Chapter 254 Forty-eight Gachapon

In order to save time, Edogawa Conan briefly explained today's events to Haibara. The girl opposite seemed to calm down for a short time, and the sound of typing could still be heard from his side.

"I sent you a map I edited using drawing software, but it was drawn based on my memory, so there may be discrepancies in the details, and my memory may not be accurate."

Huihara Ai paused for a moment and said, "Just four months ago, I went to that base."

When she was in the organization, she was responsible for the development of the aptx series of drugs. The organization's business scope is not limited to this. Haibara Ai herself knows that she only benefited from the boss's emphasis on the aptx series of drugs. If she had switched to developing other drugs or technologies, with her abilities, she could certainly achieve excellent results, but she would definitely not have the status she had at that time.

After all, as researchers, they have traditionally been excluded from the center of organizations.

Four months ago, when she was still working as Shirley, her research progress was stuck. Shirley tried to move forward many times, and finally found that she needed to use a new technology. And it happened that the laboratory under Rum's name had what she needed, and that laboratory was in the base that Conan reported to her.

Shirley didn't want to have any contact with any codenamed members of the organization except Brother Yue, especially the legendary Rum... But in order to advance the research, she took the initiative to find him, and after negotiations, she got Rum's approval.

So Shirley came to this base reluctantly. Later, because the laboratory claimed that they were conducting a closed experiment and letting her leave halfway would cause data leakage, Shirley had to stay in the base for another month. During this time, she was studying and researching and basically did not move around in the base.

So the map she sent to Conan was obviously incomplete.

"Although I don't know what the secret passage is, I can only provide you with a small part of the internal structure, but I have marked most of the places that will trigger the alarm." Huiyuan Ai took a sip of coffee and warned in a cold voice, "Big Detective, no matter why you asked me for this, in short, you must not act without authorization. Not to mention that you are now in the body of an elementary school student, even if you were before you shrank, entering Rum's territory alone would be a suicidal act."

Conan couldn't see it, but the female researcher tightly grasped the handle of the coffee cup and clenched her teeth to prevent the trembling sound from being heard on the other side.

"...But, please." Her voice became very soft, as if saying this sentence drained all her strength. "Please bring him back, Kudo Shinichi."

She couldn't accept that she had lost Chi Jiang Na Yue again, especially in this world where even her sister had left her.

Conan sighed guiltily, but answered firmly: "Ah, don't worry, Huiyuan, I will definitely bring that Yue brother back."

He very naturally ignored Huihara Ai's previous warning and said nonchalantly: "Anyway, thank you for the map. I'm going to hang up now and call you back later!"

Conan Edogawa spoke very quickly, not giving Haibara Ai any chance to speak. He quickly hung up the phone after speaking a lot.

He breathed a sigh of relief: What a joke, of course he had to go inside! He had no excuse to give the map to anyone else... He could only give it to Officer Hagiwara, right?

But he had promised Brother Yue. Conan thought, no matter where Brother Yue was, he would find him.

Huibara still apologized. Well, he and Brother Yue will buy her a bag to make amends later!

Conan Edogawa took a last look at the police lurking outside the alley and Vermouth's motorcycle in the corner, then without looking back he went deeper into the alley, where there was another path that Haibara Ai had pointed out to him.

…

Even after entering the base, Conan was still a little unresponsive.

It wasn't too difficult. On the contrary, it was all too easy. It was so smooth that it made him feel confused. What came faster than the joy of a successful dive was his vigilance.

According to Haibara's description, after entering from the secret entrance she pointed out to him - the vent in the corner of the wall, there were several intersections on the road leading to the interior where there should have been patrol officers. However, let alone patrol officers, Conan moved cautiously for a long time along the way and didn't meet a single one.

Could it be that the public security operation has begun? That shouldn't be the case. Although the public security would "coincidentally" appear at this time, Conan basically confirmed that Amuro Toru was related to the public security, but he had just sent the map to them. After all, they were different from him who acted independently, so it would take some time to confirm the authenticity of the map content.

As for whether it was possible that Rum had discovered his whereabouts... Conan glanced vaguely at the surveillance camera on the ceiling that had obviously stopped working, hesitating without completely denying this guess.

At least based on the current situation, it is certain that there is probably a problem inside the base.

I don't know why, although he knew in his heart that his brother was 'kidnapped' as the weaker party, at this moment, Edogawa Conan couldn't help but have a strange guess, or it could be called telepathy.

He covered his face with his hands: Why did he subconsciously think that the problem in the base was caused by Brother Yue? Obviously, Brother Yue was the one who was captured and waited for their rescue!

Before getting a definite answer, Conan could not take his own safety lightly. He touched the identity card he picked up on the way in his pocket and hesitated for a few seconds, thinking whether he should divert his attention here.

For some reason, he felt that the door in front of him was really attractive, and from the bottom of his heart, Conan had the urge to go in and take a look. This was also why he stayed outside this door for so long after sneaking in.

Conan pinched his palms, reminding himself that he didn't have that much time to waste on hesitation. Finally, when he heard a noisy sound coming from the corner corridor on the right, he quickly opened the door in front of him and hid inside.

What would be in Rum's base? What were the experiments and new technologies that Haibara hesitated to mention? To be honest, Conan was curious about this all the way, but he just didn't say it out loud and kept thinking about it in his mind.

But after entering that door, his thoughts stopped.

This might be a very important laboratory. The equipment everywhere seemed to be well maintained like new. Only some traces of use could be seen in the details. There was no dust on the equipment. I was not sure whether it was cleaned frequently or had just been used.

But these are not the most important things. What really makes Conan speechless is the machine in the center of the laboratory that he is very familiar with.

A capsule toy machine just sat there quietly, as if waiting for him to arrive.

However, unlike the one he had seen before, the four sides of this gashapon machine were made of opaque material, so the gashapon inside could not be seen from the outside. Only the matte texture of the machine and the metal knobs still gave him a sense of familiarity.

This is almost exactly the same as the gashapon machine that Conan once saw in the game city.

He stood in front of the capsule machine for a while with his head lowered, his glasses reflecting the light, and it seemed as if he was thinking about a lot of things in his head, but also as if he was thinking about nothing.

He and the detective have been investigating these. They want to know the truth about the detective becoming a Gachapon brother, and the principle of the so-called "contract that will make you a real brother after signing it". He came here to find the worrying Gachapon brother.

Why did Rum want to capture the detective at this time? Why did he bring the detective to this base?

Conan's detective intuition told him that the answer was right in front of him.

So that's how it is. Did the detective anticipate this scene when he said those words to him in the haunted house? Does Gachapon Brother lose his memory every time he appears? What kind of terrible light novel setting is that?

...His brother, could it be that he has turned into a gashapon again! ?

All the chaotic and screaming thoughts in his mind were swept aside, and Conan Edogawa took out his wallet from his pocket, put his hand on the coin slot of the capsule machine, and resolutely took out a 500 yen coin and put it in.

Click.

He pressed the handle.

Clack, clack.

A capsule toy fell out of the shipping port. *

Conan Edogawa stared at the capsule for a long time, then turned pale with astonishment: "!"

Damn, it’s not aqua red… He won’t have to rely on luck to twist his brother! !

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Amuro Toru stared solemnly at Rum, who was obviously unconscious on the ground, and fell into a brief contemplation.

He came in with Bermode, but not only was there no guard outside the door, no one stopped them all the way in... No, they simply didn't see anyone, and neither Bermode nor he could contact Rum.

Amuro Toru's first reaction was that this was a trap, but when he hurried to the monitoring room, he saw on the only lit monitoring screen...

"What did you see?" Zhufu Jingguang asked curiously.

When Toru Amuro recalled that scene, he felt dazed for a moment: "A room full of people."

"……?"

"I saw a room full of people," Amuro said, emphasizing, "horizontally and vertically, stacked up together, filling up the large conference hall. Judging from the appearance, everyone in this base may be there."

Morofu Jingguang also looked dazed.

They clearly came to rescue the detective, but in the end, not only did they search the base thoroughly and didn't find the detective, but they also... they captured Rum out of nowhere?

Toru Amuro squatted down and confirmed again and again that the man's face was not disguised, that he did have a prosthetic eye, and that the latest call record on the mobile phone in his arms was Vermouth.

His eyes were complicated, and he still couldn't completely believe that this person was Rum - huh? Why would he guess the relationship between the other person and Rum?

Because on the face of this unconscious man, there were two pseudonyms, Ramu, written on the left and right.

Is this the detective's handwriting? It's definitely the detective's handwriting!

Toru Amuro confirmed once again in his mind that he was here to rescue the detective, then looked away unable to bear to watch.

Vermode separated from him at a certain intersection and is now missing. Amuro Toru was originally on the lookout for any escaped criminals in the base while searching for the detective.

Now he thought he might be dreaming.

Amuro sighed: What else can he do? No matter how much he doesn't believe in reality, he still has to deal with the rum here and continue looking for the detective.

But what was shocking was that until the police outside rushed in under his instructions and turned the base upside down, even the experimental subjects who had never seen the light of day were found, only the main rescue target of their operation was still missing.

Where did the detective go?

This question made Morobushi Kagemitsu and Amuro Toru even more anxious to get an answer after they saw Rum's subordinates scattered all over the dungeon, and the obvious signs that someone had been interrogated not long ago.

If the detective was the one being interrogated, how could he have cleared out the entire base when he had lost so much blood? But if the detective wasn't the one doing it, who else had invaded here like them, and handled everything before them, taking the detective away with him?

The friend who was lost and found was suspected to be seriously injured and his whereabouts are still unknown. This made Toru Amuro unable to relax at all. It was not until he saw a black-haired child squatting next to his car, doing nothing, that Toru Amuro relaxed a little.

Then he heard the child look up and ask them, "Where's your brother? Isn't he with you, Mr. Amuro?"

Toru Amuro: "...I'm sorry."

What should he say? I personally sent your brother to a terrorist organization, interrogated him, and then he disappeared?

The blond policeman fell into an anxious mood of self-blame.

Conan's mood was very subtle.

Fortunately, his face was covered by large black-framed glasses, so he did not reveal too much emotion. Therefore, the public security elite who was in a bad mood unexpectedly did not notice the slight guilt on the young detective's face.

Nor did he notice that Conan Edogawa quietly took a step back, put his hand into his pocket, and gently touched a bulging light red capsule toy in his pocket.

【END】

"But the secret is hidden in my heart, and no one knows my name! ... Eh? Don't you like using this song as a lullaby?"

HappyEnding【No One Can Sleep Tonight】