Chapter 58 Symphony of Red and Black 14



The police were driving very fast and after a while they could no longer see the people behind them.

When they could vaguely see the I-shaped building not far away, Qichuan Yuan suddenly signaled, "Please stop in front."

The police officer looked at him disapprovingly, "Mr. Qichuan, what can I do for you? If it's not urgent, you can wait. It's very dangerous outside. We will be in a safe place soon."

Qichuan Yuan didn't say much, just looked out the window calmly, "No, stop for a moment, you guys keep going."

They still disagreed, but Qichuan Yuan was so determined, and since his own mother had no objection, they couldn't refuse, so they had to agree to stop in front.

Mrs. Gojo had been sitting quietly by the side from the beginning to the end. She was stunned for a moment after hearing Sugawa Gen's request. Worry first appeared in her eyes. Then she was covered with tenderness and said without any extra words, "Be careful."

Qichuan Yuan's figure slowed down slightly, and then he asked them for a gun for self-defense. After getting off the car, he quickly hid in a nearby wooden building.

The skilled and professional movements made the people in the car exclaim inappropriately, "He is really reliable and has high martial arts skills. It would be a pity if such a person didn't become a police officer."

Then he subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Gojo as if he remembered something, and instantly withdrew his thoughts as if his eyes were burned, feeling a little embarrassed and regretful.

Saying such things in front of someone's mother is just a subtle criticism of her for ruining her child's future.

Gen Sugawa had a safe journey. There was an abandoned car on the road. He drove along the path towards Conan. He hesitated for a moment, turned on the full-channel signal, and called Furuya Rei?

"Are you okay there?"

Even though I still hate Furuya Rei, this is not the time to act mad.

Furuya frowned. He hit the enemy's wrist and knee, and felt that he was moving so smoothly that it was unreasonable. He hesitated and said, "It went smoothly, but some members of the organization are surprisingly weak. I feel very strange. Gin can't be that weak."

Qichuan Yuan was stunned, "Gin?"

Isn't Gin with Shuichi Akai?

Furuya Rei confirmed, "Yes, it's Gin and Vermode."

Qichuan Yuan couldn't help asking, his tone was filled with urgency and doubt, "Are you sure? Did you see it?"

Furiya Ling was a little annoyed by the doubt in his words, but he still said truthfully: "No, it was my subordinates who informed me of it. I just didn't see it during the confrontation. What, did you find anything?"

Sugawa Gen said hurriedly, "Of course, Akai Shuichi is dealing with Gin."

"Fooled." He calmed himself down and asked, "Jingguang, how are you doing?"

Morobushi Kagemitsu had just finished fighting, and he had his subordinates capture the surrendered members of the organization, and then replied, "What are the characteristics of the gin you are talking about?"

Furuya Rei: "Long silver hair."

"It's him. Fu Jingguang thought for a moment, "We must have been fooled. My subordinates here also notified me of long silver hair."

An idea suddenly occurred to him, and he subconsciously widened his eyes, "They are deliberately distracting us! Quick! Everyone, go to the squad leader to provide support!"

Qichuan Yuan comforted him, "No, calm down first, I'll confirm it."

"Brother, have you seen Gin? Are you sure it's him?"

Akai Shuichi must have just finished fighting. He gasped in pain and spoke in a rather irritable tone, "Yes, that's right, but we can't find him now."

Sugawa Gen nodded, "You go back and protect Conan, leave this to us."

The organization sent someone to pretend to be Gin in order to dispel their vigilance. It seems that the real target is somewhere else. The most dangerous place at the moment is the ambush point in the center. No one knows what will happen there. So far, it is still calm there. I hope they can hold on.

After Sugawa Gen sent the password, Conan Edogawa successfully entered the laboratory. But as soon as he saw the inside of the laboratory, he felt a thick, sticky and malicious chill in his heart - the inside of the laboratory was very monotonous, without too many decorations. There were only dense wires extending from the ceiling under his feet, connecting to the dark blue glass tank with a moldy green color in the center, and there was only a lonely brain with a strange bloody glow inside.

There are two small fiberglass containers placed next to the brain, one on the left and one on the right, containing two hearts. Conan Edogawa almost instantly thought of the hypothesis of a brain in a vat.

He had learned about this information before, and at that time he felt that the bold assumption of mankind was absurd and mysterious. But when the real realization was in front of him, he felt an incomparable sense of absurdity. He took two steps forward with composure, and vaguely saw the brain with ravines and grooves squirming, and two hearts standing beside it, expanding and contracting regularly, just like the hearts of real people.

He had seen all kinds of bloody and cruel murder scenes before, but none of them were as chilling as this kind of inverted, psychedelic, and distorted tranquility.

He felt his stomach twisting and aching, his throat felt stuffy, and he finally couldn't help but hold on to the wall and vomit.

He suppressed his nausea and took out his phone.

"Hey, Huibara."

Huihara Ai: "Edogawa? What happened?"

Conan Edogawa frowned and forced his eyes to stay on the glass tank in front of him. "I have a question for you. Has the organization conducted any research on brains in tanks? No, has the organization conducted any research on consciousness transplantation?"

Huiyuan Ai rejected it almost immediately, "No, what are you talking about? The organization's research direction has always been in drug development."

But she suddenly hesitated, "Wait, I remember seeing information about mental experiments in the organization's archives. I remember I saved this information." She seemed to be looking up some information, and the sound of keyboards clacking came from the phone. "Found it, yes, the organization had an experiment of consciousness transfer seven years ago, but it didn't say whether it was successful or not. What's wrong?"

Conan Edogawa's eyes flashed with a glimmer of understanding. He calmed down and continued to ask, "Let me ask you, what is the purpose of the organization's research?"

Huiyuan Ai was silent for a moment, "..If I have to give an answer, it should be immortality. What's wrong, have you discovered anything?"

"Not sure, have you ever met a BOSS before?"

"No, no one has seen him, including Qichuan. We don't even know if he is a man or a woman or even a human." Huiyuan Ai also understood what he wanted to say and opened her eyes in disbelief, "You mean..."

"No one has ever seen it before. It is mysterious, has an eerie voice, and is like a net that covers the sky and the earth and controls everyone. I have always wondered what kind of person could be so mysterious, and how powerful it must be to know everything about the organization. But I subconsciously ignored this possibility - it is not within the scope of human beings, why can't it be a computer with self-awareness."

"Yes, I suspect we have all been deceived. The boss is not Qichuan's mother, but this monster without a body."

Conan Edogawa finally smiled with determination and confidence. He held the phone that had been hung up at some point and murmured, "We found the brain of the organization."

Huiyuan Ai looked at the hung up phone: "..."

I hate every mystery teller who disappears mid-sentence equally.

Conan Edogawa confirmed his thoughts, but was confused for a moment. If this was true, the brain in the vat had self-awareness, so why had it not responded until now? Was there any necessary facility?

The laboratory was extremely dark, with only the three strange glass jars emitting a faint light. Conan Edogawa turned on the flashlight and checked along the complicated circuits, but was inadvertently tripped by an unknown object.

He looked over with a strange expression on his face. He picked up the plug on the ground and fell into deep thought. A reasonable yet ridiculous idea came to his mind.

Could this plug be used to connect the power supply of the brain in the tank?

The boss in the organization actually needs to be recharged?

Suddenly, Conan Edogawa's face froze. He heard clear footsteps coming from outside, and there was only one person.

Could it be Gin! Conan Edogawa's eyelids jumped. There was no cover in this laboratory. He frowned and scanned the empty laboratory. His eyes lit up when he saw the three glass jars.

After losing Gin, Shuichi Akai returned to the lab. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, with a few cuts on his face. Because both of them had killed each other, Shuichi Akai had some difficulty walking now. He was stabbed in the thigh. But he also shot Gin in the waist with Gin's Beretta.

The door of the laboratory opened, and it seemed that Conan had successfully entered. There was no one inside. He frowned because of the things inside, and instantly looked away and called out, "Conan."

There was a slight sound, and a figure suddenly appeared from behind the glass tank. Akai Shuichi pulled out his gun reflexively, but he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing clearly, "You are here."

"Mr. Akai, why are you here too?"

Edogawa Conan got up from the ground with a wry smile and patted the dust off his body. He paused, squatted down and touched the ground, and instantly there was a thick layer of dust on his fingertips.

Why is there so much dust on the ground?

"What's wrong?" Shuichi Akai noticed his abnormality and walked to the side, but saw Conan Edogawa staring at the ground thoughtfully.

"I'm thinking that our previous guesses may have to be overturned." Edogawa Conan stood up and said calmly.

"Our previous idea was that Lady Gojo was forced to become the boss of the organization. Another speculation was that Lady Gojo was a puppet controlled by the boss. Qichuan also proposed that this was Lady Gojo's active choice. But we think this possibility is unlikely, so we ruled it out."

Conan Edogawa's eyes were sharp, like a sword drawn from its sheath. "But we have overlooked one problem. Mrs. Gojo is Sugawa's mother. No one knows Mrs. Gojo better than Sugawa. The idea he proposed is the one that is most likely to be close to the truth."

"Yes, it is possible, but how is it done?" Akai Shuichi nodded. "A person who pursues immortality obviously has an irresistible desire for power, money or something else. Everyone in the organization knows that the boss's control over the organization has reached a pathological level, and he will never give up power."

Conan Edogawa chuckled, "No, he really doesn't want to give up, but what if he is forced to give up power?"


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