Chapter 57 What's Matsuda doing here? [VIP]
Yuichi and Conan, who were standing nearby, noticed that Cheng You's face was pale and were a little worried. Yuichi walked over and tugged at Cheng You's sleeve, asking softly, "Brother Cheng You, what's wrong?"
Cheng You then came to his senses. He scratched his head and said with a grin, "It's nothing, hahaha. I just suddenly remembered that I haven't finished the study abroad report that the teacher assigned. The thought of having to frantically catch up on the assignment makes me feel bad."
No one present could truly empathize with what they were going through.
Yuichi and Conan's expressions both faltered for a moment: This excuse was truly incomprehensible.
Well, that's what my college life was like.
Cheng sighed, "Ah, Miss Ran, Miss Sonoko, Mr. Kujo, it seems I have to leave first. But I'd like to have a meal first. I wonder if Conan would like to come along?"
Conan nodded: "Okay, Brother Cheng You, I don't understand anything here. I want to eat with Youyi."
"Hmm," Ran hesitated, seemingly worried that Conan's wandering around might cause trouble for Cheng You and delay his report writing. "Mr. Cheng You, won't this delay you?"
"It's alright," Cheng said with a smile, "I still have time to have a meal with the kids."
After saying that, Cheng You took Youyi's hand and led Conan out of the exhibition.
Halfway there, Cheng You suddenly whispered, "Cecil seems to have noticed me."
Conan: ? ? ?
Yu frowned: "What do you mean?"
"I have a pseudonym that's connected to Cecil, the BOSS of the research institute. Now, it seems he's discovered my true identity, but I don't know if it's true or not." Cheng explained to Conan and Yuichi. He was genuinely helpless and could only hope that Conan had any good ideas, or that Conan would also keep an eye on Matsuda Jinpei's side.
Cheng continued, "My alias is friends with police officers Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji, and Cecil is using this to threaten me."
In fact, Cheng had a vague idea of Cecil's thoughts. He might not really know who Matsukawa Yuki really was, but he knew that after threatening him with the policeman Matsuda Jinpei, he would lose his composure and thus affect his thinking.
Cecil couldn't guarantee that Matsukawa Yukiki would be at this exhibition, but most organizations now knew that the Black Organization and the research institute would be there, and the Public Security Bureau and the FBI knew it too. He was betting that Matsukawa Yukiki knew as well.
Yuki Matsukawa had no choice but to help Cecil obtain the human genetic code he wanted, because Cecil was using Jinpei Matsuda as leverage. In this situation, Yuki Matsukawa only had one path to take.
Yuichi paused for a moment and said, "Don't believe him. That old fox likes to bomb and threaten people. He deals with so many drugs every day. I remember when he was young, he was so crazy that he experimented on himself. His eyesight is very bad. There's no way he could recognize you without having fought you."
"Just as I thought." Cheng You smiled, feeling a sense of relief, but something about Youyi's words felt rather strange...
Cheng looked at Conan's pensive expression, then at Yuichi. Yes, how could Yuichi know so much about Cecil?
Noticing Cheng You's questioning gaze, Youyi shrugged: "Brother Cheng You, it's a secret I've always wanted to tell you. Oh, right, Conan, I can tell you, but I hope you can protect Brother Cheng You and the people he cares about."
Conan was stunned for a moment: Although you believe in me for the good of me, Cheng is obviously in more danger, okay? I protect him? Huh?
Cheng Youye looked at Conan with complete trust: "I believe you. You're the protagonist! The chosen one!"
“I’m a child Cecil picked up at the research institute. I was Cecil’s research tool, and also a killing tool, nurtured from childhood. Seven years ago, I escaped from the institute’s guards. They probably didn’t expect that I was actually far more capable than they imagined. I know everything about that old fox Cecil.” Yuu’s pink face was very calm as she spoke of the past, as if she had already abandoned it all.
They didn't go to a crowded place to eat; instead, they sat on the stone benches outside and talked.
Cheng You remembered that seven years ago, when he first met the people from the research institute in Nishino Ward, those men were talking about things like "the machine ran away." At that time, Cecil saw Matsukawa Yuki and said that he wanted to turn him into his own machine.
Cheng Youyou felt a pang of sympathy and couldn't help but pat Youyi's head. He was genuinely furious that the child, who was so unlikeable from the first meeting, was being treated this way by Cecil.
Conan gripped Yuichi's hand tightly and said firmly, "Yuichi, I will definitely bring Cecil to justice!"
Conan and Yuichi are both 17-year-old geniuses who were given the drug A and turned into children. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they develop a mutual respect for each other.
Yuichi couldn't help but laugh; this was the first time he had laughed so sincerely in front of anyone other than Cheng You.
After a short while, Cheng You suddenly thought of something and asked, "Youyi, will Cecil recognize you now? You're still a child."
Youyi shook his head: "Not necessarily. I'm much fairer now than I was back then, and... I've also gained a lot of weight." After he finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Brother Cheng You.
Cheng You: ...Now that you mention it, it seems to be true. He remembered that seven years ago, when he first met Youyi, he was indeed very thin, so when Youyi bumped into his lower abdomen, it really felt as hard as if he had been hit by some kind of weapon.
The second time we met... well, let's start with the time three years ago. Although he was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who had left the research institute, he hadn't taken good care of himself. He was still very thin, and standing there from a distance, he looked like a stick.
Later, when they met again in the first year of Ke Xueyuan's reign, Cheng You only watched from afar. At that time, the seventeen-year-old boy was still thin and weak, and even after being given A drugs, he was still so thin.
When exactly did Yuichi start getting healthier and healthier...? Cheng You, who had been taking care of Yuichi, really didn't notice any obvious changes.
Cheng You smiled and raised his face: "Hmph, I'm very good at taking care of children."
“Now I know that the research institute and the Black Organization want that human genetic code. I suddenly have an idea: I'm going to use Li Hua's identity to get close to Gin.” Cheng You chuckled mysteriously. “Should you guys leave first?”
Yuichi and Conan both shook their heads.
Cheng You: "Alright, why don't you go find Miss Xiaolan and then sneak away? But I need to go find Mr. Midorikawa now; my disguise tools are still with him."
Conan's expression turned serious: "Be sure to be careful." He suddenly remembered seven years ago, when a stranger named Matsukawa Yuki appeared out of nowhere. At that time, the young Kudo Shinichi was preoccupied with taking Ran home and didn't pay much attention to the stranger's nonsense.
It wasn't until later, when Conan suddenly remembered, that he realized how coincidental everything had been.
He only remembered that the person mentioned two names: Matsukawa Yuki and Li Hua, both of whom would firmly stand on Kudo Shinichi's side.
When he heard the name Li Hua spoken by Cheng You, he was momentarily dazed, as distant memories flooded back.
At that moment, Shinichi Kudo's last remaining doubts about Cheng You vanished.
Cheng You then said to Conan, "Um, about my police friend, Matsuda Jinpei, I hope you keep an eye on him, Kudo."
Conan nodded: "No problem."
Conan took Yuichi to find Ran and said to Ran, "Brother Cheng You has gone home, but Yuichi still wants to play with me."
Ran also enthusiastically took Yuichi's hand and led him here to see the exhibition.
Cheng You then contacted Morofushi Kagemitsu, and the two met in the restroom. Cheng You changed into Li Hua's eccentric, flamboyant, and unruly face, with black hair and black eyes, thus saving the trouble of wearing colored contact lenses.
Cheng You also brought up Cecil's threat to him, hoping that Morofushi Kagemitsu could pay more attention to the situation with Matsuda Jinpei.
Just as Cheng You was about to leave, Zhu Fujingguang stopped him: "Cheng You, be careful in everything you do."
Cheng nodded, smiled, and patted Morobuchi Kagemitsu on the shoulder: "Don't worry, trust me."
After Cheng You left, he sneaked backstage and mentally planned his next steps. This matter had to be carried out by the identity of "Li Hua," and Conan and Yuichi couldn't be involved.
He appeared in the control room in a flash, looked around, and quickly identified all the power switches. He then located the power supply controlling the entire hall. Cheng connected the system interface to the switch, set a program to control the power outage time, and after completing this, he put on his night vision goggles and directly cut off the power.
The program is set so that the light will turn back on after ten minutes.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, we might also catch the research institute and the black-clad organization's undercover agents. If possible, it would be even better to find out Bordeaux's identity.
The lights went out, and there was a moment of panic in the hall, but fortunately, the security guards from the Suzuki and Kujo families were professionals, and they quickly restored order.
Cheng Youfei ran over quickly, took out the magnetic card he'd gotten from the security guard, swiped it to open the display case, stealthily took out the machine containing human genetic code, and immediately left. In the distance, he seemed to see a blond man in the Japanese lab also wearing night vision goggles, and he could make out the appearance of Li Hua in his vest.
But Cheng You didn't seem to care; a smirk played on his lips. "Gotcha."
Cheng retreated into the shadows, took out the machine, and read data from it. After reading the data, Cheng directly altered all the data in the machine.
At this moment, all the lights in the hall turned on.
Everyone's eyes were slightly stimulated. Cheng You, who was observing from the shadows, noticed that the blond man from the Japanese laboratory immediately looked at the display case.
This person could be an undercover agent from the research institute or the Black Organization, or he could be Bordeaux, but his demeanor is different from what Morofushi Kagemitsu described, so he might not be.
Cheng shifted his gaze and vaguely saw a familiar figure; he couldn't be mistaken.
He was a man wearing a baseball cap and black sunglasses; even with the hat on, his black curly hair was still very noticeable.
It was Matsuda Jinpei, and his gaze lingered on the empty counter.
Why is Matsuda Jinpei here?
Cheng noticed that in the shadows behind Matsuda Jinpei stood a man with long silver hair and a trench coat, and a fat man in a top hat.
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