Chapter 45: Expulsion Order Wholesaler Huiyuan Today was too long...
"Thank you for the delicious curry and strawberries. Anything else?"
Huiyuan started to send customers away. I couldn't tell her how many times this had happened today. She might have sold out a month's worth, or even a quarter's worth.
Translation: "I've accepted the meal. You can leave now. Goodbye. Thank you."
This tone is no longer suggestive, it is explicit.
Huiyuan's three ways of seeing someone off: accepting it, giving a perfunctory thank you, and politely sending them away.
The food is here, but everyone else is leaving. Sister Bei is almost suffocating in the cupboard.
The ultimate secret of social phobia: use the most polite words to drive away the person you want to drive away the most.
Even though Okiya Subaru was annoyed by Haibara's abrupt words, he didn't show it. "Actually, Kudo-kun said you might have information on pre-war cipher manuscripts. The one in the cafe? I'm very interested in this kind of historical stuff."
The classic method of making excuses to delay time.
Kudo Shinichi: When you are outside in Hawaii, the pot falls from the sky.
The topic continued, and Huibara probably started typing Morse code for help in her heart.
Huiyuan's heart trembled: "This is just a piece of historical gossip, no big deal."
Heart: pounding.
My brain is working like crazy: how to say the most perfunctory words in the most calm tone. Waiting online, it's urgent.
"But it's so important that, after all these years, it's still worth stealing," Okiya Subaru gently retorted. "And it's so complicated that even Officer Takagi couldn't immediately guess its value."
Red's precise finishing blow. Using Takagi's measurement unit is not very damaging, but extremely insulting.
Officer Takagi: Please don't cue me, thank you. I was also hurt by the public opinion today.
Gently refute (No), gently end the conversation (Yes), gently push the other person into a corner (yes).
He leaned against the dining table, studying Huibara. "I thought maybe we could talk, with Kudo. Three is better than one."
The red field unfolds: the feeling of suffocation in the kitchen. Nakajima's posture is full of pressure.
"Three people are always better than one" - Does it mean that Conan's joining can effectively prevent Haibara from overturning the table on the spot/Bai Jie from breaking out of the closet?
Haibara: Indeed, including the ones in the cabinet, there are exactly three people in my family now. Do you want to call Edogawa and we can play mahjong together?
Bei Jie in the closet: Hmm? Call me?
Haibara: Thanks for the invitation, but I don’t want to talk anymore. My cabinet is going to explode if I continue.
"Not tonight," Huibara said. Maintaining a polite facade was taking its toll on her brain. "I'm tired. Today was too long."
This is the truth. (Chinese translation:) Today's CPU has reached its limit. If you don't leave, I'm going to crash. The radiator can't hold it down.
"Today is too long", translated as: Every second spent in the same room with Vermouth feels like a century.
Huiyuan OS: Go away. If you don't leave now, the "surprise" in my closet will burst out and greet you. (Beijie's smile.jpg)
The subtle emotion in her voice must have convinced him that the Red Mind Reading Technique had been successful, capturing Huiyuan's "True Heart Tired" wave.
Subaru Okiya straightened up and nodded. "Next time, then. Enjoy your curry. It's best to heat it up and add some coconut milk."
The probing ended, and he temporarily withdrew his claws.
Moreover, one second she's in a standoff over intelligence, the next second she's teaching you how to cook. She even reminds you to heat up the curry and add coconut milk?? Akai Subaru's wife attributes overflow the screen.
My ex-brother-in-law's wonderful care: Although our relationship is complicated, we still have to eat well? (Grayfield: My mood is even more complicated.jpg)
Subaru Okiya is a hexagonal family man who combines cooking, sniping, intelligence, and racing.
However, my sexual orientation doesn't match that of Miyano Shiho, so I can only have a one-way relationship with her. (Spreading hands.jpg)
Subaru Okiya added, "If you need help, you know how to find me."
Chinese translation: You have saved my phone number. Call me anytime if you have any questions. I am on call 24 hours a day.
"I will." At Conan's insistence, Haibara had already added Shuichi Akai to the shortcut keys of her mobile phone, and her mini alarm was sent to Conan and Shuichi Akai at the same time.
Alarm double insurance. Ke's sense of security: FBI ace + myself, double silver bullet protection.
So even though Shuichi Akai had been there for such a long time, she didn't press the alarm, which might have made him think that there was no danger after all.
Shuichi Akai's POV: She didn't press the alarm = safe.
Haibara Ai's perspective: I didn't press the alarm = if I pressed it, you would come, and if you came, it would be even less safe. This is a top-level information gap.
It's a whole "Yika Town Misunderstanding Award".
Aka's confidence interpretation: She didn't press the button = safe = my aura is as stable as Mount Tai.
The actual source of danger: It's in the closet right under your nose, Akai. Sister Bei's smile is watching from the dark.
So Haibara never pressed the alarm because the biggest "source of danger" (referring to Vermouth) was the one she "invited" back (dog head).
The biggest danger isn't physical damage, it's the phantom Shura field behind the door. (The scent of lilies is spreading~)
The weight of a secret sometimes does not lie in the fact that someone is hidden, but in how the secret grows hot in the darkness, burning the breath and choices of those who know the secret.
But what Haibara carries is more than just the truth. It's the shadow of her sister, the shadow of the organization, the shadow of Akai, and now... that elusive, deadly blue-green glint in the closet.
Mihua's secret was woven into a web. She stood in the center of the web, with the alarm lying silent in her palm.
Ding Dong, what would happen if the closet door opened the next second?
A. Bayonetta makes a graceful entrance: "Ah, let's discuss historical codes? Add me in?" (Danger. Red pupils tremble.)
B. Huiyuan closes the door at lightning speed: "It's an illusion. You didn't see anything." (This is a case of trying to cover up one's own faults.)
C. Bayonetta throws a smoke bomb, picks up Huibara and runs: "Kitty, follow me." (Aka: ??? Field expands.)
D. Nothing happened, but after Akai left, Beijie secretly added a large amount of chili sauce to Okiya Subaru's curry. (Bei's revenge)
Who is under the greatest psychological pressure in this tense confrontation?
A. Ai Haibara who is worried that her vest and the cabinet will fall off together.
B. Vermouth listened to the entire thing in the closet and remained silent.
C. Shuichi Akai, who tries hard to play the role of a good neighbor but feels that he is being treated perfunctorily.
D. Kudo Shinichi sneezed in the Mouri Detective Agency but didn't know that he was being sold again.
"Ai-kun, are you sure you're okay? You look... nervous."
Here it comes, I said I was leaving, and Akai Shuichi's "mind reading" is online again. I'm afraid Ai-chan's expression management is going to fail.
Nonsense, how could I not be nervous? There was a multi-faceted actress hiding in my home, and an FBI ace standing outside, who was also my deceased sister's ex-boyfriend.
This configuration is enough to perform a spy drama, and now it all takes place in a small kitchen.
But what Akai Shuichi didn't know was that what he should be concerned about wasn't the tension, but Tachibana. (Pointing)
"Just tired." Huibara repeated her previous excuse, scoring twice. The same excuse, double the perfunctory, "I'm fine, I'm just tired from school (referring to being the mascot of the Junior Detective League)."
Translation: Dealing with that woman Vermouth is more tiring than doing scientific research at Dr. Agasa's house for a year. It's exhausting.
It is indeed a long journey. In the morning, she is a genius scientist, in the afternoon, she is an elementary school student, and at night, she has to be an undercover agent, harboring a female cadre of the Black Organization. Even 007 is not as busy as her.
A long day: refers to the extreme tension between the film queen with many faces of the organization under the same roof, performing a lesbian version of "My Dangerous Housemate".
She could tell that the concern in Akai Shuichi's voice was genuine, which made it even harder to lie to him.
This man loved her sister deeply, fought against the organization, sacrificed everything in pursuit of justice, and once told her that he was willing to protect her with his life.
But she was hiding the enemy he was determined to destroy.
The most difficult relationship ever: harboring a high-ranking official from the organization who was at odds with her deceased sister's ex-boyfriend. This is some kind of Jiang's shrewd, shrewd literature that's been imported into Beihua Town.
In the Q-version theater, Huiyuan could be braver and say directly: "Yes, I have a hidden 'beauty' in my house, and it's your mortal enemy. Are you surprised? Are you surprised?" (Then there will be an explosion pit in Beika Town on the spot)
Akai's truth vs Ai-chan's lies. This time, it's about "My sister-in-law and cousin is hiding my mortal enemy and I have no idea."
Although in the final analysis, Haibara was trying to protect him and prevent him from being shot by Vermouth.
It's not about hiding a criminal, it's about protecting my ex-brother-in-law.
Ai-chan: I'm not hiding an enemy. I'm just afraid that you two might start a fight, tear down the professor's house, or blow up the entire 2-chome area. I'm protecting the public property of Beika-cho (and my friends).
Translation: Ai-chan's good intentions - to save Akai's life and prevent Bayonetta from getting jealous and pulling out a gun.
How to prevent the FBI's ace from being physically eliminated by his (fake) girlfriend
Akai: Thank you, sister-in-law. Although I didn't know.jpg
"I appreciate your concern," she said seriously, "but it's not necessary."
Subtext: "Please leave now. If you don't leave, my house will become a battlefield."
This sense of alienation and politeness is very similar to being questioned by relatives during the Chinese New Year.
"Really?" He turned around and looked at her: "Ai-chan, if someone puts pressure on you, if someone threatens you——"
Does Sister Bei's beauty and temptation count? This threat level is SSS.
Cousin's Alert: Something feels off, but I can't put my finger on it. Is it the tangerine smell?
"There's no threat," she interrupted. "Everything is under control."
Haibara Ai, the queen of talking, has her heart beating as fast as if she is DJing, but she still maintains the queen-like look of "everything is under control" on her face.
The flag has been raised. Facing that Hollywood enchantress, Haibara's "I have everything under control" is roughly equivalent to Maori Kogoro's "The case is solved," or Gin's "I won't make a mistake this time."
Control? You mean the person in control of the kitchen, a ticking time bomb who could pop out and start a fight or shoot at any moment?
He looked closely at her face. "You know, you can trust me."
A man wearing a voice changer, a fake face, and the vest of "Okiya Subaru" said to her: "You can trust me." This sense of trust... is probably as high as believing that people will die wherever Conan goes.
The words "believe me" came from a man wearing a mask for disguise. Although the reason was justified, she couldn't help but want to complain about the irony in it.
A sudden noise came from the kitchen, breaking the deadlock between the two.
Akai immediately walked towards the direction of the sound, and his body language instantly changed from that of a worried neighbor brother to that of a well-trained agent.
In the last second he was the gentle big brother next door, and in the next second he switched to the character of "Ace Agent". His facial changes were faster than Sichuan Opera.
Haibara followed with her heart beating faster and found that the window was open, the potted plants were knocked over, and the soil was scattered on the floor and countertops.
"Stand back," Akai ordered, walking to the window and looking out. He tensed up and scanned the yard. "Someone's been here."
"It might be the neighbor's cat." Huiyuan said weakly, "The one I mentioned to Conan before."
She knew it was most likely a neighbor's cat, and there was no way Vermouth would escape by jumping out the window. It wasn't graceful at all.
Even if Bayley were to run away, she'd still have to walk with a light, graceful catwalk, surrounded by fragrance, like she was in a perfume commercial. Jumping out of a window? That's Kidd's job, not the female star's.
Elegance is timeless. This is the last stubbornness of the actress with many faces.
He glanced at her, "Cats don't usually open locked windows."
Xiuyi: In Beika Town, where Newton's laws still barely apply, cats can't open locks. Unless it's the cat from Lupin III's family.
Is it possible... that this is a "Ke Xue" cat?
He pulled out his phone. "I'll call Conan. We need to make sure the house is safe."
Oops, here comes the biggest flaw in the whole drama.
A top FBI agent encountered an emergency, and his first reaction was not to call his colleagues Judy or Kamal, but to call a 7-year-old elementary school student.
Conan: Wow? What's going on? I'm just buying groceries. What? A thief? Wait until I skate over. Five minutes, five minutes at most.
It can be seen that in Shuichi Akai's mind, Conan's combat effectiveness = an FBI task force + unknown parameters.
Conan: Thank you for the invitation. I'm in Hawaii and just got off the plane (learning to pick locks). Has your business scope expanded to include FBI domestic security?
"That's really not necessary—"
She was anxious. Calling Conan, wouldn't that be exposing the truck? Once Conan arrived, he and Akai would search together, conducting a thorough search. Who could hide Vermouth's aura from?
"Is it unnecessary? I disagree." He narrowed his eyes. "Someone has been here, Ai-chan. Someone doesn't want to be seen. That's never a good sign in our world."
Translation: In Beika Town, the flapping of a butterfly's wings could cause an explosion.
"You don't have to call him. I didn't notice anything unusual," she lied calmly, "but I'll be careful."
Ai-chan had given up struggling and didn't want to explain anymore, so she gave the order directly.
Akai looked around the kitchen, "You just had a visitor."
It is not a question but an affirmative sentence.
Masaka, do you smell two different brands of shampoo in the air? (One is Ai-chan's, the other is Bei Jie's Chanel)
Huibara's heart trembled, but she remained calm: "As I said, Edogawa-kun was here. He left just before you came."
"Yeah." Akai responded vaguely.
At this moment, the atmosphere was frozen, and the dust in the doctor's living room was shaking.
Akai's radar is scanning the "Ji Zai crime scene". #Orange Manga Detective Online#
He glanced around the room and brought up an old story. "There were two teacups. One of them had a faint lipstick mark on it."
Key point: A faint lipstick mark. It suggests the owner took a simple sip, gracefully and calmly. Clearly, the blonde, legs crossed, clutching a simple Japanese teacup, and with a captivating smile, left this deadly yet captivating "evidence" for the child across from her.
This lipstick mark can be called "Pandora's Box of Ji Qing".
Akai Shuichi, what you open is not the truth, but the door. (Both physical and metaphorical doors, after all, Bayonet herself is still in the closet)
Sister Bei: Thank you for the invitation. I’m in the closet and just left a lip print. This wave is my strategic mark (lit a cigarette)
Huiyuan was secretly angry that she had overlooked this point, but she still maintained a poker-like expression on the surface: "I'm trying on makeup."
She can decipher the chemical formula for APTX4869, but can't come up with a perfect lie to protect her "secret girlfriend." Her excuses are pathetic and she needs to be retrained. #BreakDownActing#
There's a high probability that Vermouth is in the closet, and she's laughing so hard that the door is shaking.
Even Huiyuan herself felt this excuse was hollow, but now she was in a difficult position and had to continue acting no matter what: "For ordinary girls my age, wearing makeup is very popular these days."
Critical hit. "Ordinary girl."
The most extraordinary girl in Conan says that she is an "ordinary girl", which in itself is the biggest lie.
Or perhaps, it was her helpless sigh for Miyano Shiho who could never go back, and for the girlhood that was deprived of her.
Ordinary girl Miyano Shiho: At the age of 18, she worked in a winery as a researcher. At the age of 19, she was a primary school student. By the way, she played in-closet play (tactical fadeaway) with dangerous beauties.
Akai turned around, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Girls don't usually pair their tea with... what is that? Chanel No. 5?"
A decisive blow.
I can even smell the perfume. Can you just wash off the scent of Bei Jie?
Moreover, he didn't even expose the lie of "trying makeup", but followed Huibara's words and directly opened a second battlefield, attacking at a lower dimension.
Why are all the undercover agents in organizations like beauty bloggers? Their noses are sharper than a dog's. First there was Toru Amuro, who knew everything, then there was Shuichi Akai, who could tell a woman by her scent. Do Japanese and American agents need to take a beauty certification exam to join the force?
Source of Akai's perfume knowledge base: 1. Special training for Teacher Judy 2. A required course for lurking in a male host shop 3. Purely to break up couples (?) #Reasoning Blind Spot#
His precise observation made Huiyuan's heart tremble, but she couldn't admit it no matter what, so she crossed her arms and said lightly: "Okiya-san, I didn't expect that you knew so much about women's perfume."
Classic tactics: When you cannot refute the other party's argument, attack the other party's position. It is best to add a little bit of personal attack, but don't be so direct that people can catch you making a personal attack.
Huiyuan is like this, immediately pointing the finger at "How can a grown man like you know so much about perfume?" The subtext is "Are you a little bit effeminate?"
When masters fight, every move is fatal.
Huiyuan tilted her furry little head and continued to change the subject. With a hint of sarcasm in her tone, she continued, "Should I be... worried about your love of perfume?"
Ai's venomous tongue arrived late, seemingly a personal attack, but in reality it was a psychological defense to disrupt the other party's interrogation rhythm.
(dog head) Akai: Thanks for the invitation. I'm at the professor's house. A seven-year-old girl just accused me of having a strange hobby. I'm currently in a stable mood.
Vermouth in the closet narrowed her eyes upon hearing this. Outside, the confrontation was tense, while inside, she was enjoying her own VIP feast. She could watch a hundred episodes of this "my girlfriend arguing with another man for me" drama.
However, after thinking about this sentence, Vermouth felt that Haibara was being hypocritical.
Before, Conan accurately said the specific model of this perfume, but Subaru Okiya only said the brand of the perfume but not the model.
But Haibara didn't jokingly imply that Conan was effeminate and could recognize perfume.
Sister Bei in the cabinet laughed wildly: Just now, Xiao Yindan recognized the specific model but was not criticized. Akai, you lost completely. #TheBirthofDoubleStandards#
Sorry for the "double standard".
To Conan: You are so knowledgeable, you are indeed a famous detective.
To Akai: You are so understanding, you are so perverted.
After all, she trusts Conan as a partner, but is wary of Akai, her sister's ex-boyfriend and an FBI agent with a complicated identity.
In the closet, Vermouth's moist lips were as hard to suppress as □□.
Sad subconscious: Protecting Conan is instinctive, fighting Akai is a necessity, protecting Sister Bei? That's called strategic buffering. (Lights a cigarette) #PsychologyのVictory#
However, most likely, the truth is that Ai-chan doesn't care whether a man is effeminate or not. She only cares whether the woman in the closet smells good or not.
A little smile appeared on Akai's lips: "Observation is our common survival skill. Huibara-kun, tell me, who came here just now?"
Beautiful counterattack.
Akai didn't answer this question, which would have been awkward no matter how he answered it. Instead, he directly elevated Huibara's "hobby" to the level of a "survival skill," which not only resolved the awkwardness but also secretly reminded Huibara: "You and I are the same kind, don't play these tricks on me."
Survival skills (No) Catching adultery skills (Yes) #FBIのSide job expansion#
"Haibara-kun"—that was a wonderful name. Not "little sister," not "Ai-kun," but "Haibara-kun." It was an equal, even respectful, address, acknowledging her status as a rival.
The subtext is: "Your little trick is cute, but I see through it. Now, tell the truth." You are worthy of it, Shuichi Akai.
After all, he is an ace agent who loves Bi Ai. His skills are still online.
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