Chapter 154: Birds and Light

In the dim corridor, Yueshan Chaoli looked into the eyes of the little stick figure on the virtual screen in front of him for a while, "Are you sure?"

The system gave him a wise look in return.

The black-haired man had a headache. He fumbled and continued to search for the whereabouts of other people. In his heart, he thought about the system's suggestion again.

The reason why he created the dual personality buff was because the system helped control Fei Niao Wu for a while. However, after the ship incident, the system decided not to help him control the vest at all. If he created a dual personality this time, it meant that he would play the role of Fei Niao Wu, who was completely unaware or knew something about his personality occupied by another consciousness.

Help... It's so troublesome just thinking about it. I wonder what kind of weird character background will be automatically filled in by the world consciousness after this.

Forget it, I can't think of any other way.

After making up his mind, Tsukiyama Asari turned his attention back to finding people. He walked around the place where he and Edogawa Conan separated, and walked in another direction after not finding anything.

Those two girls were not the type to run around in such a situation. They suddenly came back because of something more important, but what else could make them come back to this place in this situation?

...They are not coming back to look for Xiao Wu, are they? Wait, Xiao Wu's bag is still in the bathroom!

The black-haired man's frown finally relaxed, and a very reasonable idea suddenly popped up in his mind. Given the personalities of those two girls, they would probably go back to get the schoolbag and gift that were left in the bathroom in order to not upset Asuka Kiri.

They actually ran back for such a thing! What were they thinking? Didn't they know that their own safety was the most important thing at this time?

After figuring this out, Tsukiyama, who was furious, quickly walked towards the bathroom in his memory. It was not until he reached the staircase entrance where he and Edogawa Conan had entered that he discovered that the place had collapsed again due to the explosion just now. The collapsed concrete slabs and other things blocked the entrance tightly, and only a little daylight was visible through the few gaps left in the corner.

The horrible state of the corridor collapse made the man panic. He wanted to run directly to the place where the bathroom was in his memory, but he was afraid that the sudden footsteps would bring more trouble. He could only suppress his panic and slow down his movements, and walked quickly inside.

The place where the bathroom was originally located has indeed become a ruin. It has been a while since the previous explosion. The bathroom is full of water pipes. After being broken, they splashed everywhere. In addition, there are water pipes hanging in pieces somewhere. The sound of water flowing echoes in the silent corridor.

Tsukiyama pricked his ears up and heard a rhythmic knocking sound between the water, as if someone was asking for help on the other side of the wall, but he was worried that shouting loudly would attract the criminals who were still wandering in the building, so he had no choice but to use this method.

"Xiaolan, Sonoko?" He squatted down and called out softly. The knocking sound stopped immediately when he opened his mouth, and then Suzuki Sonoko's voice came from the other side of the wall with a crying and surprised tone.

"Brother Asari!" she shouted, then remembered the current situation, suppressed her voice back into her throat, and then lowered her voice and whispered, "We are in here, Xiaolan's legs are pressed down."

Tsukiyama Asari was stunned by the girl's words, and her tone became much more anxious, "Legs are pressed down? Xiaolan, how are you now?!"

"I'm fine." Mao Lilan's voice came from inside, and she looked in good spirits, "Sonoko is exaggerating, it's just stuck, and she shouldn't be injured." The

black-haired man breathed a sigh of relief, he soothed gently, "Don't be afraid, I will take you out now. Xiaolan, you are not allowed to hide it from me, if there is anything wrong with your legs, you must tell me, it is very dangerous if you don't deal with it in time at this time."

"Yeah." The long-haired girl whispered in response.

Yueshan Chaoli then focused his attention on the collapsed area. After looking up and down at the situation in this area, he finally locked onto a heavy plate that could be moved.

Let's start from here...

Even if it was blown into small plates, it was still heavy and troublesome to move, especially when it was not clear and there was a lot of broken glass around. He frowned and tried hard to move a few plates that would not shake the foundation. The rough surface and the glass shards that appeared made his hands bleed. Finally, he moved out a small exit.

Suzuki Sonoko immediately stuck her head out and took a deep breath, "Finally saved! Brother Chaoli, take a look at Xiaolan's legs. When the explosion just happened, she was hit by the collapsed ceiling. It was so scary."

"Let me take a look." The entrance was not big, so he could only stick his head in and use the light of his mobile phone to observe the situation inside. The lower part of Maori Ran's left leg was indeed buried underneath, but the girl did not have any painful expression on her face. It seemed that she was just stuck as the girl said.

"Wait a minute." Tsukiyama Chaoli moved two pieces of rubble next to him, and then he made room for himself to enter. He was next to the girl in a few seconds and carefully checked Maori Ran's condition.

"It's just stuck." The black-haired man said. He looked up and saw that the girl's feet were pressed by a large inflated block. It was impossible to move it away by brute force. If they wanted to get Ran's feet out of it, they could only make the whole wall collapse backwards.

"Now we can only move this away..." After checking, Tsukiyama said to Suzuki Sonoko under her worried eyes, "Sonoko, when I move this away, you immediately pull Ran Mouri to hide behind, and you must move quickly."

Suzuki Sonoko swallowed her saliva and nodded seriously, her face was more serious than ever before, as if she was facing a powerful enemy.

"Then I'll move..." Tsukiyama Asari pulled the small piece of concrete stuck at the bottom out of the way. After loosening the concrete block, Suzuki Sonoko immediately hugged Mao Lilan's waist and pulled her handkerchief backwards, and the girl's feet immediately came out from inside.

The wall collapsed, and the aerated blocks held together by concrete fell to the ground with a loud noise. At the moment of the collapse, many broken glass and broken concrete blocks fell from above.

Tsukiyama Asari quickly turned around and threw the two girls to the ground, protecting them tightly under his body, and let go only after the situation finally stabilized.

"Asari-nii?" Ran Mouri said in a daze, "Are you okay?!"

She was responded with a slap on the head. Suzuki Sonoko heard the familiar sound, shrank her neck with a bitter face, and dodged to the side. Before she could run away, the late iron fist hit her head.

"It hurts!" The short-haired girl lowered her voice and shouted while holding her head.

It hurts so much! The last time she was hammered by Tsukiyama Asari, who always doted on them, was when she was a child camping and dragged Ran Mouri to the mountains to play.

"How dare you come back in such a dangerous situation?" After seeing that the situation was finally safe, Tsukiyama Asari's gentle expression when he was comforting them suddenly changed, and his eyebrows raised. He lowered his voice and scolded sternly, "No matter what important things you forgot in there, you have to wait until it is completely safe. You actually came back when you didn't even know whether it was safe in there, and even the criminals were not gone. What were you two thinking?!"

Suzuki Sonoko immediately apologized, "I'm sorry."

"Sorry..." After the short-haired girl finished speaking, Mouri Ran spoke in a low voice. She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes blocking her eyes. She looked very depressed, and she was holding a familiar schoolbag tightly in her arms.

The anger in his heart was instantly extinguished by the pitiful and depressed expressions of the two girls who grew up under his watch. Tsukiyama Chaoli sighed and reached out to rub the heads of the two girls that he had just hit, "Okay, I know you think these things are very important to Xiao Wu, so you want to come back to get them."

"Come on, I'll carry you." He squatted with his back to Mao Lilan, motioning the long-haired girl who was still a little weak because of being stuck for a long time, although her feet were not seriously injured, to get on his back.

After standing up with the girls on his back, the three of them walked to the side together, and Tsukiyama Chaoli spoke, "Actually, I think, for Xiao Wu, you are the most important."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, the two girls kept looking at the man who spoke.

"So in his opinion, compared to those items, your safety is the most important. As long as you can get out safely, he will be happy." Tsukiyama Asari added, "So don't do such stupid things in the future."

After walking for a distance, he realized that the road was too quiet, especially Suzuki Sonoko, the usually noisy little girl, didn't say a word.

"Hmm?" The man hummed in doubt, and because he was carrying Mouri Ran, he didn't turn his head.

"Sorry, sorry." Suzuki Sonoko then said with a smile, "Because Kiri-chan has never said such words, so..."

"So I'm very happy." The usually gentle voice of Mouri Ran also came from behind Tsukiyama Asari's ears. The girl's voice was very low, and there was a smile in it, "Especially this sentence was said by Asari-san who knows Kiri best. By the way, Asari-san, I can walk, just put me down."

The girl's smiling voice made Tsukiyama Asari's eyes full of smiles. He coughed twice, took the baby on his back, and changed the subject, "I'll take you to a safe place first. The exit is completely blocked. There is a police helicopter outside. First find the way to the rooftop, and then let the police take you down."

Mouri Ran hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and agreed. Suzuki Sonoko stuck out her tongue, held onto Ran Mouri's arm, and was about to say something when Tsukiyama Chaoli reached out to protect her.

The man made a gesture of silence with his finger at his mouth, and the two girls immediately pursed their lips, even their breathing became very light.

"Where exactly is that thing?" There was a staircase next to the three of them, and a strange voice could be heard faintly from above, "If all the hostages died because of that thing, the police will definitely come in without any scruples and catch us all in one fell swoop. I really don't know what they are thinking..."

"I remember it was in the locked room on the left." After saying that, the man raised his voice, "You're crazy, we took off our masks a lot to get some air in the lobby just now. If those guys weren't dead, wanted warrants with our portraits would be hanging here in a few days..."

As if to express his dissatisfaction, he viciously kicked away the broken concrete pieces on the floor near his feet after the collapse, and those broken things fell down under his force, and one piece just hit Suzuki Sonoko on the head.

This action came too suddenly, and the girl subconsciously let out a cry of surprise and pain, and then immediately covered her mouth, but it was too late.

"Who is it?!" The gangster raised his voice and asked, "Hey, go chase them, there are people there!"

Damn it!

"Go!" Hearing the chaotic footsteps approaching their position, Yueshan Chaoli hurriedly spoke in a low voice, dragging the two girls to the side, but then stopped and realized something.

The structure here is not that complicated at all, just a straight corridor and the exhibition hall connected to the corridor. Although it seems a bit winding because of the previous explosion and collapse, the essence has not changed at all, so even if they run in this direction, they can be found no matter where they hide along the way.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately found a solution. Tsukiyama Asari gritted his teeth, stuffed the two girls into the exhibition hall on the left side of the stairs, and whispered, "Don't make any noise. When they are far away, go up the stairs and go to the rooftop."

After saying that, he didn't have time to look at the other party's expression, and ran directly to the corridor on the right side, deliberately making a loud noise, as if he was running away in a panic because he was discovered.

The small group of people who were chasing were indeed attracted, and hurriedly chased to the right side of the corridor. The man in the lead raised his gun while chasing, and fired several bullets at the front, all of which passed by the edge, and none of them hit the vital points.

I didn't expect that I could enjoy the treatment of the protagonist's body outline again.

Tsukiyama Asari complained in his heart, and then regretted it. They shouldn't be allowed to go upstairs by themselves. Who knows what they'll encounter upstairs. Before this thought could even go through his mind, the system kept talking.

[They'll both be eighteen next year...hide to the left. It's time to let go. It's not a good idea to keep protecting the kids. They'll have a family sooner or later.]

The system spoke earnestly, like a neighborhood committee lady who came to comfort an old mother who was sad because her children had left home. She also reminded him to avoid the direction of the bullets at the end of her words. When Tsukiyama Asari was alone, this system, which usually didn't talk much, spoke a lot.

Tsukiyama Asari's response was concise, 'Shut up, get out.' '

He accepted being called the boy's mother, but what a weird name to call the child's mother.

The system turned around, but did not shut up and lie down as he wished.

[How are you going to hide? The people behind are chasing you relentlessly.]

'Hiss...' As the two talked, the black-haired man was shot in the shoulder by a bullet, and he kept making a sound of inhalation. It's not a good idea to keep wasting time like this, 'Go find Yu Gu Miao to rescue me.'

At the critical moment, Yu Gu Miao still has to rescue people!

[If you go over now, I don't know whether he will save you or you will save him.]

The system kept splashing cold water.

Because of the system's words, the black-haired man immediately remembered the situation with Yu Gu Miao, and felt that the pain in his back and shoulders that had been hit was even worse.

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A few dozen meters away, the people who had just been discussing the issue were leaning against the wall.

Yutani Mio lowered his head, holding his abdomen tightly with his gloved hands. The blood that gushed out wet the fabric of the gloves and stuck directly to his fingers, which was very uncomfortable.

When he went on a mission, he thought it was troublesome and never brought the painkillers that Kasugawa Shugo sent him regularly. Now he regretted it very much.

Just now, in order to let the special police who came to rescue the remaining hostages go under Gin's supervision, who knew that he was shot directly in the abdomen by several bullets. Although he was a vest, he was just a card after all. The wear and tear of the card would not disappear because of the reversal of time. Even if it was reversed to the time before the opponent fired the gun, the wound would still exist. In other words, once injured, there is no way to recover, and he can only wait for the wound to heal.

He could only leave the scene in a somewhat wolfish manner and temporarily hide in this place to treat the wound.

It hurts so much... The only thing to be thankful for now is that his earphones were knocked off in the previous head-on conflict. Without the constant monitoring of Gin as the supervisor, his movements are much more convenient.

He bit his lower lip so hard that his originally bright red lips turned a little pale. After he let go, his lower lip that had been bitten hard became slightly broken and swollen. The severe pain was amplified several times by the effect of the medicine, causing Yu Gu Miao to gasp a few times between his lips and teeth. He closed his eyes, his black feather-like eyelashes trembling, covering his bright cold gray eyes.

The man's long windbreaker was not well-tailored, and he couldn't find anything to temporarily tie up the wound to stop the bleeding. He could only cover it with his hands in vain, then leaned against the wall and slowly propped himself up.

At this moment, footsteps were heard in the distance. They were deliberately light footsteps. The person who came was obviously professionally trained. If it weren't for the silence here and the killer's more sensitive hearing than ordinary people due to the effect of drugs, he would not have noticed it at all.

This kind of footsteps is either the special police sent by the police, or the people who have not yet evacuated.

He was not afraid of either of them. Unlike the criminals, he did not wear a mask or combat uniform. Yu Gu Miao still adhered to his usual style, dressed like a normal person who was visiting an exhibition. Although he had a direct conflict with the special police just now, he was so far away and used to moving in the dark in this situation where he could not see anything clearly. The special police could not even see his figure clearly. It was impossible for them to recognize him. He was probably mistaken for an exhibitor who was accidentally trapped inside.

As for why he did not wear goggles like the others, he could have just fooled around. If it was someone from the organization, it would be easier. He could also use the other party's supplies to treat the wound.

Thinking like this, for the sake of safety, the man pulled out the dagger from his waist, pressed his body against the wall, and waited for the other party to approach. He

is not a special police, nor a member of the organization, but just an ordinary exhibitor?

When the man walked in, the first thing Yu Gu Miao saw was his clothes. It was just an ordinary sweater, not the combat uniform worn by any party.

Is he an ordinary person... Why would an ordinary person walk in such a professional posture, and this sweater looks familiar...

It's Shuichi Akai! I was wondering why he looked so familiar, he wore this when he went to Suemitsu Sosuke's place this morning!

He just said that he was not afraid of anyone, but this is Shuichi Akai!

His relationship with this guy in the organization was not a good one, no... He didn't have a good relationship with anyone, but the feeling Akai gave him during his undercover period... was not the same as the other two.

After all, Amuro Toru and Morofushi Kagemitsu were close friends of Kasugawa Hiirago at the same time, so of course he would help him quietly. Although he never did such a thing again after that incident, his attitude towards Shuichi Akai was the same from the beginning to the end... Who made Rai really look like Gin to a certain extent? As a boss, it's good that he didn't arrange this guy to work on the farm!

Yu Gu Miao gritted his teeth and immediately launched an attack while thinking. After the cold blade turned a circle between his fingers, he suddenly stabbed at the opponent, using all his strength when swinging it.

Akai Shuichi, who was dressed as Okiya Subaru, had a cold light flashing in his dark green eyes hidden under his glasses. He quickly stretched out his hand to intercept the opponent's wrist. After the attack missed, the opponent quickly retreated and kept a distance.

"I didn't expect to meet FBI dogs here." The two stood on either side of the small exhibition hall. Yu Gu Miao's cold gray eyes were surprisingly bright in this dim environment, as if they absorbed all the weak light coming in from outside. He raised the corners of his mouth, sneered, and said sarcastically, "Are you homeless?"

Thank you Bourbon, you have provided me with a lot of new words... I always feel like I have forgotten something important, it shouldn't matter, right?

While Yutani Miu was complaining, Shuichi Akai suddenly opened his narrowed eyes after hearing these words. His dark green pupils were sharper than the blade that almost pierced his shoulder just now. He tightened his mouth, and the faint smile he had always worn as Okiya Subaru retreated, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Jundu completely recognized his identity.

He could not hear any tentative meaning in the other party's words, and he was completely determined to say the fact that he was Shuichi Akai who was already dead in the eyes of the organization.

It seems that there are only two choices now. Kill Jundu or capture him back.

Shuichi Akai narrowed his eyes. Due to information bias, his attitude towards Cointreau was much colder than that of the two members of the Public Security Team. Although he had many guesses about the sharpest knife of the organization after learning that Morobushi Kagemitsu was still alive, they were just guesses after all.

He had seen the other party skillfully wielding the two daggers more than once, as if the cold blades were already a part of his body. Cointreau was fast and fierce in both speed and attack, but he was not up to the mark in terms of strength alone, and...his movements were a little slow this time.

A strong attack must be more effective than competing with the opponent in skills.

After understanding this, Shuichi Akai no longer hesitated and rushed to attack the opponent first. As expected, the opponent dodged the punch in an instant and retreated directly to the right.

It seemed that Yutani Miu easily dodged the opponent's attack, but in fact he was gritting his teeth. The wound on his abdomen really hindered his movement. This time, he had almost no chance of winning against Akai Shuichi. The only thing he could do was to find a chance to evacuate.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was better to save the

green mountain than to worry about the firewood. If he was caught by this guy directly or torn up here, it would be a big problem. Yutani Miu, who landed lightly beside Akai Shuichi, quickly adjusted his movements and attacked from the opponent's most difficult position to defend. Unexpectedly, because of the serious injury, his movements were delayed for a moment, and he was actually grabbed by the wrist by the FBI agent who was already prepared.

After his wrist was grabbed, he quickly turned the dagger and slashed it towards the opponent's arm. The poisoned dagger in Jundu's hand was well-known. After seeing his action, Akai Shuichi temporarily released his wrist in order to avoid the slashing blade.

The two of them fought in the room for a while. Several times, Yutani Miu tried to find the right opportunity to escape but was pulled back by the opponent. His abdomen hurt even more during the fierce fight. When he dodged the opponent's attack again, he finally tore the already bloody wound because of his action. The whole person was frozen in place, and his movements slowed down for a moment.

The next second, the man felt dizzy. Just when he was distracted by the injury, Shuichi Akai grabbed his wrist holding the dagger. He didn't know where he pressed, but Yu Gu Miao's hands went numb and the dagger fell to the ground.

Seeing that the opponent had lost his weapon, Shuichi Akai narrowed his eyes and pulled the man towards him. He grabbed the opponent's wrists with one hand and controlled him with his wrists held above his head.

Yu Gu Miao could feel that his back was about to touch the opponent's chest because of this posture, but he was powerless to resist. The repeated tearing of the gunshot wound made him wish he could swallow ten bottles of painkillers and fall asleep.

"Hmm?"

Shuichi Akai couldn't help but feel a little confused about the fact that he suppressed the other party too easily. The two of them were very close, so he could clearly feel that the killer, whose wrists could be completely wrapped by one hand, was trembling slightly.

He raised one eyebrow, and in this posture, he reached out to the opponent's abdomen with his other free hand. He carefully explored his slender but extremely explosive waist and abdomen, and felt a hand full of warm blood.

It turned out that he was injured.

The FBI agent did not feel embarrassed to take advantage of the other person's misfortune. Instead, a little laughter leaked out from his lips and teeth. The hand that was originally just lightly placed on the other person's abdomen was slightly pressed hard, and sure enough, the man in front of him shook his shoulders and squeezed out a few low moans from his lips and teeth.

Yu Gu Miao only felt his sweat flowing down the corner of his forehead, across his cheeks, and continuously dripping down, wetting a small area of ​​skin and fabric. His abdomen, which had been hit by two or three bullets, was almost twitching because he was being pressed mercilessly.

...I should have asked Fei Niao Wu to add ten times the sugar to that bowl of cream udon noodles, and let you die of sweetness in the cafe!

He gritted his teeth and thought, and kept dodging to the side, trying to free his waist and abdomen, which were originally his weaknesses and now became fatal points because of the gunshot, from the opponent's hands.

"Don't move." Shuichi Akai threatened in a low voice. He felt a few drops of liquid hit his hand that was stroking Cointreau's abdomen. His movements paused for a moment, and then he realized that this guy was not someone who would cry because of pain. It was probably just sweat.

After saying that, Mr. Ace Agent didn't care about the other party's reaction. He just touched the other party's wound and checked the situation.

It looks really serious. If it is not treated, it will be troublesome if it can't hold on for a while.

Thinking of this, he kicked the dagger farther, and simply turned around, tied Cointreau's hands behind his back, and then pressed his shoulders to throw him against the wall.

When his back hit the wall, Yu Gu Miao couldn't help but lower his head and let out a slight inhalation sound. He squinted his eyes and tried to hold up his body so as not to slide down the wall.

Akai Shuichi stood in front of him, casting a shadow that completely covered Yu Gu Miao, who was slightly hunched over due to pain. The man narrowed his cold gray eyes and gritted his teeth to look up at the other party.

After knowing that he knew his identity, Akai Shuichi no longer had the intention of hiding it. His dark green pupils were illuminated by a little light, but the rest of his face was still hidden in the darkness, and his face was a little blurry. Only the emotions in his eyes shot through all the darkness and pierced directly at Yu Gu Miao.

A wolf-like person.

Yu Gu Miao squinted his eyes, because of this scene, he finally recalled something from his memory that should have been forgotten long ago.

These two people are so damn similar at this moment.

Even though he has no fear of Gin, his body has long remembered the pain when Gin broke his bones inch by inch a few years ago. Yutani Miao gritted his teeth and turned his head away to get himself out of this memory.

This little emotion only lasted for a second or two for him, but it fell into Shuichi Akai's eyes exactly.

The man, who was still dressed as a gentle graduate student, was thinking about what he could use to bandage the wound of the code member in front of him who had fallen into his hands. After seeing the other party's fleeting expression, he couldn't help raising half of his eyebrows, and then quickly figured out something and spoke.

"What did he do to you?"

Shuichi Akai pushed his glasses, his eyes full of inquiry and interest.

Author's words:

Thank you for reading

A Miao (thinking): What on earth did you forget

System (shaking shoulders): You shouldn't know his identity at all! Wake up!!