Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 214 Farewell

"Aunt Chris! Why are you here too?" Seeing the beautiful elder sister appearing in the driver's seat, Hiroki couldn't help but said in surprise, "I thought Uncle Ishino came here alone, but I didn't expect that Uncle Ishino came here alone." Sister Liz is actually his helper, are you not only a big star but also a magician?"

Hearing Hiroki's question, Belmore started the car and replied with a smile: "To be honest, I am not a magician, but I can be regarded as a disciple of the magician, and I am also the senior sister of Master Ishino. oh."

"So that's it. No wonder Uncle Ishino asked you to come and help." Hiroki suddenly said after hearing about the relationship between the two, "So in addition to thanking Uncle Ishino, I also want to thank Aunt Chris."

"Senior sister, although she is not a magician, she is a great witch. Hiroki-kun, you must remember that beautiful women are generally not easy to mess with." Following the other party's words, Ishino, who was sitting in the back row with Hiroki, The voice reminded.

Hearing Ishino's words that he obviously didn't want to hide from himself, Bellmore was not angry, but responded with a smile while driving: "Although beautiful roses have thorns, handsome men may not all be gentlemen, Hiroki You cannot be like some people who appear to be successful but secretly are criminals."

Although Belmore's words were obviously hurting Ishino, Hiroki obviously did not think in the direction she expected. Instead, he nodded with firm eyes and agreed: "Well, I will never become like Thomas Schindler. people!"

Seeing Belmore showing a look of astonishment, Ishino immediately took over the conversation: "By the way, Hiroki-kun, if you are willing, can you tell us the reason why you ran away from your adoptive father now?"

Hiroki heard this without any hesitation. After his mother died of illness, Thomas adopted him ostensibly out of kindness, but in fact it was to make him unconditionally obey him and develop an AI program for him.

When he talked about the fact that by chance, he accidentally discovered that Thomas Schindler was actually a descendant of Jack the Ripper, the notorious 19th century criminal, using the DNA tracking program he developed, the expression on his face couldn't help but darken. down.

"After that, he started to closely monitor my life and kept urging me to complete the development of Noah's Ark as soon as possible." Speaking of this, Hiroki's face was filled with endless sadness and sorrow, "From then on I could see anger, hatred, fear, and even murderous intent in his eyes."

"I know that when AI is completed, I will probably disappear from this world, but I don't want to let Noah's Ark fall into the hands of that devil, so I originally planned to release it into the vast sea of ​​the Internet. End this hopeless life by yourself..."

"It turns out there is such an unknown reason. Although I thought he was not a good person before, I really didn't expect him to be such a villain." After listening to Hiroki's story, Belmore couldn't help but said angrily, " Mr. Hongshu, now that you have escaped, have you ever thought about how to take revenge on him?"

"Although I really want to make his evil deeds against me public, at present, this approach is obviously ineffective. After all, he has not done any substantial harm to me. Even if he reports it to the police, it will not be effective." It is difficult to find substantive evidence, not to mention that the police are more likely to believe the words of Thomas, a big capitalist, than the words of a ten-year-old child like me." "So rather than wasting time on that kind of person, it is better to leave early. The United States is a land of right and wrong, and returning to my hometown, Japan, is what I want to do most right now." At this point, Hiroki suddenly remembered something and said regretfully, "Ah, I suddenly remembered that my passport is still in that apartment. , so you can’t leave the United States!”

Seeing that although Hiroki clearly understood what was going on between him and Thomas, his grasp of the current situation still showed an inexperienced and childish side, he smiled and patted his head and reminded: "Even if you brought your passport out, I also wouldn’t recommend using it to buy a plane ticket, unless you want to tell people where you went.”

"Yes, why did I forget this, but how can I leave the United States without a passport?" Seeing that the other party pointed out his negligence, but the situation still did not improve much, Hiroki became a little at a loss.

"So the next step is where magic is used." At some point, a red and white capsule appeared in Ishino's hand. He shook it in front of Hiroki and explained, "This capsule contains Time magic can return your body to the state it was in when you were a child, but once you take it, it means you will say goodbye to your past self and cut off all past interpersonal relationships."

"I heard Mr. Kudo Yusaku mention that you also have a biological father, Tadahin Kashimura, who stayed in Japan alone after divorcing his mother. If you want to return to live with him, we can also choose other ways to send you back to Japan."

After hearing Ishino's explanation, Hiroki stared blankly at the pills in the other person's hand, and made a decision without thinking for long: "I think it's better not to use it. As early as when he chose to divorce his mother and give up custody of me, We have severed the relationship between father and son, and I don’t want to see him again.”

For him, Tadaki Kashimura was the culprit who caused his unhappy childhood. Although the other person was his biological father, he was always obsessed with his career, but never showed much due concern for him. The final decision to divorce his mother was an important reason for his mother's death and his own tragic experience.

Even if someone told him that his biological father would be killed and silenced by his adoptive father when he was investigating the cause of his death two years later, he would only think that this was the other person's behavior to appease his guilt, and would not Therefore, forgive the other party for the karma they once planted.

Looking at Hiroki's firm and decisive eyes, Ishino nodded, put the pill into the other person's hand, and finally reminded: "There is currently no permanent way to remove the effect of this magic pill, and there will be some changes in the transformation process. Pain, if you think about it and take it, Hiroki Sawada will no longer be in the world."

"I have already thought about it. Starting a new life is the outcome I look forward to the most." Taking the so-called magic pill from Ishino's hand, Hiroki seemed to feel an indescribable power from the pill, and couldn't help but feel... Added a little more trust to what the other person said.

He closed his eyes and quickly ran through his life experiences in the past ten years in his mind like a marquee. Then he opened his eyes and with a firm look that said goodbye to the past, he resolutely put the pill in his hand into his mouth. .

(End of this chapter)