Chapter 111, Chapter 110: The Place Where We Met Again
Doctor: You have no calcium left in your body.
Me: Ca0!
With a gun pointed at his head, Conan began to think urgently about what he could say to buy time.
But just as the other party might utter some incomprehensible remarks, after reading Lager's perspective and experiences, the Boss, who in a sense had gained a god-like perspective, also became difficult to understand with conventional thinking.
For example, right now, adhering to the principle that "villains die from talking too much," the black-haired youth skipped the lengthy pre-shooting dialogue and pulled the trigger decisively the moment Conan opened his mouth.
With a crisp click, Conan's brow, which was being lightly pressed against, tightened in alarm. With nowhere to retreat, Conan instinctively closed his eyes.
But the gunshot didn't come from in front of him, but from the alley entrance. Instead, a familiar, chilling shout exploded in front of him, accompanied by the muffled thud of gunfire and bullets colliding, which made him suddenly open his eyes.
"orchid!"
The sight of his childhood friend appearing before him like a dream made Conan gasp in surprise. A flood of questions and anxieties rushed through his mind, instantly shifting all his thoughts from the Boss to Ran Mouri.
What are you doing here?! Shouldn't Mr. Akai be protecting you at the Mouri Detective Agency?!
This place is too dangerous, you can't... Before he could even utter his anxious words of dissuasion, Ran Mouri, with her cold expression, grabbed his shoulder and pulled him behind her.
"Hey, Ran!" Conan, who was firmly protected behind him, couldn't help but call out urgently. Even though he was in a vulnerable position and needed help, he didn't want his childhood friend to be in danger as well. But Ran Mouri showed no intention of running away.
"Conan, hide behind me."
The girl, dressed in casual clothes, had her sleeves half-rolled up. When she raised her powerful arms to her waist and clenched her fists, an invisible wave of energy surged around those formidable fists, stirring her long hair that draped behind her.
"How dare you shoot at Conan!"
The usually gentle and mild-mannered Ran Mouri was now sharp as a blade. When anger burned like an inextinguishable flame in those usually kind and forgiving eyes, it made one suddenly realize—
How could the champion of the All-Japan High School Karate Kanto Tournament and the captain of the karate club be a weak person without any edge? How could he be just a coward who responds to danger with tears and running away?
Ran Mouri has always been a formidable warrior and a strongman.
Despite her stern rebuke, the Boss did not respond.
The black-haired youth was knocked back several steps by Ran Mouri's sudden punch, and a bullet wound cut his cheek. He was now looking at Zhuge Tongzhi, who had pulled out another gun from somewhere at the alley entrance, with a gloomy face.
He did indeed pull the trigger decisively, but no bullet was fired. Instead, Zhuge Tongzhi, who had been disarmed by him, suddenly "turned against him" and forced him to stop firing again with a single shot.
Then there's Ran Mouri, who suddenly appears. Her shot was perfectly coordinated with Zhuge Tongzhi's. If he hadn't known that meeting two kids in the police car was purely accidental, Boss would have suspected that he'd been set up.
But how dare this child… The black-haired youth expressionlessly raised his hand to wipe away the blood trickling down his cheek. If he hadn’t been wary of Zhuge Tongzhi, that shot would have sent him straight to meet the King of Hell.
And why can't he fire bullets from the full Glock?
No, although the bullet didn't leave the gun barrel, it was ejected directly from the gun body as an unfired bullet.
Could it be...? The Boss looked at the Glock in his hand, renowned for its unique security design, and his expression changed.
“Because Rag is used to scaring people with the first bullet.” Zhuge Tongzhi, holding an identical pistol, had a cold expression, but his words carried a mocking smile. “The memories you read and your physical instincts make you habitually not pull the hidden trigger.”
The reason she and Rag chose the Glock as their primary firearm is because the Glock has a very unique passive safety device.
Both the automatic safety design of the large and small triggers and the drop-proof performance make this pistol extremely difficult to accidentally discharge, but in an emergency, it can be fired without manually switching the safety.
All you need to do is make up your mind and pull the trigger to fire that deadly bullet.
The first bullet, which would never actually be fired, was the last chance that Rag gave himself and the lives under his gun.
What seemed like a joking "accidental touch" was actually a serious decision made day after day for over a decade.
Therefore, Zhuge Tongzhi was gambling that the Boss's closeness to him was not entirely out of disgust, but rather because he was influenced by Rag's memories without realizing it, thus retaining the same habit he had before firing the gun.
And she won her gamble. Zhuge Tongzhi looked at the boss, who belatedly realized what had happened, and laughed, "It seems you weren't as unaffected as you thought."
"And he's extremely unskilled." She turned the gun towards those light gray eyes and said, "Villains don't just die from talking too much."
It was because the villain wanted to kill the protagonist! Zhuge Tongzhi pulled the trigger under his fingertip, and the moment the bullet left the chamber, the Boss and Ran Mouri moved at the same time.
The boss dodged the bullets backward, but Ran Mouri charged in the direction from which the bullets came, unleashing a punch that sent a shockwave straight at the person in front of her.
The black-haired youth had just dodged the bullet when he had to take another large step back and raise his arm to block Ran Mouri's heavy punch that came close behind.
The old man, who was well over 100 years old, had never spoken to anyone so simply with his fists in half his life. He had always been a calm observer from the sidelines, never imagining that he would be getting involved himself in this situation.
Wasn't it agreed that Ran Mouri wouldn't be part of the main storyline? The tingling sensation when his arm and fist met made him subconsciously loosen his grip, and the girl's next move was already following closely behind.
"orchid!"
Conan leaped towards Ran Mouri, who was within firing range. For the first time, he hated his short legs so intensely. Without the child's body from the Professor's gadgets, he was completely unable to participate in an adult fight.
"biu!"
"Click".
The bullet fired by Zhuge Tongzhi passed through Ran Mouri's long hair as she swung her fist. The severed strands of hair, carrying a burnt smell, drifted down to Conan's eyes. Just then, Ran Mouri kicked the gun out of Boss's hand and knocked it to the ground.
The lightweight pistol struck the concrete floor with a crisp sound. Without pausing, Ran Mouri threw another punch, her steps firm as she charged towards the Boss, who had nowhere left to retreat, with Conan hanging from her waist.
"Ugh..."
Zhuge Tongzhi suddenly felt a little sorry for 'Rag' who was being beaten up. Of course, she didn't feel sorry for the Boss; she just felt sorry for the body that would definitely be covered in bruises tomorrow.
But she would rather her older sister be beaten black and blue and suffer than have that old crow occupy this body.
It was all Rag's own fault; who told her to make such a decision on her own? Zhuge Tongzhi thought expressionlessly, then turned and fired a shot into the ground at the alley entrance.
The black-haired girl raised her gun, aiming it at the head of the person who had finally arrived at the alley, and said coldly, "Don't come any closer."
The sharp gunshot made all three people in the alley turn around. The black-haired youth who was pinned against the wall by Ran Mouri turned his head to see who it was. As if he had finally found his own rhythm in the unexpected chaos, a smile appeared on his cut lips.
"El, why don't you ask if that imposter who's impersonating me is still alive?" The Boss, who had never been beaten like this before, hissed twice from the pain in his mouth, but still stubbornly sowed discord, saying, "If you cooperate with them, this body will eventually be..."
Zhuge Tongzhi gave Moli Ran a look. The tacit understanding they had developed over the days of freeloading meals allowed Moli Ran to instinctively knock out her subordinates with a single blow, and the alley suddenly fell silent.
The unconscious black-haired youth slumped against the wall, and just as he was about to fall, Ran Mouri carefully caught him and steadied him. Conan stepped forward and blocked his fall from the wall.
The black-haired, blue-eyed detective looked at the many guns raised at him at the alley entrance, and stood firmly in front of the unconscious Rag. Ran Mouri, who was not quite clear about the situation, paused for a moment, and then chose to stand side by side with Conan, with Rag standing behind him.
"Mr. Amuro, Ms. Minami?"
She glanced at Rei Furuya and Kir, who were dressed in police uniforms, then looked with some doubt at Hiromitsu Morofushi and Shuichi Akai, who were not disguised, before finally settling her gaze on Wataru Date and the others who had arrived together. "And Officer Date, Officer Matsuda, and Officer Hagiwara?"
"What's going on?" Ran Mouri, who hadn't had time to call the police, was somewhat bewildered by the large number of police officers.
Date Wataru and Hagiwara Kenji nodded slightly to Mouri Ran in response, and then, like everyone else, focused all their attention on Zhuge Tongzhi, who was holding a gun, with serious expressions.
"Don't come any closer, let me make things clear." Having basically dealt with the most critical Boss, Zhuge Tongzhi's voice betrayed his deep exhaustion. "I don't care how your actions turned out, but she's not the Boss now."
Before the newcomer could raise any questions, the black-haired girl said frankly, "I can't guarantee who will wake up, but I'm sure I can recognize her, and there's a 90% chance that it will be Rag who wakes up."
Upon hearing his name, the black-haired youth, who had been motionless, shook his head slightly, and his fingers, which were hanging on the ground, curled up slightly.
The two people closest to her did not notice these silent changes. Conan looked at the people with scattered bruises on their bodies, stepped forward and brushed past Zhuge Tongzhi, who was slowly retreating and approaching Rag. He stood at the front and said, "Boss really can't stay awake for long. Rag has always been in control. Zhuge is not lying."
Conan-kun...? Ran Mouri looked at the composed boy, and a strange feeling spread through her heart.
After the two children finished speaking, Gil and Ethan Hondou were the first to put away their guns, while Morofushi Hiromitsu and Akai Shuichi waited half a minute before putting down their guns and letting them hang at their sides.
Zhuge Tongzhi retreated to Rag's side with his gun still in hand, then crouched down warily close to his sister, whose condition was unclear, staring intently at the people at the alley entrance like a frightened little animal.
Knowing the specifics, Kazami Yuya hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to learn from his superior's decision, he saw Matsuda Jinpei, who hadn't even raised his gun, directly raise his hand and press down on Furuya Rei's gun barrel.
"Stop holding it up, it's scaring the kids."
The curly-haired police officer, whose uniform had several tears, had bright eyes. Standing next to Rei Furuya, Wataru Date and Kenji Hagiwara raised their hands and placed them on Rei's shoulders, silently expressing their approval.
"These are all trustworthy people. Do you really intend to shoot?" Matsuda Jinpei said, then released his grip. Furuya Rei lowered his gun to his side, glanced helplessly at the officer who had greatly simplified the complicated process, and gestured for the public security police behind him to put down their guns.
"Take her to the police hospital for a checkup." Furuya Rei rubbed his forehead. They had just escaped from a trap set by the Boss using sheer numbers, and they had to take seriously the potential dangers brought about by this consciousness switch.
"Hmm." Zhuge Tongzhi did not refuse this reasonable request. As she listened to the live broadcast of Akai Mary and Sera Masumi working together to save Sawada Hiroki in her earphones, she felt fatigue and unease wash over her like a tide after all the crises were over.
"You..." She had only uttered two words when the black-haired girl, who had thrown away the gun to show her sincerity, was suddenly grabbed by the waist and pulled backward by a pair of hands.
One second your vision is filled with guns raised again, the next second it's filled with a barrage of forced kisses, followed by skillful face rubbing and head kneading.
Zhuge Tongzhi, who was suddenly pulled into Lager's arms by the sudden awakening: Ugh!
Conan: !
Ran Mouri, who was about to make a move but found that Zhuge Tongzhi did not resist: ! ...?
"Hiss, that's strange." Lag, who had fallen down and sat cross-legged right there, hugged Zhuge Tongzhi in his arms, rubbing him while muttering to himself in confusion, "How could I see a limited edition super cute little Tongzhi in my dream? The feel and mouth are so realistic, hehehe, come on, give your big sister another kiss!"
Zhuge Tongzhi, whose mouth was squeezed into a goldfish shape before he could speak, groaned in pain.
"What kind of plot is this? Why does my face hurt a little? And the pain feels so real." Lag raised his hand to touch the cut corner of his mouth, his gaze shifting from the blood on his fingertips to the rows of gun barrels at the alley entrance. "Whoa!"
Make sure you see that the person at the very front is Rei Furuya, who is wearing a police uniform.
Lag: "Huh??"
After seeing Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji standing side by side.
Rag: "Eh!!"
After seeing Morofushi Kagemitsu, who was clearly aware of the situation and holding a gun to himself.
With tears welling up in his eyes, Rag said, "You're awake! The surgery was a success."
Morofushi Kagemitsu, who instantly garnered everyone's attention out of the corner of their eye: ...
With his face being squeezed, Zhuge Tongzhi raised his hands and slapped both of them on the face of Rag, who thought he was dreaming, trying to make him realize through the pain that he was not dreaming.
But as Ragnarok's head tilted slightly after being slapped, he met Conan's eyes.
Lag: "What! Kudo Washi has shrunk! Ughhhhh!"
Conan: !!
Amidst the helpless sobs of the black-haired youth as Zhuge Tongzhi covered his mouth, Conan suddenly looked up and his nose touched that of Ran Mouri, who had somehow leaned down.
"You really are Shinichi."
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Author's note: It's a reunion between Xiaotong and her sister!
It is also Shinichi and Ran's reunion in the place where they were separated!
…
Morning Star thought she was on holiday, but she's still chasing work.
Rushing to catch the bus in the morning and rushing to work in the evening
A faint sense of misery in my life. (jpg)
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The reason why Rag was determined to die together with his companions will be covered in the next chapter!
Don't worry, I won't let the old crow have an easy time.
(Sharpening knives, ready to strike the crows)
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Countdown to the end of the main story: 3 (maybe?)
Mwah!!
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