Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Affected by the air currents, the sea breeze, which is very strong during the day, becomes even more violent at night.

However, even the waves crashing against the shore could not shake the subtle atmosphere in the experimental area on the top floor.

As the two looked at each other, the Duke, who was standing next to a monitoring device, looked at Karasuma Soshin, who should not have appeared here at this time, and his dark eyes curved slightly.

“You have been avoiding me all this time, not even bothering to look at the emails I sent you.

If you don't come to see me, I will naturally have to find an opportunity to see you myself."

The extremely aggrieved words, coupled with a slowly rising smile from the heart, at this moment the Duke looked like a mentally ill patient with split personality.

The one who speaks is one personality, and the one who smiles is another personality.

Inhabiting the same body, yet controlling different senses.

"You deceived the guards and sneaked in here in the middle of the night just to avoid that gentleman and meet me?"

Karasuma Soshin blinked his eyes gently, and the light and amused expression on his face instantly faded away. He sighed thoughtfully:

“I’ve seen many people in this world who hate me so much that they even curse me to die in their dreams, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone who cares about me to this extent.

only…"

Karasuma Soshin looked at the Duke's face, which looked so torn that it seemed like he was not human, and stood up slowly:

"I thought about it, and besides the fact that we are both Mr.'s subordinates, our relationship doesn't seem to be that close."

Thinking back on the number of times I had met the Duke, I could easily count them on one hand.

Also, no matter who brings it up and shakes it, all it brings out is all kinds of hatreds and conflicts, without any trace of past grudges.

Wuhuan Cangxin gently lowered his eyes, and without waiting for the Duke to give an answer, he said with a dull look:

"Forget it, I don't care about these. It doesn't matter if you are sincere or have other intentions. Do you have anything else to say?

If not, I will go back and rest. "

"As for the incident of entering the top floor without permission, you will go and explain it to that person yourself tomorrow."

As he said this, Karasuma Soshin moved on tiptoe, as if waiting for the Duke to say "no" so that he could leave.

"It must be hard to have that person holding your throat tightly for so many years, Whiskey."

Seeing Wuhuan Cangxin suddenly raising his eyes, the Duke smiled even more brightly, but there was no trace of joy in his pupils which were faintly glowing with a dark green light.

It was all about coldness and bloodthirstiness when locking onto prey.

Like a poisonous snake with its upper body coiled up and slowly spitting out its tongue.

Being treated as prey, Karasuma Soshin's face instantly turned cold at the Duke's shocking words. He looked the Duke up and down carefully, with undisguised suspicion in his eyes.

But in just a moment, this gaze silently turned into a hint of realization.

Then, the Duke was surprised to find that Whiskey, who had been angry and cold because of his words, suddenly smiled at him.

There is no trace of indifference between his relaxed brows, and in his eyes, which have lost their alienation and coldness, there is pure happiness that can be seen at a glance.

For the first time in his life, the Duke, who had only seen Karasuma Soshin's cold face in the past, suddenly stopped smiling in a way that could be described as weird.

The whole person may not look normal, but at least he is no longer so scary.

At this moment, it was the Duke himself who was secretly worried.

He didn't know why Whiskey suddenly smiled at him, and he didn't understand what was so funny about what he said.

Whether he was the powerful Mr. Whiskey in the eyes of the organization members, or the only heir announced by the Karasuma Group, he was given the surname Karasuma.

For Whiskey, shouldn't all it feels be pain?

Once you are pushed from the sunlight into darkness, your own truth will be gradually erased.

The only person he cared about, his biological mother, would never be able to see him again in this life, yet he still had to kneel down respectfully to the culprit who caused all this, bowing his head and calling him "Father".

It's normal to feel hatred, isn't it?

Why did she smile so happily when he mentioned it deliberately?

What on earth is there to be happy about?

While the Duke was full of confusion, the smile on Karasuma Soshin's face did not disappear immediately. The tiny light flowing from his eyes made the Duke feel a little dazed and inexplicably had a heart attack.

However, Karasuma Soshin didn't care about all that, or perhaps it was because he saw it that he laughed so happily.

The Duke, who was waiting for Karasuma Soshin to stop laughing and give him an explanation, felt like every day was a year in his heart, but now he finally saw Karasuma Soshin stop smiling.

However, the smile on his face faded, and Karasuma Soshin, who had returned to his indifferent and distant expression, had no intention of paying any attention to him.

The sound of footsteps turning and leaving shattered the Duke's last bit of composure.

"Whiskey, what do you mean!!!"

The roar filled with anger instantly drowned out the noise of machinery in the area, but it did not make Karasuma Soshin stay.

The concealed mechanical door leading to the living area opened and closed silently, and soon the Duke was the only one left in the area.

Even as the highest-ranking person in charge of this experiment, the Duke did not have access to the door connecting the private living area and the experimental preparation area.

Therefore, the Duke quickly calmed down, put on an elegant fake leather, looked at the mechanical door that blended seamlessly with the surrounding walls when closed, and finally had no choice but to turn around and leave.

Late at night, the experimental preparation area regained its former peace and tranquility.

But what the Duke didn't know was that on the sofa in the private lounge area just across the wall, Karasuma Ren'ye quietly watched his entire meeting with Karasuma Soshin through the large screen projected in real time by the monitor.

After passing through the hidden mechanical door, Karasuma Soshin turned right.

When I entered the private lounge where Karasuma Renya was, I happened to see the Duke on the screen turning away with a gloomy expression.

"I didn't expect it to be the Duke."

Karasuma Soshin stood in front of Karasuma Renya, but before he could speak, the Karasuma butler who was standing behind Karasuma Renya spoke first.

In response, Karasuma Soshin glanced at Karasuma Butler and echoed:

"Indeed, I thought I saw the real owner. It's incredible."

"What are you going to do next?"

Butler Karasuma asked in a serious tone, but Karasuma Soshin was very casual and nonchalant:

"That depends on what my father wants."

...

Under the cover of night, most people in the Western Hemisphere fall into a deep sleep at the call of dreams.

Tokyo, located in the Eastern Hemisphere, still has sunny weather.

The sun's halfway appearance brought a sunny afternoon to the people of Tokyo, and at this time, they encountered an extremely gorgeous sunset.

Large patches of fiery clouds piled up on the horizon, and the whole of Tokyo was covered with a layer of colorful glow.

The Metropolitan Police Department is no exception.

However, the dusk that can permeate the entire city can only show its presence from afar through the transparent glass when it encounters the lighted Metropolitan Police Department office.

Unlike previous days, many offices had lights on today.

Under the pale light, the policemen were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

Outside, where the lights have not yet come on, there are more police officers working hard on the city roads bathed in dusk.

As for the reason, it is naturally related to the attack on the Mingjing team at Haneda Airport.

Before receiving the latest intelligence, even the top leaders of the Metropolitan Police Department, who had prepared for the worst, had never thought of:

The murderer who shot and killed the Mingjing members in full view of the public was able to leave Haneda Airport unscathed and unnoticed while surrounded by countless police officers.

Afterwards, the matter was publicized on a large scale.

By the time they received the news, the story had already spread all over the TV networks.

Various remarks have not only spread in the country, but also abroad.

What followed was an overwhelming wave of public opinion.

Under accountability and pressure from all sides, Director Hakuba, as the highest official in the Metropolitan Police Department, naturally stood up.

Under the countless flash lights and cameras and the sharp words of reporters and media, he vowed to capture the murderer within seven days.

However, there has been a wave of unrest.

Just five hours after the airport attack and less than 10 minutes after the press conference, another malicious poisoning incident occurred to the Mingjing team, who had just checked into the hotel.

This time, the person who died was well-known to the outside world, the external face and celebrity spokesperson of the Mingjing team.

At that time, the on-site layout of the press conference had not yet been removed, and the White Horse director, who had just finished swearing, had not even touched the chair in his office.

Then, the media reporters carrying cameras and long guns immediately launched a counterattack.

The Metropolitan Police Department building was completely blocked.

The situation was temporarily calmed down only when Director Bai Ma reappeared and shortened the time to catch the murderer to 3 days.

But the top brass knew very well that if the murderer was not found and a satisfactory answer was not given within three days, this wave that had been temporarily suppressed would surely come back again.

By then, it won’t be solved by just bowing and apologizing.

The greater the international fame of Mingjing, a group of people from different nationalities, the greater the compensation that the countries and forces behind these nationalities can demand.

If you want to calm down, you have to spit out something.

Regardless of whether they are conservatives or reformists, no one wants to see this happen.

As a result, the two factions, which had always disagreed with each other, shook hands and reached a consensus.

Afterwards, Director Hakuba, who received instructions from his superiors, quickly mobilized all forces and began a full-scale investigation and search centered on Haneda Airport.

As a result, Tokyo police have ushered in their busiest day since entering December.

However, this has little to do with Yuuki Edogawa.

It wasn't because she was on vacation, nor was it because the senior management didn't want to take this opportunity to call her back to work overtime.

But...the unusually severe snow and wind in Hokkaido this winter not only attracted countless tourists at once, but also made signal transmission very difficult in a small area where the snow and wind were particularly severe.

The place where Yuuki Edogawa went on vacation was not far from that area. It was a place with beautiful scenery, but when the wind and snow got strong, it was difficult to maintain a stable signal.

This also led to the situation that when a huge snowstorm came from the sky, no one could contact her anymore.

And those who followed her closely also lost track of her.

What’s worse, some people quietly became missing in this snowstorm and remained in this land of ice and snow forever.

Just wait for the day when someone will find the frozen body, and transform from a missing person into an unlucky victim.

After dusk, the dark night arrived as promised.

The news that a certain area in Hokkaido was suddenly hit by a snowstorm, communication signals were interrupted, and rescue teams had difficulty in carrying out in-depth rescue operations officially entered the public eye along with the report of NHK evening news.

Before this, this news had already been on the desks of many people.

The insurmountable objective factors are like a bottomless chasm, which makes those who are concerned about Yuki Edogawa's whereabouts feel very depressed.

But no matter how much he sighed and lamented, he could only put aside all his thoughts in the face of the information that had no further developments.

Beihua Town-Kudo House,

After reporting on the severe weather in Hokkaido, the TV news anchor skillfully and without pause began reporting the next hot news.

Conan, who was sitting on the sofa in front of the TV, didn't even listen to what was broadcast next.

Recalling the map of Hokkaido in his mind, he was silent for a moment and looked at Mao Lilan sitting on the sofa beside him.

But it was Mao Lilan who spoke first.

"I remember that the place where Inspector Edogawa went on his long vacation was in the area where the signal was cut off."

Mouri Ran's memory is also not bad, but to confirm, after she spoke, she looked at Haibara Ai who was sitting next to her.

Haibara Ai nodded, and in her quiet eyes, the worried look on Mouri Ran's face was clearly reflected.

Conan, who was squeezed onto the single sofa next door, was extremely envious, but even though he felt jealous, he still stayed quietly on the sofa closest to Mouri Ran.

He knew clearly that his Xiaolan was worried not only about Yuki Edogawa, but also about other people who were experiencing this severe snowstorm.

then,

In order to gain attention from his girlfriend and also to comfort her, Conan cleared his throat and said:

“The rescue team’s progress is now mainly affected by the weather.

Depending on the weather conditions in the next few days, by tomorrow night at the latest, the wind and snowfall there will drop to a level that will allow the rescue team to carry their equipment in.

When internal and external communications are restored, the rescue speed will be greatly accelerated."

However, the detective-style reasoning speech of high school detective Kudo Shinichi did not make his girlfriend happy.

So, the sweet and caring little cotton jacket Huiyuan Ai came online:

"Although the true situation in that area is still unclear, but because of this, we can make a better guess, right?"

Making the worst-case scenario plans in advance is certainly a rational behavior with a very high value level.

But for a person who is more emotional than rational, sensitive and pure, it is undoubtedly a slow and difficult to erase mental damage.

Haibara Ai didn't want Mao Lilan to be trapped in this negative mood that was perhaps born out of pure kindness for a long time, so after comforting her for a few words, she changed the subject and said:

"Behind Superintendent Edogawa's long vacation, Whiskey wanted her to avoid the trouble in Tokyo.

Now it seems that even the places where I go on vacation are carefully selected.”

A snowstorm that can cut off communications for a short period of time can be used for more than just dealing with spies who are tracking and monitoring you.

Just like Edogawa Yuuki, she may not necessarily be in Hokkaido now...

As expected, Haibara Ai's words diverted Mao Lilan's attention to this, but after thinking for a while, she suddenly said:

"He really protects his mother very well."

Conan knew who he was referring to and his expression suddenly became complicated.

Ai Huibara on the side lowered her eyes slightly to hide the emotions in her eyes.

The three people who had seen Whiskey's moodiness, his ruthless and decisive actions, and his ingenious planning all remained silent at the same time.

At this moment, a doorbell suddenly rang.