Corpse collector in Conan

Chapter 358 Vodka: It was Uzo who killed Pisk! (Two in one chapter)

At present, Haiyuan Ai has not been able to make a complete antidote, but he has come up with several antidotes with different side effects and durations.

The one she just picked was the one with the shortest lasting effect and relatively mild side effects.

She chose this medicine because Haihara Ai felt that it would be best for her to return to the body of a child as soon as possible after climbing upstairs.

After all, if Pisk was detained in time, other members of the organization present had not yet received the information that "adults have become smaller", so naturally they would not pay too much attention to a child. After she escapes, even if she no longer lives in Dr. Ali's house, she can escape to other places.

Naturally, Jiang Xia, who had seen and was familiar with her two forms, was not included in the "other organization members" in Hui Yuan Ai's mind.

Every time she classified them, she would subconsciously distinguish between "Jiang Xia" and "organization members." Although to her, the two exude similar auras, there are other things about Jiang Xia that members of the organization do not have, which makes Haihara Ai unable to view the two together.

She mustered up the courage to take the medicine and subconsciously glanced at the laptop placed on the wooden table.

This should have been left by Pisk, and it contains countless valuable information.

But at the same time, Haihara Ai, referring to his previous life experience in the organization, suspected that this computer contained a locator, and taking it away would be a disaster. And there is no medium on her that can copy the data...

Hui Yuan Ai looked away regretfully, then quickly walked towards the door without pausing.

Her goal is to clean the cardboard boxes on the car next to the door. On the edge of the carton was a set of janitor's clothes - when she grew older, the children's clothes she was wearing now would no longer be wearable.

When walking around in the wine cellar just now, Haihara Ai noticed this box. Maybe she had the survival instinct of "getting bigger and escaping down the chimney" subconsciously. From now on, she has been paying special attention to the clothes in the box. Once Shi decided to escape, he immediately thought of the location of his clothes.

However, when he endured the intense heat as his body grew larger and dragged out the set of clothes, Haihara Ai suddenly felt a little heavy in his hands.

Then a "pop" sound was heard.

——There seemed to be something heavy weighing on the cleaner's clothes. As she dragged the clothes away, the thing fell gently to the bottom of the box.

Hui Yuan Ai stepped forward in confusion, tiptoed on the edge of the cardboard box and looked inside.

When she saw what was inside, she was stunned.

...This turned out to be a body armor.

However, what made her stunned on the spot was not the special protective clothing, nor the strange circumstances in which the clothing appeared, but the piece of paper hanging on it.

...It turned out to be a piece of paper with a "Z" pattern printed on it. The pattern was complex and simple, very familiar!

Hui Yuarai hesitantly picked up the clothes and picked up the piece of paper to look at it carefully. She had seen the same shape of tattoo on Xiao Bai's neck, and the anonymous lady also had similar tattoos under her eyes.

Why is there such a mark here? !

Could it be that she had guessed wrong, that the person who stunned her and captured her here was not Pisk from the black organization, but someone from Anonymous? ?

...No, this speculation should be wrong, something is very inconsistent.

If Anonymous wanted to arrest her, there was no need to wait until now.

And she remembered that the hand that held her was very old, withered, and wrinkled. According to Conan's speculation about the Anonymous organization, Anonymous seems to be an organization composed of APTX4869 victims, and there should not be such old-looking members in it.

Also, although Conan hesitated to admit it, his words seemed to reveal that the Anonymous Organization is an organization that is very...well, very focused on appearance. People like Conan wanted to join, but were rejected... Of course, this inference is very imprecise and can only be regarded as evidence like rumors. After all, Kudo was rejected for other reasons, such as the Anonymous people finding him annoying... But in short, all the circumstances showed that the person who caught her in the cellar had a completely different style of painting from the Anonymous organization, and it always felt like they were not accomplice.

Having just taken the antidote, coupled with the impact of the piece of paper with the "Z" on it, Haihara Ai's body temperature was getting higher and higher, and the thoughts in her mind were becoming more and more confusing.

She gradually became unsteady on her feet, gasping violently, and bursts of strange steam-like white gas began to emit from her body. Immediately afterwards, with several violent contractions of her heart, she felt that her body, fingertips, and even every cell seemed to be violently expanding, as if she was about to explode from the inside at any time.

Hui Yuan Ai squeezed the piece of paper in his hand tightly, let out a dying cry of pain from his throat, and knelt down against the wall.

…

One minute later.

Hui Yuan Ai silently got up again and changed into cleaner's clothes without incident.

...Although the antidote has not been tested on humans, it seems that the medicine she made is quite reliable so far. It will be fine after the period of change...It is just that the physical sensation at that time was really terrible. I thought I was going to die just now. .

After getting dressed, Haiyuan Ai glanced at the body armor and paper in his hand with complicated eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he also put on the body armor and put the paper away close to his body.

Then she didn't climb the chimney immediately. Instead, she quickly walked to the open desktop computer on the table and hit a key casually.

The screen lit up, and an interface with a familiar format was refreshed.

…is the interface of the organization.

In this case, the person who captured her should indeed be a member of the organization. And judging from the old skin, that person is not Jiang Xia, Gin, or Gin's big follower... Since she only knows that there is one "Pisk" present, she should call him Pisk first... …Hai Yuan Ai thought to himself.

After confirming this, she did not waste time to crack the code. Instead, after hiding the original children's clothes, she quickly ran towards the chimney, preparing to escape.

Without the interference of the uncomfortable state before becoming bigger, Haiyuan Ai's thinking is much clearer than before - time is running out, no matter who is the person who brought her to the wine cellar, or whether Pisk is a member of the organization or an anonymous person Someone, or an undercover agent sent by Anonymous to organize... In short, the only fact that can be clearly seen now is that Anonymous put the body armor and the piece of paper representing their identity into the box.

Body armor is adult size.

If Anonymous was secretly observing the progress of the antidote, he must have known that she could turn back into an adult.

Combined with the chimney in the wine cellar here... this shows that the anonymous people seemed to support her escaping along the chimney.

Helping her tactfully in this way instead of directly rescuing her may be because Anonymous is inconvenient, or maybe... this is the test Anonymous gives her, the one where she will be accepted if she passes it?

As soon as this thought popped up, it was like a spark hitting hay, amplifying suddenly, making Hui Yuan Ai feel that his confused future was suddenly illuminated.

——Pisk may not be caught by the police. Even if he is caught and imprisoned, he may not pass on information to the organization through certain channels.

The organization has information on "Shirley" from childhood to adulthood, which of course also includes photos of her as a child. Once the information about her shrinkage is sent back to the organization, there will be endless pursuits waiting for her in the future. Even if you escape for a while, maybe one day in the future, those bloodthirsty and terrifying crows will suddenly find the doctor's house and kill everyone.

But if you follow Anonymous... Anonymous has never shown any fear of the black organization, and their information is so well-informed that it often makes people panic. In addition, they also have a good understanding of the organization, and even know the existence of APTX4869.

On the other hand, the anonymous people's behavior seems to be very different from that of the black organization. As a mysterious organization, the Anonymous' methods are much gentler. In addition, they clearly know the location of Haihara Ai, but they have never taken any measures that are not beneficial to her. In fact, perhaps considering her mood, they are all sects. Xiaobai came to contact...

The more Hui Yuan Ai thought about it, the more excited he became.

She subconsciously began to evaluate herself, trying to convince herself that she was worthy of this organization-she was a scientist and was very knowledgeable about APTX4869 and drugs in related fields. As for some other unique requirements...

Haiyuan Ai thought about his own face that he had seen in the mirror, and felt that he should be able to meet the standard.

After this thought came to her mind, her cheeks turned slightly red, feeling a little ashamed. After living so long, I thought I only relied on my talent to make a living, but I didn’t expect that I would have to rely on my face in the end...

No, in addition to her face, it probably also depends on her will to survive. This may be one of the reasons why Anonymous did not show up to save her and only left her body armor.

...If she performs well, will Anonymous want her?

Hui Yuan Ai touched the rough inner wall of the chimney, took a deep breath, tried to support himself with his hands and feet, and moved upward slowly.

She had just gotten used to this strenuous posture. Suddenly, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she seemed to hear the heavy sound of leather shoes falling on the ground in the silent and empty corridor outside - it seemed that someone was walking towards this side step by step. Come on, there's more than one person.

Hui Yuan Ai suddenly remembered the computer on the table in the wine cellar that seemed to be equipped with a transmitter. He held his breath and his hands and feet became cold.

…

a few minutes ago.

After Haihara Ai woke up from the drug, the police's investigation of the seven people holding purple handkerchiefs came to an end.

Gin's black Porsche finally rolled through the snow and parked on the side of the road nearby.

He and Vodka got out of the car and closed the door. He dialed the phone while walking towards Aido City Hotel with a clear goal.

However, the outgoing call was not answered.

Gin quickly put down his hand and put his phone back into his pocket. He walked through the shadows that were not illuminated by the street lights, and walked into the hotel door with vodka with a gloomy face.

At this time, the main hall and corridors of the hotel were still full of reporters who wanted to get first-hand news.

The two men in black quickly passed by a group of people also wearing black formal suits in a low-key manner, and stopped in front of a quiet staircase.

Vodka looked at the light spot representing the location on the phone screen, then turned to look at Gin: "Boss."

The positioning is flat, but the building in front of you is three-dimensional.

Gin recalled the layout of the hotel, pondered for a moment, and walked down the stairs. He remembered that there was a rarely used wine cellar underground.

This was actually not part of the organization's plan.

But Gin felt that if Pisk came up with some kind of Plan B, the wine cellar would be a good place for hiding, hiding or moving.

On the way to the wine cellar, Vodka checked his mailbox again and reported: "They still haven't responded."

After a pause, Vodka came up with some personal speculation: "Could it be Uzo who killed Pisk? Pisk has always disdained to listen to our orders. Although you told him not to go to Uzo, But if he can't hold it back..."

Vodka compared the relatively old and fatuous Piske in his mind with Uzo, whose killing method was beyond his ability to see through and therefore seemed particularly weird and unpredictable. He felt that if the two really had a conflict, Piske would most likely be dead.

As for Pisk, a veteran hero, Uzo, who killed him, would definitely not be well received by the boss. In addition, for Gin, killing teammates who have done nothing wrong during a mission is an extremely irresponsible sign of not prioritizing the mission and satisfying one's own selfish desires first. The eldest brother hates this bad habit the most... Haha, go ahead and do it, Uzo!

Vodka secretly cheered Jiang Xia up in his heart.

Gin glanced at him with a cigarette in his mouth and ignored him.

Today's mission is very important. He has also said many times in advance that hunting is prohibited. Uzo should know the appropriateness.

And the most important thing is that Uzo's killing method is different from that of most people in the organization. There is a guidance process, which takes a certain amount of time. Also, Uzo seems to like to pursue artistic effects. He will not let his target die in a boring way, especially a heavy prey like Pisk, which should not be worthy of a fancy enough killing technique.

And once this happens, the commotion in the hotel lobby will definitely be more than just that.

In other words, Pisk should still be alive.

Since the two lost contact at the same time, it is now more likely that something went wrong when Pisk killed him, and he was targeted by the police. Uzo may have been approached by the police again, and he was acting as a detective to solve the case at this time, but It’s not easy to sell teammates, so it’s been delayed until now.

...an old loser.

Gin let out a dissatisfied snort.

…

The stairs going down are not too long.

Before he could think of any more possibilities, an old door with a log color appeared in front of him.

Vodka glanced at the flashing signal point on the screen and compared the location: "It should be right here."

Gin nodded and turned the doorknob.

The knob clicked, but the door couldn't be pushed open - it was locked.

This isn't too surprising. Gin stepped back a little and raised his chin towards Vodka.

Vodka understood immediately, put away his cell phone, shot the door lock, and then pushed the door smoothly in.

The wine cellar is not big, so the two of them took a few horizontal steps and looked at the entire room.

There was a cart with empty cardboard boxes next to the door.

Gin looked down and found a piece of Shirley's hair falling on the ground next to the carton.

...I found enough Shirley hair today. He didn't pick it up again, but continued to look forward and saw the table placed in the center of the room, as well as Pisk's computer on the wooden table.