Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 240 Cause and Effect
"Well, it's actually like this..." Facing Natsumi's concerned inquiry, Naia told everything that happened after she was adopted by Thomas Schindler. As for the incident of being rescued by Ishino last night, It turned out that he was looking for an opportunity to sneak out.

After listening to the series of tragic experiences told by Naia, as well as the secrets and various evil deeds about Thomas Schindler, Natsumi and her daughters all felt sad and sympathetic for each other's childhood experiences, and at the same time they also felt emotional in their hearts. Who would have thought that a business tycoon like President Thomas could be such a sanctimonious person behind the scenes?

Now that Hiroki has decided to adopt the new identity of Funakoshi Naia after shrinking his body, he obviously does not want to have anything to do with the Schindler Group. And even if he did not encounter such a change, just relying on the testimony of a ten-year-old child It was impossible to remove a person of Thomas's status through legal means, so they could only comfort each other with a little helplessness and promised to take him back to Japan with them to stay away from the land of right and wrong in the United States.

After talking about his experiences and plans, it was Naia's turn to ask the Ishino family: "Xiao Ai, you just said that you are also responsible for the fact that I will become smaller. What is going on? Are you? Do you know the identity of the man in black who captured me and the organization behind him?"

Hearing the other party's pointed question, Xiao Ai had a trace of guilt on his face. He turned around and glanced at Ishino beside him with a questioning look. He received a nod from the other party in response: "Since Hiroki has been targeted by the organization, , and because this medicine turned into a child, he is naturally qualified to know the truth of the matter."

"Well, I understand." After receiving permission and encouragement from her old father, Xiao Ai took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to face Naiya and answer her question seriously: "Actually, my sister and I also took that kind of medicine. It turned into the child's body it is now..."

Next, Xiao Ai told how she and her sister grew up in the organization, were later forced to work for the organization, and accidentally developed a drug that can make people smaller. Then she explained how she and her sister escaped from that organization. Organization, and how lucky he was to meet his current adoptive parents, and finally be able to start a new life with a new identity.

Although I had heard the general situation described by Ishino before, now that I heard Xiaoai's own words about a series of similar growing experiences to my own, I couldn't help but empathize with them. I felt that the suffering I experienced was nothing more than this, and it was far less than what the other person was experiencing. The hardship and danger of the environment.

Compared with the efforts of the two sisters in front of him to save themselves, his previous thoughts of committing suicide were really a sign of cowardice. For this reason, he once again reflected on his past self in his heart, and became more determined that he must actively face the challenges of his future life. idea.

After Xiao Ai finished telling the secret about herself and Medicine A, Naiya not only did not show a trace of resentment, but showed an innocent smile and comforted the other person: "Sister Xiao Ai, I don't think you actually need to worry about it." I blame myself for this, think about it, if it weren’t for the medicine you made that could make me smaller, I would have died in that room long ago.”

"Although I have become like a child now, I am free. I no longer have to worry about Thomas Schindler tracing my whereabouts. And the people in that organization should also think that I am dead, so I can completely get rid of him." Entanglement, this can be called a blessing in disguise!"

Seeing Naiya put on a cute smile to comfort herself, Xiao Ai couldn't help but squeeze out a smile and said gratefully: "Hiroki, thank you for thinking so. The current situation caused by a combination of circumstances is indeed the best situation at present. It's just that It's a pity that I couldn't catch the person who kidnapped you. I don't know what the other person's purpose was."

"I already have a rough guess about this." After hearing Xiao Ai's words, Ishino, who was standing next to her, took over the topic and began to explain his speculation, "I think the reason why the organization is eyeing Hiroki is very likely. They took a fancy to his outstanding ability in computer networks and wanted to force him to work for the organization." "Since the organization has been consciously cultivating and recruiting talents in various scientific research fields, and has taken the lead in areas such as pharmaceuticals and hacking technologies, The technology of the times, so with their vision and ambition, it is not surprising that they would focus on the Internet and AI, which are not yet fully developed areas.”

"Indeed, I think the reason why that person chose to kill people with poison when escaping was not only because it was difficult to escape with Hiroki when surrounded by the police, but the more important reason should be that their original plan was If you can't make Hiroki useful to the organization, then deal with him directly to prevent him from becoming an obstacle to them in the future." After listening to Ishino's analysis, Xiao Ai immediately made a corresponding judgment.

"No wonder in the past few days, I have always felt that there are eyes around me staring at our group from time to time. Before, I thought it was because everyone was interested in foreign tourists or recognized Aunt Chris. Now that I think about it, it is possible that the organizer came from Hongshu. I set my sights on him right after arriving in New York, and waited until he returned to Boston before finally choosing to take action."

"Xiao Ai, when you say that, I seem to have the same feeling. It turns out that someone has been following Hiroki." Xiaosaki on the side couldn't help but echoed after hearing this.

Hearing Xiao Ai and Xiao Saki analyze the source of their gazes in a serious manner, Ishino naturally did not intend to explain that it was Kaito's gaze that was actually protecting his little girlfriend along the way. Instead, he silently complained in his heart whether the other's gaze was too eager and confused. Among so many people, my daughters could notice something strange.

"If this is the case, will the fact that our Kosaka Group is currently vigorously developing the Internet industry be targeted by that organization?" Natsumi, who listened carefully to the conversation of several people, keenly sensed the potential crisis from the information, and some He looked at Ishino worriedly and asked.

"Don't worry about this for the time being. I think that organization is not strong enough to directly threaten the top consortium." Faced with Natsumi's question, Ishino confidently asserted, "However, it cannot be ruled out that the other party will start with our employees and try to make them Some talent is used for their own purposes or our developments are stolen."

"But in this way, we can just use this to track their actions, such as releasing bait to make the other party take the bait, so as to dig out more information about the other party. As for how to deal with this information after we have it, we can make long-term decisions."

Seeing that the other party had already considered so much, the worry on Xia Mei's face also dissipated. She smiled and nodded in approval: "Since you said so, Mr. Shi, then I have nothing to worry about. However, these things are still somewhat difficult to implement." , we must be careful.”

(End of this chapter)