Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 219 Grace

After checking with Hiroki about the "confession" to be used in the evening and confirming that there were no omissions, Ishino went downstairs to buy dinner for Hiroki.

Belmode saw that it was still early outside, and planned to take this opportunity to go back to his previous residence nearby to confirm whether the FBI had gone there to investigate him, and to check for clues that might reveal his identity. .

After driving to the small western-style building where he once lived and confirming that there were no cameras pointing at his house, Belmore drove the car into the yard.

But as soon as she stopped the car, she felt a line of sight coming from the corner of the yard, so she immediately went into alert mode, quietly got out of the car from the door facing away from that direction, and walked along the side of the yard. The wall quietly approached the small storage room located in the corner of the yard.

Although she did not feel murderous intent or other dangerous auras from her sight, and she did not rule out that some kittens or puppies got inside, she still decided to strike first out of caution and subdue the other party by surprise.

Belmore moved to the side of the storage room, stretched out one hand to grab the handle of the wooden door in front of him, and the next moment he suddenly used force to open the door and shouted inside: "Who is it?!"

The moment he opened the door, the light from outside suddenly shot into the originally dark storage room, causing a petite figure hiding in it to cover his eyes with his hands and dodge backwards. In addition, Belmore suddenly made a frightened sound, He just sat down on the ground.

Seeing an unkempt little girl appearing in front of him, Belmore immediately restrained his murderous intent, stretched out his hand to help the other person up and checked to see if the other person was injured or frightened by him.

But when the little girl recovered from the fright, moved her palms that were blocking her eyes, and gradually adapted to the sunshine outside, when she saw the woman appearing in front of her, she suddenly felt a sore nose for some reason, rushed forward and cried: "Mom, help me!!"

Belmode was also frightened by the other party's sudden behavior and took a step back. He was about to remind the little girl that she recognized the wrong person, but the next second he was shocked by the other party's face. Shocked by the similar faces.

However, she thought about it in her mind for a moment, and soon realized the identity of the other party. With a surprised expression, she asked the girl who threw herself into her arms: "Is it you, Grace?!"

"It's me, mom, you're finally back..." After hearing her name from the other party, Grace Aihara rubbed her eyes that were soaked with tears, choked with sobs and nodded in response.

Listening to the other party's somewhat familiar voice, Belmore finally figured out why the other party called him that.

Two years ago, she filmed a public service advertisement with this popular teenage idol. In that commercial, they played a mother and daughter who had been separated for many years and were finally reunited. During that time, they In order to hone their acting skills, they treated each other as mother and daughter most of the time.

In fact, when she first met him, she was struck by his resemblance to Shirley's childhood appearance. She also secretly investigated the other person's background, but after confirming that his parents were members of the American Mafia, she did not continue to investigate further.However, during the few days that the two of them got together, Bellmore developed a good impression of this quirky little girl. At the same time, he also realized that although the other party appeared to be sunny and cheerful, in his heart he was a coward who longed for the care of others. girl.

In addition, she never saw the other party's parents at the recording site, which shows that there must be some problems in her family. This time the other party hid in her own house and asked for help as if she was escaping from something. It is very likely that she has something to do with her family. Something happened.

Noticing that Grace seemed to have used up all her strength when she pounced on her just now, and looked weak as she leaned against him, Belmore guessed that Grace might have been hiding here for more than a day, so he immediately hugged her in. into the house.

After finally rummaging through the kitchen, he found a pack of oatmeal that would expire next month. Bellmore had to quickly soak a bowl with freshly boiled water. He felt it was too hot for a child and started blowing into the bowl. , and after it cooled down a bit, he took it to the bedside and fed it to Grace with a spoonful.

After Grace had a mouthful of warm porridge and finally regained some energy, Belmore asked softly: "Grace, are you full? If not, I will make another bowl for you."

"Aunt Chris, I'm full, thank you." Looking at the beautiful woman in front of her who she didn't get along with much but whom she could never forget, Grace said timidly, a little embarrassed, "The way I called you just now was really... It's rude, please don't be angry."

"How could I be angry, little fool? Isn't that what you called me before? Why are you so shy?" He gently scratched the other person's nose with his finger, and Bellmore asked with concern, "Grace , why are you hiding here from me? Did something happen at home?"

Grace, who had just calmed down some of her emotions, her eyes became moist again after hearing the other party's question, and she slowly said with a sad look on her face: "Father...Mom...they were all killed, and there are still people who want to die." Come and catch me...I'm afraid..."

Hearing the shocking words spoken by the other party, Belmore's face turned pale and he quickly stroked the other party's back with his hand to comfort him: "Grace, don't be afraid, no one can hurt you as long as I'm here. Please tell Auntie what happened." ?”

Feeling the warmth from Belmore's hand, Grace summoned up the courage to calm down and said: "A few days ago, my parents went to work and never came home. Later, my agent uncle came to my house and asked me to pick me up to meet them at work, but When I got there, I was taken to a small room and I didn’t wait until my parents came to see me.”

"Later I heard someone talking about my parents through the door, and I realized that they had been working for the gangs, but I didn't expect that they were killed because of some mistakes..."

"I was really scared at the time. I was afraid that I would be killed by them, so I took the opportunity to go to the toilet and climbed out of the window." At this point, Grace looked at Belmode with tears in her eyes and choked up, " But I didn’t know where to escape, so I remembered the address you told me before, so I found this place..."

After learning the cause and effect, Belmore looked at the frightened little girl in front of him with some sympathy, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "It's okay, it's safe here. You'd better take a shower now, otherwise you look like this It’s easy to get sick.”

(End of this chapter)