Chapter 2366-2378 [Anonymous Scientist]
"The sinking of the Toyo..." Inspector Megure sighed as he mentioned this incident. "It was truly a tragedy. Even though I wasn't there, I can imagine how horrible the scene was just by listening to other people's descriptions."
He browsed through the relevant information on the desktop and returned to the present: "We have not yet been able to salvage the murderer's body. The lake is quite large, with rivers connecting both sides. In addition, we have been delayed for a long time, so the hope of finding him is probably slim... Alas, this young man graduated from a prestigious university. It's a pity that he has gone astray."
As he spoke, he saw something and his expression became a little complicated.
Jiang Xia: "What's wrong?"
Inspector Megure hesitantly confirmed with him: "The murderer this time was childhood sweethearts with the girl who drowned three years ago. Did they have a crush on each other?"
Jiang Xia nodded.
Inspector Megure's expression suddenly became more complicated: "But judging from the registration information of that charity organization, they, they are brother and sister!"
Three high school girls who were eating melons not far away: "?!"
"No wonder..." Yuanshan Heye suddenly realized, "No wonder that guy likes the legend of Sad Love Lake so much - the man and woman who are in love but can never be together are simply tailor-made for their situation."
Suzuki Sonoko sighed and said with emotion: "I seem to have a new inspiration! Unfortunately, our stage script has already been completed..."
"Dr. Xinchu", who was also eavesdropping not far away, said: "..." Don't say that. It's okay if you have a new inspiration, but don't let other things suddenly have inspiration.
…
This case happened in the deep mountains, and there were a large number of victims, so almost the entire island needed to be searched for evidence. Inspector Megure was so busy that he didn't have much time to get in touch with his brothers, so Jiang Xia didn't bother this dedicated inspector, and went home after taking the statement.
The others also returned to their own places. Although the journey was safe physically, it was very exhausting mentally. The school festival was coming up soon, and they had to cheer up and perform on the stage facing the citizens, so they had to rest well.
Maori Detective Agency.
Although Conan does not have to participate in the high school drama, the pressure on his mind is no less than that of the actors.
"What on earth is director Sonoko doing?" Conan muttered, "Of course our classmates should perform in our class's play! Xiaolan deserves to be the heroine...but why is the hero the one that is Dr. Arata?
"That guy is not from our class at all. He is just a school doctor we are not familiar with. Could it be that Sonoko accepted a bribe from Dr. Shinde?..."
He was secretly suspecting that there was some unknown transaction between his classmates and the school doctor, when suddenly, there was a clinking sound on the ground and something fell out of his pocket.
Conan was startled and looked down, only to find that it was actually a small glass bottle.
Inside the bottle was a red and white capsule and a small folded piece of paper.
"This is……"
Conan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had a strange premonition in his heart.
He quickly squatted down to pick up the small bottle, and then turned his head to take a sneaky look. He found that the Maori father and daughter were doing their own things, and no one paid attention to him, an elementary school student. Conan took the bottle and quietly slipped back to his room.
He closed the door, pulled out the sealed cork, and took some effort to pick the note out of the small bottle that looked like a drifting bottle, then unfolded it to examine it.
There was a line of fine, small characters written on it:
[If you were given a chance to become an adult again, what would you do?]
A question without a beginning or an end.
It is followed by a complicated "Z" symbol.
Conan's eyes fell on the symbol and his heart began to beat violently: If I remember correctly, this is the anonymous logo!
"When did this thing get into my pocket?" Conan thought about it and suddenly locked on a suspect, "Xiao Bai...I was wearing this coat when I saw him!"
After clarifying this, Conan looked at the red and white capsule in the glass bottle and suddenly became excited. He could not help but feel joy and anticipation in his heart:
"According to my speculation, many members of Anonymous were once victims of the Black Organization. They turned into children because of taking APTX4869, but later, they mastered the method of temporarily turning back into adults - Miss Anonymous is an example! I remember Hattori said that he saw the lady turn from a child into an adult and took down something hanging on the tree."
"Could this pill be the antidote to Aptx4869? Can I finally get back to my original body?" Conan held the pill in his hands as if it were a treasure, and was so happy that he almost wanted to jump up.
But soon, the detective's reason reminded him of a cruel fact.
"The note said 'give you a chance to become an adult', not 'let you turn back into an adult'...it seems that this is just a temporary antidote."
Conan held the small medicine bottle reverently in his hands, his eyes suddenly filled with love and hate: "Can only be used once? Even if we are limited by technology and cannot develop a complete antidote for the time being, an organization like Anonymous should have more than just this one temporary antidote. Isn't one a little too little? If I ask them for a bottle... uh, then I might get a bottle of anesthetic to inject into my blood vessels."
Thinking of the difficulty of communicating with Anonymous and Xiaobai's acupuncture speed, Conan had to give up this plan dejectedly.
"But there is more than one way." Conan had an idea, "Habara, Haibara is an expert in this area. If she can replicate this medicine..."
…
Ten minutes later.
At Dr. Agasa's home.
Haibara Ai looked at the mysterious Conan, then looked at the small red and white capsule he handed to her mysteriously: "..." Why does this medicine look a little familiar?
She looked down at the capsule, then looked at Conan suspiciously: "What's the matter?"
Conan lowered his voice and said, "Anonymous gave me a temporary antidote for APTX4869. I'll break off some of the powder for you. See if you can develop something similar in large quantities. If you succeed, we can return to our original bodies!"
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
No wonder it looks familiar, it turns out this is the medicine I made.
She picked up the coffee and took a sip silently, hiding her strange expression.
After the anonymous Xiaobai provided her with the information that "drinking Laobai Gan after catching a cold can temporarily turn you back into an adult", she quickly found an idea, developed a temporary antidote, and got in touch with the anonymous person.
After that, she followed the anonymous's arrangement and kept the matter of the temporary antidote a secret, and never revealed any such information to Conan.
Haibara Ai: “…” Fortunately she didn’t say anything, otherwise, judging from the fanatical look of this girl in front of him, if Conan knew that she could make the antidote... she would probably stay in Dr. Agasa’s house like a ghost 24 hours a day, making noises like “Give me the antidote”.
(End of this chapter)
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