Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 212 Lucky Little Ai
"Are you sure you want Hiroki to take this medicine?" Belmore glanced at the calm-looking Ishino and kindly reminded him, "Although this medicine can return a person's body to its youthful appearance, in the end it only steals divine power. It’s a counterfeit product. We don’t know what side effects it will have yet…”

"Although I don't want Hiroki to take this risk, he has long been famous. If you want to get rid of those who have ulterior motives for him, using this medicine to start a second life is indeed the best choice." After finishing his words, Judging, Ishino looked at the other person again and asked with some uncertainty, "Or does this medicine really have a risk of death?"

"That's not true. So far, Shirley's improved version of APTX4869 has no fatality record. However, there is still a certain gap between the drug's efficacy and the organization's goals. However, the specific principle of its effectiveness has not been confirmed." Belmore shook his head. explained.

"If that's the case, it's worth a try. Of course, how to make a choice depends on Hiroki's own thoughts." Ishino nodded, and then asked Belmode a question that had troubled him for many years, "Since this batch of drugs The effect has been determined, why haven't other people in the organization discovered its true effect, and used it to suspect Conan and Xiao Ai?"

Belmore was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head helplessly and confessed: "Why else? Naturally, it's because the only batch of finished products was intercepted by Gin and I first, and the others only got It’s just a failure that Shirley made before.”

"It's strange to say that Shirley's records of improvements to the original drug have been preserved, but only the batch she made herself had such an effect. After that, none of the APTX4869 made by anyone else using the same method Exception is not a murderous poison, which is why organizations use it as a silencing tool."

"And the reason why I discovered the secret of that batch of finished products is because as a participant in the drug experiment, the first time I saw the batch of medicine, I felt the power inside it, although it was weak, was extremely similar to Pandora's. Feeling similar, I secretly replaced the finished product with the medicine from the previous batch, but I didn’t expect Shirley to secretly keep one on her body.”

"I see. No wonder the organization has never discovered this secret. It turns out to be your handiwork, senior sister." After listening to Belmode's account, Ishino finally solved the doubts in his heart, but he was a little surprised and said, "But after listening to your description situation, putting aside the formula issue, I feel that Xiao Ai himself may be the key to it, and even this batch of finished products seems to be the product of extreme accident."

"Yeah, I also had this kind of suspicion, so I deliberately let Gin design to make her defect from the organization, thereby interrupting her continued research on this drug." Belmore said with a look of relief on his face. , "I took the initiative to take over the task of tracking Shirley to prevent her from being discovered by other members of the organization, but if she accidentally reveals her identity, I am also prepared to kill the grass..."

After speaking, Belmore looked at Ishino, who looked calm, and shook his head gently with a smile: "But now that she has become your and Natsumi's daughter, there is no need to implement my back-up plan. This makes me wonder if she is a girl blessed by Pandora."

"Although Xiao Ai's childhood was not considered lucky, she has indeed been favored by the goddess of luck in the past year. As for whether the secrets of this batch of APTX4869 are related to her, I will slowly investigate later." Ishino He nodded in agreement.

In his opinion, although the world is full of metaphysical factors, most things can be explained by scientific laws and are not groundless. This is why Xiao Ai was able to produce this batch of medicines that contain the power of time. , it is very possible that she really had contact with Pandora.

However, he still doesn’t know when, where and for what reason Xiao Ai became related to Pandora or the will of the world. He can’t find out the truth based on the current intelligence alone. If there is a chance, he should ask Yang first. Grandma Zi, maybe we can get some key information from her.

After ending the topic about Drug A, the two of them discussed the next action plan. By the time the specific details were discussed, the car had successfully driven into the streets of Boston, and finally arrived at a place where Hiroki could be seen from a distance. Stopped in a remote parking lot of the apartment building. "The people I arranged before are already in place, you can hurry up and start taking action." After looking at the email received on his phone, Bellmore urged aloud.

With the help of his far superior night vision ability, Ishino confirmed that the room on the top floor of the apartment building was lit, then nodded and said to Belmore, "OK, don't move around while you wait in the car. I'll be there when I go."

After saying that, Ishino didn't care about the strange look in the other person's eyes. He took out the gear for tonight's operation from the bag in the back row and put it neatly on. His whole person instantly blended into the night like a ghost, and soon disappeared from Belmode's sight. Leave.

When Ishino, who was walking through the night, passed by a few peripheral members of the organization who were obviously not very good at hiding their whereabouts and intentions, he was very satisfied with the unprofessionalism displayed by these cannon fodder.

In fact, in the original plan, he felt that even if Hiroki suddenly disappeared from home, Thomas Schindler would most likely not choose to call the police. After all, once the police come to investigate, it is very likely that he has been imprisoned and monitored. .

What's more, he's not sure whether Hiroki will leave any hints or back-ups in the computer or server. If the police discover that he is a descendant of Jack the Ripper, it will be much more serious than losing Hiroki Sawada.

Regardless of whether Hiroki fled voluntarily or was taken away by others, as long as the other party did not take the initiative to reveal his secret, Thomas would not take the risk of revealing the secret and report the case to the police in a short period of time. The police will choose to call the police after cleaning up the things they suspect.

By that time, he and his group had already left the United States and returned to Japan with the smaller Hiroki. Even if they searched the entire United States, they would probably not be able to find any trace of Sawada Hiroki. In the end, it could only be regarded as a bizarre disappearance case. was permanently shelved.

However, if organized people appear near the other party's house and show concern for the Schindler Group, then even if Thomas ignores the police in advance, the police will focus on those peripheral members who behaved suspiciously and become their own actions. shield.

Even if the other party still didn't rush to call the police as he expected, when the incident finally came to light, these members of the organization who had been in the neighborhood could become evidence for the reasons he devised as to why Hiroki had become smaller.

(End of this chapter)