Jiang Lai didn't know how long he had slept. Logically, the effect of this special anesthetic injection shouldn't last that long. However, coupled with Jiang Lai's physical and mental fatigue, he remained in a coma for a relatively long time.
Jiang Lai's body felt like it was immersed in warm yet dark water. After knowing that Hagiwara Kenji had come to pick him up, he felt completely relieved and fell into a deep sleep. He was floating in his drowsy mind, but he didn't dream.
Until consciousness gradually returned, Jiang Lai's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his blurry eyes.
The light in the room was dim. It was almost dark outside, but perhaps considering his rest, the house didn't turn on the main lights, keeping the atmosphere dark so that he could sleep well.
Jiang Lai blinked his eyes gently, and everything in his sight gradually became clear. He tilted his head and looked in the direction of the sound -
There were two familiar children standing at the window opposite. Upon hearing the slight sound, the silver-haired boy immediately turned around.
"Brother Jiang Lai!" He rushed over, but stopped in front of the bed and didn't rush over. "You're awake, how do you feel?"
"Well... much better." Jiang Lai supported himself with his hands and half sat up against the head of the bed. He smiled and said, "Xiao Zhao, do you want a hug?" He opened his arms naturally.
However, the silver-haired boy shook his head: "No... Brother Jiang Lai is injured, and if I hug you, your wound will be touched."
"It's okay. It doesn't hurt too much now." Jiang Lai responded with a smile. His eyes turned to the chestnut-haired boy who also walked over. "Oh, Natsume-chan is here too."
"Brother Jiang Lai." Xiao Xiamu looked at him with warm eyes, full of blessings, "I'm so glad that you're okay."
"Natsume came here with me after school." Kurosawa Akira said beside him.
"After school..." Jiang Lai was slightly stunned, and then asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"About two days." Kurosawa Akira tilted his head, "Today is Monday."
Two days? Jiang Lai was slightly surprised. Normally, the anesthetic specially made by Dr. Agasa would have a very short anesthesia time, basically no more than an hour, but he actually slept for two days.
"I don't understand what the doctor said," Kurosawa Akira said with a downcast expression, "From what Hagiwara-san explained, strangling your neck blocks the blood and oxygen supply, causing suffocation and coma, which is very dangerous, and the possible consequences for the brain are uncontrollable. Add to that the beatings and psychological damage you received, so the duration of your coma is uncertain..."
Is that so? But in fact, he was not really suffocated and unconscious, and the beating and psychological damage he received were not serious. Everything was just a superficial appearance in front of others. Jiang Lai thought silently in his heart and glanced at the mobile phone placed on the bedside.
It seems that I need to look at the hints here later to find out what is going on.
"Which hospital is this?" Jiang Lai continued to ask, already having some guesses in his mind.
"Beika Central Hospital." Kurosawa Akira replied, "What's wrong?" He raised his eyes curiously.
Jiang Lai narrowed his eyes. It really is this family.
This hospital is a well-known large hospital in Beika Town, so it is normal that it is familiar to everyone. However, since Jiang Lai knew that this was where Hagihara Kenji was hospitalized and received his medicine, he has paid extra attention and vigilance to this place.
I had thought that after the amusement park incident was over, I would conduct a thorough private investigation, but I didn’t expect that I would be hospitalized directly in this hospital!
This progress bar reads too fast!!
However, if this hospital is indeed connected to the organization and has problems, then my coma over the past two days may be related to it.
Jiang Lai had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but his face showed nothing. He answered Kurosawa Akira's question, "Nothing. I just wanted to know if the hospital is close to home. How did you get here?"
"Take the bus from school." The two children answered in unison.
"However, Brother Hagiwara will come to visit you after his night shift and then take us home." Kurosawa Akira added, "Brother Hagiwara has been taking care of me these past two days."
"Oh, that's right. Then I must thank him when I'm discharged from the hospital." Jiang Lai smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, what were you doing at the window just now?"
"Looking for the little god of fortune." Kurosawa Akira blinked his dark green eyes.
"…Little God of Fortune?"
"It's the little god of fortune that only Natsume can see!" Kurosawa Akira tilted his head, "Natsume saw the little god of fortune passing by the window, and he said that maybe if the little god of fortune was closer to you, it would make you get better soon, so he was looking for him just now."
"Haha, thank you lovely children." Jiang Lai rubbed the heads of the two little ones one by one, and then chatted with them.
On the way, Natsume's relative called him and said that he had something to do tonight and asked him to come back early. So Kurosawa Akira went out to send Natsume home by bus.
Jiang Lai reminded them to be careful on the road, then waved goodbye. When the ward door closed, he looked away and glanced at the mobile phone on the bedside table again.
The cell phone was placed quietly on the bedside table. Jiang Lai picked up his cell phone and took a quick look at its shell - there was no stain on the outside, and there were no strange things on it.
The phone is naturally equipped with a lock screen, but Jiang Lai knows that ordinary lock screens cannot prevent intrusion by those with ulterior motives. However, if he uses hacking technology to strengthen it, his image as an ordinary person will become suspicious.
Therefore, Jiang Lai did not actually strengthen his lock screen, but simply edited two sets of programs - when facing someone with ill intentions, the phone can be unlocked, but the files and programs displayed on the phone desktop all belong to the set of [ordinary person] Jiang Lai, and there is absolutely no trace of abnormality in it.
At this time, Jiang Lai turned on his mobile phone and took a look at the programs he had edited. He found that the number of startup times in the set of programs belonging to "Ordinary People" had increased by 1.
...Sure enough. Jiang Lai was not too surprised. A cell phone, which involves personal privacy and secrets, would definitely be cracked while he was unconscious.
But I'm sure I found nothing. The phones of ordinary people are full of warm daily life and ordinary office workers.
Of course there were photos of him and Kurosawa Akira in the album, but since someone had been keeping an eye on him, they must have known about Kurosawa Akira's existence long before checking his phone.
The question is, why are they targeting me?
Jiang Lai pondered.
The hidden boss's identity cannot be exposed, and no one knows except himself. Even Samuste... Although this guy has the memory of thinking that he is the boss because of hints, the battle between the two bosses should be kept secret for the time being except for the people in the winery who participated in it.
Because the current BOSS does not want the outside world to know about the split in the organization, the hidden BOSS is still relatively fledgling and acts relatively low-key and cautious.
Jiang Lai: Plus...the so-called family shame should not be aired in public (bushi)?
Moreover, if the organization really suspected that he was the hidden boss, whether it was true or not, that gentleman would definitely choose to kill a thousand people by mistake rather than let one go, just in case.
Bingjiu's identity should not be exposed. After all, Xiao Mianyang and Jiang Lai only had contact with Ruby that time, and he didn't leave any evidence.
HLJ should not have any exposed points at the moment.
Following this line of thinking, it is more likely that it was because of Kenji Hagiwara or Jinpei Matsuda, and then they dug themselves up and tried to test their background - the ones who tested their background because of these two people might be the Public Security Bureau or the organization.
But since it is in this suspicious hospital, it may have something to do with Pinot Noir.
Jiang Lai tilted his head and thought for a moment, intending to look for clues from comics and forums.
The last time he saw the comics updated, it was only when the three candidates for Pinot Noir were released, and he hadn't opened it since then. Now there are many updates in it.
The next chapter after Conan meets Ueda Kariko begins with two comic panels side by side, showing the tasks that Rum and Gin give to Ice Wine. The two sides have completely different attitudes towards their target.
Jiang Lai: Oh wow, a classic scene. :-D
——The sheep’s task of copying and pasting to do two jobs at the same time has begun!
He even went to the forum to read the discussion and analysis of this task.
The first half of the forum was filled with the hahaha and slurp about the little sheep working two jobs at the same time, the screams and cheers for Qin Ye's final appearance, and the folk detectives who were ready to explore the three-choice Pinot Noir.
After all the laughter, screaming and sniffing, there was some discussion about the camp issues.
The forum users started by joking, saying things like "The rum belongs to that gentleman, and the gin belongs to Boss Lai!" and "Qinqin and Lailai, get close!" After that, they started a serious discussion and ultimately concluded that this had nothing to do with factions, but was just a matter of different attitudes towards solving problems, which was similar to Jiang Lai's guess.
The subsequent content is basically the same as Jiang Lai's experience, but, probably for the effect of choosing one out of three, the filters are particularly prominent every time Ueda Kariko, Komiyama Yuu, and Hagihara Kenji appear. At the same time, when it comes to certain words and actions, the filters are deliberately deepened and the details are magnified.
Jiang Lai: People come and go, but the filter of the underworld is as solid as iron (applause)!
Choose one of three dedicated misleading filters, you deserve it.jpg
The next chapter involves the hostage set. Jiang Lai perked up and prepared to see how the comics described the scenes inside and outside the building.
However, before he turned to the next page, he suddenly heard the slight sound of a door opening.
Jiang Lai habitually turned off his phone and looked up at the door.
The white door of the ward was gently pushed open, and a silver-haired boy squeezed in from outside and then closed the door.
"Oh, Xiao Zhao is back." Jiang Lai greeted with a smile, and then heard a slight "click" sound after the door closed.
"Hmm?" Jiang Lai blinked, "Did Xiao Zhao lock the door? The nurse won't be able to come in later, and it will cause trouble for her."
"..." Kurosawa Akira walked to the bedside in silence. Unlike when little Natsume was there just now, he now restrained his previous joy and immaturity, leaving only a sense of calmness and gloom. "I don't want to be disturbed." He said.
"But the nurse sister really has a job." Jiang Lai still responded with a smile. He looked into the other's eyes and noticed that Kurosawa Akira's eyes were not pure dark green or pure light gray, but a mixed color between the two.
The silver-haired boy sat on the bed and said, "...I want to have a good chat with you, Brother Jiang Lai."
Author's comments: Jiang Lai: Chatting is fine, but if the door is locked, it will be inconvenient for the nurse to work (holding.jpg)