Conan's organization will end sooner or later without me

"Wow! Is he in treatment too?"

Unlike the other people's weird expressions, Watanabe Mei, who was truly an eight-year-old child, clearly believed Yin Jiu's plan. She moved closer to the flower pot with curiosity on her face and spoke carefully, "Hello, Xiaoju?"

"He can't answer you right now because he's injured and has been sleeping." Yin Jiu gently explained on behalf of his orange peel, "But it will be soon. This kind of weather is very suitable for plant growth. I think maybe he will respond to us when he sprouts green buds."

"So that's how it is." Watanabe Mei nodded, not quite understanding, but... if it's buried, then isn't it already dead?

In Watanabe Mei's understanding, if a person dies, they will be buried. So she secretly suspected that Xiaoju was actually dead, and the others were afraid of hurting Brother Yin Jiu, so they deliberately hid the truth.

Brother Yin Jiu is so pitiful.

Watanabe Mei's eyes were suspicious, and slowly turned into sympathy, and Amuro Toru, who was standing by, almost couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

Huiyuan Ai then coughed lightly and casually changed the subject, asking, "By the way, Watanabe, weren't you also growing plants before? What were you growing?"

"Planting plants?" Contrary to everyone else's expectations, Watanabe Mei just lowered her head slightly. "No, I just took a pot of soil. I didn't plan to plant anything specifically."

"Just soil?" Amuro Toru was stunned for a moment, a little surprised. He had indeed observed the flowerpot, and it didn't seem to have any green plants or anything. He thought it was just because the seeds were too small and had not had time to germinate, so they were mixed in the soil. He didn't expect it to be pure soil.

"Well, I just... wanted to familiarize myself with the place beforehand."

"I'm familiar with this feeling..."

As she spoke, Watanabe Mei's head drooped even more. If, if she died, she would probably be buried like Xiaoju, buried very deep, right?

So scary.

It's horrible to never see my brother again.

It would be horrible to never see the sun again.

The emotion of fear spread from the girl, and Yin Jiu inexplicably received another indirect emotion point. He actively reached out and patted Watanabe Mei on the back.

"Brother Yin Jiu, do you think I'm a little selfish?"

"Ok?"

"If I hadn't been here, my brother wouldn't have to suffer so much." Watanabe Mei felt the cold palm on her back, and she leaned gently in Yin Jiu's arms, but the light in her eyes was extinguishing little by little. "Do you know? Bone tumors are tumors that grow on bones or their appendages. They are divided into benign and malignant. Benign ones can be cured, while malignant ones are considered a type of cancer. They spread quickly, are difficult to cure, and have a high mortality rate."

"It still has no definite cause, and the incidence rate is only 3 in a million, which means the probability of getting this disease is lower than the probability of landing on heads by flipping a coin more than 20 times in a row."

"And this disease just happened to fall on me. I definitely can't be cured. My parents divorced because of my illness. Mom said she went out to work and never came back."

"And my brother... he broke up with his girlfriend because of my illness. So if I completely disappear, will he no longer have to make money to pay for my medical treatment? Will mom come back, and mom and dad will remarry? Will everything go back to the way it was before?"

Watanabe Mei suddenly smiled, raised her head, and her empty eyes seemed to reflect the darkest corner of the world. "But I'm so scared."

She is the worst child in the world.

The more Watanabe Mei thought about it, the more sad she felt. She choked for a moment, blinked her eyes, but no more tears came out.

The room also became silent.

"Don't think like that." Yin Jiu spoke up, gently patting the young Emotion Maker Ji with his hand. "The reason why people regard cancer as a disease is simply because current medical care is not advanced enough. In fact, cancer cells are the truly immortal cells."

"Immortal...cells?" Mei Watanabe looked up in confusion.

"Well, as long as cancer cells are provided with enough space and conditions to grow, they can grow and survive endlessly." Yin Jiu thought about it and felt that what he said was not clear enough, so he raised the flower pot in his hand to signal Watanabe Meiyi,

"Look, it's like a tangerine. Its flesh can't regenerate; once you eat it, it's gone. But if it's something like cancer cells, it's different. Given the right conditions, it can grow infinitely, producing countless tangerines, much like a seed. Or it can allow the tangerines to grow indefinitely."

"Many, many... unlimited growth?" Watanabe Mei's pupils began to tremble slightly. If she was buried, she might turn into a female giant? Or perhaps she would give birth to many, many Meis?

No, that’s not right either!

It seems that eating is a necessary condition for human survival, and she has bone cancer. Does that mean that as long as she eats, sleeps and drinks water on time, her whole body will be covered with bones?

I have to say that although Watanabe Mei is very young, she is indeed a very smart child. After a series of inferences, the little person suddenly turned pale.

How terrifying! Even more terrifying!

The indirect emotional points were finally transformed into more efficient direct emotional points.

Yin Jiu retired after completing his mission and patted the little girl's back again with satisfaction.

Only Haibara Ai and Amuro Toru stared at the two of them, speechless. These words seemed to be comforting, right? Why did it seem more and more wrong the more they listened?

So Yin Jiu should have just used the "horror story" to divert Watanabe Mei's pessimism, right?

Although it sounds a bit scary, the little girl is indeed visibly more lively, and the initial deadness in her eyes is gone.

"Brother! You're back!" When Yuta Watanabe entered the room, the first person to see him was Mei Watanabe.

The child was indeed frightened by Yin Jiu's words. When he saw his most reliable elder coming back, he immediately rushed over and curled up in his brother's arms.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Watanabe Yuta took his little sister and found that the child's body was shaking a little. He immediately looked at the people present with suspicion.

"Ahem, I can explain this." Amuro Toru coughed dryly and stood up. The shadow of the black giant pot quietly emerged. He felt that he really needed to say something.

However, before he could finish his words, a small blue figure rushed in hurriedly.

"No, it's not good!"

Conan ran very fast, obviously running up the stairs. Seeing that the door of the room was not closed, he pressed the door with one hand, and pressed his knee with the other hand, gasping for breath, "There has been another falling object downstairs that injured someone!"

"Oh, is the injured person okay? Would you like some water first?" Yin Jiu handed over a glass of water while holding the flowerpot.

"Thank you." Conan gratefully took the water cup and drank it all in one gulp. He wiped his wet mouth, took a few breaths, and then cast his gaze on the faces of the people present. "The injured have been sent for emergency treatment. The specific situation is not clear yet, but..."

However, according to the images retrieved from the surveillance camera, the incident occurred on the fourth floor, and no one was moving any objects. The spare survival hammer placed on the windowsill inexplicably fell downstairs.

"Okay, this is the hospital's problem. Conan, you're still a child, so don't interfere in such matters." Amuro Toru pushed Conan out without waiting for him to finish speaking.

It’s really hard to pick up any pot!

The owner of the flowerpot from the previous incident was still present, so how could he say it directly in front of the little patient?

Because of Watanabe Mei's illness, Amuro Toru felt more empathy for the brother and sister. Anyway, if something like this happened in Yin Jiu's room, he definitely didn't want anyone to mention it in front of Yin Jiu.