"I don't have much to talk about. Let's talk about the topic just now. ”

Without an in-depth portrayal of Bourbon's ugly behavior of oppressing minors, Tang Ze accepted it when he saw it, found a pavilion that was not easy to observe under the cover of vines and flowers, and continued to talk about the unfinished topic in the banquet hall.

"So, is Cool Guy planning to use that antidote to temporarily restore his identity and use it to solve the problem that others are suspicious of him?" Belmode removes the gauze hat from her head, revealing a completely unfamiliar female face.

Belmode, who knew that she had been targeted by the FBI, would not casually come out to contact Akechi Wurou and cause him trouble, so she also chose a false identity to go to the banquet today as usual.

"Almost, that's what it means. For him, this is the most urgent crisis. Tang Ze followed Belmode's logic and let out a few self-deprecating laughs, "Some people use gunpowder to make fireworks, and some people use gunpowder to bring war...... As if born to be so despicable. ”

Belmode tapped the carved armrest and laughed as well.

Born with original sin, this is the foundation of their cooperation, and she does not need a collaborator who is unclear about her position.

Kumel that's fine.

Well, it's just a matter of confirming a few more details......

Belmode put away his smile and asked in a low, cold voice.

"Is the effect of the antidote stable?"

"In the only two subjects we were able to reach, it was clearly stable."

"How long does it last?"

"Three to five days, maybe longer, but not for long."

"What does that drug look like?"

"Colorless and odorless, smell closely, there is a slight smell of alcohol......" Slowly touching Belmode's train of thought, Tang Ze thought about it, chose a slightly aggressive strategy, and said bluntly, "It's like a fateful finale, isn't it?" ”

"yes, a good remedy......"

Belmode lowered her gaze and put her adjusted hat back on, covering her expression.

Hidden behind the overlapping black veils, she looked through the thin warp and weft threads, looked at the violet night sky outside the flower vines, and finally laughed uncontrollably.

The woman's cheerful laughter caught the attention of the guests in the garden, and when she followed the sound, she saw the smiling face of Akechigoro and retracted her gaze.

In the face of handsome and considerate young men, it seemed reasonable for these ladies to laugh.

"It's good, it's good." Belmode, who bent down with a smile, applauded lightly, "I really picked a good noose for myself, Shirley." ”

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"Belmode, maybe you'll find a way to take me away during this time?" The fingers on Gray Yuan's knees tightened suddenly, and he grabbed the fabric of his pants spasmodically, "Then, am I ......?"

"Well, I told her about the temporary antidote."

Awakened by the sudden coolness on her face, Gray Yuan Wai raised her head and watched Tang Ze wipe the lustful cream in his hand on her face.

"It's about the same color." Nodding with satisfaction, Tang Ze took the mask handed over by Kimie Shimabukuro and smeared it, casually responding to Ai Ashbara's question, "She confirmed Kudo's identity, and in fact, she guessed how you escaped Gin's sight, and the reason why she has been standing still is mainly because of the way you are now." ”

“…… I understand. Ash Yuan closed her eyes, "She is even more afraid of the advent of that medicine than I do." ”

After Tang Ze's explanation, Gray Yuan Ai now understood a little bit of the woman's thoughts.

Although this does not change Belmode's cold and murderous nature, she can understand the other party's vein a little.

In order not to involve Shinichi Kudo, and in order not to expose the news of the existence of successful test subjects in Drug A, Belmode simply took great pains.

She even creates some movement around Mori Kogoro, so she sets up a suspicion array, just to distract all the attention, and if possible, she may use disguise to falsify a realistic record of "Shirley's death" after killing herself, so that everything seems to have nothing to do with those miraculous drugs.

Thinking of this, she looked at the person sitting in front of her.

No wonder Tang Ze was able to follow Belmode's train of thought so quickly, and quickly gained her approval by using lies and words, isn't this just a superb pretender who has already relied on "Tang Zezhao's death" to hide from the world?

"Anyway, when she sees Kudo who has changed back to her original form, she will find out about this problem too." Thinking of Tang Ze's support, Gray Yuan took a breath and calmed down a little, "She should be waiting for the arrival of the school festival now, and after personally confirming Kudo's situation, she will be ready to do it." ”

"With her suspicious nature, she won't just take my word for it, so she will definitely have to wait until she meets the real Kudo." Comparing the inner mask to his sister's face to confirm the size, Karasawa said lightly, "This is the only chance she has the possibility of bringing back the body of 'Miyano Shiho'." ”

That's why Belmode says Shirley found a noose for herself.

She has never made a move on Gray Yuanai, in addition to the need to divert the FBI and other people's eyes from herself, the main reason is the current appearance of Gray Yuanai.

Bring a smaller Shirley back, then the next unlucky one will have to be Kudo Shinichi, not to mention that Belmode doesn't want the news that Drug A is close to success to spread back to the organization.

That way, killing one Shirley and another Shirley will pop up, proving the correctness of this research route, and the organization that has fallen into madness will only be desperate.

However, the emergence of a temporary antidote is undoubtedly a new turning point.

As long as she is forced to take a temporary antidote and kill her after capturing Ashbara, then Belmode will be able to successfully bring back Shiho Miyano's body, and all her worries will be solved.

"And, Shiho, if my memory isn't wrong, APTX4869 it's not so much that you developed it, but that you took over your parents' research and pushed it forward." After correcting the details of the mask, Tang Ze stared at Gray Yuan's eyes with some thin tears, "So, its main ingredient is actually similar to the 'Silver Bullet', right?" ”

Even if he understood that there was a loved one sitting in front of him who would always stand by his side to support, Gray Yuan Wai still reflexively lowered his head in a hurry.

With a pure, scientific curiosity and innocence, she and her parents touched areas that should not be attempted, and unleashed beasts that should not be freed.

This is a responsibility that she can never shirk.

“…… Yes, it does. She replied softly, like a gnat.

"That's right." Instead of continuing to get to the bottom of the matter and explore the brutal consequences of their research as she imagined, Tang Ze just nodded calmly, "No wonder Belmode is smiling." ”

"Huh?" Gray Yuan, who didn't understand the causal relationship, raised his face blankly, and happened to meet Tang Ze's pressed hand.

The cold mask of disguise was placed over her face, and she pressed down all the words she had wanted to say.

"Do you think that since there have been silver bullets and drug A in succession, in the past 20 years of research and development, the top management of the organization, including some wealthy businessmen and politicians who have provided support behind the scenes, will they be old? Will they die? Will there be any of them who are impatient to try to prolong their lives? ”

"Huh?" The thought also wandered around how many people had been killed by the drugs he made, and he was stunned for a while.

"Absolutely." Akemi Miyano, who walked into the door with a made wig, snorted coldly, and touched her sister's soft hair, "Regardless of the cost, regardless of the life or death of other people, it takes countless financial and material resources to develop it, this kind of thing can only be done by those who are old and immortal." ”

For some people, the greatest pain is that the person dies and the money is not spent, and this sentence is very true.

If it weren't for the fact that this kind of person felt the threat of death, if it wasn't for the greed for today's life, this kind of project that costs so much money and even needs to be filled with human lives would not have been possible.

"However, I haven't seen any patient who actually used these two drugs......" Gray Yuan Ai, who turned his head a few times and followed Tang Ze's train of thought, became incredulous.

"This kind of thing that can't be washed clean when it gets wet, they definitely can't keep medical records." Patting his stupid sister's head, Tang Ze said pityingly, "If you think about it carefully, this is actually a logical problem. ”

If he really didn't see any results, and the organization was still throwing resources into it, then he should suspect that the distillery was not a criminal group, but a leather bag company used by the pharmaceutical complex to settle accounts.

There is no result, no progress, and if the shareholders still throw money into it, then where is this engaged in scientific research, this is obviously engaging in finance.

According to Tang Ze's suspicions, considering Karasuma Renya's very unscientific age, maybe even the boss himself is the user of this drug.

"My aunt's research began more than twenty years ago, and even Akemi was not even born at that time." Tang Ze crossed his fingers and began to analyze, "And my parents' research started after I was 2 years old, that is, about 16 years ago. It was taken seriously by the organization, and the strict calculation started after I recovered, that is, 8 years ago. ”

Gray Yuanai, who had gone through the timeline in his mind, took the initiative to take over the conversation: "You're right, if they don't have any success stories, then there is no need to pay so much attention to cognitive learning!" ”

Seeing that Gray Yuan Wai had bypassed the bend, Tang Ze nodded approvingly.

This is the logic that people must first ensure their survival, and then consider the quality of life.

For those old immortals, if they can't live, what is the point of the resources that cognitive learning can help them grab?

In short, since the research of cognitive science has been put on the agenda, it means that the medical technology in front has been lit up.

"So, your antidote is really significant." Tang Ze squeezed his eyes and made a funny expression, "Ling and Kudo both accidentally ingested drug A at a young age, and suddenly turned back into children. Not the old immortals. ”

As Tang Ze tested before, the reduced effect of drug A, it is a positive buff, not a debuff.

On the contrary, the temporary antidote made by Gray Plains is the debuff.

To understand it with a little bit of the game.,If you can drag Kudo Shinichi, who has turned back into an adult, to the cognitive world and team up to study it.,Maybe he took the antidote and his blood bar was down at the time.,Instead, he will hang a debuff in the countdown.,When the debuff time is over.,He'll change back.。

But the question is, what if the same effect is applied to those old things who should have died a long time ago and can't die again?

Returning to weakness from the prime of life may only be a moment, and their overwhelmed organs will destroy their inner system in an instant.

To put it bluntly, Kudo Shinichi and Miyano Shiho can change back to seventeen or eighteen years old and then change back, and some old gangsters turn back into corpses, so they are really corpses......

Especially, considering how old Renya Karasuma is, right?

"That's why I say your research is destined to be of great significance." Tang Ze smoothed out the gaps in the mask on Gray Yuan's face, and poked his sister's skull with his finger by the way, "That is not only the antidote to save you and your detective classmates, but also the poison that will give them a fatal blow." If you have to say it......"

Picking up the medicine box on the table on the side, as an emergency item just in case, he stuffed it into Gray Yuanai's hand, Tang Ze clicked on the small box and bent his eyes.

He gestured with a gun, pressed it against his temple, and lifted it slightly.

"I think this is the one that can deal a fatal blow to the demons and monsters, the real, 'silver bullet'."

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It was already dinner time when he went to meet Belmode, and since he hadn't done a disguise for such a young child, it took him a lot of time to return to the villa to help Gray Yuan complete the disguise work.

Then there is the usual intelligence collation, the strange thief CH tour, concerned about the status of the group members, and checking the security of the stronghold......

By the time Karasawa finished his busy day's work, Café Polo had already closed, and it was almost time for the drunks to find their own bars or izakaya and sleep on the streets.

Human civilization fell asleep, the streets were silent in the middle of the night, and only the signboards at the front of the shops were still flickering unwillingly in the entire rice flower commercial street.

For those who have adapted to city life, this quietness is somewhat frightening, and it is easy to worry that some malice lurks in the shadows that has faded from the mask of civilization.

However, since coming to Tokyo, Tang Ze, who has not experienced a few days of leisurely life, is very accustomed to this time period, and even feels very quiet.

Although the security of the rice flowers is not good, this time belongs to the fact that even the criminals other than Gin are asleep, not to mention the crispy thugs, there is nothing to worry about.

Therefore, when Tang Ze walked to the door of Polo's Cafe and was about to take out the key, he was really shocked to find that there was actually a person sitting at the door, and it was not Emperor Amuro who stayed up all night.

"Classmate Lan, what are you ......" Tang Ze subconsciously raised his hand and confirmed that he was still wearing a school uniform, so he would not reveal strange identity information.

Supporting his head with his hands, Mao Lilan, who was holding his head little by little, raised his head suddenly, and saw his face illuminated by the light sign before entering the alert state, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Tang Ze, you are finally back." ”

"Why don't you sleep so late?" Tang Ze raised his head and looked at the Maori Detective Agency, which was already dark, "Is there something wrong?" Quarreled with Uncle Maori? ”

When he spoke, he was still a little weak-hearted.

Tang Ze's own routine is completely contrary to the state of an ordinary high school student, and he is really regarded as a simple student, and it is easy to detect problems from his high-intensity work state.

Not to mention, Maolilan is obviously here to block himself.

After quickly going through the recent situation and confirming that he didn't have anything to offend Mao Lilan, Tang Ze straightened his waist again: "Is it okay if you don't rest so late?" Tomorrow is the school festival.,You just went home from the hospital today.。 ”

"I just slept in the hospital for too long, so I couldn't sleep, and I had insomnia." Maoliran shrugged.

Seeing her posture of making up her mind to talk about something, Tang Ze thought for a moment and pointed to the closed door of the café: "Okay, then do you want to come in and sit down, I'll give you hot milk?" ”

"No, I'm ......" After hesitating for a moment, Mao Lilan looked at the hanging bright moon and stood up, "Okay, I'm sorry for you Tang Ze." ”

Walking in the door, going up to the attic to pack up his clothes and bag, taking Noah's doll off the bag and stuffing it into his pocket, Tang Ze looked at himself in the floor mirror for a moment before taking a breath and walking downstairs to prepare a hot drink for Mao Lilan.

cares so much about manners, it's not that Tang Ze has been a star detective for a long time and has idol baggage, but mainly because he vaguely guessed Mao Lilan's intention.

Tang Ze felt that he had been quite peaceful recently, and he hadn't made any trouble that needed his friends to enlighten him in the middle of the night, so what else could Mao Lilan have been looking for him?

Sure enough, taking the hot taro milk he handed over, Mao Lilan rubbed the cup for a while, and finally broke the silence.

"Tang Ze, I want to ask you a question. I hope you answer me very seriously. ”

Straightening her back, she looked directly at Tang Ze's face through the warm yellow light of the bar, trying to strengthen her momentum, with a serious face.

"Conan, who the hell is he? Do you really not know his identity? ”

Didn't you find out that there was a problem with his identity very early, so that you would have a close relationship with a primary school student—obviously you were not like this to Conan's other classmates at all, and obviously you would occasionally show the same kind of eyes as a child when you even faced me and the garden;

Is it because you know the inside story that you will mention the relationship between me and Shinichi from time to time, as if I can't face this relationship if my state of mind has not changed?

Are you, are you......

With him, deceiving me.

Maolilan's lips trembled slightly.

Receiving these emotions from those bright, even pleading eyes, Tang Ze, who was holding a cup of hot tea, hesitated briefly.

On the issue of Conan's identity, he really doesn't fully agree with Conan's approach of not even informing the Maori family of the danger, but in general, he can fully understand Conan's choice.

At the time of making the decision, Conan didn't know what kind of opponent he was going to face, he didn't know when he would be able to return to the way he was, he almost instinctively chose the environment he had lived in for more than ten years, and chose a relationship that he didn't want to abandon......

After careful analysis, he can tell that he is not so and ill-considered, but in Tang Ze's eyes, for an eighteen-year-old child, this decision itself already represents great courage to make a choice.

Not everyone can make decisions independently and bear all the consequences.

It's just that from the perspective of a rational person in hindsight, anyone can be Zhuge Liang.

So at the level of facts and actions, Tang Ze never planned to pick up Conan's vest from Mao Lilan, but chose to use various means to help him cover several times.

It's not something he should decide for someone else, and he respects Kudo's choice.

But it is undeniable that Mao Lilan is also his friend, and she has also done a lot for herself, and as a friend, she has never lived up to Tang Ze's expectations.

Deception is deception, and a white lie is also deception.

Looking at Mao Lilan, whose face was mixed with hope and begging, Tang Ze knew that his next words would likely determine the direction of many things.

He took a deep breath.

"Have you heard, undercover, Lan-san?"

(End of chapter)