【Chapter 279】The same is the end of the world
No? Not at all?
The strange man in disguise came to the river, anxious. The diving equipment he used to hide here is gone, how is it possible, could it be that his plan has been discovered by Suzuki Jiroyoshi in advance, and then he will be cornered, and then surrender?
There was a cloud of anger in his chest, but there was nowhere to vent it. The disguised monster spent eight years for this day, but he didn't expect to be ruined by Suzuki Jiroyoshi like this! For this operation, he was very well prepared, even if he carried a small breathing apparatus to breathe in the smoke, but how long could this improvised tool last in the icy underground river?
However, behind him are the strange thieves Kidd and Suzuki Jiroyoshi, as well as the policemen who have been tricked. Not to mention the cold river in front of him, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, for the sake of gems, for his own goals, he has to do this!
"Are you looking for this?"
The disguised monster suddenly turned around and saw two children, with his diving gear in front of them.
Why are there two children here? The disguised monster didn't have time to think about this question, he stretched out his hand: "Give me back my things!" ”
"Of course," replied one of the children, "but you must also return the jewel to Mr. Jiroyoshi Suzuki." ”
The enemy is in the light, and I am in the dark. Conan took advantage of this condition, and he and Ji Haihong quietly infiltrated the stalactite cave and saw the scene of Kidd talking to the disguised monster - which allowed him to guess the outline of the story. He also saw with his own eyes the scene where the disguised monster used the security bomb while he was wrestling with Kidd to explode the secret room.
Conan was amazed by the disguised monster's obsession with gems, even when he faced off against Kidd, who gave him the impression of being a thief and an artist. Taking the gem is the result, and showing the means by which he took the gem is the end. He had never sensed that Kidd had an obsessive attitude towards gemstones, a never-ending mentality that he would not give up until he achieved his goal.
But in the body of the disguised monster, he felt it.
This can't help but make Conan wonder, what is the reason why the disguised monster is so obsessed with this gem?
In the conversation between Strange Guy and Kidd just now, they seem to have known each other for a long time, and Jiroji Suzuki seems to know something inside, but he didn't tell anyone.
Very strange.
Strange as it is, Conan still sees the plan of the Disguised Monster, and he takes the lead in finding the diving equipment that the Disguised Monster is hiding by the river and uses it as a bargaining chip.
"Joke! This gem was originally mine, and Suzuki Jiroji was not greedy enough to take possession of my gem and then capture me, but his idea could not be realized! ”
Ji Haihong suddenly said, "Then you shoot." ”
The disguised monster was stunned by this sentence: "What? ”
"We just want to know what's going on behind this gem and give it to you and you're good to go, but it's clear that Jiroyoshi Suzuki and the police won't give you time to tell the story, so you'll just shoot us and then use the diving equipment to escape."
"But he wouldn't do anything to a child at all, or rather, he wouldn't do anything to anyone at all." Kidd the Monster Thief crouched on a large stalactite high up, looking at the people below with interest.
Conan said, "Yes, not to mention his marksmanship, the fact that he just took the gem and not your life is enough to prove that he doesn't want to make many enemies at all." ”
Ji Haihong asked: "But, wasn't Uncle Suzuki's security expert hit by a car and killed?" Wasn't he doing that? ”
"He did it," Conan said, "and because of this, he gradually lost his bottom line, and if he had compassion just now, it may not be now, it's really a contradiction, you person." ”
The Monster in Disguise still hadn't figured out why the two kids had been able to predict their plans, and they seemed to be familiar with Kidd the Monster Thief. In the face of a person who seems to be dangerous, why can they be so calm?
This gem, not their own, but not theirs either. I always want to protect this gem, why are so many people against me!
To the surprise of the disguised monster, Ji Haihong actually walked towards him. Ji Haihong said as he walked: "It's okay, Mr. Strange Jie in disguise, I don't know your name, and I don't want to know, what I know is that you are still a person." ”
Ji Haihong doesn't have the aura of a protagonist - at least he doesn't think he has such a thing. He didn't know what was going on between Jack in Disguise and Gem, and as he said, he didn't want to know.
However, the spirit that can make a person pursue for eight years, and risk his life, without fear of any hardship, is enough to make him admire.
Maybe the plot is very old-fashioned, for example, the gem actually belongs to the girl he loves all his life or the friend who trusts him with his life. Someone coveted the gem, killed the owner of the gem, and took the gem.
For revenge, the disguised monster tracks down the whereabouts of the gem. Judging from the fact that Jiroyoshi Suzuki was able to obtain the gem, the gem must have changed hands several times ago. Perhaps, the enemy has long since been killed by the Monster in disguise, but the gem is still in the hands of those who want to possess it.
The value of this gem Ji Haihong knows just by looking at the appearance that the person who can get this gem is either rich or expensive, and his status and financial resources will only be higher than Suzuki Jiroji, and definitely not lower than him. It is conceivable how much power and power the disguised monster has offended in order to retrieve the gem.
For those possessive people, Ji Haihong knows very well, they don't care about the origin of the gem, they only know that the gem is obtained by their own means, since they get it, it is their own. Since it is one's own, why do you want to do the so-called "return of things to their original owners"?
Maybe it's because he's experienced too much, he's encountered too much, and the disguised weird guy is forced to do too many things he shouldn't do. This is not whitewashing, the disguised weird is worthy of sympathy, worthy of respect, but not worthy of pity.
Ji Haihong, who has been on the battlefield for a long time and has a lot of knowledge, has seen many people like the Strange Jie in Disguise, and their experiences are strikingly similar. One foot of such a person has already protruded from the cliff, and the other foot is shaking, and the slightest mistake will lead to the abyss and no return.
Ji Haihong wants to bring back the disguised monster Jer.
Not because of sympathy, but because of admiration.
Such a person should not be so depraved, he can do better things.
"I ...... Or is it an individual? The disguised monster chewed on this sentence, he didn't understand what it meant.
Ji Haihong said: "I've always been very strange, Kidd and now we are your biggest obstacle, but you don't dare to start, and for that security expert, you are ruthless, this is not reasonable, I think, you have offended too many people before, there must be no shortage of masters, this security expert you killed is one of the masters, am I right?" ”
"I don't know if I'm human," muttered the Disguised Monster, "at least he isn't." ”
Ji Haihong clapped his hands: "Let's not talk about this, sir, please think back to yourself eight years ago, what is the difference between yourself eight years ago and your current self?" I'm on the battlefield -- ahem, when I make a mistake, I often think back to my old self, why I didn't make this mistake before, but now I'm wrong. ”
This ordinary sentence led the thoughts of the disguised monster to eight years ago.
On a sunny morning eight years ago, the morning glow was so bright, and the grass on the farm was green, caressing by the wind, like a sea of green. White, yellow and red flowers compete with each other, and butterflies and bees dance on a carpet of flowers. The horses galloped merrily, and the cows snoozed in the grass.
A sturdy man starts the day's work. Although his country has now fully modernized its agriculture, some work still has to be done manually.
After finishing his work on the farm, the man washes up, changes into clean clothes, and goes to his beloved lover, an eldest lady born into a wealthy family. The eldest lady is knowledgeable, hardworking and kind, and her parents are not against their relationship. Many times, the eldest lady's father also rode horses with men to hunt deer.
But recently, men often find that the eldest lady's father is always frowning, as if he has something on his mind.
He drove to the eldest lady's house, and before he could get to the place, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The beautiful white villa was ablaze with smoke, and explosions occurred from time to time. More than a dozen fire trucks surrounded the villa to extinguish the fire, and more fire trucks were put into battle one after another.
……
Later, the fire was extinguished, and the man was told that the housekeeper, the maid and the master's family in the villa were all killed.
The man collapsed, and he poured his sorrows with wine, and the grass withered, the flowers withered, the horses returned to the stables, and the cows went into the pens. It was as if everything had lost its life.
Until one day, a mysterious old man came to the farm, he was the butler of the eldest lady, he did not die, he just hid, and then used the housekeeper way to get rid of the tracking. He told the man that the death of the eldest lady and the whole family was because of a gemstone.
The preciousness of this gemstone is not in the size and variety, but in the shape and quality.
The quality, that doesn't say, is absolutely superior. But the shape is natural.
Most ordinary gemstones are diamond-shaped, especially the ones that are wide at the top and high at the bottom, but these shapes are hand-polished by craftsmen.
The gemstone of this shape in the eldest lady's house is natural and very standard, and it is accurate and the same in terms of angle, volume, and partition area.
The eldest lady's parents had a grudge against a notorious competitor when they were in business, and the other party did it, not just for a bad breath, but also for the gem.
In this way, under the revenge of the housekeeper, the man went around to learn the arts, joined the army, joined the mercenary, and finally succeeded in revenge. However, the gems have already passed into the hands of other buyers......
That's eight years.
Conan's eyes are moist, what kind of gem is this? This is chasing his beloved, as long as the gem does not come back, as long as the love still exists, chasing for a lifetime is not a problem.
Think about Xiaolan, think about yourself. Aren't you chasing it yourself? It's just that what he is chasing is not a gem, but an antidote to ATPX4869, and only in this way can he return to Xiaolan.
Is...... It's the same as the end of the world!
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