Chapter 32: Underground Laboratory After all, reality is often stranger than fiction...
While making up professional terms, Haibara took Conan to the basement laboratory, away from the spiral staircase.
This wave of "luring the tiger away from the mountain" + "making a feint to the east and attacking in the west" is indeed a tactical skill. Greetings to the Queen.
Today's Ai-chan is also incredibly intelligent and charming. I'm really rooting for her and Bayley's "secret romance."
It's like this: A beautiful woman hides in the doctor's house, using clever tricks to deceive Shinichi. Upstairs, the beautiful woman lies lazily, while downstairs, a storm rages. Ai-chan's heart is filled with knots, while Conan's mind races with questions. The more they try to hide their feelings, the more they become known, hoping to share their bed soon. (Not really)
Haibara: The first step to saving the relationship is to trick the detective into the basement to see the poison.
In the lab, Haibara showed Conan various test tubes and 3D printouts she had made while working on the Logos simulation, and made up a complicated story about molecular structures and toxicology reports.
The scientist, who was skilled at lying and even brought along PPT and 3D printed parts from other projects, instantly turned into a female agent with her acting skills on full display.
In other words, the "Grayfield Brand High IQ Trick Class" was a success, and its target: the perennial elementary school student detective.
Aijiang OS: As long as I speak professionally enough, he won’t be able to tell that I’m lying. (dog head)
Conan: Although I have doubts, my image as a top student cannot be shattered. Let me hear it first.
"So you're saying the poison was administered gradually, not all at once?" he asked, examining a chart she had hastily pulled from an old research folder.
Generally speaking, the more improvisation there is, the more likely it is to reveal flaws in the details, but Ai-chan's operation is so professional. #Detail-oriented carnival#
"That's right." Huiyuan nodded, relieved to see that he seemed to believe her improvisation. "The murderer is playing a protracted war. This tactic is quite sophisticated, really."
Aijiang's inner drama: Phew, I almost got caught, luckily my acting is solid. #Oscar owes you a little golden man#
She began to imitate a certain movie queen, and imitation is one of the most subtle forms of infatuation.
Conan frowned, his mind already processing this new clue and what it meant for his case. "This changes our current assumptions about the timeline. If what you say is true, then the main suspect's alibi is untenable."
Conan's logical reasoning can continue, but what he can't see is that another "timeline" has also been changed - Haibara has changed from a rational scientist to a woman with the aura of Vermouth in her subconscious.
"You'd better talk to Mr. Maori as soon as possible," Huiyuan suggested, thinking this was a chance to get him out of here. "This might be the breakthrough you've been waiting for."
Ai-chan: Go, go, don't delay my sweet time with my sister. (bushi) #Standard operation of turning on the light bulb#
She seemed to be rationally sending them away, but in reality, she was trying to cover up her panic. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would say more Vermouth-like words.
Conan hesitated and looked back upstairs: "I want to ask you one more thing. Ayumi said that the American woman seemed to know you. She said that there was...some tension between you two."
Tsk tsk tsk, after receiving Takagi's report, Conan went to Ayumi to confirm the details. His ability to solve the case is really amazing.
Ayumi-chan, are you a fan of the Bellatrix and Eilish couple? She's once again a human lie detector: "A little nervous" = cueing the romantic tension.
Huiyuan still maintained a calm and icy face: "Kid, you want to knock on everything. I have never seen her before today."
This sentence was said too quickly, and it sounded like a line from a play. The more she pretended not to know him, the more it showed that she was guilty.
"Are you sure?" Conan asked, his eyes sparkling behind his glasses, "Because Ayumi said that woman called you a little scientist. It feels a bit strange to call someone you just met that."
Conan: "I don't believe you." His glasses reflected the light, revealing only one truth. (Although this time it might not be the truth he was thinking of, but another pink truth.)
The "little scientist" nickname alerts her. This isn't a nickname; it's an act of emotional labeling. Vermouth is announcing to everyone: I know her well, and I'm worthy of calling her that.
Inwardly, Huiyuan complained about Ayumi's increasingly sharp observation skills. After all, hundreds of episodes of detective work and dozens of episodes of hostage-taking experience weren't wasted: "She overheard me and Officer Takagi talking about the chemical properties of coffee stains. It was just a joke." #The more you explain, the more confusing it becomes#
Aijiang's inner OS: The naughty kid misled me. #It's good for elementary school students to occasionally help out, but please choose the right occasion#
Ayumi: I'm just an innocent child.
Conan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Takagi also said that she seemed to know you."
Officer Takagi: Humanoid CP detector, online.
"Maybe she looks familiar." Huiyuan said as she sat down on the chair and beckoned Conan to come over: "Why are you so interested? Don't tell me that the great detective is jealous of me making a new friend."
The best defense is offense.
Look familiar? This is unforgettable. Don't pretend.
"New friend." The kind that could kill you.
"Jealous? Masaka..." Conan really went into defense mode. He was being manipulated again.
"Edogawa-kun," she said lightly, "Not everyone is connected to the organization."
The subtext is: "Don't blame everything on the organization, you don't understand the affairs of us fairies." #Change the subject first-level athlete#
This sentence actually points out Conan's "occupational disease" or "post-traumatic stress" - everyone looks like the Black Organization. But the world is not just black and white, there is also a rainbow. (Orange in the orange) #LilyFilterSee the World
"You have a point," Conan agreed, the detective's sharp eyes never leaving her face. "But some of them are indeed members of the organization. And you did behave strangely today."
Conan: Solving the case.
Ai: In love.
Help, he is the only man in the audience who is seriously following the main storyline.
Ten thousand years of elementary school students, within a radius of ten miles, love is prohibited (bushi) #Beihua Town Chief Steel Straight Man Certification# #Shinichi, a humanoid self-propelled wooden #
Kudo Shinichi's love detector has a lower sensitivity than Nokia 3310.
"Some people are organized people," "But this woman is shining today."
Conan: I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, my detective radar is ringing.
It's just a woman in love, what woman wouldn't be weird? With pink bubbles emanating from her body, how could it not be weird? #LovebrainTheClues#
Translation: Ai-chan changed from "Sherry Cold Brew" to "Vermouth Special" today. #The flavor change is too obvious#
"Ah la, I've always been weird. Different, that's part of my charm."
"Ah La" - where the dream begins.
Huibara regretted what she said the moment it came out of her mouth.
This kind of narcissistic style of dialogue is obviously the style of Vermouth.
It is recommended to conduct a thorough investigation to see if Ai-chan has been installed with any Bayonetta voice pack.
Gray original heart: pupil earthquake.gif I am dirty, I was polluted by that woman. # 从魂の悸#
About the time I said Bayonetta's lines but was frantically retracting them in my heart
The case was solved by the "Love Immersion Language Learning Method".
Ai-chan is incredibly proficient in Bayonetta's lines. #Database comparison successful: 99.9% similarity#
Holmes's sharp comment: "When you eliminate all the impossible, what remains is..." The truth is: your mind is full of her. #Stay tune to the classic yuri version#
She had only spent a few hours with Vermouth today, but she had already picked up her way of speaking.
100% synchronization in just a few hours? What kind of love virus is this? It's so contagious.
What is the infectious power of the top alpha (Vermouth)? (tactical retreat)
Danger. Sorry, your account has been hacked.
This is no longer simply "those who keep company with vermilion become redder", this is "those who keep company with pearls become arrogant".
"It's just a few hours", "enough to complete the personality rewrite", Sister Bei's Gu King's strength is so terrifying. #The Dark Organization's True Brainwashing Technology#
In linguistics, this is called "code-mixing," and emotionally, it's called "Baijie meme pollution."
First of all, her choice of words and sentences have an English translation tone, which can also be explained because her conversation with Vermouth is a mixture of Japanese and English. After all, one is American and the other is Japanese-English, so it is normal for them to speak English.
It can also be considered as "cross-cultural language communication practice."
In linguistics, it is a very common situation that when switching the language of a conversation, the fixed expressions of the previous language are brought in.
This is the reason why many overseas Chinese are told by their old friends that they speak strangely in the first week after returning to their home country during summer vacation.
Ordering on my first day back home: “Hello, can I have an, uh, ice latte?”
The pain of international students around the world: It’s not that I want to pretend, it’s that my brain can’t switch back.
But Haibara is not Ryuko, she is deeply infected by a "specific target." We need to face the core of the problem. (Pointing fingers)
This kind of narcissistic statement cannot be explained by "I spoke too much English today and couldn't understand Japanese for a while."
The translator's tone can be explained, but the queen's narcissistic remarks cannot be explained.
Key point: narcissism. This is the soul signature of Miss Bayonetta, it cannot be faked.
Language can be confusing, but temperament can't deceive. This is Slay's DNA.
Bayonetta's classic aria.
It's over. I was taken advantage of by that woman.
What is this? It's the mark of love. It's a declaration of possessiveness. It's the invisible dog food.
Vermouth's charm = source of mental pollution, personality synchronization can be completed after just a few hours of contact.
The law of love in Beika Town: The more you deny it, the more you become like her. A yuri variation of the true fragrance law.
Multiple choice questions. (Take note)
Q: What is the root cause of Haibara Ai’s “Baby Sister-like” symptoms?
A. Language Meme Parasitism (Scientific Explanation)
B. Sister Bayonet secretly cast a spell, causing the precursors of Stockholm syndrome. (Organization's Black Technology)
C. Love lowers one's intelligence and automatically impersonates the other person. (The truth)
D. Aoyama Gosho's bad taste, lily line's tentative feeding. (The eyes that see through everything)
E. The latest side effect of APTX4869: intermittent personality change.
Behavioral psychology is true. Long-term close contact will really make people imitate each other.
This is most likely the so-called "meme theory of love", where the qualities of an excellent (or charming) partner can be contagious like a virus.
Conan's eyes sharpened. "It's remarkable that a tourist can understand Japan's criminal procedure so well."
Elementary school student Detective Conan's occupational illness strikes again. Just now he was cueing Bayonetta's knowledge of Japanese history, and now he's talking about criminal prosecution procedures. This is clearly a tease for Haibara.
Huibara managed to maintain an Arctic iceberg poker face, but her heart was in turmoil. "She said she's a fan of crime novels. Apparently, this kind of novel is loved by many people all over the world, not just you who have thousands of copies hidden at home."
First, make up some attributes of Vermouth, and then turn the tables and cue Conan's own hobbies.
"Hmm." Conan looked unconvinced. Men's intuition was sometimes quite accurate, especially detectives.
Huiyuan glanced at her watch. "Aren't you going to be late for dinner? Mr. Maori gets irritated when he eats cold food."
Maori: I'm just a tool, right? (feeling wronged)
Conan checked his watch and frowned, "Yeah, I should be going. But I'd like to continue this conversation tomorrow. I also want to ask you something."
Xiao Ke's "frown" was definitely not because of dinner, but because he was unwilling to accept that he had not been able to get the information out of him.
"Let's continue our conversation tomorrow." Does this sound like elementary school students quarreling and agreeing to fight again tomorrow?
"About the antidote?"
Huibara immediately turned the topic to "business", trying to use scientific rigor to cover up the emotional throbbing.
"Um...it's still about that tourist." His eyes were sharp and a little uncomfortably sharp. "There was something familiar about Takagi's description of her."
Straight to the point. Why does Vermouth look familiar? Is it true that when you see a beautiful blonde, you automatically suspect she's from the FBI or the winery?
Huiyuan's heart trembled, but her tone was calm: "I don't know. She said this was her first time in Japan."
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something else going on in the cafe. However, even though there was a detective in front of her who was good at reasoning, she had no way to discuss this matter with him. It was like she had lost an intelligence plug-in.
"Everyone lies," Conan said simply, "especially those who are well-informed and interesting."
This temptation, this little look, has Conan secretly learned the appreciation of tea art?
Well-informed (No) Have you seen (shui) your mother (Yes)
I've literally met your mother Yukiko, and I've been wanting to do this for years...
"Not everyone is a scary international criminal, Conan."
This is a case of trying to cover up one's own faults. The more you explain, the more suspicious it becomes.
International Criminal (X) International Film Queen (X) Sweetheart (Yes)
"A former member of an international criminal organization said so," Conan retorted with a smile.
Conan is killing people with his sword. Good guy, a critical hit with a backhand. Precisely controlled, a single blow to defeat the enemy. This knife stab is so powerful that no one but a close teammate would dare to kill him.
Miyano Shiho's dark history was brought to light.
Kudo Shinichi's poisonous tongue skill is activated. The effect is outstanding.
The little detective's tea art skills are at the highest level, and he can reveal the secret in one sentence.
Huiyuan felt the corner of her eye twitch.
I am angry, but I have to hold it in for Sister Bei.
Eye twitching = wanting to roll her eyes but being unable to do so due to her character. Haibara's facial expression management is facing an unprecedented challenge.
At this moment, Ai-chan’s inner OS is: Kudo Shinichi, just wait for me, I will add some ingredients to the antidote next time.
"Anyway, I came here to see if there's been any progress on our antidote."
Conan, have you forgotten that you are a detective, not a client who only knows how to urge homework.
"Nothing has changed since you urged me three days ago," Huiyuan said coldly. "Science won't make any rapid progress just because you're impatient."
Huibara's tone and her "impatience" were real impatience, because she knew there was a dangerous and charming woman upstairs.
"I know, I know." Conan sighed and slumped in his chair, "It's just that Xiaolan's birthday is coming soon, and I think maybe..."
Conan: I'm such a ruthless drug-fueled machine. It's Xiaolan's birthday, Haiyi Bara, could you please be a little more considerate?
"I wouldn't do any dangerous chemical experiments just to take my girlfriend to dinner at the Sky Tower. You've been lucky so far, but don't forget, the side effect of aptX is shrinkage, and it has a high probability of death. So, could its antidote have a side effect that's also lethal, something we haven't discovered yet?" Huiyuan made up a theory to scare him. "Anything else? I'm busy."
Haibara's words sounded righteous, but what if it came to the "dangerous chemical experiment" between herself and Vermouth?
And, indeed, she was too busy suppressing her restless heart. This was clearly a "don't bother me, I'm having an underground relationship" attitude.
In the bedroom, she knew Vermouth would be curious.
Probably smelled her perfume.
Maybe reading her notes.
Maybe she was lying in her bed with a foxy grin on her face.
"Speaking of which." Conan leaned forward, trying to change the subject to ease the situation. "Today, I heard some interesting things from Teacher Judy."
A classic elementary school detective opening move. Such a mysterious tone. #ConanGossip
Hearing the FBI agent's name, Huiyuan's heart trembled: "Oh?"
"Someone found Vermouth in Tokyo."
King bomb...Boom.
This kid Conan is deadly as soon as he opens his mouth.
At this moment, the alarm bells ringing in Huibara's heart were as loud as an air raid sirens.
She congratulated herself for having maintained a poker face for all these years: "Oh, is she really having popcorn? This is really worrying."
The actress Ai Jiang's inner OS: "More than just worrying, the person is in my bedroom, Koko." #PokerFaceSelf-cultivation
Is learning useless? A man who remains calm even when Mount Tai collapses in front of him and does not panic even when a beautiful woman lies down (that would be strange).
Besides, Conan was talking about Tokyo, and she was talking about rice flower...
This is a basic verbal error, and even a genius with an IQ of 180 can make it.
"More than just worry. Judy thinks she might be after you."
Chasing you. Highlighting the key points. This will be tested.
The word "追" is used very cleverly. Is it the "追" that means to pursue or the "追" that means to pursue?
Conan is a blockhead with emotions, I'm afraid he only got to the first level. But the orange spirits in the barrage have seen the fifth level. #Do you want this blessing?
Teacher Judy knows how to assist. Although she may not know what dangerous Ji Qing CP she is assisting.
"After all this time? Why is she coming now?"
Conan shrugged. "Who knows what she's thinking? But Teacher Judy is worried, so she asked me to remind you."
Conan, this sentence is true. Don't try to guess what a woman is thinking, especially the mind of a fairy like Vermouth who has lived for hundreds of years. #女人心海针
Down the hallway upstairs, there was a soft thumping sound—so faint that others might not have heard it, or thought it was the house sinking. But it was none other than Conan.
Here it comes. Classic plot. Is the hidden beauty in the golden house about to be exposed? #Large-scale social death scene preparation
He turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the sound: "What's that sound?"
The ears of a primary school student are comparable to military radars. They can hear a mosquito yawn through the wall.
"Maybe it's just the cat." Huibara blinked and said calmly.
Ai-chan: Stay calm, I can win. As long as I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed. Textbook-level calmness. #CalmQueen
At this moment, Sister Bei in the bedroom: Meow? (Accompanying the performance)
Conan frowned: "You don't have a cat."
Straightforward boy. One sentence choked Ai-chan to death. #straightmanspeak#atmosphere destroyer
"The neighbor's cat." She corrected herself and said, "When the window of Dr. Agasa's laboratory is open, it sometimes sneaks in."
Haibara: As long as I react quickly, lies can't catch up with me. This ability to respond on the spot is worthy of being a former Black Organization scientist. #Jizhongshengzhi
"Neighbor's cat," I get it. The kind with big, wavy blond hair? The kind with a slinky tail? #OrangeInOrange
Conan looked unconvinced. He stood up and took a step toward the spiral staircase. "I have to go check it out."
Conan: There is only one truth. My curiosity can no longer be suppressed. #ToolmanConanOnline# Don't go or you will die
"Ah, there's really no need." Huiyuan said, walking over to block his way: "That cat is very timid in front of strangers and will even scratch people."
Cat: I won’t take the blame for this. Hum.
Conan narrowed his eyes: "Wait a minute, when did you have a neighbor with a cat?"
The keen insight of the elementary school detective is so terrifying.
The soul-searching question is coming. Huiyuan's boat of lies is about to capsize.
"It started about last month. We're just ordinary neighbors, and since you don't live here anymore, you naturally don't remember."
Conan frowned, obviously still not convinced: "Habara, are you hiding something from me?"
The straight ball attack is the most deadly.
"Like what?" She forced a smile, which even she felt was hollow and powerless. She was truly guilty. "Like if there's a dangerous killer hiding in my bedroom? Come on."
Oh, in fact, Vermouth is hiding in her bedroom now.
Famous scenes are expected... What is high-level humor? What is serious nonsense? Huiyuan, this wave is a reverse prophet. #killingcrazy
At this time, Sister Bei in the bedroom was probably laughing secretly, and she also gave a thumbs up to Ai-chan's acting skills.
The extreme operation of a girl with an IQ of 180: she told a "truthful joke", wrapping the truth in a shell of lies.
She knew very well that sometimes, telling the absolute truth would sound like telling a ridiculous joke, and adding sarcasm could actually reduce the suspicion.
After all, reality is often stranger than fiction, and the truth sometimes sounds like a joke.
In the real world, there is often a sense of absurdity: "Everything I said is true, but why don't you believe it?"
This extreme irony actually gave her a little sense of security (?) #DangerousEdgeCrazyTemptation
At this moment, Vermouth was listening to the conversation between the two. What was she most likely thinking?
A. "Oh, Yukiko's little detective is still so sharp, but my Shiho-chan's acting is really good, she is worthy of being the woman I like." (Queen's speech)
B. "If this little brat asks one more question, I'll go out and give him a surprise." (Dangerous statement)
C. "Shiho-chan is so cute. She even made up a story about the old lady next door to protect me. Aaaa" (love-brained speech)
D. "It's so boring. How about letting a real cat out to entertain the kids?" (speaking out of fear of chaos)
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