place that was very likely to be attacked. Fortunately, Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko went to Ekoda to visit relatives yesterday. Although Conan didn't know when his parents had acquired a relative in Ekoda, he didn't have to worry too much about their safety now.
Kir and his father, Ethan Hondou, teamed up to take charge of one location. Furuya Rei, Morofushi Kagemitsu, and Kazami Yuya each led a team to the suspected locations identified by Noah's Ark. The remaining locations were taken care of by Date Wataru, who was investigating a case and defusing bombs outside, and the twins of the bomb disposal team.
The number of suspects was just right, and she made good use of the resources she could organize and mobilize.
A blatant attempt to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
This confirms that Old Crow has indeed arrived in Tokyo. Zhuge Tongzhi and Conan, who were also listening to the live broadcast, exchanged a glance, both with thoughtful expressions—so where would she meet them after diverting these people?
Mouri's office? Kudo's residence? Professor Agasa's residence? Or perhaps Poirot's Café, which has lost its signature handsome waiter?
It couldn't possibly be Teitan Elementary School, which is currently on holiday... although that's indeed a place Conan frequents. Zhuge Tongzhi pondered this, and together with Conan and the three boys who were extremely excited about solving the case, they walked to the police car that Takagi Wataru had driven up.
Since we don't plan to go back to the Mori office, it's better to follow the procedure and have the First Investigative Division take the statement now, so as not to have to drag this necessary procedure out until tomorrow.
Thinking back to the First Investigation Division, Zhuge Tongzhi, who was pondering the possible spawn locations of the Boss, suddenly felt a flash of lightning in his mind. He paused in his action of climbing onto the seat while clinging to the car door, and was about to call out to Conan, who was walking around to the other side and opening the passenger door.
But before a word could be uttered, a pair of hands slipped under the black-haired girl's armpits and easily dragged the small child into the car. With a quick movement, the hands pulled the tiny child into the girl's arms.
"Huh?" The voice that had been on the phone yesterday now rang out clearly and loudly above Zhuge Tongzhi's head, the static gone, saying in a familiar, cheerful tone, "Isn't this my lovely little sister-chan?"
But no, even if the tone of voice, intonation, and even the way they hugged were the same, the woman behind them wasn't...
The black-haired girl, who was being hugged by the woman, felt her hands and feet turn ice cold in an instant, but she still forced herself to turn her head straight to see what the person behind her looked like.
The young man with light gold hair blinked his light gray eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips. When his eyes met Zhuge Tongzhi's, he said with a mix of complaint, longing, and a touch of mischief, "Tong, you haven't forgotten me after all this time, have you?"
It was lager.
The black-haired girl didn't say a word, but stared at the dark circles under the young man's eyes, then glanced at his slightly chapped lips and cheeks still bearing faint pillow marks, before finally looking at his light gray eyes.
It is definitely not lager.
Lager tilted his head and looked at Zhuge Tongzhi gently.
"Is this Zhuge's older sister?" Ayumi Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, and Genta Kojima stood outside the back door, curiously looking at the unfamiliar but beautiful older sister inside. Conan, sitting in the passenger seat, had already put his hand on his wristwatch, his gaze sharp.
"Oh? So Miss Zhuge is really a relative of Zhuge?" Takagi Wataru seemed a little surprised as he explained to the curious children inside and outside the car, "I met this lady on my way here. Her ID and phone were stolen, so she had to take a police car to the police station to get temporary documents."
That's true, Lager did indeed throw away almost everything before leaving Noah's Ark's surveillance, but to say that he had nothing at all would be a lie. Zhuge Tongzhi thought to himself, feeling the thing digging into his lower back without changing his expression.
“Mmm~” 'Lag' nodded lightly and introduced herself: “My name is Zhuge Zhi, and I am Tong’s older sister. We haven’t seen each other for quite a while.”
"Hello, Sister Zhuge!" the three little ones greeted each other very politely.
“No wonder you said you came to Beika Town to find your sister.” Takagi Wataru scratched the back of his head and laughed cheerfully. “I had a suspicion at the time, but I didn’t expect that she really is Zhuge’s older sister.”
"I didn't expect such a coincidence either." The black-haired youth hugged Zhuge Tongzhi like a doll, the intimate gesture sending a chill down Conan's spine in the passenger seat. "We were originally planning to go to the police station..."
Yes, that's the question she was just thinking about. Zhuge Tongzhi, held in 'Lager's' arms, calmly looked at Conan, who was equally calm in the passenger seat.
Aside from the places Conan frequents, where else can you be 100% sure to spot Edogawa, who always triggers a case when he goes out, participates in the investigation after each case, and takes a statement after each investigation?
It's the First Investigation Division!
Now it seems that police cars are also an option. Zhuge Tongzhi blinked. It was right for her to wait for Conan to come to her, but "Lag"'s plan to wait for the First Investigation Division's target was a combination of waiting for someone to come to her and walking into a trap.
“Ayumi, Ai just texted me looking for you. She’s at Beika Supermarket trying to buy you a gift, but her phone’s dead.” She turned to Yoshida Ayumi, who was about to climb into the car, and called out to the child, “You guys go to the supermarket and help out. Conan and I will be fine with the statement.”
With a few words, Zhuge Tongzhi tricked the children into leaving the dangerous police car. He then sat comfortably in 'Lager's' lap, watching as the clueless Takagi Wataru set the car on fire and drove the three of them, with an eerie atmosphere in the shadows, toward the First Investigation Division.
"Hmm? Why is Tong so cold?" 'Lag' raised her hand and twirled the hair behind Zhuge Tongzhi's ear, her fingers brushing against the girl's earlobe with a faint ticklish sensation. "She doesn't even smile or greet her own sister."
"Haven't you been looking forward to this meeting for a long time?" The young man with light gold hair spoke with a smile, but his deep, calm, light gray eyes met Conan's eyes in the rearview mirror. Looking at the blue eyes that suddenly widened in the mirror, he said, "This is a surprise."
"Where did I go wrong? I..."
"Stop acting." Zhuge Tongzhi interrupted the awkward charade that both sides knew the truth about, reached out and pulled out a water bottle and tissues from his bag, and slowly moistened the tissues with water in the swaying car. "Because even if you see the past, you won't become her."
The black-haired girl turned around, raised her hand, and directly shoved a damp tissue onto 'Lag's' slightly chapped lips, causing the young man's pupils to dilate slightly for a moment as he couldn't dodge in time.
"Memory can paint a blank sheet of paper, but it cannot change a person's existing character."
Seeing the water in the tissue moisten the young man's pink lips, Zhuge Tongzhi carefully moistened the very corners of his lips as well, speaking slowly and deliberately.
"If it were her, how could she just hold me like you do?" She looked up at the old crow whose light-colored eyes were gleaming red in the red light, and chuckled as she pressed her fingertip against her older sister's lips.
"She'll use this, you understand?"
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Author's note: The pillow mark is because...
The body itself couldn't withstand three consecutive nights of sleepless nights; the boss only got eight hours of restful sleep before starting any activities.
(Shy)
…
This is a case of waiting for the rabbit to run into a tree stump versus walking into a trap.
Xiaotong and the Boss are both right.
But it all comes down to who squats down first.
…
Mwah!
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