"It's... the brain."

Okiya Subaru's eyes darkened.

The boy's extreme reaction had always been reflected in his eyes, but for the safety of the people he cared about, he did not have the extra emotion to sympathize with him.

They have to understand that they don't understand this person. Whether it's his experience or his personality, it's just what this person shows to them. There is no other way to understand him.

Because he is the organization's experimental subject.

Despite this, Okiya Subaru still felt that something was wrong.

Conan looked at the face that looked almost identical to his own, with a pale, fragile expression on it. Rather than sympathy, there seemed to be another strange emotion.

Seeing his own face showing such a painful expression, he seemed unable to feel sympathy as usual.

Maybe there is sympathy, but it is far less than before.

Finally, the kind little boy pulled the pink-haired man, as if to ask him not to ask anymore.

Because the boy who looked exactly like him looked so miserable.

However, even if Okiya Subaru didn't ask, the boy who looked particularly fragile and painful took the initiative to speak.

"You don't have to be on guard against me." Kudo panted, his voice still carrying his usual calmness - even though his forehead was already thoroughly soaked with cold sweat.

His blue eyes looked at Huihara Ai, who had managed to regain her composure but was still wary of him. His tone was as serious as if he was swearing to someone, "As long as she is here."

"I would never be able to hurt anyone."

It was like a beast that had been watching intently suddenly retracting its sharp claws, and even revealing its vulnerable throat, ready to be slaughtered.

Not only is it unbelievable, it even makes people more vigilant, fearing that the beast is secretly plotting something.

Fortunately, Kudo did not expect them to believe him without any doubt - that was the kind of stupidity that only naive people who were ignorant of the world would have, and he could not have that kind of stupidity.

He took a deep breath, and his tone and eyes completely regained their calmness. He stared at the eyes that were similar to Edogawa Conan's but completely different, looked around at the people around him, and said, "If you don't believe me, you can put the restraints back on me."

His gaze finally fell on the box on the cabinet containing the lip ring and the silk thread. The implied meaning was self-evident.

Haibara Ai listened silently, and her eyes fell on the box on the cabinet.

She knew what was in there; it was a weapon used by the Black Organization for control. She had seen pictures of such things before, but she couldn't imagine what it would look like when used on the boy in front of her.

Although she had seen him before when they first met, it was just a quick glance and she didn't notice anything wrong.

The most important thing is that the first time they met, Kudo left her with the impression of a ferocious and cruel trapped beast. No matter how vulnerable or harmless he appeared, the image she saw for the first time was always with her, reminding her all the time of the dangerousness of the person in front of her.